An Original Mango
@anoriginalmango.bsky.social
Build cyperbunk-style megabuildings in Medina, Clyde Hill, Yarrow Point, and Beaux Arts Village
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i would like more democrats to start promising to lock these fuckers up
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
i would like more democrats to start promising to lock these fuckers up
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I am not a crazy ideologue. I just think that the richest society in human history has a moral responsibility to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, treat the sick, and house the homeless. If doing that requires forcing comfortably-housed people to accept neighborhood change, I'm ok with that.
Probably the key part of this piece. It comes down to the following: "What does prioritizing millionaire homeowners’ aversion to change over the needs of the poor and unhoused do to our souls?"
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I am not a crazy ideologue. I just think that the richest society in human history has a moral responsibility to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, treat the sick, and house the homeless. If doing that requires forcing comfortably-housed people to accept neighborhood change, I'm ok with that.
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PRIMARY EVERYONE means you have to win those fucking primaries, open your wallet, get on the streets, do the work. if you want a better democratic party, you will have to fight for it and win it, it will not be given, it will only be taken.
October 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
PRIMARY EVERYONE means you have to win those fucking primaries, open your wallet, get on the streets, do the work. if you want a better democratic party, you will have to fight for it and win it, it will not be given, it will only be taken.
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the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
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Underrated part of this story is that official USG business is done by Truth Social DM. It almost makes you miss the good old days of the PC small group Signal Chat.
WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots
The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.
www.wsj.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Underrated part of this story is that official USG business is done by Truth Social DM. It almost makes you miss the good old days of the PC small group Signal Chat.
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Thank you @theurbanist.org @seattletru.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social @transpochoices.bsky.social and every volunteer and advocate fighting for better mobility, connection, and safety on our streets. This is a shared win and something to celebrate.
October 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Thank you @theurbanist.org @seattletru.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social @transpochoices.bsky.social and every volunteer and advocate fighting for better mobility, connection, and safety on our streets. This is a shared win and something to celebrate.
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I was just as shocked with the news about the route 2 bus only lane as you. We are working on it. We need to prioritize pedestrian safety and not go backwards on our transit investments.
October 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I was just as shocked with the news about the route 2 bus only lane as you. We are working on it. We need to prioritize pedestrian safety and not go backwards on our transit investments.
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if the federal government isn't going to be distributing funds to Democratic cities and states it raises a big question of why the people living in those cities and states should continue funding the federal government
LET'S GET READY TO LITIGATE
*US PAUSES $18B IN NYC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES HUDSON TUNNEL, SECOND AVE SUBWAY FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES NYC PROJECT FUNDING BECAUSE OF DEI CONCERNS: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES $18B IN NYC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES HUDSON TUNNEL, SECOND AVE SUBWAY FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES NYC PROJECT FUNDING BECAUSE OF DEI CONCERNS: VOUGHT
October 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
if the federal government isn't going to be distributing funds to Democratic cities and states it raises a big question of why the people living in those cities and states should continue funding the federal government
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
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“Am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening?”
What a remarkable statement from the single most powerful individual in the world. Fascinating look into a person’s mind.
What a remarkable statement from the single most powerful individual in the world. Fascinating look into a person’s mind.
September 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening?”
What a remarkable statement from the single most powerful individual in the world. Fascinating look into a person’s mind.
What a remarkable statement from the single most powerful individual in the world. Fascinating look into a person’s mind.
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Just FYI: Portland as a war zone is horseshit, and deploying federal troops is horseshit.
September 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Just FYI: Portland as a war zone is horseshit, and deploying federal troops is horseshit.
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It looks like Trump's hand picked Supreme Court isn't going to stop him from rescinding money that Congress already agreed to use.
How can Democrats agree to a Republican budget that lets Trump delete the parts of it he doesn't like?
How can Democrats agree to a Republican budget that lets Trump delete the parts of it he doesn't like?
Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $4B in foreign aid in 'pocket rescission'
The Supreme Court on Friday moved to allow the Trump administration to effectively cut $4 billion of foreign aid previously enacted by Congress.
abcnews.go.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It looks like Trump's hand picked Supreme Court isn't going to stop him from rescinding money that Congress already agreed to use.
How can Democrats agree to a Republican budget that lets Trump delete the parts of it he doesn't like?
How can Democrats agree to a Republican budget that lets Trump delete the parts of it he doesn't like?
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until there's a Republican congress and a Democratic president, in which case it will suddenly be very important.
the country cannot function as a real democracy with corrupt, partisan serial liars controlling the Supreme Court; it has to be the first priority of a new administration.
the country cannot function as a real democracy with corrupt, partisan serial liars controlling the Supreme Court; it has to be the first priority of a new administration.
so article i is just dead dead
BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump unilaterally freeze billions in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money
apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
until there's a Republican congress and a Democratic president, in which case it will suddenly be very important.
the country cannot function as a real democracy with corrupt, partisan serial liars controlling the Supreme Court; it has to be the first priority of a new administration.
the country cannot function as a real democracy with corrupt, partisan serial liars controlling the Supreme Court; it has to be the first priority of a new administration.
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If they had a right-wing, “tough-on-crime” coded mayor there would be endless national profiles about him and how he finally brought sanity back to Chicago.
Now that summer is over, Chicago is still on track to have fewer homicides in 2025 than almost any other year since 2001. This is especially impressive considering that the five most violent years of the 21st century have all been in the past decade.
September 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If they had a right-wing, “tough-on-crime” coded mayor there would be endless national profiles about him and how he finally brought sanity back to Chicago.
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Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
September 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
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I just want to scream. Go move to the fucking suburbs already. It’s a city. Zoning should allow things cities have on every block. We have plenty of lifeless lame residential only suburbs for Bob kettle to go live in if he likes that
After Alexis Mercedes Rinck offered an amendment expanding the types of allowed corner store uses to include eating and drinking establishments, Bob Kettle railed against the idea as a "recipe for a public safety disaster."
"We cannot have our neighborhoods and our neighbors be impacted this way."
"We cannot have our neighborhoods and our neighbors be impacted this way."
September 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I just want to scream. Go move to the fucking suburbs already. It’s a city. Zoning should allow things cities have on every block. We have plenty of lifeless lame residential only suburbs for Bob kettle to go live in if he likes that
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the child of versailles thing is a literal quote from molotov by the way
‘Let’s divide Poland and devour it’ , grinning poet recites on Russian state TV. Adding ‘it’s time to judge it for all its deeds’ and calls Poland ‘a child of Versailles abortion’.
If anyone has any doubts about Russia’s imperialistic hunger
If anyone has any doubts about Russia’s imperialistic hunger
September 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
the child of versailles thing is a literal quote from molotov by the way
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I’ve posted this before, but the GOP-led US senate report shows the core allegations of russiagate are fundamentally true, and the right wing has been working for years to obfuscate that in the public eye www.intelligence.senate.gov/2020/08/18/p...
September 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I’ve posted this before, but the GOP-led US senate report shows the core allegations of russiagate are fundamentally true, and the right wing has been working for years to obfuscate that in the public eye www.intelligence.senate.gov/2020/08/18/p...
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Rep. Moskowitz: "So you're telling me someone 22 years ago went back to the future and forged his signature when he was a Democrat, and somehow this person knew he would become a Republican and become president 22 years later?...We should immediately open up an investigation!"
September 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Rep. Moskowitz: "So you're telling me someone 22 years ago went back to the future and forged his signature when he was a Democrat, and somehow this person knew he would become a Republican and become president 22 years later?...We should immediately open up an investigation!"
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They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
September 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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20% of practicing doctors in the United States are immigrants.
September 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
20% of practicing doctors in the United States are immigrants.