B Lanson
@blanson100.bsky.social
Formerly of twitter...Elmo fucked it
#ProudDem 🗳️
#PNW #Mariners 🔱
#ProudDem 🗳️
#PNW #Mariners 🔱
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@timfullerton.bsky.social I am genuinely asking you to sit with that, and think about why that is⬆️
Why do you think someone like him should be given the most powerful position, rather than "redeeming" himself by working to support those that have been DOING good work for years...?
Why do you think someone like him should be given the most powerful position, rather than "redeeming" himself by working to support those that have been DOING good work for years...?
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
@timfullerton.bsky.social I am genuinely asking you to sit with that, and think about why that is⬆️
Why do you think someone like him should be given the most powerful position, rather than "redeeming" himself by working to support those that have been DOING good work for years...?
Why do you think someone like him should be given the most powerful position, rather than "redeeming" himself by working to support those that have been DOING good work for years...?
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In what way does "allowing folks to redeem themselves" mean that the path of redemption *begins* by leapfrogging into a US Senate seat?
Why should those who have NOT done "abhorrent things," step aside from leadership, in order to make way for HIM to be one of the most powerful ppl in the world?
Why should those who have NOT done "abhorrent things," step aside from leadership, in order to make way for HIM to be one of the most powerful ppl in the world?
He could work in an org dedicated to getting men like him out of what he euphemistically calls "a bad place"🙄
He has no standing to be Senator
& yet w his background, & his zero experience he wholly believes he DESERVES it, as do his very recent followers because he repeats the Prog Bro buzzwords
He has no standing to be Senator
& yet w his background, & his zero experience he wholly believes he DESERVES it, as do his very recent followers because he repeats the Prog Bro buzzwords
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
In what way does "allowing folks to redeem themselves" mean that the path of redemption *begins* by leapfrogging into a US Senate seat?
Why should those who have NOT done "abhorrent things," step aside from leadership, in order to make way for HIM to be one of the most powerful ppl in the world?
Why should those who have NOT done "abhorrent things," step aside from leadership, in order to make way for HIM to be one of the most powerful ppl in the world?
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luke wilson on a ranch/farm/whatever symbolizing “real america” in that garbage att commercial: when you grow up out here you learn to tell facts from fertilizer
me looking at an electoral map: you sure about that buddy
me looking at an electoral map: you sure about that buddy
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
luke wilson on a ranch/farm/whatever symbolizing “real america” in that garbage att commercial: when you grow up out here you learn to tell facts from fertilizer
me looking at an electoral map: you sure about that buddy
me looking at an electoral map: you sure about that buddy
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Virginia just elected a Democratic governor with only 38% of white men voting for her. New Jersey did the same with only 41% of white men voting for her, so I think we good.
Ok guess we just don’t win the presidency or the senate or the house ever again.
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Virginia just elected a Democratic governor with only 38% of white men voting for her. New Jersey did the same with only 41% of white men voting for her, so I think we good.
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So we should lower the bar for men?
In order to move men, we have to welcome folks who have done things in the past we abhor. We have to allow folks to redeem themselves.
It’s sometimes uncomfortable, but it’s the only way we can win moving forward.
The math doesn’t math without more men.
It’s sometimes uncomfortable, but it’s the only way we can win moving forward.
The math doesn’t math without more men.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
So we should lower the bar for men?
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Why the fuck is this framed as “teenager chose to prostitute herself and ruined the career of innocent congressman”
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Why the fuck is this framed as “teenager chose to prostitute herself and ruined the career of innocent congressman”
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Democrats: medicare and medicaid expansion.
Republicans: medicare and medicaid contraction.
Night and day difference in goals here.
And yet I see even many NON trump heads can't get it straight.
Perverse motivated reasoning at work.
Republicans: medicare and medicaid contraction.
Night and day difference in goals here.
And yet I see even many NON trump heads can't get it straight.
Perverse motivated reasoning at work.
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Democrats: medicare and medicaid expansion.
Republicans: medicare and medicaid contraction.
Night and day difference in goals here.
And yet I see even many NON trump heads can't get it straight.
Perverse motivated reasoning at work.
Republicans: medicare and medicaid contraction.
Night and day difference in goals here.
And yet I see even many NON trump heads can't get it straight.
Perverse motivated reasoning at work.
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When Obama passed the ACA my bill was cut IN HALF.
Anyone who tells you that kind of improvement doesn't matter is full of s**t.
Premiums CUT IN HALF.
That is what he did.
A Democrat.
Now we see premiums doubling and tripling.
BECAUSE OF THE GOP.
Different parties.
Different outcomes.
Anyone who tells you that kind of improvement doesn't matter is full of s**t.
Premiums CUT IN HALF.
That is what he did.
A Democrat.
Now we see premiums doubling and tripling.
BECAUSE OF THE GOP.
Different parties.
Different outcomes.
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
When Obama passed the ACA my bill was cut IN HALF.
Anyone who tells you that kind of improvement doesn't matter is full of s**t.
Premiums CUT IN HALF.
That is what he did.
A Democrat.
Now we see premiums doubling and tripling.
BECAUSE OF THE GOP.
Different parties.
Different outcomes.
Anyone who tells you that kind of improvement doesn't matter is full of s**t.
Premiums CUT IN HALF.
That is what he did.
A Democrat.
Now we see premiums doubling and tripling.
BECAUSE OF THE GOP.
Different parties.
Different outcomes.
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Democrats work to get more americans healthcare.
Republicans do the opposite.
This is the basic dynamic, and has been for decades.
Don't get confused.
The history is what it is.
So is the current reality.
Republicans do the opposite.
This is the basic dynamic, and has been for decades.
Don't get confused.
The history is what it is.
So is the current reality.
It was the best of times...............
The moment when 30 million Americans received healthcare (2010) #cdnpoli
The moment when 30 million Americans received healthcare (2010) #cdnpoli
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Democrats work to get more americans healthcare.
Republicans do the opposite.
This is the basic dynamic, and has been for decades.
Don't get confused.
The history is what it is.
So is the current reality.
Republicans do the opposite.
This is the basic dynamic, and has been for decades.
Don't get confused.
The history is what it is.
So is the current reality.
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The copy here is an all-time example of NY Times passive voice. Matt Gaetz has no agency here.
Even in the image, look at the phrase "left vulnerable to exploitation." Who exploited her?
Even in the image, look at the phrase "left vulnerable to exploitation." Who exploited her?
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The copy here is an all-time example of NY Times passive voice. Matt Gaetz has no agency here.
Even in the image, look at the phrase "left vulnerable to exploitation." Who exploited her?
Even in the image, look at the phrase "left vulnerable to exploitation." Who exploited her?
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New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
![From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
Sent:
9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
To:
Subject:
Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
High
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
The same sort of people will swiftly and pointedly state what the "age of consent" is in the state or country that's being spoken about. That's something they have memorized.
For some reason.
For some reason.
I think it was @seananmcguire.bsky.social who said to me, wisely, that there are two kinds of people who make the distinction: those for whom it's scientifically or psychologically significant (frequently, including victims), and excusers.
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The same sort of people will swiftly and pointedly state what the "age of consent" is in the state or country that's being spoken about. That's something they have memorized.
For some reason.
For some reason.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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Trump & Republicans can find $2 billion to rename the Department of Defense.
But they can’t find the money to make your health care more affordable.
Give me a break.
But they can’t find the money to make your health care more affordable.
Give me a break.
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion
Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads,...
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Trump & Republicans can find $2 billion to rename the Department of Defense.
But they can’t find the money to make your health care more affordable.
Give me a break.
But they can’t find the money to make your health care more affordable.
Give me a break.
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This "Wag the Dog" sequel hews closely to the plot of the original but instead of a fictitious war, we are getting a real one.
"Senior military officials on Wednesday presented President Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land, according to multiple sources familiar with the meetings at the White House. "
Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This "Wag the Dog" sequel hews closely to the plot of the original but instead of a fictitious war, we are getting a real one.
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This is a great summary of why the "What was there to even report on?" argument is total hogwash when talking about the NYTimes and other legacy media institutions:
It’s clear when the paper’s Politics Knowers think something is important, journalistic standards are no obstacle. They find a way to get that thing on the front page nonstop, whether it’s “reporting the controversy,” repeating right-wing info dumps, or meta-coverage of how it’s affecting politics
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is a great summary of why the "What was there to even report on?" argument is total hogwash when talking about the NYTimes and other legacy media institutions:
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"materials that no journalists...managed to get access to before now" is not an exonerating statement when talking about a NYTimes journalist who had a documented relationship with Epstein! One might conclude the reason we haven't had access is because of a lack of journalistic ethics!
We’re seeing materials that no journalists, not Julie Brown, not Ronan Farrow, not anyone from any paper, managed to get access to before now. The conspiracy theories bouncing around about NYT are nothing more than a show people’s ignorance of what goes into a real piece of investigative journalism
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"materials that no journalists...managed to get access to before now" is not an exonerating statement when talking about a NYTimes journalist who had a documented relationship with Epstein! One might conclude the reason we haven't had access is because of a lack of journalistic ethics!
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"Let's say an editor knew that one of their reporters was maintaining a compromising personal relationship with a notorious sex trafficker whose influenced reached as high as the president and the British royal family. What are they supposed to do, follow up? Tell somebody?" WHAT????????????
Do we know Landon told anyone that he was having this convo with Epstein? We do not! But let’s say an editor knew. Then what? At most, it would be the beginning of an investigation. Would Landon be the reporter to do it? Probably not! You see he’s begging Epstein for specifics & doesn’t get them
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Let's say an editor knew that one of their reporters was maintaining a compromising personal relationship with a notorious sex trafficker whose influenced reached as high as the president and the British royal family. What are they supposed to do, follow up? Tell somebody?" WHAT????????????
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And we're the crazy ones for expecting that an investigative journalist might follow up a bit instead of just sitting on the information indefinitely while maintaining personal correspondence with said sex trafficker!
I am not defending Landon’s relationship with Epstein. In fact, the NYT didn’t even try to defend it. He left the paper. What I’m saying is that a piece of investigative journalism that exposes a secret, criminal act such as statutory rape requires far more than what is in these emails.
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And we're the crazy ones for expecting that an investigative journalist might follow up a bit instead of just sitting on the information indefinitely while maintaining personal correspondence with said sex trafficker!
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This is actually a pretty perfect encapsulation of the abject media failure that got us here: a prolific sexual predator who had close connections to the country's most powerful people is "a guy" and a two-time president is just "somebody" so the things they said about each other aren't newsworthy.
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is actually a pretty perfect encapsulation of the abject media failure that got us here: a prolific sexual predator who had close connections to the country's most powerful people is "a guy" and a two-time president is just "somebody" so the things they said about each other aren't newsworthy.
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NYT put Trump's reaction to Comey reopening the case on the front page as its own story. Has that kind of placement for Democrats ever happened when a new Trump scandal breaks.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NYT put Trump's reaction to Comey reopening the case on the front page as its own story. Has that kind of placement for Democrats ever happened when a new Trump scandal breaks.
Science is so cool
"Eba, a rescue dog with a trained nose for detecting whale scat, rides on the bow of a research boat "
"Eba, a rescue dog with a trained nose for detecting whale scat, rides on the bow of a research boat "
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Science is so cool
"Eba, a rescue dog with a trained nose for detecting whale scat, rides on the bow of a research boat "
"Eba, a rescue dog with a trained nose for detecting whale scat, rides on the bow of a research boat "
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Some bizarre stuff going down in the Oval these days. After spraying the Syrian president with his Trump Fragrance he then asks him how many wives he has.
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Some bizarre stuff going down in the Oval these days. After spraying the Syrian president with his Trump Fragrance he then asks him how many wives he has.
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"A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is "dirty" is not a whole news story."
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is "dirty" is not a whole news story."
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Ranking Member @merkley.senate.gov has been fighting to find out how much taxpayer money Trump is wasting on these efforts, calling on the nonpartisan CBO to provide a full analysis of the costs associated with renaming the DoD.
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Ranking Member @merkley.senate.gov is leading efforts to uncover how much taxpayer money is being wasted on Trump’s renaming of the Department of Defense.
Trump has illegally frozen and even cancelled critical funding families rely on but will spend freely on political theater.
Trump has illegally frozen and even cancelled critical funding families rely on but will spend freely on political theater.
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ranking Member @merkley.senate.gov has been fighting to find out how much taxpayer money Trump is wasting on these efforts, calling on the nonpartisan CBO to provide a full analysis of the costs associated with renaming the DoD.
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