Ian B. Walters
@ianbwalters.bsky.social
Participation Award Recipient.
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Oh man it's real. If you're a Trump donor you're getting emails telling you that Dems are trying to "STOP your $5000 DOGE DIVIDEND CHECKS."
There are no DOGE dividend checks.
There are no DOGE dividend checks.
May 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Oh man it's real. If you're a Trump donor you're getting emails telling you that Dems are trying to "STOP your $5000 DOGE DIVIDEND CHECKS."
There are no DOGE dividend checks.
There are no DOGE dividend checks.
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One angle I'm always thinking about is how much free stuff Trump promised. There are people currently expecting 1) no income tax under $200k, 2) free IVF, 3) a baby bonus, 4) a $5000 "DOGE dividend." And there is no plan to do that stuff! Just campaign rhetoric.
No, writes @ddale8.bsky.social, Trump did not warn voters during the campaign that his tariffs would require a “transition period.” He said they would make voters “so rich” and are “not going to be a cost to you,” with none of his current rhetoric about temporary issues. www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/p...
Fact check: Trump falsely claims he warned Americans during his campaign of a tariff ‘transition period’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump falsely claimed Tuesday that he warned during his 2024 campaign that his tariffs would require Americans to experience the challenges of a “transition period.”
www.cnn.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One angle I'm always thinking about is how much free stuff Trump promised. There are people currently expecting 1) no income tax under $200k, 2) free IVF, 3) a baby bonus, 4) a $5000 "DOGE dividend." And there is no plan to do that stuff! Just campaign rhetoric.
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
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If you want to understand DOGE. Start here.
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
www.notesfromthecircus.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If you want to understand DOGE. Start here.
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NEW from me: Elon Musk's Starlink has billions at stake from an expected Trump rewrite of a $42 billion Biden broadband program that has yet to connect customers more than 3 years after Congress approved it.
GIFT LINK-> www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
GIFT LINK-> www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
GOP Wants Musk’s Starlink to Get a Cut of $42 Billion Biden Internet Plan
When President Joe Biden put $42 billion behind making high-speed internet accessible across the US, he committed to doing it the old-fashioned way – with miles upon miles of fiber-optic lines.
www.bloomberg.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW from me: Elon Musk's Starlink has billions at stake from an expected Trump rewrite of a $42 billion Biden broadband program that has yet to connect customers more than 3 years after Congress approved it.
GIFT LINK-> www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
GIFT LINK-> www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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It was always going to be an election about Jan 6th
January 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It was always going to be an election about Jan 6th
@24sight.news honcho Tom LoBianco & I may not have solved the world’s problems, but we did accidentally touch upon them. Here’s a weekend amuse-bouche for you before the inevitable warmed-over servings from the Media Buffet of Doom are served. Column here: open.substack.com/pub/24sight/...
January 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
@24sight.news honcho Tom LoBianco & I may not have solved the world’s problems, but we did accidentally touch upon them. Here’s a weekend amuse-bouche for you before the inevitable warmed-over servings from the Media Buffet of Doom are served. Column here: open.substack.com/pub/24sight/...
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Red hot new “The Booboisie” from @Ian B. Walters coming shortly
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Then join us at 12p ET on the Substack app for a livestream discussion, including Ian’s tips on how to stay hydrated in the Anacostia
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January 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Red hot new “The Booboisie” from @Ian B. Walters coming shortly
Subscribe here so you don’t miss it:
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Then join us at 12p ET on the Substack app for a livestream discussion, including Ian’s tips on how to stay hydrated in the Anacostia
Subscribe here so you don’t miss it:
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Then join us at 12p ET on the Substack app for a livestream discussion, including Ian’s tips on how to stay hydrated in the Anacostia
At this very moment there’s a puffed-up newsroom consultant pitching WaPo brass: “well, how badly do you want to boost circulation?”.
News: The LA Times has seen a major bump in traffic and subscriptions in the wake of the fires, per an email to staff shared with me. Traffic was up 800% from the month before, and 4140 people subscribed despite the fact that the LAT made most fire-related articles free.
January 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
At this very moment there’s a puffed-up newsroom consultant pitching WaPo brass: “well, how badly do you want to boost circulation?”.
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Fell down a delightful wikihole this morning, and I've come back with a finding: the 1880s--1900s were peak "-ola" and "granola" led the trend.
(Warning: amateur etymology ahead. No doubt someone has already written a dissertation on this topic.)
1/n
(Warning: amateur etymology ahead. No doubt someone has already written a dissertation on this topic.)
1/n
January 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Fell down a delightful wikihole this morning, and I've come back with a finding: the 1880s--1900s were peak "-ola" and "granola" led the trend.
(Warning: amateur etymology ahead. No doubt someone has already written a dissertation on this topic.)
1/n
(Warning: amateur etymology ahead. No doubt someone has already written a dissertation on this topic.)
1/n
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not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff
January 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff
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I've got fresh items this week from @modernpoliticalcampaigns.com @ianbwalters.bsky.social and we've got former @propublica.org President @dicktofel.bsky.social coming up on The Ground Game Pod
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I've got fresh items this week from @modernpoliticalcampaigns.com @ianbwalters.bsky.social and we've got former @propublica.org President @dicktofel.bsky.social coming up on The Ground Game Pod
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January 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I've got fresh items this week from @modernpoliticalcampaigns.com @ianbwalters.bsky.social and we've got former @propublica.org President @dicktofel.bsky.social coming up on The Ground Game Pod
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I've got fresh items this week from @modernpoliticalcampaigns.com @ianbwalters.bsky.social and we've got former @propublica.org President @dicktofel.bsky.social coming up on The Ground Game Pod
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Yesterday I dogpiled on the awful experience of trying to get information about a disaster unfolding around me. But today I pay some compliments to what’s working.
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-sunlig...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-sunlig...
The sunlight through the ash
A few brighter spots in the information environment about L.A.'s fires.
mattdpearce.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Yesterday I dogpiled on the awful experience of trying to get information about a disaster unfolding around me. But today I pay some compliments to what’s working.
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-sunlig...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-sunlig...
The answer, my friend, is…
December 19, 2024 at 8:59 PM
The answer, my friend, is…
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The good and wise @ianbwalters.bsky.social from our 24sight News QnA yesterday, he is the author of "The Booboisie" on 24sight
December 17, 2024 at 12:53 PM
The good and wise @ianbwalters.bsky.social from our 24sight News QnA yesterday, he is the author of "The Booboisie" on 24sight
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“You’ve heard it before, maybe even said it yourself, ‘I’m sick and tired of these unelected bureaucrats ruining my life!’
Fortunately for you, elections have consequences. Help is on the way, in the form of new, fresh, innovative, unelected bureaucrats.”
open.substack.com/pub/24sight/...
Fortunately for you, elections have consequences. Help is on the way, in the form of new, fresh, innovative, unelected bureaucrats.”
open.substack.com/pub/24sight/...
When the DOGE comes a-knockin'
In his debut column, 24sight's resident wise man Ian Walters assesses the dangers of government and governmenters
open.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:37 PM
“You’ve heard it before, maybe even said it yourself, ‘I’m sick and tired of these unelected bureaucrats ruining my life!’
Fortunately for you, elections have consequences. Help is on the way, in the form of new, fresh, innovative, unelected bureaucrats.”
open.substack.com/pub/24sight/...
Fortunately for you, elections have consequences. Help is on the way, in the form of new, fresh, innovative, unelected bureaucrats.”
open.substack.com/pub/24sight/...
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Launch day!
The great and wise Ian Walters is up at 24sight News with his new column, The Booboisie
When the DOGE comes a-knockin'
In his debut column, 24sight's resident wise man Ian Walters assesses the dangers of government and governmenters
www.24sight.news/p/when-the-d...
The great and wise Ian Walters is up at 24sight News with his new column, The Booboisie
When the DOGE comes a-knockin'
In his debut column, 24sight's resident wise man Ian Walters assesses the dangers of government and governmenters
www.24sight.news/p/when-the-d...
When the DOGE comes a-knockin'
In his debut column, 24sight's resident wise man Ian Walters assesses the dangers of government and governmenters
www.24sight.news
December 16, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Launch day!
The great and wise Ian Walters is up at 24sight News with his new column, The Booboisie
When the DOGE comes a-knockin'
In his debut column, 24sight's resident wise man Ian Walters assesses the dangers of government and governmenters
www.24sight.news/p/when-the-d...
The great and wise Ian Walters is up at 24sight News with his new column, The Booboisie
When the DOGE comes a-knockin'
In his debut column, 24sight's resident wise man Ian Walters assesses the dangers of government and governmenters
www.24sight.news/p/when-the-d...
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Porting the classics over here
I thought I wouldn’t laugh at this on the 4058th listen
But damn if I did
I thought I wouldn’t laugh at this on the 4058th listen
But damn if I did
December 4, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Porting the classics over here
I thought I wouldn’t laugh at this on the 4058th listen
But damn if I did
I thought I wouldn’t laugh at this on the 4058th listen
But damn if I did