David Mendez
@jdmendez.com
Friendly neighborhood newsman @ospreynews.net.
Previously: Spectrum News, Easy Reader News, Tucson Weekly. NAHJ and SPJ member.
Previously: Spectrum News, Easy Reader News, Tucson Weekly. NAHJ and SPJ member.
For context: Trump’s post is responding to an article about Dems who are reminding soldiers that they are required to follow lawful orders and can be prosecuted for following unlawful orders.
So…it seems Trump’s calling reminders to follow the law “sedition” and calling to execute opponents.
So…it seems Trump’s calling reminders to follow the law “sedition” and calling to execute opponents.
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For context: Trump’s post is responding to an article about Dems who are reminding soldiers that they are required to follow lawful orders and can be prosecuted for following unlawful orders.
So…it seems Trump’s calling reminders to follow the law “sedition” and calling to execute opponents.
So…it seems Trump’s calling reminders to follow the law “sedition” and calling to execute opponents.
The federal government is punishing all of its citizens to cow political opponents.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The federal government is punishing all of its citizens to cow political opponents.
Just want to underscore these:
The federal government has proudly killed 57 people. It has not provided a single piece of evidence justifying the killings.
The president is also openly musing before assembled military about sending troops into Democratically-controlled cities.
The federal government has proudly killed 57 people. It has not provided a single piece of evidence justifying the killings.
The president is also openly musing before assembled military about sending troops into Democratically-controlled cities.
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just want to underscore these:
The federal government has proudly killed 57 people. It has not provided a single piece of evidence justifying the killings.
The president is also openly musing before assembled military about sending troops into Democratically-controlled cities.
The federal government has proudly killed 57 people. It has not provided a single piece of evidence justifying the killings.
The president is also openly musing before assembled military about sending troops into Democratically-controlled cities.
Baseball is best with a scorecard. GOMS
October 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Baseball is best with a scorecard. GOMS
El Segundo and neighboring Manhattan Beach are incredibly dense. And El Segundo is immediately adjacent to LAX.
About 17,000 people live in El Segundo, and so many of them live so close to that refinery.
North MB — El Porto and Tree Section neighborhoods — is bordered to the north by Chevron.
About 17,000 people live in El Segundo, and so many of them live so close to that refinery.
North MB — El Porto and Tree Section neighborhoods — is bordered to the north by Chevron.
October 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
El Segundo and neighboring Manhattan Beach are incredibly dense. And El Segundo is immediately adjacent to LAX.
About 17,000 people live in El Segundo, and so many of them live so close to that refinery.
North MB — El Porto and Tree Section neighborhoods — is bordered to the north by Chevron.
About 17,000 people live in El Segundo, and so many of them live so close to that refinery.
North MB — El Porto and Tree Section neighborhoods — is bordered to the north by Chevron.
Per @latimes.com, the Supreme Court has lifted an injunction that prevented federal agents from “snatching people off Southern California streets based on how they look, what language they speak, what work they do or where they happen to be.”
This doesn’t bode well.
This doesn’t bode well.
September 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Per @latimes.com, the Supreme Court has lifted an injunction that prevented federal agents from “snatching people off Southern California streets based on how they look, what language they speak, what work they do or where they happen to be.”
This doesn’t bode well.
This doesn’t bode well.
“Without tariffs, this country is in serious, serious trouble…there is nothing so popular in this country,” Trump just said.
It’s been about four months but per Gallup, people aren’t crazy about tariffs.
It’s been about four months but per Gallup, people aren’t crazy about tariffs.
September 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Without tariffs, this country is in serious, serious trouble…there is nothing so popular in this country,” Trump just said.
It’s been about four months but per Gallup, people aren’t crazy about tariffs.
It’s been about four months but per Gallup, people aren’t crazy about tariffs.
“Microsoft sales smash Wall Street expectations, driven by cloud and AI,” reporting $27.2 billion in profit — the same quarter it laid off more than 6,300 employees.
www.seattletimes.com/business/mic...
www.seattletimes.com/business/mic...
July 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Microsoft sales smash Wall Street expectations, driven by cloud and AI,” reporting $27.2 billion in profit — the same quarter it laid off more than 6,300 employees.
www.seattletimes.com/business/mic...
www.seattletimes.com/business/mic...
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran”
“NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!”
goddammit.
“NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!”
goddammit.
June 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran”
“NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!”
goddammit.
“NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!”
goddammit.
From my old colleagues at Spectrum News, the Trump administration will deploy 500 Marines from Camp Pendleton to Los Angeles “in light of increased threats against federal officers and federal buildings.”
June 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
From my old colleagues at Spectrum News, the Trump administration will deploy 500 Marines from Camp Pendleton to Los Angeles “in light of increased threats against federal officers and federal buildings.”
A photographer I know used to dress up her pets in elaborate, silly costumes every year to sell a calendar.
Just popped into my mind this morning.
Just popped into my mind this morning.
May 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A photographer I know used to dress up her pets in elaborate, silly costumes every year to sell a calendar.
Just popped into my mind this morning.
Just popped into my mind this morning.
Will Hermosa Beach goof up this opportunity?
April 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Will Hermosa Beach goof up this opportunity?
This post pops into my head every Christmas season.
March 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This post pops into my head every Christmas season.
I love weird opening day ERAs. Sorry Leclerc.
March 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I love weird opening day ERAs. Sorry Leclerc.
Branding is clearly Trump’s greatest skill — and even that hasn’t saved him from a horror show of business failures.
The fact that he’s made it this far, twice, is an indictment on our collective foolishness.
The fact that he’s made it this far, twice, is an indictment on our collective foolishness.
March 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Branding is clearly Trump’s greatest skill — and even that hasn’t saved him from a horror show of business failures.
The fact that he’s made it this far, twice, is an indictment on our collective foolishness.
The fact that he’s made it this far, twice, is an indictment on our collective foolishness.
I feel this in my bones. Really missing the Webex chats from Spectrum News right now.
From @mattdpearce.com’s Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
From @mattdpearce.com’s Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
January 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I feel this in my bones. Really missing the Webex chats from Spectrum News right now.
From @mattdpearce.com’s Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
From @mattdpearce.com’s Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
Looks like Bluesky is finally Twitter.
January 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Looks like Bluesky is finally Twitter.
This one is absurd: a council member was banned from a few local bars over a vote. He was then sued by the bar owner for trespassing, and demanded the city defend him in court. The best part of the complaint against him is in the screenshot (and its alt text).
authory.com/DavidMendez/...
authory.com/DavidMendez/...
November 30, 2024 at 5:42 AM
This one is absurd: a council member was banned from a few local bars over a vote. He was then sued by the bar owner for trespassing, and demanded the city defend him in court. The best part of the complaint against him is in the screenshot (and its alt text).
authory.com/DavidMendez/...
authory.com/DavidMendez/...
Interesting. LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong seems to tacitly agree with a GOP PR operative that LAT reporters are not doing their jobs right by not adequately platforming conservative researchers for Trump policies.
(Love the scare quotes around “experts.” Really screams “diversity of ideas.”)
(Love the scare quotes around “experts.” Really screams “diversity of ideas.”)
November 17, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Interesting. LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong seems to tacitly agree with a GOP PR operative that LAT reporters are not doing their jobs right by not adequately platforming conservative researchers for Trump policies.
(Love the scare quotes around “experts.” Really screams “diversity of ideas.”)
(Love the scare quotes around “experts.” Really screams “diversity of ideas.”)
There is something deeply sad about this pair of tweets, on many levels.
My “favorite”? This person wants her highly-processed bread to be made as she remembered it from more than 40 years ago.
She presumably voted, in at least some small part, based on bread. Decades-old memories of bread.
My “favorite”? This person wants her highly-processed bread to be made as she remembered it from more than 40 years ago.
She presumably voted, in at least some small part, based on bread. Decades-old memories of bread.
November 17, 2024 at 8:22 AM
There is something deeply sad about this pair of tweets, on many levels.
My “favorite”? This person wants her highly-processed bread to be made as she remembered it from more than 40 years ago.
She presumably voted, in at least some small part, based on bread. Decades-old memories of bread.
My “favorite”? This person wants her highly-processed bread to be made as she remembered it from more than 40 years ago.
She presumably voted, in at least some small part, based on bread. Decades-old memories of bread.
This is Nightmare King Cake Baby erasure and I will not stand for it.
November 16, 2024 at 7:38 AM
This is Nightmare King Cake Baby erasure and I will not stand for it.
Petri’s work has been excellent forever and this is a top-notch humor column for the stupid moment we’re living in.
October 27, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Petri’s work has been excellent forever and this is a top-notch humor column for the stupid moment we’re living in.
lol. lmao, even.
the weasely non-endorsement fiasco that LAT and WaPo are mired in is profoundly disappointing. the comment to NYT by Soon-Shiong’s daughter, apparently trying to take advantage for lefty political leverage, being shot down by her own father feels appropriately asinine.
the weasely non-endorsement fiasco that LAT and WaPo are mired in is profoundly disappointing. the comment to NYT by Soon-Shiong’s daughter, apparently trying to take advantage for lefty political leverage, being shot down by her own father feels appropriately asinine.
October 27, 2024 at 1:58 AM
lol. lmao, even.
the weasely non-endorsement fiasco that LAT and WaPo are mired in is profoundly disappointing. the comment to NYT by Soon-Shiong’s daughter, apparently trying to take advantage for lefty political leverage, being shot down by her own father feels appropriately asinine.
the weasely non-endorsement fiasco that LAT and WaPo are mired in is profoundly disappointing. the comment to NYT by Soon-Shiong’s daughter, apparently trying to take advantage for lefty political leverage, being shot down by her own father feels appropriately asinine.
Well, this is fun.
(I should probably use this platform more.)
(I should probably use this platform more.)
September 19, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Well, this is fun.
(I should probably use this platform more.)
(I should probably use this platform more.)