@publiclandwonk.bsky.social
Spouse. Dad. Progressive. PhD. Federal public lands & resources policy wonk. Retired Fed. Former Flight Attendant. Recovered Multiplan & Quattro jockey. Excel geek. ISTP. Cubs, Iowa & NCSU fan. Lived in 11 states before NW WA. ReligionXGovt=Worst of Both.
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This gets a repost because these numbers are infuriating: There are over 20,000 homeless families -- families -- and 35,000 children now sheltered in the city of New York, one of the richest in the world. If you too are now angry at this, maybe take a moment and do a small, decent thing with that:
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December 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This gets a repost because these numbers are infuriating: There are over 20,000 homeless families -- families -- and 35,000 children now sheltered in the city of New York, one of the richest in the world. If you too are now angry at this, maybe take a moment and do a small, decent thing with that:
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The entire U.S. population is in the low hundreds of millions (340m), meaning that according to NoemMath, nearly all of us were on track for a cocaine-related death. I am so grateful to have been saved.
Noem: You have saved hundreds of millions of lives with the Cocaine you’ve blown up in the Caribbean
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The entire U.S. population is in the low hundreds of millions (340m), meaning that according to NoemMath, nearly all of us were on track for a cocaine-related death. I am so grateful to have been saved.
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Ishmael clinging to Queequeg’s floating coffin was still actively trying to kill Moby Dick, says subordinate white whale
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Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Ishmael clinging to Queequeg’s floating coffin was still actively trying to kill Moby Dick, says subordinate white whale
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December 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Mark Warner, the top Dem on the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he reviewed the DOD IG's Signalgate report and Pete Hegseth either needs to be fired or resign.
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Mark Warner, the top Dem on the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he reviewed the DOD IG's Signalgate report and Pete Hegseth either needs to be fired or resign.
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"I mean, who among us hasn’t sat at the head of a table while sycophants and psychopaths praise our imaginary accomplishments, as we gradually lose consciousness and fill the room with the piquant aroma of ass music?"
JEFF TIEDRICH
DECEMBER 3, 2025
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JEFF TIEDRICH
DECEMBER 3, 2025
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shh! don’t wake Preznit Fuckwit, cabinet meetings make him sleepy
Don Snoreleone snoozes again
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December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"I mean, who among us hasn’t sat at the head of a table while sycophants and psychopaths praise our imaginary accomplishments, as we gradually lose consciousness and fill the room with the piquant aroma of ass music?"
JEFF TIEDRICH
DECEMBER 3, 2025
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JEFF TIEDRICH
DECEMBER 3, 2025
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At every point the Trump administration has wildly incompetent people fail to do the government job in front of them.
December 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
At every point the Trump administration has wildly incompetent people fail to do the government job in front of them.
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Conspiracy theory: “They’re hiding the inflation data!”
Boring reality: “We sent the data nerds home for six weeks and they couldn’t collect it.”
As usual, never attribute to malice what can be explained by budget dysfunction.
Boring reality: “We sent the data nerds home for six weeks and they couldn’t collect it.”
As usual, never attribute to malice what can be explained by budget dysfunction.
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Conspiracy theory: “They’re hiding the inflation data!”
Boring reality: “We sent the data nerds home for six weeks and they couldn’t collect it.”
As usual, never attribute to malice what can be explained by budget dysfunction.
Boring reality: “We sent the data nerds home for six weeks and they couldn’t collect it.”
As usual, never attribute to malice what can be explained by budget dysfunction.
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Official government statistics that come from independent statistical agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Those folks tell the truth. The problem, of course, is that every word that comes out of the White House, almost every word... is a lie."
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Official government statistics that come from independent statistical agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Those folks tell the truth. The problem, of course, is that every word that comes out of the White House, almost every word... is a lie."
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Do we have any remaining questions about this stupid, disintegrating white supremacist motherfucker?
Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Do we have any remaining questions about this stupid, disintegrating white supremacist motherfucker?
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Regardless of what he did or didn’t know about killing helpless survivors, we have a child playing war games in one of the most sensitive positions in government. 
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Regardless of what he did or didn’t know about killing helpless survivors, we have a child playing war games in one of the most sensitive positions in government. 
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Pete Hegseth is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in American history. He is a national embarrassment who is putting the safety of our servicemembers at risk. He should be fired immediately.
Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing of sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to s...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Pete Hegseth is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in American history. He is a national embarrassment who is putting the safety of our servicemembers at risk. He should be fired immediately.
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Astounding how little you have to l know about the daily business and happenings at the White House, on Capitol Hill, or in our government as a whole to be the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Decent suit and a gavel and you're good to go. Nice work if you can get it.
Decent suit and a gavel and you're good to go. Nice work if you can get it.
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Astounding how little you have to l know about the daily business and happenings at the White House, on Capitol Hill, or in our government as a whole to be the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Decent suit and a gavel and you're good to go. Nice work if you can get it.
Decent suit and a gavel and you're good to go. Nice work if you can get it.
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As a thought exercise, is there a money-trench-dwelling, market-rigging, child-fucking greedwhore somewhere in federal custody that stands no chance whatsoever of being pardoned by this president?
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
As a thought exercise, is there a money-trench-dwelling, market-rigging, child-fucking greedwhore somewhere in federal custody that stands no chance whatsoever of being pardoned by this president?
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“Critics say” Trump’s remarks on Somalis were bigoted?
JFC what are you doing?
JFC what are you doing?
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Critics say” Trump’s remarks on Somalis were bigoted?
JFC what are you doing?
JFC what are you doing?
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Because it's not mathematically possible.
Trump claims he's slashing drugs prices by "200 percent, 300 percent, 400 percent, 500 percent, 600 percent, 700 percent, 800 percent. Nobody has ever heard of it before."
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Because it's not mathematically possible.
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Bingo.
Trump doesn't want to end the drug cartels. He wants to CONTROL and PROFIT from the drug cartels. That's what mobsters do.
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Bingo.
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Sit and Talk - the fight goes on, like a daily dark soap opera of thoughtless hateful autocratic players who will do anything to have power up to and including our loss of individual rights, freedom, equal justice, dignity, and equality - youtu.be/QsiPKTz2wSo?...
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Sit and Talk - the fight goes on, like a daily dark soap opera of thoughtless hateful autocratic players who will do anything to have power up to and including our loss of individual rights, freedom, equal justice, dignity, and equality - youtu.be/QsiPKTz2wSo?...
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Senate Republicans just handed David Bragdon a LIFETIME judicial appointment— a man who compared abortion to murder and said women "must face the consequences" for their "poor judgment."
Republicans are stacking the courts with anti-choice extremists and hoping you don't notice.
Republicans are stacking the courts with anti-choice extremists and hoping you don't notice.
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Senate Republicans just handed David Bragdon a LIFETIME judicial appointment— a man who compared abortion to murder and said women "must face the consequences" for their "poor judgment."
Republicans are stacking the courts with anti-choice extremists and hoping you don't notice.
Republicans are stacking the courts with anti-choice extremists and hoping you don't notice.
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I sometimes think of the multiverse in which Al Gore won in 2000. I wonder what is happening over there
🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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December 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I sometimes think of the multiverse in which Al Gore won in 2000. I wonder what is happening over there
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As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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Gupta: Nobody takes a Montreal Cognitive Assessment with this type of frequency. Doing it as frequently as he’s doing makes no sense. I don’t know any neurologist who would recommend doing a MoCA with that type of frequency. It’s not the flex that I think he believes it is.
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Gupta: Nobody takes a Montreal Cognitive Assessment with this type of frequency. Doing it as frequently as he’s doing makes no sense. I don’t know any neurologist who would recommend doing a MoCA with that type of frequency. It’s not the flex that I think he believes it is.
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THE COST OF DATA CENTERS -
Mr. Williams described himself and his wife Barbara, 58, as common-sense conservatives who treasure rural rhythms.
“I want to hear the crickets when I go to bed, not the hum of a fan up the road,” Ms. Williams said.
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Mr. Williams described himself and his wife Barbara, 58, as common-sense conservatives who treasure rural rhythms.
“I want to hear the crickets when I go to bed, not the hum of a fan up the road,” Ms. Williams said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills
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November 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
THE COST OF DATA CENTERS -
Mr. Williams described himself and his wife Barbara, 58, as common-sense conservatives who treasure rural rhythms.
“I want to hear the crickets when I go to bed, not the hum of a fan up the road,” Ms. Williams said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Mr. Williams described himself and his wife Barbara, 58, as common-sense conservatives who treasure rural rhythms.
“I want to hear the crickets when I go to bed, not the hum of a fan up the road,” Ms. Williams said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...