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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...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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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Literal communist economic policy
October 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Literal communist economic policy
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When I told the genie I wished the EU were even with American GDP per capita, I assumed that we'd get a working tech sector, not that the US would end up run be degrowthers.
Powell: "GDP growth has slowed notably in the first half of this year, to a pace of 1.2%, roughly half the 2.5% pace in 2024. The declining growth has largely reflected a slowdown in consumer spending ... higher tariffs have begun to push up prices in some categories of goods."
August 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When I told the genie I wished the EU were even with American GDP per capita, I assumed that we'd get a working tech sector, not that the US would end up run be degrowthers.
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I think you should be able to buy a cup of coffee or a bite to eat in America’s urban parks, and that the refusal to allow this is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of what urban parks are, and what purpose they serve.
American park concession policy drives me insane.
Here I am with my kid at the biggest park in Berkeley. There are hundreds of people here at birthday parties, playing tennis/basketball/frisbee, and running the dogs.
And yet the closest place to buy a *coffee* is a half mile walk.
Here I am with my kid at the biggest park in Berkeley. There are hundreds of people here at birthday parties, playing tennis/basketball/frisbee, and running the dogs.
And yet the closest place to buy a *coffee* is a half mile walk.
August 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I think you should be able to buy a cup of coffee or a bite to eat in America’s urban parks, and that the refusal to allow this is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of what urban parks are, and what purpose they serve.
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Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution?
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
May 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution?
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
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okay sure so it worked in Denver
and in Austin
and it worked for downtown Oakland and for Sacramento
and yes, it’s worked for decades in Tokyo
but how can we be *sure* that building a lot more homes will make California a more affordable place to live??
and in Austin
and it worked for downtown Oakland and for Sacramento
and yes, it’s worked for decades in Tokyo
but how can we be *sure* that building a lot more homes will make California a more affordable place to live??
Denver is building so many new apartments that vacancy rates reached a 16-year high and the average rent has fallen below levels seen two years ago, according to the Apartment Association of Metro Denver.
The average apartment rent in metro Denver fell to $1,819 in the first quarter.
The average apartment rent in metro Denver fell to $1,819 in the first quarter.
Metro Denver apartment market erases two years of rent increases
Developers continue to deliver so many new apartments that vacancy rates have reached a 16-year high.
www.denverpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
okay sure so it worked in Denver
and in Austin
and it worked for downtown Oakland and for Sacramento
and yes, it’s worked for decades in Tokyo
but how can we be *sure* that building a lot more homes will make California a more affordable place to live??
and in Austin
and it worked for downtown Oakland and for Sacramento
and yes, it’s worked for decades in Tokyo
but how can we be *sure* that building a lot more homes will make California a more affordable place to live??
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Never forget that the chief complaint against Biden was “the economy is terrible.” You utter imbeciles
April 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Never forget that the chief complaint against Biden was “the economy is terrible.” You utter imbeciles
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The idea that liberals are incapable of seeking accountability from authoritarians and criminals is so ahistorical. Nuremberg, The Hague, these were the creation of liberals, not leftist radicals
One of the strangest emotional states in liberals is when they fantasize about a world that would only exist with a vociferous, partisan leftist ruling party in charge but they somehow think Chuck Schumer will do it instead. Once again: they never even fired the Post Office guy
Man who is “we”? you are a liberal. your institutions are insulating the ruling class from consequences as intended
April 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The idea that liberals are incapable of seeking accountability from authoritarians and criminals is so ahistorical. Nuremberg, The Hague, these were the creation of liberals, not leftist radicals
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any democrat praising the tariffs is a fucking moron
April 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
any democrat praising the tariffs is a fucking moron
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The testosterone had something to do with it, but if you really want to understand why Elon’s brain broke, it was when his kid came out to him as trans & his supposedly big brain didn’t have the capacity to accept it.
So he decided to destroy all trans people.
What a sad, wretched human being.
So he decided to destroy all trans people.
What a sad, wretched human being.
March 24, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The testosterone had something to do with it, but if you really want to understand why Elon’s brain broke, it was when his kid came out to him as trans & his supposedly big brain didn’t have the capacity to accept it.
So he decided to destroy all trans people.
What a sad, wretched human being.
So he decided to destroy all trans people.
What a sad, wretched human being.
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🇺🇸 CNN poll shows just 8% of Americans view Russia positively—on par with those who think the moon landing was fake. 61% see Russia as an enemy, and only 4% as a partner. Only 9% like Putin, with the same percentage believing the Earth is flat. 52% support Ukraine using U.S. weapons in Russia.
February 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🇺🇸 CNN poll shows just 8% of Americans view Russia positively—on par with those who think the moon landing was fake. 61% see Russia as an enemy, and only 4% as a partner. Only 9% like Putin, with the same percentage believing the Earth is flat. 52% support Ukraine using U.S. weapons in Russia.
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At the heart of many of the U.S.’s problems is lack of mobility: In the 19th century 1 in 3 people moved each year. Today 1 in 13 do so.
Our reduced mobility flows from our profound failure over the past 50 years to build new homes in areas of economic opportunity.
It’s strangling us as a nation.🧵
Our reduced mobility flows from our profound failure over the past 50 years to build new homes in areas of economic opportunity.
It’s strangling us as a nation.🧵
How Progressives Froze the American Dream
The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.
www.theatlantic.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
At the heart of many of the U.S.’s problems is lack of mobility: In the 19th century 1 in 3 people moved each year. Today 1 in 13 do so.
Our reduced mobility flows from our profound failure over the past 50 years to build new homes in areas of economic opportunity.
It’s strangling us as a nation.🧵
Our reduced mobility flows from our profound failure over the past 50 years to build new homes in areas of economic opportunity.
It’s strangling us as a nation.🧵
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HEY @washingtonpost.com AND @nytimes.com, DO YOU THINK IT'S NEWSWORTHY THAT THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD IS WALKING AROUND THE GOVERNMENT "DELETING" CHUNKS OF IT AT HIS WHIM? DO YOU THINK THIS MIGHT DESERVE A LITTLE BIT OF ALARM
February 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
HEY @washingtonpost.com AND @nytimes.com, DO YOU THINK IT'S NEWSWORTHY THAT THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD IS WALKING AROUND THE GOVERNMENT "DELETING" CHUNKS OF IT AT HIS WHIM? DO YOU THINK THIS MIGHT DESERVE A LITTLE BIT OF ALARM
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I don’t like the “people are voting with their feet” line about California and NYC’s population loss/decline. People aren’t voting with their feet, they’re losing the game of musical chairs. To the extent population is falling, it’s due to shrinking household sizes, not vacancy. Demand remains high.
January 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I don’t like the “people are voting with their feet” line about California and NYC’s population loss/decline. People aren’t voting with their feet, they’re losing the game of musical chairs. To the extent population is falling, it’s due to shrinking household sizes, not vacancy. Demand remains high.
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If the owner of a single-family home rented to an immigrant family of six kicks them all out to put the house on the market for sale, and then a rich family of two empty-nesters buys it, the population of that lot has dropped by two-thirds. So clearly it doesn’t need any more housing.
There’s a narrative that because California experienced a small population loss — which is now turning around — that means we don’t need to build new homes.
False.
California dug a big hole for decades & has a huge housing shortage. Prices are higher than 5 years ago.
We need many more homes.
False.
California dug a big hole for decades & has a huge housing shortage. Prices are higher than 5 years ago.
We need many more homes.
December 24, 2024 at 7:37 PM
If the owner of a single-family home rented to an immigrant family of six kicks them all out to put the house on the market for sale, and then a rich family of two empty-nesters buys it, the population of that lot has dropped by two-thirds. So clearly it doesn’t need any more housing.
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
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Inclusionary zoning is bad policy that creates bad outcomes.
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December 12, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Inclusionary zoning is bad policy that creates bad outcomes.
designed and ordered a custom aluminum part so that I can open and close my window with an old standing desk motor. next I'll need a proper windowsill mount
November 28, 2024 at 3:42 AM
designed and ordered a custom aluminum part so that I can open and close my window with an old standing desk motor. next I'll need a proper windowsill mount
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For all those who think our cities have no more room for housing, an abandoned Burger King in Jersey City will become 607 housing units…
November 20, 2024 at 2:25 PM
For all those who think our cities have no more room for housing, an abandoned Burger King in Jersey City will become 607 housing units…