Just a little guy
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3 months ago, Melissa Hortman & her husband were killed in their home by a man who— *While In Disguise As A Cop In Order To Increase His Chances Of Success/Evading Capture*— stalked her *&* another state legislator. Today? Crickets.
Charlie Kirk's gonna get his face on a prayer flag in the Oval.
Charlie Kirk's gonna get his face on a prayer flag in the Oval.
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
September 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
3 months ago, Melissa Hortman & her husband were killed in their home by a man who— *While In Disguise As A Cop In Order To Increase His Chances Of Success/Evading Capture*— stalked her *&* another state legislator. Today? Crickets.
Charlie Kirk's gonna get his face on a prayer flag in the Oval.
Charlie Kirk's gonna get his face on a prayer flag in the Oval.
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We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
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Everybody still going this can't be a REAL dictatorship like those poor third world countries the US destabilized can stay the hell away from me. The more the regime goes after, the more it smacks of your privilege that you feel safer than you are.
August 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Everybody still going this can't be a REAL dictatorship like those poor third world countries the US destabilized can stay the hell away from me. The more the regime goes after, the more it smacks of your privilege that you feel safer than you are.
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"Trump, a convicted criminal who pardoned 400 violent felons who assaulted police officers in his name, on Monday announced he's deploying National Guard troops and seizing control of the capital city’s police force" b/c of the city's *lowest crime rate in decades* www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Convicted Felon Trump Lies About Crime Rate In DC, Deploys Troops
Crime rates in the nation’s capital are the lowest they have been in decades, and have decreased dramatically over the last two years.
www.huffpost.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Trump, a convicted criminal who pardoned 400 violent felons who assaulted police officers in his name, on Monday announced he's deploying National Guard troops and seizing control of the capital city’s police force" b/c of the city's *lowest crime rate in decades* www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Not to mention, sprawl creates fascists. Who’s more likely to be aggrieved and vengeful? The guy who walks to the store and has a drink at the bar and chats with people, or the guy who sits in traffic all day and views other people as obstacles in his way?
One thing I've not seen mentioned in redistricting discourse is the fact that California has built so little housing over the last two decades, we're on track to lose ~ 4 seats in the house anyway.
People really don't appreciate how deeply NIMBYs have fucked the United States.
People really don't appreciate how deeply NIMBYs have fucked the United States.
August 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Not to mention, sprawl creates fascists. Who’s more likely to be aggrieved and vengeful? The guy who walks to the store and has a drink at the bar and chats with people, or the guy who sits in traffic all day and views other people as obstacles in his way?
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Part of my answer to "how'd we get here?" is an elite, institutional culture deeply opposed to calling bullshit. To do so is uncouth, uncivil, biased. Stated rationales must be taken at face value. There's no such thing as bad faith. Questioning motives is wrong. It's just debate, have some respect.
July 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Part of my answer to "how'd we get here?" is an elite, institutional culture deeply opposed to calling bullshit. To do so is uncouth, uncivil, biased. Stated rationales must be taken at face value. There's no such thing as bad faith. Questioning motives is wrong. It's just debate, have some respect.
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imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
July 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
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"It's another step in Mayor Todd Gloria's and Gov. Gavin Newsom's embrace of law enforcement as a tool to combat homelessness."
Just a reminder, this never works. You can use cops to combat homeless *individuals,* but the only thing that ends homelessness is housing.
www.axios.com/local/san-di...
Just a reminder, this never works. You can use cops to combat homeless *individuals,* but the only thing that ends homelessness is housing.
www.axios.com/local/san-di...
San Diego and California officials agree: Law enforcement is part of addressing homelessness.
Mayor Todd Gloria announced a deal with Caltrans to clear encampments on state property near freeways.
www.axios.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"It's another step in Mayor Todd Gloria's and Gov. Gavin Newsom's embrace of law enforcement as a tool to combat homelessness."
Just a reminder, this never works. You can use cops to combat homeless *individuals,* but the only thing that ends homelessness is housing.
www.axios.com/local/san-di...
Just a reminder, this never works. You can use cops to combat homeless *individuals,* but the only thing that ends homelessness is housing.
www.axios.com/local/san-di...
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I covered Ghislaine Maxwell's trial from her indictment to her conviction - my report minutes after the jury found her guilty is below.
It will be nothing short of a travesty of justice and a tragedy for every girl she victimized if Trump's DOJ cuts a deal with Maxwell to protect the President.
It will be nothing short of a travesty of justice and a tragedy for every girl she victimized if Trump's DOJ cuts a deal with Maxwell to protect the President.
Ghislaine Maxwell verdict: Guilty
YouTube video by FOX 5 New York
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July 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I covered Ghislaine Maxwell's trial from her indictment to her conviction - my report minutes after the jury found her guilty is below.
It will be nothing short of a travesty of justice and a tragedy for every girl she victimized if Trump's DOJ cuts a deal with Maxwell to protect the President.
It will be nothing short of a travesty of justice and a tragedy for every girl she victimized if Trump's DOJ cuts a deal with Maxwell to protect the President.
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Propaganda works. They print the stories the right wants printed because they like Trump and want him to win
The Times, Post, CNN, and Politico all ran stories this weekend or this morning about Trump getting his base back behind him on Epstein. The most prominent source cited to justify this claim _in all four publications_ was Steve Bannon. slate.com/news-and-pol...
All These Stories About Trump Making the Epstein Files a Winning Issue Have a Funny Thing in Common
Is Trump really turning the tables on this one?
slate.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Propaganda works. They print the stories the right wants printed because they like Trump and want him to win
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We normalized political violence years ago. Most obviously, we normalized political violence when January 6, 2021 happened & Donald Trump faced exactly zero consequences for it. We're 15 exits past this on the interstate in 2025.
“We’re at real risk of normalizing political violence as a part of our democracy.”
ICYMI, the Trump administration is shutting down prevention programs across the federal government—right as political violence in America has been surging www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICYMI, the Trump administration is shutting down prevention programs across the federal government—right as political violence in America has been surging www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Political violence is surging as Trump kills prevention efforts, a top security expert warns
Former DHS official William Braniff talks about building an innovative model for stopping terrorism—and how its loss may harm America.
www.motherjones.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We normalized political violence years ago. Most obviously, we normalized political violence when January 6, 2021 happened & Donald Trump faced exactly zero consequences for it. We're 15 exits past this on the interstate in 2025.
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The images of children starved to death in Gaza should be the lead of every news program.
July 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The images of children starved to death in Gaza should be the lead of every news program.
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California is going to lose congressional seats unless housing costs come down enough to reverse population decline, and those congressional seats are going to come out of the bluest parts of the state. Blue state NIMBYism is a gift to right-wing authoritarians. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
July 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
California is going to lose congressional seats unless housing costs come down enough to reverse population decline, and those congressional seats are going to come out of the bluest parts of the state. Blue state NIMBYism is a gift to right-wing authoritarians. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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📌The President of the United States posted a FAKE VIDEO TO THE WORLD of a kneeling Barack Obama being placed in handcuffs, and we are supposed go along like it is just another day.
Our press has so completely lost the thread it would be laughable if it wasn't so damn dangerous and disgusting.
Our press has so completely lost the thread it would be laughable if it wasn't so damn dangerous and disgusting.
July 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📌The President of the United States posted a FAKE VIDEO TO THE WORLD of a kneeling Barack Obama being placed in handcuffs, and we are supposed go along like it is just another day.
Our press has so completely lost the thread it would be laughable if it wasn't so damn dangerous and disgusting.
Our press has so completely lost the thread it would be laughable if it wasn't so damn dangerous and disgusting.
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It really is wild that the government pays people more to kidnap kids than to educate them
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
It really is wild that the government pays people more to kidnap kids than to educate them
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America in a nutshell.
July 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
America in a nutshell.
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He's right, and it's not just Brazil.
Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
July 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
He's right, and it's not just Brazil.
Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
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16 million people are losing their healthcare and hospitals are already closing because of it but it’s a win because one of the bottom tier fast food restaurants is going to start selling the same Mexican Cokes that you can already get at literally every store
July 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
16 million people are losing their healthcare and hospitals are already closing because of it but it’s a win because one of the bottom tier fast food restaurants is going to start selling the same Mexican Cokes that you can already get at literally every store
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he also completely destroyed whatever was left of corporate oversight and U.S. consumer protection, but I don't expect that to be reflected in polling until the press figures out it's going to cause mass fatalities through a concussive series of systemic failures
Within the first 7 months, Trump has managed to add trillions to the deficit, eviscerate agencies like the Education Department, rattle the economy, shake our strongest alliances, build concentration camps for his deportation program, and strip popular social programs like Medicaid from millions.
Devastating New Poll Shows Almost Everyone Is Unhappy Under Trump
Donald Trump has gotten a brutal performance review.
trib.al
July 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
he also completely destroyed whatever was left of corporate oversight and U.S. consumer protection, but I don't expect that to be reflected in polling until the press figures out it's going to cause mass fatalities through a concussive series of systemic failures
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wrote about the shocking cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show, and why there's no justification for Paramount's decision that isn't about the craven politics at play: slate.com/technology/2...
Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation Is Exactly What You Think It Is
Paramount says it’s a business decision. There’s truthiness to that.
slate.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
wrote about the shocking cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show, and why there's no justification for Paramount's decision that isn't about the craven politics at play: slate.com/technology/2...
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A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
July 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
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WSJ has a serious investigative news desk bc their non-opinion stuff has to reliably inform people in the business/finance worlds of the social conditions that will shape the economy. the NYT politics desk and senior leadership, otoh, seem to have decided their core mission is to discipline the left
July 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
WSJ has a serious investigative news desk bc their non-opinion stuff has to reliably inform people in the business/finance worlds of the social conditions that will shape the economy. the NYT politics desk and senior leadership, otoh, seem to have decided their core mission is to discipline the left
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No! He’s lying! I keep seeing this like the speaker of the house is a small child that doesn’t know what message he’s saying but he means what he’s saying, he’s saying it to Trump and lying to make him like him more! It’s just a lie!
July 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
No! He’s lying! I keep seeing this like the speaker of the house is a small child that doesn’t know what message he’s saying but he means what he’s saying, he’s saying it to Trump and lying to make him like him more! It’s just a lie!
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Hahahahahahahahaha… everything is so stupid.
The latest reason to fire Jay Powell is the Fed's use of “premium marble” as part of an "ostentatious overhaul" of its offices.
But the Fed wanted glass. Trump appointees insisted on marble.
apnews.com/article/powe...
The latest reason to fire Jay Powell is the Fed's use of “premium marble” as part of an "ostentatious overhaul" of its offices.
But the Fed wanted glass. Trump appointees insisted on marble.
apnews.com/article/powe...
Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks
President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over…
apnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hahahahahahahahaha… everything is so stupid.
The latest reason to fire Jay Powell is the Fed's use of “premium marble” as part of an "ostentatious overhaul" of its offices.
But the Fed wanted glass. Trump appointees insisted on marble.
apnews.com/article/powe...
The latest reason to fire Jay Powell is the Fed's use of “premium marble” as part of an "ostentatious overhaul" of its offices.
But the Fed wanted glass. Trump appointees insisted on marble.
apnews.com/article/powe...