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Retired Info Tech project manager in the Sonoran Desert. Animal shelter volunteer and art museum docent. Previously from Detroit and the Pacific Northwest. Dilettante reader of political theory and history and admirer of weird cars.
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Honestly @gavinnewsom.bsky.social’s team deserves an award for these

The gaslighting here is off the charts. With a quiet, moderated voice, measured cadence, and downcast eyes, Johnson will gladly facilitate the disintegration of our government.

“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.” --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater

Senator David Padilla should not have attempted to politicize DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference announcing that the federal government would liberate Los Angeles from socialism. Tomorrow in the New York Times

The NYT is scared of Trump, so they are lying. This is what happens at the beginning of fascist regimes, when opposition is still legal but the threat of punishment is looming.

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0-Malaise in Who Cares Seconds

Again: Dems: stop treating public opinion like a static thing to respond to! Zaller told us decades ago that YOU… YOU are the biggest predictor of public opinion/awareness. YOU frame the moment for us. Journalists look to YOU. They need YOU to signal strength and opposition everywhere all the time.

"[Randy] Newman’s flirtation with Communist Albania didn’t yield an anthem, but it left behind a revealing Cold War artifact." This piece, you guys.

Really? He couldn’t find that many actual people? “Smith didn’t face much competition in his re-election bid, but state law required him to gather 527 signatures from registered Republicans in his district to qualify for the ballot. Smith turned in a total of 826 signatures”

Hypocrisy. Leave it to Leavitt.

How to understand the stock market if you only watch Fox News

I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points

LAST NIGHT: CNN reporter Jason Carroll detained and cuffed by police live on TV

A Well Regulated Militia (2020)

For thought leaders who want to move fast and break things, what can be done about laws that get in the way? These tech moguls have some ideas.

A $10.4K 48,000-mile Renault Le Car might sound like serious coin, but it’s in serious like-new condition, too.

2020 TRUMP: “We have laws… we can’t call in the National Guard unless we’re requested by a governor.” (H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )

Bondi's brother loses bid to be the DC Bar president by numbers that would make Donald drool: 90-9. Now let the disbarments and disciplinary actions fly.

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When Joe Biden did stuff like this, Fox would play the clips over and over like it was as significant as the moon landing

How now-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem felt about a president potentially federalizing the National Guard one year ago:

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Me, when they shut down the EPA and fire inspection personnel:

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not enough said about how, by turning the national government against states on the basis of ordinary political disagreement, trump is undermining the idea that the union is worthwhile. www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/p...

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DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

Raygun is on it 😂

😕 pretty much