Eric Lint
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Politics and public transit in the PNW. Standard disclaimers apply.
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this fact is the definitive judgment on kirk's life
ultimately, no one even grieved Charlie Kirk. he was just another thing for the worst people on earth to get outraged over. and when the outrage of real events wasn't enough, they invented new ones.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
this fact is the definitive judgment on kirk's life
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It is bizarre to me that the same people always telling us about "thermostatic public opinion" do not take it into account when offering strategic advice!
The public is, predictably, herding in a pro-immigration direction. Imagine if Dems had just *stayed there*, stalwart, ready to meet them.
The public is, predictably, herding in a pro-immigration direction. Imagine if Dems had just *stayed there*, stalwart, ready to meet them.
there are pundits who will say that immigration is trump's strongest issue and that picking fights around immigration helps him on the margins. but i think this misunderstands the way public opinion works, as evidenced by trump's declining fortunes on his handling of immigration.
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It is bizarre to me that the same people always telling us about "thermostatic public opinion" do not take it into account when offering strategic advice!
The public is, predictably, herding in a pro-immigration direction. Imagine if Dems had just *stayed there*, stalwart, ready to meet them.
The public is, predictably, herding in a pro-immigration direction. Imagine if Dems had just *stayed there*, stalwart, ready to meet them.
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Reminder on the anniversary: the best social science evidence we have suggests Florida Republicans stole the 2000 election.
"Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?" Kosuke Imai and Gary King
gking.harvard.edu/files/ballot...
"Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?" Kosuke Imai and Gary King
gking.harvard.edu/files/ballot...
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Reminder on the anniversary: the best social science evidence we have suggests Florida Republicans stole the 2000 election.
"Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?" Kosuke Imai and Gary King
gking.harvard.edu/files/ballot...
"Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?" Kosuke Imai and Gary King
gking.harvard.edu/files/ballot...
The opportunity cost of corruption.
What great things could we achieve if we didn’t have to waste time being forced to respond to these corrupt pursuits?
What great things could we achieve if we didn’t have to waste time being forced to respond to these corrupt pursuits?
Absolutely staggering to consider the deadweight loss that AI has caused educators in terms of burdening them by making cheating easier, and how little our society's elites care
Across the country, a small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT.
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The opportunity cost of corruption.
What great things could we achieve if we didn’t have to waste time being forced to respond to these corrupt pursuits?
What great things could we achieve if we didn’t have to waste time being forced to respond to these corrupt pursuits?
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For the umpteenth time since at least Watergate, there are going to be no actual legal, personal, or professional consequences for the lawless authoritarianism from the GOP. It’s the signal feature of 🇺🇸 politics & why all the awful & illegal things keep happening again & again & again.
Aside from how he's wrong right now on the history, process, strategy, and merits, this is Jeffries heavily signaling that even when they're in the majority, he'll oppose any impeachment that doesn't first get slow-walked in needless committee dithering for as long as he can delay it there.
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
For the umpteenth time since at least Watergate, there are going to be no actual legal, personal, or professional consequences for the lawless authoritarianism from the GOP. It’s the signal feature of 🇺🇸 politics & why all the awful & illegal things keep happening again & again & again.
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it is also just hilarious to insist that eight months of rush job “scholarship” outweighs decades of settled history and 140 years of settled law
Giving the game away. he has more “scholarly ammunition” than he did in January because a bunch of professional bootlicks and liars who have never had real jobs started lying about birthright citizenship in January.
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
it is also just hilarious to insist that eight months of rush job “scholarship” outweighs decades of settled history and 140 years of settled law
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I’m not sure how many ways Trump has to dream up to tell you that, yes, indeed, he is a racist. Or how many days we’re going to go before the media starts reporting on him for who he truly is rather than what they want him to be.
Trump Administration Won’t Issue Quarters Commemorating Civil Rights For America's 250th Birthday
Trump Administration Won’t Issue Quarters Commemorating Civil Rights For America's 250th Birthday
Trump Administration Won’t Issue Quarters Commemorating Civil Rights For America's 250th Birthday
www.huffpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I’m not sure how many ways Trump has to dream up to tell you that, yes, indeed, he is a racist. Or how many days we’re going to go before the media starts reporting on him for who he truly is rather than what they want him to be.
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Put this in the “legal experts say” canon.
Near the top.
Come on guys.
Near the top.
Come on guys.
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Put this in the “legal experts say” canon.
Near the top.
Come on guys.
Near the top.
Come on guys.
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Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Looks like a handful of vulnerable Republicans are beginning to lose faith in Trump's ability to deliver on his promise to end free and fair elections. NY, PA, & NJ delivered half the GOP yeas.
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Looks like a handful of vulnerable Republicans are beginning to lose faith in Trump's ability to deliver on his promise to end free and fair elections. NY, PA, & NJ delivered half the GOP yeas.
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Section 1 of the executive order is like "in order for this to mean anything, Congress must act." The rest of it is like "X department shall convene a task force to provide a list of recommendations etc. etc." It's completely toothless and this "blocking states" headline is brain-dead stenography.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence and instead aims to create a "single national framework" for AI. https://cnn.it/49chVwf
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Section 1 of the executive order is like "in order for this to mean anything, Congress must act." The rest of it is like "X department shall convene a task force to provide a list of recommendations etc. etc." It's completely toothless and this "blocking states" headline is brain-dead stenography.
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'level of service: A++++
quality of life and public health outcomes: F-'
quality of life and public health outcomes: F-'
Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this.
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
'level of service: A++++
quality of life and public health outcomes: F-'
quality of life and public health outcomes: F-'
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still early days but the gop gerrymandering project relied on the usual democratic sad sack response of "ok, we'll take it" and instead the party (for a change) pushed back some and it is backfiring.
now, do that for literally everything else.
now, do that for literally everything else.
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
still early days but the gop gerrymandering project relied on the usual democratic sad sack response of "ok, we'll take it" and instead the party (for a change) pushed back some and it is backfiring.
now, do that for literally everything else.
now, do that for literally everything else.
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
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Similar thing for me and the NICU.
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
Reminds me of that time I needed emergency appendectomy & I was on morphine & the hospital billing guy came to my room to ask me to pay the copay upfront
I was like dude I’m going next door to check the other hospital‘s price also what’s my name again
Ps I’m an economist, ok w/markets generally
I was like dude I’m going next door to check the other hospital‘s price also what’s my name again
Ps I’m an economist, ok w/markets generally
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Similar thing for me and the NICU.
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
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If we were to increase the number of undocumented workers in the US construction industry by 100,000 people, the labor supply of fast construction workers would go *up*, and the cost to construct a home would go *down*.
Everyone knows this.
But racist people pretend not to know it.
It's silly
Everyone knows this.
But racist people pretend not to know it.
It's silly
December 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If we were to increase the number of undocumented workers in the US construction industry by 100,000 people, the labor supply of fast construction workers would go *up*, and the cost to construct a home would go *down*.
Everyone knows this.
But racist people pretend not to know it.
It's silly
Everyone knows this.
But racist people pretend not to know it.
It's silly
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In practical terms, Americans are down to a single meaningful freedom: to consume. And they’re laying the rhetorical groundwork for that to disappear. Seems bad!
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In practical terms, Americans are down to a single meaningful freedom: to consume. And they’re laying the rhetorical groundwork for that to disappear. Seems bad!
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Having $800M in your investment account vs $400M doesn't change your life at all, but having a labor market where your underlings are desperate to cling to jobs vs one where they can walk across the street and get a better offer makes a huge difference in the day to day reality of the very wealthy
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Having $800M in your investment account vs $400M doesn't change your life at all, but having a labor market where your underlings are desperate to cling to jobs vs one where they can walk across the street and get a better offer makes a huge difference in the day to day reality of the very wealthy
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This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
NEW
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
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Dallas: A great case study in how the overhyping of "microtransit" is encouraging leaders to destroy useful transit networks.
New article for @dmagazine.bsky.social about DART withdrawal elections and the future of the agency. Featuring the work of @humantransit.bsky.social, city council members using ChatGPT, and a detour to talk about transit in the Windy City.
Plano, Farmers Branch, Highland Park, and Irving are all weighing leaving the transit agency. Before the matter lands on May ballots, here’s how that has gone historically.
December 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Dallas: A great case study in how the overhyping of "microtransit" is encouraging leaders to destroy useful transit networks.
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SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
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Young Republicans are looking for Trump to “be their Franco” but don’t you dare call them fascists.
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Young Republicans are looking for Trump to “be their Franco” but don’t you dare call them fascists.
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.