Peter Labuza
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Researcher, IATSE Local 600. Historian/Scholar of media industries law. Maker of delicious foods, baseball enjoyer (Twins Daily contributor) plabuza @ gmail.
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Peter Labuza
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· Jan 18
The Pohlad Empire (Part One): Banking On The Future
This week at Twins Daily, we're running a five-part series detailing the history of the business ventures of the Pohlad family. Even as they prepare to sell the Twins after a 40-year ownership, it's a...
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One last plug: This week I explored this history of the Pohlad Family, who are currently selling the Minnesota Twins. It became so much more than a story of money, but postwar bank fraud, public transit, airline deregulation, and more. Even if you're not a baseball fan, please take a look!
obviously this is recency bias but it's insane that every clip i've seen from the nobel prize lady is "my first job as president would be to pledge allegiance to israel" and "my second job is to go hypercapitalism for oil and ai"
January 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
obviously this is recency bias but it's insane that every clip i've seen from the nobel prize lady is "my first job as president would be to pledge allegiance to israel" and "my second job is to go hypercapitalism for oil and ai"
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Basque Pumpkin Cheescake
January 5, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Basque Pumpkin Cheescake
i genuinely don't understand how this person gets away being a public historian (HCR)
January 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
i genuinely don't understand how this person gets away being a public historian (HCR)
orioles heart of the order
January 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
orioles heart of the order
Bo Ssam Burrito with homemade kimchi, ginger-scallion sauce, pickled radish / carrot, lettuce + rice
January 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Bo Ssam Burrito with homemade kimchi, ginger-scallion sauce, pickled radish / carrot, lettuce + rice
The best answer to this is the seven episodes of @ewpod.bsky.social dedicated to the baseball scene in the Tom & Jerry movie.
#FilmSky, a quick question; what is the pettiest thing you have had to be annoyed at a film? I ask because I am watching The Gift from 2000, and the main character does divination with Zener Cards, which are not the same thing as Tarot at all. Why go for a more boring looking option?
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The best answer to this is the seven episodes of @ewpod.bsky.social dedicated to the baseball scene in the Tom & Jerry movie.
So in the entirely not impossible off chance the DOJ fucks up this trial and Marduro is innocent, does he just like, get on a plane back to Venezuela? Or is Trump just gonna Epstein him before they get that far.
January 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
So in the entirely not impossible off chance the DOJ fucks up this trial and Marduro is innocent, does he just like, get on a plane back to Venezuela? Or is Trump just gonna Epstein him before they get that far.
I think they should let Marduro go if he can post a 3 fWAR season for the Mets.
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I think they should let Marduro go if he can post a 3 fWAR season for the Mets.
After Poland, Hitler Says All of Europe is in Play
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 AM
After Poland, Hitler Says All of Europe is in Play
they actually did the polymarket bet
A group of Peruvian shamans gathered on a beach in southern Lima to perform their annual New Year ritual, delivering predictions for 2026 that included the fall of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and a serious illness for US President Donald Trump
January 4, 2026 at 5:37 AM
they actually did the polymarket bet
The Bin Laden attack (which had its own extrajudicial issues) had public support of 90%. Which is to say being underwater from the get-go is so bad.
"Do you support or oppose the US using military force to overthrow Nicolás Maduro and bring him and his wife to the US to face trial?"
Oppose: 39%
Support: 36%
Unsure: 25%
YouGov / Jan 3, 2026
Oppose: 39%
Support: 36%
Unsure: 25%
YouGov / Jan 3, 2026
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
The Bin Laden attack (which had its own extrajudicial issues) had public support of 90%. Which is to say being underwater from the get-go is so bad.
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
this will be the lasting photo
January 3, 2026 at 7:34 PM
this will be the lasting photo
great timing!
January 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM
great timing!
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You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
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A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
Is there any modern precedent for abducting a head of state?
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
there’s no plan except to try and take the oil, we are lead by lunatics with no morals and no sense of law
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
there’s no plan except to try and take the oil, we are lead by lunatics with no morals and no sense of law
gangster state doing abductions
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
gangster state doing abductions
After the Amnity Island attack, political scientists published In Jaws’ Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us, which argued that the response to the shark was worse than the shark itself, in particular the economic devastation from shutting down the beaches and from children suffering from “fun loss.”
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 AM
After the Amnity Island attack, political scientists published In Jaws’ Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us, which argued that the response to the shark was worse than the shark itself, in particular the economic devastation from shutting down the beaches and from children suffering from “fun loss.”
[dumbest film influencer you know] Jaws is cozy cinema.
January 3, 2026 at 6:08 AM
[dumbest film influencer you know] Jaws is cozy cinema.
this is what is called “market efficiency”
always knew the burrito taxi industry was scummy but this is the most unfathomably evil, cartoon villain shit I’ve read in a while. jfc
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
this is what is called “market efficiency”
wsj does a lot of great reporting, but sometimes they are definitely tipping some scales about which story is more important
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 AM
wsj does a lot of great reporting, but sometimes they are definitely tipping some scales about which story is more important
A good example of true Bari-ism: California has also banned cellphones in schools, as have many states. They could interview Newsom or someone from LAUSD, Bbut the goal is to show that DeSantis (who Americans already rejected) is actually the common sense leader.
January 3, 2026 at 1:04 AM
A good example of true Bari-ism: California has also banned cellphones in schools, as have many states. They could interview Newsom or someone from LAUSD, Bbut the goal is to show that DeSantis (who Americans already rejected) is actually the common sense leader.