Leyland “Lee” DeVito
@leedevito.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief Detroit @metrotimes.com. He/him. Ope, there goes gravity.
“The dismissive response by pundits to a good economy with frustrated citizens is to say, ‘the vibes are off’, but the vibes really really matter! Bad vibes are the people saying […] it’s not rewarding in the way I’ve been told it would be.“
Why are Americans Unhappy?
A broken cultural archetype
walkingtheworld.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“The dismissive response by pundits to a good economy with frustrated citizens is to say, ‘the vibes are off’, but the vibes really really matter! Bad vibes are the people saying […] it’s not rewarding in the way I’ve been told it would be.“
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Newsom's morality is his problem. So the only case for him is that "HE CAN WIN."
Much of this lies in his white male bland handsomeness. Centrists think that solves Dems' "cultural issues."
What this gets wrong is that 2028 must be about corruption. And he's on the opposite side of that.
Much of this lies in his white male bland handsomeness. Centrists think that solves Dems' "cultural issues."
What this gets wrong is that 2028 must be about corruption. And he's on the opposite side of that.
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
data4democracy.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Newsom's morality is his problem. So the only case for him is that "HE CAN WIN."
Much of this lies in his white male bland handsomeness. Centrists think that solves Dems' "cultural issues."
What this gets wrong is that 2028 must be about corruption. And he's on the opposite side of that.
Much of this lies in his white male bland handsomeness. Centrists think that solves Dems' "cultural issues."
What this gets wrong is that 2028 must be about corruption. And he's on the opposite side of that.
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The name of Vice President JD Vance—whose religious identity is essentially congruent with Douthat's and who has staked out aggressive public positions on many of the moral issues discussed here, and on others that somehow go undiscussed—appears nowhere in the text
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Opinion | Why Is Christianity So Hard to Find in the Trump Administration?
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December 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The name of Vice President JD Vance—whose religious identity is essentially congruent with Douthat's and who has staked out aggressive public positions on many of the moral issues discussed here, and on others that somehow go undiscussed—appears nowhere in the text
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Wrote about Deepak Chopra’s new AI model, AI guru slop, and how none of this is really shocking because we already turned spirituality into a commodity.
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This Was Inevitable
AI gurus are not shocking, we already commodified spirituality
houseofmirrors.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wrote about Deepak Chopra’s new AI model, AI guru slop, and how none of this is really shocking because we already turned spirituality into a commodity.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/this-was-i...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/this-was-i...
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"I may not know everything about business, but I’m reasonably confident that it’s a bad sign when you write a seven-page letter about how your company is not Enron. "
How the AI Bubble Might Play Out - The American Prospect
Investment in new technology always needs startup financing, and if AI is truly God in the machine, wide adoption will pay off over time. But that isn’t materializing, at least not yet.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"I may not know everything about business, but I’m reasonably confident that it’s a bad sign when you write a seven-page letter about how your company is not Enron. "
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Thanedar Files Articles to Impeach Pete Hegseth
YouTube video by Congressman Shri Thanedar
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December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
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I've been struggling to think about what to write this week, if only because I've written so much recently and because, if I'm honest, things aren't really making a lot of sense.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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As power shutoff threats loom at Detroit’s storied Leland and residents pack up their lives, a century of history hangs in the balance.
Detroit’s ‘Beautiful Monster’: The rise, fall, and uncertain future of the historic Leland House and its legendary City Club - Detroit Metro Times
The first floor of the historic Leland House in downtown Detroit felt as cold as the street outside. That’s where Dianne Lamb stood on a recent morning, bundled in a hooded winter coat, her breath vis...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
As power shutoff threats loom at Detroit’s storied Leland and residents pack up their lives, a century of history hangs in the balance.
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billionaires are CATEGORICALLY people who are comfortable making selfish, cutthroat, cruel decisions for personal gain and to the detriment of functional society. i do not recognize the legitimacy of their demands and i will have nothing to do with them 🤷♀️
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
billionaires are CATEGORICALLY people who are comfortable making selfish, cutthroat, cruel decisions for personal gain and to the detriment of functional society. i do not recognize the legitimacy of their demands and i will have nothing to do with them 🤷♀️
I did not expect this piece to be so… car-thartic.
I Wrote ‘Dude, Where’s My Car’ 25 Years Ago. It Would Never Be Made Today.
In 2000, the author was a young screenwriter writing broad, crude humor to sell into a marketplace that valued it. Then offers dried up. Today, he's quit Hollywood to become a therapist.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I did not expect this piece to be so… car-thartic.
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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
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good day to read Will Tavlin
Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
good day to read Will Tavlin
This is what all those “Bidenomics” cheerleader wonks sounded like. I’m begging economists to actually go outside and talk to real people.
It would be very funny if someone gave this classroom globe headed little bitch a stern talking to twitter.com/besttrousers...
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is what all those “Bidenomics” cheerleader wonks sounded like. I’m begging economists to actually go outside and talk to real people.
I think @thanedar.house.gov should keep introducing articles of impeachment just in case the rest of Congress finally grows spines.
Detroit Democrat Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against another Trump administration official.
Shri Thanedar files articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth - Detroit Metro Times
U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against another Trump administration official. On Wednesday, the Detroit Democrat filed articles of impeachment against U.S. Secretary of Defe...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I think @thanedar.house.gov should keep introducing articles of impeachment just in case the rest of Congress finally grows spines.
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BREAKING: NYT sues Pentagon www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
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December 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
BREAKING: NYT sues Pentagon www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
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"elite capture of the fourth estate" feels like the grim answer to a lot of questions these days I gotta say
they're emboldened to say this shit because they know the entire media apparatus will just hand them the mic, applaud afterwards, and tell anyone who says WTF?? to shut up
they're emboldened to say this shit because they know the entire media apparatus will just hand them the mic, applaud afterwards, and tell anyone who says WTF?? to shut up
Are we in a game of chicken to see how far a handful of freaks can push things until we bring back consequences and / or guillotines? How have we hyper-normalized them saying this shit out loud in public?
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"elite capture of the fourth estate" feels like the grim answer to a lot of questions these days I gotta say
they're emboldened to say this shit because they know the entire media apparatus will just hand them the mic, applaud afterwards, and tell anyone who says WTF?? to shut up
they're emboldened to say this shit because they know the entire media apparatus will just hand them the mic, applaud afterwards, and tell anyone who says WTF?? to shut up
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I feel like people on bluesky would particularly appreciate that this is a Twitter joke 14 years in the making.
Some guy tweeted at our shitty then-mayor that we should have a Robocop statue and he was like “thanks but no” and then other people made it actually happen, over the course of 14 years
Some guy tweeted at our shitty then-mayor that we should have a Robocop statue and he was like “thanks but no” and then other people made it actually happen, over the course of 14 years
The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in Eastern Market on Wednesday, nearly 15 years after someone proposed it in a viral social media post.
Detroit finally has a RoboCop statue - Detroit Metro Times
Nearly 15 years later, Detroit finally has its statue of RoboCop. The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in East...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I feel like people on bluesky would particularly appreciate that this is a Twitter joke 14 years in the making.
Some guy tweeted at our shitty then-mayor that we should have a Robocop statue and he was like “thanks but no” and then other people made it actually happen, over the course of 14 years
Some guy tweeted at our shitty then-mayor that we should have a Robocop statue and he was like “thanks but no” and then other people made it actually happen, over the course of 14 years
idk I think Clinton’s warmongering is more damaging to the Democratic Party brand than “wokeness” or whatever
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
idk I think Clinton’s warmongering is more damaging to the Democratic Party brand than “wokeness” or whatever
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Pete Hegseth murdered a Colombian fisherman with elderly parents and kids. Just before Christmas.
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Family of fisherman killed in U.S. strike files complaint, alleging murder
The family of 42-year-old Alejandro Carranza Medina, who was killed on Sept. 15, insisted he was a fisherman just doing his job on the open sea.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Pete Hegseth murdered a Colombian fisherman with elderly parents and kids. Just before Christmas.
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how is this real
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
how is this real