Ralf W
@raflw.bsky.social
The press, 2026: Everything Biden did was imputed to reflect how old and feeble he was. NOTHING Trump does is imputed to reflect his abhorrent personal character.
Peripatetic. Infuriated.
Hanger-on at Balloon Juice.
MSP / CO / WI
Peripatetic. Infuriated.
Hanger-on at Balloon Juice.
MSP / CO / WI
Pinned
Ralf W
@raflw.bsky.social
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I absolutely hate paragraphs like this. Seems to whom? What facts are being advanced here in the nations leading newspaper? This voiceless opinioning is shoddy, and gives cover to the deeply improper tactic the WH uses frequently.
Stick to reporting, dang it.
Stick to reporting, dang it.
They do this *all the time*. NYT finds whichever mealy-mouthed way they can to distance Trump from the things Trump explicitly does.
Everything Biden did was imputed to reflect how old and feeble he was. NOTHING Trump does is imputed to reflect his abhorrent personal charachter.
Everything Biden did was imputed to reflect how old and feeble he was. NOTHING Trump does is imputed to reflect his abhorrent personal charachter.
The Will Lewis trajectory.
February 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The Will Lewis trajectory.
But "DOW 50,000!" as our commerce secretary screamed.
No. Wait. That was our attorney general.
No. Wait. That was our attorney general.
February 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
But "DOW 50,000!" as our commerce secretary screamed.
No. Wait. That was our attorney general.
No. Wait. That was our attorney general.
Maybe the spouses are ok. Can't imagine the effort involved in being married to those shitheads, having them outta the house is a relief?
(Somehow public divorces carry a RW shame that doesn't attach to bonking on taxpayer funded luxury jets? I don't know, I don't understand conservative 'morals')
(Somehow public divorces carry a RW shame that doesn't attach to bonking on taxpayer funded luxury jets? I don't know, I don't understand conservative 'morals')
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Maybe the spouses are ok. Can't imagine the effort involved in being married to those shitheads, having them outta the house is a relief?
(Somehow public divorces carry a RW shame that doesn't attach to bonking on taxpayer funded luxury jets? I don't know, I don't understand conservative 'morals')
(Somehow public divorces carry a RW shame that doesn't attach to bonking on taxpayer funded luxury jets? I don't know, I don't understand conservative 'morals')
Amazing that Rod somehow knew what "all us boys" wanted to do. He's not projecting like a Cinemascope there. Nosiree!
February 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Amazing that Rod somehow knew what "all us boys" wanted to do. He's not projecting like a Cinemascope there. Nosiree!
How that pilot didn't tell them to pound sand, I can't imagine.
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
How that pilot didn't tell them to pound sand, I can't imagine.
"The ICE director's autopen was used to sign" Lewandowski's authorization for a badge and gun.
So much insane, ego-stroking nonsense going on there. It would be pretty funny except that they have so much power over people’s lives
February 13, 2026 at 1:49 PM
"The ICE director's autopen was used to sign" Lewandowski's authorization for a badge and gun.
It's not about them. It's about what we become if we believe we get to decide that.
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 AM
It's not about them. It's about what we become if we believe we get to decide that.
That pilot I presume showed a level of professionalism that would astound most of us.
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 AM
That pilot I presume showed a level of professionalism that would astound most of us.
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I don't believe for a second that Ice is rolling out of town like the Soviets leaving Afghanistan. I think they've only just begun their war on the Constitution
February 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I don't believe for a second that Ice is rolling out of town like the Soviets leaving Afghanistan. I think they've only just begun their war on the Constitution
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“Immigrant detainees are regularly released without their work permits and other documents, attorneys say, even though federal judges have ruled they were illegally arrested in the first place.”
Fire them now. Anyone who does this. Bar them from working for any LE agency forever.
Fire them now. Anyone who does this. Bar them from working for any LE agency forever.
February 13, 2026 at 4:32 AM
“Immigrant detainees are regularly released without their work permits and other documents, attorneys say, even though federal judges have ruled they were illegally arrested in the first place.”
Fire them now. Anyone who does this. Bar them from working for any LE agency forever.
Fire them now. Anyone who does this. Bar them from working for any LE agency forever.
This was definitely worth a news magazine funding a year of reporting. The fiddling will continue until Rome is done burning.
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 AM
This was definitely worth a news magazine funding a year of reporting. The fiddling will continue until Rome is done burning.
Seriously.
Payne & Chavez did SO MUCH for the people of Minneapolis. The mayor said "fuck" at just the right moment.
Payne & Chavez did SO MUCH for the people of Minneapolis. The mayor said "fuck" at just the right moment.
February 13, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Seriously.
Payne & Chavez did SO MUCH for the people of Minneapolis. The mayor said "fuck" at just the right moment.
Payne & Chavez did SO MUCH for the people of Minneapolis. The mayor said "fuck" at just the right moment.
Jacob "Veto urgent rent relief" Frey should not be on that show.
City Council president Elliot Payne & Ward 9's Jason Chavez deserve the national media spotlight.
But Frey gives off that Gavin Newsom leg-tingle that guys like Chris can't resist.
City Council president Elliot Payne & Ward 9's Jason Chavez deserve the national media spotlight.
But Frey gives off that Gavin Newsom leg-tingle that guys like Chris can't resist.
February 13, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Jacob "Veto urgent rent relief" Frey should not be on that show.
City Council president Elliot Payne & Ward 9's Jason Chavez deserve the national media spotlight.
But Frey gives off that Gavin Newsom leg-tingle that guys like Chris can't resist.
City Council president Elliot Payne & Ward 9's Jason Chavez deserve the national media spotlight.
But Frey gives off that Gavin Newsom leg-tingle that guys like Chris can't resist.
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way."
Does Noem's bed-blanket bingo, reported bt WSJ change this calculus at all?
Does Noem's bed-blanket bingo, reported bt WSJ change this calculus at all?
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 AM
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way."
Does Noem's bed-blanket bingo, reported bt WSJ change this calculus at all?
Does Noem's bed-blanket bingo, reported bt WSJ change this calculus at all?
They lied about the woman in Chicago that they shot five times. That was *months* ago.
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 AM
They lied about the woman in Chicago that they shot five times. That was *months* ago.
ICE lies. DHS lies.
All day. Every day. That's the central take-away (besides that they also recklessly endanger people, and occasionally murder them.)
All day. Every day. That's the central take-away (besides that they also recklessly endanger people, and occasionally murder them.)
February 13, 2026 at 3:28 AM
ICE lies. DHS lies.
All day. Every day. That's the central take-away (besides that they also recklessly endanger people, and occasionally murder them.)
All day. Every day. That's the central take-away (besides that they also recklessly endanger people, and occasionally murder them.)
I've been watching the radicalization of retired MPR journalist Bob Collins and it tracks with many of my fellow gray-hairs that I see at protests.
Here is what Democratic pollsters and consultants just do not hear.
This dear man is in his early 70s, and retired seven years ago from a long and storied career at Minnesota Public Radio. Where he was moderate, careful, ethical and thorough.
And he's THIS ANGRY.
Get on the clue bus @democrats.org
This dear man is in his early 70s, and retired seven years ago from a long and storied career at Minnesota Public Radio. Where he was moderate, careful, ethical and thorough.
And he's THIS ANGRY.
Get on the clue bus @democrats.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I've been watching the radicalization of retired MPR journalist Bob Collins and it tracks with many of my fellow gray-hairs that I see at protests.
Over 3,000 ICE goons came here, and say they apprehended 4,000 people. Across MONTHS. Barely over a 1:1 ratio.
Incredibly inefficient - except for wreckage. They produced a lot of that.
Incredibly inefficient - except for wreckage. They produced a lot of that.
February 13, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Over 3,000 ICE goons came here, and say they apprehended 4,000 people. Across MONTHS. Barely over a 1:1 ratio.
Incredibly inefficient - except for wreckage. They produced a lot of that.
Incredibly inefficient - except for wreckage. They produced a lot of that.
WHAT is this framing?
Mamdani is extremely pragmatic. He just also communicates really well.
That blonde guy in the middle, though? No joke, who is he. Is it that the crapdoodle from Maine?
Mamdani is extremely pragmatic. He just also communicates really well.
That blonde guy in the middle, though? No joke, who is he. Is it that the crapdoodle from Maine?
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
WHAT is this framing?
Mamdani is extremely pragmatic. He just also communicates really well.
That blonde guy in the middle, though? No joke, who is he. Is it that the crapdoodle from Maine?
Mamdani is extremely pragmatic. He just also communicates really well.
That blonde guy in the middle, though? No joke, who is he. Is it that the crapdoodle from Maine?
Four years of FAFO is too much.
February 13, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Four years of FAFO is too much.
I used to get a hankering for peach cobbler and soft serv. But I was done with OCB well before they went bust - just couldn't do the sodium hit any more.
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I used to get a hankering for peach cobbler and soft serv. But I was done with OCB well before they went bust - just couldn't do the sodium hit any more.
The worst people. Not just to the public, as we see all the dang time, but to the people there to serve in government.
Firing a pilot for leaving Kristi Noem's blanket behind. Berating staff when she's not on TV enough. Inside the constant chaos at DHS.
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
on.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The worst people. Not just to the public, as we see all the dang time, but to the people there to serve in government.
(please enjoy the alt text. Even if you didn't enjoy the 'dining' experience)
February 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
(please enjoy the alt text. Even if you didn't enjoy the 'dining' experience)
Guy seems butthurt that Old Country Buffet went bankrupt in, oh gosh, 2021.
February 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Guy seems butthurt that Old Country Buffet went bankrupt in, oh gosh, 2021.
First warning was from John Paul II in 1988?
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February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
First warning was from John Paul II in 1988?
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