Chris Metcalf
@chris.metcalf.social
“Specialization is for insects” — Lazarus Long
Old-school open data / gov tech nerd.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Opinions my own. Will not comply. Dog is not my own. Dog will comply for belly rubs.
https://chrismetcalf.net
https://proven.lol/d851d0
Old-school open data / gov tech nerd.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Opinions my own. Will not comply. Dog is not my own. Dog will comply for belly rubs.
https://chrismetcalf.net
https://proven.lol/d851d0
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Like it or not, what Trump says or does while US president represents you as a whole, an entire country, an entire people, whether you voted for him or not, protest him or not, he is your legal and international face, and YES that should piss you the fuck off. It is possible for you to be angrier.
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Like it or not, what Trump says or does while US president represents you as a whole, an entire country, an entire people, whether you voted for him or not, protest him or not, he is your legal and international face, and YES that should piss you the fuck off. It is possible for you to be angrier.
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HahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhHahahahahahhahahahahahhaha OMG WHAT A DAMN PATHETIC TINY CLOWN BOY
December 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
HahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhHahahahahahhahahahahahhaha OMG WHAT A DAMN PATHETIC TINY CLOWN BOY
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Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
Johnson: If we lose the House majority, the radical left will impeach President Trump.
December 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
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This is entirely to please Trump, who has voiced criticism of 60 Minutes under the new owners, who are the definition of rank amatuers, emphasis on rank. This Stephen Miller interview suggestion is idiotic in the context of this story and shows a startling lack of sophistication or smarts.
December 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This is entirely to please Trump, who has voiced criticism of 60 Minutes under the new owners, who are the definition of rank amatuers, emphasis on rank. This Stephen Miller interview suggestion is idiotic in the context of this story and shows a startling lack of sophistication or smarts.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
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Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
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Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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"It’s funny that conservative commentators get so tied up in understanding how Trump picks winners and losers when the actual business operators are clear-eyed." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-nuc...
Trump's Nuclear Socialism
You’re worried about Mamdani? The real socialism is coming from inside the White House.
www.thebulwark.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"It’s funny that conservative commentators get so tied up in understanding how Trump picks winners and losers when the actual business operators are clear-eyed." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-nuc...
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Breaking: The Supreme Court is now officially considering taking up a case overturning same-sex marriage.
This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Breaking: The Supreme Court is now officially considering taking up a case overturning same-sex marriage.
This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
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We’re gonna tear down the White House ballroom (if it doesn’t collapse first).
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We’re gonna tear down the White House ballroom (if it doesn’t collapse first).
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This lawsuit, which demands that the House of Representatives finally seat Rep. Adelita Grijalva, has, um, fairly major implications for our democracy's survival in 2026 and beyond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This lawsuit, which demands that the House of Representatives finally seat Rep. Adelita Grijalva, has, um, fairly major implications for our democracy's survival in 2026 and beyond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Reminiscin’ this’n that and havin’ such a good time. Oo-De-Lally, Oo-De-Lally golly what a day.
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Reminiscin’ this’n that and havin’ such a good time. Oo-De-Lally, Oo-De-Lally golly what a day.
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Chicago today
October 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Chicago today
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”