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“There is a difference between you and me. We both looked into the abyss. But when it looked back at us, you blinked.”
“There is a difference between you and me. We both looked into the abyss. But when it looked back at us, you blinked.”
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Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born.
Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018.
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born.
Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018.
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Analysis: Baltimore homicides declined furthest, fastest in the country, could reach a 48-year low
Baltimore is on track to end 2025 with its lowest homicide total in 48 years, with fewer than 150 killings expected, marking a significant decline since 2022.
www.thebanner.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
NEW:
Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born.
Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018.
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born.
Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018.
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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Sometimes corporate malfeasance makes shit expensive. Sometimes complicated regulatory regimes make shit expensive. Sometimes markets literally cannot provide a good (trains/ health care) so the state should take over. It’s a case by case thing. People want there a universal rule but there never is.
December 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Sometimes corporate malfeasance makes shit expensive. Sometimes complicated regulatory regimes make shit expensive. Sometimes markets literally cannot provide a good (trains/ health care) so the state should take over. It’s a case by case thing. People want there a universal rule but there never is.
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Michigan has officially announced Kyle Whittingham as the new head football coach.
December 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Michigan has officially announced Kyle Whittingham as the new head football coach.
WHICH DEM CONSULTANT TOLD ZOHRAN TO SHAVE HIS BEARD
BAD TAKE AND NEVER DO IT AGAIN
BAD TAKE AND NEVER DO IT AGAIN
December 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
WHICH DEM CONSULTANT TOLD ZOHRAN TO SHAVE HIS BEARD
BAD TAKE AND NEVER DO IT AGAIN
BAD TAKE AND NEVER DO IT AGAIN
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Cancel your subscription if you have one
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The Trump administration is deploying 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans ahead of the new year, launching another federal deployment in the city at the same time that an immigration crackdown led by Border Patrol is underway.
Trump approves deployment of 350 National Guard members to New Orleans
www.stripes.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The Trump administration is deploying 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans ahead of the new year, launching another federal deployment in the city at the same time that an immigration crackdown led by Border Patrol is underway.
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I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
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“In DOGE’s published list of canceled contracts and grants, the 13 largest were all incorrect.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“In DOGE’s published list of canceled contracts and grants, the 13 largest were all incorrect.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
futile damage control
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
futile damage control
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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“New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How” — apple.news/AxSX1Mjy5ShW...
New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How — Bloomberg
Nearly a year ago, New York City embarked on a controversial program to toll drivers entering some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The goal of the congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the...
apple.news
December 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How” — apple.news/AxSX1Mjy5ShW...
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WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
it appears that pissing off your closest ally AND an entire fucking continent is very very bad
Jim Beam, America’s largest bourbon distiller, is closing its flagship facility for 2026 after more than two decades of rapid growth. The move underlines the immense challenges facing the country's whiskey industry.
Jim Beam Halts Production at Flagship Distillery as Whiskey and Bourbon Markets Struggle
The bourbon giant is closing its flagship distilling operation for all of 2026.
nyti.ms
December 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
it appears that pissing off your closest ally AND an entire fucking continent is very very bad
i am beginning to sense that bari weiss is only qualified to be a grifter and nothing else.
December 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
i am beginning to sense that bari weiss is only qualified to be a grifter and nothing else.
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My grandparents moving to New York and buying property: good wholesome and working class
Anyone who moved to New York after them: evil gentrifiers driving up prices and destroying the soul of the city
Anyone who moved to New York after them: evil gentrifiers driving up prices and destroying the soul of the city
December 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
My grandparents moving to New York and buying property: good wholesome and working class
Anyone who moved to New York after them: evil gentrifiers driving up prices and destroying the soul of the city
Anyone who moved to New York after them: evil gentrifiers driving up prices and destroying the soul of the city
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Jim Beam Whiskey will shut its distillery for 2026 thanks to plummeting sales amid retaliatory tariffs from the European Union after Trump's tariffs and a bourbon boycott from Canada.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Jim Beam Whiskey will shut its distillery for 2026 thanks to plummeting sales amid retaliatory tariffs from the European Union after Trump's tariffs and a bourbon boycott from Canada.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
honestly i have no idea how the history books cover this saga 50 years from now
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
honestly i have no idea how the history books cover this saga 50 years from now
brother if you think homogeneity = dynamism, let me tell you about china before 1912.
shit, before the 1950s even, not like they’ve gone through a civil war way more recently than us!!!
shit, before the 1950s even, not like they’ve gone through a civil war way more recently than us!!!
I got this comment in response to a post on X and it just made me think that a lot of these reactionaries just have no idea about even the basics of American history, and have been fed a false and rosy nostalgic view of things in the honestly recent past.
/also the comment about China is dumb.
/also the comment about China is dumb.
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
brother if you think homogeneity = dynamism, let me tell you about china before 1912.
shit, before the 1950s even, not like they’ve gone through a civil war way more recently than us!!!
shit, before the 1950s even, not like they’ve gone through a civil war way more recently than us!!!
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Good riddance. We don’t need these people.
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Good riddance. We don’t need these people.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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I think there's a lot to this but honestly in my opinion the underlying dynamic that makes Zohran friendly to YIMBY orgs is just that he's heard the case for increased housing supply and agrees with it
One big takeaway from Mamdani bringing YIMBYs into his transition is that advocates can often gain a lot of power by
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I think there's a lot to this but honestly in my opinion the underlying dynamic that makes Zohran friendly to YIMBY orgs is just that he's heard the case for increased housing supply and agrees with it
Ashley will say that and not know a goddamn thing about George C. Marshall
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ashley will say that and not know a goddamn thing about George C. Marshall
if you are a person of color, you know this phenomenon all too well.
a white man or woman will describe a situation or environment as diverse, think of a classroom, a neighborhood, etc. you ask them to name them or point them out, and their brain malfunctions bc it's literally only one POC.
a white man or woman will describe a situation or environment as diverse, think of a classroom, a neighborhood, etc. you ask them to name them or point them out, and their brain malfunctions bc it's literally only one POC.
There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
December 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
if you are a person of color, you know this phenomenon all too well.
a white man or woman will describe a situation or environment as diverse, think of a classroom, a neighborhood, etc. you ask them to name them or point them out, and their brain malfunctions bc it's literally only one POC.
a white man or woman will describe a situation or environment as diverse, think of a classroom, a neighborhood, etc. you ask them to name them or point them out, and their brain malfunctions bc it's literally only one POC.