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Peter Schamerhorn
@randchange.bsky.social
· Apr 17
Deep Throat (not that one, the other one from All the President’s Men) gets the prize for most evergreen most multipurpose quote. I literally think it every day these days.
“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand”
“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand”
Bingo.
The fact that people won't even leave a high tax jurisdiction when it means just moving across a river should tell you how absurd it is that taxes would make wealthy people leave an entire state.
I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
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December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Bingo.
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The most interesting part of this story isn’t that the pipe bomber is MAGA. That was blatantly obvious. What should interest folks is that the FBI and DoJ hid that fact from you, and still haven’t made a statement. This info is coming from sources on the condition of anonymity.
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The most interesting part of this story isn’t that the pipe bomber is MAGA. That was blatantly obvious. What should interest folks is that the FBI and DoJ hid that fact from you, and still haven’t made a statement. This info is coming from sources on the condition of anonymity.
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Giving $1 million of city money to pay for private security in the Byward Market is outrageous. All it will do is displace more unwell people into Centretown and surrounding communities. And announcing this at a press conference before consulting council? Not cool.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Action plan or 'PR stunt'? Mayor's public safety event gets mixed reviews | CBC News
Mark Sutcliffe says public safety has been a key priority since he ran for election three years ago, but his challenger for mayor says his latest announcement looks like a political event for the next...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Giving $1 million of city money to pay for private security in the Byward Market is outrageous. All it will do is displace more unwell people into Centretown and surrounding communities. And announcing this at a press conference before consulting council? Not cool.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
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Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Prison rape is wrong.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
Jokes about prison rape are wrong.
Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong.
If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity.
BUT
A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.
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In 2017, Trump called up Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to tell him what a great job he was doing with the drug problem. Duterte told the media Trump said he did it "the right way"
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In 2017, Trump called up Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to tell him what a great job he was doing with the drug problem. Duterte told the media Trump said he did it "the right way"
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.
edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...
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Provinces are under-resourcing their court systems, and it's creating major problems for the justice system. But will anyone hold them to account?
Newfoundland and Labrador provincial courts adjourned ‘indefinitely’
Observers decry lack of explanation and transparency around the decision
https://nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/law/access-to-justice/2025/newfoundland_and_labrador_provincial_courts_adjourned_‘indefinitely
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Provinces are under-resourcing their court systems, and it's creating major problems for the justice system. But will anyone hold them to account?
Apparently the fog of war moves very slowly. Like more than 40 minutes slow.
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Apparently the fog of war moves very slowly. Like more than 40 minutes slow.
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(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
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A huge milestone in new energy technology: as of today, Eavor Technologies is producing clean power (and heat) with the first commercial, utility-scale multilateral closed-loop geothermal project in the world! Congratulations to the whole Eavor team. More details via the link below. 🔌 💡
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A huge milestone in new energy technology: as of today, Eavor Technologies is producing clean power (and heat) with the first commercial, utility-scale multilateral closed-loop geothermal project in the world! Congratulations to the whole Eavor team. More details via the link below. 🔌 💡
It should also be noted that Russia was kicked out of Eurovision in 2022 because of their invasion of Ukraine. So apparently some politics ARE allowed in Eurovision decisions.
Netherlands and Spain taking a stand after Israel allowed to compete in Eurovision.
Netherlands and Spain boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
There had been calls for Israel to be excluded over the conduct of the war in Gaza.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It should also be noted that Russia was kicked out of Eurovision in 2022 because of their invasion of Ukraine. So apparently some politics ARE allowed in Eurovision decisions.
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For years, I’ve heard Toronto people claim that heritage doesn’t stop new housing. That has always been nonsense.
Now the city is *openly, explicitly* saying a rich area shouldn’t be rezoned because heritage is more important than housing.
www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...
Now the city is *openly, explicitly* saying a rich area shouldn’t be rezoned because heritage is more important than housing.
www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For years, I’ve heard Toronto people claim that heritage doesn’t stop new housing. That has always been nonsense.
Now the city is *openly, explicitly* saying a rich area shouldn’t be rezoned because heritage is more important than housing.
www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...
Now the city is *openly, explicitly* saying a rich area shouldn’t be rezoned because heritage is more important than housing.
www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...
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👀💥‼️ Money over rights?
2 cabinet ministers say money a key factor in using Charter override on teachers
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2 cabinet ministers say money a key factor in using Charter override on teachers
Two Alberta cabinet ministers say money was a key factor in the United Conservative government’s decision to use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to override teachers’ rights and shut down a provi...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
👀💥‼️ Money over rights?
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He knew better than to follow unlawful orders.
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
He knew better than to follow unlawful orders.
Is he going to pull an Ollie North and lie to Congress until he’s offered immunity? I’m sure in this Admiral’s mind he’s justifying a full pension with claims of ‘the greater good’.
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Is he going to pull an Ollie North and lie to Congress until he’s offered immunity? I’m sure in this Admiral’s mind he’s justifying a full pension with claims of ‘the greater good’.
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A trial balloon for lying to Congress. And not even a remotely-plausible one, just an absolute whopper of a falsehood.
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
A trial balloon for lying to Congress. And not even a remotely-plausible one, just an absolute whopper of a falsehood.
I’m sure the table is just a side piece…
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m sure the table is just a side piece…
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There is absolutely a sect of Latin American immigrants who fantasize about the US marching into their homelands to unseat the despots and rain down unregulated capitalism but I was just on the phone with my Colombian/Venezuelan family the other day and the sentiment was “when has this ever worked?”
"Appeasing his home state’s exile ring is a rather parochial origin story for an international incursion, but it happens to be true."
Rubio's role in the illegal war on Venezuela (and how that's likely his payoff for handing his job off to Witkoff, Kushner & Putin) is a HUGE story. Dayen is on it.
Rubio's role in the illegal war on Venezuela (and how that's likely his payoff for handing his job off to Witkoff, Kushner & Putin) is a HUGE story. Dayen is on it.
Marco Rubio’s Sales Pitch: War in Venezuela - The American Prospect
Right-wing exiles in South Florida want regime change. Rubio is selling it with a false narrative about drug trafficking.
prospect.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There is absolutely a sect of Latin American immigrants who fantasize about the US marching into their homelands to unseat the despots and rain down unregulated capitalism but I was just on the phone with my Colombian/Venezuelan family the other day and the sentiment was “when has this ever worked?”
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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The talking points of these battery project opponents could be plucked from any consultation.
“We are not against …renewable energy, but we are against placing this project in a location that destroys …the rural character of our community,”
ottawacitizen.com/news/battery...
“We are not against …renewable energy, but we are against placing this project in a location that destroys …the rural character of our community,”
ottawacitizen.com/news/battery...
Rural councillors reject rezoning land for controversial battery energy storage system
Proponents say the massive battery will store wind and solar-generated electricity. Opponents say the project doesn't belong on farmland.
ottawacitizen.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The talking points of these battery project opponents could be plucked from any consultation.
“We are not against …renewable energy, but we are against placing this project in a location that destroys …the rural character of our community,”
ottawacitizen.com/news/battery...
“We are not against …renewable energy, but we are against placing this project in a location that destroys …the rural character of our community,”
ottawacitizen.com/news/battery...
This is a most interesting thread, and Don makes some persuasive (and I believe correct) points.
It is astonishing the number of people, progressives included who admire what they perceive as the Trump administration’s effectiveness at “getting things done”
It is astonishing the number of people, progressives included who admire what they perceive as the Trump administration’s effectiveness at “getting things done”
There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | What the Left Could Learn From Trump’s Brutal Efficiency
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is a most interesting thread, and Don makes some persuasive (and I believe correct) points.
It is astonishing the number of people, progressives included who admire what they perceive as the Trump administration’s effectiveness at “getting things done”
It is astonishing the number of people, progressives included who admire what they perceive as the Trump administration’s effectiveness at “getting things done”
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Every single city they've done these operations in have Black mayors. LA, Chicago, Charlotte, New Orleans. 3 of which are Black women. This isn't a coincidence.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Federal Immigration Operation Starts in New Orleans
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
👀
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
At the most fundamental level I don’t understand how Americans aren’t deeply ashamed and embarrassed by this sort of behaviour coming from their elected leader.
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
At the most fundamental level I don’t understand how Americans aren’t deeply ashamed and embarrassed by this sort of behaviour coming from their elected leader.
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he thinks fog of war is literal fog
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
he thinks fog of war is literal fog