Greg Gardner

I remember the worst day for crime in Washington D.C.'s history and whose fault it was.

CNN's Kasie Hunt: The fact is, that despite what the numbers show, some people feel unsafe living in D.C.

Okay then leave, bitch.

Let's focus on qualifications: Antoni finished grad school 5 years ago at Northern Illinois with no distinction. Dissertation: No focus on labor or data collection. Zero publications. One lifetime citation (by a former colleague).

This record would not earn you a job as junior economist at BLS.

As @mollyjongfast.bsky.social reminded us--DC not being a state falls solely on Manchin and Sinema.

“If not for Krysten Sinema & Joe Manchin, DC would be a state right now, the blame lays entirely at their feet” - @mollyjongfast.bsky.social on @thebeat.msnbc.com just now.

What if the rise of Hitler wasn't a uniquely awful event, as we used to think it was, and instead was the kind of societal infection that would show up in a highly civilized country every 90 years or so.

The Biggest Criminal in D.C. Right Now Is Trump The president’s takeover of the capital’s police force is a distraction from his own rampant wrongdoing.

The Biggest Criminal in D.C. Right Now Is Trump newrepublic.com/article/1989... via @newrepublic.com

“.. Small businesses especially are grappling with the ability to stay in business.”

@bloomberg.com
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I don’t think I have ever publicly criticized any Presidential nominee before.

But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise.

He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.

Former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under Obama👇👇

This guy's track coach from whenever — the pink-shirt civilian, not the armed thugs — should be proud.

I'm proud of the spirit of DC.

If you like how Argentina has produced economic statistics, you'll love this guy.

Stupid fuckin’ gringo.

There is no bottom.

Trump's nominee for BLS commissioner, EJ Antoni, is disastrously terrible. He's a 1200%, 1300% maybe 1400% in-the-tank Trumper, with few credentials beyond a history of misrepresenting or misunderstanding economic statistics. He has shown no commitment to truth
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Goober’s gonna goober.

“This is not about crime. It’s about control. It’s about power.”

JUST IN: Judge Friedrich, a Trump appointee on the bench in DC, rules that the administration is illegally withholding funds from the National Endowment for Democracy, in violation of Congress' direct appropriation. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Trump takes over D.C. because 'Big Balls' got his ass beat by a teenage girl That's the excuse the president is using, at least, to kick off his military takeover of American cities.

“Trump takes over D.C. because 'Big Balls' got his ass beat by a teenage girl”

Sometime you need to read a newsletter based on the headline alone.
From @lebassett.bsky.social

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All because some dumbfuck anti-vaxxer hated science.

Kasie Hunt sold out. So sad. She coulda been a real journalist.

The Solicitor General of the U.S. is openly lying to federal courts about what tariffs do, falsely claiming that tariff "deals" are agreements to pay "trillions of dollars." A disgrace to the legal profession and a disgrace to the office. He should resign.

Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."

Motasem A Dalloul’s last message posted on X. It has 3 SOS emojis and says: Any rescue volunteers We’re under fire We’re torn to pieces Helppp

BREAKING: According to reports, Israel has bombed the home of prominent Gaza journalist, Motasem A Dalloul. At least 10 are dead.

Israel is exterminating journalism in Gaza, prior to enacting its final solution.

The war crime of the 21st century is unfolding live & the world is just watching.

Trump is taking control in DC by insisting there’s an “emergency.” The only emergency is a reckless demagogue employing military troops based on an obvious lie and his desperate need to look strong as his failures mount.

I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has words:

“It does not escape me that the president is calling in the [DC National Guard] on the pretext of a surge in crime that the numbers do not support while he was nowhere to be found for hours on Jan. 6, 2021" as D.C. officials asked him to send in the Guard.

Genuinely incredible that she's saying this with 2 accused rapists on either side of her