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although Republican incumbents are running in a nasty national environment and although they are expected to lose some seats in November, the GOP is still favored to hold onto its majorities in both chambers because of several baked-in-the-cake advantages, including money, few retirements, safely-drawn seats, and a party apparatus that is adept at turning campaigns to local issues and turning out voters through micro targeting and hard work.

Will never forget Halperin saying in June 2006 that, even though all signs were pointing against Republicans, they'd surely win anyway because Democrats are stupid & lazy

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Kash Patel has resting Bad Guy's Henchman About To Get Comically Devoured By The Monster face

The Metaverse, Apple goggles, Pervert Glasses - tens of billions of dollars flushed down the toilet on products no one wants

And these abominations visibly hurt to wear - look at how red this pervert's ear is!

Politico: Trump is running out of time to sell his rationale for Iran war Senior officials keep offering justifications for the conflict with Tehran that the president upends.

Love how the msm invents new rules for Trump. He gets to come up for a reason for the war AFTER he starts it. What a lucky little fellow.

The guy constantly accused of stealing from Dwayne gives us a Rick Concert

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

We've renamed the DOD the Department of War. Our troops are Warfighters. No of course we're not "at war" you dumb lib

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Another day, zero mention of Iran war opposition anywhere on homepages of CNN, NBC, NYT or WaPo

CNN makes clear that non-Trump supporters don't count, with "Analysis: How much is Trump’s base on board with war with Iran? It’s complicated"

Getting granular with the claim that Trump is some media wizard - PressThink That our President is a master of media manipulation is a view commonly expressed by American journalists. I doubt it.

As @jayrosen.bsky.social wrote a full 8 years ago, “If you are a man, and you bite a dog, that does not make you a master of anything”

Capitalists Implicitly Expect Us to Save Them From Themselves The unspoken contradiction of optimistic forecasts.

"The class of people telling us that government will step in to prevent the worst economic outcomes of our era is the same class of people who are working to prevent the government from doing so"

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Boston police officials dominate the list of highest-paid city workers in 2025 - The Boston Globe The top 10 highest-paid city employees were all Boston police lieutenants, captains, and sergeants, with each making more than $435,000 in 2025.

Boston crime is at historic lows, but it's paying cops half a million a year while laying off teachers

Unbelievably frustrating that Mass Democrats have responded to high fossil gas prices by cutting energy efficiency programs. Fossil gas prices will drive up electricity rates anyway, and now we have fewer resources to help people deal with them.

Everyone Hates This Highway. What’s the Best Way to Fix It?

Our deep blue state DOTs ignore the climate crisis & think their job is to get as many suburban drivers through the middle of our cities at as high a speed as possible

Speaking of denial, this NYT article doesn’t mention climate once

Harry the goldendoodle uses snow as a pillow with sunset behind him

Just realizing Harry hasn’t had any digestive issues or yakked on the rug for the longest stretch of his life, and it’s probably because everything he’d usually get into trouble eating (rabbit 💩 is not free candy on the street) has been buried under 3 feet of ❄️ for two months straight

Getting granular with the claim that Trump is some media wizard - PressThink That our President is a master of media manipulation is a view commonly expressed by American journalists. I doubt it.

As @jayrosen.bsky.social wrote a full 8 years ago, “If you are a man, and you bite a dog, that does not make you a master of anything”

NYT Trump approval tracker shows steady decline

Just listen to a podcast where Trump was called a master communication strategist because he bombed Venezuela to distract from Epstein

Find when Trump changed the conversation:

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The @cambridgemass.bsky.social City Council just voted unanimously to discontinue using X. Thank you @councilloralzubi.bsky.social for putting this forward!

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Update: There's now no mention of Iran war opposition *at all* on the NYT's home page news coverage. This is Objective & if you disagree, you don't understand journalism!!!

CNN: Three US fighter jets accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, military says By Haley Britzky , Helen Regan Helen Regan , Eyad Kourdi , Isaac Yee , Teele Rebane , Lucas Lilieholm Updated 13 hr ago

Reuters: Fire at US embassy complex in Riyadh after blast heard, sources say By Reuters March 2, 20266:23 PM CSTUpdated 13 mins ago

New York Times: U.S. military death toll rises to 6

CNN: State Dept urges US citizens to "DEPART NOW" from countries throughout Middle East

Two days into the war:

- three F-15s shot down

- U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia in flames

- six U.S. service members confirmed dead; more wounded

- State Department tells Americans to flee the entire Middle East

What can you even say? These people deserve their inevitable humiliation and the nation deserves journalists with more self-respect.

US Media Mostly Care for Iranians When They Can Be Used to Justify Bombing US corporate media tend to humanize Iranians only when they can be portrayed as victims of their own government.

Among the first casualties were at least 175 people in a girls’ school in Minab. As the corpses of young children are no use to the imperial narrative when killed by the US and Israel rather than by Iran, however, the requisite moral condemnation has been in short supply.

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When Reagan had polyps removed, we got live national minute by minute coverage & explainers

But now Trump is receiving constant medical treatment for multiple mystery ailments & today’s White House press corps just writes down their obvious lies & never asks about it again

NYT home page, zoomed out so you can see how far down the page Mamdani's opposition to the war is presented

It's just Objective to bury war opposition way way down as the 11th story on the NYT home page

As @strongtowns.org’s Chuck Marohn points out, we don’t have tons of Dunkins because of the invisible hand of the free market - we give huge tax breaks to Dunks, while local cafes face mountains of paperwork & huge zoning hurdles

Keller at Large In an era of scorched-earth political discourse, where dull-witted oversimplifications of complex issues and self-indulgent spasms of ginned-up outrage too often substitute for serious debate, last week’s State House News Service/MASSterList forum with House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka (moderated by yours truly) was a welcome relief. Disagreements notwithstanding, the legislative leaders explained their positions at length before an audience that asked respectful questions and listened politely. But it didn’t take long for pitiful political reality to intrude. As he exited the hall, Mariano was accosted by a

Jon Keller has been the Boston political establishment's preferred "analyst" for decades & this really sums up why

People who shield the status quo, like "yours truly," are perfect

Anyone who wants to change the status quo is a disgusting subhuman who must not be heard in political debate

The sowing/reaping meme became a real boy & we made him our Defense Secretary

Had a US urbanist friend say recently, why should I stay here fighting MAGAs & NIMBYs for years *hoping* to push *one* bike lane through our creaky unresponsive systems, when I could just move to Copenhagen now

How to Write About Iran: A Guide for Journalists, Analysts, and Policymakers Whether you are working from your DC office or your home in LA or New York, here’s all you need to know to become an expert on Iran. 1. Always refe...

“When U.S. officials say Iran ‘must change its behavior’ & ‘behave like a normal country,’ write those quotes down word for word. Everyone knows that Iran is a delinquent kid who always instigates trouble and must be disciplined.”

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Working on getting rid of the last of my Amazon Subscribe & Save recurring orders & just buying that stuff at Market Basket, which does not even have a loyalty rewards tracking card. They just sell you stuff, without running a side business selling your personal data! Imagine!

Not ICE. Not Border Patrol. Just the same rotten local cops we've always had