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MULLIN: There was a sweetheart plea deal that was struck in 2009 under Obama

TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor

M: Who was in office at the time?

T: Bush

M: No. Obama was in office

TAPPER: Not true

Some important context about the Thomas Keller / French Laundry housing article that appeared today:

High density low cost housing does not exist. Hideous what keeps happening in MV . Keep in mind the traffic and supportive atmosphere will be heavily impacted!

There's generally two camps on NextDoor about high density housing

Camp 1: GHETTO SLUMS FOR DRUGGED UP ZOMBIE CRIMINAL THUGS

Camp 2: "High density low cost housing does not exist"

Which camp are you in?

I will miss Kristi Noem's inimitable constitutional insights, as when, asked by Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. at a Senate hearing to define "habeas corpus," she replied, "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."

"Who is tired of "Silicon Valley" being identified with San Francisco?"

I am!

But the rest of the comments seem to indicate that most people aren't bothered by this.

Are you bothered by this?

I have a minor beef with him

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Tree people?

The town has already had 23 input meetings about this project

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People vote at Assumption Church in Los Angeles on March 3, 2020. California's top-two primary will be June 2 this year. Photo by Kyle Grillot, Reuters

Opinion | California is destined to lose at last four and perhaps five seats in total after the 2030 census, due to population stagnation. bit.ly/40gzoPV

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It was already named that when he bought it

A reminder that the city has already held at least 23 meetings on this!

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This naive FB comment perfectly captures how Thomas Keller and others perfectly play the NIMBY game

French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project "I have reached out to every one of you; none of you has reached out to me."

Thomas Keller scolded a small Napa Valley town council this week, reprimanding the Yountville Town Council for spending too much money on a proposed affordable housing project.

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Yeah we didn't build any housing in the 2020's either so Texas will take at least four of our Congressional seats. But on the bright side, all the single family homes and surface parking lots will rise up and overthrow capitalism.

Oh were you on nextdoor on a day ending with y?

Nothing would be more perfect than California being governed by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco because 400 dummies that no one has ever heard of all campaigned using the Democratic Party label.

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Also, Reno is significantly west of Los Angeles

Quick: give some San Mateo Countians a stroke by saying "Did you know Belmont and Oakland are actually the same?"

It's true that Oakland is west of Palo Alto, and the... um... Palo Alto Bay Area.

Which was mostly a jab at microsoft

I think there was a golden period for Brin / Page in the early-mid 2000s

wut

The runner up was.

To me, the "Home of Silicon Valley" will always be this

Palo Alto should've built a wall to keep VCs on their end of Sand Hill Road, that way people could continue to associate Palo Alto with what it is truly famous for

"Who is tired of "Silicon Valley" being identified with San Francisco?"

I am!

But the rest of the comments seem to indicate that most people aren't bothered by this.

Are you bothered by this?