John Petro

i'm not sure that voter ID is the hill that progressives should die on, so to speak.

can you imagine a young Phil Hartman impersonating Johnson?

my coworker Hova nicknamed this building "The Dink"

'Absolute mental torture.' Freed from Alligator Alcatraz, Keys man still stuck in ICE's sights ‘I haven’t done anything,’ Malik, 21, said of his detention. ‘All I’m doing is existing.’

gwenfilosa.substack.com/p/absolute-m...

how about instead of trying to appeal to one group or another, just reporting the news in a fact-based manner?

waiting for turbo man

how is Kosovo coming up with $1b?

ICE isn't the problem, it's DHS and the laws that we passed in the wake of 9/11 that give it such powers

"If you're a US citizen, you'll be free to go after they briefly destroy your car, injure you, and spray pepper spray everywhere. Also they can kill you" -Brett Kavanaugh

Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.

I have a three phase plan, and I worked with chatGPT all night on it.

deport the mountain lions

I would say you probably shouldn't f*** with the Miccosukee

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Is Said to Plan New Class of Battleships Named for Him

"President Trump is expected to announce a new type of ship for the Navy on Monday, according to a Pentagon official who requested anonymity to preview the plan. The official said the Navy was expected to call the new vessels Trump-class battleships."

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

JD Vance is the most unlikable person imaginable

the Trump MBS meeting is sickening, but not surprising

tariffs tamp down supply, and stimulus checks increase demand. what a great inflation-reduction strategy.

Is that OJ's Bronco?

is the lesson that cuomo would almost win if silwa dropped out, or that silwa would almost win if Cuomo dropped out?

so many better ways to blow $1.5 million

really don't see the point of looser monetary policy right now. seems to be plenty of cash sloshing around. just look at companies burning cash for AI

why is CNN giving legs to this non-story?

these folks definitely among the most culpable

A fence post at New York’s Bowling Green still showing the rough saw marks where, in July 1776, colonists cut off the crowns that used to adorn the tops.

Colonists also pulled down a statute of King George III that once stood where the fountain is today.

thank you

I do think that state-level data would add context and richness to the analysis, but a national view is valuable also

huh.

sorry dude. the politico article yesterday did not give ages, as far as I remember. peace be with you

you ok?

do we know how old the individuals were at the time of the chat? not that it makes it excusable, but is still relevant.