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Take Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" for instance. Republicans provided $150 billion more for the military, while at the same time taking food away from literal children and kicking 10 million people off their health insurance.

That was a choice. They prioritized war at the expense of food and health.

Incredible season finale for HBOs Industry. For a season known for exceptional needle drops, 2 best this week involved Kit Harrington. Baltimore's own TURNSTILE & Gilbert & Sullivan.

Love a show that feels like it was made for me.

Is Violent Crime an 'Urban' Problem? Violence has long been a disproportionately “big city” problem in the United States; prepare for a future where this is no longer the case

"Yet, we should also not talk about New York City as a violent hellhole while ignoring the fact that being murdered in the small towns and rural counties of this country is now occurring at a higher rate" @crimeforecast.bsky.social
crimeforecast.substack.com/p/is-violent...

It took Putin and Orban years to do what they’re doing.

Rep. Van Orden body checks his constituent, makes him hold his helmet as he escapes to the restroom, & falsely accuses him of being a paid protestor. Despicable

Some of the biggest conservative voices for crim legal reform are conservatives who have been to prison.

Not just bc it made them see how bad our prisons are (tho they mostly went to lower-level facilities), but bc it forced them to see that most ppl there were not monsters, not diff from them.

When Has Murder Been This Low? Some thoughts on historical crime data.

It's a little more complicated than that, but there's a good chance it is true. jasher.substack.com/p/when-has-m...

Very true. Anything before 1960 should be viewed with more skepticism.

Gov. Spanberger calls out the cruelty of Trump's ICE: "Every minute spent sowing fear is a minute not spent investigating murders, crimes against children, or the criminals defrauding seniors of their life savings."

When immigrants fear local police, crimes go unreported. Survivors stay silent. Communities become less safe—not more. Trump's attempts to scapegoat immigrant communities is not new. And it is dangerous. It divides neighbors and distracts from real solutions that actually make communities safer.

You're right! I meant to say since the 2020 spike - thank you.

Trump takes credit for lower crime rates in Washington, DC after sending federal troops last year.

Fact check: Since peaking in 2023, D.C. violent crime fell in 2024, before Trump took office, and has continued to fall at similar rates before and after federal intervention.

Bingo! He did a tight five on framing SAVE Act as simple voter ID law

Picture of CNN Live Analysis by Manu Raju during state of the union

Interesting point by @mkraju.bsky.social: "No Dems stand up when Trump calls for members to stand if they believe it's their 'first duty' to protect American citizens, 'not illegal aliens."

He adds, "This moment is made for a GOP attack ad"

A political graphic showing two figures in tactical law enforcement gear holding paintball-style launchers. The headline reads, "Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill funnels $75,000,000,000 to ICE with no guardrails." The text further explains that the bill nearly triples ICE funding while making "devastating cuts" to programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

FACT CHECK: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill made devastating cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, while at the same nearly tripling ICE’s budget. https://ampr.gs/4aAyPXd

Wish Trump would stop screaming at us.

Nearly two-thirds of the total decline in the nation's murder rate since its 2020 peak occurred before Trump's second term. He doesn’t deserve credit.

His cuts to public safety programs while undermining trust in local law enforcement w/ his cruel immigration enforcement has made us less safe.

After spiking by nearly 30% in the last year of Trump’s first term, the 1st year of the pandemic, the homicide rate dropped significantly while Trump was out of office.

During the Biden admin, the US saw record year-over-year declines in both 2023 and 2024.

Trump mentioned the 2025 murder rate being at the lowest level in 125 years. While we don’t have final numbers, there’s a good chance this is true.

But Trump doesn't deserve credit. A 🧵

we are close to go time, and the man who tried to end democracy and whose admin is executing citizens and noncitizens alike is set to talk for perhaps two or more hours.

i have prepped many, many graphs that feel pointless because what does lying about the budget matter when he's executing people?

From Trump's prepared remarks:

“Above all, unleashing America’s promise requires keeping our communities safe. We have made incredible strides—yet dangerous repeat offenders continue to be released by pro-crime politicians again & again.”

1st half is fine, but who is pro-crime besides Trump?

I don't know if people are following this story, but it's wild. Anthropic said they don't want their tech used for surveillance or weapons, and the DOD is threatening to cancel their contract and defacto blacklist them as a "supply chain risk" unless they jettison their ethical policies.

The Trump misinformation machine will just copy & paste the same lies & fearmongering to attack every Democrat, even when it clearly doesn't pass the sniff test.

I'm looking forward to Spanberger's response, even if it means suffering through another long lie-filled Trump speech

7News: Spanberger nabs key police endorsement as new poll shows lead in Virginia governor's race | Abigail Spanberger for Governor By Princess Harrell In a historic shift, Virginia’s largest police organization has unanimously endorsed Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger in the 2025 governor’s race. This marks the first t...

Virginia Police Benevolent Association's endorsement of Spanberger, 1st for a Dem candidate for Gov. in more than a decade, cited her federal law enforcement background & consistent votes to increase funding for local police depts & sheriff’s offices. abigailspanberger.com/7news-spanbe...

Radical Left’s Rebuttal Will Contrast Democrat Extremism with President Trump’s Road to Prosperity Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democrat response to President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union tonight. Spanberger, like the rest of the Radical

WH release says Spanberger "has consistently supported defunding the police efforts, accepting tens of thousands in campaign contributions from groups advocating defunding"

The proof? A link to FEC reports of donations from Planned Parenthood & Sierra Club. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Trump seems nervous about Gov. Spanberger delivering Dems' SOTU response tonight. WH is accusing her of supporting "soft-on-crime policies," saying she "undermines law enforcement at every turn."

Then why did Virginia’s largest police organization unanimously endorse her last year for Governor?

At @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social, CCJ President and CEO @abgelb.bsky.social and member @dralexpiquero.bsky.social count down their top 5 crime and justice stories of the past year. ⬇️

What role did the Federal intervention play in DC's violent crime trend? Now that we have data through December from the FBI (more reliable than the public portal), it looks very much like a continuation of the pre-existing trend rather than a change.

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