The Alternate Historian

So we’re at the tilting at windmills section of Don Quixote… 🙄🌬️👇🏾

Shut off all utilities to the building and start the renovations anyway

Houston teen says immigration agents detained, choked him. He's a U.S. citizen. A Houston teenager who is a U.S. citizen said he was beaten, choked and subjected to racial slurs when masked immigration officers chased him and his father.

📍 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍, 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒:

A U.S.-born teenager says masked immigration agents beat and choked him, hurled slurs like “border-hopper,” and dragged him from a car — despite identifying himself as a citizen. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Doesn’t seem great

Francis Marion’s father was a French Huguenot refugee.

Sure why not.

Bovino has daily judge time now.

CNBC, Oct. 10, 2022: “JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon warns U.S. likely to tip into recession in 6 to 9 months” Bloomberg, Oct. 17, 2022: “Forecast for US Recession Within Year Hits 100% in Blow to Biden” The Economist, Nov. 18, 2022: “Why a global recession is inevitable in 2023” Bloomberg, Dec. 6, 2022: “Wall Street Chorus Grows Louder Warning That 2023 Will Be Ugly” Wall Street Journal, Jan. 2, 2023: “Big Banks Predict Recession, Fed Pivot in 2023” Fox Business, Feb. 6, 2023: “Bank of America ‘still forecasting’ 2023 recession” POLITICO, April 4, 2023: “Jamie Dimon warns of new economic storms ahead” CNBC on April 12, 2023: “Fed expects banking crisis to cause a recession this year, minutes show”

I forgot how badly the media wanted a Biden recession. They were dying for it.

As someone who had multiple honorary uncles and aunts, this is just a silly story.

Editorial: Kristi Noem needs to halt the ICE terrorizing of Chicago neighborhoods ICE and Border Patrol agents wreaking havoc in Chicago neighborhoods can’t go on.

From the Editorial Board:

If you are radicalizing the Chicago guy with the poop bag and making kids in wizard hats rub their eyes, then, Madam Secretary, you are not doing your job very well.

Read that last sentence again. A judge to a Border Patrol leader.

even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media

In case you missed it, you still have time to check out my contribution to this year's #AlternateHistoween. I take a deep dive into the shadowy world of the Illuminati and ask: what if they really did control the world?

This is all infuriating of course but seeing the phrase "60 pt drop" has to be satisfying for all of us here on some level. Our "the children are irredeemable and TikTok has destroyed the republic" takes from last November may have been premature.

Sigh if only this directly corresponded with election results.

one way to understand media coverage of the second trump administration is that, this time around, it's really only tracking with the bottom right chart

I agree criminalizing criticism of anything would be very bad. It's a good thing no one else in America is trying to do this besides potentially the future mayor of New York City.

I never realized the mayor of New York had this much power. Apparently they can just ignore the first amendment!!!

inshallah we reach these numbers again

Chart showing Trump's net approval compared with this point in previous presidencies. In 2009, Obama's approval at this point was approximately +7, in 2017 Trump's was -16 and in 2021 Biden's was -7

Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...

I love the new trend of "taxing the rich is actually antisemitic because everyone knows Jews have hidden hordes of money".

King Ralph II: Back in the Abbot (2027)

Yes we should deport Mel Gibson.

I like how the pic they use is of an Australian actor.

Funny you should mention that. bsky.app/profile/alth...

so at what time frame do we need to take democracy to silicon valley
because as far as i can tell these people need democracy, preferably deployed via the medium of carpet bombing

I mean if there is one lesson we should all have learned by now in the Trump era is that high turnout =/= Dem voters.

Hey they tried to set up shop in Illinois once.

Rome? Hah try Jerusalem.

Maybe this turnout isn't because of Mamdani. The article makes it pretty clear these are people more likely to vote for Cuomo.