Paul Alcocer

I know this is kind of dark, but you also know no one is carrying a gun.
Which is kinda wild because lots of Spaniards hunt and have guns. Remember about 35 years ago picking up bags in Madrid and gun cases and rifles were just coming down the baggage carousel. Hunters coming back from holiday.

Now sign SB 79!!!!

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I was coming home from Alaska through Seattle with a tight connection, flight delay and then my departing flight is boarding before I get off. Who knew it takes 3 different trains to get from south terminal to north. Who designed that mess. Anyway probably best I didn’t know in advance.

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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She’s still out here ✌️

NC Democratic lawmakers slam GOP leaders over federal shutdown’s local fallout • NC Newsline The federal shutdown started early Wednesday as Congress failed to pass a funding bill before the start of the new fiscal year, leaving at least 200 federally-funded state employees in North Carolina.

The Republican shutdown will be devastating for many North Carolinians, including those relying on SNAP, WIC, Head Start, and other federal assistance.
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Thinking about this whole "Dems need to move right on abortion to win in red states" thing. Since this spring we have been asking different variations of this RCN-ish inclusive populism message, and the results are like - blinding. There's just broad, almost overwhelming 🧵

Bob and Sensei’s car selfie from ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Sensei has one of the later-mentioned few small beers

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I like him. His “I’m governor for everyone in Kentucky and I need to respect and do my best for all of them” approach is great and necessary for the next dem pres candidate. But the candidate also needs to understand and be confident playing ruthless power politics. Don’t know if he’s got that

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

"I am not in the business of giving politicians advice. But I will say that if the experience of Lincoln suggests anything, it is that there can be no real success without principle — ironclad and unyielding."

This is helpful to a retired fed struggling to get my head around how wrong I was about my country and the fragility of the progress I took for granted much of my career. I have always found TNC's writing to be illuminating. This conversation shows that many of us still have more to learn from him.

If so sign SB79. Otherwise we’ll know this is BS.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

I expected that Trump and his idiotic appointees would try to destroy our government. I didn’t expect the universities, media, states etc to just roll over and let him

Important string. Unfortunately I don’t know of a single Democrat clearly expressing similar view. Please point out any that I have missed.

OK, I’ve always liked Pete but I just listened to him explain in rather convoluted nonsensical terms why he’s not endorsing Mamdani. Now I see this and apparently he’s just one more of those risk averse democrats who’s afraid to trust voters. Not gonna get us where we need to be

Exactly!

Qualified immunity is going to make it practically impossible.

"Corporate society takes care of everything. And all it asks of anyone, all it's ever asked of anyone, ever, is not to interfere with management decisions."

In general I’ve spent a lot more time studying whatever it is that someone is offering advice on than they have. If it’s a question or subject that someone has expertise and has spent lots of time on it, please bring it on.

Just sayin’?

shit ain’t over til it’s over

As Trump and his goons strip Americans of our constitutional rights, the silence of the nation’s leadership class is deafening. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/america-without-a-leadership-class

It’s more than a seat. It’s our voice, our power, our future. Roy Cooper is the mic — and in 2026 North Carolina will be heard!

My brother just got his permanent resident visa to Mexico. Have friends and relatives getting passports to Ireland, Poland, Guatemala and Italy based on family members. We’ve got grandkids here so we’re probably here for the duration. But Portugal has always been a nice visit.

You really can’t go wrong. I’ve seen more cathedrals than I can remember but the cathedral in Toledo really hit me. Suddenly I felt how the whole centuries long con worked.