How is step 3 legal? https://t.co/TBFrTbf0re

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Oct 31, 2025

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October 31, 2025 at 03:28AM
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“Gutted”? You mean parts of it are still there? https://t.co/4YoF4arEVK

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Oct 31, 2025

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October 31, 2025 at 03:08AM
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1992, of course. Thanks. So is it possible no photo of this survives? (I just wanted to make a cheesy Xi joke!) https://t.co/ANpwt2iBfN

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Oct 31, 2025

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October 31, 2025 at 02:58AM
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I have a distinct memory of Sen. Paul Tsongas campaigning with a stuffed panda bear. (That would be in the 1994 presidential campaign, I assume.) Is this a fake memory? I can’t find a photo of it.

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 30, 2025 at 07:39PM
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I support one of these losers, but I wanted to highlight how toxic “Provide free health care to undocumented immigrants” is. More toxic than “Get rid of tracking” … https://t.co/4qR0XhtzwB

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 30, 2025 at 04:09PM
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AFFORDABILITY WATCH: Housing prices continued to fall in real terms for 4th straight month as millions of unauthorized immigrants who would otherwise need housing left the country. It’s a mystery! [ via @AlanTonelson ] https://t.co/1gHaz73BMn

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 30, 2025 at 03:08PM
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I bet Jeffrey Epstein could think of a subtler approach …

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 30, 2025 at 03:24AM
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The Honeypot Playbook, outlined in @nypost, seems v-plausible until the step where you tell your mark “‘If you don’t send this information right now, I’ll disappear forever.” I’d think that would be maybe a bit of a red flag. Isn’t there a subtler trick? https://t.co/baxqZu3VE6

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 30, 2025 at 03:14AM
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Even the (great) liberal Charles Peters conceded that the sharp restrictions of the 1920s (through 1965) had the effect of assimilating people of various races and origins into one nation. … I think it was in this well-written book https://t.co/siEkNsWnxv https://t.co/V0DNJpg42W

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 30, 2025 at 01:09AM
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Worth listening to the whole 1:55 answer. It’s great. https://t.co/V0DNJpg42W

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 30, 2025 at 01:05AM
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1) Phillips has a simple, plausible theory of the Las Vegas mass shooting that doesn’t involve Saudi helicopters; 2) He notes Newsom’s gerrymander was supposed to be a bluff, now it’s real; 3) It’s not popular with incumbent Dems; 4) It may, ultimately cost Dems seats nationwide. https://t.co/Mhfx9gNh7L

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 09:28PM
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The Maxwell thing will probably actually happen.

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 08:04PM
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“I’m on a journey” is the universal get-outof-jail-free card if it works. … “I”m on a journey,’ says Nick Fuentes, launching his Fuentes for Senate campaign” … “‘I’m on a journey,’ says Ghislaine Maxwell” … “‘Journey!’ declares Willie Horton, adopting the latest shorthand https://t.co/M5Tlehh8B3

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 08:03PM
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“I’m on a journey” is the universal get-outof-jail-free card if it works. … “I”m on a journey,’ says Nick Fuentes, launching his Fuentes for Senate campaign” … “‘I’m on a journey,’ says Ghislaine Maxwell” … “‘Journey!’ sayss Willie Horton, adopting the latest shorthand for https://t.co/M5Tlehh8B3

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 08:01PM
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“Earlier border enforcement” doesn’t quite capure it.

Biden/Mayorkas opened the floodgates.

1 (a): Don’t open the floodgates … https://t.co/KjbCXR6VpF

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Oct 29, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 07:37PM
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Phillips knows basically everything about CA politics … https://t.co/v0p1vMuwqA

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Oct 29, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 03:45PM
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If you scratch a liberal Santa Monica doctor with an “In this house…” sign in front of their house long enough, you’ll discover they are angry about exactly this same thing … https://t.co/TRZbDoLu2K

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Oct 29, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 03:36PM
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You can’t arrest illegals at their homes–in front of their children!
You can’t arrest them at work–because Joe Rogan says so.
So yes, he was arrested “on his way to work” … https://t.co/bMw1Fmg9Hr

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Oct 29, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 03:32PM
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If only the 22d Amendment actually were clear. … But it says “elected,” not “serve” … https://t.co/cXMWjussNY

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Oct 29, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 03:12PM
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TIL from https://t.co/lcrpoKFj4i’s panel that 1) our so-called $5M “mansion” tax also applies to buildings with multiple $500,000 apartments. Doh. and 2) the LA city Department of Water and Power is a disaster. Panelists were all convinced, though, that of course robust demand

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Oct 29, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 09:25PM
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My impression is that Dem attempts to get out the black vote typically involve discovering a GOP plot to cheat or intimidate them. This would seem to fit in that category. Maybe Newsom is not as sure of the outcome of the Prop 50 vote as the @LAtimes’ George Skelton is … https://t.co/pW5vdjm8vA

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Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 07:07PM
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You mean that was @ezraklein’s fault too? https://t.co/tS76gJi8wF

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Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 06:49PM
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Hmm. 1) Food stamps aren’t just for food. They’re a cash like welfare program. All of Hawley’s arguments could also be applied to reconstruct the old AFDC cash welfare program; 2) That said, in the nasty 2008-9 recession I was happy food stamps were there–as a floor, a partial

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Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 05:29PM
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But note that in his actual talk he never says anything as simple and clear as “We need to build trains again.” It’s all about “holistic” solutions. “structural” change, etc. Do working class voters talk about “holistic” solutions? Did FDR? It’s Dem public policy bullshitter https://t.co/kPNmMn0lN4

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Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 04:54PM
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Highly informative https://t.co/JQXQVjWbbA

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Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 04:23PM
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