Eric Lint
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Politics and public transit in the PNW. Standard disclaimers apply.
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In practical terms, Americans are down to a single meaningful freedom: to consume. And they’re laying the rhetorical groundwork for that to disappear. Seems bad!
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In practical terms, Americans are down to a single meaningful freedom: to consume. And they’re laying the rhetorical groundwork for that to disappear. Seems bad!
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Having $800M in your investment account vs $400M doesn't change your life at all, but having a labor market where your underlings are desperate to cling to jobs vs one where they can walk across the street and get a better offer makes a huge difference in the day to day reality of the very wealthy
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Having $800M in your investment account vs $400M doesn't change your life at all, but having a labor market where your underlings are desperate to cling to jobs vs one where they can walk across the street and get a better offer makes a huge difference in the day to day reality of the very wealthy
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This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
NEW
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
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Dallas: A great case study in how the overhyping of "microtransit" is encouraging leaders to destroy useful transit networks.
New article for @dmagazine.bsky.social about DART withdrawal elections and the future of the agency. Featuring the work of @humantransit.bsky.social, city council members using ChatGPT, and a detour to talk about transit in the Windy City.
Plano, Farmers Branch, Highland Park, and Irving are all weighing leaving the transit agency. Before the matter lands on May ballots, here’s how that has gone historically.
December 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Dallas: A great case study in how the overhyping of "microtransit" is encouraging leaders to destroy useful transit networks.
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SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
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Young Republicans are looking for Trump to “be their Franco” but don’t you dare call them fascists.
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Young Republicans are looking for Trump to “be their Franco” but don’t you dare call them fascists.
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
Reddit is full of evidence of this, but I just stumbled on this perfect specimen on r/QualityTacticalGear right now.
You can probably smell this picture.
You can probably smell this picture.
December 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Reddit is full of evidence of this, but I just stumbled on this perfect specimen on r/QualityTacticalGear right now.
You can probably smell this picture.
You can probably smell this picture.
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I'm not sure what Trump thought he was doing by posting the Cuellar daughters' letter & his "lack of LOYALTY" rant, but, in addition to making clear the transactional nature of the pardon in his mind, he also admitted that a transparently flattering letter is all it takes for him to grant a pardon.
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm not sure what Trump thought he was doing by posting the Cuellar daughters' letter & his "lack of LOYALTY" rant, but, in addition to making clear the transactional nature of the pardon in his mind, he also admitted that a transparently flattering letter is all it takes for him to grant a pardon.
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don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
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Three times she’s been stopped and goons have demanded “show us your papers”.
And if they feel like it they smash your stuff, and pound on you; and all the while you know it’s going to happen again.
And you’ve done nothing more than be a person they felt like abusing.
And if they feel like it they smash your stuff, and pound on you; and all the while you know it’s going to happen again.
And you’ve done nothing more than be a person they felt like abusing.
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Three times she’s been stopped and goons have demanded “show us your papers”.
And if they feel like it they smash your stuff, and pound on you; and all the while you know it’s going to happen again.
And you’ve done nothing more than be a person they felt like abusing.
And if they feel like it they smash your stuff, and pound on you; and all the while you know it’s going to happen again.
And you’ve done nothing more than be a person they felt like abusing.
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There's probably a better way to word it, but the Democratic Party's motto for 2026 and beyond should be "Reconstruction 2.0" and the first move should be a new version of the Klan Act that puts Trumpism in the cross-hairs.
We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History Of American Politics, 1865-2025
While the outcome should be clear from the plain text of the Constitution, the central project of this court and Administration, together, is to nullify the reconstruction amendments
December 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
There's probably a better way to word it, but the Democratic Party's motto for 2026 and beyond should be "Reconstruction 2.0" and the first move should be a new version of the Klan Act that puts Trumpism in the cross-hairs.
Nuremberg didn’t end with a season finale.
That was real life. There were consequences.
That was real life. There were consequences.
One of the dilemmas of living through the second Trump administration is that saying these things out loud seems crazy. But yeah, the death penalty is an established, well-documented thing we have on the books for precisely these kinds of crimes; they obviously did it; and it's not hard to prove.
"the government should try, convict and then kill the secretary of defense for the crime he very obviously seems to have committed" seems like a radical thing to say, but -- no, it's not. it's the actual penalty for what pete hegseth, a man who ordered death squads to murder civilians, has done.
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Nuremberg didn’t end with a season finale.
That was real life. There were consequences.
That was real life. There were consequences.
I often rail about the opportunity cost of corruption.
What great things could we all be doing if not busy responding to corrupt acts?
Teachers shouldn’t have to do this.
What great things could we all be doing if not busy responding to corrupt acts?
Teachers shouldn’t have to do this.
Oregon’s largest teachers’ union will host several statewide trainings meant to teach school staff, families and community members how to keep students and families safe under increasingly aggressive federal immigration enforcement actions taking place near schools.
Oregon’s largest teachers’ union hosts training to protect students from ICE
More than 600 teachers and school staff are expected to attend training sessions in Bend, Eugene and Oregon City over the weekend.
www.opb.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I often rail about the opportunity cost of corruption.
What great things could we all be doing if not busy responding to corrupt acts?
Teachers shouldn’t have to do this.
What great things could we all be doing if not busy responding to corrupt acts?
Teachers shouldn’t have to do this.
A lot of jobs out there aren’t what normal people would think they are.
Add university president and nonprofit director to the same job class as Jeffries version of House minority leader.
Add university president and nonprofit director to the same job class as Jeffries version of House minority leader.
"High floor, no ceiling" isn't meant to be persuasive to voters, it's meant for donors, and I assume Jeffries, whose job functions partly by being able to direct donor money to favored and against unfavored candidates, knows that.
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A lot of jobs out there aren’t what normal people would think they are.
Add university president and nonprofit director to the same job class as Jeffries version of House minority leader.
Add university president and nonprofit director to the same job class as Jeffries version of House minority leader.
My favorite genre of political reporting is just following up on things.
Where are they now? Did the congressman who lost reelection survive… or is he still comfortably rich?
When people said things will or won’t happen… were they wrong? If so, why?
Or we could just treat it all like the weather…
Where are they now? Did the congressman who lost reelection survive… or is he still comfortably rich?
When people said things will or won’t happen… were they wrong? If so, why?
Or we could just treat it all like the weather…
Wow, this article published by @npr.org in August 2024, they accused Harris of lying about: Trump wanting to jail is enemies, Trump enacting Project2025, Trump cutting healthcare & social welfare programs, Trump cutting taxes for rich, Trump raising taxes for working families with tariffs ...
Can’t think why it turned out how it did with the media reporting honestly.
www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My favorite genre of political reporting is just following up on things.
Where are they now? Did the congressman who lost reelection survive… or is he still comfortably rich?
When people said things will or won’t happen… were they wrong? If so, why?
Or we could just treat it all like the weather…
Where are they now? Did the congressman who lost reelection survive… or is he still comfortably rich?
When people said things will or won’t happen… were they wrong? If so, why?
Or we could just treat it all like the weather…
This reminds me of the time a neighborhood association member was chiding *the mayor* to her face saying “we were elected to represent the people!”
That NA person not elected. He was appointed by 4 people at a meeting where only 6 people were present *including* him and the board.
That NA person not elected. He was appointed by 4 people at a meeting where only 6 people were present *including* him and the board.
My crazy idea for incorporating public feedback into city planning: You let residents vote for representatives in city government, and those people are empowered to implement the policies they promised while campaigning.
At Land Use (again) and it's literally all the same people it always is (myself included)...like who are we fooling that the same 75 people showing up every time is "the will of the people"? What a sham public process is sometimes, sadly
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This reminds me of the time a neighborhood association member was chiding *the mayor* to her face saying “we were elected to represent the people!”
That NA person not elected. He was appointed by 4 people at a meeting where only 6 people were present *including* him and the board.
That NA person not elected. He was appointed by 4 people at a meeting where only 6 people were present *including* him and the board.
It’s not just the money. Look at the moral language we use in talking about teacher’s retirement funds or Social Security and the constant need to reform and curtail it.
And compare that to bailouts where those who inflict this damage expect no consequences and all the reward.
And compare that to bailouts where those who inflict this damage expect no consequences and all the reward.
Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It’s not just the money. Look at the moral language we use in talking about teacher’s retirement funds or Social Security and the constant need to reform and curtail it.
And compare that to bailouts where those who inflict this damage expect no consequences and all the reward.
And compare that to bailouts where those who inflict this damage expect no consequences and all the reward.