It takes one generation to create an American. I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens. I take the 7 train to work every day and see it with my own eyes. Its my lived experience. Very traditional immigrant parents with their first generation NYers in tow helping them navigate the world they've chosen to make their home. Just like with my Italian great grandparents who never spoke a complete sentence in English despite living here for over 75 years.

Back when I was living in Yellowstone we were always talking about the limited utility of pepper spray. It worked great so long as you were able to hit it in the eyes. Anywhere else and it was worse than worthless. Some people were treating it like it were DEET and putting it on their own bodies. I remember a demonstration, to demonstrate this fact, where an area of the ground was hit with pepper spray. The bear rolled around in it like catnip.

So she's now branded with "Trump Whore" on her body? Sounds like a kink that got out of hand.

Many, if not all, of these documents have not been publicly seen before this release.

Because nobody ever thought to subpoena them before even though it would have been standard procedure to do so.

I bet rcade will get another National Security Letter eventually.

"They are trying to fool NY voters into believing he isn't an American."

That will only work on people who were already not voting for him. But even then, he has votes to spare.

Wake me when the good Christians start demonstrating outside the bad Christians' churches. Folks who don't want to be caught up in the backlash would do well to be overt in their disagreement with their fellow believers because the way it is now they are seen as silently agreeing with the bigoted churches. Or at least not so confident that the bad churches are wrong that they're unwilling to risk eternal damnation for missing that one on the quiz. Especially when one side is so belligerently confident of their position.

I had the displeasure of riding the elevator with John Bolton once. It was the day of Trump's first speech before the UN General Assembly. Bolton was telling the men he was with that it was the most significant UN speech since WWII. That's when I first bothered to notice who would say something like that because up until then I was behaving like a sane person and ignoring my fellow elevator riders. He smirked at my raised eyebrow with an air of self importance and we got off the elevator, going our separate ways.

Bet you he feels betrayed today. Looking back, maybe he was right about the speech's significance.

"Maximum Security Prison is Where that Murderous ----- Belongs..."

Never going to happen. It should happen, and if we ever want to gain back a degree of the stature we once had globally before we engaged in this experiment with fascism it must, but it won't.

"but the question is whether or not arrests, charges, etc. can begin at a local or state level when the arrestee is a federal agent.... He might spend a couple hours in the Mayberry jail swapping stories with Otis but the feds will come get him and I don't think Andy can do anything about it."

What does that mean? I suppose this could be a Kansas myopia thing, I don't know much about the place except that a guy helped pull my bus out of the mud there once - but he had North Carolina plates come to think of it, but are you genuinely suggesting that federal agents are immune from prosecution for local or state crimes? Why would you be under the impression that would be the case? Is that what your experience tells you? Chilling if yes.

They don't mean it. They're just being edgy. Like the kids that have been putting up swastika stickers in my neighborhood the last six months or so. Surely not a sign of a deeper problem.

My listening has changed drastically the last couple years.

Black Coffee - The Rapture Part III

" I also hope Mamdani and Cuomo aren't splitting the left vote and giving NYC to the MAGA candidate."

Mamdani is the Democratic party's candidate for Mayor. The man who won the primary. Cuomo is the one threatening the vote split. My guess is he pulls more from Sliwa than Mamdani though.