#  @dilanesper Dilan Esper There are no recent news or social posts specifically about Dilan Esper. The provided tweets appear to be from a user, possibly named Matt Yglesias, discussing economics, politics, and social issues. The most prominent topic is the discussion of monetary policy, the Federal Reserve, and economic issues. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::188106899/interactions)  - [--] Week [---------] +42% - [--] Month [----------] +39% - [--] Months [----------] +137% - [--] Year [----------] +106% ### Mentions: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::188106899/posts_active)  - [--] Week [---] -4.90% - [--] Month [---] +30% - [--] Months [-----] +86% - [--] Year [-----] +7.60% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::188106899/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +1.70% - [--] Month [------] +4.30% - [--] Months [------] +25% - [--] Year [------] +70% ### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::188106899/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 6.85% [finance](/list/finance) 6.22% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 4.98% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 4.36% [musicians](/list/musicians) 2.9% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 2.28% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 1.87% [stocks](/list/stocks) 0.83% [nfl](/list/nfl) 0.62% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) 0.41% **Social topic influence** [in the](/topic/in-the) 5.6%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 4.98%, [super bowl](/topic/super-bowl) #2922, [money](/topic/money) 3.32%, [the first](/topic/the-first) 2.49%, [nfl](/topic/nfl) 2.28%, [the world](/topic/the-world) #4482, [politics](/topic/politics) #1636, [los angeles](/topic/los-angeles) #755, [the super](/topic/the-super) 2.07% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@steve_sailer](/creator/undefined) [@lakecountydem](/creator/undefined) [@creid2852](/creator/undefined) [@jmp_nyc](/creator/undefined) [@constans](/creator/undefined) [@minervasmuse](/creator/undefined) [@rcownie](/creator/undefined) [@hackerjay](/creator/undefined) [@myersvince6621](/creator/undefined) [@thomadtimothy](/creator/undefined) [@stringlandscape](/creator/undefined) [@rkylesmith](/creator/undefined) [@901gregory](/creator/undefined) [@triceratops235](/creator/undefined) [@seantrende](/creator/undefined) [@mmatesky](/creator/undefined) [@tallblondeguy](/creator/undefined) [@minervas_muse](/creator/undefined) [@hoodlumdoodlum](/creator/undefined) [@jamesharrigan](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "You can watch the highlights of any game you are interested in-- not just the Caps and Wizards but any NHL or NBA game any womens professional soccer game even a big cricket game from Pakistan or a European indoor track meet" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019077682806308905) 2026-02-04T15:56Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements "And really does anyone think that book publishers have no free speech rights If the government wants to force Simon & Schuster to publish a book or prohibit it from publishing a book based on its viewpoint we all agree that violates the First Amendment right" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020895181382500725) 2026-02-09T16:18Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements "I'm not that big on media bias claims but I swear one of the big media biases is that anything said by law enforcement is taken as the gospel truth. Take this story about a vice squad bust in Riverside CA. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/13-arrested-in-southern-california-prostitution-bust/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/13-arrested-in-southern-california-prostitution-bust/" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/1952163915619782945) 2025-08-04T00:25Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements "we know. The Rodney King cops who didn't know they were being filmed all filed reports that said nothing unusual happened in the arrest Imagine if there was no video Imagine if there was no video" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2015428817180139957) 2026-01-25T14:17Z 13.8K followers, 935.9K engagements "This is actually a fascinating question about how you view sports. Is the crowd part of the sport A lot of passionate football and basketball fans especially homers would say "of course". Passionate golf and tennis fans would just as vociferously say "no way". @MattBruenig Tennis and golf understand this. Why is the NFL so stubborn that they can't follow their examples @MattBruenig Tennis and golf understand this. Why is the NFL so stubborn that they can't follow their examples" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2015871331179299054) 2026-01-26T19:35Z 13.7K followers, 71.1K engagements "the belief that mental illness can't cause racism convinces me that some people have simply never been around anyone severely mentally ill Freddie deBoer brings it for the people who can't imagine that Kanye West's anti-semitic comments could have possibly been influenced by his mental illness. https://t.co/CAKnlUfgY0 Freddie deBoer brings it for the people who can't imagine that Kanye West's anti-semitic comments could have possibly been influenced by his mental illness. https://t.co/CAKnlUfgY0" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2015917747520098638) 2026-01-26T22:40Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "a baseball player A detailed map of what the word "Yankee" or "Yank" means around the world. https://t.co/D4lW9nXBML A detailed map of what the word "Yankee" or "Yank" means around the world. https://t.co/D4lW9nXBML" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2016495050247557572) 2026-01-28T12:54Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "And the broader thing I would say is the over-obsession with language in political activism is unhealthy and is based on unfounded beliefs that if you say "unhoused" instead of "homeless" or "homeless" instead of "hobo" you change the underlying politics. And you don't" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2016539132621730198) 2026-01-28T15:49Z 13.7K followers, 78.3K engagements "People who are politics junkies love language and also language is easier to change (a "symbolic deliverable" in my terminology) than substantive policies. Plus people want to believe that their policies are never unpopular and that everything is a communication problem" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2016539490798493762) 2026-01-28T15:50Z 13.7K followers, 69.3K engagements "One hill I will die on is that Trump is actually funny. Trump says that if he nominated Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court he would "get 100% of the vote." "The Democrats will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out. And the Republicans will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out too." Trump says that if he nominated Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court he would "get 100% of the vote." "The Democrats will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out. And the Republicans will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out too."" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2016603443134181795) 2026-01-28T20:05Z 13.7K followers, 704.7K engagements "So after all that the White House just completely dropped Greenland right" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2016668333148414000) 2026-01-29T00:22Z 13.7K followers, 11.5K engagements "She was in charge of protecting human rights in Montenegro. He was the national security advisor. This is the sort of scandal Henry Kissinger wished he could have been involved in when he was NSA. Striking underling married top presidential adviser resign as sex tape scandal rocks Montenegro https://t.co/vHqo0xtjaZ https://t.co/A3pfwZ6siv Striking underling married top presidential adviser resign as sex tape scandal rocks Montenegro https://t.co/vHqo0xtjaZ https://t.co/A3pfwZ6siv" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2016922144609873983) 2026-01-29T17:11Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "when they are right they are right. and they were apparently right about the numbers. What a horrible tragedy. War as Sherman said is hell and is to be avoided whenever possible. IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry estimate of over [-----] killed in war https://t.co/47F5Bv5TAR IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry estimate of over [-----] killed in war https://t.co/47F5Bv5TAR" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2016929140448846319) 2026-01-29T17:39Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "Might be time to remind everyone about this. We inherited the English rule of birthright citizenship. This was in place long BEFORE the 14th Amendment. There were [--] traditional exceptions- children of diplomats and occupying armies. Both were based on lack of jurisdiction. Also missing from Wurman's anti-birthright citizenship brief: The Act of Settlement [----] a fundamental constitutional statute. Not only is subjecthood tied to geography but eligibility to sit on the Privy Council or in Parliament was tethered to birth within the realm alone. https://t.co/b81RrMkzN7 Also missing from" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2017286272012980237) 2026-01-30T17:18Z 13.7K followers, 11.1K engagements "My banal opinion is that Kamala Harris would have been a better President than Donald Trump" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2017335100892225712) 2026-01-30T20:32Z 13.7K followers, 20.8K engagements "the latest Epstein Files leaks are a precise demonstration of why intelligence experts say that "raw" intelligence is often close to useless. you get hearsay fabulists cranks etc. only diligent investigations can confirm anything happened" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2017338556549836934) 2026-01-30T20:46Z 13.7K followers, 96.5K engagements "entirely appropriate day given how terrible the argument to overturn Wong Kim Ark is. The Supreme Court has revealed its schedule for the March argument session and will hear the birthright citizenship case on April [--]. https://t.co/F1SpEKbl8c The Supreme Court has revealed its schedule for the March argument session and will hear the birthright citizenship case on April [--]. https://t.co/F1SpEKbl8c" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2017446029994692853) 2026-01-31T03:53Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements "Luigi Mangione is awful but the death penalty is also awful and I don't like charging ordinary state law crimes as federal charges to get around states that oppose capital punishment. so i am glad the death penalty was thrown out. https://www.reuters.com/world/judge-dismisses-murder-weapons-charges-against-alleged-unitedhealth-ceo-killer-2026-01-30/ https://www.reuters.com/world/judge-dismisses-murder-weapons-charges-against-alleged-unitedhealth-ceo-killer-2026-01-30/" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2017452212432339226) 2026-01-31T04:17Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements "this is about London's power. Airports in India and South America have tons of 3am departures to connect internationally. Fun fact that a lot of people find surprising - a large airport like London Heathrow shuts down from [--] PM to [--] AM with no scheduled departures and no arrivals before 4:30 AM. Same with Sydney Frankfurt Zurich. Why So people living nearby can sleep. https://t.co/wlRrTv8PdE Fun fact that a lot of people find surprising - a large airport like London Heathrow shuts down from [--] PM to [--] AM with no scheduled departures and no arrivals before 4:30 AM. Same with Sydney Frankfurt" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2017605189281390740) 2026-01-31T14:25Z 13.7K followers, 207.1K engagements "i read this same passage and i think Brooks is a totalitarian. i can't think of a more basic and fundamental freedom than the right to reject moral principles pushed by so-called authorities. those authorities were so often wrong (e.g. about gays or the role of women). Theres a lot that David Brooks has written that I dont agree with. But this is 100% spot-on and powerfully stated. https://t.co/vzl9Z6Wy6o Theres a lot that David Brooks has written that I dont agree with. But this is 100% spot-on and powerfully stated. https://t.co/vzl9Z6Wy6o" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2017667094972977304) 2026-01-31T18:31Z 13.7K followers, 15.1K engagements "i think the NFL is so amazingly successful they get jealous of the few things other leagues have. That's why it took over Christmas from the NBA. It's why they over-market their trophy trying to mimic the Stanley Cup. And it's why they keep trying to salvage their all star game. My take: The NFLs effort to monetize it destroyed it. When it was in Hawaii it was a convention for star players away from the normal media attention of the season. Peyton Manning used to hold court at the pool and counsel guys. That draw is now gone. So now its a big zero. My take: The NFLs effort to monetize it" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2017998317985378427) 2026-02-01T16:27Z 13.8K followers, 53.4K engagements "fun fact: there was no second shooter on the grassy knoll Exclusive JFK assassination film held by feds could be worth $900M and could prove 2nd shooter on grassy knoll https://t.co/Q0NUIJXPnv https://t.co/dRePXu4Csm Exclusive JFK assassination film held by feds could be worth $900M and could prove 2nd shooter on grassy knoll https://t.co/Q0NUIJXPnv https://t.co/dRePXu4Csm" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018111204678607013) 2026-02-01T23:56Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "Wasn't this the plot of Godfather III The Epstein files have a lot more behind-the-scenes scandals than just what happened on the island. Here is former US Secretary of the Treasury revealing to Epstein why Pope Benedict may have vacated his papacy. https://t.co/YgfabJG2Hs The Epstein files have a lot more behind-the-scenes scandals than just what happened on the island. Here is former US Secretary of the Treasury revealing to Epstein why Pope Benedict may have vacated his papacy. https://t.co/YgfabJG2Hs" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018142267798962283) 2026-02-02T01:59Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements "NBC has done a bunch of lobbying to ensure the US goes near the end to force people not to turn off the opening ceremony. The IOC changed its rules for them. Fun alphabet olympic parade story. At [----] Montreal the US ABC TV producer did not realise teams entered in French alphabetical order and cut to a commercial break just as Etats Unis entered the stadium Fun alphabet olympic parade story. At [----] Montreal the US ABC TV producer did not realise teams entered in French alphabetical order and cut to a commercial break just as Etats Unis entered the stadium" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018338929855152566) 2026-02-02T15:01Z 13.9K followers, 212.3K engagements "My perhaps unpopular opinion is that the Dobbs leak was really bad and if anything Roberts' reforms do not go far enough. New: Chief Justice John Roberts has secretly made the Supreme Court more secretive imposing NDAs on clerks and staff. https://t.co/swsyPocCob New: Chief Justice John Roberts has secretly made the Supreme Court more secretive imposing NDAs on clerks and staff. https://t.co/swsyPocCob" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018389849485803545) 2026-02-02T18:23Z 13.7K followers, 105.4K engagements "Bad Bunny's music is better than Kid Rock's. BREAKING: Turning Point USA to host 'All-American Halftime Show' on Super Bowl Sunday featuring Kid Rock Brantley Gilbert Lee Brice and more airing opposite Bad Bunny https://t.co/SamSMDWY13 BREAKING: Turning Point USA to host 'All-American Halftime Show' on Super Bowl Sunday featuring Kid Rock Brantley Gilbert Lee Brice and more airing opposite Bad Bunny https://t.co/SamSMDWY13" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018404739671826821) 2026-02-02T19:22Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "I am going to push back hard against these takes. I think they are based on [--] assumptions: (1) that SCOTUS justices are morons and (2) that SCOTUS justices are flighty and have no principles and certainly no idea what they think about Roe v. Wade. Both of these are DEAD WRONG. @HoodlumDoodlum @RayJ4847 @dilanesper It makes considerably more sense that it was someone who wanted the opinion to be kicked in. Maybe not Alito or any justice but someone who agreed with him. @HoodlumDoodlum @RayJ4847 @dilanesper It makes considerably more sense that it was someone who wanted the opinion to be kicked" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018454919674806698) 2026-02-02T22:42Z 13.7K followers, 14.1K engagements "And there's plenty of evidence China was going right on with totalitarianism through the 1990's. Far from liberalizing they outlawed Falun Gong executed political prisoners and harvested and sold their organs and squashed public remembrances of the Tiananmen massacre" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018676084519080368) 2026-02-03T13:20Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "Clinton saw all this happening and kept liberalizing and liberalizing trade rules with China because he felt this secured the financial future of Democratic Presidential campaigns. And of course China stayed a brutal Communist dictatorship" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018676353751552349) 2026-02-03T13:22Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "i think Hamilton basically disproved all of this. (BTW lefties are wrong about this too. As long as you avoid stereotypes there's nothing wrong with cross racial casting.) You're correct if one reads Homer for the bare bones of the plot line: Beautiful woman causes a war and context doesn't matter. If instead one reads Homer to imaginatively enter the world of the Trojan war and if one (historically accurately) has Caucasians in mind's eye (be You're correct if one reads Homer for the bare bones of the plot line: Beautiful woman causes a war and context doesn't matter. If instead one reads" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018684710126276912) 2026-02-03T13:55Z 13.7K followers, 11.5K engagements "The Baseball Steroids Problem. Once you allow massive cheating everyone has to cheat. You are a chump if you are honest and all the cheaters outscore you. At Stanford almost no one talks about the system with shame. Rather we openly discuss strategise and even joke about it. At a university of savvy optimisers the feeling is that if you arent getting accommodations you havent tried hard enough. https://t.co/1WeyZnEZ9c At Stanford almost no one talks about the system with shame. Rather we openly discuss strategise and even joke about it. At a university of savvy optimisers the feeling is that" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018685822891933800) 2026-02-03T13:59Z 13.7K followers, 10.1K engagements "Skiing is not a very safe sport to begin with but I really hope that Lindsay Vonn will be OK. She's taking serious risks here. https://us.yahoo.com/sports/olympics/article/lindsey-vonn-plans-to-compete-in-olympics-despite-torn-acl-sustained-in-fall-145802036.html https://us.yahoo.com/sports/olympics/article/lindsey-vonn-plans-to-compete-in-olympics-despite-torn-acl-sustained-in-fall-145802036.html" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018743869228327377) 2026-02-03T17:50Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@Gok @constans No. They never allowed an opposition party never stopped imprisoning political prisoners or letting them out never stopped executing innocent people never stopped attempting to ethnically cleanse Tibet etc" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018804118270460366) 2026-02-03T21:49Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "My basic take on Alito's book is he isn't an originalist. He's a Republican" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018805679692353873) 2026-02-03T21:55Z 13.7K followers, 34.4K engagements "And that's because his philosophy is "unless it's unanimous or close to it the Republicans should win every politically salient case". If originalism favors the Republicans he will write an originalist opinion. If it doesn't he will ignore originalism and vote for the GOP" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018806627324047805) 2026-02-03T21:59Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "again i don't understand why "rich people attend major international sports events" is some massive media story. From @TheAthleticFC: FIFA is selling parking passes at [----] World Cup games in Los Angeles for $250 or $300 per matchday and per spot more than the price of some actual match tickets. https://t.co/cRQcYhfpdS From @TheAthleticFC: FIFA is selling parking passes at [----] World Cup games in Los Angeles for $250 or $300 per matchday and per spot more than the price of some actual match tickets. https://t.co/cRQcYhfpdS" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018812686272963010) 2026-02-03T22:23Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@Cecil1380674 By way of example Thomas has stood up for the right of people to sue big corporations in TransUnion joining the liberals" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018858733334601926) 2026-02-04T01:26Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@JustR_02 he might. Thomas won't" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2018869629486334276) 2026-02-04T02:10Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "oh man Woody Allen's wife Soon-Yi Previn emails Jeffrey Epstein about Anthony Weiner sexting a 15-year-old girl and calls the girl a "despicable and disgusting person who preys on the week." https://t.co/J6zsqEKwxv Woody Allen's wife Soon-Yi Previn emails Jeffrey Epstein about Anthony Weiner sexting a 15-year-old girl and calls the girl a "despicable and disgusting person who preys on the week." https://t.co/J6zsqEKwxv" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019059886269600247) 2026-02-04T14:46Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "i am amused that all these media types are whining about getting around San Francisco for the super bowl. Guys nothing newsworthy actually happens all week. It's all a BS hype machine. You guys can just. not come (or come on Friday). My Tuesday night take during Super Bowl week: Ill be shocked if San Francisco gets another one. My Tuesday night take during Super Bowl week: Ill be shocked if San Francisco gets another one" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019061220901564682) 2026-02-04T14:51Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "or maybe a herd mentality. Preferences cascading https://t.co/RmARC6KTQ9 Preferences cascading https://t.co/RmARC6KTQ9" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019065821859926436) 2026-02-04T15:09Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "The basic problem the post-Craigslist post-NYT winner-take-all world has exposed is that there's insufficient demand for local news and that the "news" people read their local papers for was always the national stories they now pick up from the NYT or maybe Fox" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019073436148998603) 2026-02-04T15:39Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "I promise I won't be going off with tons of tweetstorms about the Post again today (I've said most of what I think before) but I specifically beseech people to consider whether a newspaper sports section in [----] adds any value to a reader's life AT ALL. "First we will be closing the Sports department in its current form." -- Matt Murray editor of the Post "First we will be closing the Sports department in its current form." -- Matt Murray editor of the Post" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019077188113363355) 2026-02-04T15:54Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "Nor do you need sportswriters anymore. Again you can watch the highlights yourself. You don't need anyone to tell you what happened. And if you want colorful commentary about the games there's a boatload of it online for free. The sports sections lost their monopoly" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019078202564731031) 2026-02-04T15:58Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "Note that these trends are pretty obviously not traceable to pulling a meaningless Kamala Harris endorsement despite the story liberals tell themselves about the Post. Notable bits from this email: - WaPo search has declined by half in three years - Daily story output has "substantially fallen" in the last five years - Murray argues: "we too often write from one perspective for one slice of the audience." Notable bits from this email: - WaPo search has declined by half in three years - Daily story output has "substantially fallen" in the last five years - Murray argues: "we too often write" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019083524209545683) 2026-02-04T16:19Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "This is the "drawing lines on the map" problem in starkest form. No analysis of what it takes to get over or through the Tehachapis or down the coast. No analysis of cost. Just "there's two cities they're this far apart therefore HSR". It doesn't work that way. Today Los Angeles and the Bay Area will see [---] flights in both directions equivalent to a plane departing every [---] minutes for [--] hours a day. You might not like its implementation but to say California doesnt merit high speed rail is just laughable imo. https://t.co/hakZw4jb4J Today Los Angeles and the Bay Area will see [---] flights" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019086770814755201) 2026-02-04T16:32Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@MaraRhymesSarah Major metros is what we are talking about here (TBC small papers are also in deep trouble.) People are having a fit because the Washington Post Atlanta Journal Constitution LA Times etc. are in trouble. These were not papers that fronted a lot of local news" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019092806623740229) 2026-02-04T16:56Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@flaminhottweets I define it as making an operating profit i.e. drawing in more revenue than your costs. Getting investment is different-- time will tell if Netflix which has a LOT of loss leaders on its balance sheet will make the money back" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019093411597545941) 2026-02-04T16:59Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "@MaraRhymesSarah Sure They didn't get the NYT in Roanoke so you had to read the local paper for national news. Plus the movies Plus comics Plus sports And yes to the extent people wanted to read about local news plus local news Plus classified ads. A local paper was a one-stop shop" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019096255725728033) 2026-02-04T17:10Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "I've done some threads on the religious right and sodomy laws and how I think they have a bad record of figuring out what conduct is really harmful as opposed to stuff they don't like. An event popped into my brain from [----] I bet nobody remembers that relates to this. 1/" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019109243773927559) 2026-02-04T18:02Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "I used to do the political nerd thing and watch the party conventions on C-SPAN. (I eventually determined that Ted Koppel was right and zero newsworthy things happen at them. But I was still naive in 1996.) The GOP convention that nominated Dole and Kemp was in San Diego. 2/" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019109519440458128) 2026-02-04T18:03Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "I was watching one of the early speakers. Before the networks started their coverage. This was either some politician or activist I don't remember which. But it was clearly a Christian social conservative. And he delivered one of the weirdest arguments I have ever heard. 3/" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019109788282679389) 2026-02-04T18:04Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "School prayer had been a big issue for the religious right in the 1970's and 1980's. They hated Engel v. Vitale the US Supreme Court decision that said public schools could not compel non-Christian students to sit for prayers to a God they did not believe existed. 4/" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019110070609658045) 2026-02-04T18:05Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "All through the 1980's the issue polled pretty well so Ronald Reagan would call periodically for Congress to pass a constitutional amendment reversing Engel and allowing it. Local officials tried various laws to get around Engel as well. 5/" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019110281901920577) 2026-02-04T18:06Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "Amicus briefs were filed by the legal right in the Supreme Court urging that it overturn Engel. Etc. They thought this played pretty well for them politically. After Clinton has been elected this issue started to recede in significance. This is the context for my story. 6/" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019110544473825595) 2026-02-04T18:07Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "@techn0politics I actually learned way back when from folks who had lived there that it was "The City" capitalized :)" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019114894952706427) 2026-02-04T18:24Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "Obviously the NFL controls as many revenue streams as it can (infamously e.g. not paying the halftime entertainment) but "getting the stadium for free" is a bit silly. The Niners own the stadium and get tons of revenue back from the NFL through sharing. They make out fine. I read the NFL's entire 154-page Super Bowl bid document (and the details are wild). The NFL gets almost everything for free the stadium hotel rooms billboards security luxury suites while keeping 100% of ticket sales and paying ZERO taxes. READ: https://t.co/b37mmpzxn3 https://t.co/5yKEyxc5hr I read the NFL's entire" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019115481765191746) 2026-02-04T18:26Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "@LyndonTucker Well you first have to determine what it will actually cost no lowballs. (My guess is it's probably half a trillion dollars given exactly what I know about the San Andreas Fault in the Tehachapi region.) And then you have to ask whether you could spend the money elsewhere" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019122776842596730) 2026-02-04T18:55Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "wow. no noted dissents BREAKING: huge gigantic enormous win SCOTUS allows our big victory at trial upholding the Prop [--] redistricting to remain in place Kudos to my @DDAction_ @LULAC Arnold & Porter & rest of the coalition that countered Trump's attempt to steal Congressional seats https://t.co/bgwZ30aPwT BREAKING: huge gigantic enormous win SCOTUS allows our big victory at trial upholding the Prop [--] redistricting to remain in place Kudos to my @DDAction_ @LULAC Arnold & Porter & rest of the coalition that countered Trump's attempt to steal Congressional seats https://t.co/bgwZ30aPwT" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019146438786314514) 2026-02-04T20:29Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "Matt doesn't know the history. Prior to Reynolds v. Sims they absolutely did and still would if it were not unconstitutional. The logic of every citizen gets equal voting rights is pretty clear and stable. By contrast nobody tries to apply the bizarre logic of the senate or the electoral college to the internal politics of Kansas or whatever. https://t.co/GZXS42FTBw The logic of every citizen gets equal voting rights is pretty clear and stable. By contrast nobody tries to apply the bizarre logic of the senate or the electoral college to the internal politics of Kansas or whatever." [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019148823038423214) 2026-02-04T20:39Z 13.7K followers, 23.9K engagements "RIP. The [----] World Series was something that could never happen again- one team had a pitcher who won [--] games and the other had a starter with a [----] ERA for the season. And neither of them was named Mickey Lolich but Lolich stole the spotlight from both of them. We are saddened by the passing of three-time All-Star and [----] World Series MVP Mickey Lolich. Lolich spent [--] of his [--] Major League seasons with the Tigers while also pitching for the Mets and Padres. In [----] Lolich hurled [--] complete game victories against St. Louis in the https://t.co/0mDbn1OxOo We are saddened by the passing of" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019161616311533610) 2026-02-04T21:30Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "this is why despite all that Project [----] noise about banning mifepristone and similar stuff POTUS has no interest in further restrictions on abortion. In [----] "pro-choice" beat out "pro-life" by two percentage points (49 to 47). A decade later that divide is now a [--] percentage point chasm [--] to [--]. [--] in [--] of Americans thought abortion should always be legal for any time and for any reason in 2015; today it's [--] in [--]. https://t.co/QlvAOVeSYU In [----] "pro-choice" beat out "pro-life" by two percentage points (49 to 47). A decade later that divide is now a [--] percentage point chasm [--] to [--]. 1" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019162488173105198) 2026-02-04T21:33Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "A fascinating article could be written about previous eras where technology supplanted old business models and see if adherents to the old models were in denial. I know for a fact this happened with fans of long distance trains when the jet age dawned" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019163645037670446) 2026-02-04T21:38Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@KurtSchlichter yep. the Super Bowl and maybe the Presidential election but that's about it for true mass culture" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019165310910361631) 2026-02-04T21:44Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "Unless you count the electrification of Caltrain there are [--] miles of track and the [---] or so miles of track we are going to lay down are between [--] cities few people travel between. High-speed rail means no TSA lines no removing your shoes just fast clean travel. While Texas canceled its project California keeps building. [---] miles are now ready for construction. Were past the hardest part and were finishing the job. https://t.co/8fS8vhZdjd High-speed rail means no TSA lines no removing your shoes just fast clean travel. While Texas canceled its project California keeps building. [---] miles" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019176633329205385) 2026-02-04T22:29Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@jamesharrigan My father WAS a sportswriter. And no nobody "needs" sportswriters anymore. Do SOME fans-- not enough to support a newspaper but enough to whine about it on Twitter-- still like to read a sports story Sure. That's not the question though" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019177181117837794) 2026-02-04T22:32Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@jamesharrigan The dirty secret is nobody bought the sports section for the writing. They bought it for the recap of last night's game and the standings and stats. And newspapers lost their monopolies over that stuff and that ended the need for sportswriters for most fans" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019177423456362558) 2026-02-04T22:33Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@jamesharrigan You don't have to watch the official [--] minute highlight package of a game. There are tons of sources fo highlights. Plus there's streaming video. Most sports fans don't care a lot about strategy anyway; the ones that do watch more game video" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019178784495399089) 2026-02-04T22:38Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@jamesharrigan Plus sportswriters were notoriously bad at writing about non-superficial parts of contests. E.g. Bill Plaschke literally knows nothing about strategy or subtlety in any sport and he's an award winning writer" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019179131280511054) 2026-02-04T22:39Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@MHendi35 @EddieWyrwicz I think that's the mistake-- assuming that national politics is the "local" beat of the Post. The local beat of the Post is stuff like the recent snowstorm's effect on DC residents. National politics is a winner take all competition the NYT won" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019210135638528326) 2026-02-05T00:43Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "my similar point is that parents don't have to live with a silly name. kids do. And their peers will mock them mercifully. giving your kid a non-boring name is an extreme act of parental selfishness. find another means of self-expression. My one rule for names that never fails: Your offline grandmother should be able to recognize that the name you chose is a human person's name not some new slang or a random vocabulary word or a cat walking on your keyboard. Choose any name you like *as long as it's a name* My one rule for names that never fails: Your offline grandmother should be able to" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019234122632425762) 2026-02-05T02:18Z 13.7K followers, 58.4K engagements "this is a weird story because it could be all kinds of bad but it's impossible to figure out what it actually is. The Trump administration has disclosed to select lawmakers a classified whistleblower complaint against spy chief Tulsi Gabbard with significant redactions citing executive privilege claims people familiar with the matter said. https://t.co/BDkANZfS18 The Trump administration has disclosed to select lawmakers a classified whistleblower complaint against spy chief Tulsi Gabbard with significant redactions citing executive privilege claims people familiar with the matter said." [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019238149353046263) 2026-02-05T02:34Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "I agree with Mickey that at this point it's obvious that the Gates divorce was due to Epstein shenanigans and whatever she learned about what Bill was doing was probably a bombshell. Gates' ex-wife almost certainly knows a whole lot more about Bill & Epstein than she's tactfully letting on. Someone should print up buttons saying "Melinda Knows" to rattle Bill who continues to stonewall https://t.co/mAYr6iFkM3 Gates' ex-wife almost certainly knows a whole lot more about Bill & Epstein than she's tactfully letting on. Someone should print up buttons saying "Melinda Knows" to rattle Bill who" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019261492118638604) 2026-02-05T04:07Z 13.7K followers, 31.6K engagements "@CameronCorduroy @JettTrj82099 @MHendi35 @EddieWyrwicz i can tell you living in Los Angeles that you had to search for the Post in that era and you weren't likely to find today's edition. Today's NYT was in every Starbucks. The Post was never national in a meaningful. It's just the DC local paper" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019280217085546984) 2026-02-05T05:21Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "People really want this to not be true. They want there to be multiple nationally viable city papers. And psychogically they want the Post to be one of them because their plant is in Washington DC near the seat of government. But that's not how markets work" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019283746172874817) 2026-02-05T05:35Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "Thanks to travel and communications and the preference of readers for commentary over reporting there's no massive advantage to having your plant in Washington DC. The plant can theoretically be anywhere. Indeed many local papers have moved out of downtowns" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019284058556305690) 2026-02-05T05:36Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "Nor is the brand name of the Post all that valuable. In a winner take all market even well known brand names can be worth very little. Look at what has happened to all of America's major department store brands over the past several decades" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019284550007025910) 2026-02-05T05:38Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "The only thing that matters is "are you the paper where everyone else is getting their national news coverage from". If you aren't being local to DC and having been the senior partner of Watergate and junior partner of Pentagon Papers coverage isn't going to change that reality" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019284921127432471) 2026-02-05T05:40Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "I think if New York Magazine would understand the severity of drunk driving-- that drunk drivers are essentially dangerous violent criminals who often happen to have a lot of class privilege and are thus not seen as the thugs they are-- they would have to reconsider their take" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019403144539828448) 2026-02-05T13:30Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "And more broadly this ties in with things you have seen me say about other crimes-- class privilege is EVERYTHING. It's why OJ got away with murder. It's why the Menendezes have a whole idiot fan club who is deluded they are innocent" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019403549659263400) 2026-02-05T13:31Z 13.7K followers, 10.3K engagements "@kemelios @ChrisExpTheNews again class privilege. they also don't mind camera footage of liquor store robberies. what bothers them is their own kind middle and upper class college students and former college students gets caught driving drunk" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019407509451317712) 2026-02-05T13:47Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "all of this actually makes perfect sense Theres a fee to check your bag; carry-on is free. You can get out of the checked bag fee if you have status. Actually no we changed our minds you gotta check this well let you do it for free. No really we are not letting your bag on the plane unless you check it. Theres a fee to check your bag; carry-on is free. You can get out of the checked bag fee if you have status. Actually no we changed our minds you gotta check this well let you do it for free. No really we are not letting your bag on the plane unless you check it" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019415610921500778) 2026-02-05T14:19Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements ""We had the best writers in the country" is a highly experienced rightly decorated sportswriter not understanding her own business. Few were buying the paper for the quality of the sportswriters. They wanted the box scores and game recaps and don't need the paper anymore for that. The great @SallyJenki delivers the eulogy that the Washington Post's Sports section deserves https://t.co/JPBJNeKmvH The great @SallyJenki delivers the eulogy that the Washington Post's Sports section deserves https://t.co/JPBJNeKmvH" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019417059441144312) 2026-02-05T14:25Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "More broadly I get the feeling a lot of journalists don't have any business background or education and know almost nothing about the business. They almost don't think of it as a business at all. But no you actually have to get a lot of people to buy the paper" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019417348701340128) 2026-02-05T14:26Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "So since basically everyone understands Newsom is being ridiculous here the interesting question is "why". I guess HSR polls well among Dem primary voters in other states who have no idea this is actually a boondoggle High-speed rail means no TSA lines no removing your shoes just fast clean travel. While Texas canceled its project California keeps building. [---] miles are now ready for construction. Were past the hardest part and were finishing the job. https://t.co/8fS8vhZdjd High-speed rail means no TSA lines no removing your shoes just fast clean travel. While Texas canceled its project" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019419465528799367) 2026-02-05T14:34Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@notjeromepowell Yeah there's a lot of Flint Michigan "Roger and Me" vibes" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019420731470409735) 2026-02-05T14:39Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "The weird thing is a mileage tax would be a much better policy and better for the environment than sinking more money into a high speed rail project that will never be completed anyway. Studying a concept is not enacting it. Despite national support from prominent *conservatives* like the Cato Institute there is no mileage tax proposal in California and the Governor would not sign one. Studying a concept is not enacting it. Despite national support from prominent *conservatives* like the Cato Institute there is no mileage tax proposal in California and the Governor would not sign one" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019421961827545394) 2026-02-05T14:44Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@bendreyfuss Ben I disagree with you on this. Growing up in LA we never called LA "The City". (Indeed Orange made a joke of calling itself "The City" and put it on streets and buildings.) But I heard multiple San Franciscans refer to "The City" such that I knew it meant San Francisco" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019422339549855802) 2026-02-05T14:46Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "A massive massive problem with the pro-rail movement is it is full of people whose basic interest in trains is nostalgia and who think transportation planning should be centered on bringing back the early 20th century system of palatial stations and long distance trains. The grandeur of the long-abandoned Buffalo Central Terminal (Buffalo New York) captured in the winter of [----]. It officially closed in [----] ending [--] years of service as a major passenger rail hub. Today it reminds us of what rail travel in the United States once was. https://t.co/837AqcED9z The grandeur of the long-abandoned" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019423162581262813) 2026-02-05T14:49Z 13.8K followers, 25.3K engagements "@notjeromepowell FWIW he's slightly wrong. For instance there are plenty of people who work in nonprofits including many nonprofits that do a lot of good which are funded by the super-rich who put their names on the events and facilities. E.g. AIDS Project Los Angeles in my home town" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019423462176223343) 2026-02-05T14:50Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@notjeromepowell But the reason that's a sustainable business model is that AIDS Project Los Angeles works well within the budget of what rich people in Los Angeles are willing to contribute to it. Whereas they imagine Bezos will just lose many millions every year forever on the Post" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019423677838946462) 2026-02-05T14:51Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@bendreyfuss Maybe the fact that San Francisco's counterpart major city in California (LA) is a collection of villages ganglionically connected by freeways is part of why "The City" took hold-- they're a real city; we aren't. :)" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019424044811207072) 2026-02-05T14:53Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "@Painefulfacts I don't think so. You can build a nice building that's a 21st century building. Ever been in an international airport in a major Asian City Hong Kong Airport's main terminal is spectacular But it's not what these people want" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019424552493937099) 2026-02-05T14:55Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "So wait Kamala's part of Gen-Z Welcome to Headquarters the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub. https://t.co/7EQyz3DFpd Welcome to Headquarters the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub. https://t.co/7EQyz3DFpd" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019425534883819717) 2026-02-05T14:59Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements "@JamesSurowiecki Other than the New York Times (which won a winner take all competition for the national news market) what city paper can you identify which did "capitalize on its success" post-2019 Why is every city paper other than the NYT (not just the Post) losing money big time" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019426153849925693) 2026-02-05T15:01Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "You experience class privilege at the airport with the special security lines for people who pay extra money. Every publicly funded sports stadium now is loaded with luxury boxes and club seats you have no access to. Once you start looking for class privilege it's everywhere" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019428330785894720) 2026-02-05T15:10Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "And it infects how we view people's characters which is why for instance 60% of the OJ jury pool thought he was less likely to commit murder because he was a famous football player. We subconsciously think lower class people are not only uncouth but of bad character" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019428718830317865) 2026-02-05T15:11Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "@Holden114 Sure but the problem is that when you constantly rope them off behind the velvet ropes everyone starts thinking they are better than the rest of us" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019429227247071382) 2026-02-05T15:13Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@Holden114 The point is if Jeff Bezos was charged with a violent crime would more people declare he was innocent than would ever declare some poor person of color innocent Yes because subconsciously people do think class = character" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019430516437684367) 2026-02-05T15:18Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@EJManassero There certainly are a ton of people who talk up grand old train stations. I've run into it all the time. At any rate I also would say that if the project is to demean people for owning cars I will oppose you with all my might. Car-centric culture is wonderful" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019432557155381317) 2026-02-05T15:26Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "@EJManassero I support lots of funding for transit. But as a both-and. If the project is to force people not to own and drive cars that would be horrible for society" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019432763473162279) 2026-02-05T15:27Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@AngryVorosM @DSzymborski Yep. If Vance gets elected (or Buttigieg or Ocasio-Cortez) Gen X may not even get a President" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019435488428658976) 2026-02-05T15:38Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "If I ran the High Speed Rail movement: [--]. Focus on [--] projects and only 2: improving the Northeast Corridor to true HSR and building HSR from Houston to Dallas. [--]. No long distance train advocacy. (That includes NY-Chicago.) [--]. No anti-car or anti-airplane rhetoric" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019436262541914339) 2026-02-05T15:41Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "Hard as it is to believe now many Americans thought OJ Simpson was innocent. It wasn't just politically Machiavellian "revenge" against the criminal justice system-- they thought Mark Fuhrman and other cops engaged in a grand conspiracy to frame him" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019438265380794854) 2026-02-05T15:49Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@minervas_muse Yes LAPD really sucked back then. See also the Christopher Commission Report. And also consider the sort of police culture that could even cultivate a Mark Fuhrman" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019440290621452629) 2026-02-05T15:57Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@shlevy [--]. Judge Ito blew it. Fuhrman's racism was clearly inadmissible. (Seriously there are cases on this very issue-- I researched it in a case I litigated and successfully kept the very same sort of evidence out.) The prosecutors inexplicably failed to appeal Ito's ruling" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019443135131091061) 2026-02-05T16:08Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@shlevy [--]. There was so much evidence of Simpson's guilt that the jury blew it anyway. Indeed even the claim about the glove makes no sense. How is it that the murderer wore the glove Nicole bought for OJ at Bloomingdales Why are Nicole's and Ron's blood on it" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019443426358403375) 2026-02-05T16:10Z 13.9K followers, [--] engagements "@shlevy So yes he needed to get up there and say "yeah I said the n-word in the last [--] years". The prosecution and him got outsmarted by F. Lee Bailey an all-time great trial lawyer while being immersed in an era where cops lied a lot on the stand and got away with it" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019445088254931155) 2026-02-05T16:16Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@shlevy The thing is as absolutely 100% right as that was if you know anything about police and prosecutor culture in that era you know why that was an enormously big ask of both Marcia Clark and Mark Fuhrman. Cops simply never thought they had to do that" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019445269843079312) 2026-02-05T16:17Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "Who puts a press release saying they won't run for Mayor on "Austin for Mayor" stationery https://t.co/e4WBjkcyse https://t.co/e4WBjkcyse" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019447105866113365) 2026-02-05T16:24Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@surlygopher Dallas-Houston really is the second best spot in America to build HSR FWIW. But advocates dream of impossible stuff like California NY-Chicago etc" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019451849955520950) 2026-02-05T16:43Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "I think social conservatives who love to propose systematic explanations for everything they blame on the Left don't think enough about the deeper meaning of their periodic sex scandals. I don't mean this as a cheap hypocrisy point TBC. I mean "what does this show about sex" ⚡ Conservative influencer Elijah Schaffer claims his wife divorced him after allegations surfaced that he was having an affair with Sarah Stock. During the affair Sarah Stock allegedly refused to have sex with her then boyfriend until marriage. https://t.co/fWNbOQO2or ⚡ Conservative influencer Elijah Schaffer claims his" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019456147082633727) 2026-02-05T17:00Z 13.7K followers, 21K engagements "Sarah Stock isn't the first person by any means to swear adherence to purity culture while apparently doing the nasty on the down low. Heck this used to be a common theme of teenage celebrity (e.g. Britney Spears Debbie Gibson Lelee Sobieski etc. swore to virginity)" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019456578328346656) 2026-02-05T17:02Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "Billie Eilish didn't hide hers when she started out. Neither did Taylor Swift. We've simply stopped demanding that anyone swear to their virginity because we all understand this isn't how being a teenager works. So maybe the religoius right should just follow suit" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019459566514147609) 2026-02-05T17:14Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@EdClintonJr1 Vanatter. Although to be clear it didn't explain how OJ's and the victims' blood were found at the murder scene because he took it to the other crime scene OJ's house" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019470727116714344) 2026-02-05T17:58Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "I think the Yankees should play the Red Sox in Durban South Africa. Or maybe the Oilers and the Flames should get together in Cairo. Lakers-Celtics in Bangalore sound good Rams to host the 49ers in Melbourne Australia next year. #RamsHouse https://t.co/9uFNCMzwbG Rams to host the 49ers in Melbourne Australia next year. #RamsHouse https://t.co/9uFNCMzwbG" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019485450248081512) 2026-02-05T18:57Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "As you may have noticed the NFL generally dislikes building new stadiums with no public financing. They want to hold up football-crazy politicians for billions of dollars of money stolen from the taxpayers for their new facilities. But LA doesn't do that" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019488786045112579) 2026-02-05T19:10Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "The Kings tried to get just $70 million from the LA taxpayers for Staples Center and there was a revolt. There was no way Stan Kroenke or Roger Goodell was going to get any significant public funds for SoFi. Which meant Goodell had to convince other NFL owners to fund it" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019489063548731540) 2026-02-05T19:11Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "@minervas_muse Force the NFL into a merger it didn't want in the 1960's and get its franchise relocation rule declared illegal in the 1980's" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019517228601995339) 2026-02-05T21:03Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@ClearAudacity one metropolis is so big that HSR still would work fine within it (NYC) but yes there's something to that" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019520308160655710) 2026-02-05T21:15Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "the most important thing about this proposed stadium is it is in Tampa not St. Petersburg. JUST IN: The Tampa Bay Rays today released initial renderings of the proposed ballpark and mixed-use district at Hillsborough Colleges Dale Mabry campus in Tampa. https://t.co/jTDuQsVi0M JUST IN: The Tampa Bay Rays today released initial renderings of the proposed ballpark and mixed-use district at Hillsborough Colleges Dale Mabry campus in Tampa. https://t.co/jTDuQsVi0M" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019524141679014097) 2026-02-05T21:30Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "i don't think anyone is stopping her from getting a test. From @TheAthletic: Olympic champion Imane Khelif has said she is willing to undergo sex testing in order to return to boxing ahead of the [----] Los Angeles Olympic Games. https://t.co/4gPuEAjsQV From @TheAthletic: Olympic champion Imane Khelif has said she is willing to undergo sex testing in order to return to boxing ahead of the [----] Los Angeles Olympic Games. https://t.co/4gPuEAjsQV" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019524450824384653) 2026-02-05T21:32Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "Reminiscent of when Ezra Taft Benson convinced the less than pious Eisenhower to have a prayer at every Cabinet meeting. Midway through the first one Eisenhower interjected "holy christ we forgot the prayer". Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch 'Sir may we pray.' I'll say 'Excuse me We're having lunch.'" https://t.co/f23mu5Ahmt Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch 'Sir may we pray.' I'll say 'Excuse me We're having lunch.'" https://t.co/f23mu5Ahmt" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019524805473820975) 2026-02-05T21:33Z 13.7K followers, 123.5K engagements "Note to everyone: Sports Illustrated doesn't exist anymore. Neither does its swimsuit issue in any real sense. They aren't selling millions of copies. It has no real cultural relevance. They put out several different "covers" so they can claim various "firsts". It's a non-event" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019525942344053057) 2026-02-05T21:38Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "Is the theory here that your cock gets wrinkled in the cold From @TheAthletic: Reports have surfaced before the Winter Olympics that allege ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to fly farther. The World Anti-Doping Agency has vowed to investigate. https://t.co/cFW4v25jm0 From @TheAthletic: Reports have surfaced before the Winter Olympics that allege ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to fly farther. The World Anti-Doping Agency has vowed to investigate. https://t.co/cFW4v25jm0" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019527494622441781) 2026-02-05T21:44Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "A typical European high speed rail train nets about [---] miles per hour. So if you went New York to Chicago nonstop that would be a [--] hour and [--] minute trip. Nobody but a railfan is getting off a [--] hour [--] minute flight to get on that train" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019533258699207173) 2026-02-05T22:07Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "And of course in fact there would be stops. Indeed HSR advocates actually LIKE stops because they make grandiose claims about how the New York to Pittsburgh or Buffalo to Chicago traffic will pick up the slack and make it viable. But with stops you're now closer to [--] hours" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019533492456198577) 2026-02-05T22:08Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "At any rate you should just dismiss any HSR advocate who says we should build a NY-Chicago high speed train. We shouldn't. Period" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019534095303553084) 2026-02-05T22:10Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@theurbaneist A railfan of course DOESN'T agree with any of that because they like trains. But that's the point-- you need to bring the people over who currently dislike trains and prefer flying. And that includes lots of people in the categories above" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019536894561050884) 2026-02-05T22:21Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@theurbaneist [--]. I think we have to live in the real world of what we are going to build and what we are willing to spend. We aren't a Communist dictatorship like China which can ignore politics. We have to propose things that people will pay for. European democracies are a good comparison" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019537167320818027) 2026-02-05T22:22Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@duck_walk_blog You can call that the Simpsons Monorail Problem" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019547419659341987) 2026-02-05T23:03Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "We're going to see a lot of contraction in second tier bowl games not named the Pop-Tarts Bowl in the next few years. A statement from the LA Bowl. https://t.co/mR7Q3a2gue A statement from the LA Bowl. https://t.co/mR7Q3a2gue" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019547719694709012) 2026-02-05T23:04Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "Good luck with that. New California bill would cap concert ticket resale prices https://t.co/4NMtQdeVdL https://t.co/RHeZBUPd4s New California bill would cap concert ticket resale prices https://t.co/4NMtQdeVdL https://t.co/RHeZBUPd4s" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019553361033609680) 2026-02-05T23:26Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@RyanRadia @DPearsonPHL I think Alon really deeply truly wants a NY-Chicago route and is cheerleading because of that. It's a psychological thing-- which is exactly why it's an honesty test. An honest person says "I really want this but it's a bad idea so I will admit it"" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019569401683669412) 2026-02-06T00:30Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@Yellow_Dog1959 NY-Philadelphia is on the NEC. That should get high speed rail full stop. Pittsburgh is the 28th largest MSA. Columbus is 32nd an also too far from NY. Fort Wayne is 118th and also too far from NY. It would be a massive waste of money to build HSR for those routes" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019571173542298062) 2026-02-06T00:37Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements "Favorites are 29-28-2 against the spread in the Super Bowl. In other words the betting line for this event is basically completely efficient and you aren't likely to be able to beat it. Don't bet serious money on the Super Bowl" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019575359990350015) 2026-02-06T00:54Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@HenryPorters Newsom a couple of years ago was in favor of killing the project. It's massively unpopular here now" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019576569757565152) 2026-02-06T00:59Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@MoodyBlueliner Don't worry every casino will take your Super Bowl action. Because it's the suckers who bet the Super Bowl" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019577448145514637) 2026-02-06T01:02Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "i don't think this is new. there is a long standing tension between the way righties talk about public sexual mores and the way they view powerful men who have a lot of partners. i think it's inherent in "fusionism" the alliance of rich people and the religious right. One thing that's always been obvious about postliberalism "tradlife" etc. is that it's actually quite shockingly libertine. They claim they're for order yet routinely yield to their basest instincts. Even when they're not sexually libertine they embody the works of the flesh One thing that's always been obvious about" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019737892843852099) 2026-02-06T11:40Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "what HAS happened is as America has become less religious the more libertine faction has become louder whereas the religious right has lost power and influence. but the contradiction was always there; it is just more visible now" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019738166547415395) 2026-02-06T11:41Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "someone explain to Jenkins what network externalities and winner take all markets are. The @nytimes has no debt $1 billion on hand and is approaching [--] million subscribers. The @washingtonpost competes with them daily on stories and often beats them. @JeffBezos should sell to someone who knows how to compete in this field. He obviously doesn't. The @nytimes has no debt $1 billion on hand and is approaching [--] million subscribers. The @washingtonpost competes with them daily on stories and often beats them. @JeffBezos should sell to someone who knows how to compete in this field. He obviously" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019741822684115166) 2026-02-06T11:55Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "As someone who thinks the post-1960's societal consensus on racism (1) exists (sorry right wingers just because lefty academics and activists talk too much about race doesn't mean this doesn't exist) and (2) was a very good thing that immensely benefits us I am worried" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019758554182259141) 2026-02-06T13:02Z 13.9K followers, 27K engagements "And then you get the unfounded claims of immigrants destroying America. To be clear I'm not talking about claims backed up by strong data here. You can argue about those. I am talking about sweeping claims that immigrants bring criminality don't believe in American values etc" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019759790860444147) 2026-02-06T13:07Z 13.8K followers, 11.2K engagements "These are getting thrown around all the time and in some very "respectable" right wing circles. For instance ever noticed how a lot of anti-birthright citizenship argumentation is based on this "allegiance" thing" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019760029713240085) 2026-02-06T13:08Z 13.9K followers, 10.7K engagements "And this is the context for what Helen Andrews and some other people are doing dumping on Asian Americans because they do better as a group on some academic measures than white people do. That can't to a soft racist be a good thing. Whites have to be on top" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019762629603115370) 2026-02-06T13:18Z 13.8K followers, 10.2K engagements "The point is this is rot. Intellectual moral cultural rot. And I think a lot of folks on the Right know it is rot but are afraid to stand up to it. But the post-1960's societal settlement on racial discourse while not perfect or impermeable has worked reasonably well" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019762936537862444) 2026-02-06T13:19Z 13.9K followers, 16.4K engagements "The first problem with this is that simply the more intermediate stops are the slower your high speed rail becomes. You can probably go NY to Chicago in [--] hours [--] minutes nonstop (and still get very few riders) but if you add stops you are now taking [--] hours" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019768950347931709) 2026-02-06T13:43Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "According to Wikipedia there is not even a single nonstop flight from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. Doesn't sound like a massive travel market So sure you pick up a few people going from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. But not enough to matter" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019769818870882366) 2026-02-06T13:47Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements "And that's the problem-- all these intermediate markets are a bunch of "not enough to matters". Pittsburgh to Detroit Columbus to Fort Wayne Buffalo to Albany In each case you aren't talking about the sorts of numbers to fill up a [---] seat train" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019770204289372168) 2026-02-06T13:48Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "You need to be sure you can do this. And it's pretty clear you can't. As I said this is really psychological-- HSR buffs are railfans and they WANT NY-Chicago because it's two big cities. But we shouldn't give them our hard earned money. It's a worthless project" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019770890561716592) 2026-02-06T13:51Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "@DanteJeffe14617 Except the Republican Party's intellectuals went for decades only occasionally trafficking in this stuff and sometimes even making explicit anti-racist arguments" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019771626464669891) 2026-02-06T13:54Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "Every time she takes a curve wide my heart skips. I hope she makes it through this. Just one week after tearing her ACL Lindsey Vonn has completed her Olympic training run in Cortina. The women's downhill competition takes place this Sunday. https://t.co/FgEG8xkWTI Just one week after tearing her ACL Lindsey Vonn has completed her Olympic training run in Cortina. The women's downhill competition takes place this Sunday. https://t.co/FgEG8xkWTI" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019773602883621137) 2026-02-06T14:02Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@dominic_coletti The Seventh too. The thing is the Seventh and Fourth were right and the other circuits were basically trying to negate a Supreme Court decision they didn't like" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019776150453502199) 2026-02-06T14:12Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@RayJ4847 He absolutely has turned down the temperature somewhat on ICE after the second shooting and if you don't realize that you probably don't really understand what is happening" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019780235194237234) 2026-02-06T14:28Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "USA USA USA MIXED DOUBLES CURLING TAKES DOWN CANADA. Korey and Cory deliver some big shots down the stretch to earn a second straight win. https://t.co/Tkye203pp6 USA MIXED DOUBLES CURLING TAKES DOWN CANADA. Korey and Cory deliver some big shots down the stretch to earn a second straight win. https://t.co/Tkye203pp6" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019790448240283682) 2026-02-06T15:09Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "I realize this isn't the issue here but I've always wondered what John Foster Dulles ever did to merit a major international airport being named after him. Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds https://t.co/ILdGQjWvwC Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds https://t.co/ILdGQjWvwC" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019792325049037220) 2026-02-06T15:16Z 13.9K followers, 113.2K engagements "@steady_drumbeat @RCownie Nobody's actually going to ride [--] hours except railfans. Railfans assume everyone else has their preference sets but no most people don't like trains and don't want to be in a tube for [--] hours and don't care about smartypants arguments about the TSA lines or whatever" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019806317997879321) 2026-02-06T16:12Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "This is central to everything I am talking about re: HSR. Railfans assume a mass of travelers just like them-- folks who just can't wait to get out of their cars or off the airplane into a train because trains are fun especially high speed ones. But that's not most people @steady_drumbeat @RCownie This is a central problem. Most people either hate trains or just don't love them. But the advocates of HSR are massive railfans-- they LOVE trains. So they can't imagine how someone who hates or is indifferent to a train thinks about this. @steady_drumbeat @RCownie This is a central problem. Most" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019808318496403626) 2026-02-06T16:20Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "It's not that there's a large population of people who will just refuse to ride a train-- of course most people are open to it. But you have to understand that when the airplane and the interstate highway were invented lots of people abandoned trains to use them" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019808558976733458) 2026-02-06T16:21Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "Indeed I can tell you about something I consider insanity-- the drive from Los Angeles to San Diego is an absolute drag bad traffic the entire way sometimes [--] 1/2 or [--] hours in stop-and-go. Amtrak has frequent pretty good train service. And yet TONS of people won't take it" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019808836195098731) 2026-02-06T16:22Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "These are the people you are actually trying to get on your train. Or the people who go to the airport frequently stand in all those TSA lines and eat those pretzels in their economy class airplane seats. Mostly people who either dislike or don't have any affinity for trains" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019809106102796329) 2026-02-06T16:23Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "@soblackandblue Right. And it plays out the same way. There's lots of people who don't like mass transit but who may try out something if it's really nice and goes exactly where they want to go. But that calculation is central to the enterprise" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019810326016151991) 2026-02-06T16:28Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "@TheReadjust That was George Kennan who definitely deserves an airport" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019812349469999257) 2026-02-06T16:36Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@PatrickSpenceDC So it depends on which endpoint. :) The problem is there's plenty of evidence for a NY-Pitt train but a Chicago-Pitt train is a loser. So if we were rational we might do that. But railfans want NY-Chicago for irrational psychological reasons" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019815982966231138) 2026-02-06T16:50Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "He's getting criticized in the replies of course but I find this a remarkably blunt and correct statement about a shameful social media post. Praying it was fake because its the most racist thing Ive seen out of this White House. The President should remove it. Praying it was fake because its the most racist thing Ive seen out of this White House. The President should remove it" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019817281669550110) 2026-02-06T16:55Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "What a colossal waste of taxpayer money. The team has a perfectly good stadium. NEW: new renderings of new @Commanders stadium at RFK site released at todays @NCPCgov meeting. Questions remain about columns parking garages metro access pedestrian access vehicular traffic flow. The stadium is expected to open in [----]. @nbcwashington #wmata https://t.co/wX8r08Keqe NEW: new renderings of new @Commanders stadium at RFK site released at todays @NCPCgov meeting. Questions remain about columns parking garages metro access pedestrian access vehicular traffic flow. The stadium is expected to open in" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019817438955860204) 2026-02-06T16:56Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "To bring this into its own thread-- there is no better demonstration of "ignorant people who falsely believe they are smart" than linguistic prescriptivists. They don't understand a basic premise of language but are convinced that those of us who DO understand it are dumb. @chrisbbehrens @gdholtby @rkylesmith So no what you think is correct is not "correct". It's "what elite snobs incorrectly believe is 'correct'". The problem is you guys have an ignorant view of language and like many ignorant people are convinced your ignorance is actually correct. @chrisbbehrens @gdholtby @rkylesmith So no" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019819732720087533) 2026-02-06T17:05Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "there's a whole bunch of Americans a group I identify with who thought it was wrong when DEI-left types obsessed about race and also think it's wrong when the right obsesses about race. I actually think my position is the majority view of the country" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019885880014688705) 2026-02-06T21:28Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "quite apart from me thinking my position is right i actually don't think most Americans are clamoring for massive discourse about the supposed merits and demerits of various racial groups. It's only the ideological extremes who want that" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019886549383672083) 2026-02-06T21:30Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "Olympic torch relays were better when one person ran the torch into the stadium and lit the cauldron. the modern version is a form of participation ribbon culture-- organizers are cowards who can't just pick one specific person" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019901401766457692) 2026-02-06T22:29Z 13.7K followers, 10.1K engagements "one of my background beliefs about racism is that racism is an incredibly dumb thing to believe and the people who espouse it are convinced that in fact they are incredibly smart" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019902375134474537) 2026-02-06T22:33Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements "lots of raunch culture codes right. the real issue is that only tiny minorities actually are as prudish as the religious right is and yet we pretend they are still a big political force Newly resurfaced clip of Kid Rock at Woodstock [--] saying "Monica Lewinsky is a f*cking ho and Bill Clinton is a godd*mn pimp" before launching into his song "Balls In Your Mouth." Kid Rock is performing at TPUSA's Christian-focused All-American Halftime Show this Sunday. https://t.co/nsm3x9nzm5 Newly resurfaced clip of Kid Rock at Woodstock [--] saying "Monica Lewinsky is a f*cking ho and Bill Clinton is a" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019911816676274451) 2026-02-06T23:11Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "this is a really good summation of the whole thing. complaining about high skill immigration is like being given a Ferrari and complaining that the fuel filler door is on the wrong side. The bottom line on the Asian culture debate: to have your country populated by smart low crime hard working people is such an advantage that you need an amazingly good reason to be opposed to it. If someone is going to just hand you one million dollars in a bag you take it The bottom line on the Asian culture debate: to have your country populated by smart low crime hard working people is such an advantage" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019923849765351785) 2026-02-06T23:59Z 13.8K followers, 20.5K engagements "even under the most optimistic scenarios about high speed rail one high speed rail line is about 1/200th as useful as [--] airports from which you can fly all over the world. THAT'S why a lot of HSR math really is cost prohibitive. LAX is currently undergoing a $30 billion taxpayer-funded capital plan which brings total cost of its construction to $70 billion in [----] dollars. SFO is currently in midst of $11 billion upgrade bringing total cost to around $30 billion. That doesn't include the planes. LAX is currently undergoing a $30 billion taxpayer-funded capital plan which brings total cost of" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019934832768479285) 2026-02-07T00:42Z 13.8K followers, 16.2K engagements "You really need a ton of people to ride a HSR line for it to be worth the money. in contrast basically any conceivable infrastructure improvement at LAX or SFO is going to be worth the money. It's apples and oranges" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019935176776905061) 2026-02-07T00:44Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "I go back and forth as to whether Wizard of Oz or Mary Poppins is the best children's movie of all time. MeTV will return the classic Wizard of Oz to broadcast TV for the first time since [----] Watch for it in October- and one airing will be with the Sven Squad and me MeTV will return the classic Wizard of Oz to broadcast TV for the first time since [----] Watch for it in October- and one airing will be with the Sven Squad and me" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019936240087531991) 2026-02-07T00:48Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements "@SukritGanesh China is a repressive Communist dictatorship that overrides its citizens' preferences You guys are sick when you cite those murderers as some sort of model for how Americans should live" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2019999964865393129) 2026-02-07T05:01Z 13.9K followers, 29.9K engagements "I have mixed feelings about the 5th circuit's decision on holding undocumented immigrants without bond which is linked to in the next tweet. I think this is conservatives doing what liberals are accused of-- making a compelling policy argument where the law is against them" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020149768471679084) 2026-02-07T14:56Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements "@Mark_Sutton2 that doesn't mean every deal will screw them" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020161723605360736) 2026-02-07T15:44Z 13.8K followers, [--] engagements "@js_hicks yep" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020168698129248432) 2026-02-07T16:12Z 13.8K followers, [--] engagements "Let's talk about the single most widespread delusion in all of American politics-- one that is shared by rightie immigration restrictionists leftie trans activists and even normie voters What is the delusion That you make policy change by electing a President who makes orders" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020183640819609958) 2026-02-07T17:11Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements "If President Obama had instead tried to rewrite the country's health care system through executive order it probably would not have stuck. Very likely the courts would have struck it down and even if they hadn't it would have been repealed in 2017" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020185270382129289) 2026-02-07T17:17Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "Think of all the major policy changes in American history-- things like the Civil Rights Act or Social Security or Medicare or the Sherman Anti-trust Act. These were all major policy shifts. And they all came from Congress. No POTUS could have done it through executive orders" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020185728911831045) 2026-02-07T17:19Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements "And again they are hard to repeal. All of the stuff President Biden did on trans stuff and DEI and campus rape rules-- REALLY easy to repeal. Just needed a signature from President Trump or maybe even from one of his department heads" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020185994704875758) 2026-02-07T17:20Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements "Everything President Trump is doing on immigration Same thing. Really easy for the next President to just wipe it all out. Easy come easy go. But if you go to Congress and get something passed it can stick. Ideologues and partisans though HATE Congress" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020186190528540904) 2026-02-07T17:21Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements "The thing ideologues really hate about Congress is to pass bills you have to make deals. Ideologues HATE deals. They'd rather get everything even if it gets struck down or erased by the next POTUS than have to horse-trade and give up stuff they want to get a bill passed" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020186645799338018) 2026-02-07T17:23Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements "Indeed partisan polarization has made this dynamic worse because partisans are constantly telling themselves how terrible the other side is. If you think the Clintons are murderers or President Trump is a fascist that makes the entire notion of cutting a deal seem illegitimate" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020186892357235085) 2026-02-07T17:24Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "But at the end of the day a lot of people are just wrong on this and stupid about it and grossly immature. Because in the real world a congressional statute where you get 75% of what you want and which is going to remain the law is much better than any executive order" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020187160356483200) 2026-02-07T17:25Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements "The way I would put it is most judges will render a decision they think is unjust only if the lawyer convinces them they have no choice under the law and will render a decision they think is just unless the lawyer convinces them that they can't. As I regularly tell young lawyers and law students no no judge renders a decision they think is unjust because youve got some F.3d cite a linguistic analysis about the placement of a comma or a study of original public meaning. Judges do what they think is just and As I regularly tell young lawyers and law students no no judge renders a decision they" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020192716882354683) 2026-02-07T17:47Z 13.8K followers, 17K engagements "@RyanKarl17 @dwp4401 Petitioners' interpretation has literally been accepted by every presidential administration including the first Trump administration. You don't get to lie about stuff like this just because you want them to lose" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020194833210679353) 2026-02-07T17:55Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@mbyrnes37 It's not a "mass detention" and it's not "concentration camps". The moment someone is caught who doesn't belong here it's conferring a benefit on them-- a massive benefit that encourages fraud and illegal behavior-- to do anything other than detain them until deporting them" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020201304283574551) 2026-02-07T18:21Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@steve_vladeck Your legal interpretation (and the dissent's) is correct but come on many of these people are absolutely flight risks. We have tons of people with removal orders who dodge the government and their legal obligation to obey them" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020202292587426188) 2026-02-07T18:25Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements "This is the correct answer. Made me laugh as a [--] year old in the theater and I never stopped laughing ever since. I still laugh even THINKING about the "shit hitting the fan". Airplane (1980) is one of those comedies where the joke density is so insane youre always missing something. Straight-faced acting nonsense treated like gospel and background gags doing half the work. Rewatchable forever. https://t.co/kdhjWkt77g Airplane (1980) is one of those comedies where the joke density is so insane youre always missing something. Straight-faced acting nonsense treated like gospel and background" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020202752455110737) 2026-02-07T18:27Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements "One of my questions about what is going to happen in [----] is how they will handle a daytime opening ceremony which I assume NBC will want (so it airs live in prime time in the East). There has not been a daytime ceremony since Nagano in [----]. Organizers prefer night ceremonies. The incredible classic aesthetics of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in [----] https://t.co/o35481XkEL The incredible classic aesthetics of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in [----] https://t.co/o35481XkEL" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020212669987582331) 2026-02-07T19:06Z 13.8K followers, 177.6K engagements "@RCownie @hackerjay @StochasticStat1 You just can't be categorical and pretend everyone's traveling downtown to downtown and thus there's commute time to the airport but never commute time to the train station. That's SOMETIMES true but there's lots of travelers for whom it is not" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020214168675287400) 2026-02-07T19:12Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements "@mbyrnes37 I think everyone who seeks asylum should be detained until the claim is adjudicated. After all if they are really telling the truth American detention should be far more attractive than being sent back to their home country. (At least half of course are committing fraud.)" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020217874028327062) 2026-02-07T19:27Z 13.8K followers, [--] engagements "I'm dead serious about this last point. E.g. if it turned out there was a ring of flight attendants on an airline who abused unaccompanied minors who traveled and airline executives who found out about it covered it up this is what we'd demand everyone at the airline do" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020221348447211781) 2026-02-07T19:41Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements "When child sexual abuse was discovered to be happening under the auspices of the horrendous Joe Paterno and his pedophile assistant coach at the Penn State football team this what we demanded Penn State do. And since it was a state run institution they were forced to do it" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020221633823477988) 2026-02-07T19:42Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements "The point is we have a roadmap for how to handle it when systematic child abuse is discovered we know how to implement it and what the Jeffrey Epsteins of the world and yes the Pope John Paul II's of the world do is they use their power to prevent us from doing it" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020221869966913668) 2026-02-07T19:43Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements "@jodiecongirl Interestingly the summer Olympics works differently and you will see some developing country runner entered in the womens [---] meters who runs [-----] or something (and the winter Olympics used to do this too e.g. Jamaican bobsleds)" [X Link](https://x.com/dilanesper/status/2020224241275465897) 2026-02-07T19:52Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements Limited data mode. 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"You can watch the highlights of any game you are interested in-- not just the Caps and Wizards but any NHL or NBA game any womens professional soccer game even a big cricket game from Pakistan or a European indoor track meet"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:56Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements
"And really does anyone think that book publishers have no free speech rights If the government wants to force Simon & Schuster to publish a book or prohibit it from publishing a book based on its viewpoint we all agree that violates the First Amendment right"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:18Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm not that big on media bias claims but I swear one of the big media biases is that anything said by law enforcement is taken as the gospel truth. Take this story about a vice squad bust in Riverside CA. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/13-arrested-in-southern-california-prostitution-bust/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/13-arrested-in-southern-california-prostitution-bust/"
X Link 2025-08-04T00:25Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements
"we know. The Rodney King cops who didn't know they were being filmed all filed reports that said nothing unusual happened in the arrest Imagine if there was no video Imagine if there was no video"
X Link 2026-01-25T14:17Z 13.8K followers, 935.9K engagements
"This is actually a fascinating question about how you view sports. Is the crowd part of the sport A lot of passionate football and basketball fans especially homers would say "of course". Passionate golf and tennis fans would just as vociferously say "no way". @MattBruenig Tennis and golf understand this. Why is the NFL so stubborn that they can't follow their examples @MattBruenig Tennis and golf understand this. Why is the NFL so stubborn that they can't follow their examples"
X Link 2026-01-26T19:35Z 13.7K followers, 71.1K engagements
"the belief that mental illness can't cause racism convinces me that some people have simply never been around anyone severely mentally ill Freddie deBoer brings it for the people who can't imagine that Kanye West's anti-semitic comments could have possibly been influenced by his mental illness. https://t.co/CAKnlUfgY0 Freddie deBoer brings it for the people who can't imagine that Kanye West's anti-semitic comments could have possibly been influenced by his mental illness. https://t.co/CAKnlUfgY0"
X Link 2026-01-26T22:40Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"a baseball player A detailed map of what the word "Yankee" or "Yank" means around the world. https://t.co/D4lW9nXBML A detailed map of what the word "Yankee" or "Yank" means around the world. https://t.co/D4lW9nXBML"
X Link 2026-01-28T12:54Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"And the broader thing I would say is the over-obsession with language in political activism is unhealthy and is based on unfounded beliefs that if you say "unhoused" instead of "homeless" or "homeless" instead of "hobo" you change the underlying politics. And you don't"
X Link 2026-01-28T15:49Z 13.7K followers, 78.3K engagements
"People who are politics junkies love language and also language is easier to change (a "symbolic deliverable" in my terminology) than substantive policies. Plus people want to believe that their policies are never unpopular and that everything is a communication problem"
X Link 2026-01-28T15:50Z 13.7K followers, 69.3K engagements
"One hill I will die on is that Trump is actually funny. Trump says that if he nominated Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court he would "get 100% of the vote." "The Democrats will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out. And the Republicans will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out too." Trump says that if he nominated Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court he would "get 100% of the vote." "The Democrats will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out. And the Republicans will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out too.""
X Link 2026-01-28T20:05Z 13.7K followers, 704.7K engagements
"So after all that the White House just completely dropped Greenland right"
X Link 2026-01-29T00:22Z 13.7K followers, 11.5K engagements
"She was in charge of protecting human rights in Montenegro. He was the national security advisor. This is the sort of scandal Henry Kissinger wished he could have been involved in when he was NSA. Striking underling married top presidential adviser resign as sex tape scandal rocks Montenegro https://t.co/vHqo0xtjaZ https://t.co/A3pfwZ6siv Striking underling married top presidential adviser resign as sex tape scandal rocks Montenegro https://t.co/vHqo0xtjaZ https://t.co/A3pfwZ6siv"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:11Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"when they are right they are right. and they were apparently right about the numbers. What a horrible tragedy. War as Sherman said is hell and is to be avoided whenever possible. IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry estimate of over [-----] killed in war https://t.co/47F5Bv5TAR IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry estimate of over [-----] killed in war https://t.co/47F5Bv5TAR"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:39Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Might be time to remind everyone about this. We inherited the English rule of birthright citizenship. This was in place long BEFORE the 14th Amendment. There were [--] traditional exceptions- children of diplomats and occupying armies. Both were based on lack of jurisdiction. Also missing from Wurman's anti-birthright citizenship brief: The Act of Settlement [----] a fundamental constitutional statute. Not only is subjecthood tied to geography but eligibility to sit on the Privy Council or in Parliament was tethered to birth within the realm alone. https://t.co/b81RrMkzN7 Also missing from"
X Link 2026-01-30T17:18Z 13.7K followers, 11.1K engagements
"My banal opinion is that Kamala Harris would have been a better President than Donald Trump"
X Link 2026-01-30T20:32Z 13.7K followers, 20.8K engagements
"the latest Epstein Files leaks are a precise demonstration of why intelligence experts say that "raw" intelligence is often close to useless. you get hearsay fabulists cranks etc. only diligent investigations can confirm anything happened"
X Link 2026-01-30T20:46Z 13.7K followers, 96.5K engagements
"entirely appropriate day given how terrible the argument to overturn Wong Kim Ark is. The Supreme Court has revealed its schedule for the March argument session and will hear the birthright citizenship case on April [--]. https://t.co/F1SpEKbl8c The Supreme Court has revealed its schedule for the March argument session and will hear the birthright citizenship case on April [--]. https://t.co/F1SpEKbl8c"
X Link 2026-01-31T03:53Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Luigi Mangione is awful but the death penalty is also awful and I don't like charging ordinary state law crimes as federal charges to get around states that oppose capital punishment. so i am glad the death penalty was thrown out. https://www.reuters.com/world/judge-dismisses-murder-weapons-charges-against-alleged-unitedhealth-ceo-killer-2026-01-30/ https://www.reuters.com/world/judge-dismisses-murder-weapons-charges-against-alleged-unitedhealth-ceo-killer-2026-01-30/"
X Link 2026-01-31T04:17Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements
"this is about London's power. Airports in India and South America have tons of 3am departures to connect internationally. Fun fact that a lot of people find surprising - a large airport like London Heathrow shuts down from [--] PM to [--] AM with no scheduled departures and no arrivals before 4:30 AM. Same with Sydney Frankfurt Zurich. Why So people living nearby can sleep. https://t.co/wlRrTv8PdE Fun fact that a lot of people find surprising - a large airport like London Heathrow shuts down from [--] PM to [--] AM with no scheduled departures and no arrivals before 4:30 AM. Same with Sydney Frankfurt"
X Link 2026-01-31T14:25Z 13.7K followers, 207.1K engagements
"i read this same passage and i think Brooks is a totalitarian. i can't think of a more basic and fundamental freedom than the right to reject moral principles pushed by so-called authorities. those authorities were so often wrong (e.g. about gays or the role of women). Theres a lot that David Brooks has written that I dont agree with. But this is 100% spot-on and powerfully stated. https://t.co/vzl9Z6Wy6o Theres a lot that David Brooks has written that I dont agree with. But this is 100% spot-on and powerfully stated. https://t.co/vzl9Z6Wy6o"
X Link 2026-01-31T18:31Z 13.7K followers, 15.1K engagements
"i think the NFL is so amazingly successful they get jealous of the few things other leagues have. That's why it took over Christmas from the NBA. It's why they over-market their trophy trying to mimic the Stanley Cup. And it's why they keep trying to salvage their all star game. My take: The NFLs effort to monetize it destroyed it. When it was in Hawaii it was a convention for star players away from the normal media attention of the season. Peyton Manning used to hold court at the pool and counsel guys. That draw is now gone. So now its a big zero. My take: The NFLs effort to monetize it"
X Link 2026-02-01T16:27Z 13.8K followers, 53.4K engagements
"fun fact: there was no second shooter on the grassy knoll Exclusive JFK assassination film held by feds could be worth $900M and could prove 2nd shooter on grassy knoll https://t.co/Q0NUIJXPnv https://t.co/dRePXu4Csm Exclusive JFK assassination film held by feds could be worth $900M and could prove 2nd shooter on grassy knoll https://t.co/Q0NUIJXPnv https://t.co/dRePXu4Csm"
X Link 2026-02-01T23:56Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Wasn't this the plot of Godfather III The Epstein files have a lot more behind-the-scenes scandals than just what happened on the island. Here is former US Secretary of the Treasury revealing to Epstein why Pope Benedict may have vacated his papacy. https://t.co/YgfabJG2Hs The Epstein files have a lot more behind-the-scenes scandals than just what happened on the island. Here is former US Secretary of the Treasury revealing to Epstein why Pope Benedict may have vacated his papacy. https://t.co/YgfabJG2Hs"
X Link 2026-02-02T01:59Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements
"NBC has done a bunch of lobbying to ensure the US goes near the end to force people not to turn off the opening ceremony. The IOC changed its rules for them. Fun alphabet olympic parade story. At [----] Montreal the US ABC TV producer did not realise teams entered in French alphabetical order and cut to a commercial break just as Etats Unis entered the stadium Fun alphabet olympic parade story. At [----] Montreal the US ABC TV producer did not realise teams entered in French alphabetical order and cut to a commercial break just as Etats Unis entered the stadium"
X Link 2026-02-02T15:01Z 13.9K followers, 212.3K engagements
"My perhaps unpopular opinion is that the Dobbs leak was really bad and if anything Roberts' reforms do not go far enough. New: Chief Justice John Roberts has secretly made the Supreme Court more secretive imposing NDAs on clerks and staff. https://t.co/swsyPocCob New: Chief Justice John Roberts has secretly made the Supreme Court more secretive imposing NDAs on clerks and staff. https://t.co/swsyPocCob"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:23Z 13.7K followers, 105.4K engagements
"Bad Bunny's music is better than Kid Rock's. BREAKING: Turning Point USA to host 'All-American Halftime Show' on Super Bowl Sunday featuring Kid Rock Brantley Gilbert Lee Brice and more airing opposite Bad Bunny https://t.co/SamSMDWY13 BREAKING: Turning Point USA to host 'All-American Halftime Show' on Super Bowl Sunday featuring Kid Rock Brantley Gilbert Lee Brice and more airing opposite Bad Bunny https://t.co/SamSMDWY13"
X Link 2026-02-02T19:22Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I am going to push back hard against these takes. I think they are based on [--] assumptions: (1) that SCOTUS justices are morons and (2) that SCOTUS justices are flighty and have no principles and certainly no idea what they think about Roe v. Wade. Both of these are DEAD WRONG. @HoodlumDoodlum @RayJ4847 @dilanesper It makes considerably more sense that it was someone who wanted the opinion to be kicked in. Maybe not Alito or any justice but someone who agreed with him. @HoodlumDoodlum @RayJ4847 @dilanesper It makes considerably more sense that it was someone who wanted the opinion to be kicked"
X Link 2026-02-02T22:42Z 13.7K followers, 14.1K engagements
"And there's plenty of evidence China was going right on with totalitarianism through the 1990's. Far from liberalizing they outlawed Falun Gong executed political prisoners and harvested and sold their organs and squashed public remembrances of the Tiananmen massacre"
X Link 2026-02-03T13:20Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Clinton saw all this happening and kept liberalizing and liberalizing trade rules with China because he felt this secured the financial future of Democratic Presidential campaigns. And of course China stayed a brutal Communist dictatorship"
X Link 2026-02-03T13:22Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"i think Hamilton basically disproved all of this. (BTW lefties are wrong about this too. As long as you avoid stereotypes there's nothing wrong with cross racial casting.) You're correct if one reads Homer for the bare bones of the plot line: Beautiful woman causes a war and context doesn't matter. If instead one reads Homer to imaginatively enter the world of the Trojan war and if one (historically accurately) has Caucasians in mind's eye (be You're correct if one reads Homer for the bare bones of the plot line: Beautiful woman causes a war and context doesn't matter. If instead one reads"
X Link 2026-02-03T13:55Z 13.7K followers, 11.5K engagements
"The Baseball Steroids Problem. Once you allow massive cheating everyone has to cheat. You are a chump if you are honest and all the cheaters outscore you. At Stanford almost no one talks about the system with shame. Rather we openly discuss strategise and even joke about it. At a university of savvy optimisers the feeling is that if you arent getting accommodations you havent tried hard enough. https://t.co/1WeyZnEZ9c At Stanford almost no one talks about the system with shame. Rather we openly discuss strategise and even joke about it. At a university of savvy optimisers the feeling is that"
X Link 2026-02-03T13:59Z 13.7K followers, 10.1K engagements
"Skiing is not a very safe sport to begin with but I really hope that Lindsay Vonn will be OK. She's taking serious risks here. https://us.yahoo.com/sports/olympics/article/lindsey-vonn-plans-to-compete-in-olympics-despite-torn-acl-sustained-in-fall-145802036.html https://us.yahoo.com/sports/olympics/article/lindsey-vonn-plans-to-compete-in-olympics-despite-torn-acl-sustained-in-fall-145802036.html"
X Link 2026-02-03T17:50Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@Gok @constans No. They never allowed an opposition party never stopped imprisoning political prisoners or letting them out never stopped executing innocent people never stopped attempting to ethnically cleanse Tibet etc"
X Link 2026-02-03T21:49Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"My basic take on Alito's book is he isn't an originalist. He's a Republican"
X Link 2026-02-03T21:55Z 13.7K followers, 34.4K engagements
"And that's because his philosophy is "unless it's unanimous or close to it the Republicans should win every politically salient case". If originalism favors the Republicans he will write an originalist opinion. If it doesn't he will ignore originalism and vote for the GOP"
X Link 2026-02-03T21:59Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"again i don't understand why "rich people attend major international sports events" is some massive media story. From @TheAthleticFC: FIFA is selling parking passes at [----] World Cup games in Los Angeles for $250 or $300 per matchday and per spot more than the price of some actual match tickets. https://t.co/cRQcYhfpdS From @TheAthleticFC: FIFA is selling parking passes at [----] World Cup games in Los Angeles for $250 or $300 per matchday and per spot more than the price of some actual match tickets. https://t.co/cRQcYhfpdS"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:23Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@Cecil1380674 By way of example Thomas has stood up for the right of people to sue big corporations in TransUnion joining the liberals"
X Link 2026-02-04T01:26Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@JustR_02 he might. Thomas won't"
X Link 2026-02-04T02:10Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"oh man Woody Allen's wife Soon-Yi Previn emails Jeffrey Epstein about Anthony Weiner sexting a 15-year-old girl and calls the girl a "despicable and disgusting person who preys on the week." https://t.co/J6zsqEKwxv Woody Allen's wife Soon-Yi Previn emails Jeffrey Epstein about Anthony Weiner sexting a 15-year-old girl and calls the girl a "despicable and disgusting person who preys on the week." https://t.co/J6zsqEKwxv"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:46Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"i am amused that all these media types are whining about getting around San Francisco for the super bowl. Guys nothing newsworthy actually happens all week. It's all a BS hype machine. You guys can just. not come (or come on Friday). My Tuesday night take during Super Bowl week: Ill be shocked if San Francisco gets another one. My Tuesday night take during Super Bowl week: Ill be shocked if San Francisco gets another one"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:51Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"or maybe a herd mentality. Preferences cascading https://t.co/RmARC6KTQ9 Preferences cascading https://t.co/RmARC6KTQ9"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:09Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The basic problem the post-Craigslist post-NYT winner-take-all world has exposed is that there's insufficient demand for local news and that the "news" people read their local papers for was always the national stories they now pick up from the NYT or maybe Fox"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:39Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I promise I won't be going off with tons of tweetstorms about the Post again today (I've said most of what I think before) but I specifically beseech people to consider whether a newspaper sports section in [----] adds any value to a reader's life AT ALL. "First we will be closing the Sports department in its current form." -- Matt Murray editor of the Post "First we will be closing the Sports department in its current form." -- Matt Murray editor of the Post"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:54Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Nor do you need sportswriters anymore. Again you can watch the highlights yourself. You don't need anyone to tell you what happened. And if you want colorful commentary about the games there's a boatload of it online for free. The sports sections lost their monopoly"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:58Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Note that these trends are pretty obviously not traceable to pulling a meaningless Kamala Harris endorsement despite the story liberals tell themselves about the Post. Notable bits from this email: - WaPo search has declined by half in three years - Daily story output has "substantially fallen" in the last five years - Murray argues: "we too often write from one perspective for one slice of the audience." Notable bits from this email: - WaPo search has declined by half in three years - Daily story output has "substantially fallen" in the last five years - Murray argues: "we too often write"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:19Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This is the "drawing lines on the map" problem in starkest form. No analysis of what it takes to get over or through the Tehachapis or down the coast. No analysis of cost. Just "there's two cities they're this far apart therefore HSR". It doesn't work that way. Today Los Angeles and the Bay Area will see [---] flights in both directions equivalent to a plane departing every [---] minutes for [--] hours a day. You might not like its implementation but to say California doesnt merit high speed rail is just laughable imo. https://t.co/hakZw4jb4J Today Los Angeles and the Bay Area will see [---] flights"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:32Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@MaraRhymesSarah Major metros is what we are talking about here (TBC small papers are also in deep trouble.) People are having a fit because the Washington Post Atlanta Journal Constitution LA Times etc. are in trouble. These were not papers that fronted a lot of local news"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:56Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@flaminhottweets I define it as making an operating profit i.e. drawing in more revenue than your costs. Getting investment is different-- time will tell if Netflix which has a LOT of loss leaders on its balance sheet will make the money back"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:59Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@MaraRhymesSarah Sure They didn't get the NYT in Roanoke so you had to read the local paper for national news. Plus the movies Plus comics Plus sports And yes to the extent people wanted to read about local news plus local news Plus classified ads. A local paper was a one-stop shop"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:10Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"I've done some threads on the religious right and sodomy laws and how I think they have a bad record of figuring out what conduct is really harmful as opposed to stuff they don't like. An event popped into my brain from [----] I bet nobody remembers that relates to this. 1/"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:02Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I used to do the political nerd thing and watch the party conventions on C-SPAN. (I eventually determined that Ted Koppel was right and zero newsworthy things happen at them. But I was still naive in 1996.) The GOP convention that nominated Dole and Kemp was in San Diego. 2/"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:03Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I was watching one of the early speakers. Before the networks started their coverage. This was either some politician or activist I don't remember which. But it was clearly a Christian social conservative. And he delivered one of the weirdest arguments I have ever heard. 3/"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:04Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"School prayer had been a big issue for the religious right in the 1970's and 1980's. They hated Engel v. Vitale the US Supreme Court decision that said public schools could not compel non-Christian students to sit for prayers to a God they did not believe existed. 4/"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:05Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"All through the 1980's the issue polled pretty well so Ronald Reagan would call periodically for Congress to pass a constitutional amendment reversing Engel and allowing it. Local officials tried various laws to get around Engel as well. 5/"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:06Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Amicus briefs were filed by the legal right in the Supreme Court urging that it overturn Engel. Etc. They thought this played pretty well for them politically. After Clinton has been elected this issue started to recede in significance. This is the context for my story. 6/"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:07Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@techn0politics I actually learned way back when from folks who had lived there that it was "The City" capitalized :)"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:24Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Obviously the NFL controls as many revenue streams as it can (infamously e.g. not paying the halftime entertainment) but "getting the stadium for free" is a bit silly. The Niners own the stadium and get tons of revenue back from the NFL through sharing. They make out fine. I read the NFL's entire 154-page Super Bowl bid document (and the details are wild). The NFL gets almost everything for free the stadium hotel rooms billboards security luxury suites while keeping 100% of ticket sales and paying ZERO taxes. READ: https://t.co/b37mmpzxn3 https://t.co/5yKEyxc5hr I read the NFL's entire"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:26Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@LyndonTucker Well you first have to determine what it will actually cost no lowballs. (My guess is it's probably half a trillion dollars given exactly what I know about the San Andreas Fault in the Tehachapi region.) And then you have to ask whether you could spend the money elsewhere"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:55Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"wow. no noted dissents BREAKING: huge gigantic enormous win SCOTUS allows our big victory at trial upholding the Prop [--] redistricting to remain in place Kudos to my @DDAction_ @LULAC Arnold & Porter & rest of the coalition that countered Trump's attempt to steal Congressional seats https://t.co/bgwZ30aPwT BREAKING: huge gigantic enormous win SCOTUS allows our big victory at trial upholding the Prop [--] redistricting to remain in place Kudos to my @DDAction_ @LULAC Arnold & Porter & rest of the coalition that countered Trump's attempt to steal Congressional seats https://t.co/bgwZ30aPwT"
X Link 2026-02-04T20:29Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Matt doesn't know the history. Prior to Reynolds v. Sims they absolutely did and still would if it were not unconstitutional. The logic of every citizen gets equal voting rights is pretty clear and stable. By contrast nobody tries to apply the bizarre logic of the senate or the electoral college to the internal politics of Kansas or whatever. https://t.co/GZXS42FTBw The logic of every citizen gets equal voting rights is pretty clear and stable. By contrast nobody tries to apply the bizarre logic of the senate or the electoral college to the internal politics of Kansas or whatever."
X Link 2026-02-04T20:39Z 13.7K followers, 23.9K engagements
"RIP. The [----] World Series was something that could never happen again- one team had a pitcher who won [--] games and the other had a starter with a [----] ERA for the season. And neither of them was named Mickey Lolich but Lolich stole the spotlight from both of them. We are saddened by the passing of three-time All-Star and [----] World Series MVP Mickey Lolich. Lolich spent [--] of his [--] Major League seasons with the Tigers while also pitching for the Mets and Padres. In [----] Lolich hurled [--] complete game victories against St. Louis in the https://t.co/0mDbn1OxOo We are saddened by the passing of"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:30Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"this is why despite all that Project [----] noise about banning mifepristone and similar stuff POTUS has no interest in further restrictions on abortion. In [----] "pro-choice" beat out "pro-life" by two percentage points (49 to 47). A decade later that divide is now a [--] percentage point chasm [--] to [--]. [--] in [--] of Americans thought abortion should always be legal for any time and for any reason in 2015; today it's [--] in [--]. https://t.co/QlvAOVeSYU In [----] "pro-choice" beat out "pro-life" by two percentage points (49 to 47). A decade later that divide is now a [--] percentage point chasm [--] to [--]. 1"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:33Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"A fascinating article could be written about previous eras where technology supplanted old business models and see if adherents to the old models were in denial. I know for a fact this happened with fans of long distance trains when the jet age dawned"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:38Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@KurtSchlichter yep. the Super Bowl and maybe the Presidential election but that's about it for true mass culture"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:44Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Unless you count the electrification of Caltrain there are [--] miles of track and the [---] or so miles of track we are going to lay down are between [--] cities few people travel between. High-speed rail means no TSA lines no removing your shoes just fast clean travel. While Texas canceled its project California keeps building. [---] miles are now ready for construction. Were past the hardest part and were finishing the job. https://t.co/8fS8vhZdjd High-speed rail means no TSA lines no removing your shoes just fast clean travel. While Texas canceled its project California keeps building. [---] miles"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:29Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@jamesharrigan My father WAS a sportswriter. And no nobody "needs" sportswriters anymore. Do SOME fans-- not enough to support a newspaper but enough to whine about it on Twitter-- still like to read a sports story Sure. That's not the question though"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:32Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@jamesharrigan The dirty secret is nobody bought the sports section for the writing. They bought it for the recap of last night's game and the standings and stats. And newspapers lost their monopolies over that stuff and that ended the need for sportswriters for most fans"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:33Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@jamesharrigan You don't have to watch the official [--] minute highlight package of a game. There are tons of sources fo highlights. Plus there's streaming video. Most sports fans don't care a lot about strategy anyway; the ones that do watch more game video"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:38Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@jamesharrigan Plus sportswriters were notoriously bad at writing about non-superficial parts of contests. E.g. Bill Plaschke literally knows nothing about strategy or subtlety in any sport and he's an award winning writer"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:39Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@MHendi35 @EddieWyrwicz I think that's the mistake-- assuming that national politics is the "local" beat of the Post. The local beat of the Post is stuff like the recent snowstorm's effect on DC residents. National politics is a winner take all competition the NYT won"
X Link 2026-02-05T00:43Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"my similar point is that parents don't have to live with a silly name. kids do. And their peers will mock them mercifully. giving your kid a non-boring name is an extreme act of parental selfishness. find another means of self-expression. My one rule for names that never fails: Your offline grandmother should be able to recognize that the name you chose is a human person's name not some new slang or a random vocabulary word or a cat walking on your keyboard. Choose any name you like as long as it's a name My one rule for names that never fails: Your offline grandmother should be able to"
X Link 2026-02-05T02:18Z 13.7K followers, 58.4K engagements
"this is a weird story because it could be all kinds of bad but it's impossible to figure out what it actually is. The Trump administration has disclosed to select lawmakers a classified whistleblower complaint against spy chief Tulsi Gabbard with significant redactions citing executive privilege claims people familiar with the matter said. https://t.co/BDkANZfS18 The Trump administration has disclosed to select lawmakers a classified whistleblower complaint against spy chief Tulsi Gabbard with significant redactions citing executive privilege claims people familiar with the matter said."
X Link 2026-02-05T02:34Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I agree with Mickey that at this point it's obvious that the Gates divorce was due to Epstein shenanigans and whatever she learned about what Bill was doing was probably a bombshell. Gates' ex-wife almost certainly knows a whole lot more about Bill & Epstein than she's tactfully letting on. Someone should print up buttons saying "Melinda Knows" to rattle Bill who continues to stonewall https://t.co/mAYr6iFkM3 Gates' ex-wife almost certainly knows a whole lot more about Bill & Epstein than she's tactfully letting on. Someone should print up buttons saying "Melinda Knows" to rattle Bill who"
X Link 2026-02-05T04:07Z 13.7K followers, 31.6K engagements
"@CameronCorduroy @JettTrj82099 @MHendi35 @EddieWyrwicz i can tell you living in Los Angeles that you had to search for the Post in that era and you weren't likely to find today's edition. Today's NYT was in every Starbucks. The Post was never national in a meaningful. It's just the DC local paper"
X Link 2026-02-05T05:21Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"People really want this to not be true. They want there to be multiple nationally viable city papers. And psychogically they want the Post to be one of them because their plant is in Washington DC near the seat of government. But that's not how markets work"
X Link 2026-02-05T05:35Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Thanks to travel and communications and the preference of readers for commentary over reporting there's no massive advantage to having your plant in Washington DC. The plant can theoretically be anywhere. Indeed many local papers have moved out of downtowns"
X Link 2026-02-05T05:36Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Nor is the brand name of the Post all that valuable. In a winner take all market even well known brand names can be worth very little. Look at what has happened to all of America's major department store brands over the past several decades"
X Link 2026-02-05T05:38Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The only thing that matters is "are you the paper where everyone else is getting their national news coverage from". If you aren't being local to DC and having been the senior partner of Watergate and junior partner of Pentagon Papers coverage isn't going to change that reality"
X Link 2026-02-05T05:40Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"I think if New York Magazine would understand the severity of drunk driving-- that drunk drivers are essentially dangerous violent criminals who often happen to have a lot of class privilege and are thus not seen as the thugs they are-- they would have to reconsider their take"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:30Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"And more broadly this ties in with things you have seen me say about other crimes-- class privilege is EVERYTHING. It's why OJ got away with murder. It's why the Menendezes have a whole idiot fan club who is deluded they are innocent"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:31Z 13.7K followers, 10.3K engagements
"@kemelios @ChrisExpTheNews again class privilege. they also don't mind camera footage of liquor store robberies. what bothers them is their own kind middle and upper class college students and former college students gets caught driving drunk"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:47Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"all of this actually makes perfect sense Theres a fee to check your bag; carry-on is free. You can get out of the checked bag fee if you have status. Actually no we changed our minds you gotta check this well let you do it for free. No really we are not letting your bag on the plane unless you check it. Theres a fee to check your bag; carry-on is free. You can get out of the checked bag fee if you have status. Actually no we changed our minds you gotta check this well let you do it for free. No really we are not letting your bag on the plane unless you check it"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:19Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
""We had the best writers in the country" is a highly experienced rightly decorated sportswriter not understanding her own business. Few were buying the paper for the quality of the sportswriters. They wanted the box scores and game recaps and don't need the paper anymore for that. The great @SallyJenki delivers the eulogy that the Washington Post's Sports section deserves https://t.co/JPBJNeKmvH The great @SallyJenki delivers the eulogy that the Washington Post's Sports section deserves https://t.co/JPBJNeKmvH"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:25Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"More broadly I get the feeling a lot of journalists don't have any business background or education and know almost nothing about the business. They almost don't think of it as a business at all. But no you actually have to get a lot of people to buy the paper"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:26Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"So since basically everyone understands Newsom is being ridiculous here the interesting question is "why". I guess HSR polls well among Dem primary voters in other states who have no idea this is actually a boondoggle High-speed rail means no TSA lines no removing your shoes just fast clean travel. While Texas canceled its project California keeps building. [---] miles are now ready for construction. Were past the hardest part and were finishing the job. https://t.co/8fS8vhZdjd High-speed rail means no TSA lines no removing your shoes just fast clean travel. While Texas canceled its project"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:34Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@notjeromepowell Yeah there's a lot of Flint Michigan "Roger and Me" vibes"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:39Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The weird thing is a mileage tax would be a much better policy and better for the environment than sinking more money into a high speed rail project that will never be completed anyway. Studying a concept is not enacting it. Despite national support from prominent conservatives like the Cato Institute there is no mileage tax proposal in California and the Governor would not sign one. Studying a concept is not enacting it. Despite national support from prominent conservatives like the Cato Institute there is no mileage tax proposal in California and the Governor would not sign one"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:44Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@bendreyfuss Ben I disagree with you on this. Growing up in LA we never called LA "The City". (Indeed Orange made a joke of calling itself "The City" and put it on streets and buildings.) But I heard multiple San Franciscans refer to "The City" such that I knew it meant San Francisco"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:46Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"A massive massive problem with the pro-rail movement is it is full of people whose basic interest in trains is nostalgia and who think transportation planning should be centered on bringing back the early 20th century system of palatial stations and long distance trains. The grandeur of the long-abandoned Buffalo Central Terminal (Buffalo New York) captured in the winter of [----]. It officially closed in [----] ending [--] years of service as a major passenger rail hub. Today it reminds us of what rail travel in the United States once was. https://t.co/837AqcED9z The grandeur of the long-abandoned"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:49Z 13.8K followers, 25.3K engagements
"@notjeromepowell FWIW he's slightly wrong. For instance there are plenty of people who work in nonprofits including many nonprofits that do a lot of good which are funded by the super-rich who put their names on the events and facilities. E.g. AIDS Project Los Angeles in my home town"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:50Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@notjeromepowell But the reason that's a sustainable business model is that AIDS Project Los Angeles works well within the budget of what rich people in Los Angeles are willing to contribute to it. Whereas they imagine Bezos will just lose many millions every year forever on the Post"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:51Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@bendreyfuss Maybe the fact that San Francisco's counterpart major city in California (LA) is a collection of villages ganglionically connected by freeways is part of why "The City" took hold-- they're a real city; we aren't. :)"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:53Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@Painefulfacts I don't think so. You can build a nice building that's a 21st century building. Ever been in an international airport in a major Asian City Hong Kong Airport's main terminal is spectacular But it's not what these people want"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:55Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"So wait Kamala's part of Gen-Z Welcome to Headquarters the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub. https://t.co/7EQyz3DFpd Welcome to Headquarters the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub. https://t.co/7EQyz3DFpd"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:59Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@JamesSurowiecki Other than the New York Times (which won a winner take all competition for the national news market) what city paper can you identify which did "capitalize on its success" post-2019 Why is every city paper other than the NYT (not just the Post) losing money big time"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:01Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"You experience class privilege at the airport with the special security lines for people who pay extra money. Every publicly funded sports stadium now is loaded with luxury boxes and club seats you have no access to. Once you start looking for class privilege it's everywhere"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:10Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"And it infects how we view people's characters which is why for instance 60% of the OJ jury pool thought he was less likely to commit murder because he was a famous football player. We subconsciously think lower class people are not only uncouth but of bad character"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:11Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@Holden114 Sure but the problem is that when you constantly rope them off behind the velvet ropes everyone starts thinking they are better than the rest of us"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:13Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@Holden114 The point is if Jeff Bezos was charged with a violent crime would more people declare he was innocent than would ever declare some poor person of color innocent Yes because subconsciously people do think class = character"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:18Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@EJManassero There certainly are a ton of people who talk up grand old train stations. I've run into it all the time. At any rate I also would say that if the project is to demean people for owning cars I will oppose you with all my might. Car-centric culture is wonderful"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:26Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@EJManassero I support lots of funding for transit. But as a both-and. If the project is to force people not to own and drive cars that would be horrible for society"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:27Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@AngryVorosM @DSzymborski Yep. If Vance gets elected (or Buttigieg or Ocasio-Cortez) Gen X may not even get a President"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:38Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"If I ran the High Speed Rail movement: [--]. Focus on [--] projects and only 2: improving the Northeast Corridor to true HSR and building HSR from Houston to Dallas. [--]. No long distance train advocacy. (That includes NY-Chicago.) [--]. No anti-car or anti-airplane rhetoric"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:41Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Hard as it is to believe now many Americans thought OJ Simpson was innocent. It wasn't just politically Machiavellian "revenge" against the criminal justice system-- they thought Mark Fuhrman and other cops engaged in a grand conspiracy to frame him"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:49Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@minervas_muse Yes LAPD really sucked back then. See also the Christopher Commission Report. And also consider the sort of police culture that could even cultivate a Mark Fuhrman"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:57Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@shlevy [--]. Judge Ito blew it. Fuhrman's racism was clearly inadmissible. (Seriously there are cases on this very issue-- I researched it in a case I litigated and successfully kept the very same sort of evidence out.) The prosecutors inexplicably failed to appeal Ito's ruling"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:08Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@shlevy [--]. There was so much evidence of Simpson's guilt that the jury blew it anyway. Indeed even the claim about the glove makes no sense. How is it that the murderer wore the glove Nicole bought for OJ at Bloomingdales Why are Nicole's and Ron's blood on it"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:10Z 13.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@shlevy So yes he needed to get up there and say "yeah I said the n-word in the last [--] years". The prosecution and him got outsmarted by F. Lee Bailey an all-time great trial lawyer while being immersed in an era where cops lied a lot on the stand and got away with it"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:16Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@shlevy The thing is as absolutely 100% right as that was if you know anything about police and prosecutor culture in that era you know why that was an enormously big ask of both Marcia Clark and Mark Fuhrman. Cops simply never thought they had to do that"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:17Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Who puts a press release saying they won't run for Mayor on "Austin for Mayor" stationery https://t.co/e4WBjkcyse https://t.co/e4WBjkcyse"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:24Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@surlygopher Dallas-Houston really is the second best spot in America to build HSR FWIW. But advocates dream of impossible stuff like California NY-Chicago etc"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:43Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"I think social conservatives who love to propose systematic explanations for everything they blame on the Left don't think enough about the deeper meaning of their periodic sex scandals. I don't mean this as a cheap hypocrisy point TBC. I mean "what does this show about sex" ⚡ Conservative influencer Elijah Schaffer claims his wife divorced him after allegations surfaced that he was having an affair with Sarah Stock. During the affair Sarah Stock allegedly refused to have sex with her then boyfriend until marriage. https://t.co/fWNbOQO2or ⚡ Conservative influencer Elijah Schaffer claims his"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:00Z 13.7K followers, 21K engagements
"Sarah Stock isn't the first person by any means to swear adherence to purity culture while apparently doing the nasty on the down low. Heck this used to be a common theme of teenage celebrity (e.g. Britney Spears Debbie Gibson Lelee Sobieski etc. swore to virginity)"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:02Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Billie Eilish didn't hide hers when she started out. Neither did Taylor Swift. We've simply stopped demanding that anyone swear to their virginity because we all understand this isn't how being a teenager works. So maybe the religoius right should just follow suit"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:14Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@EdClintonJr1 Vanatter. Although to be clear it didn't explain how OJ's and the victims' blood were found at the murder scene because he took it to the other crime scene OJ's house"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:58Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"I think the Yankees should play the Red Sox in Durban South Africa. Or maybe the Oilers and the Flames should get together in Cairo. Lakers-Celtics in Bangalore sound good Rams to host the 49ers in Melbourne Australia next year. #RamsHouse https://t.co/9uFNCMzwbG Rams to host the 49ers in Melbourne Australia next year. #RamsHouse https://t.co/9uFNCMzwbG"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:57Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"As you may have noticed the NFL generally dislikes building new stadiums with no public financing. They want to hold up football-crazy politicians for billions of dollars of money stolen from the taxpayers for their new facilities. But LA doesn't do that"
X Link 2026-02-05T19:10Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The Kings tried to get just $70 million from the LA taxpayers for Staples Center and there was a revolt. There was no way Stan Kroenke or Roger Goodell was going to get any significant public funds for SoFi. Which meant Goodell had to convince other NFL owners to fund it"
X Link 2026-02-05T19:11Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@minervas_muse Force the NFL into a merger it didn't want in the 1960's and get its franchise relocation rule declared illegal in the 1980's"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:03Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@ClearAudacity one metropolis is so big that HSR still would work fine within it (NYC) but yes there's something to that"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:15Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"the most important thing about this proposed stadium is it is in Tampa not St. Petersburg. JUST IN: The Tampa Bay Rays today released initial renderings of the proposed ballpark and mixed-use district at Hillsborough Colleges Dale Mabry campus in Tampa. https://t.co/jTDuQsVi0M JUST IN: The Tampa Bay Rays today released initial renderings of the proposed ballpark and mixed-use district at Hillsborough Colleges Dale Mabry campus in Tampa. https://t.co/jTDuQsVi0M"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:30Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"i don't think anyone is stopping her from getting a test. From @TheAthletic: Olympic champion Imane Khelif has said she is willing to undergo sex testing in order to return to boxing ahead of the [----] Los Angeles Olympic Games. https://t.co/4gPuEAjsQV From @TheAthletic: Olympic champion Imane Khelif has said she is willing to undergo sex testing in order to return to boxing ahead of the [----] Los Angeles Olympic Games. https://t.co/4gPuEAjsQV"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:32Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Reminiscent of when Ezra Taft Benson convinced the less than pious Eisenhower to have a prayer at every Cabinet meeting. Midway through the first one Eisenhower interjected "holy christ we forgot the prayer". Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch 'Sir may we pray.' I'll say 'Excuse me We're having lunch.'" https://t.co/f23mu5Ahmt Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch 'Sir may we pray.' I'll say 'Excuse me We're having lunch.'" https://t.co/f23mu5Ahmt"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:33Z 13.7K followers, 123.5K engagements
"Note to everyone: Sports Illustrated doesn't exist anymore. Neither does its swimsuit issue in any real sense. They aren't selling millions of copies. It has no real cultural relevance. They put out several different "covers" so they can claim various "firsts". It's a non-event"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:38Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Is the theory here that your cock gets wrinkled in the cold From @TheAthletic: Reports have surfaced before the Winter Olympics that allege ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to fly farther. The World Anti-Doping Agency has vowed to investigate. https://t.co/cFW4v25jm0 From @TheAthletic: Reports have surfaced before the Winter Olympics that allege ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to fly farther. The World Anti-Doping Agency has vowed to investigate. https://t.co/cFW4v25jm0"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:44Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"A typical European high speed rail train nets about [---] miles per hour. So if you went New York to Chicago nonstop that would be a [--] hour and [--] minute trip. Nobody but a railfan is getting off a [--] hour [--] minute flight to get on that train"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:07Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"And of course in fact there would be stops. Indeed HSR advocates actually LIKE stops because they make grandiose claims about how the New York to Pittsburgh or Buffalo to Chicago traffic will pick up the slack and make it viable. But with stops you're now closer to [--] hours"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:08Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"At any rate you should just dismiss any HSR advocate who says we should build a NY-Chicago high speed train. We shouldn't. Period"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:10Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@theurbaneist A railfan of course DOESN'T agree with any of that because they like trains. But that's the point-- you need to bring the people over who currently dislike trains and prefer flying. And that includes lots of people in the categories above"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:21Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@theurbaneist [--]. I think we have to live in the real world of what we are going to build and what we are willing to spend. We aren't a Communist dictatorship like China which can ignore politics. We have to propose things that people will pay for. European democracies are a good comparison"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:22Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@duck_walk_blog You can call that the Simpsons Monorail Problem"
X Link 2026-02-05T23:03Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"We're going to see a lot of contraction in second tier bowl games not named the Pop-Tarts Bowl in the next few years. A statement from the LA Bowl. https://t.co/mR7Q3a2gue A statement from the LA Bowl. https://t.co/mR7Q3a2gue"
X Link 2026-02-05T23:04Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Good luck with that. New California bill would cap concert ticket resale prices https://t.co/4NMtQdeVdL https://t.co/RHeZBUPd4s New California bill would cap concert ticket resale prices https://t.co/4NMtQdeVdL https://t.co/RHeZBUPd4s"
X Link 2026-02-05T23:26Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@RyanRadia @DPearsonPHL I think Alon really deeply truly wants a NY-Chicago route and is cheerleading because of that. It's a psychological thing-- which is exactly why it's an honesty test. An honest person says "I really want this but it's a bad idea so I will admit it""
X Link 2026-02-06T00:30Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@Yellow_Dog1959 NY-Philadelphia is on the NEC. That should get high speed rail full stop. Pittsburgh is the 28th largest MSA. Columbus is 32nd an also too far from NY. Fort Wayne is 118th and also too far from NY. It would be a massive waste of money to build HSR for those routes"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:37Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Favorites are 29-28-2 against the spread in the Super Bowl. In other words the betting line for this event is basically completely efficient and you aren't likely to be able to beat it. Don't bet serious money on the Super Bowl"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:54Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@HenryPorters Newsom a couple of years ago was in favor of killing the project. It's massively unpopular here now"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:59Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@MoodyBlueliner Don't worry every casino will take your Super Bowl action. Because it's the suckers who bet the Super Bowl"
X Link 2026-02-06T01:02Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"i don't think this is new. there is a long standing tension between the way righties talk about public sexual mores and the way they view powerful men who have a lot of partners. i think it's inherent in "fusionism" the alliance of rich people and the religious right. One thing that's always been obvious about postliberalism "tradlife" etc. is that it's actually quite shockingly libertine. They claim they're for order yet routinely yield to their basest instincts. Even when they're not sexually libertine they embody the works of the flesh One thing that's always been obvious about"
X Link 2026-02-06T11:40Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"what HAS happened is as America has become less religious the more libertine faction has become louder whereas the religious right has lost power and influence. but the contradiction was always there; it is just more visible now"
X Link 2026-02-06T11:41Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"someone explain to Jenkins what network externalities and winner take all markets are. The @nytimes has no debt $1 billion on hand and is approaching [--] million subscribers. The @washingtonpost competes with them daily on stories and often beats them. @JeffBezos should sell to someone who knows how to compete in this field. He obviously doesn't. The @nytimes has no debt $1 billion on hand and is approaching [--] million subscribers. The @washingtonpost competes with them daily on stories and often beats them. @JeffBezos should sell to someone who knows how to compete in this field. He obviously"
X Link 2026-02-06T11:55Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"As someone who thinks the post-1960's societal consensus on racism (1) exists (sorry right wingers just because lefty academics and activists talk too much about race doesn't mean this doesn't exist) and (2) was a very good thing that immensely benefits us I am worried"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:02Z 13.9K followers, 27K engagements
"And then you get the unfounded claims of immigrants destroying America. To be clear I'm not talking about claims backed up by strong data here. You can argue about those. I am talking about sweeping claims that immigrants bring criminality don't believe in American values etc"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:07Z 13.8K followers, 11.2K engagements
"These are getting thrown around all the time and in some very "respectable" right wing circles. For instance ever noticed how a lot of anti-birthright citizenship argumentation is based on this "allegiance" thing"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:08Z 13.9K followers, 10.7K engagements
"And this is the context for what Helen Andrews and some other people are doing dumping on Asian Americans because they do better as a group on some academic measures than white people do. That can't to a soft racist be a good thing. Whites have to be on top"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:18Z 13.8K followers, 10.2K engagements
"The point is this is rot. Intellectual moral cultural rot. And I think a lot of folks on the Right know it is rot but are afraid to stand up to it. But the post-1960's societal settlement on racial discourse while not perfect or impermeable has worked reasonably well"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:19Z 13.9K followers, 16.4K engagements
"The first problem with this is that simply the more intermediate stops are the slower your high speed rail becomes. You can probably go NY to Chicago in [--] hours [--] minutes nonstop (and still get very few riders) but if you add stops you are now taking [--] hours"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:43Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"According to Wikipedia there is not even a single nonstop flight from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. Doesn't sound like a massive travel market So sure you pick up a few people going from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. But not enough to matter"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:47Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements
"And that's the problem-- all these intermediate markets are a bunch of "not enough to matters". Pittsburgh to Detroit Columbus to Fort Wayne Buffalo to Albany In each case you aren't talking about the sorts of numbers to fill up a [---] seat train"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:48Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"You need to be sure you can do this. And it's pretty clear you can't. As I said this is really psychological-- HSR buffs are railfans and they WANT NY-Chicago because it's two big cities. But we shouldn't give them our hard earned money. It's a worthless project"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:51Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@DanteJeffe14617 Except the Republican Party's intellectuals went for decades only occasionally trafficking in this stuff and sometimes even making explicit anti-racist arguments"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:54Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Every time she takes a curve wide my heart skips. I hope she makes it through this. Just one week after tearing her ACL Lindsey Vonn has completed her Olympic training run in Cortina. The women's downhill competition takes place this Sunday. https://t.co/FgEG8xkWTI Just one week after tearing her ACL Lindsey Vonn has completed her Olympic training run in Cortina. The women's downhill competition takes place this Sunday. https://t.co/FgEG8xkWTI"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:02Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@dominic_coletti The Seventh too. The thing is the Seventh and Fourth were right and the other circuits were basically trying to negate a Supreme Court decision they didn't like"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:12Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@RayJ4847 He absolutely has turned down the temperature somewhat on ICE after the second shooting and if you don't realize that you probably don't really understand what is happening"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:28Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"USA USA USA MIXED DOUBLES CURLING TAKES DOWN CANADA. Korey and Cory deliver some big shots down the stretch to earn a second straight win. https://t.co/Tkye203pp6 USA MIXED DOUBLES CURLING TAKES DOWN CANADA. Korey and Cory deliver some big shots down the stretch to earn a second straight win. https://t.co/Tkye203pp6"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:09Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I realize this isn't the issue here but I've always wondered what John Foster Dulles ever did to merit a major international airport being named after him. Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds https://t.co/ILdGQjWvwC Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds https://t.co/ILdGQjWvwC"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:16Z 13.9K followers, 113.2K engagements
"@steady_drumbeat @RCownie Nobody's actually going to ride [--] hours except railfans. Railfans assume everyone else has their preference sets but no most people don't like trains and don't want to be in a tube for [--] hours and don't care about smartypants arguments about the TSA lines or whatever"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:12Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"This is central to everything I am talking about re: HSR. Railfans assume a mass of travelers just like them-- folks who just can't wait to get out of their cars or off the airplane into a train because trains are fun especially high speed ones. But that's not most people @steady_drumbeat @RCownie This is a central problem. Most people either hate trains or just don't love them. But the advocates of HSR are massive railfans-- they LOVE trains. So they can't imagine how someone who hates or is indifferent to a train thinks about this. @steady_drumbeat @RCownie This is a central problem. Most"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:20Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"It's not that there's a large population of people who will just refuse to ride a train-- of course most people are open to it. But you have to understand that when the airplane and the interstate highway were invented lots of people abandoned trains to use them"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:21Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Indeed I can tell you about something I consider insanity-- the drive from Los Angeles to San Diego is an absolute drag bad traffic the entire way sometimes [--] 1/2 or [--] hours in stop-and-go. Amtrak has frequent pretty good train service. And yet TONS of people won't take it"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:22Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"These are the people you are actually trying to get on your train. Or the people who go to the airport frequently stand in all those TSA lines and eat those pretzels in their economy class airplane seats. Mostly people who either dislike or don't have any affinity for trains"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:23Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@soblackandblue Right. And it plays out the same way. There's lots of people who don't like mass transit but who may try out something if it's really nice and goes exactly where they want to go. But that calculation is central to the enterprise"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:28Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@TheReadjust That was George Kennan who definitely deserves an airport"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:36Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@PatrickSpenceDC So it depends on which endpoint. :) The problem is there's plenty of evidence for a NY-Pitt train but a Chicago-Pitt train is a loser. So if we were rational we might do that. But railfans want NY-Chicago for irrational psychological reasons"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:50Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"He's getting criticized in the replies of course but I find this a remarkably blunt and correct statement about a shameful social media post. Praying it was fake because its the most racist thing Ive seen out of this White House. The President should remove it. Praying it was fake because its the most racist thing Ive seen out of this White House. The President should remove it"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:55Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"What a colossal waste of taxpayer money. The team has a perfectly good stadium. NEW: new renderings of new @Commanders stadium at RFK site released at todays @NCPCgov meeting. Questions remain about columns parking garages metro access pedestrian access vehicular traffic flow. The stadium is expected to open in [----]. @nbcwashington #wmata https://t.co/wX8r08Keqe NEW: new renderings of new @Commanders stadium at RFK site released at todays @NCPCgov meeting. Questions remain about columns parking garages metro access pedestrian access vehicular traffic flow. The stadium is expected to open in"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:56Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"To bring this into its own thread-- there is no better demonstration of "ignorant people who falsely believe they are smart" than linguistic prescriptivists. They don't understand a basic premise of language but are convinced that those of us who DO understand it are dumb. @chrisbbehrens @gdholtby @rkylesmith So no what you think is correct is not "correct". It's "what elite snobs incorrectly believe is 'correct'". The problem is you guys have an ignorant view of language and like many ignorant people are convinced your ignorance is actually correct. @chrisbbehrens @gdholtby @rkylesmith So no"
X Link 2026-02-06T17:05Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"there's a whole bunch of Americans a group I identify with who thought it was wrong when DEI-left types obsessed about race and also think it's wrong when the right obsesses about race. I actually think my position is the majority view of the country"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:28Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"quite apart from me thinking my position is right i actually don't think most Americans are clamoring for massive discourse about the supposed merits and demerits of various racial groups. It's only the ideological extremes who want that"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:30Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Olympic torch relays were better when one person ran the torch into the stadium and lit the cauldron. the modern version is a form of participation ribbon culture-- organizers are cowards who can't just pick one specific person"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:29Z 13.7K followers, 10.1K engagements
"one of my background beliefs about racism is that racism is an incredibly dumb thing to believe and the people who espouse it are convinced that in fact they are incredibly smart"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:33Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements
"lots of raunch culture codes right. the real issue is that only tiny minorities actually are as prudish as the religious right is and yet we pretend they are still a big political force Newly resurfaced clip of Kid Rock at Woodstock [--] saying "Monica Lewinsky is a fcking ho and Bill Clinton is a goddmn pimp" before launching into his song "Balls In Your Mouth." Kid Rock is performing at TPUSA's Christian-focused All-American Halftime Show this Sunday. https://t.co/nsm3x9nzm5 Newly resurfaced clip of Kid Rock at Woodstock [--] saying "Monica Lewinsky is a f*cking ho and Bill Clinton is a"
X Link 2026-02-06T23:11Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"this is a really good summation of the whole thing. complaining about high skill immigration is like being given a Ferrari and complaining that the fuel filler door is on the wrong side. The bottom line on the Asian culture debate: to have your country populated by smart low crime hard working people is such an advantage that you need an amazingly good reason to be opposed to it. If someone is going to just hand you one million dollars in a bag you take it The bottom line on the Asian culture debate: to have your country populated by smart low crime hard working people is such an advantage"
X Link 2026-02-06T23:59Z 13.8K followers, 20.5K engagements
"even under the most optimistic scenarios about high speed rail one high speed rail line is about 1/200th as useful as [--] airports from which you can fly all over the world. THAT'S why a lot of HSR math really is cost prohibitive. LAX is currently undergoing a $30 billion taxpayer-funded capital plan which brings total cost of its construction to $70 billion in [----] dollars. SFO is currently in midst of $11 billion upgrade bringing total cost to around $30 billion. That doesn't include the planes. LAX is currently undergoing a $30 billion taxpayer-funded capital plan which brings total cost of"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:42Z 13.8K followers, 16.2K engagements
"You really need a ton of people to ride a HSR line for it to be worth the money. in contrast basically any conceivable infrastructure improvement at LAX or SFO is going to be worth the money. It's apples and oranges"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:44Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I go back and forth as to whether Wizard of Oz or Mary Poppins is the best children's movie of all time. MeTV will return the classic Wizard of Oz to broadcast TV for the first time since [----] Watch for it in October- and one airing will be with the Sven Squad and me MeTV will return the classic Wizard of Oz to broadcast TV for the first time since [----] Watch for it in October- and one airing will be with the Sven Squad and me"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:48Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@SukritGanesh China is a repressive Communist dictatorship that overrides its citizens' preferences You guys are sick when you cite those murderers as some sort of model for how Americans should live"
X Link 2026-02-07T05:01Z 13.9K followers, 29.9K engagements
"I have mixed feelings about the 5th circuit's decision on holding undocumented immigrants without bond which is linked to in the next tweet. I think this is conservatives doing what liberals are accused of-- making a compelling policy argument where the law is against them"
X Link 2026-02-07T14:56Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@Mark_Sutton2 that doesn't mean every deal will screw them"
X Link 2026-02-07T15:44Z 13.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@js_hicks yep"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:12Z 13.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Let's talk about the single most widespread delusion in all of American politics-- one that is shared by rightie immigration restrictionists leftie trans activists and even normie voters What is the delusion That you make policy change by electing a President who makes orders"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:11Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements
"If President Obama had instead tried to rewrite the country's health care system through executive order it probably would not have stuck. Very likely the courts would have struck it down and even if they hadn't it would have been repealed in 2017"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:17Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Think of all the major policy changes in American history-- things like the Civil Rights Act or Social Security or Medicare or the Sherman Anti-trust Act. These were all major policy shifts. And they all came from Congress. No POTUS could have done it through executive orders"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:19Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements
"And again they are hard to repeal. All of the stuff President Biden did on trans stuff and DEI and campus rape rules-- REALLY easy to repeal. Just needed a signature from President Trump or maybe even from one of his department heads"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:20Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Everything President Trump is doing on immigration Same thing. Really easy for the next President to just wipe it all out. Easy come easy go. But if you go to Congress and get something passed it can stick. Ideologues and partisans though HATE Congress"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:21Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The thing ideologues really hate about Congress is to pass bills you have to make deals. Ideologues HATE deals. They'd rather get everything even if it gets struck down or erased by the next POTUS than have to horse-trade and give up stuff they want to get a bill passed"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:23Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Indeed partisan polarization has made this dynamic worse because partisans are constantly telling themselves how terrible the other side is. If you think the Clintons are murderers or President Trump is a fascist that makes the entire notion of cutting a deal seem illegitimate"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:24Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"But at the end of the day a lot of people are just wrong on this and stupid about it and grossly immature. Because in the real world a congressional statute where you get 75% of what you want and which is going to remain the law is much better than any executive order"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:25Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The way I would put it is most judges will render a decision they think is unjust only if the lawyer convinces them they have no choice under the law and will render a decision they think is just unless the lawyer convinces them that they can't. As I regularly tell young lawyers and law students no no judge renders a decision they think is unjust because youve got some F.3d cite a linguistic analysis about the placement of a comma or a study of original public meaning. Judges do what they think is just and As I regularly tell young lawyers and law students no no judge renders a decision they"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:47Z 13.8K followers, 17K engagements
"@RyanKarl17 @dwp4401 Petitioners' interpretation has literally been accepted by every presidential administration including the first Trump administration. You don't get to lie about stuff like this just because you want them to lose"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:55Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@mbyrnes37 It's not a "mass detention" and it's not "concentration camps". The moment someone is caught who doesn't belong here it's conferring a benefit on them-- a massive benefit that encourages fraud and illegal behavior-- to do anything other than detain them until deporting them"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:21Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@steve_vladeck Your legal interpretation (and the dissent's) is correct but come on many of these people are absolutely flight risks. We have tons of people with removal orders who dodge the government and their legal obligation to obey them"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:25Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements
"This is the correct answer. Made me laugh as a [--] year old in the theater and I never stopped laughing ever since. I still laugh even THINKING about the "shit hitting the fan". Airplane (1980) is one of those comedies where the joke density is so insane youre always missing something. Straight-faced acting nonsense treated like gospel and background gags doing half the work. Rewatchable forever. https://t.co/kdhjWkt77g Airplane (1980) is one of those comedies where the joke density is so insane youre always missing something. Straight-faced acting nonsense treated like gospel and background"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:27Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements
"One of my questions about what is going to happen in [----] is how they will handle a daytime opening ceremony which I assume NBC will want (so it airs live in prime time in the East). There has not been a daytime ceremony since Nagano in [----]. Organizers prefer night ceremonies. The incredible classic aesthetics of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in [----] https://t.co/o35481XkEL The incredible classic aesthetics of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in [----] https://t.co/o35481XkEL"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:06Z 13.8K followers, 177.6K engagements
"@RCownie @hackerjay @StochasticStat1 You just can't be categorical and pretend everyone's traveling downtown to downtown and thus there's commute time to the airport but never commute time to the train station. That's SOMETIMES true but there's lots of travelers for whom it is not"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:12Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@mbyrnes37 I think everyone who seeks asylum should be detained until the claim is adjudicated. After all if they are really telling the truth American detention should be far more attractive than being sent back to their home country. (At least half of course are committing fraud.)"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:27Z 13.8K followers, [--] engagements
"I'm dead serious about this last point. E.g. if it turned out there was a ring of flight attendants on an airline who abused unaccompanied minors who traveled and airline executives who found out about it covered it up this is what we'd demand everyone at the airline do"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:41Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements
"When child sexual abuse was discovered to be happening under the auspices of the horrendous Joe Paterno and his pedophile assistant coach at the Penn State football team this what we demanded Penn State do. And since it was a state run institution they were forced to do it"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:42Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The point is we have a roadmap for how to handle it when systematic child abuse is discovered we know how to implement it and what the Jeffrey Epsteins of the world and yes the Pope John Paul II's of the world do is they use their power to prevent us from doing it"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:43Z 13.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@jodiecongirl Interestingly the summer Olympics works differently and you will see some developing country runner entered in the womens [---] meters who runs [-----] or something (and the winter Olympics used to do this too e.g. Jamaican bobsleds)"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:52Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements
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