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@kelson

Well I think they are upset because that sense of safety has just been shaken a little. And of course the people will rise up and Be Outraged(tm) about this and it will stop.

When really this is the new normal.

Welcome!

@northernlights @rebeccawatson

Don't forget Amazon. It can be a little tricky to shop, but I manage.

So where are you getting paper towels and kitty litter now?

@richpuchalsky

Don't make me say the "first they come for" poem again. I am sick of saying that one.

@richpuchalsky

This lady on the Bulwark (it's my conservative media source) said that she hoped people would be protesting in the streets outside of the courthouse over this travesty of justice.

And it is a travesty. Another one.

Lady.

My sister in CHRIST I am already BOOKED for protests over this kind of thing and you are hitting the roof with outrage over Bolton and I have never seen you before.

OMG.

They could have simply contacted Bolton and asked him to give back any documents. You know the courtesy that was shown to Trump.

The good news is Bolton is stubborn and will probably fight over this. And he knows things.

Fascinated by the sort of person who is moved to anger by Bolton having his house searched by the FBI for classified documents in obvious political targeting... people who showed no similar anger over the on-going ICE raids.

And by fascinated I mean... well let's just not say.

@DavidM_yeg

well that too, but the demand has no bottom which enables them.

@MaryAustinBooks

There are things, people, events that make this a good country, not often counted in typical celebrations of patriotism.

What would the US be like without them. Can you imagine?

This is a lot like the lies about "immigrant crime" that lead up to the election. Now it's just the whole city that's "crime" ... this is about manufacturing consent for repression.

It's very inconvenient for Republicans that major cities aren't racked with crime and so they have just decided to lie about it and implement their playbook anyway.

If you don't live in a big city in the US please understand there isn't a "debate" about it. Crime isn't the top worry of the people who live in these cities. And the way they the fed is addressing it isn't what we'd want at all.

The data show this. The people will tell you this. If you hear someone say it push back hard.

@rachel

They are just saying it to cast doubt since the numbers make it so obvious they are lying they have to say something.

This whole thing is totally political.

There are over SIXTY cities in the US with more crime than DC.

And frankly people in republican areas see higher crime rates so they just assume it MUST be worse in the cities. Because if it were... what would that mean? It doesn't align with their assumptions about reality.

I would love to live in DC and the only reason I don't is because I live in NYC which I like even better.

And you know, maybe it's not for you. That is fine. But we've worked hard to make living in cities worth it.

They are going to ruin it all.

I live in the South Bronx and it's so insulting and infantilizing to have this clown tell me that *I* don't really know if there is crime or not WHERE I LIVE. That people who live in cities shouldn't have and damn say in what problems we want addressed or how to address them. That is OUR call.

Because a lot of us care a lot about these cities and love them and we've worked hard to make them the kind of places where everyone wants to live. Why do you think the rents are so high?

This lying is so exhausting. "DC has some of the highest crime in the world" People just eat this up. I don't even think that was true back in the days when DC had a crime problem. Now? It's just nonsense. Lies lies lies.

And Vance is saying "well the stats are fake" Just as a throw away line. No follow up.

@BenAveling

You have a point.

And we REALLY need to start searching all of the pillowcases and chips bags anywhere near that man. Because I now think he legit is like that other politician who had gold bars hidden all over his house.

Gremlin behavior. Smaug the dragon behavior.

@MrEdgarBass

He is so damn corny.

It'd be so easy to do a parody of this video "Combating Political Corruption"

If Eric Adams is coming to your house after he is gone it is very important to check the pillowcases, he might have put bribes in there. Check the chip bags! You could fit *several* bribes in this "share size" bag.

In these troubled times, search the mayor's house for bribes too. Sometimes a politician's aid will try to disguise a bribe in a red envelope and call it "Chinese Culture" Don't fall for it!

@gaditb @funkula

oh well it makes sense then I suppose OMG

@JessTheUnstill @darkling

Well that's why we should make up a fake billionaire donor. The same contributions, but with that extra sheen that gets them so excited.

I can think of some way to fake the parties too.

@lappenjammer

The Adams aid gave the reporter a bag of chips and she found the bribe when she opened it on the subway. Free snacks are somewhat normal for these things.