Nice to see Gustavo embracing both Substack and the libertarian that always has been in him.
Given their similar taste in eyewear, if Gustavo is the self-described "Mexican with Glasses", then Matt is the "[who/what?] with Glasses"? If Matt had kept his baseball nerdery local and attended Long Beach State, then he could be the "Dirtbag with Glasses," but that honor probably goes to former Phillie, Vance Worley. https://www.instagram.com/p/C5QzP6mOgYZ/
A student said she was racially profiled while eating in a college dorm. An investigation found no evidence of bias. But the incident will not fade away.
Re walk off music Crowded House: the music of my 80s high school years in Brisbane, Australia. One of the most charismatic bands to see live as well. Was half a comedy show & half musical genius. Was devastated when drummer, Paul Hester, took his own life. Neil Finn is a musical genius
Please excuse the repeat of musical genius - it’s only 6.40am here in Singapore & my eyes are only just waking up & I’m now going down a Crowded House archive rabbit hole
Are yall ever gonna mea culpa on getting the immigration damage to small towns wrong? Or do i get another round of aspersions of being a gap toothed bigot for not wanting 20k people dumped into a struggling town?
We have talked about the immigration damage to small towns at least a dozen times on this podcast, including Moynihan’s reporting from Texas, and in the case of Springville mentioned the challenging impact on schools & automobile safety. We generally are not a podcast that sees our fellow Americans as a teeming mass of gap-toothed bigots.
You had multiple replies on 471 discussing your utter dismissal of the issues locals face. I am about to listen to the latest pod, so if its covered there, fantastic, but if you think youve been even keeled the whole time, i have bad news for you. Youre not coming across that way. Again, disregard if the most recent episode covers this more thoroughly. Thanks again for responding.
Perhaps you could actually investigate the facts and learn these immigrants were not “dumped” on the town. In fact, Springfield was a dying town that sought out the immigrants to fill jobs that the local industry couldn’t get filled with the local labor force.
Nice to see Gustavo embracing both Substack and the libertarian that always has been in him.
Given their similar taste in eyewear, if Gustavo is the self-described "Mexican with Glasses", then Matt is the "[who/what?] with Glasses"? If Matt had kept his baseball nerdery local and attended Long Beach State, then he could be the "Dirtbag with Glasses," but that honor probably goes to former Phillie, Vance Worley. https://www.instagram.com/p/C5QzP6mOgYZ/
It was good of Moynihan to acknowledge on last week’s Free Press Live that Batya is his cohost.
I wasn’t aware that Powell had left the NY Times. This was one of his best pieces while there, a must-read:
Inside a Battle Over Race, Class and Power at Smith College (Feb 2021)
https://archive.ph/18uE6
A student said she was racially profiled while eating in a college dorm. An investigation found no evidence of bias. But the incident will not fade away.
Re walk off music Crowded House: the music of my 80s high school years in Brisbane, Australia. One of the most charismatic bands to see live as well. Was half a comedy show & half musical genius. Was devastated when drummer, Paul Hester, took his own life. Neil Finn is a musical genius
Please excuse the repeat of musical genius - it’s only 6.40am here in Singapore & my eyes are only just waking up & I’m now going down a Crowded House archive rabbit hole
What a relief. I was afraid this was going to be about Kmele’s balls again.
We demand to know if a pager was involved with kmele and his balls
What??? I’m just finding out you guys are going to be in the GREAT state of Florida? Any chance you guys are going to other places than Gainesville?
Not this trip, alas.
Is that John Lithgow behind the general's left shoulder in that Situation Room pic?
The Olivia Nuzzi quotes from Firehose #108 are powerful. Perhaps, she will succeed at substack next.
Are yall ever gonna mea culpa on getting the immigration damage to small towns wrong? Or do i get another round of aspersions of being a gap toothed bigot for not wanting 20k people dumped into a struggling town?
We have talked about the immigration damage to small towns at least a dozen times on this podcast, including Moynihan’s reporting from Texas, and in the case of Springville mentioned the challenging impact on schools & automobile safety. We generally are not a podcast that sees our fellow Americans as a teeming mass of gap-toothed bigots.
You had multiple replies on 471 discussing your utter dismissal of the issues locals face. I am about to listen to the latest pod, so if its covered there, fantastic, but if you think youve been even keeled the whole time, i have bad news for you. Youre not coming across that way. Again, disregard if the most recent episode covers this more thoroughly. Thanks again for responding.
Perhaps you could actually investigate the facts and learn these immigrants were not “dumped” on the town. In fact, Springfield was a dying town that sought out the immigrants to fill jobs that the local industry couldn’t get filled with the local labor force.