It sounds like this guy, in addition to being a Nazi, is one of the most tedious and obnoxious people on the planet.
![“[I]s it bad that my favorite class at harvard was nietzsche and my favorite book i’ve read this year is mein kampf?” Velchik wrote in June, 2013, one year after receiving his undergraduate degree from Harvard. In a separate nine-page email a few months later, as a law student, Velchik snapped off quick reviews of 76 books he said he‘d read over the prior year. He was “unimpressed” with Hamlet, greatly enjoyed “The Portrait of a Lady,” and, on “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,” said he was “most glad that the gypsy was hung, as women need to learn to appreciate more than simply looks.” As for “Wuthering Heights,” Velchik wrote that he didn’t “usually read books written by women, and here I was reminded why.” “The subject of discourse was monotonous, though the plot decently conceived,” he wrote.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2lstqtgvpff2nvcwujl6lap/bafkreicydnge2mnebzktinpabqmjpus2j4yscdgyateigxxux6dkpfp2ve@jpeg "Click to view full size")
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It sounds like this guy, in addition to being a Nazi, is one of the most tedious and obnoxious people on the planet.
“And in an email to a peer … , as he was preparing to enter law school, Velchik wrote that he‘d enjoyed Hitler’s autobiography and political manifesto, ‘Mein Kampf,’ more than any other book he’d read recently during a year of travels.”
“A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective.”
You know what strategy will backfire? Nominating a candidate who a significant portion of your party's base hates and will not vote for. Nominate someone who doesn't suck if you want to win!
The idea that people shouldn't refuse to support politicians who don't support them is flipping the central premise of democracy on its head. You don't owe politicians anything, regardless of what party they belong to. They need to earn your vote if they want it, period.
I love getting a parking ticket for using on-street parking overnight when there's no sign saying you can't do that. Do you actually want the street clear or do you just want to prey on people?
🚨🚨🚨 "The Trump administration is preparing an immigration enforcement blitz in #Boston in the coming weeks, according to a current administration official and a former administration official. … The clampdown could come soon after a similar surge in Chicago in September." #Massachusetts #bospoli
Helping my partner move, and damn moving sucks ass. Didn't eat dinner until 9. Had rice and chicken and had to eat it with measuring cups because we forgot the silverware at the old place lol.
When he shot and killed two other people, I'm sure he wasn't lying about any of the details.
![Pusser survived several assassination attempts.[9] On February 1, 1966, Louise Hathcock attempted to kill Pusser during an on-site investigation of a robbery complaint at The Shamrock Motel. Hathcock fired on Pusser with a concealed .38 pistol. Pusser returned fire and killed Hathcock. On January 2, 1967, Pusser was shot three times by an unidentified gunman.[10] While he was already a local hero, Pusser's](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2lstqtgvpff2nvcwujl6lap/bafkreie7tutsmcrv44hsuhr44crgks5l7csm4utd4bvt6rcmwtt5baioiq@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Well, at least all the other stuff this guy got famous for was probably totally above board.
"Watch out for Buford!" is what they keep on telling me But to me he's just another crooked lawman up in Tennessee He gets a new hot car to keep us on our toes And that ridiculous stick where the press corp goes And some big time Hollywood actors playing him on the big screen" Drive by Truckers
Pretty sick that he used the cover story for his wife's murder as part of his hero narrative. Real serial killer vibes.
It's fascinating that he wasn't caught because no autopsy was performed on his wife's body. I guess not having to deal with an autopsy when your spouse is murdered and you're the only known witness to the murder is one of the unique job perks that cops enjoy.
Turns out the TN sheriff who inspired Walking Tall (and carried a big stick) murdered his wife. www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
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Once again, I am calling for the immediate and total abolition of David Brooks.
Okay, I did not imagine this! www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Hey @pbsnews.org, it would be awesome if you replaced David Brooks with someone smart and cool.
Did David Brooks just say we should use AI to identify mass shooters before they kill people? What the fuck is he talking about?
A federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump’s tariffs exceeded his authority under an emergency powers law.
"Immigration agents arrested two Mexican contractors helping to tackle a wildfire in Olympic National Forest in Washington, a supervisor who oversees the crews said Thursday."
In one case, gang cops chased down some random teenagers and threatened to kill them. One cop pistol whipped one of the teens. The civilian review board recommended that he be fired. Instead, the police commissioner promoted him.
In 2020, #Boston created a civilian review board that can recommend disciplinary action for police officers who commit misconduct. It only occasionally does so—and when it does, the police commissioner almost always ignores the recommendations. #Massachusetts #bospoli
UPDATE: A spokesperson says that Gavin Newsom wiped his rear using a handkerchief he keeps in his pocket and washes once a week. "Any suggestion that Gov. Newsom did not wipe is categorically false," the spokesperson said.
You heard it here first, folks!
🚨🚨🚨 "The Trump administration is preparing an immigration enforcement blitz in #Boston in the coming weeks, according to a current administration official and a former administration official. … The clampdown could come soon after a similar surge in Chicago in September." #Massachusetts #bospoli
A federal grand jury has declined to indict another person arrested as part of President Trump's D.C. crime surge. This was the only case we know of in which the National Guard participated in an arrest. After the grand jury declined to return an indictment, DOJ moved to dismiss the case.
If Enrique Delgado-Garcia was boxing, then how did he receive blunt-force injuries to his head without another person causing them? We really need more answers about this case.
Again, if Enrique Delgado-Garcia died from blunt-force injuries he sustained while boxing, how is that not homicide? #Massachusetts www.nbcboston.com/news/local/m...
$278!
"We will outbreed them." Cool, what happens when your kids stop speaking with you?
This is an absurd waste of money. All of these law-enforcement agencies should be downsized. The funds for these investigations should be used to pay for stuff like housing, healthcare, and harm-reduction services—things that are actually proven to prevent overdoses.
So according to this press release, it took *10* local, state, and federal law-enforcement agencies "several months" to arrest one guy who had a tiny amount of cocaine and Suboxone. How is this a viable strategy for stopping drug overdoses? #Massachusetts #mapoli www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Look at Friedland's face when Torres "rejects the notion" of Israel having the policy of killing civilians seeking aid.
David Sullivan has spent more than $13,000 and counting of taxpayer money on a private law firm to fight against police transparency in #Massachusetts after I sued him over his refusal to release the names of police officers who were charged with crimes. #mapoli
NEW: On Monday, I asked a judge to order Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan's office to disclose the names of police officers who have been charged with crimes like possession of child pornography, assault and battery, and driving under the influence. #Massachusetts #mapoli
Torres comes off as a venal, narcissistic sociopath. And Friedland comes across as a genuine, empathetic person. The contrast is so striking.
When Torres is asked why he became such a big supporter of Israel, he starts talking about getting a free vacation from the Israel lobby. Meanwhile, Friedland talks about how he was raised to be a zionist but visited the occupied West Bank and saw how horribly Palestinians were treated.
The last part of this interview is truly something. An emotional Adam Friedland talks earnestly about how he doesn't want his Jewish identity used to justify Israel's genocide in Gaza—and Rep. Richie Torres responds by robotically, and sometimes smugly, reciting his AIPAC talking points.
You're a sociopathic genocidal freak and should resign.
In this house, the old bee lady from Hadley, #Massachusetts is a hero! End of story!
The bee lady is fighting extradition from Tennessee.
Shoppers World takes down Starship Troopers-like #ICE recruitment ads www.universalhub.com/2025/shopper... #Framingham #Massachusetts
Wow, I can't believe it's already Release the Epstein Files Friday! This week sure has flown by! #ReleaseTheEpsteinFilesFriday #REFF
UPDATE: Gavin Newsom told me that he's cancelling the podcast because he just learned about a new homeless encampment and wants to destroy desperate people's possessions with his own hands. He said it makes him "feel so powerful."
They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
When I talk about public health shifting from invisible to visible, I mean stuff like this. There are many surveillance systems like this operating quietly in the background, protecting us. When they disappear it will lead to illness and death.
Real reform wouldn't be a toothless body feebly requesting that the most violent one of these gang cops be fired. It would be saying that maybe we don't need violent adult men who are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to prey on children and terrorize them in the first place.
Boston has all those "reforms" we were told would weed out the bad apples—a civilian review board, body cameras, etc—but they don't do anything because this is not a bad apple problem. This is a problem inherent to policing itself and the ideology that claims cops are what create public safety.
What is the public safety benefit of gang cops who themselves behave like a gang—chasing teens around, threatening them with guns, and beating them? What's the public safety benefit of teens being scared to go outside and play basketball with their friends because of violent, unaccountable cops?
What good is "police reform" if it can't even stop cops from terrorizing and beating a random kid for no reason, saying whoopsie I meant to beat a different kid, cynically pretending that the beating never happened, and promoting the cop who did the beating? Anything?
(A "written reprimand" is not punishment.)
The police department said it wasn't disciplining the cop who beat the teen because there wasn't enough evidence. Except he admitted to hitting the teen on another cop's body camera! The cop who hit the teen wasn't using his own camera in violation of policy but wasn't punished for that either!
In one case, gang cops chased down some random teenagers and threatened to kill them. One cop pistol whipped one of the teens. The civilian review board recommended that he be fired. Instead, the police commissioner promoted him.
In 2020, #Boston created a civilian review board that can recommend disciplinary action for police officers who commit misconduct. It only occasionally does so—and when it does, the police commissioner almost always ignores the recommendations. #Massachusetts #bospoli
Hi. The free speech absolutists on the American Right really love banning books. They want you to think that people and history they don't like don't exist. youtu.be/jY4DwsKrCaI
It took many years and billions of dollars, but Microsoft finally invented a calculator that is wrong sometimes: defector.com/it-took-many...
UPDATE: Gavin Newsom has invited me and Jack Posobiec to discuss these allegations on his podcast. "I'm giving you a chance to sit at the Big Boys' Table," Newsom wrote in an email. I've reluctantly accepted.
Sources tell me that this isn't the first time Gavin Newsom has displayed concerning, unhygienic behavior in the bathroom. In one instance, two close associates said they witnessed Newsom exit a restroom stall while eating chocolate soft-serve ice cream in a cone.
The spokesperson did not deny the report that Gavin Newsom failed to flush and wash his hands
UPDATE: A spokesperson says that Gavin Newsom wiped his rear using a handkerchief he keeps in his pocket and washes once a week. "Any suggestion that Gov. Newsom did not wipe is categorically false," the spokesperson said.
I saw Gavin Newsom leave a public restroom after taking a number two without flushing or washing his hands
Gavin Newsom also told me he uses generative AI to write his responses when he gets texts from his wife and children. He said it's so much easier than thinking of what to say and that everyone should try it.
After Gavin Newsom got off the phone, he tried to talk to me while I was doing my business in another stall. He told me he always keeps a bar of chocolate in his pocket so he can give pieces to strangers' dogs.
While Gavin Newsom was in the stall, he was having a loud phone conversation with someone. He was talking about how Internet Explorer is his favorite web browser and he makes all of his employees use it.
After Gavin Newsom exited the stall, he walked up to me, wagged a finger in my face, said "How do you like that, sport?," then he smirked and walked away.
to the dark money operatives paying lib influencers: stop paying $8k a month to influencers whose fans are all true blue liberals. pay me $20k a month to plead with my audience of intransigent leftists.
Have any scientists studied why almond butter pretzels are better than peanut butter pretzels even though peanut butter is better than almond butter?
There was no TP in the toilet bowl so I don't think he wiped either
I saw Gavin Newsom leave a public restroom after taking a number two without flushing or washing his hands
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, who was recently indicted on federal extortion charges, has received free trips to DC for multiple AIPAC conferences and to Israel for programs by the IDF and Israel Police, according to ethics disclosures. By @nathanielstory.com #Massachusetts #mapoli
Here's a non-paywalled article.
Kind of perplexed by this finding. If the blunt force was caused by someone punching him in the head during a boxing match, wouldn't that be considered a homicide?
"Enrique Delgado-Garcia, the State Police recruit whose death in a boxing training exercise last year has lead to multiple investigations, died accidentally of blunt-force injuries to the head, according to new [autopsy] findings given to his family’s lawyer." #Massachusetts
Kelsey Fitzsimmons, the #NorthAndover police officer who was shot by a colleague who was serving her with a restraining order, has been indicted for assault with a dangerous weapon. She was originally arraigned for armed assault with intent to murder. #Massachusetts
"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit." 10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.
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What the fuck. A Western #Massachusetts company is experimenting on vulnerable seniors with a voice-activated generative AI program that "provides a combination of digital companionship, health coaching and proactive monitoring." www.masslive.com/westernmass/...
ICE officials are using artificial intelligence to generate leads for immigration raids, which have sometimes sent agents to the wrong house. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
This is sick freak shit to say and it's alright to point that out
I am begging, absolutely BEGGING, the nation's media to do just ONE. SIMPLE. THING. One. Just one. Just take this one simple step. When you report on "yes, sure, whatever, crime is down I guess too," GIVE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DECLINE. Like, the actually number. It give the vital context.
nope
"Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, who is facing federal extortion charges, has agreed to 'step away' from his position until the federal case against him is resolved, #Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Wednesday morning." #mapoli
lmaoooooooooooo
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Pretending not to hear the whole room chanting “shame” at her is the most Susan Collins things ever
Hello it’s me Sam Altman I have a zillion dollar idea it’s a chat bot that tells teenagers to kill themselves and you can generate csam with it and it poisons the air and water and it’s wrong most of the time and we’re going to put it in your refrigerator and stuff 👍 I need more money for this btw
This all started because of a tinted window!
It's totally reckless for a cop to jump into a moving vehicle and fight with the driver like this! What the fuck! www.wcvb.com/article/bost...
Do you want your elderly parent with dementia getting health advice and "digital companionship" from an LLM?
And this. What the fuck!
Joe Biden and his former advisors do not consider Palestinians to be human. That's why Biden continued aiding and abetting Israel's genocide in Gaza to the very end of his presidency.
Isaac Chotiner interviewed Biden's close friend and last ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, and in the interview Jack Lew explicitly defends Israel killing children. Lew's defense of this is so offensive that Isaac Chotiner interrupts him twice and then says outright that he's wrong.
Oh look, some of the language in the Republican article appears to be cribbed, without attribution, from a press release. This nearly identical language appears in an article (that doesn't have a byline and is likely just a press release) from a health news site. healthcarenews.com/access-care-...
![HOLYOKE — Access Care Partners, formerly WestMass ElderCare, has launched an innovative new service designed to support older adults in maintaining their health, safety, and independence at home. [highlighted text] The Virtual Communication and Monitoring (VCAM) service offers a combination of digital companionship, health coaching, and proactive monitoring through 24/7 AI and human-supported technology. [end of highlighted text]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2lstqtgvpff2nvcwujl6lap/bafkreiddr2emfq3d72f3pwdmpajsm3cmefr5wigj6tdwyxmul7ze42m3sy@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Why is this Republican article written like a press release?
What the fuck. A Western #Massachusetts company is experimenting on vulnerable seniors with a voice-activated generative AI program that "provides a combination of digital companionship, health coaching and proactive monitoring." www.masslive.com/westernmass/...
Yeah, these guys aren't being at all super fucking weird about this. Charlie Kirk: "Taylor Swift might go from a cat lady to a JD Vance supporter... Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You're not in charge." www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
"Jimenez Rosa’s time in custody ended with her alone, wet and begging for help at The Cheesecake Factory in the Burlington Mall, after ICE agents released her into the rainy street outside the detention facility Wednesday night. She was 30 miles from home, with no phone and a broken spirit. "
"An internal affairs investigation found a police sergeant [Barbara Decristofaro] in #Medford, #Massachusetts, repeatedly misused a family member's disability placard to park in a handicap space during her shifts … [and] was not truthful about her use of the parking privilege."