Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

In my day, never was longer.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

If America since Jan 2025 hasn’t broken your heart, you haven’t loved her enough.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

One way or another, he’s a liar.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

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  1. 1.

    Mandalay

    We also share what we’ve learned speaking to native Baltimoreans about the politics of the city and their everyday involvement with the police.

    But you can’t share what you’ve learned here?

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    Xantar

    You mentioned a state senator early on named Stephanie Pugh. I think you might actually be talking about Catherine Pugh.

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    Betty

    Thanks for the coverage. This sort of back story is critical if people are going to understand what is happening in Baltimore.

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    D58826

    The police union is disputing, among many other things, the kind of knife that Grey had. So lets give the cops the benefit of the doubt and say it was a switchblade and therefore illegal. If the Baltimore cops have so little real crime to deal with that they bust a guy for a switchblade then maybe the police department is badly over staffed. Maybe the city should layoff some of the cops and use the money to upgrade playgrounds pools and libraries.

    The union is also concerned that it is a rush to judgement, after all its only been approx. three weeks since the arrest. What he conveniently forgot to mention is that under the state police bill of rights the cops could not be questioned for the first ten days and then only for short periods of time with plenty of food and potty breaks. Now reverse the situation and a cop is killed the shooter is charged within hours of being arrested. minutes

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    Mandalay

    @Woodrow/Asim:

    Podcast is embedded right in the post, man.

    Of course it is, as always.

    I’d just hoped that as an OP here he’d want to share his thoughts on Baltimore directly with BJ. Apparently not.

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    Jerzy Russian

    @Mandalay: I am not always in a position to listen to podcasts (or other embedded videos). It would be nice to see written versions.

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    Aleta

    @D58826: Somewhere in the last 2 days I read that only one of the officers had spoken to investigators. Is this still true (if it was true)? Is that like taking the 5th ?

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