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Electric

 

That's terrific bass

 

Kick his ass, Sea Bass!

 

Hey, Politico, ummm ... What was the score of this close election race?
How can this story not even post the numbers and the margin of victory?

The six-term congresswoman and former state lawmaker overcame
Caruso’s 10-to-1 spending advantage to win a close contest between two Democrats.

I'm not picky, so how about just a nice little breakout box, if nothing ... anything ... else?

 

Covered a Quartz Hill football game long ago. Quite a hike from Long Beach.

 

Alt right
He was the dumb American
Dumb American, dumb American, he was the dumb American
Alt right
Well he was the dumb American

All the way to Washington
From a golden escalator to the ground floor
We lived through one terrible term
Do we have to have any more?

Alt right
He was the dumb American
Dumb American, dumb American, he was the dumb American
Alt right
Well he was the dumb American

Do you remember, your President Trump?
Do you remember, the terrible things he said today
Or even yesterday?

 

Say What You Want. There’s a Reason Washington Isn’t Leaving Twitter.


In much of the world, Twitter seems a bit silly. Even inside the metaphorical Beltway, people will admit to it being an ego-boosting dopamine-dispensing machine if not an insular, often-toxic time suck. The truth, though, is that Washington takes Twitter very seriously. Twitter is a place where all the worlds that make up Washington — the politicians, the policy experts, the press, academics, activists, and others — gather. And in an increasingly remote age, Twitter does much of the work that physical meeting spaces once did in Washington.

For a city that never stops feasting on work, Twitter “is a bottomless bowl of soup,” says Margaret O’Mara, chair of American history at the University of Washington, where she studies the overlap of politics and tech. She was also a staffer in the Clinton White House in the 1990s.

And using Twitter well is a bit of a superpower, one that the American political class is loath to give up without a fight.

 

An observation stemming from years spent in baseball press boxes. Journalists flocked to Twitter when it began because it was quicker and easier than spending hours on the telephone with other journalists, their previous pastime. The political class (actual pols, donors, consultants, etc.) followed the journalists there because access to the former is important. This became a constant feedback loop. PS: Other communities of specialists migrated to Twitter for its ease of communication more or less on their own.