Ron Loutzenhiser
@rloutz.bsky.social
Sacramento Kings, SF 49ers, Sacramento RiverCats, SF Giants, SJ Sharks, Sacramento Republic fan and frequent blood donor (save a life!)
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"My poll numbers are great. All you have to do is look at the crowds we're drawing."
October 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
"My poll numbers are great. All you have to do is look at the crowds we're drawing."
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America is literally deporting people to countries they have no connection with, countries they’ve never been to. This is wildly unlawful. It’s cruel. It’s un-American. It’s evil.
October 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
America is literally deporting people to countries they have no connection with, countries they’ve never been to. This is wildly unlawful. It’s cruel. It’s un-American. It’s evil.
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Trump, 2016: "When we win ... we will be able to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare. ... And we will do it very, very quickly."
Trump, 10 years later: "We will pass a truly great health care plan."
Still no health care plan.
Trump, 10 years later: "We will pass a truly great health care plan."
Still no health care plan.
Trump: "We will pass the No Invasion of Our Country Act prohibiting any future president from every opening our borders to illegal immigrants again. We will pass a truly great healthcare plan."
October 4, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Trump, 2016: "When we win ... we will be able to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare. ... And we will do it very, very quickly."
Trump, 10 years later: "We will pass a truly great health care plan."
Still no health care plan.
Trump, 10 years later: "We will pass a truly great health care plan."
Still no health care plan.
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This underscores why it’s so hard to cover Trump.
Every sentence contains multiple lies, true, but *also* each lie is made for a different reason.
Some are premeditated, some a product of dementia, some a product of being raised in a cult, some only semiconscious, some born of fear.
He’s a mess.
Every sentence contains multiple lies, true, but *also* each lie is made for a different reason.
Some are premeditated, some a product of dementia, some a product of being raised in a cult, some only semiconscious, some born of fear.
He’s a mess.
October 1, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This underscores why it’s so hard to cover Trump.
Every sentence contains multiple lies, true, but *also* each lie is made for a different reason.
Some are premeditated, some a product of dementia, some a product of being raised in a cult, some only semiconscious, some born of fear.
He’s a mess.
Every sentence contains multiple lies, true, but *also* each lie is made for a different reason.
Some are premeditated, some a product of dementia, some a product of being raised in a cult, some only semiconscious, some born of fear.
He’s a mess.
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If the war ended today it would still take a year for prices to get back to their previous levels.
October 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
If the war ended today it would still take a year for prices to get back to their previous levels.
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Even in dark times, democracy can renew itself. That’s the quiet power of voting: every election is a chance to refresh the system, correct course, and begin again.
October 1, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Even in dark times, democracy can renew itself. That’s the quiet power of voting: every election is a chance to refresh the system, correct course, and begin again.
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He says this with a straight face as gas reaches $4.50/gal, diesel reaches $6.50/gal, mortgage rates soar over 7%, grocery costs are rising, and Americans’ sentiments towards the economy are the lowest they’ve been since the Great Recession.
September 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
He says this with a straight face as gas reaches $4.50/gal, diesel reaches $6.50/gal, mortgage rates soar over 7%, grocery costs are rising, and Americans’ sentiments towards the economy are the lowest they’ve been since the Great Recession.
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I can tell you what Xi thinks of the Orange Chicken here
Sen. Mike Lee: "I won't be a bit surprised if President Trump decides at one point to say, 'You know, President Xi, let's go visit Panda Express and see what you think of their broccoli beef.' I'd love to see that happen. That's the kind of thing President Trump likes to do."
September 24, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I can tell you what Xi thinks of the Orange Chicken here
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This is human trafficking on a massive scale.
US has deported more than 25,000 people under secretive agreements with 35 countries to take migrants with no ties to those nations, according to an investigation published Monday
u.afp.com/Sj9Z
u.afp.com/Sj9Z
September 23, 2026 at 4:09 AM
This is human trafficking on a massive scale.
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Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
September 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
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September 18, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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He's so stupid *and* fascist that he thinks "repressive" is a compliment.
Q: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world--
TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
September 18, 2026 at 10:12 PM
He's so stupid *and* fascist that he thinks "repressive" is a compliment.
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This Post report might be an early indicator of a shift in the press corps' attitude toward Trump. Widespread economic pain is going to turn reporters against him. It happened during the pandemic. Reporters just stopped playing along as the body count rose.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come
The forecast of economic impacts beyond November’s midterms contrast with the Trump administration’s optimistic messaging.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This Post report might be an early indicator of a shift in the press corps' attitude toward Trump. Widespread economic pain is going to turn reporters against him. It happened during the pandemic. Reporters just stopped playing along as the body count rose.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Every day, Trump and Republicans are actively making life less affordable for Americans with tariffs, wars, and incompetence. But 16 of the US’s wealthiest billionaires are going to flood the zone with culture war drivel ads and lies to dupe people into voting against themselves.
September 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Every day, Trump and Republicans are actively making life less affordable for Americans with tariffs, wars, and incompetence. But 16 of the US’s wealthiest billionaires are going to flood the zone with culture war drivel ads and lies to dupe people into voting against themselves.
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Safe to say the people of Kentucky are not being represented properly
September 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Safe to say the people of Kentucky are not being represented properly
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Guerrero Orellana update, 9:04pm: The First Circuit (Montecalvo, Lynch) joins most of the others in finding mandatory detention is not required of non-criminal aliens.
Dissent from Dunlap.
District court (PBS, D.Mass) affirmed.
Dissent from Dunlap.
District court (PBS, D.Mass) affirmed.
August 14, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Guerrero Orellana update, 9:04pm: The First Circuit (Montecalvo, Lynch) joins most of the others in finding mandatory detention is not required of non-criminal aliens.
Dissent from Dunlap.
District court (PBS, D.Mass) affirmed.
Dissent from Dunlap.
District court (PBS, D.Mass) affirmed.
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Jared Kushner: If Ukraine had agreed to Putin's withdrawal demand, there would have been a peace deal already.
This is what happens when you send your son-in-law, Jared, to cosplay as a diplomat.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
This is what happens when you send your son-in-law, Jared, to cosplay as a diplomat.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
September 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Jared Kushner: If Ukraine had agreed to Putin's withdrawal demand, there would have been a peace deal already.
This is what happens when you send your son-in-law, Jared, to cosplay as a diplomat.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
This is what happens when you send your son-in-law, Jared, to cosplay as a diplomat.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
September 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
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Many 9/11 first responders had to fight for the continuation of their healthcare coverage by the government as Congress has repeatedly put it on the chopping block.
People should not have to fight to have healthcare in this country.
People should not have to fight to have healthcare in this country.
September 11, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Many 9/11 first responders had to fight for the continuation of their healthcare coverage by the government as Congress has repeatedly put it on the chopping block.
People should not have to fight to have healthcare in this country.
People should not have to fight to have healthcare in this country.
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Trump's giving us all $5K? Holy s**t, that's two trips to the grocery store!
September 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Trump's giving us all $5K? Holy s**t, that's two trips to the grocery store!
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September 11, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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It's clinical narcissism. The only way he can engage on this subject is by making it about himself.
It's the same with 9/11. He knows he's supposed to acknowledge it, somberly pay tribute or whatever, & literally the only way he can is by inserting himself into it.
It's the same with 9/11. He knows he's supposed to acknowledge it, somberly pay tribute or whatever, & literally the only way he can is by inserting himself into it.
Trump pays tribute to Medal of Honor recipients: "The thing I really want is I want is, myself, a congressional Medal of Honor. And I've studied it. I'd give it to myself, I'd have no problem, but I'm not allowed to."
September 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
It's clinical narcissism. The only way he can engage on this subject is by making it about himself.
It's the same with 9/11. He knows he's supposed to acknowledge it, somberly pay tribute or whatever, & literally the only way he can is by inserting himself into it.
It's the same with 9/11. He knows he's supposed to acknowledge it, somberly pay tribute or whatever, & literally the only way he can is by inserting himself into it.