Cazador S. Thompson

Fear&Loathing in DTLA. Politics, books, nightlife, dining, shenanigans & life commentary. I know a little something about a lot of things. #HOYASAXA

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

My heart still aches that there’s no more Left O’Douls in San Francisco. Shit was legendary.

[Gérard Araud @GerardAraud]

It is a blatant lie. Israel decided not to implement an agreement it had signed a few weeks ago.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

It's hilarious to read these comments after MAGA spent much of the Biden years running to the same district court judge in Texas, hoping to get exactly the same kind of nationwide injunctions that they now condemn.

Judicial review for me, but not for thee.

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

@RepRashida @RashidaTlaib Say the I word!

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

It’s so crazy how the “rule of law” party turned us into a laws don’t matter kleptocracy.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

It’s crazy how much if the ads forced on my timeline are right want fascist apologist text and propaganda

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in Washington.
The visit that moved me the most was to a remote area that used to have no health care, where women routinely died in childbirth. Then a US-funded maternity clinic opened through @UNFPA in December, and not one woman has died since. I showed up, and people mistakenly thought I was responsible for the clinic. One new mom wanted to name her baby for me, and the village elders thanked me and hailed America's generosity. What they didn't know was that Trump/Musk had cut all funding for UNFPA and that as a result the maternity clinic will close this month, and women will once again be bleeding to death in the dust.
Here's a giftlink to my report from ground level about what the shutdown of USAID means: https://t.co/tbgKk7ESqj

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

@Biz4Ever Need like an entire team to catch up with that fools lies

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

@ppavnr That’s a professional

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

I saw this canvas bag a long time ago that said “carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man,” and it was prophetic for the climate of the current political landscape. Over estimating their own abilities.

[Max Granger @_maxgranger]

If this is how ICE treats a high-profile political detainee with a powerhouse legal team, image how they treat everyone else on a daily basis.

[Gabe Fleisher @WakeUp2Politics]

Demanding a fight is easy. Thinking through the longer-term consequences of a fight is harder.

Seeing a lot of Dems not doing that. And even after Schumer cited it as his rationale, few reports have analyzed what a Trump-led shutdown could look like.

🧵Let’s walk through it.

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

I believe him and the Senator from HI. My friends from DC told me that the admin would be more constrained than we think during a shutdown, and maybe they are right. But seems like a massive gamble to let an admin that detained a person under “national security interests”.

[Senator Angus King @SenAngusKing]

The vote today comes down to two really bad choices, but I’ve decided to keep the federal government open because a shutdown would open the door to unprecedented, lasting damage.

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

@Saleemarrm Very small bathroom overall. Although the shower seems good size despite.

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

@MarkGoldfeder @JudiciaryDems @SenTedCruz @HawleyMO @SenJudiciaryGOP @SecRubio @ChuckGrassley I’ve not seen such a bad faith stretch of application of facts to law in a strict scrutiny analysis since law school.

The government action here is not “narrowly tailored” by any good faith analysis. And the compelling government interest is broad enough to cover anything

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

@jaycaspiankang @JHWeissmann The nature of our politics generally, but especially the circular firing squad of purity tests and faux gotcha moments for likes has essentially chased out of politics anyone most people would consider “people of the moment.” We did it to ourselves.

[SILENCED Brandon @PrettyBadLefty]

okay but he legit looks like he was just blowing him in this photo

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

@jemelehill @GilsArenaShow That should be the golden rule for everything: don’t say some shit on tv, the internet, anywhere, that you wouldn’t feel comfortable saying to the persons face.

[Cazador S. Thompson @GOATpseudonym]

@richbrian So what you’re saying is this album was built brick by brick (or cube by cube)?