John W Stodder Jr

Writer, PR, public policy persuader in SoCal.
logos: The appeal to reason.
pathos: The appeal to emotion.
ethos: The persuasive appeal of one's character.

[John W Stodder Jr @johnstodder]

Trump and Musk will pull out all the stops to bury Joe Biden’s economic triumph, including arresting Biden and his top economic aides. But even against Musk’s corrupt spending, facts are stubborn things.

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@ProphetXLA @Lakers @LAClippers Part of Pelinka's dysfunction is not understanding what kinds of players the other team might want.

Anyone who has watched the Clippers play for 15 minutes would know they have no use for flops like LaRavia and Hardy.

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@crockpics 3-8 seriously overrated.

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@steelofjoe @hutchinson The rumors are that Trump’s IQ is only 73. How much higher than that is the average DSA? I’d say about 5 points. Piker? Maybe 3 points.

I like El-Sayed. I hope to God he wins and that he walks away from the fucking DSA morons who are dragging this intelligent leader down.

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@kdevs123 Trump’s IQ is rumored to be 73. I wonder if Piker’s is any higher.

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@juliew38138 @hughhewitt @MizDonna69 Uhh no.

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@hughhewitt lol, Hugh Hewitt will do anything for a pat on the head from The Donald. What a simp. Trump got nothing from the Danes on Greenland that Harry Truman didn’t already get.

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@ZeusnAries1 @Yinoma2001 Good luck getting the Clippers to help the Lakers. Those two in particular you can cross off your list.

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@mistergeezy @lauferlaw Trump of the left.

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@DianeCPiette @JonathanTurley The president’s house? The people’s house! The people allow him & his wife to sleep there temporarily. It’s where he is expected to work—for us!

The people support a free press with access to the workings of our government. Trump has no power to interfere with press access.

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@TheNightflyWJAZ I suspect Bari Weiss has awful taste in music.

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@ThatEricAlper Bob Dylan

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@AnneErickson Ray Brown

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Motaz Azaiza is forcing a reckoning the “pro‑Palestine” movement never anticipated. Because he’s celebrated by activists, politicians, and journalists and can’t be smeared as a “Zionist shill,” his admission carries weight: Gaza’s journalism space functioned under Hamas’s control, and any reporter who deviated from the group’s narrative risked “disappearing behind the sun.” That single truth reshapes how we understand the stories pushed out of Gaza since October 7 and explains why dissent against Hamas’s rule never surfaced publicly. Western journalists and outsiders, unaware of this coercive ecosystem, ended up amplifying Hamas’s information warfare rather than scrutinizing it.

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@ThatEricAlper 101 Dalmations

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@OmarHamadD @academic_la I call the deaths of Native Americans a genocide absolutely. Perhaps the ultimate in world history.

The Holocaust was genocide.

Gaza is a war, Hamas is indifferent to protecting its civilians, it uses them as human shields, a war crime. But Israel is not guilty of genocide.

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@ringer @BillSimmons You know what, Bill? None of you national reporters have anything useful to say about the LA Clippers.

I assume your takes about all other NBA teams (except maybe Boston) are equally bad. You could instead Q&A with local experts like @followAdamA or @joeylinn_ or @_carlojimenez.

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@LawMurrayTheNU @Way2Whi Kawhi was not perfect in part because his soul was damaged by horrific trauma. I suspect he compartmentalized the business side by trusting his uncle, so he could focus 110% on hooping & getting his body into optimal shape.

He's an unforgettable player. But he was a time bomb.

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@khrisody It's a fascinating challenge for Lue. Eyes will be on him & JVG on how they coach this deep roster. Are wins still the benchmark? Is the key the development of Wagler, Baba, Sanders & YKN? Or is it the number of FRP's we can scarf up showcasing Beal, BI, Strus & DJJ for trades?

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@PollTracker2024 RCP's business model is to stir bad polls into their averages until the Blue Wave starts to look Red, to give false encouragement to MAGA and especially to right-wing funders.

It's been this site's MO for 10+ years.

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@AGlavkoverkh This video is such a Rohrsach test. The far left love that Haley is being attacked, like this is what she deserves for AIPAC. Mainstream Dems love how she pushes back, keeping her cool and deflecting all the Code Pink propaganda.