Author Archive: Stephen Green

IT WOULD MATTER LESS THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE SO INEPT IF THEY WEREN’T SO DOMINEERING: Phony Motion Discovered on Trump Raid Court Docket. “Even the Associated Press acknowledged that the document was ‘a clear fabrication.’ Court records and interviews suggest the filing came from a serial forger at a North Carolina federal prison.”

PRIVACY: US Customs agents have been seizing Americans’ phone data unchecked for 15 years. “It’s a known fact to anyone who has traveled outside the country that U.S. Customs and Border Protection are exempt from needing a warrant to access phones and other electronic devices. But in a shocking report from The Washington Post, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leaders have admitted to lawmakers that CBP agents have been copying some travelers’ personal data and storing it in a massive database.”

PRIORITIES: Biden Starts Handing Out Grants to Rid Us of Racist Highways. “Fellow white dude Pete Buttigieg, who occasionally makes appearances pretending to be the Transportation Secretary, confirmed that $104.6 million in federal funds from last year’s bipartisan infrastructure bill will be used to dismantle Interstate 375 in Detroit.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: DeSantis Is Just Masterfully Trolling Impotent Libs Now. “From the moment that he opted to offer freedom to the citizens of his state rather than become a COVID panic porn fascist, he’s been triggering Democratic politicians and the false narrative smear merchants in the mainstream media.”

LINCOLN BROWN: Finally! A Twitter Fight That Matters! “Normally, Twitter is reserved for baseless accusations, name-calling, smut, threats, and various and sundry cancellations. But every once in a while, the planets and stars align, and for 50 seconds or so, sometimes during a leap-year solstice, Twitter actually does not suck and becomes vaguely interesting. Like sightings of Sasquatch or Nessie, these occurrences are rare but noteworthy when they happen.”

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Half of San Franciscans Have Been Robbed. “Forty-five percent of people surveyed for the poll said they had an item stolen within the last five years. Proportionally, Black and mixed-race respondents felt a more severe impact than other groups, with a majority — 54% of Black respondents and 55% of mixed-race respondents — reporting they had suffered theft. Property crime rates were lower for white residents, 43% of whom had a possession swiped within the time period.”

Previously: Two-Thirds of San Francisco Residents Plan to Flee Due to Crime, Homelessness. “A new poll surveyed 1,653 adults from the city, finding that 65 percent said the city was declining, while 37 percent said they plan to live elsewhere in three years.”

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT? ‘The Woman King’ glorifies African slave-trading kingdom. “The movie, which is currently being lauded as a celebration of African resilience and womanhood due to its fierce depiction of black Amazonian warriors, couldn’t be further from the reality of the Dahomey kingdom, which was first put in its place by the British for the practice of slavery, and later defeated by the French. “