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It seems certain that Trump will try to make crime an issue in the debate, even though Biden has ended the Trump crime wave — homicides in 2024 will be far lower than 2020, and probably below 2019. But anyway, I was struck by this by Maria Bartiromo 1/

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Wearing a HR Monitor while taking a poo 's avatar Wearing a HR Monitor while taking a poo @davidbyrneenjoyer.bsky.social
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Imagine living in New York City and expecting people to believe you don’t walk around outside your house like that’s the entire point of living in this city

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Paul Krugman's avatar Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social
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As someone who walks around NYC all the time, and also tracks the crime #s, I know how ridiculous this is. But it’s not just me. Weekend foot traffic in Midtown, where Fox has its offices, is higher than prepandemic; strangely, people don’t seem too terrified to go out 2/

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Jeffrey Saltzman's avatar Jeffrey Saltzman @hineni24.bsky.social
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Maria's "issue" likely has nothing to do with reality and everything to do with her neophobic personality and desire for authoritarianism. see jeffreysaltzman.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/a...

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Paul's avatar Paul @paulmpax.bsky.social
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I seriously doubt Maria B walked in NYC even in prior years, she seems the type to get limos everywhere even when the walking and the MTA would be quicker

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Mike Winter's avatar Mike Winter @mikewinter.bsky.social
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"Trump crime wave", "Trumpflation", and "Trump deficit" need to trend.

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Polite Society's avatar Polite Society @politesociety.bsky.social
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I, for one, am waiting to see how this debate goes before deciding between the decent man and the seditionist.

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David Sheridan's avatar David Sheridan @davidsheridan.bsky.social
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Joey Ramone would be so extremely disappointed in her.

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Sock Puppet Pundit's avatar Sock Puppet Pundit @sockpuppetpundit.bsky.social
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“I don’t walk anywhere anymore because I can afford a limo and a chauffeur.” Privilege. It’s just pure freakin’ privilege.

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M.D. Lafrance's avatar M.D. Lafrance @mdlafrance.bsky.social
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So she's admits to being racist? Points at least for honesty, I guess.

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costrike's avatar costrike @costrike.bsky.social
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She's kind of binned her credibility in recent years

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cinematic genius's avatar cinematic genius @itsmrfungible.bsky.social
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HudsonRiverCroc's avatar HudsonRiverCroc @hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social
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She doesn’t walk because she drives and drinks from the suburbs

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Can’t imagine a fraud, & liar, like Maria ButAroma has many safe places she can just walk around to begin with. Expect many people let her know what scum she has become.

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Gluten-free Seitan's avatar Gluten-free Seitan @davidjorgonson.bsky.social
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Seems like Fox would move its HQ if NYC was so terrible

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TubaPeter.com's avatar TubaPeter.com @tubapeter.bsky.social
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I love* when people with names like Bartiromo, O'Reilly, Cernovich, Hannity, and Arpaio insist that this time I swear bro we're right to be scared of the immigrants, not like all those other times when it was wrong. *Despise

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Fear Sells! Fear is one of the drivers of our economy. Think home alarm systems, guns, media, and mostly politicians. The data may say crime is down, but one picture of one blond girl missing, killed or kidnapped on every news network for a month says NO.

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Michael Kaplan 's avatar Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social
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Murdered by Migrants is the name of my Christian rock band. We gig all over Long Island, mainly at strip malls.

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Elizabeth Tamny's avatar Elizabeth Tamny @etamny.bsky.social
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Getting high on her own supply

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