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Conor Friedersdorf

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Omni-American, staff writer at The Atlantic, founding editor of The Best of Journalism–subscribe here: thebestofjournalism.substack.com/subscribe
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    Conor Friedersdorf
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    The most *Los Angeles elected official* thing ever is taking credit for solving a problem when expressing an intention to do so in the future rather than after actually getting it done.
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    Josh Barro
    @jbarro
    Aug 21
    This is still the most perfect thing. Karen Bass wanted to be like Zohran Mamdani, the pothole fixer. So she posted a video of herself going to a pothole and finding a parked car that prevented it from being fixed. So she put out a No Parking sign and went to get a hamburger.
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    Conor Friedersdorf
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    Aug 21
    Argument by *individual person committed suicide* is a bad form of argument that the post-liberal left and right both seem to be leaning into as the culture war continues to divide *dignity culture* people and *victimhood culture* people.
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    Andrew Kolvet
    Turning Point USA
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    Aug 21
    Vice President J.D. Vance told the story of Kevin Flanagan: a computer programmer forced to train his foreign replacement just to collect severance. He did it. On his last day, he packed up, walked to the parking lot, got in his truck, and shot himself. “The blood of those
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    Conor Friedersdorf
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    Aug 21
    By this logic––which is to say, dangerous, statist logic––the ideal would be mass surveillance of everyone all the time.
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    Austin Justice
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    Aug 21
    A man tried to kidnap third-grader at a school park in Houston on Sunday. He drove off and police still don't know who he is. Three license plate cameras sit near that park. All three could have easily found him within minutes. But all three had been cut down. Officers knocked
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    The Houston area has a documented 2,294 license plate readers, 2,118 of those being Flock cameras. The cameras that were allegedly cut down make up just .141643% of all Flock cameras in the area. flockcamera.app/locations/texa…