@QuetzalBlue

computational linguist, coder, author of the novel, Blind Tasting. Language blogger: https://nitter.cf/t.co/FkoP3r1xNm

 Boston, MA
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Joined March 2009
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$3.9 BILLION. That's what Albany has committed to the migrant crisis since 2023. $2.7 billion is already spent. Here's where your money went: $2.16 BILLION on hotels and shelters 
$316 MILLION to put the National Guard to work staffing migrant shelters 
$137 MILLION on lawyers for asylum and work-permit filings 
$40 MILLION on resettlement 
$57 MILLION on translation, security, transportation, and more Over $1 billion more is still coming, plus hundreds of millions EVERY YEAR in Medicaid for people here illegally. Meanwhile, New Yorkers can't afford rent, groceries, or property taxes. Albany wrote a blank check. As your Comptroller, I'm tearing it up. Every dollar gets audited. Every payment that breaks state or federal immigration law gets REJECTED. 
If my auditors find anyone collecting state money who has a criminal record and is on the active federal detainer list, my office will notify federal authorities. Immediately. Sanctuary for criminals ends at the Comptroller's office.
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Boston showed UP 🔥 A packed house. Electric energy. Neighbors coming together with a shared belief that Massachusetts can be better. This is how we build a stronger future together. Let’s keep the momentum going. 24 days to Election Day!!
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The Memo has gone out to the Lib Influencers: "Knock this story down by posting that everyone is going to get sued for posting rumors about Talarico." Hey Libs -- it would not be so hard to decipher your coordinated messaging if you all could resist the urge to post the same thing at the same time. "Coordinated Messaging" = False = Propaganda.
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Mike Urban
@agenturbanOct 9
I heard that if Maura Healey says Trump 100 times during a debate, Hillary Clinton awakens from her cryogenic pantsuit chamber beneath Chappaqua and is summoned to Massachusetts to endorse her.
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Mambo Italiano
@mamboitaliano__14h
Anyway, Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean with ships estimated at about 50, 56 and 62 feet Much smaller than the ones we usually imagine And without even “Starlink”… Happy Columbus Day everybody!
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Mark Kaplan@markkaplan2014h
I want you to see what America is really taking. This is not a random sample. This is the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The most comprehensive prescription dataset in the United States. Published by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 256 million antidepressant prescriptions filled in a single year. 206 million for statins. 83 million for metformin. 71 million for GLP-1s. 69 million for opioid painkillers. About 1 in 12 of every prescription filled in America is an antidepressant. We are the most medicated country on Earth. And it is not close.
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zerohedge
@zerohedge10h
Feds Raid Ilhan Omar's DC Home As Immigration Fraud Investigation Heats Up zerohedge.com/political/feds…

Feds Raid Ilhan Omar's DC Home As Immigration Fraud Investigation Heats Up

Both DHS and the Justice Department were involved in the operation...

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Edward is one of the wisest men I've ever met, which is all the more impressive given his own age. When DOGE hired him, he was a teenage genius whose maternal grandfather had been executed by KGB. I'm merely a middle aged nobody. It's an extraordinary honor to have him write the foreword to Unelected, and an equally amazing honor to have the words "Big Balls" on the cover of my very first book.
Fox News Politics
@foxnewspoliticsOct 11
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, the former DOGE engineer, is now helping build the Trump administration’s new digital front door to the federal government. Coristine told Fox News Digital that America.gov is designed to give Americans one place to find government information and, eventually, complete services now spread across thousands of federal websites. He also detailed plans to make first-time passport applications fully digital, reflected on his time at DOGE and spoke about the origin of the nickname that put him in the national spotlight. Full story here foxnews.com/politics/big-bal…
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Bruce Blakeman
@NassauExec11h
Watch me debate Kathy Hochul! On Tuesday, October 13, at 7 PM, I’ll hold Kathy Hochul accountable for her failures. Lower taxes. Lower utility bills. Safer streets. That’s what I’m fighting for.
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For those wondering what's on the ballot, it's not just the politicians—it's the actual issues. Here is the difference between the two parties. Read them, and vote carefully. Best to all, w.
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Bill Ackman
@BillAckmanOct 11
Well said on Iran.
KJofTikTok
@TheKJofTikTokOct 11
🔥 Now this is how you field the questiond about the war in Iran. The crowd's response is epic. GOP Senatorial candidate Justin Murphy's response was pure gold. Senator Cory "Spartacus" Booker's face tells the entire story as Democrats have seen no one come Out swinging like this. "Mr. President, put your cowboy hat on and get out there and kick some a$$...and get this done and get this done right"
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The GOP has put forth some imperfect candidates this time, but as far as I can tell nearly all of them are running against total lunatics from the Democrats who will set this country back and do irreparable damage if they're given the chance. Republicans should vote big.
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zerohedge
@zerohedgeOct 11
Bluesky Exodus? Nikita Bier Says Users "Coming Back To X In Droves" And "Very Angry" zerohedge.com/technology/blu…

Bluesky Exodus? Nikita Bier Says Users "Coming Back To X In Droves" And "Very Angry"

"...they were always very, very angry ... Rage addiction is a terrible disease."   

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I see a campaign commercial coming from this as early as tomorrow.
Bobby LaValley
@Bobby_LaVallleyOct 11
"Can you set the record straight about whether you or your family have any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood?" Abdul El-Sayed: No. "No, you don't have any ties?" El-Sayed: No "And your family doesn't?" El-Sayed: No
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This is a (colorized) photo of the public hanging of the Lincoln assassination conspirators. It was done publicly for a simple reason — to impress upon people the fate of those who committed such a crime. To me, this is far more honest than hiding executions in secrecy. w.
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From the “Learing Center” & “Feeding Our Future” fraud to Ilhan Omar marrying her brother to Somali gang violence which has spilled into the suburbs, the problems in Minnesota stem from one source: Mass migration from a 3rd world country in which the migrants REFUSE to assimilate. Sending large groups of “refugees” 8,000 miles to a culture they can’t even begin to comprehend never ends well. We see this in Germany with Syrian migration. This is bad policy. And it can never happen again. @TheGreatLander @RedState redstate.com/wardclark/2026/…

Where’s No-Show Omar As Somali Gangs Terrorize Minnesota?

Minnesota's Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, aren't generally fun places to be anymore. And, l

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Another day, another Econ 101 lesson for Professor Warren. Her “Trumpflation” tracker conveniently ignores the Bidenflation tidal wave that crushed American families, cherry-picks wage growth by refusing to acknowledge positive real wage gains since President Trump came into office, and swaps official medical-care CPI data for premium projections when it suits her narrative. The Harvard Square inflationista is offering a statistical sleight of hand, not a serious assessment of today’s U.S. economy. Here is the full picture, including an apples-to-apples comparison of President Trump’s real economic results measured against the failed policies Senator Warren championed under Biden.
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No Maura Healey, "Trump, Trump, Trump" does not explain your poor results as governor While Massachusetts lost -22K private jobs over 24 months, Blue States like Minnesota added +47K Washington +32K California +220K New York +27K New Jersey +7K Connecticut +22K Leadership is hard
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No way she wants to do that again. She was clearly flustered and proved to voters that she has no accomplishments to point to - just blaming Trump for HER failures. Great strategy! 👎🏼
Mike Urban
@agenturbanOct 9
I’m calling it right now, Healey is going to back out of the 2nd debate.
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el gato malo
@boriquagatoOct 9
we've clearly reached a point where the vestiges of what once styled itself a cultural elite has become a self-referential joke that the teller no longer gets. it's just astonishing to watch them pretend this is art instead of vapid and cloying political fawning. it's bad enough that they themselves cannot seem to tell the difference, but their iron bar confidence that neither can anyone else and that "the public" will lap up whatever vile gruel they are slopping into their pages. falling for this is a near perfect acid test for propensity to slavish adherence to tribal fashion. you'll look right at a stark naked emperor and describe the glamor of his raiment. it would need to be 70% more poignant to even be bad. it's just embarassing. such putrid garbage to pass off as poetry a clown, not a bard
The New Yorker
@NewYorkerOct 8
A poem by Anne Carson, who was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Read it in full: newyorker.com/magazine/2001/…
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