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Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
>>>great thread
Next cut is #CA48 -- open redrawn seat where it's Marni von Wilpert (D) vs Jim Desmond (R)
HMP is making more cuts here in a show of confidence that they can flip it without too much outside spending
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
Could have Édith Piaf singing on top of the Eiffel Tower with a cigarette in one hand and a decapitated head in the other and it would still somehow be less French than this photo
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This viral image of a person in a Pink Panther costume running from a CRS water cannon in Paris was made with AI. It is not a real photo from the French protests. Fact-checkers including Newtral confirmed the image was created with AI tools. tribunanoticias.mx/la-pantera-ros…
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
In 1945, a Coast Guard plane took off from San Diego to rescue a Navy pilot downed at sea. The crew completed the rescue and returned to base, only to discover three unexpected passengers: a cat named Salty and her two kittens.
The cats had stowed away without anyone noticing and spent the whole mission hiding aboard the plane.
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
What in the world did I just hear… this coming from an Engine at San Diego Fire Department.
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
While waiting for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reporters are trying to solve a mystery:
Who keeps farting in the European Council press briefing room? 💨
Live 👉 vist.ly/5nnrx
ALT Article about a phantom farter in the European Council press briefing.
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
CNN prepared a doomsday end of the world video to be broadcast by the last surviving employee. It was leaked by a former intern in 2009. It is a low-res video of a US army band playing a mournful redition of Nearer My God to Thee.
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it.
I’ll take @ellalangleymsic over Kacey Musgraves any day.
And if I’m choosin’ Texas, I’ll take Ken Paxton over James Talarico.
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
Two ant colonies have been fighting a war outside San Diego for decades.
~30M die a year. The front line is miles long.
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
Here are the latest rainfall and wind gust forecasts for our area this Sunday. A Flood Watch has been issued for the Riv/SBD County mtns and deserts, and all of San Diego County. Stay tuned through the weekend as the track of TS Rachel continues to affect the forecast.
ALT Map showing rainfall totals for Sunday. Rainfall chances increase Saturday night, with widespread rain expected on Sunday. There still remains some uncertainty in the details of the rainfall forecast, but periods of moderate to locally heavy rain are expected on Sunday, especially in San Diego County, the mountains and the deserts.
ALT Graphic of peak wind gusts forecast. Gusty southwest to west winds expected across the area Sunday. Preliminary forecast has wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph for the coastal waters and coast, 25 to 40 mph for the valleys, and 40 to 60 mph for the desert slopes of the mtns and into the deserts. Gusts near 70 mph through the San Gorgonio pass and other wind-prone east-facing slopes.
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
the most "america circa 2026" sentence in the newspaper this AM
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
NEW: Pete Hegseth says the execution of Fort Hood killer Maj. Hassan will be public.
Hegseth: “He’s going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be. And we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public…”
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
It's really a feat when you outlive the AP reporter who wrote your obituary. apnews.com/article/eva-marie…
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Excuse me
Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities:
"With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay, and it's going to be over very soon. It's essentially almost over with, and they might keep going a little long. You know, they always say they have a big threshold for pain. They need it."
Randy Dotinga, Freelance Writer retweeted
Per @AndrewSolender, Democrats are pulling money out of CA-48 and NE-02 after internal polling shows both districts as Safe D.
Democrats Marni von Wilpert (CA-48) and Denise Powell (NE-02) are heavily favored to flip these two GOP-held districts.
The money will be diverted to more competitive races.
