Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy, 08/30

[SVPete]

DC Dems are furious at Mayor Bowser for admitting Trump's troops are lowering crime

https://www.theblaze.com/news/bowser-trump-fed-surge-crime

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) admitted that the president's deployment of troops in the district has lowered crime, leading many liberal lawmakers to respond with anger and scorn.

Bowser related the significant drop in carjackings in the district during a press conference Wednesday, where she said that crime had been dropping before the federal surge but that those officers contributed to the trend.
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D.C. Democrats were furious that Bowser had characterized the surge as a positive development.

"We should not, as the District of Columbia, be giving people the impression that this is a good thing, that we are OK with it, that it is helping the city. It is not doing any of those things," said Democrat Robert White Jr., an at-large council member, on social media. "I am not OK with this. The average resident is not OK with this. D.C. residents, D.C. voters, are not OK with this."

"Our residents are afraid, hesitant to go out & to work, angry that our limited autonomy is being eroded. There is nothing welcome about this," said council member Brianne Nadeau, also a Democrat.

Denunciations of facts as Reich-Wing are expanding beyond DU.

[SVPete]

Bill Clinton’s Health Concerns Mount After Being Spotted with Defibrillator

https://thepopulisttimes.com/bill-clintons-health-concerns-mount-after-being-spotted-with-defibrillator-watch/

Former President Bill Clinton is facing renewed questions about his health after he and his wife, Hillary Clinton, were photographed leaving the Hamptons this week with what appeared to be a portable defibrillator bag.

The sighting comes just two months after the 79-year-old was seen stumbling on a sidewalk in New York City.

The couple was photographed Thursday boarding a private plane. Images showed the former president’s security detail carrying what appeared to be a Propaq MD Air Medical Bag — a transport monitor and defibrillator commonly used in emergencies.

Unlike DUpipo when a conservative or an R dies, I have zero plans or desire to urinate on WJC's or HRC's grave(s).

[Ptarmigan]

Massachusetts trans activist arrested in fatal shooting of father after school drop-off just one day after Minneapolis trans massacre
https://thepostmillennial.com/massachusetts-trans-activist-arrested-in-fatal-shooting-of-father-after-school-drop-off-just-one-day-after-minneapolis-trans-massacre

Police in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts say a man was killed Thursday morning after confronting another man over graffiti at a local park. It has since been discovered that the suspect in the shooting is a trans-identifying male who has a criminal record.

Authorities responded to Jordan Park at 8:47 am after a 911 caller said he was being attacked, reports WCVB. During the call, the dispatcher heard gunfire in the background, said Shrewsbury Police Chief Kevin Anderson.

“While officers were responding, dispatch advised that they could actually hear shots on the 911 call. When officers arrived, they located a victim, provided medical attention, and that victim was transported to a local hospital where, tragically, he died of his injuries,” Anderson said.

Snehal Ansh Srivastava/Sasha Shakur is a transgender who killed a father.

The residence was covered in graffiti with slogans including “Free Palestine,” “Free Congo,” “BLM,” “GLM,” and “Ganga Gardens.” A sign in the window of the house that reads “Sasha Shakur” also confirms the social media account username.

[SVPete]

... the suspect in the shooting is a trans-identifying male who has a criminal record.

This doesn't say whether the criminal record included felonies, but what are the odds that MA's stringent gun laws failed to magically keep a man who cannot legally possess guns from obtaining and using a gun?

[DefiantSix]

...Unlike DUpipo when a conservative or an R dies, I have zero plans or desire to urinate on WJC's or HRC's grave(s).

I'd be quite content with just the beer concession at the cemetery, providing for those who feel the need to express themselves... 

[SVPete]

I'd be quite content with just the beer concession at the cemetery, providing for those who feel the need to express themselves... 

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[SVPete]

How about less time breaking the Internet and more time fixing California?

https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/08/30/matt-mahan-gavin-newsom-trump-social/

California is the most successful state in the nation, and as our governor rightly reminds our detractors, we are the world’s fourth-largest economy, with over $4 trillion in GDP.

But maintaining our success requires a relentless focus on the facts in the real world, not a blind leap into meme land. 

That’s why I was taken aback when Gov. Gavin Newsom’s vaunted social media team disparaged an announcement from the new CEO of Bed Bath & Beyond that it would not open or operate any stores in California due to anxieties over our state’s business climate. The governor’s team responded to the feedback not with a reasoned argument, but with an extended attack in their new “Trumpian” voice of belittling those who disagree with them. Their message to the CEO (and the 6.1 million other people who viewed the post) was “take your business elsewhere.”
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Gov. Newsom’s supporters say he is “breaking the internet” and “owning” Trump. But the governor, and every elected official and leader, also need to own up to the truth. And the truth is that California has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 5.5%, and nearly half the nation’s unsheltered homeless people. We have the highest energy and housing costs in the continental United States, and, largely because of these high costs, the highest effective poverty rate in the nation.

And now let me give you the really bad news.

These problems are even less likely to be addressed today because of the terribly misaligned incentives being baked into our politics. As Gov. Newsom’s surge in recent polls demonstrates, politicians are being rewarded for resisting, even when such resistance moves beyond taking on the excesses and abuses of the Trump administration and begins disparaging businesses merely for expressing concerns over very real problems of crime, homelessness, and overregulation.

Matt Mahan is the Mayor of San Jose and a Dem. So this is intra-party, Blue-On-Blue.