every popularist is talking their own political book, but it's nice to have it on the record
what's happening in Baltimore really gives the game away. a Dem major has drastically cut violent crime with a services-focused approach, even including police too, and none of these people give a shit popular.info/p/the-secret...
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
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Providing people with the resources they need so they don't feel forced into crime just to survive? Big if true.
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I wish more Americans had an ‘every human being counts’ thought-stopping cliche in their brain rather than a ‘we have to constantly use violence against certain kinds of people’ thought-stopping cliche. The former is more likely to be true, more reliable. The latter makes everything good impossible.
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As a resident of Baltimore I will tell you that people that don’t live here but live nearby literally just don’t believe it, no matter how much data there is. I drive and walk around in the city literally every day and I’m fine but my parents would like if it I was strapped to the gills 🤷♀️
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Policy and results don’t matter to the Right. It’s all vibes and culture.
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Sounds like there needs to be a new season of #TheWire
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residents seem to like the guy too, they appreciate what he's doing! but to attempt to capitalize on that you can't start by presumptively accepting right-wing Tough on Crime bullshit www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...
Brandon Scott becomes first reelected Baltimore mayor in two decades
Baltimore's incumbent Mayor Brandon Scott is the first Baltimore mayor to win reelection since 2004, beating candidate Shannon Wright, AP projects.
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Democrats lose the minute anyone talks about crime, period.
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It’s not about crime with those people it’s about control and oppression.
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When Republicans talk about "crime" they don't mean actual crime, they mean the presence of visible brown people.
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“a Dem major has drastically cut violent crime”
Major Mayor! 😜
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Nah, Stephen Miller has explained it: Democrats cook the books, there are hundreds of hidden murders in every major metro that go unreported, once the stormtroopers come in THEN you can trust the numbers.
Insert Sartre writ large.
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Anti-Semite and Jew - Wikipedia
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Recently I did hear a presumably not super lefty relative credit Baltimore with reducing crime by giving people things to do, so probably a bit of breakthrough although I think she probably lives close to Baltimore.
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I thought this interview also really spoke to how these changes were accomplished podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Baltimore's Violent Crime Perception vs. Reality with Mayor Scott
Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · 12/08/2025 · 51m
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I remember meeting this guy who was a cop in Milwaukee and he was like “wow Boston how did they get crime down so well?” And I was like “well for one thing when a kid gets in trouble they connect them and their family with a social worker” and he was just like…quiet
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I give, a shit. I'm just one old man from Western Pennsylvania but I love Baltimore and i DO GIVE A SHIT. WAY TO GO BALTIMORE.
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Social programs always work. That’s why the GOP talks about socialism like it’s the Great Leap Forward.
