The Shmoog
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The Shmoog
@thebigshmoog
Christian, Husband, Father, Worship Leader, Bacon Enthusiast, Amateur Bladesmith, Rugged Individualist, Journalist Imago Dei = E Pluribus Unum.

Police in India arrested 11 people who issued over 100k fake university degrees in medicine, & engineering You're "Premiere talent" is here working as doctors on fraudulent degrees

.@KarenBassLA says both L.A. city & county haven't invested enough in interim housing units. She says it's a major reason why street homelessness "metastasized." But, she says as @MayorOfLA, she's changing that. "We know what we need to do now to end street homelessness."


In a nation of plummeting pride and MAGA hats, “patriotism just isn’t cool anymore,” Arthur Krystal writes. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…



Healthy shame is useful in a society




Spencer Pratt used his social media platform to spread extreme misinformation & disgusting scare tactics against our housing laws, including SB 79 (more homes near public transit) & SB 9 (duplexes & fourplexes). Pratt is a mega NIMBY & he lies, which he’s doing again here.




Senator Collins responds to the scurrilous claim from Graham Platner that she sent him to "die in Iraq." "That was Platner's decision to serve. He was not drafted."





