Merrick the Meek willfully getting turnstiled to preserve "norms"

using his official city-provided email address was quite a heat check...incredible

so the guy attempted to slime the judge with a hand-wavey and unsubstantiated suggestion of questionable "history" as a way to deflect. classy.

basically all credible estimates (Freddie Mac, NAR, NAHB, advocacy groups) of underproduction start at 2 million, and the high 3 million range is probably the low end. factors are all over the place--suburbs flagrant underproducers due to local control, rural areas because things don't pencil, etc

the Uri Berliner playbook is right there and fresh in the memory—preemptively quit, triumphantly claim victimhood, and pitch up at TFP days later. it practically writes itself

it’s warmer back in Minnesota, what the hell

i must be like half a mile from there, we’re in town for my nephew’s wedding and enjoying a rooftop groom’s dinner overlooking Petco Park

don't know if it would be a valid way to cut a corner here, but i got a big jar of ginger-garlic paste at an Indian grocer and it's super handy any time i need that combo.

while not discounting the danger that nutjob presented, the headlines and tone of the coverage are also pitched to make it appear that there was a real attempt--a light news consumer would have to work VERY hard to discover that no line of sight or shot occurred. feels like an important detail!

if you want to rebut the "sanewashing" criticisms and you are a principal at a major print media outlet: just publish the raw transcript of this free-association debacle at his LA golf club. this man needs professional supervision and a strong cocktail of pharmaceuticals