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@ad5nl

Former candidate for Tennessee Senate. Ham radio operator. "Just vaguely problematic."

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If they ever put up a bill called the "Serve The People Act", run for the state line.

I've seen The Twilight Zone.

13.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Any of the Republicans on the committee could also have seconded the bill.

With that said, yes I'm disappointed at what happened.

13.03.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That kind of money is worth like two days of bombing Iran.

12.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bingo.

The decision to select SpaceX for the HLS was probably the single stupidest decision I have seen NASA make in my lifetime.

Part of it was, I think, timing. This was around the time SpaceX finally delivered Crew Dragon, so they seemed competent.

But boy oh boy were there signs about Elon.

12.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How is Kathy Lueders doing over at SpaceX, btw?

12.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sickening racism from a sitting senator. The Ogles hate is contagious.

You’re either calling this out or normalizing it. There’s no third option.

12.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 9767 πŸ” 2892 πŸ’¬ 1299 πŸ“Œ 427

Why the new Ayatollah should go on Joe Rogan.

12.03.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 1061 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 10

I'm so proud of you.

11.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The idea that America isn’t for everyone who wants to be an American is something that makes my blood boil. Posting a photo of yourself as a Congressman smiling next to these words is wicked. It’s antithetical to the concept of America.

11.03.2026 03:34 πŸ‘ 6427 πŸ” 1144 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 380

We have normalized the exception to the point where the rule has been swallowed whole. And this of course has happened at the worst possible time, under the worst possible leadership.

11.03.2026 06:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure that she's wholly ignorant; up-is-downism is a consequence of decades of infidelity to the Constitution that started long before Trump (we haven't had a constitutionally declared war since WW2).

But under Trump this has metastasized from "we can work around it" to "it doesn't exist."

11.03.2026 06:18 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Latest note from the Dunning-Kruger Law Review just dropped

11.03.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My favorite claims from the law perfessors is when someone insists that foreigners don't have rights and that Article IiI judges can't review decisions by immigration judges.

Where are they getting this absolute nonsense from?

11.03.2026 06:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading the comments on any local media Facebook post about ICE or immigration has convinced me that a disturbingly large number of people believe that law exists solely to brutalize people whom they have never met.

(And most of the commenters are "graduates" of the Dunning-Kruger School of Law).

11.03.2026 06:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Law school profs can be jerks, but generally speaking if they flunk people for no good reason they won't stay employed very long.

11.03.2026 05:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a lifelong civilian. I could see a hardass commander making an example of the PFC, having a little fun with it, and half-seriously saying "if you misrepresent your work again, I will give you an article 15."

I had law school profs who might do *that*.

But daaang, your story is crazy.

11.03.2026 05:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Guess What Moderate Democratic Voters Aren’t Anymore? Moderate. Two new polls suggest that moderate Democrats too want higher taxes on the rich and some measure of economic populism. Moderate isn’t what it was in 1992.

In reading @perrybaconjr.bsky.social's post about moderate Democrats, I am tempted to think that the difference between moderates and progressives isn't so much about policy as it is about temperament/anxiety about going too far.

An authentic, confident liberal candidate will reassure moderates.

10.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't engage, just report.

09.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How is Lindsay Graham taking this?

09.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yeah, don't go looking at the comments of Nashville local media on Facebook (especially our Fox/Sinclair station). There are plenty of "we luv you Andy keep fighting the mooslims" quality posters there.

09.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I wish our Democratic leaders would stop posting on X. Oh well.

09.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hakeem Jeffries just did on X.

thehill.com/homenews/hou...

09.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing a blue shirt and tie is saying yup . ALT: a man wearing a blue shirt and tie is saying yup .
09.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's the Democratic Party, son.

The only music we have ever heard is Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, and Fleetwood Mac.

09.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The part about this scam "copyright infringement" e-mail that bothers me the most is the implication that I like Lewis Capaldi enough to steal his music.

09.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Moving to electric is still important for the economy in the long haul. Even if the internal combustion bros seem to be winning at the moment.

09.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ruger? But I'm married!

09.03.2026 06:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They need *an* election to happen, otherwise there won't be a Congress to pass spending bills.

I think the real question is whether it will be a fair election.

09.03.2026 06:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I kinda thought of Martin as a compromise between the Wikler folks and the more insidery insiders.

09.03.2026 05:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup

09.03.2026 05:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0