That Other Dude

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

The funniest thing about the Trump admin is how all of the "eff your feelings" and "cry harder lib" alpha males turn out to be the whiniest saddest snowflakes, unable to handle a negative picture and walking about in ill-fitting shoes to not upset Trump.

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Doubtful.

Fuck off with your constant goal post moving. It's no wonder you never get anywhere with anyone, and doubtless cannot fathom why.

Tell me you don't know How Things Work without telling me...

Can you not count? It did not pass because just enough Dems voted no, allowing Dems in competitive districts to vote yes, so as not to be pilloried with attack ads even you must be able to imagine.

Marco Rubio is corrupt as fuck.

Money is the ammunition of political warfare. Unilaterally disarming isn't smart, especially when you know your opponent won't.

This will be true for the generation or more it will take to overturn Citizens United. We had 2 chances to stop this, but too many puritopians didn't vote for the women.

It's excellent news. Harris significantly over-performed. Close to 20 points. Bodes well for Dems.

That said, 60% still voted Republican. I know this district. It's all but unwinnable. It's likely to be a back-burner race for both parties.

Limited resources may be better spent on winnable races.

It is rarely a good idea to disclose your strategy to your opponent in advance. In fact, it's a pretty fucking bad idea.

Much of this flavor of leftist angst is based on knowing little about How Things Work. Trust me on this, Dems in Congress know a fuck-ton more about it that you or I do.

I'm pretty sure our military doesn't give a fuck what you give a fuck about, as it's entirely irrelevant.

Schatz, colleagues decry bombing of Iranian elementary school The Democratic senators said a thorough investigation is needed as new evidence points to U.S. culpability in the deadly attack.

I don't know who you've been listening to, or not, but Dems are consistently decrying humanitarian crises as a result of Trump's illegal war of choice.

For example...

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What a thing is and it it was meant to be are often two very different things.

They won't have to. It's a very red district, and even with this significant over-performance, 60% voted for a GOP candidate.

It's likely to be a back burner race for both parties.

Is This the Beginning of the End for South by Southwest? For decades, those eager for a glimpse of the world to come would descend on Austin each March. Then the pandemic upended Texas’s premier cross-cultural event, which has stumbled along ever since. Can...

This excellent article in Texas Monthly touches on what many of us here in the ATX, many, like me, here because of SXSW, are thinking about the future of SXSW. I hear much of this in some form pretty much every day.

Will SXSW collapse under its own weight?

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She had legal status before being wrongfully convicted. She lost her legal status as a result of being wrongfully convicted. Now she faces being detained and deported by ICE.

Anyone think ICE will do the right thing? Anyone?

Been watching this one. Unlikely we'll win the runoff, but wow!

Not only did they know it was there, they hit it twice, 40 minutes apart.

It was separated 10-years-ago. Unless they were using 10-year-old targeting data, they *knew* the school was there.

So much for "stupid rules of engagement" designed to avoid this very thing.

Fact-checking Trump's claim that Iran has Tomahawk missiles Although a few countries other than the U.S. have Tomahawks, none of them is engaged in fighting Iran. Tomahawk cruise missiles are manufactured by Raytheon, a U.S. company, for use by the U.S. milita...

Short version: Trump was lying.

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Bier: "Over the last 30 years, we looked at all the government budgets -- federal, state, and local combined. Immigrants reduce deficits by $14.5 trillion."

I know we've been less than kind to our Canadian neighbors, the best neighbors any nation could want, but I can't help rooting for Puerto Rico.

I believe the formal legal term for this is "horseshit."

Not likely to last the night, sadly.

Isn't it a little early for tornado season?

Stay safe.

Shorter version: Nazi crapbag backs out after questions about being a Nazi crapbag.

Yeah, this guy looks the Master fucking Race.

Real life with automated computer trading. The timing makes it clear a lot of these trades, probably most, are automated.

WATCH — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Every dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one we’re not spending here at home. We’re always told we don’t have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but there’s always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.”

And he has. That may say more about us than it does about him. Us writ large.

Reality begins to seep into the GOP caucus.

Yeah, remorse that she's in prison.

I think you've found a new mascot.