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A lot of notes on my TV about how Trump lost in the Senate today (when Thune was voted leader) and the Senate might actually stand up to him on these nutbag appointments. Well, i hope so.

Tulsi is the worser pick.

a lot of interesting comments about the brand building “resistance twitter” folks that the bsky folks are leery of joining. It’s not the worst concern to have.

‪Kakistocracy Hat‬ ‪@kenwhite.bsky.social‬ · 16h Pairing Elon and Vivek is like a buddy comedy written by someone who doesn’t understand buddies or comedy ‪Steve Vladeck‬ ‪@stevevladeck.bsky.social‬ · 16h Not sure whether the Elon/Vivek "DOGE" frolic is going to raise more Anti-Deficiency Act issues (by doing stuff) or Federal Advisory Committee Act issues (by proposing stuff). But it'll sure be a litigation bonanza, either way...

eye wash. Billionaire's law

jamelle ‪@jamellebouie.net‬ elon very clearly thinks he is co-president ‪@SIfill‬ ‪@sifill.bsky.social‬ · 23h Elon, using Trump’s casual racism as a certificate of authenticity, warns Senators against confirming Biden nominated judges during the lame duck. Do not sleep on the Elon thuggery.

somebody do a meme of Elon in the Captain Phillips scene saying "i'm the President now"

Hegspeth is going to cause all sorts of bow wake that the real weirdos will take cover in.

Tulsi to DNI is apparently the thing they wanted to hide with the Hegspeth pick for SecDef Angry ‪@angrystaffer.bsky.social‬ Tulsi in a national security role would be a disaster. She’s a Putin and Assad apologist and has completely misguided foreign policy opinions. This is how you start off alienating our allies.

Fixing the "Autocrat problem" is couple phased thing. G2 warned me about Citizens United and I was too blinded by partisanship to see that back then. Now, its clear as anything that the foundation of the US electoral system is rotted. I don't know how we fix that without massive COVID-like emergency. Good news! This administration won't take long to create the conditions for that next disaster. I just hope the educated and ethical among us survive that next horrible thing.

I've not consumed any #nevertrump content since the election although i feel great empathy for them. I'm just too angry at this point.

That has been a nice change.

At this point bsky is just a port in a storm of billionaire excesses. I think its struggling with growing this much so soon but the crowd there seems to be self-regulating. I guess I'll give it a beat. But so far so good.

There is always the consideration that this guy is cannon fodder to give the opposition something to waste their time on and so they get their real crazies (Tulsi Gabbard, Kristi Noem, etc.) to other positions.

Judd Legum: "The Guardian will no longer post its content to X" — Bluesky (bsky.app)

I wonder if he didn't want his actual name in his handle. That would be fine.

https://bsky.app/profile/mcuban.bsky.social/post/3laqxchlxvw2e

that one isn't showing up.

dusting this one off. So, the Generals.

i am only giving out one like for that

Great idea.

Starter Pack — Bluesky (bsky.app) Detroit Lions starter pack. I see the POD podcast guy is on Chris Perfett ‪@perfett.bsky.social‬ Again, the actual team needs to put out content with their official feed rather than being in the cesspool that is twitter.

I guess I can see brain worms having to survive a nomination fight.

I would love it if the embed function worked better. The comment in response was solid.