Cranky Old Sandlapper

Kudos to the Texas oil companies

Ohio, let's do what we can to elect @amyactonoh.bsky.social as your next Governor and @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social as your next U.S. Senator! They’ve dedicated their lives to fighting on behalf of all Ohioans.

This sounds more like the preamble to Trump declaring a state of emergency prior to the midterm elections, in order to disrupt them.

If we discovered that Boeing could shut down Air Force One, or General Dynamics had a remote kill switch for Abrams tanks, it would be a huge scandal. So why is everyone accepting how Elon Musk secretly retained control over the military’s supposedly secure command and control system? …

Trump is throwing Putin a lifeline and setting obstacles in Zelenskyy’s path. Why now, right before the election, even though this move is deeply unpopular even with Republicans? Because right now, Putin is in trouble. …

Adding this Trumpian reinterpretation of “take” to enforcing the Endangered Species Act—which the regime has already deeply wounded by removing “habitat loss” as cause for action even tho such loss is the key danger to many species—will all but destroy the law. www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

The shotgun belonged to the 16 y/o shooter's mom. She said, “If I could have prevented this, I would have.” Yet her kid accessed her gun and ammo. Since the U.S. won't control guns, it must at least prosecute negligent parents. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

Stop sharing this fucking scam!

This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.

I’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning about why Supreme Court reform has to be at the top of any agenda for democratic repair www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/o...

September 24👇👇

So I checked Russian media this morning, and the war criminals seem to be laying the groundwork to use chemical weapons against Ukrainians again. Specifically in Kramatorsk & Sloviansk

Meanwhile, on the bad site

Wonder what Trumps cut is

I thought this sounded familiar…. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

Trump’s obsession with demonizing the Somali community is dangerous and reprehensible. Hate to break it to him: Somali Minnesotans are resilient. We will not let Trump intimidate us. Our neighbors have our back.

If people really want to see live executions they should just follow ICE agents around.

We are watching in slow motion the things that happen before ethnic cleansing happens. People get that, right?

@nbcnightlynews.bsky.social It’s BALKANS for crying out loud!

For decades, under Democrats & Republicans, public comments about potential environmental impacts in drafts of proposed projects & federal policies were required. But the Trump regime no longer shares drafts, making informed public comment practically impossible. e360.yale.edu/features/pub...

Absolute tragedy. mississippitoday.org/2026/10/07/c...

For the first time, South Carolinians will be able hear directly from me and Mrs. Graham Nordone directly — my vision for a South Carolina we can afford and Darline's DC consultants' vision for whatever they want her to say. I hope you'll join me in Columbia before I take the stage Sunday evening.

Holy shit!

What is the chip making version of a rocket ship blowing up?

As @bradlipton.bsky.social explains, under the federal rules prediction markets want, there are no problem-gambling safeguards, no odds disclosure, and no age-21 minimum. The fix: apply state gambling laws to prediction markets and strengthen those rules where needed.

Question for the Senate experts: If Democrats flip the Senate and Alito announces his retirement the next day, can Republicans force a candidate through the pipe in December or is there anything that can block them?

I just received my $90 Medicare payment from the assholes in the Trump regime, so I immediately donated it to Democratic US Senate candidate Annie Andrews! Sic em, Annie!

Be an organ donor. Grace Love Life affirming generosity Op: @upworthy

Further proof, as if it were needed, that some people can be completely incompetent and still be taken seriously.

So, just to review. In roughly seven months the US has had to abandon all bases in the Middle East, flee from a British base, the petrodollar system that is the foundation for hegemony has collapsed, and we’re facing historical energy and food crises. Great work. www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/p...

Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.

Somebody must be peeling onions in here…

It’s not surprising that the words “corruption” or “kickbacks” never appear in this 5 byline story, but it’s patently obvious that they should! Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

I still can’t get over the fact that senate republican leaders decided to make a bill dealing with college football, authored by Ted Cruz, who has the political instincts of a doormat, the last bill before leaving to go on the campaign trail. How that held with the cost of living🤷🤷‍♂️ Just stunning

Todd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...

Pretty harsh, coming from a guy who has had a whopping five hit songs in 50 YEARS!

Wait- so Obama had a secret plan to permanently elevate gas prices? Whoaaa

NEW: A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social

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What. A. Game. #LetItFly

Tho I actually like this post better. IMO, one smart response to these ads is to taunt GOP MoCs that Trump is still sitting on mountains of $$ and instead using taxpayer dollars to remind voters what a corrupt asshole he is.

very good piece Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...

“‘Ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants'... This is, of course, beyond alarming...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...

Xi "Very nice. You buy from Temu or Ali Express?"

This is one of those stories that drives home just how horrifying the current administration and its immigration policies / enforcement tactics are. It’s heartbreaking and stomach turning.