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jimwhitegnv.bsky.social
Lapsed blogger from Emptywheel, obsessed with barbecue and all things cooking, avid baseball fan, retired scientist, proud grandpa and political complainer. Not a football presenter!
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So happy to see Gainesville’s terrific mayor, @hlward.bsky.social near the top of the list of signatories. Thanks for your leadership, Harvey!

Watching a Texas A&M baseball game. The bottom of the fifth is sponsored by a whiskey company. 😂

Wondering if the only allowed use for AI should be coming up with the gibberish names for new prescription meds.

Go get 'em!

WOW. Absolutely right on. Very sad to see this but Milley speaks the truth to Shitler & his minions.

Weekend at the Random Reply Guys

What a nasty old man.

And somehow he’s not subject to the Hatch Act?

I’m begging the media to call Nazi salutes … “Nazi salutes.” You can write “he gave a Nazi salute.” That’s the proper journalism. Describe things as they are even if people get mad.

When Trump is at Mar-a-Lago, does the Secret Service dispatch an extra agent or two to protect his stash of stolen classified documents?

Musk's drug-addled, chainsaw wielding "victory dance" yesterday at CPAC would, in normal times, result in his immediate dismissal from what should be a nonpartisan position overseeing budget reform. I'll just stand over here in the corner, tapping my foot, waiting for even one Democrat to say it.

If a smallpox blanket took human form.

I will vote for the first candidate who tells me they're going to make the biggest government possible. Reacher-sized agencies. Braun Strowman-level social benefits. Government so big it starts belching out National Parks and free healthcare. Chungus State.

Democrats: Have powers they do not use. Republicans: Use powers they do not have.

Glad I called today. I doubt my wingnut will get on board, but at least I registered disagreement with her office. In theory, I'm even supposed to get a callback from the legislative aide.

Are we great yet? Because we were definitely told that we would be great by now.

Fuck Kush Patel Fuck Ed Martin Fuck Donald Trump

The Great Lakes states have, for years, been fighting an invasion of lamprey eels, which were devastating the fish stocks in the lakes. Trump fired the people who've almost succeeded in doing that. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

Let's just say that if Patel were a character in a movie script, it would be tossed because nobody would ever believe one person could simultaneously be so stupid and evil.

A terrified Josh Hawley high-tailing it out of the Capitol will forever symbolize Congress in this moment.

Every day, we see a new low by Republicans in the House and Senate bending a knee to Trump's extremism. It's almost impossible to imagine how much damage Patel is going to do.

Wait. Twitter has a head of news? Are you sure they didn't say nudes?

Made my gummint phone calls today. For my wingnut Congresswoman, I asked if she will push back on House GOP budget that zeros out Medicaid. I explained how this will affect my family and the Gainesville economy (through Shands, which treats a huge number of Medicaid patients). No on Patel to Sen's.

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Sheesh. If Trump wants to wear a crown, just let him go to Burger King. I know, I know, he's a McDonald's guy...

This is where inciting hate and violence leads

Musk has turned the Pottery Barn rule upside down. First, he bought the government. Then he broke it. The best path forward is to seize every penny of his assets to pay for rebuilding government.

A reminder that Republican members of the House could end this destruction spree today by introducing articles of impeachment against Donald Trump. I am sure that they could get support from Democratic members.

Sometimes, the light is just right.

Florida baseball hits the road for the first time in 2025, traveling to Jacksonville for a midweek matchup. Billy Barlow will take the mound for UF. ⚾🐊 #GoGators

Feels like I'm missing something. Even setting aside the clear corruption and conflict of interest, why would SpaceX know how to "overhaul air traffic control"? Is the knowledge required to launch a rocket every few months really transferable to managing 7,500 planes in the air?

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

Worried that Elon is ushering a new era of serfdom? This one pot whitedish will make you feel like you're in Medieval England.