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Tom Sullivan
@v12merlin.bsky.social
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Rantings of a simpleton; often profane, always inane. Opinons expressed here are the product of my warped mind, and are not endorsed by anybody else. I carp a lot about politics. You’ll also see photos of my dogs and I’ll yak about Star Trek. He/Him/His
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 12h
It’s so funny to hear the stunt drivers talk about filming that sequence. Apparently the Charger so thoroughly outmatched the Mustang, the driver - the legendary Bill Hickman - couldn’t put his foot into it the way he wanted to. Otherwise, he’d have left McQueen in the dust.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 12h
He was the undisputed best. A true icon.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 16h
He’s SO fuckin’ embarrassing. 😒
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 16h
Rest in peace, Drew Struzan - the undisputed king of the movie poster.

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Drew Struzan self-portrait in charcoal.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 1d
And with a single solo, John Entwistle redefined the role of the bass guitar.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 1d
Dont Care How I Want It Now Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory GIF
Alt: Dont Care How I Want It Now (or “Veruca Salt being a selfish little shit”) Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory GIF.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, any civil officer of the United States can be impeached and removed. But the process is individual; it doesn’t happen en masse, as the original post suggests.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 2d
True story. John Roberts would contort himself into a jurisprudential pretzel to justify that interpretation.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 2d
Right? And can you imagine the chaos that would follow if EVERY civil officer had to be removed at the same time? That’s cabinet secretaries, department heads, judges…it would cripple the government.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 2d
This is an incorrect reading of the clause. It doesn’t mean that if the President is impeached and convicted, that all of his subordinates also get the boot. It simply provides that the impeachment and removal process applies not just to the Prez and VP, but to all civil officers.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 3d
Disgusting and illegal. Hatch Act, anyone?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_A...
Hatch Act - Wikipedia
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 4d
Ours is also nuts. And reeeeeally derpy.
A dog stares into the camera with a wall-eyed stare, and a chunk of tennis ball hanging out of her mouth.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 4d
Great minds think alike!
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 4d
Same - I got into GYBR before Madman. But I gotta say, these days, Madman is the one I prefer.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 4d
This whole album is spectacular.
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 12d
Also #redsox
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 12d
Social media endorsers are already required under federal law to disclose when they’re being compensated. I’m not at all shocked that MTG is unaware of this.

www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers
Do you work with brands to recommend or endorse products? If so, you need to comply with the law when making these recommendations. One key is to make a good disclosure of your relationship to the bra...
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 12d
And as premiums go up, more and more people will drop their coverage, resulting in a death spiral of fewer insured and increasingly unaffordable costs. This is bad for everybody, no matter what side of the aisle they sit on.

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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 12d
Without the ACA tax credits, everyone’s health insurance premiums are going to go up. When that happens, a lot of healthy people will say “fuck it,” and cancel their coverage. When the pool of insured people gets smaller, what happens to their premiums? They go up.

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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 12d
But immigrants who entered the country illegally are not eligible for either program. Those immigrants are prevented by law from receiving federally funded health care. The notion that Democrats want to “fund healthcare for illegal aliens” is demonstrably false.

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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 12d
Illegal immigrants are not now and never have been eligible to receive government funded healthcare benefits. Democrats are trying to extend tax credits that make health insurance premiums more affordable on marketplaces established by the ACA, and reverse Medicaid cuts passed this summer.

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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 12d
The US Government is officially shut down, and according to Republicans, it’s because Democrats demand healthcare funding for illegal immigrants. Is that true? Are Democrats out of their minds?

Here’s the deal, gang.

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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 14d
I’d ask what the weather is like on your planet, but I honestly don’t care. 🙄
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Tom Sullivan @v12merlin.bsky.social · 14d
Who’s this “we” you keep referring to?
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20d
Michael Wolff: Is it dementia or something else? What one of Donald Trump's closest political advisors revealed to me.
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