Brian, the Rude Mechanical
@brian456.bsky.social
Just some guy; over-educated blue collar worker; avid reader; TTRPG gamer; progressive. He/him
The small-city BMV is nice because the lines are never very long. The small-city BMV is not nice because the only people in front of me are just chatting.
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The small-city BMV is nice because the lines are never very long. The small-city BMV is not nice because the only people in front of me are just chatting.
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What’s the point of having a judicial system when Trump is going to pardon anyone that is indicted or convicted by a jury of their peers?
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Trump Pardons Texas Democrat Indicted on Bribery Charges
The president accused former President Joe Biden of weaponizing the Justice Department against Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife.
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What’s the point of having a judicial system when Trump is going to pardon anyone that is indicted or convicted by a jury of their peers?
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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this is a completely unserious, bullshit plan, and everyone should say so
Hawley is pitching his colleagues — and Trump — on a new health care plan that would allow all tax payers to deduct up to $25K/person in medical expenses.
Hawley told us he recently discussed the idea with Trump: “I said...'no taxes on tips, no taxes on health care’, and he goes ‘oh I like that."
Hawley told us he recently discussed the idea with Trump: “I said...'no taxes on tips, no taxes on health care’, and he goes ‘oh I like that."
Hawley pitches new health care tax plan
The Missouri Republican is proposing making it easier for more tax payers to deduct medical expenses — and has pitched Donald Trump on the idea.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
this is a completely unserious, bullshit plan, and everyone should say so
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I just drove! In serious snow (esp since a lot of areas between me and the Whole Foods haven't been cleared yet).
The car held up, the parka kept me toasty, the boots kept my feet dry but I was not at all prepared for not being able to see the lines delineating different lanes on the road.
The car held up, the parka kept me toasty, the boots kept my feet dry but I was not at all prepared for not being able to see the lines delineating different lanes on the road.
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I just drove! In serious snow (esp since a lot of areas between me and the Whole Foods haven't been cleared yet).
The car held up, the parka kept me toasty, the boots kept my feet dry but I was not at all prepared for not being able to see the lines delineating different lanes on the road.
The car held up, the parka kept me toasty, the boots kept my feet dry but I was not at all prepared for not being able to see the lines delineating different lanes on the road.
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Concentration campus.
NEWS: Utah Gov's budget includes funding for a massive, forced, government-run homeless detention camp.
This is a five-alarm fire. Stay tuned for ways to fight this atrocity.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
This is a five-alarm fire. Stay tuned for ways to fight this atrocity.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
Cox proposes $30.7B budget with funding for homeless campus, child tax credits
Utah's governor unveiled his proposed $30.7 billion state budget Wednesday, which include funds for a homeless campus and expanded child tax credits for families with young kids.
www.ksl.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Concentration campus.
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it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
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They say never meet your idols, but Godzilla was a pretty chill dude when I met him in 2019.
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
They say never meet your idols, but Godzilla was a pretty chill dude when I met him in 2019.
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Excellent analysis today from @atrupar.com in PN:
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
The end is in sight — and it's not pretty for the GOP.
www.publicnotice.co
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excellent analysis today from @atrupar.com in PN:
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
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Solid floor, no ceiling!
Once again enjoying the respectful, if uneasy, alliance between @tedleo.bsky.social fans and Aimee Mann fans
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Solid floor, no ceiling!
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Call it what it is: cruelty marketed as leadership. Real strength defends; it doesn’t dehumanize. We choose who we become in moments like this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Call it what it is: cruelty marketed as leadership. Real strength defends; it doesn’t dehumanize. We choose who we become in moments like this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Republicans are going to lose the House and they know it.
A recap of tonight's special election in TN-07 (plus a WAY-TOO-EARLY model of the 2026 midterms).
A swing of 13 points would put Dems over 250 seats in the U.S. House. A more reasonable scenario—say, D+6—still gives them the House, and maybe the Senate.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-the-s...
A swing of 13 points would put Dems over 250 seats in the U.S. House. A more reasonable scenario—say, D+6—still gives them the House, and maybe the Senate.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-the-s...
What the special election in Tennessee's Seventh District means for the 2026 midterms
Republicans held a Trump +22 seat — but by only 9 points. A swing half as large would give Democrats the U.S. House in 2026, and put the Senate clearly in play
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Republicans are going to lose the House and they know it.
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as someone who became an adult in Brownback's Kansas I can tell you: you can sell voters initially on smaller government as an electoral promise but when it *actually* happens to roads/schools/fire departments people fucking HATE it in practice
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
as someone who became an adult in Brownback's Kansas I can tell you: you can sell voters initially on smaller government as an electoral promise but when it *actually* happens to roads/schools/fire departments people fucking HATE it in practice
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Cosmically funny that, the American public has had less than a year of uncut republican governance, and they’ve decided that they absolutely hate this shit, spit it out
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Cosmically funny that, the American public has had less than a year of uncut republican governance, and they’ve decided that they absolutely hate this shit, spit it out
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considering how Trump 2.0 seems genuinely incapable thus far of offering anyone other than their inner circle carrots - only sticks!!! - I guess I’ll believe that they’ll actually do this when I see it
(And even then, I don’t think a check is enough to save their public polling)
(And even then, I don’t think a check is enough to save their public polling)
Genuinely the only move I think is plausible and could at least tilt in his favor is big stimulus checks with his signature on them
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
considering how Trump 2.0 seems genuinely incapable thus far of offering anyone other than their inner circle carrots - only sticks!!! - I guess I’ll believe that they’ll actually do this when I see it
(And even then, I don’t think a check is enough to save their public polling)
(And even then, I don’t think a check is enough to save their public polling)
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Even if the boat itself was made of drugs, this was still murder.
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Even if the boat itself was made of drugs, this was still murder.
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It really isn’t said enough how much these people straight up hate America. People should say this a lot more frequently. They simply don’t like the good parts of modern American life.
"Sources in the Trump administration have previously told Zeteo that officials will at times intentionally use popular music from vocally anti-Trump performing artists, in order to trigger a negative response from a famous liberal and provide further amplification of their pervasive culture war,"
NEWS: The Trump-Vance White House is attacking Sabrina Carpenter.
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It really isn’t said enough how much these people straight up hate America. People should say this a lot more frequently. They simply don’t like the good parts of modern American life.
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Anyone who was born an American and therefore feels superior to someone who had to work to become an American doesn’t know the first thing about being an American.
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Anyone who was born an American and therefore feels superior to someone who had to work to become an American doesn’t know the first thing about being an American.
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i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
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This is why military service members should refuse to follow illegal orders. Because when the shit hits the fan, Trunp and Hegseth will deny everything and blame you. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Reporter: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order
Leavitt: The latter is true
Leavitt: The latter is true
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is why military service members should refuse to follow illegal orders. Because when the shit hits the fan, Trunp and Hegseth will deny everything and blame you. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
It would be kind of hilarious if the GOP did all this redistricting and gerrymandering to eliminate democratic districts then lost a bunch of the safe districts they created.
A big blue wave is building in backlash to the regime. The fact that Republicans had to fight so hard to defend a Trump +22 district is more very bad news for MAGA. No amount of gerrymandering can stop what’s coming in November. The American people are sick and tired of Trump’s chaos and corruption.
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It would be kind of hilarious if the GOP did all this redistricting and gerrymandering to eliminate democratic districts then lost a bunch of the safe districts they created.
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"Sir, you make the sun come back after it disappears every day and nobody knows where it goes."
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Sir, you make the sun come back after it disappears every day and nobody knows where it goes."
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Hi. If you are a Democrat taking anything else out of tonight’s results in TN other than it’s a big hopeful sign and we should all be working our asses off to recruit in all of the House seats we can then I have no time for you. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Hi. If you are a Democrat taking anything else out of tonight’s results in TN other than it’s a big hopeful sign and we should all be working our asses off to recruit in all of the House seats we can then I have no time for you. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
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There is really an unsustainable level of bigoted gutter trash in the United States.
Cammack: "Look no further than Minnesota and the disaster there where the Somalian community has been really the root of all of the waste, fraud, and abuse that we've seen in the last several years."
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There is really an unsustainable level of bigoted gutter trash in the United States.
Mike Johnson in the new revival of the Know Nothing party.
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mike Johnson in the new revival of the Know Nothing party.
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It gives him no pleasure to say it but it gives me great pleasure to hear him say it.
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
It gives him no pleasure to say it but it gives me great pleasure to hear him say it.