PictureTheSouth
@picturethesouth.com
Progressive Southern #Veteran, #Deadhead, #Dudeist minister, retired #Infosec, amateur #herpetologist in no particular order. I host the #BackyardWildlife, #Seestar and other feeds. Come for the critters - stay for political rants. #OldWhiteHippy
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PictureTheSouth
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· Dec 30
“In our democracy, the only title higher and more powerful than that of president is the title of citizen. It is every citizen’s right and duty to help shape the future legacy of our nation.”
Jimmy Carter Op-ed, December 8, 2016
Jimmy Carter Op-ed, December 8, 2016
Back in '23 I finally bagged the last 2 - can now say I've driven in & set foot upon every state.
My defs:
Lived: Long enough to get mail addressed there. A few months to a few years.
Stayed: More than a month CUMULATIVE
Visited: Stayed one or more nights - on purpose
Stopped: Set foot upon ground
My defs:
Lived: Long enough to get mail addressed there. A few months to a few years.
Stayed: More than a month CUMULATIVE
Visited: Stayed one or more nights - on purpose
Stopped: Set foot upon ground
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Back in '23 I finally bagged the last 2 - can now say I've driven in & set foot upon every state.
My defs:
Lived: Long enough to get mail addressed there. A few months to a few years.
Stayed: More than a month CUMULATIVE
Visited: Stayed one or more nights - on purpose
Stopped: Set foot upon ground
My defs:
Lived: Long enough to get mail addressed there. A few months to a few years.
Stayed: More than a month CUMULATIVE
Visited: Stayed one or more nights - on purpose
Stopped: Set foot upon ground
This did not go where I thought it would.
And I am pleased.
And I am pleased.
WiFi connected, immediately cut out. Trying a power cycle but fear my router died
January 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
This did not go where I thought it would.
And I am pleased.
And I am pleased.
"This is a big fucking deal!"
January 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
"This is a big fucking deal!"
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UPDATE: Turning Point Action lead & former AZ-GOP lawmaker Austin Smith was sentenced today after he forged signatures (including a deceased woman’s) for his re-election bid.
Smith got 2 years of supervised probation, a $5.5K fine, & (due to AZ law) he’s barred from running for office for 5 years.
Smith got 2 years of supervised probation, a $5.5K fine, & (due to AZ law) he’s barred from running for office for 5 years.
NEW from LCRW: @azrww.bsky.social covers the TPUSA official who spent a lot of time accusing Democrats of trying to forge election results who just plead down on a bunch of charges. You'll never guess what he got caught doing go on guess
TURNING POINT ACTION LEAD GETS SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR FORGING SIGNATURES
| Left Coast Right Watch
A TPUSA official who spent a lot of time accusing Democrats of forging election results got caught forging election results
leftcoastrightwatch.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
UPDATE: Turning Point Action lead & former AZ-GOP lawmaker Austin Smith was sentenced today after he forged signatures (including a deceased woman’s) for his re-election bid.
Smith got 2 years of supervised probation, a $5.5K fine, & (due to AZ law) he’s barred from running for office for 5 years.
Smith got 2 years of supervised probation, a $5.5K fine, & (due to AZ law) he’s barred from running for office for 5 years.
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Supposed ICE agent gets caught off duty with a Nazi SS tattoo on his neck (Minneapolis, MN 1/5/26)
January 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Supposed ICE agent gets caught off duty with a Nazi SS tattoo on his neck (Minneapolis, MN 1/5/26)
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5 yrs ago today we witnessed the #Jan6thInsurrection
No matter how many he pardons or how desperately he lies to change reality?
WE KNOW WHAT HE DID
"Jack Smith’s Deposition Brought The Receipts"
1-
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
2- Thx NPR for these Archives
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
No matter how many he pardons or how desperately he lies to change reality?
WE KNOW WHAT HE DID
"Jack Smith’s Deposition Brought The Receipts"
1-
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
2- Thx NPR for these Archives
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
January 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
5 yrs ago today we witnessed the #Jan6thInsurrection
No matter how many he pardons or how desperately he lies to change reality?
WE KNOW WHAT HE DID
"Jack Smith’s Deposition Brought The Receipts"
1-
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
2- Thx NPR for these Archives
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
No matter how many he pardons or how desperately he lies to change reality?
WE KNOW WHAT HE DID
"Jack Smith’s Deposition Brought The Receipts"
1-
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
2- Thx NPR for these Archives
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
I snuck some obscure references into casual conversation today.
Yeah, I'm doing sly January.
Yeah, I'm doing sly January.
Went to the gym today.
Yeah, I’m doing spry January
Yeah, I’m doing spry January
*raises baby fish until they’re able to find food for themselves*
Yeah, I’m doing fry January
Yeah, I’m doing fry January
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I snuck some obscure references into casual conversation today.
Yeah, I'm doing sly January.
Yeah, I'm doing sly January.
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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Dear NRA,
You spent an awful lot of time during the Clinton and Obama years telling anyone who'd listen that you and your membership were there to defend America from tyranny and Federal overreach.
Your silence now is deafening.
Almost as if that wasn't your real purpose at all.
You spent an awful lot of time during the Clinton and Obama years telling anyone who'd listen that you and your membership were there to defend America from tyranny and Federal overreach.
Your silence now is deafening.
Almost as if that wasn't your real purpose at all.
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Dear NRA,
You spent an awful lot of time during the Clinton and Obama years telling anyone who'd listen that you and your membership were there to defend America from tyranny and Federal overreach.
Your silence now is deafening.
Almost as if that wasn't your real purpose at all.
You spent an awful lot of time during the Clinton and Obama years telling anyone who'd listen that you and your membership were there to defend America from tyranny and Federal overreach.
Your silence now is deafening.
Almost as if that wasn't your real purpose at all.
This thread applies to a LOT more places than just this Charlotte bedroom community. AI gobbles up electricity as fast as it consumes IP.
Ok, 1st short promised 🧵
Data Center aspect.
For Context, Rock Hill is a hub city and the largest in this part of SC.
At the meeting, the city manager emphasized that RH has NOT approved any Data Centers.
The COUNTY did, and RH thinks that was really dumb.
“Why would anyone want these?!”
Data Center aspect.
For Context, Rock Hill is a hub city and the largest in this part of SC.
At the meeting, the city manager emphasized that RH has NOT approved any Data Centers.
The COUNTY did, and RH thinks that was really dumb.
“Why would anyone want these?!”
Wow. I’m at a middle of the day forum at Rock Hill City Hall to discuss our power supply and this place is packed!
Should be interesting. We get almost all our power from a nearby nuclear plant, and have been generally satisfied, but a data center is moving into a municipality to our North. #SCpol
Should be interesting. We get almost all our power from a nearby nuclear plant, and have been generally satisfied, but a data center is moving into a municipality to our North. #SCpol
January 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This thread applies to a LOT more places than just this Charlotte bedroom community. AI gobbles up electricity as fast as it consumes IP.
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There is no excuse for this. On Jan 6 Eve. Maybe if she had stormed City Hall and beaten some cops with flag poles, she'd be given a medal.
Regardless - she's still a hero.
Regardless - she's still a hero.
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
There is no excuse for this. On Jan 6 Eve. Maybe if she had stormed City Hall and beaten some cops with flag poles, she'd be given a medal.
Regardless - she's still a hero.
Regardless - she's still a hero.
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[Live-tweeting 1/6/21]
Afternoon of Tuesday, 5 January: Supporters of President Donald Trump, answering his call, come to DC to rally with him. The plan is for him to speak at the Ellipse in the late morning, then the people gathered would march to the Capitol by 1pm.
Afternoon of Tuesday, 5 January: Supporters of President Donald Trump, answering his call, come to DC to rally with him. The plan is for him to speak at the Ellipse in the late morning, then the people gathered would march to the Capitol by 1pm.
January 5, 2026 at 6:26 PM
[Live-tweeting 1/6/21]
Afternoon of Tuesday, 5 January: Supporters of President Donald Trump, answering his call, come to DC to rally with him. The plan is for him to speak at the Ellipse in the late morning, then the people gathered would march to the Capitol by 1pm.
Afternoon of Tuesday, 5 January: Supporters of President Donald Trump, answering his call, come to DC to rally with him. The plan is for him to speak at the Ellipse in the late morning, then the people gathered would march to the Capitol by 1pm.
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Eggman Miller is wandering around somewhere, while Walrus makes sure he's center of attention in the picture.
Coup, coup, katchoo
Coup, coup, katchoo
"The president of the United States told the world, directly in a press conference Saturday, that oil was at the heart of his decision to topple Nicolás Maduro from power."
No spin fixes that.
No spin fixes that.
We Toppled Venezuela for Oil: Trump Just Told Us So
The president admitted the crude part of his attack.
contrarian.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Eggman Miller is wandering around somewhere, while Walrus makes sure he's center of attention in the picture.
Coup, coup, katchoo
Coup, coup, katchoo
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Highly recommend this graphic novel for the young nerd in your life. The book is based on a wild but little known industrial accident in Louisiana in 1980, when drilling for an oil well intersected a salt mine... under a lake.
By it from your local bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
By it from your local bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
January 2, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Highly recommend this graphic novel for the young nerd in your life. The book is based on a wild but little known industrial accident in Louisiana in 1980, when drilling for an oil well intersected a salt mine... under a lake.
By it from your local bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
By it from your local bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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This 👇 thread.....
My forecast of the situation in Venezuela as a former combat medic that served in Iraq.
As a medic, the immediate, almost reflexive thought is:
“This is going to be a lot of casualties, fast.”
Cont.
As a medic, the immediate, almost reflexive thought is:
“This is going to be a lot of casualties, fast.”
Cont.
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This 👇 thread.....
You gotta wonder just how much classified information is now stored in the Marla's Lago security camera system.......
WSJ: "makeshift secure facility" at Mar a Lago
The facility:
The facility:
January 5, 2026 at 12:28 AM
You gotta wonder just how much classified information is now stored in the Marla's Lago security camera system.......
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Maduro should have hitched a ride on Epstein's Lolita Express.
He'd still be a free man.
He'd still be a free man.
January 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Maduro should have hitched a ride on Epstein's Lolita Express.
He'd still be a free man.
He'd still be a free man.
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"Trump says US not afraid of ‘boots on the ground’ as it ‘runs’ Venezuela during transition."
As a US Army Veteran, nothing would scare me more than my boots stepping one foot into those jungles.
This is Vietnam over again.
www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...
As a US Army Veteran, nothing would scare me more than my boots stepping one foot into those jungles.
This is Vietnam over again.
www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...
Trump says US not afraid of ‘boots on the ground’ as it ‘runs’ Venezuela during transition
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will control Venezuela for an unspecified period and is “ready to stage a second and much larger attack” if needed.
www.stripes.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
"Trump says US not afraid of ‘boots on the ground’ as it ‘runs’ Venezuela during transition."
As a US Army Veteran, nothing would scare me more than my boots stepping one foot into those jungles.
This is Vietnam over again.
www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...
As a US Army Veteran, nothing would scare me more than my boots stepping one foot into those jungles.
This is Vietnam over again.
www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...
At what level of military and political intervention are we morally or legally required to just grant every person south of the Rio Grande dual-citizenship in the US?
If they want it, of course.
If they want it, of course.
The people who most loudly complain "Why can't these immigrants just stay in their country???" are the same ones who most loudly celebrate American military and CIA interventionism in these countries to overthrow their governments.
And they lack the self awareness to understand their own hypocrisy.
And they lack the self awareness to understand their own hypocrisy.
January 4, 2026 at 11:03 PM
At what level of military and political intervention are we morally or legally required to just grant every person south of the Rio Grande dual-citizenship in the US?
If they want it, of course.
If they want it, of course.
Let's do Wilmington NC next......
"Too many New Yorkers have been forced to pay more for less—living in unsafe, unconscionable, and unaffordable housing... Today's executive order is the first step towards giving New Yorkers a voice in addressing the housing crisis that is pricing them out of our city."
Mamdani announces NYC "Rental Ripoff" hearings in all 5 boroughs
Mamdani says tenants will testify at "Rental Ripoff" hearings before New York City takes action against "unconscionable" business practices.
www.cbsnews.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Let's do Wilmington NC next......
Grenell, Rubio and Trump get played and beaten like a set of Temu bongos.
Well played, Madame Presidente!
Well played, Madame Presidente!
Trump now threatening to kill Delcy Rodriguez if she doesn't do what he says. Uh oh, he big mad. Is he realizing he got played for a fucking fool yet again?
Remember this from last year? This has "Ric Grenell's drug deal" written all over it.
www.wonkette.com/p/your-lates...
Remember this from last year? This has "Ric Grenell's drug deal" written all over it.
www.wonkette.com/p/your-lates...
Your Latest Trump Regime Amateur Hour, Courtesy Of Marco Rubio And Ric Grenell!
Nailing it, guys.
www.wonkette.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Grenell, Rubio and Trump get played and beaten like a set of Temu bongos.
Well played, Madame Presidente!
Well played, Madame Presidente!