Tim Nokken
@timnokken.bsky.social
Political Scientist - Texas Tech University, MN Sports Fan, Lover of Music, Player of Golf. Dogs and cats. Opinions my own.
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A major sign of things getting dire in DC is when House members start breaking kayfabe like this. It's really, REALLY not fun to be a minority caucus member under a lame duck president. A cushy board seat or academic chairmanship sounds a LOT better and the race for the exits is obvious.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A major sign of things getting dire in DC is when House members start breaking kayfabe like this. It's really, REALLY not fun to be a minority caucus member under a lame duck president. A cushy board seat or academic chairmanship sounds a LOT better and the race for the exits is obvious.
I take umbrage with the theme of today's NYTimes crossword. It's grey duck
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I take umbrage with the theme of today's NYTimes crossword. It's grey duck
you know it's bad when you read this..."1st QB to do so since Christian Ponder..."
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
you know it's bad when you read this..."1st QB to do so since Christian Ponder..."
I was Frog (mostly) yesterday
When Frog got home, he said, “Tomorrow I will clean up the leaves that are all over my lawn.”
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I was Frog (mostly) yesterday
I know McCarthy is competitive and all but I'd rather he be good
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I know McCarthy is competitive and all but I'd rather he be good
and this was an instance in which Johnson actually read about/had seen the report on Trump's statement!
Crow: "Speaker Johnson has not reached out to me, which frankly is very unfortunate, that the speaker of the House wouldn't respond to this and take this very seriously. In fact, he seems to have joined in the chorus of disinformation."
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
and this was an instance in which Johnson actually read about/had seen the report on Trump's statement!
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Crow: "Speaker Johnson has not reached out to me, which frankly is very unfortunate, that the speaker of the House wouldn't respond to this and take this very seriously. In fact, he seems to have joined in the chorus of disinformation."
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Crow: "Speaker Johnson has not reached out to me, which frankly is very unfortunate, that the speaker of the House wouldn't respond to this and take this very seriously. In fact, he seems to have joined in the chorus of disinformation."
I feel ya, Toad...I feel ya.
Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I feel ya, Toad...I feel ya.
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Extraordinary that the Texas government would be so corrupt that it would have to black out more than 80% of its emails with Elon Musk.
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Extraordinary that the Texas government would be so corrupt that it would have to black out more than 80% of its emails with Elon Musk.
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The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
Abbott being Abbott (dishonest and disingenuous).
what you hiding, Governor?
what you hiding, Governor?
After Texas news outlets made a public records request to see emails Gov. Abbott and Musk’s companies, state officials took months fighting and delaying their release.
Then, they released 1,374 pages with all but 200 of those pages entirely blacked out. trib.al/gAr6UQy
Then, they released 1,374 pages with all but 200 of those pages entirely blacked out. trib.al/gAr6UQy
Abbott Releases—and Blacks Out—1,400 Pages of Emails With Elon Musk
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was forced to reveal his emails with Musk. He didn’t totally comply.
trib.al
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Abbott being Abbott (dishonest and disingenuous).
what you hiding, Governor?
what you hiding, Governor?
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One thing I learned from “The Wire” is that even professional gangsters have enough decency not to do hits at church newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
ICE Agents Raid a Church With No Explanation
Operation “Charlotte’s Web” continues.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
One thing I learned from “The Wire” is that even professional gangsters have enough decency not to do hits at church newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
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This. This all day.
Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This. This all day.
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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He’s about 6 months from being named the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Austin.
lol this isn’t even close to enough https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/18/summers-steps-back-from-public-commitments-epstein/
Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawerence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement Monday evening.
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
He’s about 6 months from being named the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Austin.
Boy. 11 for the Raiders just quit on that play. No attempt to stop the guy from scoring... Watched him walk in. Bad look
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Boy. 11 for the Raiders just quit on that play. No attempt to stop the guy from scoring... Watched him walk in. Bad look
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They really are going with immaculate asymmetry of tariffs, which didn't raise prices when they were imposed but will cut them when they're withdrawn.
KARL: Tariffs have been removed from some food items. How soon do we expect prices on those goods will go down?
HASSETT: The prices for those goods weren't necessarily going up just because of tariffs
KARL: So they might not go down?
HASSETT: The prices for those goods weren't necessarily going up just because of tariffs
KARL: So they might not go down?
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
They really are going with immaculate asymmetry of tariffs, which didn't raise prices when they were imposed but will cut them when they're withdrawn.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
My favorite of all time.
My favorite of all time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
My favorite of all time.
My favorite of all time.
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Beer-pong is what will finally bring him down.
New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Beer-pong is what will finally bring him down.
Something I found today
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Something I found today
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Time to dust off this oldie but goodie
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Time to dust off this oldie but goodie
Given how not careful they are about anything they do, this should terrify everyone
VAN SUSTEREN: Can we certain that we're not getting innocent people?
McCORMICK: We are certain
VAN SUSTEREN: But have we? Can you say with certainly we haven't hit innocents?
McCORMICK: Unless somebody has information to the contrary, we are as careful about this as anything we do
McCORMICK: We are certain
VAN SUSTEREN: But have we? Can you say with certainly we haven't hit innocents?
McCORMICK: Unless somebody has information to the contrary, we are as careful about this as anything we do
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Given how not careful they are about anything they do, this should terrify everyone
I'll remember all these aurora borealis picts and make sure I post picts of me playing golf in January in response.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I'll remember all these aurora borealis picts and make sure I post picts of me playing golf in January in response.
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The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.