Alex Welch
@awelch744.bsky.social
Beagle owner, Double Wahoo (MA, Ph.D), LOTR fan, teacher of politics for a living, lover of summer and swimming.
"Light endures and is mightier than strength. For in its presence, all darkness must flee."- Celebrimbor
"Light endures and is mightier than strength. For in its presence, all darkness must flee."- Celebrimbor
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Well, this makes one thing crystal clear: I hope Virginia Democrats gerrymander the shit out of this state. I can't wait to vote John McGuire out of office.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Well, this makes one thing crystal clear: I hope Virginia Democrats gerrymander the shit out of this state. I can't wait to vote John McGuire out of office.
Someone needs to remind him that Festivus starts on December 23.
Trump rants about the "rigged election" at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"Trump Voter Feels Betrayed after Reading 800 Pages of Queer Feminist Theory."
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December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Trump Voter Feels Betrayed after Reading 800 Pages of Queer Feminist Theory."
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U.K. sanctions Russia’s GRU intelligence agency over a 2018 nerve agent attack that Britain says was ordered by Putin.
UK sanctions Russia’s GRU spy agency over 2018 nerve agent attack
Britain has sanctioned Russia’s GRU intelligence agency and summoned Moscow’s ambassador after an inquiry concluded that President Vladimir Putin was responsible for a nerve agent attack on British soil in 2018.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
U.K. sanctions Russia’s GRU intelligence agency over a 2018 nerve agent attack that Britain says was ordered by Putin.
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In WHITE FLIGHT, I detailed how segregationists moved from the overt racism of the KKK to subtler and stronger forms of discrimination rooted in a language of race-neutral rights … and then MAGA just picked up the tiki torch and lit a cross again.
Social scientists spent the last 50 years arguing that racism is still prevalent in US even if it's covert (racism w/ a veneer), unconscious (racism w/out intent), or systemic (racism w/out racists).
Along comes MAGA, which embraces gutter racism while claiming that teaching about racism is racist.
Along comes MAGA, which embraces gutter racism while claiming that teaching about racism is racist.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In WHITE FLIGHT, I detailed how segregationists moved from the overt racism of the KKK to subtler and stronger forms of discrimination rooted in a language of race-neutral rights … and then MAGA just picked up the tiki torch and lit a cross again.
This is the only good thing to come out of Pete Hegseth's Chernobyl-level disaster of a term as Secretary of Defense. Well done, Weekly World News.
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is the only good thing to come out of Pete Hegseth's Chernobyl-level disaster of a term as Secretary of Defense. Well done, Weekly World News.
Almost a year into Trump's 2nd term and I came honestly say, it has been even worse than I expected, and I had the lowest possible expectations. There is not one Cabinet member who has been a pleasant surprise- at best, they have been invisible doormat, like Doug Burgum.
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Almost a year into Trump's 2nd term and I came honestly say, it has been even worse than I expected, and I had the lowest possible expectations. There is not one Cabinet member who has been a pleasant surprise- at best, they have been invisible doormat, like Doug Burgum.
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When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Halfway through S4 of my Stranger Things re-binge and I still think "Dear Billy" is the best episode of the series, and Sadie Sink deserved an Emmy nomination for that episode.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Halfway through S4 of my Stranger Things re-binge and I still think "Dear Billy" is the best episode of the series, and Sadie Sink deserved an Emmy nomination for that episode.
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In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
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This would be a clear war crime even against combatants in a declared war. Even at the platoon level, something even Hegseth could understand.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This would be a clear war crime even against combatants in a declared war. Even at the platoon level, something even Hegseth could understand.
The football gods are not looking kindly upon me this week.
For the love of God, UVA, beat Tech tomorrow...
For the love of God, UVA, beat Tech tomorrow...
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The football gods are not looking kindly upon me this week.
For the love of God, UVA, beat Tech tomorrow...
For the love of God, UVA, beat Tech tomorrow...
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The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
Trump and Mike Johnson plan to hold a Monday evening tele-rally to boost Matt Van Epps in the #TN07 special election. www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
Every time Marco Rubio opens his mouth or Tweets something, I feel more and more ashamed of supporting and believing in him in 2016.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Every time Marco Rubio opens his mouth or Tweets something, I feel more and more ashamed of supporting and believing in him in 2016.
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He is responsible for the deaths of countless American citizens, and will now be pardoned by Donald Trump.
Don’t tell me Donald Trump is killing people in boats in the Caribbean to stop drug trafficking.
Don’t tell me Donald Trump is killing people in boats in the Caribbean to stop drug trafficking.
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
He is responsible for the deaths of countless American citizens, and will now be pardoned by Donald Trump.
Don’t tell me Donald Trump is killing people in boats in the Caribbean to stop drug trafficking.
Don’t tell me Donald Trump is killing people in boats in the Caribbean to stop drug trafficking.
Meanwhile, we are deporting numerous innocent people and gunning down people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs.
Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted by a jury of conspiring to traffic 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Meanwhile, we are deporting numerous innocent people and gunning down people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs.
Amazing what happens when you throw it more than 2 yards.
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Amazing what happens when you throw it more than 2 yards.
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
Whatever they are paying Vic Fangio, double it. He is single-handedly saving this season for the Eagles.
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Whatever they are paying Vic Fangio, double it. He is single-handedly saving this season for the Eagles.
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Btw, where's Tank Bigsby? Rare player this season who has given the Eagles' offense a spark?
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Btw, where's Tank Bigsby? Rare player this season who has given the Eagles' offense a spark?
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Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek, who has a daughter with Down syndrome, says he’ll vote No on redistricting following Trump’s “retarded” slur at Gov. Walz.
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek, who has a daughter with Down syndrome, says he’ll vote No on redistricting following Trump’s “retarded” slur at Gov. Walz.
I wonder how much video games have shaped Hegseth's understanding of military policies.
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I wonder how much video games have shaped Hegseth's understanding of military policies.
This is really feeling like the 2023 Eagles all over again... except that our defense, at least, is solid.
The offense is a Ferrari the keeps blowing gaskets, and no one knows why.
The offense is a Ferrari the keeps blowing gaskets, and no one knows why.
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is really feeling like the 2023 Eagles all over again... except that our defense, at least, is solid.
The offense is a Ferrari the keeps blowing gaskets, and no one knows why.
The offense is a Ferrari the keeps blowing gaskets, and no one knows why.