Chris H.
@chrishdallas.bsky.social
In-house tech-ish lawyer. Navy vet (subs). Dad. TX via CT & HI. Views not employer/DoD/USN. Go Sox!
Bring choice back to consumers, and foist the negative externalities onto taxpayers and future generations!
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bring choice back to consumers, and foist the negative externalities onto taxpayers and future generations!
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Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
That’s a pretty unAmerican thing for a member of congress to say.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
That’s a pretty unAmerican thing for a member of congress to say.
This tells you all you need to know about “liberal bias” in the media.
New York Times front pages
L: Epstein emails re Trump
R: Hillary Clinton emails
L: Epstein emails re Trump
R: Hillary Clinton emails
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This tells you all you need to know about “liberal bias” in the media.
Sounds like Republicans have a great argument here against insurance companies and in favor of single-payer healthcare.
Remember that insurance is actually a thing you hope never to use, and then read this critique.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Sounds like Republicans have a great argument here against insurance companies and in favor of single-payer healthcare.
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If the no public goods crowd prevails, goods are then exclusive to certain individuals and groups. In other words, the very concept of a social contract is no more and we have a kind of caste system defined by who has access to what goods and how much
One way to think about the current moment is an ideological struggle over whether there are such things as public goods
The goal of a business is to make money. The goal of a government is to serve the people. They’re not interchangeable.
March 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If the no public goods crowd prevails, goods are then exclusive to certain individuals and groups. In other words, the very concept of a social contract is no more and we have a kind of caste system defined by who has access to what goods and how much
Well, she kinda did say those things.
March 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Well, she kinda did say those things.
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What if we also alienate all our trading partners and start trade wars with like… everyone? Maybe that would help? Wait, I know… maybe if we side with our historical foes against a coalition of like… ALL the other western democracies, escalating global tensions toward a possible world war….?
February 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
What if we also alienate all our trading partners and start trade wars with like… everyone? Maybe that would help? Wait, I know… maybe if we side with our historical foes against a coalition of like… ALL the other western democracies, escalating global tensions toward a possible world war….?
I like how they tag their chain of command at the bottom of the tweet:
Army -> SECDEF -> POTUS -> Musk
Army -> SECDEF -> POTUS -> Musk
February 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I like how they tag their chain of command at the bottom of the tweet:
Army -> SECDEF -> POTUS -> Musk
Army -> SECDEF -> POTUS -> Musk
My outstanding new Congresswoman @juliejohnsontx.bsky.social‘s people left a robo-voicemail to let me know she had just started a telephone town hall, to update on the problematic actions by the administration, and they left the dial-in number so I could call in immediately.
February 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My outstanding new Congresswoman @juliejohnsontx.bsky.social‘s people left a robo-voicemail to let me know she had just started a telephone town hall, to update on the problematic actions by the administration, and they left the dial-in number so I could call in immediately.
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Now more than ever.
February 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Now more than ever.
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If the President can shut down agencies created by statute and funded by appropriation, just because he wants to, then Congress might as well close up shop and go home.
If the President can appoint people to do this without any confirmation and oversight, same.
If the President can appoint people to do this without any confirmation and oversight, same.
February 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
If the President can shut down agencies created by statute and funded by appropriation, just because he wants to, then Congress might as well close up shop and go home.
If the President can appoint people to do this without any confirmation and oversight, same.
If the President can appoint people to do this without any confirmation and oversight, same.
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The thing about Elon is he is so fucking drug addled and insane that it's truly difficult to tell which second and third order effects he is purposely trying to engineer and which are just obvious consequences that he is too dumb to see.
February 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The thing about Elon is he is so fucking drug addled and insane that it's truly difficult to tell which second and third order effects he is purposely trying to engineer and which are just obvious consequences that he is too dumb to see.
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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
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One legal issue with “Musk takes the checkbook” is that it seems like several Musk lackeys (or Musk himself) will be exercising substantial authority pursuant to public law. That’s unconstitutional, as they weren’t appointed consistent with the appointments clause or other applicable law
Could any President say "I don't want their DHS with a head requiring confirmation I'm going to create my OWN DHS and I'm going to say the appointee who runs it requires no confirmation!!!! But also I need all the data and files from old DHS and any employee who signs a loyalty oath can come over"
February 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
One legal issue with “Musk takes the checkbook” is that it seems like several Musk lackeys (or Musk himself) will be exercising substantial authority pursuant to public law. That’s unconstitutional, as they weren’t appointed consistent with the appointments clause or other applicable law
Took the kids climbing today so I could avoid tuning in to the Shitstorm of Doom, and now I need to feast on Advil for the rest of the evening.
January 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Took the kids climbing today so I could avoid tuning in to the Shitstorm of Doom, and now I need to feast on Advil for the rest of the evening.
I’d have pardoned my kid, too. Any parent who wouldn’t have sucks as a parent.
December 2, 2024 at 5:02 AM
I’d have pardoned my kid, too. Any parent who wouldn’t have sucks as a parent.
Best way to start Thanksgiving has always been helping set up the meal for our local refugee ministry—for most of whom it’s their first Thanksgiving. Feels more important than ever this year.
November 28, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Best way to start Thanksgiving has always been helping set up the meal for our local refugee ministry—for most of whom it’s their first Thanksgiving. Feels more important than ever this year.
I just keep thinking about…imagine being a woman at the pinnacle of a military career, as a four-star service chief, and knowing your likely new boss believes you never should have been allowed to serve.
November 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
I just keep thinking about…imagine being a woman at the pinnacle of a military career, as a four-star service chief, and knowing your likely new boss believes you never should have been allowed to serve.
See, this is why we use the Oxford comma, and/or proofread. Who knew that Netanyahu was also the Hamas military chief?!
November 21, 2024 at 12:33 PM
See, this is why we use the Oxford comma, and/or proofread. Who knew that Netanyahu was also the Hamas military chief?!
I just wish I were senior enough to make the list. I’d be up for that fight.
This is incredibly dangerous. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial
All of the officers were involved in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which independent reviews have blamed on both the Trump and Biden administrations.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:41 AM
I just wish I were senior enough to make the list. I’d be up for that fight.
French opera tonight—Debussy’s Pelléas and Melisande. Here a good overview: youtu.be/3qTrWewy4lY?...
French cats play paddy cake
YouTube video by Bootsofspeed3
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November 17, 2024 at 5:36 AM
French opera tonight—Debussy’s Pelléas and Melisande. Here a good overview: youtu.be/3qTrWewy4lY?...
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Nah man, it’s fine, I’m sure they’d be chill if we nominated a SECDEF with “Allahu Akbar” tattooed on his arm. Who doesn’t think God is great?
Deus vult’ began as a rallying cry for the Crusades. More recently, it’s been adopted by the far right. And we’re not even supposed to wonder/ask why it’s tattooed on the arm of the next defense secretary?
November 16, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Nah man, it’s fine, I’m sure they’d be chill if we nominated a SECDEF with “Allahu Akbar” tattooed on his arm. Who doesn’t think God is great?