Hank Scorpio
@eneely.bsky.social
Volleyball coach, fan of MCFC / Boston Celtics / UGA football / Miami Dolphins / UR'98 / UGA'03 / Roll Beav
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Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
United States Congress elections, 2026
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
ballotpedia.org
May 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
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The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.
U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and held in immigration raid before being released
The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.
nbcnews.to
May 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.
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The New York Knicks were outscored by 20 points with Karl-Anthony Towns on the floor in Game 2
The Knicks 5-man starting lineup of Brunson / Bridges / Hart / Anunoby / Towns was outscored by 13 points in Game 2 and has been outscored by 29 points in the 2025 ECF vs Pacers.
The Knicks 5-man starting lineup of Brunson / Bridges / Hart / Anunoby / Towns was outscored by 13 points in Game 2 and has been outscored by 29 points in the 2025 ECF vs Pacers.
May 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The New York Knicks were outscored by 20 points with Karl-Anthony Towns on the floor in Game 2
The Knicks 5-man starting lineup of Brunson / Bridges / Hart / Anunoby / Towns was outscored by 13 points in Game 2 and has been outscored by 29 points in the 2025 ECF vs Pacers.
The Knicks 5-man starting lineup of Brunson / Bridges / Hart / Anunoby / Towns was outscored by 13 points in Game 2 and has been outscored by 29 points in the 2025 ECF vs Pacers.
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I’m on the Senate floor right now urging my colleagues to vote no on the GENIUS Act.
There is no excuse for Congress to pass a crypto bill that will turbocharge Trump’s corruption and undermine national security, consumer protection, and our financial stability.
There is no excuse for Congress to pass a crypto bill that will turbocharge Trump’s corruption and undermine national security, consumer protection, and our financial stability.
Senator Warren remarks on GENIUS Act
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I’m on the Senate floor right now urging my colleagues to vote no on the GENIUS Act.
There is no excuse for Congress to pass a crypto bill that will turbocharge Trump’s corruption and undermine national security, consumer protection, and our financial stability.
There is no excuse for Congress to pass a crypto bill that will turbocharge Trump’s corruption and undermine national security, consumer protection, and our financial stability.
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There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
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road trip (2000) was a profound movie.
May 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
road trip (2000) was a profound movie.
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When will voters ever learn that the GOP is not the fiscally responsible party?
May 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When will voters ever learn that the GOP is not the fiscally responsible party?
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If you watch a show like this, then Hell, previously only a mythological abstraction, immediately springs into being specifically so there is a place for you.
Trump officials reportedly consider TV gameshow with US citizenship as prize
Trump officials reportedly consider TV gameshow with US citizenship as prize
Homeland security department reviewing ‘out-of-the-box’ pitch in which immigrants would compete for citizenship
The US Department of Homeland Security is reportedly considering an “out-of-the-box” pitch to participate in a television gameshow that would have immigrants compete to obtain US citizenship.
Department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin described the pitch to the New York Times as a “celebration of being an American” and said the show would include challenges based on American traditions. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If you watch a show like this, then Hell, previously only a mythological abstraction, immediately springs into being specifically so there is a place for you.
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Trying not to think about it now, but this is probably the last time we're going see some of these guys as Celtics. Tremendous appreciation for what they've done and how they've carried themselves. Last year's team was my favorite I've ever covered, in any season, in any sport.
May 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Trying not to think about it now, but this is probably the last time we're going see some of these guys as Celtics. Tremendous appreciation for what they've done and how they've carried themselves. Last year's team was my favorite I've ever covered, in any season, in any sport.
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This. You don't even have to agree with any version of US civic belief, but the best version of the US-as-an-idea makes all of us born here citizens.
And citizen as our highest title.
And citizen as our highest title.
I’ve taught the 14th Amendment but only today did I fully grasp how radically inclusive Birthright Citizenship really is.
What makes you American? Not race, not religion, not lineage.
You’re born here, you belong here.
What makes you American? Not race, not religion, not lineage.
You’re born here, you belong here.
May 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This. You don't even have to agree with any version of US civic belief, but the best version of the US-as-an-idea makes all of us born here citizens.
And citizen as our highest title.
And citizen as our highest title.
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Then maybe they can do THE RUNNING MAN and then THE HUNGER GAMES.
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Then maybe they can do THE RUNNING MAN and then THE HUNGER GAMES.
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Pete Rose did baseball crimes. We so often have to beg for people to care about players' off the field harms, and Pete Rose's off the field harms were horrible, but he also did baseball crimes. The worst baseball crime! And still we can't be done with him! Exhausting!
May 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Pete Rose did baseball crimes. We so often have to beg for people to care about players' off the field harms, and Pete Rose's off the field harms were horrible, but he also did baseball crimes. The worst baseball crime! And still we can't be done with him! Exhausting!
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The argument of the Trumpists (and the white Afrikaners) is: If a reactionary white person is asked to live in a society they don't get to dominate, if they are "forced" to accept a pluralizing public square and don't get to do as they please at all times, it's basically genocidal persecution.
Within weeks of coming to power, the white nationalist regime flew in Afrikaners as refugees from what the regime's leader called an anti-white "genocide" - while at the same time shutting down asylum and escalating their purge of non-white people they declared "alien enemies."
Not very subtle.
Not very subtle.
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The argument of the Trumpists (and the white Afrikaners) is: If a reactionary white person is asked to live in a society they don't get to dominate, if they are "forced" to accept a pluralizing public square and don't get to do as they please at all times, it's basically genocidal persecution.
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If Congress valued the Constitution, it would impeach Trump for bribery.
The Constitution bans US officials—explicitly including POTUS—from accepting things of value from foreign govts. Ben Franklin famously gave up a gift from France as ambassador.
US institutions now see blatant bribery as ok.
The Constitution bans US officials—explicitly including POTUS—from accepting things of value from foreign govts. Ben Franklin famously gave up a gift from France as ambassador.
US institutions now see blatant bribery as ok.
The foreign emoluments clause was written to prevent exactly this. Blatantly unconstitutional
May 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
If Congress valued the Constitution, it would impeach Trump for bribery.
The Constitution bans US officials—explicitly including POTUS—from accepting things of value from foreign govts. Ben Franklin famously gave up a gift from France as ambassador.
US institutions now see blatant bribery as ok.
The Constitution bans US officials—explicitly including POTUS—from accepting things of value from foreign govts. Ben Franklin famously gave up a gift from France as ambassador.
US institutions now see blatant bribery as ok.
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I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Company Boasts Spending Up To $20 Million On Trump Crypto Coin To Buy Influence
The arrangement puts money in Trump’s pocket in return for the opportunity to change policy — exactly the sort of pay-to-play scheme critics warned about.
www.huffpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
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in the gop tax plan, the top 0.1% gets more than all the households in the bottom half of america combined
here's the same thing, but showing percentiles
it's a huge tax cut for the top 5% and way less for everyone else
it's a huge tax cut for the top 5% and way less for everyone else
May 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
in the gop tax plan, the top 0.1% gets more than all the households in the bottom half of america combined
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1. This is terrible
2. Will anything be done beyond announcing that it’s terrible
2. Will anything be done beyond announcing that it’s terrible
Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis.
It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
May 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
1. This is terrible
2. Will anything be done beyond announcing that it’s terrible
2. Will anything be done beyond announcing that it’s terrible
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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Exactly. The Pope adheres to ancient, straightforward Sunday School teachings about helping the needy and not being cruel to the vulnerable.
That this is being portrayed as radical and partisan says way more about the ones making the accusation than it does about him.
That this is being portrayed as radical and partisan says way more about the ones making the accusation than it does about him.
American conservatives calling the pope woke and Marxist is a great indicator for people who don’t realize just how unhinged American conservatives have gotten
May 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Exactly. The Pope adheres to ancient, straightforward Sunday School teachings about helping the needy and not being cruel to the vulnerable.
That this is being portrayed as radical and partisan says way more about the ones making the accusation than it does about him.
That this is being portrayed as radical and partisan says way more about the ones making the accusation than it does about him.
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Big win for the Wolves. Improves NBA teams to 3-3 this round when taking a 20-point lead.
May 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Big win for the Wolves. Improves NBA teams to 3-3 this round when taking a 20-point lead.
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If you're glutton for emotional punishment....in the last six years, this is just the 2nd time (in 564 games regular season/playoffs), the Celtics went two straight shooting 25% or below from 3.
2nd time...in 564 games.
A lot of 99th percentile things here in round two.
2nd time...in 564 games.
A lot of 99th percentile things here in round two.
May 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
If you're glutton for emotional punishment....in the last six years, this is just the 2nd time (in 564 games regular season/playoffs), the Celtics went two straight shooting 25% or below from 3.
2nd time...in 564 games.
A lot of 99th percentile things here in round two.
2nd time...in 564 games.
A lot of 99th percentile things here in round two.
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"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
December 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM
"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
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100 men vs. 1 gorilla?
How about the working class against the oligarchy?
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
This is the real fight we need to be talking about.
How about the working class against the oligarchy?
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
This is the real fight we need to be talking about.
May 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
100 men vs. 1 gorilla?
How about the working class against the oligarchy?
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
This is the real fight we need to be talking about.
How about the working class against the oligarchy?
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
This is the real fight we need to be talking about.
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American health insurance: teeth are not part of the body
May 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
American health insurance: teeth are not part of the body