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Clay Ranck
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political junkie | Texafornian | purveyor of random information | reposts may or may not be semi-endorsements of content contained therein | all posts are off the record
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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · Jan 28
Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat from All The President’s Men. He’s smoking a cigarette in the shadows. The caption reads “The truth is, these aren't very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
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patdeklotz.bsky.social
Miles Taylor on a Term 1 conversation
January 4, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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tedgehring.bsky.social
He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He’s an idiot. Lots of American right wingers still love him. And he’s making the case for America just plundering other countries. 1/
clayranck.bsky.social Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 5h
tfw your beanie is cutting off blood flow to your brain
Tim Pool @Timcast TIMCASTI NEWS The US economy about to boom Tons of free oil heading our way 11:22•1/3/26•
January 4, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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greedo.bsky.social
What’s more free than something you have to spend billions of dollars to get?
Trump: We’re gonna rebuild the oil infrastructure which will cost billions of dollars
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 AM
clayranck.bsky.social
tfw your beanie is cutting off blood flow to your brain
Tim Pool @Timcast TIMCASTI NEWS The US economy about to boom Tons of free oil heading our way 11:22•1/3/26•
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
clayranck.bsky.social
When we were attacked, Denmark sent its sons and daughters to fight and die alongside us and this is how we repay them. Absolutely shameful.
Number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan Country # Deaths # Population (2010) Deaths per million USA 2,461* 309 million 7.96 Denmark 43 5.5 million 7.82
January 3, 2026 at 10:49 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
Fiona Hill’s 2019 comments on Russian attitudes towards Venezuela and Ukraine are quite interesting in light of recent events:
And I was also told by Amos and other colleagues that they had some linkages, so I also want to, you know, get you to step back at this period. This is, you know, March, April, into May, where we were having a standoff over Venezuela. And the Russians at this particular juncture were signaling very strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine. In other words, if we were going to exert some semblance of the Monroe Doctrine of, you know, Russia keeping out of our backyard, because this is after the Russians had sent in these hundred operatives essentially to, you know, basically secure the Venezuelan Government and, you know, to preempt what they were obviously taking to be some kind of u.s. military action, they were basically signaling: You know, you have your Monroe doctrine. You want us out of your backyard. Well, you know, we have our own version of this. You're in our backyard in Ukraine. And we were getting that sent to us, you know, kind of informally through channels. It was in the Russian press, various commentators.
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
If Harris and people around her had said that Trump would start a regime change war for oil in Venezuela, the Beltway media would have absolutely crucified them for speculating irresponsibly. Meanwhile when Republicans lie, the media helps amplify it.
daveweigel.bsky.social Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 15h
"Kamala will draft your sons to fight in Ukraine" was all over the place in 2024. I don't think the Dems appreciated how much the Liz Cheney appearances fed into that; Stephen Miller claimed Cheney would be her defense secretary and start WWIII.
jos1463.bsky.social ListenToTheEpsteinVictims @jos1463.bsky.social · 15h
They believed the lie
January 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
But you do get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States if you’re the former president of Honduras who has friends in the Trump administration.
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 18h
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
A 8:42 AM · Jan 3, 2026 post from JD Vance saying "And PSA for everyone saying this was "illegal": Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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sodrock.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
The oil companies paid Trump a lot of money for this outcome.
Trump pressed oil executives to give $1 billion for his campaign, people in industry say "This is a scandal" and "an indictment of the system" — but probably legal, one legal watchdog told POLITICO. /11 Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Waukesha County Expo Center, on May 1, 2024 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. | Jamie Kelter Davis for POLITICO By BEN LEFEBVRE 05/09/2024 07:29 PM EDT
January 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
NEW from me:

Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.

Take that, elites!

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Private jets and ‘Bari pitches’: Inside Weiss’ chaotic CBS Evening News reboot
EXCLUSIVE: The new CBS News editor-in-chief has chartered private flights for her armed security detail, made last-minute logistical changes and fired off ‘Bari Pitches.’ Weiss is once again accused o...
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 12:51 AM
clayranck.bsky.social
“Let’s do the fucking news (by flying myself around the country in a private jet with my security detail).” -Bari Weiss
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d
my other take away from this story is that weiss pulling the classic fraudster move of spending endless resources on her personal comfort under the guise of "doing the job"
January 3, 2026 at 2:12 AM
clayranck.bsky.social
Remember earlier this year when a bunch of journalists wrote credulous articles about how Elon was backing away from politics? 😂
hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social HudsonRiverCroc @hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social · 1d
Lol, have to love the compensation package he got that says he can’t be involved in politics
January 2, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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bartenderhemry.bsky.social
bari weiss as the famous north korean anchorwoman.
January 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
People like Bari Weiss want to establish the principle that if you disagree with them, you don’t love America.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.

One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 10:26 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
I’m biased, obviously, but the Masked Rider leading the team onto the field at Tech home games is one of the coolest traditions in college football. And it all started as a prank.
In 1936, the first rider, George Tate (class of 1937), led the football team onto the football field then left the field. Tate, whose identity was kept a secret at the time, was wearing a scarlet satin cape made by the Home Economics Department. He had borrowed a horse from the Tech barn as a prank. Tate was quoted in the November 4, 1984, issue of The Dallas Morning News as saying that Arch Lamb, who was then the head yell leader of the Saddle Tramps, "dreamed up this Red Raider thing." The prank was pulled a few more times that season but didn't surface again until the 1950s, when another Tech student was approached about creating a mascot. [6]
January 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
Sun’s up, guns up…now let’s fuck those Ducks up! ☝️☝️ #WreckEm
a person is riding a horse on a field in front of a crowd .
Alt: The Masked Rider leads the Tech football team into the field
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January 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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bananapantz.bsky.social
This big guy, doctor built like a brick house, smarter than an ox, first in his class at Harvard, came up to me “Sir”, he said “sir, you have the thinnest runniest bloo of any President I have ever seen probably since Lincoln. Scientists should study how thin your blood is.”
January 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…

Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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Tired: We need to fortify schools by locking the doors so no one can get in or out!

Wired: WHY ARE THE DAYCARES LOCKED AND WHY CAN’T WE WALK IN?!
December 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
“Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.”

-Donald Trump
emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3d
This probably didn't work out the way Jim Jordan's staffer intended.

legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Q The team's work, the prosecutor's work. So you subpoenaed Speaker 20 McCarthy's toll records after he became Speaker, and you sought records from 21 November 2020 through January 8th, 2021. What were you looking for with his records? 22 Like what did you do with the information you obtained? 23 A Okay. So the relevance of those records, there would be several examples, 24 but his contacts with either co-conspirators, the President, or conduits of information to the 25 President was relevant to our investigation. An example I could give you is, on January 6th, wu 1 we had information from Mark Meadows, who was present for a call where Congressman 2 McCarthy was asking for help. He was asking the President to come to his aid while the 3 Capitol was being seized. a Getting the exact tol records for when that happened was relevant for our 5 investigation both to question other witnesses about it so we had an accurate timeline and 6 also to corroborate that the call happened at approximately the time witnesses said it 7 happened. 8 Q Butts pretty significant to subpoena the Speaker of theHouse's toll records, 9 right? 10 A We followed Department policy, and we followed all legal requirements in 11 getting those records. 2 Q 1mean, you know, to get the information you're looking for, nobody disputed 13 the Speaker and the President were having communications on January 6th. So one way. 14 you could have gotten that information is you could have asked the Speaker's lawyer to look 15 at his phone records and to give you the information you needed, right? 6 A Well, you say now that nobody is disputing, but my experience in criminal 17 investigations i that people often at trial dispute things that you never thought were going 18 tobein dispute during the investigation, and so, when | conduct a criminal investigation, | 19 don'tassume there will be no disputes.
December 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
At the very least we’ll all know which stocks to short.
thorbenson.bsky.social Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 3d
What if we just all agreed it's 2008 tomorrow
December 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
End of an era. Fitting that it ended the same way it began. youtu.be/6jcdwiV6dXw?...
December 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
In my defense, I’ve been at the beach in Mexico this week.
December 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
clayranck.bsky.social
“It's been 19 days and 20 hrs since I last felt Kate's warm embrace.”

Is whatever AI tool he used to write this delusional post cribbing lines from Prince/Sinead O’Connor?
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5d
I am begging everyone on here to read this new post by Bryan Johnson — the super rich tech guy who is now doing the “never die” protocol.

I need to talk about it with you all.
Bryan Johnson • 0... @bryan_johnson It's been 19 days and 20 hrs since | last felt Kate's warm embrace. She landed 47 minutes ago. The 24 hours of travel no doubt has her rushing to shower. She needs to cleanse herself of a dirtied world incompatible with her sensibilities. The wash doubles as a ritual, preparatory for entrance into the symbolic world we've constructed. The time apart has been costly. My body's electrical signaling betrays the separation. Without her touch, my vagus nerve's 100,000 myelinated fibers have dropped their high frequency spectral power, squawking distress. An intelligent system broadcasting diminished wave forms, hoping to be heard. There are other signals of distress. My white blood cells have shifted their gene expression, upregulating pro-inflammatory genes IL-6 and TNF-alpha and downregulating my antiviral genes. A pro-aging biochemical signature of a system suffering hardship. My environment is a pristine anti-aging laboratory. Air, water, food and light are meticulously measured. Toxins are filtered. Purification systems run autonomously. Biomarkers tracked. Nutrition is calibrated. Yet outside my control is the affection of another. The 68 trillion cells that constitute Bryan Johnson run non-negotiable code. They demand tenderness, and not of a whimsical type, but deep, all-encompassing love that must be earned and carefully maintained. Otherwise they protest in self-termination. She's now only 13 miles away and I can viscerally feel her essence. The transmission pulses in high fidelity. As if there were a fiber optic cable streaming our connection at light speed through the multiplexed cylinders of glass. The time apart created latency, buffering the connection, depriving us of the luminescence and dimming into noise. In 15 minutes she will be within reach. I can visualize the whites of her eyes and smell her aroma. When she arrives, she will be shy. Whenever we are apart, she returns to zero. Her previous openness will be closed. Her emotional dynamic range will be held in reserve until she feels she is safe and can trust. I'll need to kindle her again. The rush of the courtship enthralls me. The anticipation drives a small cluster of my midbrain neurons to flood dopamine. Nerve fibers activate, lighting up my skin's receptors as it awaits for slow, caressing touch. My hypothalamus begins synthesizing oxytocin, preparing to dump it upon first eye contact to ensure the reestablishment of our pair bond. This biochemical orchestra fills me with delight and sensorial want. Kate's been mulling over what she'll wear for days. She's considered dozens of possibilities and modeled out my anticipated emotional state, the weather, and our planned activities. The colors will be representative of her psychological state and be positioned to soothe mine. The texture, style, and hues will interplay with our biology. The deliberately chosen accessories will add flair, intrigue and play. This is how she flirts, seduces and bypasses my mind to speak directly to my physiology. She has other tricks too. She's arrived. I must wait for her. Her timidness will want to determine the cadence. I hear the door crack open and her bag drop to the floor. She's nervous. I'm on the couch, neutral and open. She rounds the corner and our eyes meet. The inhibitions wither as the magnetism draws us together. Soft hellos are whispered and our bodies interdigitate. I feel her finger tips on the back of my neck. Goose bumps light up my body. Skin nerve cells fire signals directly to my brain, bypassing the analytical mind. The hypothalamus dumps the oxytocin, inhibiting fear and lowering cortisol. The body washes itself in this anti-inflammatory chain reaction. Our respiration and heart beats are now synchronizing. T… I press my cheek against hers. The skin on skin triggers a wave of desire. I brush her lips with mine, catalyzing a massive activation of neurons in her brain, overwhelming thought and forcing presence. She relents and wants to dance. She's home. I slip my hand under her shirt and brush the small of her back. Goosebumps spread like a wildfire across her body. Her hypothalamus stimulates the release of GnRH which tells the pituitary gland to wake up her reproductive system. Our olfactory systems consume each other with delight, signaling immune system compatibility. I move both my hands to her jawline, holding her head firmly in place. Our mirror neurons speak to each other. I know what she wants. My lips press against hers and I softly bite her lower lip. Kate's blood vessels dilate from the acetylcholine and nitric oxide release, flushing her lips, skin and body. The cascade is nearing waterfall. The executive control of our brains surrenders. No longer concerned with the 68 trillion cells. The prefrontal cortex goes dark. Eliminating future planning and probabilistic modeling. Activity in our parietal lobes diminishes, dissolving the boundary that distinguishes between self and other. No longer is there Kate and Bryan, just a singular biological entity suspended in a state of bliss. The outside world goes quiet. It doesn't exist. We dissolve into raw existence. Photo posted by Bryan Johnson where he’s hugging the woman he’s talking about in the post. Another photo of Bryan Johnson - a headshot so everyone can remember who I’m talking about.
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM