Nathan Standing
@cryptosantra.bsky.social
Budding curmudgeon. Cryptosantra on Xitter, Threads, Post.News, Mastodon, BSky, and (I know) TruthSocial.
I watched part of the Chris Hayes interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. Painful.
Jeffries speaks in briefing points: poll-tested and rehearsed to numb boredom. Ask him something unexpected, and he freezes until he decides which monotonous talking point to use.
Jeffries speaks in briefing points: poll-tested and rehearsed to numb boredom. Ask him something unexpected, and he freezes until he decides which monotonous talking point to use.
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I watched part of the Chris Hayes interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. Painful.
Jeffries speaks in briefing points: poll-tested and rehearsed to numb boredom. Ask him something unexpected, and he freezes until he decides which monotonous talking point to use.
Jeffries speaks in briefing points: poll-tested and rehearsed to numb boredom. Ask him something unexpected, and he freezes until he decides which monotonous talking point to use.
You say you'll never support surrender. That's good. But your party just caved in return for... well, nothing. That raises questions about the current leadership.
I can guarantee that you'll be asked about that, Representative, and your position on the current Dem party leadership.
I can guarantee that you'll be asked about that, Representative, and your position on the current Dem party leadership.
It was “NO” yesterday.
It’s “NO” today.
And it’ll be “NO” when it gets to the House.
I’m not voting for something that forces millions of Americans to choose between seeing a doctor and putting food on their table.
It’s “NO” today.
And it’ll be “NO” when it gets to the House.
I’m not voting for something that forces millions of Americans to choose between seeing a doctor and putting food on their table.
Senate passes shutdown-ending deal
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
You say you'll never support surrender. That's good. But your party just caved in return for... well, nothing. That raises questions about the current leadership.
I can guarantee that you'll be asked about that, Representative, and your position on the current Dem party leadership.
I can guarantee that you'll be asked about that, Representative, and your position on the current Dem party leadership.
Oh, I can guarantee that.
Speaker Johnson will never, ever allow that bill to come to the House floor.
Never.
Speaker Johnson will never, ever allow that bill to come to the House floor.
Never.
⚡️ JUST NOW — Speaker Johnson will NOT guarantee a vote on ACA subsidies even if it passes the senate (after the Schumer-orchestrated cave)👇🏽
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Oh, I can guarantee that.
Speaker Johnson will never, ever allow that bill to come to the House floor.
Never.
Speaker Johnson will never, ever allow that bill to come to the House floor.
Never.
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Cull the Democratic Party. Systematically chip away all the weak, corporate centrists and corrupt, gutless elected officials who refuse to fight and instead suck at the teat of the oligarchy.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Cull the Democratic Party. Systematically chip away all the weak, corporate centrists and corrupt, gutless elected officials who refuse to fight and instead suck at the teat of the oligarchy.
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Any D running for Senate in 2026 must vow to oust Schumer as leader. Maybe he would quit
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Any D running for Senate in 2026 must vow to oust Schumer as leader. Maybe he would quit
Democrats caved. They got nothing: no concessions whatsoever. They got the chance for a vote that Johnson will never allow to be taken up by the House. Just like the last time.
Sen. Schumer pretends he wasn't behind it. Liar.
Dems need new leadership. We will all suffer for their cowardice.
Sen. Schumer pretends he wasn't behind it. Liar.
Dems need new leadership. We will all suffer for their cowardice.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Democrats caved. They got nothing: no concessions whatsoever. They got the chance for a vote that Johnson will never allow to be taken up by the House. Just like the last time.
Sen. Schumer pretends he wasn't behind it. Liar.
Dems need new leadership. We will all suffer for their cowardice.
Sen. Schumer pretends he wasn't behind it. Liar.
Dems need new leadership. We will all suffer for their cowardice.
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Forget empathy or sympathy. Who wouldn't be curious? Would any of us just stand there?
Me? Fuck, no! If I couldn't help, I'd at least be hovering around, just in case. Who wouldn't?
That guy wouldn't help. Think about that. How weird is that guy? I mean, fuck!
Me? Fuck, no! If I couldn't help, I'd at least be hovering around, just in case. Who wouldn't?
That guy wouldn't help. Think about that. How weird is that guy? I mean, fuck!
How about this strange little scene..
NO ONE IN THAT ROOM
IS CONCERNED THAT THE 'GUY' SITTING IN THE CHAIR IS PASSED OUT
Indicating THIS is not an unusual occurrence
AMERICA - WTFk is wrong with you?! Do something 😠 Get that demented old coot squatter OUT!
NO ONE IN THAT ROOM
IS CONCERNED THAT THE 'GUY' SITTING IN THE CHAIR IS PASSED OUT
Indicating THIS is not an unusual occurrence
AMERICA - WTFk is wrong with you?! Do something 😠 Get that demented old coot squatter OUT!
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Forget empathy or sympathy. Who wouldn't be curious? Would any of us just stand there?
Me? Fuck, no! If I couldn't help, I'd at least be hovering around, just in case. Who wouldn't?
That guy wouldn't help. Think about that. How weird is that guy? I mean, fuck!
Me? Fuck, no! If I couldn't help, I'd at least be hovering around, just in case. Who wouldn't?
That guy wouldn't help. Think about that. How weird is that guy? I mean, fuck!
Did Subway give the Sandwich Guy a replacement sandwich? Talk about a missed public relations moment.
Give the guy a lifetime of free subs, for Christ's sake!
Give the guy a lifetime of free subs, for Christ's sake!
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Did Subway give the Sandwich Guy a replacement sandwich? Talk about a missed public relations moment.
Give the guy a lifetime of free subs, for Christ's sake!
Give the guy a lifetime of free subs, for Christ's sake!
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November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Uzbekistan has a total GDP of around $115 billion. No, they won't be investing $35 billion in America. They're a tiny country.
Imagine someone who pretends that's not the reality. What a drooler, right?
Imagine someone who pretends that's not the reality. What a drooler, right?
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Uzbekistan has a total GDP of around $115 billion. No, they won't be investing $35 billion in America. They're a tiny country.
Imagine someone who pretends that's not the reality. What a drooler, right?
Imagine someone who pretends that's not the reality. What a drooler, right?
Trump forgot Guam, the Virgin Islands, Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Maybe he doesn't remember them?
Anyway, I think the American democracy is a decent governing system. We should do more of it.
Sadly, Trump and the Republican Party disagree with democracy unless they benefit.
Anyway, I think the American democracy is a decent governing system. We should do more of it.
Sadly, Trump and the Republican Party disagree with democracy unless they benefit.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Trump forgot Guam, the Virgin Islands, Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Maybe he doesn't remember them?
Anyway, I think the American democracy is a decent governing system. We should do more of it.
Sadly, Trump and the Republican Party disagree with democracy unless they benefit.
Anyway, I think the American democracy is a decent governing system. We should do more of it.
Sadly, Trump and the Republican Party disagree with democracy unless they benefit.
Trump's been rage-posting about the election on his vanity site for two days now! I tried counting yesterday, but stopped at 40 posts.
That guy needs his fluffer. Anyone seen Laura Loomer?
Anyway, now he's lying about how low 'his' food prices are. As if Trump's ever bought groceries in his life.
That guy needs his fluffer. Anyone seen Laura Loomer?
Anyway, now he's lying about how low 'his' food prices are. As if Trump's ever bought groceries in his life.
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Trump's been rage-posting about the election on his vanity site for two days now! I tried counting yesterday, but stopped at 40 posts.
That guy needs his fluffer. Anyone seen Laura Loomer?
Anyway, now he's lying about how low 'his' food prices are. As if Trump's ever bought groceries in his life.
That guy needs his fluffer. Anyone seen Laura Loomer?
Anyway, now he's lying about how low 'his' food prices are. As if Trump's ever bought groceries in his life.
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
The Threads LLM yanked that copy of this post because "f*ck all the way off!" "goes against our Community Standards on adult sexual solicitation."
Swear to god. I appealed, but the LLM didn't budge.
Hard not to smile. That expensive software thought I was an excavator & backhoe... um, hoe.
Swear to god. I appealed, but the LLM didn't budge.
Hard not to smile. That expensive software thought I was an excavator & backhoe... um, hoe.
Oh, dear. Didn't they get the money up front? Haven't they hear of Trump before?
That's bad planning. I feel so hahahahahahahahah <gasp> ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha <snort> hahahahahahaha... hahaha... hahahaha...
Sorry. Sorry! Let me try again.
Fuck all the way off, you miserable cretins.
That's bad planning. I feel so hahahahahahahahah <gasp> ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha <snort> hahahahahahaha... hahaha... hahahaha...
Sorry. Sorry! Let me try again.
Fuck all the way off, you miserable cretins.
ACECO Engineering & Construction, the firm in charge of the White House East Wing demolition, has called out President Donald Trump over unpaid balances for their services in demolishing the historic ...
ACECO Engineering and Construction Calls Out President Trump Over Unpaid Balances for White House East Wing Demolition Washington, D.C. — ACECO Engineering and Construction, the company overseeing the...
usamidia.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The Threads LLM yanked that copy of this post because "f*ck all the way off!" "goes against our Community Standards on adult sexual solicitation."
Swear to god. I appealed, but the LLM didn't budge.
Hard not to smile. That expensive software thought I was an excavator & backhoe... um, hoe.
Swear to god. I appealed, but the LLM didn't budge.
Hard not to smile. That expensive software thought I was an excavator & backhoe... um, hoe.
Oh, dear. Didn't they get the money up front? Haven't they hear of Trump before?
That's bad planning. I feel so hahahahahahahahah <gasp> ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha <snort> hahahahahahaha... hahaha... hahahaha...
Sorry. Sorry! Let me try again.
Fuck all the way off, you miserable cretins.
That's bad planning. I feel so hahahahahahahahah <gasp> ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha <snort> hahahahahahaha... hahaha... hahahaha...
Sorry. Sorry! Let me try again.
Fuck all the way off, you miserable cretins.
ACECO Engineering & Construction, the firm in charge of the White House East Wing demolition, has called out President Donald Trump over unpaid balances for their services in demolishing the historic ...
ACECO Engineering and Construction Calls Out President Trump Over Unpaid Balances for White House East Wing Demolition Washington, D.C. — ACECO Engineering and Construction, the company overseeing the...
usamidia.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Oh, dear. Didn't they get the money up front? Haven't they hear of Trump before?
That's bad planning. I feel so hahahahahahahahah <gasp> ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha <snort> hahahahahahaha... hahaha... hahahaha...
Sorry. Sorry! Let me try again.
Fuck all the way off, you miserable cretins.
That's bad planning. I feel so hahahahahahahahah <gasp> ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha <snort> hahahahahahaha... hahaha... hahahaha...
Sorry. Sorry! Let me try again.
Fuck all the way off, you miserable cretins.
Shit!
The administration is gutting NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center during the shutdown. It's a huge campus hosting hundreds of labs, including the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes. They gave furloughed people a few days to empty more than a dozen buildings of critical, unique equipment.
The administration is gutting NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center during the shutdown. It's a huge campus hosting hundreds of labs, including the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes. They gave furloughed people a few days to empty more than a dozen buildings of critical, unique equipment.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Shit!
The administration is gutting NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center during the shutdown. It's a huge campus hosting hundreds of labs, including the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes. They gave furloughed people a few days to empty more than a dozen buildings of critical, unique equipment.
The administration is gutting NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center during the shutdown. It's a huge campus hosting hundreds of labs, including the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes. They gave furloughed people a few days to empty more than a dozen buildings of critical, unique equipment.
When goobers like JD Vance talk about the "Chuck Schumer wing of the Democratic Party," he means 'Jews.' That's all.
In case you weren't sure what was happening.
In case you weren't sure what was happening.
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
When goobers like JD Vance talk about the "Chuck Schumer wing of the Democratic Party," he means 'Jews.' That's all.
In case you weren't sure what was happening.
In case you weren't sure what was happening.
I live in DC, so I'm happy to see this.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I live in DC, so I'm happy to see this.
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Since I live in DC, I'm especially happy to see this.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Since I live in DC, I'm especially happy to see this.
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Republicans dissolved the US Legislature just like Project 2025 promised. The major media sources ignore it. Unchecked, Trump grabs money, breaking the Constitution, and the news media ignore that, too. The nation barely notices.
That's... wow. Really?
Big Hint: It's a coup.
That's... wow. Really?
Big Hint: It's a coup.
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Republicans dissolved the US Legislature just like Project 2025 promised. The major media sources ignore it. Unchecked, Trump grabs money, breaking the Constitution, and the news media ignore that, too. The nation barely notices.
That's... wow. Really?
Big Hint: It's a coup.
That's... wow. Really?
Big Hint: It's a coup.
Poor Representative Nancy Mace. Obsessed with sexuality and everyone's genitals, she can't catch a break. The world won't lie down and do what she screams at them, no matter how hard she performs her absurdist skits.
A moment's silence for her and her exhausted therapist.
A moment's silence for her and her exhausted therapist.
Rep. Nancy Mace cursed and berated Charleston airport police over escort, incident report says
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace was flying out of Charleston International Airport on Thursday when the incident occurred.
www.cbsnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Poor Representative Nancy Mace. Obsessed with sexuality and everyone's genitals, she can't catch a break. The world won't lie down and do what she screams at them, no matter how hard she performs her absurdist skits.
A moment's silence for her and her exhausted therapist.
A moment's silence for her and her exhausted therapist.
This is excellent advice.
My frustration is that, because I live in Maryland, all my representatives are already doing that. Which isn't a problem, of course, but when they're already doing everything they can, there isn't much I can do to add to that.
My frustration is that, because I live in Maryland, all my representatives are already doing that. Which isn't a problem, of course, but when they're already doing everything they can, there isn't much I can do to add to that.
I asked my House Rep how to pressure Mike Johnson to call the House back & he said: Call the Speaker directly at 202-225-4000; Call your own reps & tell them to demand Johnson call the House back-202-224-3121;
Have friends & family in red districts call their reps too.
Have friends & family in red districts call their reps too.
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is excellent advice.
My frustration is that, because I live in Maryland, all my representatives are already doing that. Which isn't a problem, of course, but when they're already doing everything they can, there isn't much I can do to add to that.
My frustration is that, because I live in Maryland, all my representatives are already doing that. Which isn't a problem, of course, but when they're already doing everything they can, there isn't much I can do to add to that.
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Robber barons are greedy psychopaths.
They're not just evil, they're literally the worst people on the planet. Always have been.
They're not just evil, they're literally the worst people on the planet. Always have been.
Robber barons are greedy psychopaths.
They're not just evil, they're literally the worst people on the planet. Always have been.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Robber barons are greedy psychopaths.
They're not just evil, they're literally the worst people on the planet. Always have been.
They're not just evil, they're literally the worst people on the planet. Always have been.
The President just fired the cops, and the Republicans didn't blink. Congress oversees the Executive. It's their job to protect the integrity of the federal government.
But they just sat there, ignoring their responsibility. They didn't even bother saying anything.
Fire every Republican.
But they just sat there, ignoring their responsibility. They didn't even bother saying anything.
Fire every Republican.
White House fires entire commission that reviews designs for federal buildings
The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.
www.npr.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The President just fired the cops, and the Republicans didn't blink. Congress oversees the Executive. It's their job to protect the integrity of the federal government.
But they just sat there, ignoring their responsibility. They didn't even bother saying anything.
Fire every Republican.
But they just sat there, ignoring their responsibility. They didn't even bother saying anything.
Fire every Republican.