Fleet
@fleetadmiralj.bsky.social
Politics Nerd. Addicted to Elections. Front-End Web Designer.
Currently West Virginia. Previously Tennessee, New York, Virginia.
He/Him.
#Cuse #Jets #Braves
Curling is the best Olympic sport don't at me
Currently West Virginia. Previously Tennessee, New York, Virginia.
He/Him.
#Cuse #Jets #Braves
Curling is the best Olympic sport don't at me
Its so sad watching these skaters who know they screwed up a routine
February 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Its so sad watching these skaters who know they screwed up a routine
I'm more concerned with his judgement and willingness to have friendly chats with people he has no business doing that with than his platform.
People need to really look at Newsom not the narrative they’ve been hearing for years. Also he has been a fighter against Trump.
Is he perfect? No, but no one is.
Is he perfect? No, but no one is.
February 18, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I'm more concerned with his judgement and willingness to have friendly chats with people he has no business doing that with than his platform.
Constitutional amendment idea:
Allow for national referendum to allow a vote during the midterm to finish out current presidential term.
The biggest problem is, of course, to make it arduous enough that it doesnt get invoked every time
Allow for national referendum to allow a vote during the midterm to finish out current presidential term.
The biggest problem is, of course, to make it arduous enough that it doesnt get invoked every time
February 18, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Constitutional amendment idea:
Allow for national referendum to allow a vote during the midterm to finish out current presidential term.
The biggest problem is, of course, to make it arduous enough that it doesnt get invoked every time
Allow for national referendum to allow a vote during the midterm to finish out current presidential term.
The biggest problem is, of course, to make it arduous enough that it doesnt get invoked every time
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curious whether "she fucking warned you morons" or "she fucking lost" wins out among the primary electorate
February 18, 2026 at 1:12 AM
curious whether "she fucking warned you morons" or "she fucking lost" wins out among the primary electorate
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Fulton Co elections expert: “In all 5 areas identified by ... the [search warrant] affidavit, there are a multitude of false or misleading statements or omissions. ... Once ... corrected, the affidavit loses any basis in reality.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 18, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Fulton Co elections expert: “In all 5 areas identified by ... the [search warrant] affidavit, there are a multitude of false or misleading statements or omissions. ... Once ... corrected, the affidavit loses any basis in reality.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
*breaks everything*
February 18, 2026 at 1:51 AM
*breaks everything*
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On Jan 6, Crockett was on The View, which has very similar total viewers (2.61m) to Colbert Report (2.65m).
The impact is imperceptible compared to the recent explosion.
The impact is imperceptible compared to the recent explosion.
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 AM
On Jan 6, Crockett was on The View, which has very similar total viewers (2.61m) to Colbert Report (2.65m).
The impact is imperceptible compared to the recent explosion.
The impact is imperceptible compared to the recent explosion.
The point isnt that he will do it but that people will hear it and not know any better. And once they realize he bullshitted them it is too late.
Hopefully people are smart enough.
Hopefully people are smart enough.
That's not the way it works. Again, it's a political move with midterms not based on any sort of financial or legal reality.
#propertytaxes
#propertytaxes
February 18, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The point isnt that he will do it but that people will hear it and not know any better. And once they realize he bullshitted them it is too late.
Hopefully people are smart enough.
Hopefully people are smart enough.
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They are moving from Colorado.
February 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
They are moving from Colorado.
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Trump can't steal the midterms.
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
Trump Can’t Steal the Midterms
The case for being vigilant without panicking.
www.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Trump can't steal the midterms.
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
Its just mixing and matching talking points regardless of whether they make sense
This is new. “Violent criminal” immigrants are driving Americans’ wages down??????
JD Vance: "What we have consistently said is that we want to deport violent criminals, people who came in under the Biden administration, and get them out of the country so Americans' wages can go up."
February 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Its just mixing and matching talking points regardless of whether they make sense
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This is new. “Violent criminal” immigrants are driving Americans’ wages down??????
JD Vance: "What we have consistently said is that we want to deport violent criminals, people who came in under the Biden administration, and get them out of the country so Americans' wages can go up."
February 18, 2026 at 1:15 AM
This is new. “Violent criminal” immigrants are driving Americans’ wages down??????
What morans
More leaks about Noem’s mismanagement of the Coast Guard - a new details of the whole blanket fiasco. It seems Noem and Lewandowski were in the air when they realized Noem had left her blanket behind. They demanded the plane turn around and when the pilot refused, they tried to fire him. In midair.
Noem's use of Coast Guard resources strains her relationship with the military branch, sources say
Some early decisions by the homeland security secretary, including to divert Coast Guard resources from a search-and-rescue mission to the deportation of immigrants, set the tone early.
www.nbcnews.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:05 AM
What morans
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1 reason why I get so angry at anti-trans "safety in women's sports" people is NONE of them do SHIT or say ANYTHING about actual safety in womens sport. There are ongoing histories and challenges and abuses in sport, and folks are more than welcome to pay attention, and give a damn. But they don't.
December 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
1 reason why I get so angry at anti-trans "safety in women's sports" people is NONE of them do SHIT or say ANYTHING about actual safety in womens sport. There are ongoing histories and challenges and abuses in sport, and folks are more than welcome to pay attention, and give a damn. But they don't.
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this focus group captures the duality of the Democratic base
Q: how do you feel about the Democratic Party?
A: irredeemable quislings may they rot in hell
Q: are there any Democrats you like?
A: yes all the ones who are running for president and many others too
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Q: how do you feel about the Democratic Party?
A: irredeemable quislings may they rot in hell
Q: are there any Democrats you like?
A: yes all the ones who are running for president and many others too
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Democratic Party, ICE, Trump: 13 Democratic Voters Discuss
The group discusses the Democratic Party’s response to Trump and his reshaping of American life.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:03 AM
this focus group captures the duality of the Democratic base
Q: how do you feel about the Democratic Party?
A: irredeemable quislings may they rot in hell
Q: are there any Democrats you like?
A: yes all the ones who are running for president and many others too
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Q: how do you feel about the Democratic Party?
A: irredeemable quislings may they rot in hell
Q: are there any Democrats you like?
A: yes all the ones who are running for president and many others too
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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This is performance art: Leveraging your job as state AG to get a publicly funded state university to pay you an extra $100,000/year to teach a 2-credit class called "Executive Power." Indeed.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
February 17, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This is performance art: Leveraging your job as state AG to get a publicly funded state university to pay you an extra $100,000/year to teach a 2-credit class called "Executive Power." Indeed.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
"Too dangerous for Trump to be allowed on Colbert" is a heck of a closing primary argument
February 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"Too dangerous for Trump to be allowed on Colbert" is a heck of a closing primary argument
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I’m agnostic as to whether Talarico or Crockett would be a better nominee. But the Streisand Effect is definitely in full … effect.
This may end up being a massive own goal for the Trump administration.
February 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I’m agnostic as to whether Talarico or Crockett would be a better nominee. But the Streisand Effect is definitely in full … effect.
He should tell Trump, notorious anti-exercise and junk food guy, to do this
February 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
He should tell Trump, notorious anti-exercise and junk food guy, to do this
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It's not even a revolving door anymore - it's just a connecting hallway
The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
February 17, 2026 at 9:47 PM
It's not even a revolving door anymore - it's just a connecting hallway
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“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
I mean is there a meaningful difference between these two options? Also, if Im the dems, I obviously call their bluff on this
the way I'm reading SAVE stuff right now is that Senate Rs are trying to soft bluff that they might nuke to fund DHS+do SAVE so that Dems fund DHS
February 17, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I mean is there a meaningful difference between these two options? Also, if Im the dems, I obviously call their bluff on this
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super telling that Waymo is relatively honest about its (world class) capabilities and limitations, and as a result is like 1 percent as valuable as its boastful liar competitor
Waymo and Anthropic are two AI companies people here should reward, regardless of their feelings about AI as a whole or the respective companies. Waymo has, for years, incrementally plugged away at making a technology work. Out of the public eye, without any big flashy demos
whatever you think about Waymo they are light-years ahead of Tesla on this front and it is deeply infuriating that folks are still propping up the stock price based on Elon's lies about taking this stuff national
February 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
super telling that Waymo is relatively honest about its (world class) capabilities and limitations, and as a result is like 1 percent as valuable as its boastful liar competitor
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stuff like this thread is why i like Talarico a lot, despite the degree to which the anti-Black, anti-Democratic Party losers keep trying to rub their scent on him. Crockett would have my vote in the TX primary if I lived there, but the guy's very good at this
🧵Why Talarico’s faith works 🧵
It’s not lost on me that Talarico is doing what clergyfolk from King to Heschel have done. His credential to critique the hijacking of God’s name by fanatics derives *directly* from how seriously he takes faith in his own life. That puts him in the prophetic tradition.
It’s not lost on me that Talarico is doing what clergyfolk from King to Heschel have done. His credential to critique the hijacking of God’s name by fanatics derives *directly* from how seriously he takes faith in his own life. That puts him in the prophetic tradition.
February 17, 2026 at 10:18 PM
stuff like this thread is why i like Talarico a lot, despite the degree to which the anti-Black, anti-Democratic Party losers keep trying to rub their scent on him. Crockett would have my vote in the TX primary if I lived there, but the guy's very good at this
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They're coming for adult care and they're explicit about it.
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
They're coming for adult care and they're explicit about it.