James Vizzard
@jwvizzard.bsky.social
Political science PhD candidate specializing in civ-mil. Husband, father, former gangster for capitalism. Opinions, jokes, hot takes, and other skeets are only mine and not any current or former employer’s.
Its Friday night
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Its Friday night
Reposted by James Vizzard
On this anniversary of the first day of the battle of LZ X-Ray, 14 Nov 1965, let us remember those who served, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Rick Rescorla, born in Cornwall, England, served in the U.S. Army, and died saving people in the Twin Towers, embodied the best of who we are.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
On this anniversary of the first day of the battle of LZ X-Ray, 14 Nov 1965, let us remember those who served, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Rick Rescorla, born in Cornwall, England, served in the U.S. Army, and died saving people in the Twin Towers, embodied the best of who we are.
We live in a cursed timeline.
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A toast to the troops, featuring George Santos and Anna Delvey
A MAHA blogger, a disgraced former congressman and a famous fabulist walk into a bar...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We live in a cursed timeline.
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I'm sure the timing's just coincidence, but any representative who removes their name from the discharge petition at 4:01 this afternoon is going to have a whole lotta splainin' to do.
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I'm sure the timing's just coincidence, but any representative who removes their name from the discharge petition at 4:01 this afternoon is going to have a whole lotta splainin' to do.
Reminds me of the time we identified a drug ring operating in my battery and were shocked at the number of incriminating photos we turned up in searches.
My dad, 29 year in law enforcement, just laughed when I told him and said "every search warrant I ever served."
My dad, 29 year in law enforcement, just laughed when I told him and said "every search warrant I ever served."
Do enough litigation and you realize that most people are positively moronic about what they put in their emails.
of all the atrocities these emails likely allude to, it's still amazing that 'elites' write awful things *in emails*. so above the law, so convinced of their rectitude, so conditioned to impunity.
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Reminds me of the time we identified a drug ring operating in my battery and were shocked at the number of incriminating photos we turned up in searches.
My dad, 29 year in law enforcement, just laughed when I told him and said "every search warrant I ever served."
My dad, 29 year in law enforcement, just laughed when I told him and said "every search warrant I ever served."
It's always a bit of a relief when someone you kind of thought was a creep is revealed to in fact be a huge creep.
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's always a bit of a relief when someone you kind of thought was a creep is revealed to in fact be a huge creep.
In light of Trump's 60 Minutes suit, I wonder if anyone has standing to sue Fox. The 60 Minutes interview was standard journalistic practice while this is grossly unethical.
But this is also the media under authoritarinism--protection for pro-regime outlets and lawfare against real journalism.
But this is also the media under authoritarinism--protection for pro-regime outlets and lawfare against real journalism.
Unreal. Many of us have had elderly relatives be misled by Fox, but none of them have the power to deploy the military inside our own country.
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In light of Trump's 60 Minutes suit, I wonder if anyone has standing to sue Fox. The 60 Minutes interview was standard journalistic practice while this is grossly unethical.
But this is also the media under authoritarinism--protection for pro-regime outlets and lawfare against real journalism.
But this is also the media under authoritarinism--protection for pro-regime outlets and lawfare against real journalism.
Anyone know of a source for the percentage of eligible men drafted during the Vietnam War? It's a side note, and I've already spent too much time looking for it.
#civmilsky
#civmilsky
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Anyone know of a source for the percentage of eligible men drafted during the Vietnam War? It's a side note, and I've already spent too much time looking for it.
#civmilsky
#civmilsky
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
This is pretty awesome.
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is pretty awesome.
The Department of Defense was never the Department of War.
Trump: "We have officially renamed the Dept of Defense back to the original name, Dept of War. And remember we won World War 1, we won World War 2, we won everything in between. We won everything that came before. And then we brilliantly decided to change the name. We became politically correct"
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Department of Defense was never the Department of War.
Defend is the purpose; war is the method. One is done in service of the other and only out of necessity. He wasn't so into war when he was of draft age.
Trump's Veterans Day speech: "Secretary of War -- we like the sound of that better than the other."
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Defend is the purpose; war is the method. One is done in service of the other and only out of necessity. He wasn't so into war when he was of draft age.
He turned the government over to Elon Musk and said "go nuts." I wonder what is different between Ilhan Omar and Elon Musk. What could it be? 🤔
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
He turned the government over to Elon Musk and said "go nuts." I wonder what is different between Ilhan Omar and Elon Musk. What could it be? 🤔
The question is who can get close to Trump with a piece of poster board with FDR and Social Security, LBJ and Medicare, and Trump with "Trumpcare - Medicare for All"?
A lot of scathing quotes aimed at Pulte for the 50-year mortgage idea in this great piece, but seemingly no blame for Trump who fully bought into it after 10 minutes
‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: White House furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage
The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The question is who can get close to Trump with a piece of poster board with FDR and Social Security, LBJ and Medicare, and Trump with "Trumpcare - Medicare for All"?
Reposted by James Vizzard
Trading places with Elon would be like waking up as a cockroach and the worst part is that you would have traded away your knowledge of Kafka and the literary grounding to make sense of said experience.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Trading places with Elon would be like waking up as a cockroach and the worst part is that you would have traded away your knowledge of Kafka and the literary grounding to make sense of said experience.
Reposted by James Vizzard
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Happy Veterans Day to all who served.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Happy Veterans Day to all who served.
I understand the justifications for ending the shutdown—not sure I agree with them. But at minimum a commitment from the Speaker should have been part of the deal. They certainly had that much leverage, and without it the deal isn’t even a fig leaf.
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I understand the justifications for ending the shutdown—not sure I agree with them. But at minimum a commitment from the Speaker should have been part of the deal. They certainly had that much leverage, and without it the deal isn’t even a fig leaf.
I have been unable to vote (or rather have my vote count) in two presidential elex due to late-arriving mail ballots. As a registration clerk I processed votes for five people last week who did not receive their ballots on time.
Supreme Court to decide whether states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day
Supreme Court to decide whether states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day
About 30 states authorize counting mail-in ballots after Election Day.
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I have been unable to vote (or rather have my vote count) in two presidential elex due to late-arriving mail ballots. As a registration clerk I processed votes for five people last week who did not receive their ballots on time.
Odds Barilla gets an exception?
How Trump Finally Lost Mr. and Mrs. Alito
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These 13 Italian Pasta Brands Could Vanish From US Stores As 107% Tariffs Set In: WSJ
Mangia while you can. More than a dozen of Italy’s top pasta brands may soon vanish from American grocery shelves as tariffs totaling 107% take effect — a move that could make selling their products i...
dailyvoice.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Odds Barilla gets an exception?
It looks like it plays God Bless the USA at high volume as it rolls down the tracks.
Today we're unveiling our eighth locomotive in Metro-North’s Heritage Series—a moving tribute to our nation’s veterans.
Created and designed by Metro-North veterans, this locomotive embodies gratitude to those who have worn the uniform, both within the Metro-North family and across the country.
Created and designed by Metro-North veterans, this locomotive embodies gratitude to those who have worn the uniform, both within the Metro-North family and across the country.
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It looks like it plays God Bless the USA at high volume as it rolls down the tracks.
While the particulars vary from state to state, it is ALWAYS a bad idea to become an independent in a two-party system. If you feel powerless within your party, just wait until you no longer have a vote at all. The answer to a sub-optimal party is to involve yourself MORE.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
While the particulars vary from state to state, it is ALWAYS a bad idea to become an independent in a two-party system. If you feel powerless within your party, just wait until you no longer have a vote at all. The answer to a sub-optimal party is to involve yourself MORE.
Honestly, I am exhausted by the bad faith arguments. This guy is an MD--he understands the basics of health insurance. He's just willing to stand there and gaslight the entire country, and it is so exhausting. Like punching water.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Honestly, I am exhausted by the bad faith arguments. This guy is an MD--he understands the basics of health insurance. He's just willing to stand there and gaslight the entire country, and it is so exhausting. Like punching water.
SCOTUS decides not to place its hand on the glowing red stove.
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
SCOTUS decides not to place its hand on the glowing red stove.
Even more than his head on a coin, Washington would absolutely love the idea of a 500ft tall statue. (/s)
A 450-foot Prometheus. A 500-foot George Washington. Tech investors are racing to build colossal monuments celebrating Western power.
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
bloom.bg
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Even more than his head on a coin, Washington would absolutely love the idea of a 500ft tall statue. (/s)