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The Technomensch (He/Him)
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Social Geek. LGBTQ+ ally. I'm here to read, lurk, and repost, not engage. If I do engage with a post, or post unique content, it means I have something to say.
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This kind of Order 66 at 1:45pm EST is not the way to celebrate Star Wars month.
S. 1582 (ORDER NO. 66) 3.—Ordered, That on Thursday, May 8, 2025, following disposition of H.J. Res. 60, the Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 1582, a bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes; provided, that at 1:45p.m., the Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed. (May 7, 2025).
May 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
technomensch.bsky.social
To quote Jed
#ThenShutItDown
March 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Listen to Jed #ThenShutItDown #WestWing #Wingnuts #CR #Budget
Gif of Jed Bartlett from West Wing saying "Then shut it down"
March 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social #AltGov This is disappointing. I was really hoping this was an option. Guess that explains why I haven't heard anyone talking about it or sugggesting it.

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Text in the "recall federal officials" section from ballotpedia.org - "The United States Constitution does not provide for recall of any elected federal official. The option was considered during the drafting of the document in 1787, but was not included in the final version. Some state constitutions have stated the right of citizens to recall their members of the United States Congress, but whether it is constitutionally legal at the federal level has not been yet been ruled upon by the United States Supreme Court. One of the closest noted legal precedent is U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, in which the Supreme Court decided that states did not have the right to impose new terms, qualifications, or conditions of service on federal officials.[20] Some states have released opinions and rulings on recall of members of the U.S. Congress. Attorneys general in Arkansas (2010), Louisiana (2009), Kansas (1994), Nevada (1978), and Oregon (1935) all issued opinions against the recall of federal officials. Conversely, the Attorney General of Wisconsin in 1979 gave an opinion that state administration could not reject a petition for recall of a member of the U.S. Congress. In 2010, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled against federal recall and the Supreme Court of North Dakota also upheld an opinion by the state's attorney general against federal recall. Michigan courts stopped a recall petition against a member of Congress in 2007. A federal court in 1967 dismissed a case from Idaho where petitioners hoped to require the state to accept petitions seeking recall of a U.S. Senator."
March 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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@kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social Did you ever get an answer to this? If so, I think you might have a case and now would be the time for action.
"Are you allowed to impeach a president for gross incompetence?"
January 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Welcome to the new timeline (seen on Threads), original creator unknown
Sorry the Jedi Order isn't available right now. Order 66 has been enacted in the Galaxy. Unfortunately, that means every single Jedi, including Obi-Wan Kenobi, is now an enemy of the Republix. We are fortunate that Emperor Palpatine has indicated he will work with us on a solution to reinstate the Jedi Order once he takes office. Please stay tuned!
January 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Image of Rod Sterling giving his standard start of the Twlight Zone monologue, describing the next four years. - 'Enter Donald J. Trump, two-bit conman, television huckster, a denizen of gaudy casinos and smoke-filled back rooms, who conned himself into the biggest job of all. He is our guide to a new realm you won't find on any map: a world of his own creation, where words like 'truth' and lie' no longer have meaning, where man's darkest instincts are given license, and where things like human decency and tolerance are relics of a bygone day. Case in point: Mr. Donald Trump, a man with one foot in his mouth and the other... in the Twilight Zone."
December 6, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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Cleaning out my old retweets and found this gem. You definitely called this.
December 3, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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GIF of the character Sam Wilson from the Disney+ and Marvel television show "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" talking about Baron Zemo, saying "He's out of line, but he's right."
November 27, 2024 at 3:15 AM