t.j.m. holden
@tjmholden.bsky.social
Author, educator, former college and pro basketball coach (U.S. and Japan); once upon a DJ; still father, spouse, son, sib; ever dreamer, progressive; not yet complete, far from done. Writer: https://www.tjmholden.com/; Etc: https://linktr.ee/t.j.m.holden
Precisely. We just witnessed Indiana's GOP refuse to accede to the White House's extreme gerrymander because, according to reports, they believed in state autonomy / refused to be controlled by the federal government. Federal pressure on a blue state to ignore its own laws seems even less likely.
December 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Precisely. We just witnessed Indiana's GOP refuse to accede to the White House's extreme gerrymander because, according to reports, they believed in state autonomy / refused to be controlled by the federal government. Federal pressure on a blue state to ignore its own laws seems even less likely.
"I'm soooo clever. See how I avoided saying 'white,' but everyone got the message anyway! Now they can't call me a racist, see?"
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"I'm soooo clever. See how I avoided saying 'white,' but everyone got the message anyway! Now they can't call me a racist, see?"
I seem to recall how well preaching sacrifice and austerity went over when Jimmy Carter espoused it. But, hey, Felon47 IS soooo special, so we'll see.
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I seem to recall how well preaching sacrifice and austerity went over when Jimmy Carter espoused it. But, hey, Felon47 IS soooo special, so we'll see.
See . . . I think it's because he didn't do all that stuff that he was awarded the prize. "Just kidding" can get you all sorts of cool stuff if everyone else is willing to close their eyes, hold their nose, plug their ears, and switch off their moral sensibilities.
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
See . . . I think it's because he didn't do all that stuff that he was awarded the prize. "Just kidding" can get you all sorts of cool stuff if everyone else is willing to close their eyes, hold their nose, plug their ears, and switch off their moral sensibilities.
"See, this just PROVES my superiority over Sleepy Joe. He never fell asleep in a cabinet meeting! Unlike TRUMP! HA!"
December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"See, this just PROVES my superiority over Sleepy Joe. He never fell asleep in a cabinet meeting! Unlike TRUMP! HA!"
Serious stuff. The rumor is they're going to put Lindsay Halligan on it straight away.
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Serious stuff. The rumor is they're going to put Lindsay Halligan on it straight away.
Unless it's a testament to just how bi-polar the other guy is.
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Unless it's a testament to just how bi-polar the other guy is.
"When Bone Spurs Met Bone Saw."
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"When Bone Spurs Met Bone Saw."
Not one iota. The voters selected the maps. The legal challenge (that it is a racial gerrymander), won't fly, since its proponents (most prominently Newsom) repeatedly stated it was a political gerrymander aimed at countering Texas' maneuver. The Supreme Ct. has decreed political redistricts legit.
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Not one iota. The voters selected the maps. The legal challenge (that it is a racial gerrymander), won't fly, since its proponents (most prominently Newsom) repeatedly stated it was a political gerrymander aimed at countering Texas' maneuver. The Supreme Ct. has decreed political redistricts legit.
Grandpa said what?
The World Cup is a once in a lifetime opportunity for all of you born in the U.S. ... after 1994.
Oh, except there were two more World Cups (1999, 2003) on U.S. soil after that.
In 2026 that'll be 4 U.S.-based World Cups in my lifetime. But yeah Gramps, 'splain history to us.
The World Cup is a once in a lifetime opportunity for all of you born in the U.S. ... after 1994.
Oh, except there were two more World Cups (1999, 2003) on U.S. soil after that.
In 2026 that'll be 4 U.S.-based World Cups in my lifetime. But yeah Gramps, 'splain history to us.
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Grandpa said what?
The World Cup is a once in a lifetime opportunity for all of you born in the U.S. ... after 1994.
Oh, except there were two more World Cups (1999, 2003) on U.S. soil after that.
In 2026 that'll be 4 U.S.-based World Cups in my lifetime. But yeah Gramps, 'splain history to us.
The World Cup is a once in a lifetime opportunity for all of you born in the U.S. ... after 1994.
Oh, except there were two more World Cups (1999, 2003) on U.S. soil after that.
In 2026 that'll be 4 U.S.-based World Cups in my lifetime. But yeah Gramps, 'splain history to us.
White House press release: "Routine annual inspection. As everyone can see, he aced the test! He walked longer, farther and straighter than all his predecessors combined! Just wait until he reviews the troops in the locker rooms at the annual Army-Navy game! Coming soon!"
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
White House press release: "Routine annual inspection. As everyone can see, he aced the test! He walked longer, farther and straighter than all his predecessors combined! Just wait until he reviews the troops in the locker rooms at the annual Army-Navy game! Coming soon!"
Coincidentally (or not), those who've had strokes receive MRIs. So, too, MRAs can detect stenosis (abnormal narrowing) of arteries or potential aneurysms.
So, lots of ways to play here, but none of them suggest a person in tip-top, ultra perfect, best ever in the history of the world health.
So, lots of ways to play here, but none of them suggest a person in tip-top, ultra perfect, best ever in the history of the world health.
October 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Coincidentally (or not), those who've had strokes receive MRIs. So, too, MRAs can detect stenosis (abnormal narrowing) of arteries or potential aneurysms.
So, lots of ways to play here, but none of them suggest a person in tip-top, ultra perfect, best ever in the history of the world health.
So, lots of ways to play here, but none of them suggest a person in tip-top, ultra perfect, best ever in the history of the world health.
Nero had a fiddle; Felon47 swivels his hips. Both lost in themselves while the world around them burns.
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Nero had a fiddle; Felon47 swivels his hips. Both lost in themselves while the world around them burns.
Sure, he would have won it all by himself (just ask him), but he chose to take it easy.
October 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sure, he would have won it all by himself (just ask him), but he chose to take it easy.
As president, why is he depending on the media to get sit-reps? There are federal agencies in Portland he can call. There's a mayor and governor with direct access to information.
Is the most powerful person on earth dependent on Fox News to gather essential intel? How weak this makes him appear
Is the most powerful person on earth dependent on Fox News to gather essential intel? How weak this makes him appear
October 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
As president, why is he depending on the media to get sit-reps? There are federal agencies in Portland he can call. There's a mayor and governor with direct access to information.
Is the most powerful person on earth dependent on Fox News to gather essential intel? How weak this makes him appear
Is the most powerful person on earth dependent on Fox News to gather essential intel? How weak this makes him appear
He forgot to mention how "when you go to the ER you see that the illegal next to you is eating a cat or a dog."
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
He forgot to mention how "when you go to the ER you see that the illegal next to you is eating a cat or a dog."
X-Box Boy says wut? For career military this is cringe. It is also an obscene, demeaning caricaturization.
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
X-Box Boy says wut? For career military this is cringe. It is also an obscene, demeaning caricaturization.
Also a way of saying: "got Nazi tattoos? Once belonged to KKK or the Patriot Front? We've got you covered . . . we'll scrub that inconvenient data point from your background check. So, racist-nationalist-supremacist . . . come on down!"
September 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Also a way of saying: "got Nazi tattoos? Once belonged to KKK or the Patriot Front? We've got you covered . . . we'll scrub that inconvenient data point from your background check. So, racist-nationalist-supremacist . . . come on down!"
Spot on / good catch. Apparently, though, they missed one of the latent messages: that Patton symbolized militaristic values and behaviors that were increasingly derogated and antithetical to the era -- or to the nation, itself.
September 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Spot on / good catch. Apparently, though, they missed one of the latent messages: that Patton symbolized militaristic values and behaviors that were increasingly derogated and antithetical to the era -- or to the nation, itself.
Hence today's E.O. restoring the death penalty to D.C.
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hence today's E.O. restoring the death penalty to D.C.
"I am addressing the staff of The Department of War . . . agitating for my receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize."
Only George (War is Peace) Orwell could make it make sense.
Only George (War is Peace) Orwell could make it make sense.
September 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"I am addressing the staff of The Department of War . . . agitating for my receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize."
Only George (War is Peace) Orwell could make it make sense.
Only George (War is Peace) Orwell could make it make sense.
Branding 101 (which Dems are so bad at):
"Grandpa seemed lost."
"I think he forgot to take his meds."
"He didn't seem to recognize me."
"He was muttering to himself."
"He couldn't keep up with the conversation."
"He kept ranting about Joe Biden"
"I wonder how safe the country is now."
On blast.
"Grandpa seemed lost."
"I think he forgot to take his meds."
"He didn't seem to recognize me."
"He was muttering to himself."
"He couldn't keep up with the conversation."
"He kept ranting about Joe Biden"
"I wonder how safe the country is now."
On blast.
September 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Branding 101 (which Dems are so bad at):
"Grandpa seemed lost."
"I think he forgot to take his meds."
"He didn't seem to recognize me."
"He was muttering to himself."
"He couldn't keep up with the conversation."
"He kept ranting about Joe Biden"
"I wonder how safe the country is now."
On blast.
"Grandpa seemed lost."
"I think he forgot to take his meds."
"He didn't seem to recognize me."
"He was muttering to himself."
"He couldn't keep up with the conversation."
"He kept ranting about Joe Biden"
"I wonder how safe the country is now."
On blast.
Sure, Jan.
Who jokes at a memorial?
Who jokes at a memorial?
September 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sure, Jan.
Who jokes at a memorial?
Who jokes at a memorial?
There would be no precent. The U.S. held elections during World War II, including both a presidential election and a midterm election.
September 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
There would be no precent. The U.S. held elections during World War II, including both a presidential election and a midterm election.