LSAClassOf2000

LSAClassOf2000

@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

University Of Michigan Alumnus in search of a kinder world. Opinions are my own and not anyone else's. Any resemblance between me and anyone, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Subscribe to my blathering - https://democracybesieged.wordpress.com/

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LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

A) Wind turbines. B) All of them, in part because they've been able to rein in otherwise costly generation costs and infrastructure. C) Some countries generate enough that people occasionally do not get a bill, in fact.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Name me one country that has lots of windmills that is solveant. There are none."

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

"The official language of Ohio is now Pannonian dialect of Latin too, by the way."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "We will be officially BANNING the term, 'AI/Artificial Intelligence,' in all relevant documents, and everything else, due to its inaccuracy. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

It could not have been the semi-literate reads and the personality that somehow made Jell-O seem like a great conversationalist suddenly.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Katie Zacharia on Newsmax blames the media for her spectacular failure as press secretary 😆

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

Can you have a youthful indiscretion at 58? I will need to know this soon enough.

wsmv.com@wsmv.com

Tennessee Senator admits to sending unsolicited nude photos, calls them ‘youthful indiscretions’

wsmv.comTennessee Senator admits to sending unsolicited nude photos, calls them ‘youthful indiscretions’Tennessee Sen. Brent Taylor admits to sending unsolicited nude photos dating back to 2021, calling them “youthful indiscretions.” Opponent Justin Pearson calls the behavior “disturbing” and “unbecoming” one week before Election Day.
LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

Yeah, I saw that interview. He might as well have just said, "Here, you can have this judgment. I don't want it", which is just a dumb thing strategically, but Stelco did it.

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Mélanie Joly: "What was interesting in his interview is that [Cleveland-Cliffs CEO] mentioned that Stelco was a competitor that he wanted to get rid of... he's proving our case."

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

Finally, Scott Jennings gets consequences for being an unmitigated dick.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Big trouble here for Scott Jennings. A $72.5 million defamation lawsuit is no small matter, especially when the allegations involve a manipulated video and a fabricated quote. This could get very ugly for him. It’s about time this sort of deception has consequences.

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

The companies that have already taken steps to reduce emissions aren't going to emit again....so there is that.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Tonight I'm officially terminating Biden's expensive and unnecessary methane regulations, to save consumers and energy producers $45 BILLION IN COSTS!"

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

.....but Husted spent all day at the gym so he would not disappoint, or so he said. *melodious strains of "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John in background*

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "So I'm studying him. And I made the mistake of saying that I started off by studying his ass. I just wantasink. And then I looked at his feet & they were massive. I made the mistake of studying his anatomy. Maybe I should do that with Ken Paxton, but I'm not sure your body is gonna qualify."

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

The "no" votes need to be on the record. Success would be a bonus, but the point is to force the GOP to go on record

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Kamala Harris: I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea. I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there. I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done…

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

Jesus Christ, what an asshole. (I know, again....still.....)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump's affordability message: "You could even come to Mar-a-Lago. You'll be my guest. The problem is that for $5,000 the most you'll be able to buy is a hamburger and maybe a small dessert. I'm not even sure you could buy that! No, don't go there. It's not a good place if you're price conscious."

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

Vance was not even a thought in his mother's drug-addled mind during either major oil crisis, so no, he doesn't remember these things, if that's what he means.

Savchenko Volodymyr@savchenkoua.bsky.social

🇺🇸🫠 JD Vance: I remember going to a gas station and waiting in line for hours for gasoline that, of course, had shot up in price because of a region of the world made up of countries whose names I couldn't even pronounce.

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

To quote Police Academy II: "There are places you could go....certain bars....."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Husted: "The president is coming in tomorrow again to Ohio. Don't worry, I was in the weight room this morning working out. I don't want to let him down."

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

What is the average centre / left position in Israel, out of curiosity?

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

81% of Israelis think today's election is of particular importance or is the most important in Israel's history. 94% of left/centre voters, 79% of right voters and 66% of Arab voters feel this way. Explains high turnout. (Israeli Society Index. The Jewish People Policy Institute, September 2026)

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

Somehow, I don't think Bibi goes quietly. If he did, that would be...interesting

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social

Voter participation by noon today in Israel was already at its highest level since 1973. This election is on track to have the highest voter participation in Israel's history. Not a great sign for Netanyahu. People don't typically vote at record levels when they're happy with how things are going.

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

Holy jesus. He's going to be cheesed when he finds out where a great deal of high mathematics came from, not to mention astronomy and the only reason we know as much as we do about Greek and Roman literature.....and more yet....

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

....and for many of them, not being there would probably marginally help them, but they seem to be of the opinion that they are to go down with everyone and everything.

Andrew Perez@andrewperez.bsky.social

The president is demanding that Republican Senate candidates stand next to him at rallies where he talks about asses (mostly one man’s) and brags about making gas prices higher. If his candidates lose, it’s because the elections were rigged.

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

Add four more justices and you might be in business.

Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

I'm introducing the Truth and Accounability Commission to hold the Trump administration and Trump family accountable for their crimes. No one is above the law.

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

I've been on for years about what a thin-skinned man-child Pat McAfee is. Glad to see I am justified in my assessment.

Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social

dlvr.itPat McAfee ‘very, very uncomfortable’ at University of Utah due to light criticism, alludes to Charlie Kirk assassinationWe live in the golden age of rich and powerful people  lack the ability to handle even the slightest criticism, and few people embody that ethos as much as Pat McAfee. College GameDay spent its second consecutive weekend in Utah, landing in Salt Lake City on Saturday for the Big 12 showdown between the Utah…
LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

The far-right ecosystem is a multinational, connected effort. EVERYONE'S elections should matter to you on some level now.

Dan Mauler 🎃@meelar.bsky.social

I just think Matt's wrong about this. We're at a point in our technological development where a ton of problems spill over national borders--if Flavio Bolsonaro burns down the Amazon, that will flood houses in Miami.

LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

How does this guy keep getting cooler?

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social

New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of his friends have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup basketball — scrambling some operations at the facility. w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comMamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friendsThe choice of location has scrambled NYPD training operations, angering a police union and a Republican lawmaker.
LSAClassOf2000
@lsaclassof2000.bsky.social

"Cheesecake Factory indeed. It's more like a Benihana but without the class."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump is BIG MAD about Obama saying the White House now looks like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory: "He's not a smart guy. He's not smart at all ... for you to say it's a Cheesecake Factory, that just shows why you were a lousy president"