Cranky Old Sandlapper

Cranky Old Sandlapper

@sandlapper.bsky.social

3 time stroke survivor. 72 year old USAF veteran born and raised in SC. Married 52 years to the love of my life. “Obamabot.” Ultra Liberal. Papa. Engineer. Woodworker. I block assholes at the speed of light. He/Him

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Cranky Old Sandlapper
@sandlapper.bsky.social

This sounds more like the preamble to Trump declaring a state of emergency prior to the midterm elections, in order to disrupt them.

Edward Wong@ewong.bsky.social

US officials say they see the highest threat level from Iran since the start of Trump and Netanyahu's war. They say intel shows Iran is in the "advanced stages" of planning to attack US officials — not only in the Middle East, but in Europe and the US too. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans, Officials Say (Gift Article)The U.S. government has ordered diplomats and other federal employees to leave Saudi Arabia. It is also drawing down staff at other missions in the region.

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Mark Sumner 🌒
@devilstower.bsky.social

If we discovered that Boeing could shut down Air Force One, or General Dynamics had a remote kill switch for Abrams tanks, it would be a huge scandal. So why is everyone accepting how Elon Musk secretly retained control over the military’s supposedly secure command and control system? …

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MeteorBlades
@meteorblades.bsky.social

Adding this Trumpian reinterpretation of “take” to enforcing the Endangered Species Act—which the regime has already deeply wounded by removing “habitat loss” as cause for action even tho such loss is the key danger to many species—will all but destroy the law. www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

commondreams.orgTrump Threatens 50 Years of Wildlife Protection With One Memo | Common DreamsThe administration’s radical reinterpretation of what it means to "take" an endangered species, gutting much of the framework that made the Endangered Species Act so successful.

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Betty Kraken of Florida
@bettycrackerfl.bsky.social

The shotgun belonged to the 16 y/o shooter's mom. She said, “If I could have prevented this, I would have.” Yet her kid accessed her gun and ammo. Since the U.S. won't control guns, it must at least prosecute negligent parents. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

nytimes.comSchool Shooting in Bend, Ore., Has Heroes and Pain, But Few Answers (Gift Article)The city of Bend, Ore., is praising those who worked to stop the gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School. The authorities are searching for answers.

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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Jim Manley
@jamespmanley.bsky.social

Wonder what Trumps cut is

Euan MacDonald@euanmacdonald.bsky.social

Context: 300k tonnes of diesel = 93 million gallons. US uses 160 to 170 million gallons per day - so 300k tonnes would last 13-14 hours. Total order of 1.8 million tonnes = ~82 hours of US use = ~3 days 10 hours. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukTrump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky criticises 'gift to Putin'Ukraine's president said allowing Russia to sell petroleum products would prolong a war that must be ended.
Cranky Old Sandlapper
@sandlapper.bsky.social

I thought this sounded familiar…. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

dailymail.comPhotos show Nazis as they relax at death camp where 1.1million diedThe album was compiled by Obersturmführer Karl Höcker, the military administrative assistant to Richard Baer, the last commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social

Yesterday, NPR reported "Steve Miller certainly seemed to make that point to everyone that he wanted it to be cruel. This was what Miller had stated to the DHS at that time" Today, Vanity Fair reports the Nazi and his wife have parties that "are major productions" www.vanityfair.com/story/stephe...

vanityfair.comMAGA’s Petit Trianon? Katie and Stephen Miller’s House on a Military BaseFrom her house on a military base, Katie Miller treats Washington’s most powerful to cakes, farm animals, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs. "I can’t fucking stand her,” says one ally. But "Stephen Mil...

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanmn.bsky.social

Trump’s obsession with demonizing the Somali community is dangerous and reprehensible. Hate to break it to him: Somali Minnesotans are resilient. We will not let Trump intimidate us. Our neighbors have our back.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"

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Jason Karsh
@jkarsh.bsky.social

We are watching in slow motion the things that happen before ethnic cleansing happens. People get that, right?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tom Emmer refers to Somali-Americans as "enemy combatants" and says they should be "rounded up and put in jail"

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MeteorBlades
@meteorblades.bsky.social

For decades, under Democrats & Republicans, public comments about potential environmental impacts in drafts of proposed projects & federal policies were required. But the Trump regime no longer shares drafts, making informed public comment practically impossible. e360.yale.edu/features/pub...

e360.yale.eduHow the U.S. Public Lost Its Say on Environmental PolicyFederal agencies have long been required to seek public comment when writing new regulations or approving large projects, from highways to data centers. The Trump administration is systematically unde...

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Dr. Annie Andrews
@drannieandrews.com

For the first time, South Carolinians will be able hear directly from me and Mrs. Graham Nordone directly — my vision for a South Carolina we can afford and Darline's DC consultants' vision for whatever they want her to say. I hope you'll join me in Columbia before I take the stage Sunday evening.

Cranky Old Sandlapper
@sandlapper.bsky.social

Holy shit!

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com

🤯 A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty to illegally importing Russian plutonium and shipping the hazardous radioactive material to dozens of online buyers worldwide. united24media.com/world/us-man...

united24media.comUS Man Bought Plutonium From Russia and Sold It Online Across AmericaJacob D. Miller admitted to illegally importing plutonium from Russia and selling it online to at least 67 customers across the US and abroad.
Cranky Old Sandlapper
@sandlapper.bsky.social

What is the chip making version of a rocket ship blowing up?

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

Elon Musk said his business empire will build and operate Terafab independently, quashing speculation about industry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. swooping in to run his ambitious chipmaking venture.

bloom.bgElon Musk Rules Out Potential TSMC Role in Terafab OperationsElon Musk said his business empire will build and operate Terafab independently, quashing speculation about industry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. swooping in to run his ambitious chipmaking venture.

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Roosevelt Institute
@rooseveltinstitute.org

Replying to @rooseveltinstitute.org

As @bradlipton.bsky.social explains, under the federal rules prediction markets want, there are no problem-gambling safeguards, no odds disclosure, and no age-21 minimum. The fix: apply state gambling laws to prediction markets and strengthen those rules where needed.

rooseveltinstitute.orgHow the Federal Rules for Prediction Markets Fall Short of State-Level Gambling LawsPrediction markets increasingly resemble gambling but operate under far fewer protections. Brad Lipton explains what federal rules leave out and why state gambling laws offer a stronger baseline.

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Mark Sumner 🌒
@devilstower.bsky.social

Question for the Senate experts: If Democrats flip the Senate and Alito announces his retirement the next day, can Republicans force a candidate through the pipe in December or is there anything that can block them?

Cranky Old Sandlapper
@sandlapper.bsky.social

Further proof, as if it were needed, that some people can be completely incompetent and still be taken seriously.

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

Reassured about my belief (which I've had for a couple of months) that Dems will take the Senate by Mark Penn saying, "I still think the Republicans hold the Senate." www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/1...

realclearpolitics.comMark Penn: GOP Holds The Senate, "Democrats Have Incredibly Weak Candidates In Maine And In Michigan"On "Hannity," pollster Mark Penn said the midterms are hard to predict given how close the races are, but he ultimately expects Republicans to retain Senate control. SEAN HANNITY: Now, Democrats, the...

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Jared Yates Sexton
@jysexton.bsky.social

So, just to review. In roughly seven months the US has had to abandon all bases in the Middle East, flee from a British base, the petrodollar system that is the foundation for hegemony has collapsed, and we’re facing historical energy and food crises. Great work. www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/p...

cnn.comUS removes all Air Force bombers from UK base following new threat | CNN PoliticsThe United States has moved long-range bombers back to their American home stations after an unspecified new threat, according to a person familiar, days after the British government arrested a number...

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Phil PlAIt
@philplait.bsky.social

Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.

Feena van@feenavan2099.bsky.social

"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"

gadgetreview.comTrump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than StonehengeArizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
Cranky Old Sandlapper
@sandlapper.bsky.social

Somebody must be peeling onions in here…

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

Cranky Old Sandlapper
@sandlapper.bsky.social

It’s not surprising that the words “corruption” or “kickbacks” never appear in this 5 byline story, but it’s patently obvious that they should! Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

nytimes.comKristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.

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Jim Manley
@jamespmanley.bsky.social

I still can’t get over the fact that senate republican leaders decided to make a bill dealing with college football, authored by Ted Cruz, who has the political instincts of a doormat, the last bill before leaving to go on the campaign trail. How that held with the cost of living🤷🤷‍♂️ Just stunning

Jim Manley@jamespmanley.bsky.social

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

nytimes.comCongress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain (Gift Article)Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.

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Jim Manley
@jamespmanley.bsky.social

Wait- so Obama had a secret plan to permanently elevate gas prices? Whoaaa

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rep. Rich McCormick blames OBAMA for high gas prices in the year of our lord 2026

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Charles Ornstein
@charlesornstein.bsky.social

NEW: A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social

propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...

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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social

Replying to @emptywheel.bsky.social

Tho I actually like this post better. IMO, one smart response to these ads is to taunt GOP MoCs that Trump is still sitting on mountains of $$ and instead using taxpayer dollars to remind voters what a corrupt asshole he is.

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Kate Starbird
@katestarbird.bsky.social

This is one of those stories that drives home just how horrifying the current administration and its immigration policies / enforcement tactics are. It’s heartbreaking and stomach turning.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social

ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.

theguardian.comICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.