Backwoods pinko scalawag. Bespoke replies a specialty. He/him. Rear Admiral in the Kansas Antifa Navy (Inactive Ready Reserve)https://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml7653rrys2tDemocrats do their gerrymanders as public referendums with months of debate & sunset clauses. Republicans do their gerrymanders with a flick of the wrist. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7653rrys2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml75ae2fcs2tVoters elected Trump to make them rich [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml75ae2fcs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml72lqwz5c2tThere weren't a man in the world fifty years ago who spent his life turning wrenches or stamping steel & wanted the same for his son. They wanted their sons to be doctors & lawyers & business executives. Yet those sons (& daughters!) turn around & call themselves frauds & exploiters. Foolishness [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml72lqwz5c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml6zaj2eqk2tI am sure Tish James & Jim Comey can share some good tips for handling this nonsense [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6zaj2eqk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml6x4ta7uk2tIf a Democrat speaks plainly, the headline is either "Democrat fails to give specifics" or "Democrat's stances raise questions about [X]", followed by quotes from a Republican officeholder, a Republican operative posing as a concerned citizen, & Jim Kessler [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6x4ta7uk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml67lbgpkc2tIt is 8:45pm. I am putting my daughter to bed. It is 12:45am. I am putting my daughter to bed. It is 2:45am. I am putting my daughter to bed.06 May 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml67lbgpkc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml5y5iybtk23I think @aelkus.bsky.social has the right of this: if Trump were all there, this wouldn't be nearly as difficult for him. To the extent that he's been able to function this time around it's because he's had people around him ready to tell him what he wants to hear. Now there's no good spin left. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 05:35 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5y5iybtk23https://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml5sdwaldc2lI sincerely believe proportional representation is one of our best hopes for a Third American Republic [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 03:51 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5sdwaldc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml5s56dpds2lscanlon.gif [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5s56dpds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml5pvcpj3c2lThe utter failure of bringing laptops & tablets into primary education should give even the strongest AI proponents pause here [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5pvcpj3c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml5mmohiok2lThe irony is that the longer this goes, the less its resolution will matter, as the global economy restructures itself to not need Gulf oil [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 02:08 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5mmohiok2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml5k7co2ss2lIn short, & minus the passing anxiety: the Republican Party is going to get worse before it gets even worse [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5k7co2ss2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml5jb4dt3s2lI think the redistricting fight is mobilizing Republican base voters in favor of defeating Democrats at all costs. I hope the same does not prove true of Trump's low-propensity voters. I worry that Trump is such a potent idol that Trumpism may be able to survive losing the man just fine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5jb4dt3s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml5dnjzzd22eVoters elected Trump to make them rich [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5dnjzzd22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml5dmdxn222eit's a red flag but it's also how the Democratic base is regularly talking. Discourse is broken indeed [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5dmdxn222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml5cdrpluc27"you keep winning too hard, boss, you need to ease up" [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5cdrpluc27https://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml55v6ezbk2lSpecifically consider what caliber of lawyer decides whether it's worth joining this DoJ based on whether they get $25k. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml55v6ezbk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml546vext227obviously! guns don't kill people [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml546vext227https://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml52fmtii22tNaturally, the livest reply I got to this was a person angry at me for suggesting Stancil & Faeelin would ever deserve to be read in good faith. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml52fmtii22thttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml4uqyh4bc2lOne of the most characteristic angles of mob mentality is that the subject doesn't deserve to be read in good faith [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4uqyh4bc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml4txhgu2k2lAs far as ICE is concerned, Leo Garcia Venegas is a mistake to be corrected without regard for what the law says [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4txhgu2k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml4ts4n3r22lVoters elected Trump to make them rich [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ts4n3r22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml4srh2kvs2lWe've got different confusions muddying the discussion into uselessness: one, few AI data centers are polluting behemoths like Elon Musk's; two, the internet very much needs datacenters; three, we need to move toward renewable energy & the guys building out AI are unacceptably indifferent to that [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4srh2kvs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml4qdmno2k2tRahm has the advantage of having no principles to slow him down. It's useful for him to change his tune but it means nothing in his heart. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4qdmno2k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml4o7o2mvk2tWe do need to acknowledge that a lot of the Biden Administration's timidity was because the public very much wanted to "get back to normal" in 2020. They demanded normalcy. A president who wasn't constantly making news. A country where things were relatively quiet & problems were handled in time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4o7o2mvk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml4nkgsztk2tso much of what makes the world turn can be undone by fools [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4nkgsztk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml4mvlx5uc2oAbove all they needed Trump to be an aberration which the Biden Administration could correct by setting the best example possible, by keeping everything absolutely normal & by the book. This started failing on day one (with Trump's documents fiasco) & was invalidated entirely by the Trump judiciary. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4mvlx5uc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3ml3h2dfsws2wAssuming magic is limited to small-scale stuff, I'd put them in intelligence, engineering, & ordnance. The magic people don't load up the wagons, they build the roads, tell you exactly what's waiting at the other end, & hand you something that can kill it. Sergeants can do the rest just fine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 05:23 +0000at://did:plc:hyszri36usuuawks7s5viu5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3h2dfsws2w