James R (Randy) Fromm
@randyfromm.bsky.social
Retired. Ex-nuclear nomad. Cold War submarine veteran. Member of AntiFa. Perennial student. Independent scholar of rhetoric. Interests include affect, social imaginaries, narrative, American vigilantism. I’m a desert dwelling artisanal sourdough baker.
Is that squirm Blanche’s ‘tell’?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoQ: What message does it send if Trump fires a US attorney because she determined there was not sufficient evidence to charge four people with a crime? BLANCHE: If he fires a US attorney, it turns out he's allowed to do that because he's the president
Yeah. Like I’m worried about having a sandwich thrown at me while walking in DC … He’ll, she couldn’t even make that ‘stick’.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoBlanche credits Pirro with transforming DC "into a place that we can all now walk around in after sunset" 😆
How come Mitch McConnell is still getting paid to be a senator, but Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and Ted Kennedy are not?
As others (including Wilson!) note - It's fine to make a modern guy with modern guy problems but call it The Odyssey. That's wholly in line with how myth is used. It's not fine (with me) to write really bad sentences. That's when I nope out.
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 6h ago"I also cringed when Odysseus says to Penelope during their first meeting when he is disguised as a beggar, “Our age of bronze is collapsing.” ... no one during the Bronze Age knew they were living in the Bronze Age." This to me is when I gave up on actually liking the film overall.
In a country with a president who is such a destructive sore loser, politicians who are both helpful and gracious in defeat is a greatly appreciated novelty.
Three years ago, the Biden White House attacked me for saying "Democrats should be fighting on every possible front — filing a flurry of lawsuits and exerting public pressure through the media." "The president's team wants to be more selective in picking legal fights." I feel sadly vindicated.
🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to limit their own ability to pass amendments to the state constitution — a proposal that fueled extraordinarily high voter turnout in Tuesday’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution
Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure, not...
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Writing scripts for @hcrichardson.bsky.social’s @250to250.bsky.social project has been a career highlight for me. It’s been an honor to be involved in this important project. I’m proud of this script I wrote about signing of the Declaration of Independence. Heather’s reading makes it even better!
250 to 250@250to250.bsky.social · 3d ago@hcrichardson.bsky.social is an award-winning historian and the author of Letters from an American. Richardson revisits the Declaration of Independence and the principles of equality and self-government that set America on the road to becoming "the last, best hope of Earth." #WeAreAmerica250
Those of us who are veterans, who are the spouses of veterans, who are the children of veterans, who are the siblings of veterans should be angered by this insane display of self-aggrandizement. And rightfully so. The lunatic should be removed from office and put in an asylum.
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22h agoThis is a man who has a hard time looking in the mirror
A short but important thread on the collateral damage of high-tech weapons testing. Read the linked articles. Here in NM we are already all too familiar with these consequences.
Maitrijen⁷@maitrijen.bsky.social · yesterdaytake time to read this article. ...nobody could have guessed than an experimental high-energy laser weapon was the cause. After days of chaos and speculation, it was revealed that Customs and Border Patrol officials had fired off a laser volley from a US Army base adjacent the El Paso Airport.
Right on message … “It’s a family matter …” from the party of ‘family values’ …
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too
Imagine every one of these sniveling cowards being replaced by a Democrat who will fight to restore democracy. It can happen.
Melissa Murray@profmmurray.bsky.social · yesterdayThe U.S. Constitution begs to differ.
A vote to confirm Todd Blanche is a vote against justice for Epstein survivors.
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is zero for 20 in its lawsuits seeking to obtain state voter rolls, after a federal judge dismissed its case against Colorado Monday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump DOJ now 0 for 20 after judge dismisses Colorado voter roll lawsuit ‘with prejudice’
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is zero for 20 in its lawsuits seeking to obtain state voter rolls, after a federal judge dismissed its case against Colorado Monday.
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Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea."
Absolutely BLISTERING! Listen and pass it along. Contact your Senators to vote NO on Todd Blanche.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
Whitehouse: "The last Q I'm left with is what's left of this committee? What's left when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has this DOJ been asked what became of the $50k the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our Republican colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil"
Klobuchar: "More than six months after Renee and Alex's deaths when I asked Acting AG Blanche if the department would finally fully cooperate with state law enforcement in these investigations, he said 'it depends on what full cooperation means'...Minnesotans deserve transparency and accountability"
Blumenthal on Blanche's "walk back" of Trump's slush fund: "Commentators have talked about 'loop holes.' There are no loop holes here. This document itself is a sham ... tomorrow Donald Trump's counsel can go to court and seek to establish that thug fund if he chooses to do so."
What are the odds that Blanche wrote Grassley’s “speech” for him? Kalshi? Polymarket? Anyone?!?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayGrassley on Blanche: "The Justice Department has thrived under his leadership" 🙃
Durbin: "Mr Blanche has aided and abetted the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States ... Blanche's willingness to casually lie under oath about he statement he made in a room full of witnesses shows the lengths he will go to to avoid offending President Trump."
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
Whitehouse on Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell: "It was to get exculpatory information about Donald Trump and then reward her ... How often does a prisoner allegedly facing threats or danger get moved to a less secure facility? Think about it. It doesn't pass the test of common sense."
Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these two new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."
“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity?…I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND I WILL BE HEARD.” ~William Lloyd Garrison, “The Liberator,” Jan. 1, 1831. Image: Library of Congress.
