Drill Baby Drill...the US Politics Thread (Part 4)

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Another LEGO video for those who have been asking:

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This is vandalism https://x.com/baseballot/status/2055309076209492208?s=20

Nate Silver is a prick and his online conduct was impacting the brand so I get why Disney felt they needed to cut him. But that doesnt change how much incredible content they as an org put out over the years. Galen’s Gerrymandering project is absolutely vital work, even more so now in what looks to be the post-VRA era, and even that is gone. Beyond the consumer facing stuff though, their data repository was commonly used by most data analysts in the field. Even that is gone. Just an astonishing feat of digital destruction.

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For those not using Facebook, the Trump admin. have issued an emergency order to reopen a coal plant in Colorado. The claim is due to grid issues. Colorado has the most stable grid in the US and they’re blaming Biden.

The coal plant was retired at the end 2025 as part of an agreement between the plant owners and Obama to close it when the plant reached 50 years old. It would be replaced by other plants which are now operational.

So Colorado rate payers now have to pay for the recommissioning of a coal plant they don’t need.

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We actually had a thread with that exact topic title. It’s been locked though.

Edit: Found it:

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https://x.com/FurkanGozukara/status/2055814501027479885

I don’t do facebook

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https://x.com/glenn_tunes/status/2055868356423458850

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Bill Cassidy, GOP senator for Louisiana got lost in the Republican primary last night so will be exiting the senate at the end of this cycle.This is very rare in the senate but shows that despite the fall in popularity, writhing GOP politics it’s still the case that if you cross trump, even as minorly as Cassidy has done, you get punished.

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This is a good piece on him selling out Taiwan. Trump can only see personal gain, but often such trivial gain. He has no concept of what he is giving up in exchange for receiving flattery
https://x.com/ryanl_hass/status/2055733739687219636?s=61&t=VxX1vHU3NOwwNhlbyICG-g

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Shameful

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Basically MAGA hold the Republicans in a vice grip.

It’s going be a very odd Kruschev type Republican statement once the demented orange fuck shuffles off this planet.

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Kept the USA Today thing as its sourced and secondary the comment on the restraints… mate it’s an AI of the President with a buff looking Alien posted by the President, the restraints not being connected isn’t the story. It’s the demented troll posting it.

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Hegseth pulls US troops from Poland …

US rep Don Bacon (R) is not happy. … Bacon is a former USAF Brigadier General

https://x.com/RepDonBacon/status/2055628970394083414?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2055628970394083414|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=

https://x.com/BohuslavskaKate/status/2055415800048029997?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2055415800048029997|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=

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Kash Patel - at the USS Arizona memorial in Hawaii

Kash Patel goes snorkel diving at the war memorial containing the bodies of 900 sailors killed during the Dec 7, 1941 attack on Pearl harbor.

https://x.com/ABC/status/2055291431317823544?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2055291431317823544|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=

https://x.com/rparloff/status/2055629070252016102?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2055629070252016102|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/politics/patel-fbi-travel-snorkeling-pearl-harbor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i1A._lyf.54Rq3Q4j2Q0Y

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Suspicious trades by Trump …

Trump appears to be pumping stocks he just bought …
https://x.com/JuddLegum/status/2056373743945941407?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2056373743945941407|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=

CNBC - Jim Cramer …

Jim Cramer who is never lost for words … gets lost for words when talking about Trump’s trades

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2056442838699679773?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2056442838699679773|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=

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US House Speaker Mike Johnson on why members of Congress should be allowed to trade stocks …

“The salary of Congress has been frozen since 2009,” … “At least let them engage in some stock trading so that they can continue to take care of their family.”

The median U.S. congressional salary is $174,000.

https://x.com/clashreport/status/2055612045337227765?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2055612045337227765|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=

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