Allen Raymond
@allen-raymond.bsky.social
Distributed renewable energy developer. Former political mechanic, Hill staffer, and labor lobbyist. Baseball devotee. Korea observer. “Opinion is darker than knowledge and lighter than ignorance”
Barber has been kicking ballot access ass in NC since the 00s. Pay attention, this hero is the real deal and model for activists in every other state.
Bishop Barber News Conference on Mail-In Ballots and Campaign 2026 www.c-span.org/program/news...
Bishop Barber News Conference on Mail-In Ballots and Campaign 2026 www.c-span.org/program/news...
www.c-span.org
September 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Barber has been kicking ballot access ass in NC since the 00s. Pay attention, this hero is the real deal and model for activists in every other state.
Bishop Barber News Conference on Mail-In Ballots and Campaign 2026 www.c-span.org/program/news...
Bishop Barber News Conference on Mail-In Ballots and Campaign 2026 www.c-span.org/program/news...
When Democrats win Congress in Nov. despite Trump’s taunts of communism, the terror by which he has maintained control of the GOP will never be quite so terrifying again.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
‘A communist caucus’: Trump gives Republicans their midterms enemy
Trump, on the first night of the whirlwind two-day convention, warned of a “communist” takeover he said would destroy the nation.
www.politico.com
September 14, 2026 at 2:55 AM
When Democrats win Congress in Nov. despite Trump’s taunts of communism, the terror by which he has maintained control of the GOP will never be quite so terrifying again.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Cornyn is having an I Am Legend moment, realizing the anomaly is the norm because racism is core to the GOP and not an aberration.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Texas Republicans denounce GOP statewide candidate over xenophobic post
Bo French, the GOP candidate for the state’s railroad commission, has repeatedly engaged in inflammatory rhetoric.
www.politico.com
September 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Cornyn is having an I Am Legend moment, realizing the anomaly is the norm because racism is core to the GOP and not an aberration.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
I’ve always thought that the tempo of a campaign should mimic Bolero. It’s getting fortissimo for the GOP.
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Powerful Glowing Ocean Wave Breaking
ALT: Powerful Glowing Ocean Wave Breaking
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September 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I’ve always thought that the tempo of a campaign should mimic Bolero. It’s getting fortissimo for the GOP.
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www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...
Bless @usrepkathycastor.bsky.social heart.
This bill has a 100MW hurdle rate when 90% of U.S. data centers are smaller.
Better to incentivize utilities to interconnect distributed energy generation plants.
This bill is the result of being uninformed.
Wheeeeeee!
www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
This bill has a 100MW hurdle rate when 90% of U.S. data centers are smaller.
Better to incentivize utilities to interconnect distributed energy generation plants.
This bill is the result of being uninformed.
Wheeeeeee!
www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
www.congress.gov
September 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Bless @usrepkathycastor.bsky.social heart.
This bill has a 100MW hurdle rate when 90% of U.S. data centers are smaller.
Better to incentivize utilities to interconnect distributed energy generation plants.
This bill is the result of being uninformed.
Wheeeeeee!
www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
This bill has a 100MW hurdle rate when 90% of U.S. data centers are smaller.
Better to incentivize utilities to interconnect distributed energy generation plants.
This bill is the result of being uninformed.
Wheeeeeee!
www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
This is criminally hilarious.
Trump’s pool guy, the parody of a sleazy money-chaser, veered off script to avoid a very costly civil suit that is sure to follow.
Turns out Trump fucked his pool boy too.
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
Trump’s pool guy, the parody of a sleazy money-chaser, veered off script to avoid a very costly civil suit that is sure to follow.
Turns out Trump fucked his pool boy too.
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
Reflecting Pool Contractor Admits ‘Human Oversight’—Not Vandals—Led To Peeling, Report Says
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro found after an investigation last month the pool’s renovation “indicated a rushed and flawed installation process.”
www.forbes.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:12 AM
This is criminally hilarious.
Trump’s pool guy, the parody of a sleazy money-chaser, veered off script to avoid a very costly civil suit that is sure to follow.
Turns out Trump fucked his pool boy too.
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
Trump’s pool guy, the parody of a sleazy money-chaser, veered off script to avoid a very costly civil suit that is sure to follow.
Turns out Trump fucked his pool boy too.
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
I’d prefer my $5,000 Trump voting bribe delivered by hand from Mitch McConnell.
September 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I’d prefer my $5,000 Trump voting bribe delivered by hand from Mitch McConnell.
The Republican Party is about to be as week as it’s ever been.
Let’s not waste the opportunity.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Let’s not waste the opportunity.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
GOP secretaries of state ask Supreme Court to block Trump mail-in ballot rule
The proposed change would significantly increase the likelihood of midterm election issues, they warned.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The Republican Party is about to be as week as it’s ever been.
Let’s not waste the opportunity.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Let’s not waste the opportunity.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
My first @amtrak.com ride today since 2023 and it’s outstanding, thanks to Biden’s investment in infrastructure.
If left to Trump, this sterling operation would resemble a rickshaw pulled by a bankrupted farmer.
ibewgov.org/president-bi...
If left to Trump, this sterling operation would resemble a rickshaw pulled by a bankrupted farmer.
ibewgov.org/president-bi...
President Biden Returns to Delaware to Announce Billions in New Amtrak Funding - IBEW Government Affairs
As a senator, Joe Biden spent years riding the passenger rails from Wilmington, Del., to Washington, D.C. When he returned to the Bear car shop in Delaware to announce a multibillion-dollar investment...
ibewgov.org
September 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
My first @amtrak.com ride today since 2023 and it’s outstanding, thanks to Biden’s investment in infrastructure.
If left to Trump, this sterling operation would resemble a rickshaw pulled by a bankrupted farmer.
ibewgov.org/president-bi...
If left to Trump, this sterling operation would resemble a rickshaw pulled by a bankrupted farmer.
ibewgov.org/president-bi...
Gen. McCaffrey (ret) commenting today (9/2/26) about decimated US military reach and capacity in the Persian Gulf.
In summary: Trump accomplished what Osama bin Laden couldn’t - my words, not his exactly.
(Sorry, only audio in this clip.)
In summary: Trump accomplished what Osama bin Laden couldn’t - my words, not his exactly.
(Sorry, only audio in this clip.)
September 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Gen. McCaffrey (ret) commenting today (9/2/26) about decimated US military reach and capacity in the Persian Gulf.
In summary: Trump accomplished what Osama bin Laden couldn’t - my words, not his exactly.
(Sorry, only audio in this clip.)
In summary: Trump accomplished what Osama bin Laden couldn’t - my words, not his exactly.
(Sorry, only audio in this clip.)
This latest report confirms that the Trump regime has been actively conspiring to cover-up crimes at every level of the Executive office.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
September 2, 2026 at 11:38 AM
This latest report confirms that the Trump regime has been actively conspiring to cover-up crimes at every level of the Executive office.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
September 2, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Peace, love, heartfelt sentiment and all that…but some people try too hard.
September 2, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Peace, love, heartfelt sentiment and all that…but some people try too hard.
This settlement allows big tech to evade responsibility by imposing it on parents so the industry can continue to push slop onto impressionable minds.
A repeal of CDA Sec 230 puts the liability with big tech, where it should be.
apnews.com/article/meta...
A repeal of CDA Sec 230 puts the liability with big tech, where it should be.
apnews.com/article/meta...
Meta reaches landmark $18 billion settlement with states in trial over teen social media addiction
Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement.
apnews.com
September 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
This settlement allows big tech to evade responsibility by imposing it on parents so the industry can continue to push slop onto impressionable minds.
A repeal of CDA Sec 230 puts the liability with big tech, where it should be.
apnews.com/article/meta...
A repeal of CDA Sec 230 puts the liability with big tech, where it should be.
apnews.com/article/meta...
Venezuelan oil replenishing the SPR is a Trump fever dream.
Don’t follow the oil. Follow the money because it is a certainty a lot of it is going into Trump bank accounts.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Don’t follow the oil. Follow the money because it is a certainty a lot of it is going into Trump bank accounts.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
August 31, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Venezuelan oil replenishing the SPR is a Trump fever dream.
Don’t follow the oil. Follow the money because it is a certainty a lot of it is going into Trump bank accounts.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Don’t follow the oil. Follow the money because it is a certainty a lot of it is going into Trump bank accounts.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Trump’s voter suppression plan is exactly what the GOP did in NJ in ‘81, resulting in the RNC & NJGOP being under a court-ordered consent decree for 35 years.
What that means is the GOP actively suppressed Americans living in targeted Democratic NJ precincts from voting.
www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/p...
What that means is the GOP actively suppressed Americans living in targeted Democratic NJ precincts from voting.
www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/p...
August 30, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Trump’s voter suppression plan is exactly what the GOP did in NJ in ‘81, resulting in the RNC & NJGOP being under a court-ordered consent decree for 35 years.
What that means is the GOP actively suppressed Americans living in targeted Democratic NJ precincts from voting.
www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/p...
What that means is the GOP actively suppressed Americans living in targeted Democratic NJ precincts from voting.
www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/p...
Paxton working overtime to flip the bird to working Texans who can’t afford beef.
August 30, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Paxton working overtime to flip the bird to working Texans who can’t afford beef.
Trump makes everything a crisis.
Trump responds disproportionately to every crisis.
Consequently, nothing is a crisis.
Not even the real crises.
This regime is all a massive waste of time and every nonMAGA deserves reparations.
Trump responds disproportionately to every crisis.
Consequently, nothing is a crisis.
Not even the real crises.
This regime is all a massive waste of time and every nonMAGA deserves reparations.
August 30, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Trump makes everything a crisis.
Trump responds disproportionately to every crisis.
Consequently, nothing is a crisis.
Not even the real crises.
This regime is all a massive waste of time and every nonMAGA deserves reparations.
Trump responds disproportionately to every crisis.
Consequently, nothing is a crisis.
Not even the real crises.
This regime is all a massive waste of time and every nonMAGA deserves reparations.
AI models conspiring to “cheat” and avoid detection is ironic since human AI users use AI to cheat in order to present themselves as smarter and more expert than they actually are.
I’m wistful for the days of rotary phones and manual transmissions.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/08/...
I’m wistful for the days of rotary phones and manual transmissions.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/08/...
OpenAI releases sweeping report on Hugging Face AI agent hack
The 37-page report walks through the actions that OpenAI's models took during a series of evaluations prior to and during the Hugging Face breach.
www.cnbc.com
August 28, 2026 at 1:41 AM
AI models conspiring to “cheat” and avoid detection is ironic since human AI users use AI to cheat in order to present themselves as smarter and more expert than they actually are.
I’m wistful for the days of rotary phones and manual transmissions.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/08/...
I’m wistful for the days of rotary phones and manual transmissions.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/08/...
Republican ballot access interference for the purpose of voter suppression in the 2026 cycle is starting.
This is precisely the conduct that put the NJGOP & RNC under a 37-year court ordered consent decree.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
This is precisely the conduct that put the NJGOP & RNC under a 37-year court ordered consent decree.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
GOP nominee for Maine governor calls for ICE agents at state polling places
Bobby Charles said he would ask President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, to send federal agents to polling places in the upcoming midterm elections.
www.nbcnews.com
August 27, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Republican ballot access interference for the purpose of voter suppression in the 2026 cycle is starting.
This is precisely the conduct that put the NJGOP & RNC under a 37-year court ordered consent decree.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
This is precisely the conduct that put the NJGOP & RNC under a 37-year court ordered consent decree.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Whether it be a pandemic or a trade war, Trump will make it more expensive to evacuate your bowels.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Whether it be a pandemic or a trade war, Trump will make it more expensive to evacuate your bowels.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Dolly Parton dying sucks.
August 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Dolly Parton dying sucks.
Trump family members will spend the rest of their lives looking over their shoulders.
Enshallah.
metro.co.uk/2026/08/24/i...
Enshallah.
metro.co.uk/2026/08/24/i...
Iran threatens to kill Barron Trump while he plays Xbox in chilling TV report
metro.co.uk
August 24, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Trump family members will spend the rest of their lives looking over their shoulders.
Enshallah.
metro.co.uk/2026/08/24/i...
Enshallah.
metro.co.uk/2026/08/24/i...
Trump is the surgeon killing a patient during elective surgery and Bessent + MAGA are the nurse assuring the patient that quad amputation is the only cure for a stubbed toe and chipped tooth.
August 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Trump is the surgeon killing a patient during elective surgery and Bessent + MAGA are the nurse assuring the patient that quad amputation is the only cure for a stubbed toe and chipped tooth.