Nick Lloyd

He really encapsulates a certain type of GWOT vetbro who just can’t understand how a few more war crimes wouldn’t have won us the whole damn thing.

I would argue the better question to ask is why he didn’t get it covered up for a decade. I suspect his answer would be something like “I didn’t really think about it”, but that still shows some poor judgment.

This also implies a drunk enlisted man in Croatia understands the tattoo shop he’s in is Nazi-curious. I imagine the language barrier created part of the problem.

That assertion rests on a lot of assumptions. I think the simpler and more likely case is he was a drunk enlisted marine who saw a skull tattoo in Croatia and didn’t know what it was about. If you’ve ever known an enlisted infantryman, it makes more sense.

Possibly. I think the more likely case is they just don’t care about the stuff outside of the issues. Also, it’s a state full of contrarians. People in the media and online telling them they’re not supposed to like a guy just makes them like him more.

This exactly. Social media is not real life and Bluesky is even less so. I was just in Maine over Xmas and you see Platner signs in every other yard. All the Bluesky accounts screaming he’s “disqualified” over a tattoo he got as a drunk marine are not going to keep Maine voters from liking the guy.

I wonder if the fact that Dems view a GWOT veteran getting out and taking a job with one of the few companies that was willing to hire vets at that time as being a “problematic” part of his bio is a key indicator of why they continue to hemorrhage working class voters and lose winnable elections.. 🤷‍♂️

I think the lesson Trump taught us by winning after the Access Hollywood tape came out is if people like what you’re saying, they will ignore everything else about you.

That’s just On Here. In rural Maine I saw signs for him in every other yard. People love him there, and I’m sure he’ll win the primary by a mile. The general? Who knows. Susan Collins is great at pulling rabbits out of her hat.

Have … have you seen the rest of Congress???…

Bluesky just loves to do the Oppression Olympics, don’t they?

In fairness, every US military base I’ve ever been on had its own school.

I would bet any amount of money they’re micro peens all the way down.

If a Dem president tried to hold money from Oklahoma over literally anything they would be clamoring for civil war.

Yeah I legitimately don’t understand why any non chode still goes there. Any legitimate institution should have walked away a year ago or more.

“We spoke to Democrats Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr, and John Fetterman about how Trump is the one who is actually a bipartisan unifier”

There was a good write up on this phenomenon in the Atlantic. Some people would rather run and lose than win because it sets them up better for their grift after office.

Rotating 20 year terms 🙏

Unironically, build a monorail! (A HSR network)

I stand by this take

I’m hereby proposing the NFA Suppressor Deregulation and Trans Rights Act of 2026

Are we still arguing about Covid in 2026? Lmao

Wasn’t Newsom the first elected official to officiate gay marriages back in like 2003? I still think he has a sleazebag vibe (although obviously I would vote for him if he gets the nom) but he hardly seems anti LGBT

There are many villains in this story. I actually place more blame at the feet of Bundy and McNamara because they knew that escalating with ground troops would not win the war, yet went along with it anyway. The whole thing could have been avoided had those two men had an ounce of courage in 1964.

I’m not too proud to reuse this

He has already had Crockett on the show. This is just shameless ass covering trying to avoid a Kimmel-esque boycott like Disney was facing.

If only the government had an agency who could heal the sick, feed the hungry, and care for the poor…

I agree they’re worried about Texas, but I think more broadly Talarico worries them because their coalition is dependent on evangelicals who have been led to believe the Gospel of Matthew isn’t important. Talarico can speak their language and remind them what they’re supposed to think is important.

Yeah, we kind of overlook how prejudiced the Poles are just because of how pro-US/anti-Russia they are. They’re pretty bad on LGBT as well.

A lot of that going on lately