@richardallensmith.com.bsky.social
Suburban councilman. Trade unionist. John Brown enthusiast. Diasporic southerner.
Good stuff, DCMC does great events whenever you get to looking for local partners (no affiliation, I just like their events): www.dcmotorsportcommunity.com
04.08.2025 17:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Booker made an endorsement in the Virginia attorney general primary race two months ago.
04.08.2025 16:30 β π 300 π 62 π¬ 9 π 6DC live show when?
04.08.2025 16:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Preseason CFB coaches poll is out, so thought I'd do a thread on all the great and useful things we can glean from preseason polls:
04.08.2025 16:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mondays..
04.08.2025 14:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I would pay American dollars to see a policy-focused, public conversation between Derek Dooley, Herschel Walker, and Tommy Tuberville.
04.08.2025 13:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0(This is not a dunk on @doomquasar.bsky.social who I donβt know, I just have a longtime hatred of the em dash)
31.07.2025 14:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love it when people realize theyve always been wrong!
31.07.2025 14:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We donβt HAVE to. We could all do something about it.
29.07.2025 23:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I worked for Lee in the Army and all of these analogies were as true of his management style 20 years ago as they are now.
29.07.2025 22:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wait, you have to pay California taxes to live in Denver?
29.07.2025 22:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βAwdah Al-Hathaleen, a Palestinian teacher from the West Bank who was recently denied entry to the U.S. by San Francisco immigration authorities when he arrived on a valid visa, was shot and killed today in an altercation with an Israeli settlerβ
missionlocal.org/2025/07/pale...
Exciting news for @asherhuey.bsky.social!
28.07.2025 20:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is a state sanctioning private violence as policy. Everyone knows who did the crime, & it doesn't make a difference. This is what Jim Crow looked like.
28.07.2025 18:49 β π 211 π 62 π¬ 1 π 0This is right on. For people like Allen & VandeHei, being "opinionated" just means expressing progressive opinions, the idea that things should change. Opinions that reinforce status quo hierarchies -- ie, conservative opinions -- don't count as opinion at all. They're just "the way it is."
28.07.2025 19:18 β π 830 π 222 π¬ 25 π 14Did he also go back to wearing capes? Because he's now a hero.
28.07.2025 19:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A lot of my coworkers are about to learn about our lord and savior Nikola Jokic.
28.07.2025 18:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I hate to be a doomer, but I do not see how we, as a country, come back from this.You can't have a society when a full 30% of the people do not live in reality.
24.07.2025 18:53 β π 1502 π 301 π¬ 23 π 19Again: for all the moaning about "the groups" and "online leftists," nobody does as much to undermine Dems as elected Dems. Dem voters are rightly suspicious they'll elect someone like @shaheen.senate.gov who leaps in to save the Trumper who disclosed combat operations via a dubious Signal rip-off.
24.07.2025 17:10 β π 705 π 214 π¬ 20 π 14Not Charles Entertainment Cheese! x.com/DouglasSoule...
24.07.2025 17:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0no matter your politics itβs disrespectful to joke about someoneβs death. donβt say hulk hogan died when he tried to do an atomic leg drop and missed and bonked his head and bounced out of the ring and his pants flew off and his dick got twisted off the top rope. donβt say stuff like that
24.07.2025 16:32 β π 3915 π 693 π¬ 74 π 19Shocking Video Captures Calm Police Officers Handling Situation Nonviolently
23.07.2025 19:00 β π 13776 π 2872 π¬ 164 π 167Wasn't trying to dunk in case that's not clear. Just adding context, thanks!
21.07.2025 19:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Did you just make a joke? On bluesky?
21.07.2025 19:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Nate Silver is MS Excel Clippy, but less likeable.
See? I made a joke!
Not merely "a deal!" A legally binding contract!
21.07.2025 18:08 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1