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Allen Raymond

@allen-raymond.bsky.social
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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”

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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 15h
Not sure moral hazard can be put back in the bottle without SCOTUS reform or expansion. Appreciated Democrats are thinking about reining in the Executive. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Trump’s opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency
As the midterms approach, some of the president’s foes are working to ensure his aggressive approach to executive power doesn’t outlast him.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The medieval castle defense of using boiling oil on attackers is back with the Dragon Drone, which dumps molten thermite on the enemy. Yay technology? What is old is new again. www.technology.org/2026/05/22/r...
technology.org
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is how solipsistic masculinity excuses rape.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hegseth will have to steal more Pentagon money to fund his Weirdo Musk, Beardo Luckey, and for Fatty Gingrich conflict of interest ridden program because the next Congress isn’t going to fund it. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon
Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just as Trump has destroyed America’s institutions and taken its treasury for self-enrichment, so should America at the first opportunity destroy all things Trump and take back what was stolen to be made whole.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hearing Aimed at Jack Smith, Who Charged Trump, Devolves When Questions Turn to Basketball www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is guillotine worthy. newrepublic.com/post/216117/...
newrepublic.com
Bombshell Report Exposes Jared Kushner’s Ties to Company Backing IDF
Kushner, who has been tasked with negotiating peace in Gaza, has a huge financial stake in one of the biggest backers of the Israeli military.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Democrat who can make Americans feel like they haven’t been abandoned by their government and America isn’t everyone for themselves, will be the next president.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your land, federal land, is now Trump’s land and he’s going to use it for the production of nuclear power, waste storage, and date centers starting with a company founded two years ago by a high school dropout. Trump makes magic rocks go boom. www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
npr.org
A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Cause he’s just a middle aged dirtbag, baby. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Taking? Taken. www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
sacurrent.com
Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It wouldn’t surprise if when diesel hits $10/gallon, Americans will be robbing fuel trucks they way they used to rob stage coaches. Yeeehaaaawwww!
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With diesel at $7/gallon, how do you like solar ag EVs now, MAGA farmer? Trump is fucking American farmers like they’re minors. farmsutras.com/powered-mach...
farmsutras.com
Powered Machinery 9 Ultimate Powerful Solar Powered Systems In Agriculture -
Discover powered machinery with 9 powerful solar powered systems in agriculture, boosting productivity, reducing costs, and supporting sustainable farming practices.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Snte GOPers this week will push the Ratepayer Protection Act as a shield against tariff increases caused by data centers. The bill only applies to 100MW data centers, which accounts for just 10% of the market. This is about the OH Senate race, not consumers. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
congress.gov
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Saudi is the new Algeria for France. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
lemonde.fr
France sending military resources to Saudi Arabia brings discreet defense ties into spotlight
By announcing the deployment of soldiers, radars, and defense systems to protect Saudi Arabia's energy infrastructure, which has been targeted by the pro-Iranian Houthi forces from Yemen, President Ma...
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is Trump “managing” his policy-induced decline of America through the Thucydides Trap. Ppffffffffttttttt. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Trump embraces Xi as a peer, testing a new approach to China
The presidents praised their relationship over tea and viewed America’s founding documents, with few apparent breakthroughs on the issues dividing their countries.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The President of the United States has been transformed into the valet to the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. Hate Nixon as you should, but not even he stooped this low.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
While unlikely, there is a possibility democrats run the Senate table for a 55 seat majority in the next Congress. It’s a little crazy, I know. But add SC and KS while holding the incumbent seats and flipping the contested states, and it could Thune’s worst nightmare.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@duckworth.senate.gov should be the next Leader when Democrats win the Senate majority.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Chlamydia has a lower disapproval rating than Trump. americanresearchgroup.com/economy/
americanresearchgroup.com
Trump Job Approvals and The National Economy
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Independents have already chosen Talerico, who enjoys greater base intensity than his opponent - evident in the comparison of the gubernatorial ballot test in the same poll. static1.squarespace.com/static/67aa7...
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Page 15 if you want to know who runs the Trump Regime. Brendan Carr should fall out of a window. docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m seeing D+30 in the House and D+7 in the Senate. November will be a GOP bludgeoning.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hey @espn.com there isn’t a category on the app for the @wpbl.bsky.social and that’s idiotic. For love of the game, people. Firebells v Queens. SF v LA.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Aside from Boebert’s bigotry, this makes sense. www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-ne...
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There’s a screen adaption of The Story of Jonah. Studios can’t find any new compelling material? Maybe we should just capitulate to AI - same outcome.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Did you know that key elements to peace-making diplomacy requires informed presidential advisors with an empowered alter ego, and a talented State Dep’t team. Trump and his team have none of those qualities. But they do have real estate douche bags. So there’s that.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Weekend reminder that signs a state is in decline are: FDI exit, subversion of democratic norms, curtailing of judicial independence, rising violence. Trump’s America is an oligarch money suck machine. Oooorah! Wealth, money and fame are security for weak men. Weak men still have soft necks.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A Saturday reminder that the indicators of a failing state are: low literacy, infant mortality, low life expectancy, spread of disease. Trump’s America scores poorly on each. Whooooopeeeeeeee! Pass the fork, we’re done.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
All Tech Bros look like they were assembled on an operating table. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
politico.com
The Tech Bro in the Treaty Room
Inside Jacob Helberg’s campaign to rally the world behind America in the high-stakes competition with China over AI, minerals and global power.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic consultants who don’t see the fissure should be fired and never work again in politics. A good driver sees the gap. A great driver shoots the gap. Democrats need to be great and lap Republicans. These opportunities are too rare. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Democratic advisers are warning their candidates not to go too hard at AI
Democratic consultants are warning their candidates in some key races not to lean into AI regulations out of fear that powerful tech groups could spend heavily against them.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Given the devastation Trump has wrought on the republic and the GOP, there is an impeachment variable of Rs senators voting to impeach him out of vengeance. It is the GOP’s only path to redemption, and even then they should all be shamed into banishment.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The opening of this article is chilling. Trump diplomacy functions as a business development tool for Trump’s billionaire apparatchiks, led by Kushner. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
newyorker.com
Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy
Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m not the author of this award worthy genius. @lacho_ai_
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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...
c-span.org
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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...
politico.com
‘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.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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...
politico.com
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.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’ve always thought that the tempo of a campaign should mimic Bolero. It’s getting fortissimo for the GOP. www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...
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Powerful Glowing Ocean Wave Breaking
ALT: Powerful Glowing Ocean Wave Breaking
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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...
congress.gov
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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...
forbes.com
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.”
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’d prefer my $5,000 Trump voting bribe delivered by hand from Mitch McConnell.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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...
washingtonpost.com
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.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The 70s are back, baby! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/r...
nytimes.com
In Corsica, Separatists Bomb Vacation Homes to Send a Message
A majority of Corsicans support more autonomy from France. Some are going to extremes to make it known.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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...
ibewgov.org
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...
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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.)
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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...
politico.com
White House prepares for Democratic investigations
Trump aides are quietly seeking lawyers, receiving guidance on congressional inquiries and laying the legal groundwork for protecting communications with private advisers.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ready. Set. Go! Wheeeeeeeeeeeee! www.cnbc.com/2026/09/01/b...
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Peace, love, heartfelt sentiment and all that…but some people try too hard.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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...
apnews.com
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.
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Allen Raymond @allen-raymond.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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...
reuters.com
Experts, lawyers puzzled over US-Venezuela oil deal, call for contract transparency
Energy experts and lawyers questioned its legality and eventual execution, while calling on both governments for contract transparency.
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