Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What the hell is this new habit of holding a lapel Mike? It just looks dumb. 010
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Exactly. We go out for a few hours every few weeks and brag about it. Both the French and the Albanians are showing us how to do it right and we aren't listening or learning. 010
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's odd that I don't see any mention here on Bluesky about trump's comments about Iran dropping Nukes on LA and San Diego being OK with him. 000
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This by itself proves how unreliable and useless AI systems are when they can be so easily tweaked to produce answers that fit or protect a certain ideological viewpoint. Accuracy regardless of ideology must be the goal or these systems are essentially useless. 010
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Note to the Supremes: this is not part of his official duties. When can the trial begin? 000
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We're gwttingit here in Hawaii. Our fourth storm of the season blowing up just SE of us. Even if it doesn't become a hurricane we are projected to get as much as two feet of rain between Wed and Sunday. On top of Lala that we are still trying to clean up. 110
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 19/09/2026No, everyone needs to get Health *Care*, not coverage. There's a massive difference. Just because you have health insurance doesn't guarantee you'll get the care you need that you can afford. 000
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Just a reminder, even when there are no centrist dems in a race you will still make sure to encourage everyone to vote blue no matter who. 100
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 20/08/2026You know what competing visions produce? Debate, which has been missing for too long. 000
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I think we should definitely send those assholes to Tehran. 010
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Cupp is irrelevant. A Republican desperate for attention. 000
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I don't think that first photo is about illustrating a reading position. 080
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I hope someone monitoring the news media will let us know when some outlet finally mentions the dead cat trump is apparently wearing on his head. 020
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"Oxferd"? Seriously? Right out of a spy novel written by a barely literate 15 year old 031
Reposted by Tom ElliotHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026August 5, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 5, 2026On August 5, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law a new tax to help fund the United States government during the Civil War. 25858285
Reposted by Tom ElliotHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026August 4, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 4, 2026On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. 53798288
Reposted by Tom ElliotHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026August 3, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 3, 2026Just before midnight last night, news broke that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche had rescinded the order of May 18, 2026, establishing a $1.776 billion slush fund for those who claimed that the D... 40940342
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Not sure if you think this justifies the centrist position or not. I was massively pissed at purists complaining about Harris. They acted like paid trolls. 000
Reposted by Tom ElliotHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026July 31, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJuly 31, 2026Courtney Kube, Monica Alba, Peter Nicholas, Gordon Lubold, Katherine Doyle, and Andrea Mitchell of NBC News reported Wednesday that President Donald J. 47844292
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Blue no matter who applies to the centrists also, but they suddenly forget that when their candidate loses a primary. 110
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 31/07/2026They should stick to keeping their swinging in the bedroom. 000
Reposted by Tom ElliotHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026July 30, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJuly 30, 2026Sixty years ago today, on July 30, 1966, Medicare and Medicaid went into effect. 391009359
Reposted by Tom ElliotHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026July 29, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJuly 29, 2026Ariel Edwards-Levy of CNN reported today that a new CNN poll conducted by the public opinion research firm SSRS found that 70% of adult Americans disapprove of the way President Donald J. 37786265
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It doesn't bother me at all that he falls asleep in public. It really bothers me when he wakes up. 000
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Talk to trump's cabinet. They are the only ones who can invoke it, along with the VP. How did you think it works? 030
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I think in his case he's a true believer re: Israel. 000
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I wish everyone would stop rounding the slush fund to 1.8 or 2 billion when there is a specific reason they made it 1.776. Use the correct number because it highlights that it is a dog whistle to the MAGAts. 020
Reposted by Tom ElliotHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026July 20, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJuly 20, 2026On Friday an Iranian attack on a U.S. 38913292
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I think in his case "who's your daddy" had an entirely different meaning. 040
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Deutsch is a reprehensible human being so full of hatred that he is incapable of understanding the difference between bigotry toward a religious group and disgust with what a country's government is doing. 1102
Reposted by Tom ElliotHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026July 14, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJuly 14, 2026In August 1870 a U.S. 451117334
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Was Jake one of the founders? I wondered where his Biden hate came from. 000
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Nicolle's interview was a master class in how to do it right. It was a riveting hour. 120
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Yeah, I heard that and cracked up. Perfect 250 year old burn. 0150
Tom Elliot @paddler50.bsky.social · 23/06/2026How about what no one will say about Haberman's book? That this "reporting" in the book could have been done over weeks in the NYTimes months ago, when it would have done more good. Reporters who could have informed us sooner being interviewed by people who refuse to challenge them on this point. 1110