James Hazen
@jameshazen.bsky.social
Treasurer for @tmonks4nc.bsky.social - Mechanical Engineer - Motorsport Nerd - Former Marine - I simp for @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social, @s1apsh0es.bsky.social, the SCCA, and affordable housing - #ncpol
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Thomas Monks, Candidate for NC House of Representatives District 73
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I'm treasurer for Thomas Monks (@tmonks4nc.bsky.social), who is running for the North Carolina House of Representatives District 73. Check out our campaign, and consider a donation! Help us break the GOP majority in NC and end the gerrymander!
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THE "CREATIVE ITERATION THAT TAKES HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS" IS THE FUN PART.
YOU FUCKING PSYCHOPATH.
YOU FUCKING PSYCHOPATH.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
THE "CREATIVE ITERATION THAT TAKES HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS" IS THE FUN PART.
YOU FUCKING PSYCHOPATH.
YOU FUCKING PSYCHOPATH.
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a fun thing about the current moment is things are so fucked that an uncleared unappointed random person is routinely attending highly sensitive and probably classified meetings because she doesn't trust her husband the principal not to cheat on her and none of that is even a page 18 story
bold to assume jenny would let him go to a meeting without her
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
a fun thing about the current moment is things are so fucked that an uncleared unappointed random person is routinely attending highly sensitive and probably classified meetings because she doesn't trust her husband the principal not to cheat on her and none of that is even a page 18 story
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THEY DID THE MEME
THEY DID THE FUCKIN MEME
THEY DID THE FUCKIN MEME
December 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
THEY DID THE MEME
THEY DID THE FUCKIN MEME
THEY DID THE FUCKIN MEME
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look if this is the titan of intellectual thought for the GOP i think the Blue Wave is coming
December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
look if this is the titan of intellectual thought for the GOP i think the Blue Wave is coming
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If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
GOOD NEWS FOR ONCE
An American race track? With existential security? In THIS economy?
VIR Acquires Full Ownership of Land
VIR property now under full ownership after decades-long lease...
sportscar365.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GOOD NEWS FOR ONCE
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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
I really don't know how I feel about permanent charters. I really don't like the idea of NASCAR being a franchised league like the NFL or something, or the idea of privates equity having an avenue into the sport to ruin it.
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I really don't know how I feel about permanent charters. I really don't like the idea of NASCAR being a franchised league like the NFL or something, or the idea of privates equity having an avenue into the sport to ruin it.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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It's official official.
Tomorrow at 2:30 PM EST I am going to be LIVE at @nbcnews.com News Studios at 30 Rock (ahhhhh!!!) to talk about #TheDoubleTax! This is my first live, in-studio interview on a nationwide broadcast EVER. 🤯
#blacksky #news #booksky
Tomorrow at 2:30 PM EST I am going to be LIVE at @nbcnews.com News Studios at 30 Rock (ahhhhh!!!) to talk about #TheDoubleTax! This is my first live, in-studio interview on a nationwide broadcast EVER. 🤯
#blacksky #news #booksky
December 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It's official official.
Tomorrow at 2:30 PM EST I am going to be LIVE at @nbcnews.com News Studios at 30 Rock (ahhhhh!!!) to talk about #TheDoubleTax! This is my first live, in-studio interview on a nationwide broadcast EVER. 🤯
#blacksky #news #booksky
Tomorrow at 2:30 PM EST I am going to be LIVE at @nbcnews.com News Studios at 30 Rock (ahhhhh!!!) to talk about #TheDoubleTax! This is my first live, in-studio interview on a nationwide broadcast EVER. 🤯
#blacksky #news #booksky
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Anyway. It sucks we now have to assume the worst and work from there.
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Anyway. It sucks we now have to assume the worst and work from there.
Brad Lander for Congress
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
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December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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I dislike weighing in on stupid and pointless discourses, but the idea that you cannot target retreating troops is one of the most grating topics that people bring up.
You retreat so you can conserve combat power and come back to fight from a better position the next day and kill your adversary.
You retreat so you can conserve combat power and come back to fight from a better position the next day and kill your adversary.
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I dislike weighing in on stupid and pointless discourses, but the idea that you cannot target retreating troops is one of the most grating topics that people bring up.
You retreat so you can conserve combat power and come back to fight from a better position the next day and kill your adversary.
You retreat so you can conserve combat power and come back to fight from a better position the next day and kill your adversary.
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"The fundamental reality is this: There is no way to improve health care in this country without increasing subsidies, tightening regulations, or expanding public programs, and Republicans oppose all three of those things."
Republicans are trying to find a way to stop healthcare premium hikes without admitting “all their health care ideas are awful and stupid.” Despite Dems. best efforts to bail out their colleagues, it looks like a premium increase is on the horizon. From @ryanlcooper.com
trib.al/L2sUvW6
trib.al/L2sUvW6
Republicans Scramble for Health Care Ideas as Obamacare Deadline Looms - The American Prospect
Next week, massive premium increases get locked in. The GOP has shown no interest in stopping it, or preventing any other increases in health care costs.
trib.al
December 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"The fundamental reality is this: There is no way to improve health care in this country without increasing subsidies, tightening regulations, or expanding public programs, and Republicans oppose all three of those things."
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Political reforms which would set us on a path towards a new system which don’t require a constitutional amendment:
- Proportional representation in the House with RCV in the Senate
- Expanding the Supreme Court and limiting its power
- Abolishing the filibuster
- Adding DC and PR as states
- Proportional representation in the House with RCV in the Senate
- Expanding the Supreme Court and limiting its power
- Abolishing the filibuster
- Adding DC and PR as states
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Political reforms which would set us on a path towards a new system which don’t require a constitutional amendment:
- Proportional representation in the House with RCV in the Senate
- Expanding the Supreme Court and limiting its power
- Abolishing the filibuster
- Adding DC and PR as states
- Proportional representation in the House with RCV in the Senate
- Expanding the Supreme Court and limiting its power
- Abolishing the filibuster
- Adding DC and PR as states
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The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
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it’s pretty funny that Duffy is simultaneously
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
it’s pretty funny that Duffy is simultaneously
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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Today in “Marginal income & wealth taxes are too low & this poses an existential threat to the Republic”
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Today in “Marginal income & wealth taxes are too low & this poses an existential threat to the Republic”
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i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
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What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.