Scott Stevenson
@pdxcitizen.bsky.social
Lawyer, Gator, Dad, not necessarily in that order
Anyone from PA that can tell us what is happening w/ the Senator?
He seems to have become quite erratic and also hyper-sensitive to criticism that he is erratic.
Was he always this much of an iconoclast, and those of us outside PA didn't realize it?
He seems to have become quite erratic and also hyper-sensitive to criticism that he is erratic.
Was he always this much of an iconoclast, and those of us outside PA didn't realize it?
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Anyone from PA that can tell us what is happening w/ the Senator?
He seems to have become quite erratic and also hyper-sensitive to criticism that he is erratic.
Was he always this much of an iconoclast, and those of us outside PA didn't realize it?
He seems to have become quite erratic and also hyper-sensitive to criticism that he is erratic.
Was he always this much of an iconoclast, and those of us outside PA didn't realize it?
Where's that "Stop it, he's already dead" GIF?
You crushed it Justin. Clear, pithy and fact-based.
You crushed it Justin. Clear, pithy and fact-based.
December 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Where's that "Stop it, he's already dead" GIF?
You crushed it Justin. Clear, pithy and fact-based.
You crushed it Justin. Clear, pithy and fact-based.
He said they weren't going to demolish the East Wing, then went ahead and did it, without final plans, permits, or even deciding on an architect.
Not the preservationists fault.
Not the preservationists fault.
December 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
He said they weren't going to demolish the East Wing, then went ahead and did it, without final plans, permits, or even deciding on an architect.
Not the preservationists fault.
Not the preservationists fault.
The supposedly pro-business Republican party has gone from "We welcome you here, please spend your money with us" to "Screw off, and take your money with you."
This would be devastating to so many businesses, not just the large airline and hotels, but many small businesses.
This would be devastating to so many businesses, not just the large airline and hotels, but many small businesses.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The supposedly pro-business Republican party has gone from "We welcome you here, please spend your money with us" to "Screw off, and take your money with you."
This would be devastating to so many businesses, not just the large airline and hotels, but many small businesses.
This would be devastating to so many businesses, not just the large airline and hotels, but many small businesses.
Are hotel, airline and other-tourist dependent companies just going to sit silently while the white ethno-nationalists in the White House crater their business ?
Are they?
Are they?
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Are hotel, airline and other-tourist dependent companies just going to sit silently while the white ethno-nationalists in the White House crater their business ?
Are they?
Are they?
"Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?
Army counsel Joseph Welch, to Sen Joseph McCarthy, during the 1954 Army-McCarthy Hearings.
Army counsel Joseph Welch, to Sen Joseph McCarthy, during the 1954 Army-McCarthy Hearings.
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?
Army counsel Joseph Welch, to Sen Joseph McCarthy, during the 1954 Army-McCarthy Hearings.
Army counsel Joseph Welch, to Sen Joseph McCarthy, during the 1954 Army-McCarthy Hearings.
I guess all that state's rights stuff Heritage literally spent thousands of pages spouting in the last several decades is out the window.
December 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I guess all that state's rights stuff Heritage literally spent thousands of pages spouting in the last several decades is out the window.
Denial of reality can work...in a reality TV show.
Not so much in reality.
These clips are going to come back and bite them.
Not so much in reality.
These clips are going to come back and bite them.
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Denial of reality can work...in a reality TV show.
Not so much in reality.
These clips are going to come back and bite them.
Not so much in reality.
These clips are going to come back and bite them.
She's got a 2028 presidential campaign to get off the ground, and doesn't want to be blamed by association with the coming 2026 midterm Repub. wipeout.
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
She's got a 2028 presidential campaign to get off the ground, and doesn't want to be blamed by association with the coming 2026 midterm Repub. wipeout.
Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" tells several stories about a few of the HUNDREDS of American privateers that scoured the coast for British vessels they could seize and profit from.
So, really "piracy culture" has been in the American DNA since its founding.
So, really "piracy culture" has been in the American DNA since its founding.
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" tells several stories about a few of the HUNDREDS of American privateers that scoured the coast for British vessels they could seize and profit from.
So, really "piracy culture" has been in the American DNA since its founding.
So, really "piracy culture" has been in the American DNA since its founding.
When will Europe and Ukraine stop pretending that what the U.S.' Witkoff and Kushner are doing has any potential benefit for Ukraine and Europe?
They are either working with Rsusia to string things along, or they are dupes for Russia, distracted by promises of financial deals and paydays.
They are either working with Rsusia to string things along, or they are dupes for Russia, distracted by promises of financial deals and paydays.
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
When will Europe and Ukraine stop pretending that what the U.S.' Witkoff and Kushner are doing has any potential benefit for Ukraine and Europe?
They are either working with Rsusia to string things along, or they are dupes for Russia, distracted by promises of financial deals and paydays.
They are either working with Rsusia to string things along, or they are dupes for Russia, distracted by promises of financial deals and paydays.
This American thinks its awful, and awfully short-sighted.
Neither China or Russia has the kind of alliance with another economic superpower like the US has (had?) with Europe.
To undercut that alliance for some short term corrupt grift w/ a weakened Russia isn't in the USA's best interests.
Neither China or Russia has the kind of alliance with another economic superpower like the US has (had?) with Europe.
To undercut that alliance for some short term corrupt grift w/ a weakened Russia isn't in the USA's best interests.
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This American thinks its awful, and awfully short-sighted.
Neither China or Russia has the kind of alliance with another economic superpower like the US has (had?) with Europe.
To undercut that alliance for some short term corrupt grift w/ a weakened Russia isn't in the USA's best interests.
Neither China or Russia has the kind of alliance with another economic superpower like the US has (had?) with Europe.
To undercut that alliance for some short term corrupt grift w/ a weakened Russia isn't in the USA's best interests.
Trump has such a short attention span and so few firm beliefs, that if Europe to take the initiative and create a strong and successful strategy for defending itself and UKR, Trump would want to join in order to share in the praise.
He sniffs after success like a raccoon in the trash bins.
He sniffs after success like a raccoon in the trash bins.
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Trump has such a short attention span and so few firm beliefs, that if Europe to take the initiative and create a strong and successful strategy for defending itself and UKR, Trump would want to join in order to share in the praise.
He sniffs after success like a raccoon in the trash bins.
He sniffs after success like a raccoon in the trash bins.
Joe, who owns your local paper?
December 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Joe, who owns your local paper?
I never gave much thought to how important the grand jury system is to our freedom.
Trump is using gov't resources conduct lawfare on his enemies. Even if no conviction, he can get them to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves.
Grand juries aren't letting him get past "Go."
Trump is using gov't resources conduct lawfare on his enemies. Even if no conviction, he can get them to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves.
Grand juries aren't letting him get past "Go."
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I never gave much thought to how important the grand jury system is to our freedom.
Trump is using gov't resources conduct lawfare on his enemies. Even if no conviction, he can get them to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves.
Grand juries aren't letting him get past "Go."
Trump is using gov't resources conduct lawfare on his enemies. Even if no conviction, he can get them to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves.
Grand juries aren't letting him get past "Go."
Can the "K-shaped economy" be so bifurcated that a large majority of Americans are deeply worried about their prospects but the top 10% have so many gains from the capital markets that they are spending freely and keeping the economy afloat?
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Can the "K-shaped economy" be so bifurcated that a large majority of Americans are deeply worried about their prospects but the top 10% have so many gains from the capital markets that they are spending freely and keeping the economy afloat?
Hey, probably no better place to nap than the Institute of Peace.
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hey, probably no better place to nap than the Institute of Peace.
Don't worry Elise, there's still room on the Tradwife gravy train.
Put on an ankle-length gingham dress and modestly ask House Leader Johnson if there's room in the budget for some sourdough starter, then you'll get his attention.
Put on an ankle-length gingham dress and modestly ask House Leader Johnson if there's room in the budget for some sourdough starter, then you'll get his attention.
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Don't worry Elise, there's still room on the Tradwife gravy train.
Put on an ankle-length gingham dress and modestly ask House Leader Johnson if there's room in the budget for some sourdough starter, then you'll get his attention.
Put on an ankle-length gingham dress and modestly ask House Leader Johnson if there's room in the budget for some sourdough starter, then you'll get his attention.
This image is like a "Pick your fighter" in a Mortal Kombat: the Animal World"
Coked-out weasel v.. extremely overfed capybara
Coked-out weasel v.. extremely overfed capybara
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This image is like a "Pick your fighter" in a Mortal Kombat: the Animal World"
Coked-out weasel v.. extremely overfed capybara
Coked-out weasel v.. extremely overfed capybara
The folks in DHS probably think RoboCop is a "back the blue" documentary.
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The folks in DHS probably think RoboCop is a "back the blue" documentary.
She's like a rat whose every exit from the box of being a U.S. Representative has been blocked, no USTR, no UN Rep., her NY Governor run close to hopeless.
She's now gnawing the walls of the box itself, as the realization that her political career is over looms ever larger in her mind.
ETTD
She's now gnawing the walls of the box itself, as the realization that her political career is over looms ever larger in her mind.
ETTD
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
She's like a rat whose every exit from the box of being a U.S. Representative has been blocked, no USTR, no UN Rep., her NY Governor run close to hopeless.
She's now gnawing the walls of the box itself, as the realization that her political career is over looms ever larger in her mind.
ETTD
She's now gnawing the walls of the box itself, as the realization that her political career is over looms ever larger in her mind.
ETTD