Academic reference librarian, retired.
Huntington WV
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Timothy A. Balch retweeted
If you stand on the Lake Michigan shore near Muskegon and look west, and if you're 6 feet tall...
You look out at the horizon, and it's water.
How close are you to being able to see across the Lake?
Imagine if you could magically transport yourself to your visible horizon. And magically stand on the water there.
You still can't see the western shore.
Your new western horizon is still water.
So you do your teleportation trick again.
And your horizon is still water.
It is only on your 26th teleport that you think you can finally see land on the western horizon.
On your 27th teleport, you reach the western shore, near Milwaukee.
Twenty-six horizons of water to cross that lake.
"Damn," you say. "That is a *big* lake!"
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
A scandal is not just bad things happening and then a dogged person finding out about them. It's a more complex ecosystem of different players, different incentives, attention and excitement and the way these all interact with each other. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblogā¦
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
Itās so funny that he thinks literally anyone believes this about anyone but himself
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
Like Cohn, Trump has shown how vulnerable the American system of government can be, and how easily it can be undermined by somebody with the motivation to do so. mrf.lu/27Tr1
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
āBlack service members and Black veterans understand that we are either not welcome or we will exist within a permanent hierarchy in which white men are at the top.
Particularly straight white men." motherjones.com/politics/202ā¦
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
Hegseth holds first press conference in months, not to discuss war with Iran, energizing defense industrial base or US Navy's busy pace of operations.
He whines about Congressional complaints about his performance.
And he absurdly claims attacking him = attacking the troops.
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
They already did that when they gave up their nuclear weapons, and DJT reneged on that deal.
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Timothy A. Balch retweeted
Instead of āNATO-like guaranteesā what about āNATO guaranteesā?
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
Aside from (the things families measure the economy on, and only look at how billionaires and corporations are doing) the economy is great.
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026. So far. The scams, schemes and grifts have been endless, as the Trump Family seems to spend most of their time and energy finding new ways to profit off the presidency. Here is my Top 75. open.substack.com/pub/meidasā¦
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
The combination of the mass erroneous purge, forcing voters to cast affidavits, & mass rejection of affidavits per strict rules, is such an indictment of voter suppression in Mississippi.
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
Happy Veterans Day! Pooli (short for Princess Papule) was an All-American cat born on the Fourth of July at Pearl Harbor. She went on to earn three service ribbons and four battle stars while serving aboard an attack transport in the Pacific. A fierce scrapper, she never lost a fight to a dog. On her 15th birthday in 1959, the old vet was still able to fit into her uniform.
#cat #cats #catlovers #VeteransDay2026
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
āSources told Axios that Lutnick has spent the last year "undoing" efforts by other administration officials to hold Megaspeed ā a company accused of illegally diverting U.S. chips to China ā accountable because of concerns it would escalate the trade war with China.ā
Scoop: Inside Bessent's Situation Room confrontation with Lutnick over China chip security axios.com/2026/11/11/bessentā¦
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
#ELB: āA Tool Built by Election Deniers Said These Voters Were Dead. We Found Them Alive.ā ift.tt/JOkjCsR
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
This post includes most of what Will Scharf links in his letter to @RepRobertGarcia. Most are from people of color (or Mexican descent). Most are adjacent to legit criticism of @stephenm--proving Garcia right when he called him a "comic book villain."
emptywheel.net/2026/11/11/wiā¦
Timothy A. Balch retweeted
How Much Taxpayers Paid So Marco Rubio Could Go to Football Games trib.al/VYWOdKj
