Bryan S. Myrick

Univ of WA alum--poli sci and communications. Husband. Dad. Dog wrangler. Sometimes writer. Thinker of thoughts. Tweets represent my views only. #NotThroughMe

[Bryan S. Myrick @BryanMyrick]

@Patterico My recurring worry is that Americans lack the imagination to fully consider what it could mean to get it "good and hard."

[Bryan S. Myrick @BryanMyrick]

This time, the better choice is to ignore his pathetic ploy for negative attention. We're a great nation. We can celebrate OUR birthday in joy and together. If one kid wants to sulk off and grouse about how he doesn't really like us anyway, then leave him to his misery.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

the 250th celebration will now officially be a Trump rally, he announces

[Bryan S. Myrick @BryanMyrick]

Compensating accusers is a risky business, but let's not be blind to the fact that it is a practice that the accused also to silence the primary source making allegations when repeated denials won't end the story.

[Bryan S. Myrick @BryanMyrick]

So, believe all non-Republican women? Come on. Seriously, has Whitehouse made any inquiries of Platner or the DSCC about whether there are other allegations from women he would deem credible?

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Dem Sen. Whitehouse says he’s “not impressed” by the allegations against Graham Platner in the latest NYT report.

“Seems like a lot of nothing. I mean, the only one who had anything to say that seemed ‘unsettling’ was a woman who works for right-wing political operations.”

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

“The problem of excusing abhorrent ideologies for the sake of electoral gains is growing more pervasive and universal,” Mike Nelson argues. “It’s shameful that our leaders are willing to accept this over such small stakes.” https://t.co/XPPyzSzdU2

[Russell Wilson @DangeRussWilson]

Thank You, Football.

Love, #3

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Three women who dated Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, told The New York Times they found his actions intimidating and disturbing, describing volatile relationships. https://t.co/ClaeKxVUEs

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

This man should not be forgotten. Neither should Boris Nemtsov. Neither should the others who have been murdered by Putin's dictatorship.

[Bryan S. Myrick @BryanMyrick]

Breaking: The Zoom app for Android mobile is absolute shite. We will now return to our regular tweeting.

[Xi Van Fleet @XVanFleet]

37 years ago today, the CCP launched its brutal crackdown on the peaceful student-led protests in Tiananmen Square. What made this atrocity especially shocking was that it unfolded before the eyes of the world, broadcast live on TV.

In the decades since, the CCP has worked relentlessly to erase this chapter of history. Many younger Chinese have little knowledge of this horrific event, and this year, for the first time, authorities banned families from visiting the public cemetery where many victims are buried.

Meanwhile, here in the U.S., leftists attempt to rewrite history by drawing false comparisons between rioters and the Chinese students who stood up to a tyrannical regime, and between ICE enforcing immigration law and the CCP’s military opening fire on protesters.

We must not forget the history and horror of the Tiananmen Square massacre. We must teach future generations about the horrors of communism and how precious liberty truly is.

[Hear in LA @hearinladotcom]

Yes, California has a crazy concept where we give voters until the deadline to vote.

And we are more concerned with counting correctly
than quickly.

omg insanity omg

[House Committee on Natural Resources @NatResources]

Healthy forests are the foundation of wildfire resilience 🌲

The Subcommittee on Federal Lands is holding an oversight hearing on the state of America’s federal forests, wildfire preparedness efforts and the outlook for the 2026 wildfire season.

https://t.co/IoubLlbxNN

[Greta Berlin @Truegreta]

I stood at this pool, at both monuments and saw both reflections…
He’s a God damn idiot, as are the fools that support him. The “Reflection Pool” wasn’t designed by American architect Henry Bacon a hundred years ago to look like a swimming pool. It’s designed to have a darkened characteristics that has reflective qualities to reflect the monuments.
That way, the Washington Monument is reflective to you when at the Lincoln Memorial, and when at the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial is reflective to you.
It’s designed to enhance the grandeur of monuments, create an illusion of reflection, and inclusion of expansive space of unity.
He’s a tacky vulgar person that vulgarizes everything he touches. America isn’t becoming great, it’s becoming vulgar.

Credit - Mathew Reed

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

Just 100 years ago: 1 in 3 children died before reaching their fifth birthday.

[Alex Fernie @FernieCommaAlex]

People are going to freak out, like they do every 2 years, because they refuse to learn that the initial votes counted in CA are always far to the right of whatever the actual results end up being.

[Bryan S. Myrick @BryanMyrick]

has always seemed optimal for balancing our need for free and fair elections that produce a result that can stand up to legitimate scrutiny. 7/e

[Bryan S. Myrick @BryanMyrick]

It's not nearly as simple as Nate and others want to make it out to be. Mail-in balloting combined with variable USPS delivery are a problem. Setting Elex Day as the last day for ballots to be valid would mean all voters don't have the same period to consider and cast a ballot.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

The fact that California elections often can't be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world.

[Bryan S. Myrick @BryanMyrick]

... it already seems foolish to place this much custodial power in the hands of the USPS. There will be issues with any voting system we can imagine, but the traditional method that defaults to in-person voting and results validated by multiple layers of counting..