Pete Martini

Like any good martini, a bit harsh at first, but given repeated exposure, a pretty good time. Psych prof & quant nerd. Views are my own, but you could do worse.

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

@SpeakerJohnson You have a majority...in the House and the Senate. If you cannot get your party to act like adults (because they are all, in fact, children), you need to WIN the votes of Democrats. It is not our job to ensure your caucus's bills pass.

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

@CAgovernor Your move. Make it a good one.

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

Jesus H. tapdancing Christ...

[victoria 🫶🏻 @litttlesnappy]

praising jesus because a rapist was elected is why i don’t go to church anymore

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

Democrats need to look HARD at the gains Trump made with young men (regardless of race and education). That cut the knees out from under us when it came to running up the vote in cities and college-county in the Blue Wall states.

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

Well that hurt. But it’ll be a cakewalk next to watching Dems autopsy this election. Prepare to watch folks eat their own young.

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Climbers ascend to the highest peak of Poland and find a cat at the summit

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

lol this is an amusing part of my Twitter scrolling today.

[Conor Rogers @conorjrogers]

Conservative Twitter is a deeply weird place. I follow it to keep tabs on things and well, today they’ve decided (without any evidence) that an athlete in the women’s boxing competition is Trans (she is not) and are all saying “women’s sports have gone to hell”

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

Now THIS is how you write a headline. Well done @MotherJones

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

@Canvas_by_Inst @Instructure Why would you implement a "Categories" question type and NOT include a partial credit option? That's like saying, "Hey we built this boat! Please use it! ... It doesn't have a hull yet... if you think it *needs* a hull please tell us in the comments!"

[Keith Ellison @keithellison]

Friends, I know that most of you already know this, BUT brace yourself for the wave of hate coming. Don’t be shocked. Just keep organizing.

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

“What a year these last few weeks have been…” THIIIIISSS

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

What a year these past few weeks have been. President Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 campaign caps off a historically tumultuous stretch in American politics, writes Molly Ball. https://t.co/x9utEAw7F0 https://t.co/x9utEAw7F0

[Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone]

Ditto (which was a kind of paper, and machine one used to make copies with).

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

Yay Court!! Good thing the courts are neutral and totally not bought and sold by conservative billionaires. We totally don’t live in a nightmare hellscape of our own design.

[Narrator: “But they, in fact, DID live in a nightmare hellscape of their own design and were doomed…”]

[Post Politics @postpolitics]

GOP eyes legal challenges as Harris assumes control of Biden’s war chest https://t.co/1kg6uIadaZ

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

I endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

Just…this is why all news media talking heads are broken. I’m a ride-or-die Democrat. Ive held my nose and voted for some particularly awful candidates. But I wouldn’t leave my house to vote for this ticket if the polling place was in my parking spot.

[Guy Benson @guypbenson]

If Romney were their nominee, he could select another politician on the outs with the current GOP as his running mate. Maybe someone a bit younger. I’m thinking perhaps a Paul Ryan type. I’d give that ticket a strong look, tbh.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

READ: Justice Sotomayor's warning in her dissent:

"When [the president] uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority's message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law."

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

@drocker875 @Thomas_A_Berry @CatoInstitute The Courts have shown themeves to be thoroughly incapable of accurately parsing legitimate science from junk science. When issues get scientifically complicated and nuanced they fall back on their own erroneous heuristics. This is not their bag. They are unqualified for this job.

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

This.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

“I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job.”

Exactly the right message.

[Pete Martini @NoTiniMartini]

It’s *almost* like the composition of the Court should be a key voting issue for…ya know…people who care about democracy and law. But hey, I get it. A powerful woman had emails and an old man lacks energy. That should *totally* be JUST as important. 😑

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Supreme Court sharply narrowed the Justice Department’s use of a key federal charge against roughly 250 people pending trial or convicted as part of the pro-Donald Trump mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

Here's what happens next: https://t.co/3CyMp97H2G