Ricky Hott

West Virginia University ‘16 Alumni

[Cameron 🇺🇸 🗽🦅 @CameronCorduroy]

genuinely crazy how much more of a fuss the Virginia redistricting vote got compared to Florida ignoring the state constitution or Louisiana literally suspending elections

the incentives here are completely FUBAR

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

Crazy how Trump has an oracle like instinct to predict his own presidency through made up criticism of Obama

[Elizabeth Dwoskin @lizzadwoskin]

SCOOP: Last year we reported extensively on Elon Musk’s desire to break into the data pipes of government to bypass the federal bureaucracy. That approach had major consequences — one of which we reveal today: A DOGE bro allegedly made off with volumes upon volumes of highly sensitive Social Security data - the agency’s “crown jewels” - which he downloaded on a thumb drive and brought over to his new job. Me, @MerylKornfield @FedGirlWaPo report on this unprecedented breach:

https://t.co/UItlpgJILo

[NBC News @NBCNews]

A Jan. 6 defendant pardoned by President Trump for his role in the Capitol attack has been sentenced to life in prison for child molestation and related crimes. https://t.co/0KhHGeuoxm

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows new California congressional districts that favor Democrats. https://t.co/Wp1fGfMeHD

[matt mohn @mattmxhn]

when you see complaints about the VA map good to recall that just a few months ago Texas drew a single district that was as long as Virginia itself to crack the college town of Denton

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

There's a misperception that law enforcement (or ICE) is permitted to use lethal force any time they feel the slightest bit endangered, or whenever some terrified person with a gun pointed at them does not immediately follow (often unclear) orders perfectly.

That's just not true. Lethal force is allowed ONLY when there is literally no possible alternative to preventing other deaths. In this case, that requires that:

1) An officer would surely have been killed by her continuing to drive 2 mph away from them, and
2) There was NO OTHER WAY to save their lives, such as hopping out of the way of a barely moving car, shooting the tires, firing a warning shot, or shooting to just injure.

No rational person can watch the video and conclude that both standards were met.

And, no, there is no "the ICE officer was panicking and didn't have time to think" exception. The law still applies, and if we're going to judge the panicked response of a woman in a car with a gun pointed at her, then we can absolutely judge the panicked response of a ICE official who had unnecessarily pulled a gun in a situation that did not require it.

There are rules of engagement, even for under-trained ICE officials who just saw their training slashed from 5 months to 47 days (because Trump is #47, how cute).

This ICE official clearly failed to follow those rules, and that means a 6-year old had to be told at school today that his mother is gone forever.

[J…. @yehblitzed]

Again this is literally The Boys, this is a Vought event

[Vivian @suchnerve]

Big decade for the people who’ve been like “Why would a STEM major need to take humanities courses?!”

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

life moves pretty fast

[Chris Anderson @CMAnderson247]

I'm gonna say it: TNT/HBO camera angles, the quality, the overall production, all of it is better than ESPN and FOX.

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

West Virginia Basketball.

Tougher than a long weekend at your in-laws.

[Andrew Leyden @PenguinSix]

Homeland Security agents shot several times into a car during a D.C. traffic stop, but police omitted the shooting part in the arrest report. The judge throws out the case against the man. https://t.co/eazTsRCQAx

[Big 12 Conference @Big12Conference]

Coach Venables lost eight Conference games in his two seasons in the Big 12

[YourFavoriteGuy @guychristensen_]

This is exactly what Nazis at Nuremberg said to justify gassing Jewish children btw.

Near verbatim. Go look it up.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

This aged well.

[vulbyte @vulbyte]

crazy how that must feel huh?

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.