Casey Blount

Dad, husband, prosecutor, former Navy guy ⚓️, Vols fan 🍊

[Casey Blount @CaseyBlount]

By my count, I’ve lost about $32 in avocados this year

[Thomas Volscho @TVolscho]

@capitolhunters That sounds like the local political machines that run state and county politics.

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@MalcolmNance People saying “but we have minesweepers!” fail to appreciate just how painstakingly slow and difficult minesweeping really is. Weeks and months, not days. Insurers refuse to cover ships transiting. Bad stuff.

[Casey Blount @CaseyBlount]

@historyinmemes They were best friends and didn’t even know it!

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@EditorEdge May we all strive to touch so many so deeply

[Casey Blount @CaseyBlount]

@Clowfb I feel terrible for his family, but especially for his unborn daughter who will never get to meet him face-to-face. I hope someone will archive all of these X message, in addition to his all of his recordings, so she will be able to see how he touched so many people.

[Casey Blount @CaseyBlount]

@nikitabier The sheer amount of fraud perpetrated against the elderly and other vulnerable people will be shocking. There are no guardrails. We are not prepared for what is coming.

[Casey Blount @CaseyBlount]

@JoshPateCFB The NCAA has so poorly handled enforcement of their own eligibility rules that it’s basically arbitrary. Now that the lawsuits have begun, the madness will continue until there is some sort of legislative fix by Congress.

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@theSmokeyVol This is why it drives me crazy that, as a fanbase, we’re so impatient and show no reciprocal loyalty to Heupel.

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@ByPatForde Some might even call that the appearance of a conflict of interest…

[Casey Blount @CaseyBlount]

@On3 @_NickKelly Amateurism is dead until Congress decides to step in.

[Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan]

Congress could stop this madness tomorrow. It could take back control of trade policy and cancel the tariffs. It could bring impeachment proceedings on the impeccable grounds that the president has plainly lost his mind. No one who is compos mentis writes as he just did to the Norwegian leader.

The Founders knew what they were doing when they gave Congress these powers. They were obsessed with the story of how the Roman Republic had ended. They were determined to prevent the rise of what they called “Caesarists”, meaning men who believed that their ambitions were bigger than the Constitution. They knew how difficult it was to remove such men once they were in office, surrounded by flatterers and sycophants.

There was a moment, following the assassination of Caligula, when the Roman Senate might have restored the Republic. Senators spoke movingly of “the mischiefs tyrannies have brought upon this commonwealth, discouraging virtue, depriving our leading men of their liberty, elevating flattery and slavish fear, and replacing the rule of law with the whims of those who govern”.

Had they acted decisively, they might have ended the imperial system. “It would be enough to live a single hour under our old laws,” declared one senator, “the laws that raised our nation to greatness”.

But when news came that a new emperor had been proclaimed, senators rushed to declare their loyalty to him. Rome returned to its dictatorial executive, its obsequious legislature and its bellicose foreign policy.

How many Congressmen today will make a stand for their old laws, the laws that raised their nation to greatness?

[Casey Blount @CaseyBlount]

@AD_DannyWhite Discretion is the better part of valor, DW

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@wesruckerTBA Don’t forget the lack of hustle, lazy passes, and poor off-ball movement.

[Casey Blount @CaseyBlount]

@ByrneHobart This is, sadly, a small, early example of the scam economy AI will usher in. Things are going to get rough, especially for older and more vulnerable folks.

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@yashar What a weird, weird dude 🤦🏻‍♂️

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@elonmusk That’s ONE possible outcome. Human history suggests it’s not the most likely one.

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Read this and ask yourself whether the president of the United States represents your values. In a healthy and civil society, almost everyone would say “no.”

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@michaelamoore97 @cdrsalamander And he gives Trump license to turn his words against him and deviate even further from alignment with Europe.

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@cdrsalamander And so we march forward into a more fractious, less secure future.