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Dana Pico

@danapico.bsky.social

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Republican, conservative, libertarian (not Libertarian), Catholic. Proud descendant of Mayflower white, Christian, colonialist settlers, with a farm on conquered Indian land! Parish CCD teacher. Website: The First Street Journal https://journal14.com

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Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 7h

The economics of #OnlyFans and the downstream effects on culture and society. Too many men think they deserve really pretty women, and too many not-as-pretty women get left alone.
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The economics of moral choices

My good friend Robert Stacy McCain — The Patriarch Tree on Twitter since his old rsmccain account got trashed by the pre-Elon Musk regime — wrote about, in less than flattering terms ab…

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 9h

Robert Stacy McCain is not amused by hookers.

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Strange Return of the Whore Aella

Four years ago, Bari Weiss published an interview with a “sex worker” who goes by the name Aella. Some of what Aella said about “the imbalance in value” between men and wome…

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Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 10h

Bodega Cats is my favorite site on Bluesky!

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 10h

LOL! I guess that one hasn't worked!

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 10h

I'm surprised that, in the photo with the black cat, the city hasn't told the bodega owner that his attempt at a wheelchair ramp into the store is insufficient: too steep and without special treads to make it less slippery in the rain.

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 10h

That looks like our sadly departed cat Xion.

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 10h

LOL! Democrats, having lost last election, are finally realizing that voters are more concerned with putting food on the table today than the #Climate a hundred years from now.

We told you so!
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Say, What Did Trump’s Win Teach Dems About ‘Climate Change’?

Anything? Did they learn anything? What Trump’s Victory Taught Democrats About Climate Change Climate policy is decidedly unfashionable in 2025 — among Democrats. The party isn’t embracing climate …

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Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 11h

7 - And, like every other single-payer country, health care is rationed, rationed through delay, as the “system” hopes that you’ll finally give up, or die, before your treatment.

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 11h

6 - And, of course, rather than paying the same as others, the more money you make, the more you pay for health care; it’s just another f(ornicating) welfare program, where people who work and produce wind up paying for the lazy scumbags who do not. 7 -

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 11h

5 - every other country which has it. Oh, you don’t have medical bills to pay when you go to the doctor or hospital or quackropractor, but you’ve been paying them all along, out of every paycheck, when the government sticks its grubby hands in your wallet, every f(ornicating) payday. 6 -

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 11h

4 - The rest of the plans you have to buy yourself, through private insurance providers. My health insurance was better, and less expensive, before retirement, before Medicare.

We could go to a form of real single-payer, but that would mean a huge increase in taxes, just like 5 -

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 11h

3 - Yes, Medicare covers 80% of your hospital bills, leaving you with 20% you have to pay yourself. Part B, which is deducted from your Social Security, covers 80% of your medical office visits; it’s$185 a month this year, and projected to be $206 a month in 2026! 4 -

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 11h

2 - Obumblecare was never meant to be anything more than a stepping stone to single payer, or, as some have called it, #MedicareForAll. Trouble is, anyone who calls it that has never actually been on Medicare, or they’d understand that that ain’t a great system, either. 3 -

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 11h

"Hey, remember when we weren’t allowed to call it Obamacare? Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States." LOL! I always called it what it was: Obaminablecare or Obysmalcare! 2 -

It's not like no one told you what was going to happen!
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NY Times Notices Obamacare Prices Already Skyrocketing

Hey, remember when we weren’t allowed to call it Obamacare? Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States Health insurance prices for next year under the Affordable Care Act are now…

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Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 23h

So, like all of the others on the left who told us that "No one is above the law" when the Democrats were trying to convict and imprison Donald Trump, you are now saying that illegal immigrants are above the law.

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 23h

And October 19th, the day after the No Kings rallies, Donald Trump will still be President of the United States.

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 2d

Thus far, Senator Fetterman has voted with the Democrats 96% of the time. But I guess than anything less than 100% is unacceptable to some people.

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 2d

Should I really have to tell people that Senator Mitch McConnell is a polio survivor?

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 2d

Senator McConnell is retiring at the end of this term; the seat he holds is up for re-election in 2026.

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 2d

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund President just argued that we need black majority districts because white Democrats are not voting properly. Apparently she believes that people's free votes should be assigned by their betters.

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The President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund argued that Louisiana voters, exercising their free choices, were not voting correctly

In 1986, Robert Cortez “Bobby” Scott, then a state Senator in Virginia, ran for election to the Commonwealth’s First Congressional District seat against incumbent Representative H…

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 2d

After all, you can't have a Democrat who isn't a raging #Antisemite. You can't have a Democrat who doesn't want to see Israel destroyed. You can't have a Democrat who praised President Trump's (so far) successful #ceasefire and release of the hostages plan.

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 2d

"Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said there is no room for pro-#Israel voters within his coalition, arguing that fellow Democrats should not make 'an exception' for people who are 'progressive except #Palestine."

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New York’s Next Mayor Doesn’t Want Jews Or Pro-Israel People In His Coalition

The odds of Mamdani winning are pretty darned high The election is November 4th Mamdani Says Pro-Israel Democrats Aren’t Welcome in His Coalition Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zoh…

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Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 3d

"It really is time for Hamas to realize they lost. Badly. That they cannot win. And Trump doesn’t make empty threats: Hamas must disarm or we will disarm them ‘perhaps violently’"

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Trump To Hamas: Disarm, Or We Will Disarm You

It really is time for Hamas to realize they lost. Badly. That they cannot win. And Trump doesn’t make empty threats Trump: Hamas must disarm or we will disarm them ‘perhaps violently&#8…

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Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 3d

It's a good thing that crime is down!

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Killadelphia: It’s a good thing that crime is down!

I saw this tweet earlier, but decided to wait to write about it, waiting for The Philadelphia Inquirer, for which I am paying to subscribe, to have more. Sadly, the Inky didn’t have all that …

Dana Pico @danapico.bsky.social · 3d

"Praised by Jews, praised by Muslims, condemned by Democrats. Trump is living the life, ain’t he?"

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Of course it's God's will

Ending the FAFO War is only the beginning of world peace.

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