@demdw.bsky.social
Life long FDR Democrat. Proud, retired, Public Servant.
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Notice the pattern: help a narrow group loudly, hurt everyone else quietly. Tariffs help a few steel workers but raise prices for every firm using steel. Tax cuts favor the rich while squeezing social programs. Politically noisy wins, economically costly losses.
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Notice the pattern: help a narrow group loudly, hurt everyone else quietly. Tariffs help a few steel workers but raise prices for every firm using steel. Tax cuts favor the rich while squeezing social programs. Politically noisy wins, economically costly losses.
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Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
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25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
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The administration genuinely seems to believe it can pull back from the world stage yet somehow still tell the rest of the world what to do. And it has a very firm idea of what it wants Europe to do, which is “be as racist and xenophobic as Trump.”
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
We're the baddies now. Our new Security Strategy shows it.
It's a gift to the Kremlin and a middle finger to our erstwhile allies.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The administration genuinely seems to believe it can pull back from the world stage yet somehow still tell the rest of the world what to do. And it has a very firm idea of what it wants Europe to do, which is “be as racist and xenophobic as Trump.”
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?
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Representative green filed impeachment papers against Trump, Hegseth and RFK today. It would be wonderful if people would support those!!
December 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Representative green filed impeachment papers against Trump, Hegseth and RFK today. It would be wonderful if people would support those!!
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“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
-Orwell
-Orwell
The Hill: Trump gave the economy under his second administration an “A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus” ahead of his trip to Pennsylvania to sell his efforts to bring down inflation.
Calling bullshit!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Calling bullshit!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
-Orwell
-Orwell
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He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
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A government that has no problem gleefully ordering its military to commit war crimes has no problem committing crimes against its own people. A military that gleefully commits crimes to please their Hesperidium Master would have no problem committing crimes against its own people.
~ History 101
~ History 101
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A government that has no problem gleefully ordering its military to commit war crimes has no problem committing crimes against its own people. A military that gleefully commits crimes to please their Hesperidium Master would have no problem committing crimes against its own people.
~ History 101
~ History 101
Since Chief Justice's John Roberts Christo-Fascist Supreme Court has overturned multiple previous Supreme Court decisions, I propose a competition. A pool to pick the date that the SC rules that the Constitution is unconstitutional. I'm going with 6/26/26.
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Since Chief Justice's John Roberts Christo-Fascist Supreme Court has overturned multiple previous Supreme Court decisions, I propose a competition. A pool to pick the date that the SC rules that the Constitution is unconstitutional. I'm going with 6/26/26.
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The shooting of two National Guard soldiers.
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The shooting of two National Guard soldiers.
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
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We know it's tough to keep up with all the cons coming out of Trump's mouth, but the latest one involves him promising checks to every American below some yet-to-be-determined income level who will get paid as a result of his asinine tariff policy.
Don't hold your breath, MAGA.
#DonTheCon
Don't hold your breath, MAGA.
#DonTheCon
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We know it's tough to keep up with all the cons coming out of Trump's mouth, but the latest one involves him promising checks to every American below some yet-to-be-determined income level who will get paid as a result of his asinine tariff policy.
Don't hold your breath, MAGA.
#DonTheCon
Don't hold your breath, MAGA.
#DonTheCon
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Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.
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MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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This is truly one of the sickest, most unAmerican things the Trump administration has done to date.
And that’s saying a lot.
And that’s saying a lot.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is truly one of the sickest, most unAmerican things the Trump administration has done to date.
And that’s saying a lot.
And that’s saying a lot.
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If Trump wants to talk affordability, maybe don’t send out a guy worth $500 million who looks like he just laid off your dad.
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If Trump wants to talk affordability, maybe don’t send out a guy worth $500 million who looks like he just laid off your dad.
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BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo flees New York.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo flees New York.
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