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Dave

@desertdave.bsky.social

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Views my own, unless they're yours, then they're yours too. “Lincoln fund type guy” (Tim Carney), green thumb. I probably root against your team. desertdave2024 on 🧵

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Dave @desertdave.bsky.social · Jan 7

I’m sure a lot of yarn site refugees are following me over here now.

Good chance I won’t become super-active here, too much like ye olde birde for my liking in all the wrong ways, but welcome.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 21h

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

The thing is that the modern GOP (not to mention its basement-confined moron stepchild, the Mises Caucus libertarian “party”) is accurately depicted by this language and a critical mass of the party is absolutely fine with it.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 9h

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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Oncerepublican @oncerepublican.bsky.social · 5d

Why????

Qatar is so close to the US as to have a military base in the middle of our country.

But.....

Canada is our enemy......

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 5d

Pretending every huge peaceful protest is worse than January 6th while also pretending January 6th never happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 6d

A good law, but I've never had this problem in Chicago and the reason is housing supply.

Most of the stuff people blame on greedy evil landlords (poor maintenance, no appliances, insane broker fees) is caused by too little supply destroying renter bargaining power.

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 6d

the one thing that blew my mind when i moved out here

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7d

The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s video of the incident

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Dave @desertdave.bsky.social · 7d

Good 🧵

Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 7d

Let’s talk social media.

You’ve heard about the Hatch Act, right? It states that there must be a separation between politics and govt. In the world of the internet this means that federal employees, elected officials included cannot talk about anything campaign-related on their govt accounts.
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Dave @desertdave.bsky.social · 7d

Possibly. Other sources I’m seeing say dust storm though many have reported a smoky smell. Some agricultural burning would contribute that to the dust

Dave @desertdave.bsky.social · 7d

Me thinks thou dost protest too much, Mikey. Especially when nobody brought up Epstein.

Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 7d

Speaker Johnson crashes Kelly and Gallego gaggle. Says he’ll swear in Grijalva when they reopen the government

Kelly asking why Fine and Petronis got sworn in on pro forma, Johnson says it has to do with being on recess.

Johnson: “this has nothing to do with Epstein”

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Dave @desertdave.bsky.social · 7d

@zebpalmer.com awfully smoky toward Boise from Canyon County. Any wildfires you’re aware of?

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Dave @desertdave.bsky.social · 7d

Ultimately we have to remember this

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7d

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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Dave @desertdave.bsky.social · 8d

And 🍊🤡 loves Chicago I’m sure like Putin loves Mariupol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Dystopian Prophet @dystopianprophet.bsky.social · 10d

You can make your child a criminal by teaching them that the world owes them a living. This is basic parenting.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

I love them both but Travis and Patrick look like they’re running a traveling medicine show in the Great Depression

Travis Kelce, wearing a newsies hat and a shirt that seems to be pattered on a motels wallpaper, and Patrick Mahomes, wearing a red checkered vest made out of an Italian restaurants tablecloth

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 9d

The administration thought the reaction from the left to Trump's reelection would be repeated disruptive protesr or even riots. Instead, Harris voters have mostly responded with *okay dumbfucks, enjoy the ride.*

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Dave @desertdave.bsky.social · 14d

Cramer realizes there is a cottage industry of being against him doesn’t he?

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Androo Downie @adownie.bsky.social · 15d

If you want to see how a military like the one Trump and Hegseth so clearly desire performs, just look to Russia.

No ROE, they have no real IG or equal rights in the ranks, they haze and beat their recruits, sexual assault and drunkenness are rampant…

And they’ve lost over 1,000,000 in Ukraine

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16d

The score was … Deuce?

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Dave @desertdave.bsky.social · 18d

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18d

Okay. Let me try this another way, and see if that works.

I was a boy with relatives in Greece during the time of the Colonels, a pretty scary military junta. Some would say it was fascist: Militarism, anti-communism, nostalgia, etc.

But no.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18d

I think that's right, and fair. But let's be careful about the words we use so we don't talk ourselves into surrendering our rights.

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Sally 🇨🇦 @sallyf.bsky.social · 18d

Even if we aren't getting the label right, Tom, I think it's clear its pretty bad. Let's say they are fascist wannabees, and we are lucky they aren't very good at it yet.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18d

Unlike the people who are certain we live under fascism, I write direct criticism of the government every day under my own name and allow a publication to send it to hundreds of thousands of people - as one does under fascism, I guess.

Tom @belikegumby.bsky.social · 18d

Again this thread from Tom just drips with his privilege. Just disgustingly smug and stupid

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Dave @desertdave.bsky.social · 18d

Not shocked by this one bit

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19d

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Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

gizmodo.com