Dave
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Philly sports fan and political independent.
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It was simple, non-controversial extension on federal loans for a clean drinking water project. Then President Trump killed it to punish an entire state.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
January 9, 2026 at 3:27 AM
It was simple, non-controversial extension on federal loans for a clean drinking water project. Then President Trump killed it to punish an entire state.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
This is so bad. If you make such an important point about the number 1 threat to Americans and can’t provide any information just shows this administration is not serious about really protecting Americans and instead focusing on boogeymen and other low level or non existent threats.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is so bad. If you make such an important point about the number 1 threat to Americans and can’t provide any information just shows this administration is not serious about really protecting Americans and instead focusing on boogeymen and other low level or non existent threats.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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A very good breakdown of the russian surrender demands the US is trying to force Ukraine to accept.
The US-Russia deal for Ukraine, point by point with comments on each by me.
9. European fighter jets will be stationed in Poland.
Gee, wow, Poland can station its own fighter jets on its own territory, and can allow international partners to station there as well. Thanks for the permission, Moscow.
9. European fighter jets will be stationed in Poland.
Gee, wow, Poland can station its own fighter jets on its own territory, and can allow international partners to station there as well. Thanks for the permission, Moscow.
Trump and Witkoff Try to Get Russia a Win
The joint U.S.-Russia proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, taken point-by-point
www.arcdigital.media
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A very good breakdown of the russian surrender demands the US is trying to force Ukraine to accept.
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This thread, plucked from this week’s newsletter, will likely change your perspective on extreme wealth.
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This thread, plucked from this week’s newsletter, will likely change your perspective on extreme wealth.
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
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America today:
So what are both sides on social media doing right now? Frantically & desperately trying to find ANY tiny thread of evidence that can quickly assign Tyler Robinson to a group that their side hates.
So what are both sides on social media doing right now? Frantically & desperately trying to find ANY tiny thread of evidence that can quickly assign Tyler Robinson to a group that their side hates.
September 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
America today:
So what are both sides on social media doing right now? Frantically & desperately trying to find ANY tiny thread of evidence that can quickly assign Tyler Robinson to a group that their side hates.
So what are both sides on social media doing right now? Frantically & desperately trying to find ANY tiny thread of evidence that can quickly assign Tyler Robinson to a group that their side hates.
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Truly excellent...👇
Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer macleans.ca/longforms/co...
"The anti-vax movement isn’t simply a grassroots network of concerned parents. It’s an industry. It’s lucrative, selling supplements, e-books, courses and products."
Pull: Uncertainty, fear, and search for community
Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer macleans.ca/longforms/co...
"The anti-vax movement isn’t simply a grassroots network of concerned parents. It’s an industry. It’s lucrative, selling supplements, e-books, courses and products."
Pull: Uncertainty, fear, and search for community
Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer - Macleans.ca
I spent years spouting conspiracy theories about vaccines. Now, as measles rages in my home of Alberta, I’m trying to convince vax-hesitant parents to inoculate their kids.
macleans.ca
September 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Truly excellent...👇
Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer macleans.ca/longforms/co...
"The anti-vax movement isn’t simply a grassroots network of concerned parents. It’s an industry. It’s lucrative, selling supplements, e-books, courses and products."
Pull: Uncertainty, fear, and search for community
Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer macleans.ca/longforms/co...
"The anti-vax movement isn’t simply a grassroots network of concerned parents. It’s an industry. It’s lucrative, selling supplements, e-books, courses and products."
Pull: Uncertainty, fear, and search for community
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Military in the streets. Government in the boardroom.
Q: During the campaign, you called Kamala Harris a communist, but the Biden-Harris admin never called for nationalizing a private company like you're proposing with Intel. Is this the new way of doing industrial policy?
TRUMP: Yeah. Sure it is. I want to try to get as much as I can.
TRUMP: Yeah. Sure it is. I want to try to get as much as I can.
August 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Military in the streets. Government in the boardroom.
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My question is why are they focused on displaying the confederate statues for historical purposes but they are looking to remove or hide slavery exhibit in Philadelphia near the library bell since they disparage America. Doesn’t a confederate statue disparage American? whyy.org/articles/phi...
Philly activists rally to protect exhibits depicting slavery
Organizers said they are concerned that the White House is trying to whitewash history ahead of semiquincentennial celebrations next year.
whyy.org
August 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
My question is why are they focused on displaying the confederate statues for historical purposes but they are looking to remove or hide slavery exhibit in Philadelphia near the library bell since they disparage America. Doesn’t a confederate statue disparage American? whyy.org/articles/phi...
This is where it would help if newspapers or tv news shared a monthly or qtrly report/dashboard on the state of America. Corps are required to do it so the shareholders can gauge the health of their business & investment. All the business news channels cover the big earnings regardless of up/down
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1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
August 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is where it would help if newspapers or tv news shared a monthly or qtrly report/dashboard on the state of America. Corps are required to do it so the shareholders can gauge the health of their business & investment. All the business news channels cover the big earnings regardless of up/down
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Thread.
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.
popular.info
August 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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All of this political party BS needs to be in a full blown ethics & voting package that needs to be the leading political focus in 28. Full transparency, no stocks, divestment requirements, fed funding incentives for redistricting committees & rank choice, parole committee, and EO limits for prez.
This should not happen. NY needs to keep the committee in place. I get the urge and need to do this but once it happens it will not go back. How is any of this legal?? Gerrymandering is pretty much purposefully throwing out some citizens vote for a congressional district.
August 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
All of this political party BS needs to be in a full blown ethics & voting package that needs to be the leading political focus in 28. Full transparency, no stocks, divestment requirements, fed funding incentives for redistricting committees & rank choice, parole committee, and EO limits for prez.
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My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
August 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
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The crime drop started two years ago. So, no, probably not.
We discussed the crime decline on my latest podcast episode with @jeffasher.bsky.social here: thereload.com/podcast-murd...
We discussed the crime decline on my latest podcast episode with @jeffasher.bsky.social here: thereload.com/podcast-murd...
July 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The crime drop started two years ago. So, no, probably not.
We discussed the crime decline on my latest podcast episode with @jeffasher.bsky.social here: thereload.com/podcast-murd...
We discussed the crime decline on my latest podcast episode with @jeffasher.bsky.social here: thereload.com/podcast-murd...
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Holy shit -- Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a trade *deficit* with the US
July 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Holy shit -- Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a trade *deficit* with the US
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Just saw this thread on "The Shirley Exception", and I had to share it here. Please read the entire thing (long thread):
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May 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Just saw this thread on "The Shirley Exception", and I had to share it here. Please read the entire thing (long thread):
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My kids know an American flag when they see one – but they don't yet know all that it represents.
When they're old enough, here is what I'm going to tell them:
When they're old enough, here is what I'm going to tell them:
June 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My kids know an American flag when they see one – but they don't yet know all that it represents.
When they're old enough, here is what I'm going to tell them:
When they're old enough, here is what I'm going to tell them:
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‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say - KFF Health News
Rural hospitals would take an outsize hit from Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs. Researchers say the financial erosion would trigger hospital closures and servi...
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June 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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More evidence of capital flight from the United States.
The dollar usually rises during global economic turmoil, as part of a “flight to safety.” But the dollar is falling against Asian currencies, indicating the world no longer thinks the dollar or US bonds are safe.
The dollar usually rises during global economic turmoil, as part of a “flight to safety.” But the dollar is falling against Asian currencies, indicating the world no longer thinks the dollar or US bonds are safe.
April 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
More evidence of capital flight from the United States.
The dollar usually rises during global economic turmoil, as part of a “flight to safety.” But the dollar is falling against Asian currencies, indicating the world no longer thinks the dollar or US bonds are safe.
The dollar usually rises during global economic turmoil, as part of a “flight to safety.” But the dollar is falling against Asian currencies, indicating the world no longer thinks the dollar or US bonds are safe.
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The Lithuanian president showed up to honor dead American soldiers as their remains departed his country.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
…U.S. soldiers were honored by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausada, as well as other dignitaries, during a dignified departure ceremony from Lithuania.
"We consider US soldiers in Lithuania as our own. The farewell ceremony once again demonstrated our society's solidarity, respect, and…
"We consider US soldiers in Lithuania as our own. The farewell ceremony once again demonstrated our society's solidarity, respect, and…
April 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Lithuanian president showed up to honor dead American soldiers as their remains departed his country.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
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So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
International tourism is worth $200 billion every year to the US economy.
Sorry, *was.
Sorry, *was.
March 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
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Trump has not uttered a critical word about Putin but he and his VP publicly belittled the leader of the nation Putin invaded.
February 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Trump has not uttered a critical word about Putin but he and his VP publicly belittled the leader of the nation Putin invaded.
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BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Sen. Van Hollen has scathing criticism on Trump's Ukraine aid conditions, "Can you imagine FDR saying to Churchill, 'we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.'"
February 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Sen. Van Hollen has scathing criticism on Trump's Ukraine aid conditions, "Can you imagine FDR saying to Churchill, 'we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.'"