Dave Paoletti
@davepaoletti.bsky.social
Oregon | metal fan🤘🏻| behavioral ecologist | dad | Chicago transplant | #MentalHealthAwareness
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
Example #3,478 of the mainstream media utterly failing Americans. I’ve said it so many times already - they’re the main reason we are at this particular nadir in our short history.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Example #3,478 of the mainstream media utterly failing Americans. I’ve said it so many times already - they’re the main reason we are at this particular nadir in our short history.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Pika
Tiger salamander
African buffalo
Hedgehog
Bobcat
Pika
Tiger salamander
African buffalo
Hedgehog
Bobcat
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Coyote
Wild Pig (Feral Hog)
Black Bear
Bighorn Sheep
Mountain Goats
Coyote
Wild Pig (Feral Hog)
Black Bear
Bighorn Sheep
Mountain Goats
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Moose
Porcupines
Armadillos
Alligators
Tiger sharks
Moose
Porcupines
Armadillos
Alligators
Tiger sharks
November 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Pika
Tiger salamander
African buffalo
Hedgehog
Bobcat
Pika
Tiger salamander
African buffalo
Hedgehog
Bobcat
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Twitter Conservatives finding out all the hot MAGA mom accounts they've been gooning to are actually run by men in developing nations
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Twitter Conservatives finding out all the hot MAGA mom accounts they've been gooning to are actually run by men in developing nations
Accuracy = 100%
It says they got what they wanted. The media wanted a shit show that kept us glued to our phones and they got it. All they had to do was sell their soul - and sell America out - to do it. They LOVE this shit.
So what does it say about the state of the 🇺🇸 Press Corps that Trump sticking his finger in a reporter’s face and shouting “Quiet, Piggy!” at her was broken by @peoplemag.bsky.social?
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Accuracy = 100%
checks out
A former career DOJ guy told me a few weeks ago that prior to Trump, the FBI was the varsity team, DHI and ICE were junior varsity, and Border Patrol were like a drunken office softball team. And under Trump, the drunk softball guys are now in charge.
Listen to this Border Patrol agent cry about how he's going to be DOXXED after being arrested for drunkenly barging into a woman's restroom with a loaded gun, demanding a date from the woman inside, and then punching the arresting officers.
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
checks out
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The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
Exactly!! The state implemented only a 4% surtax for income above $1 million and they pulled in $5.7 billion from it. Can you imagine the good that could do for residents??
Mass. gets it - TAX THE RICH.
(Or eat them, your call)
Mass. gets it - TAX THE RICH.
(Or eat them, your call)
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Exactly!! The state implemented only a 4% surtax for income above $1 million and they pulled in $5.7 billion from it. Can you imagine the good that could do for residents??
Mass. gets it - TAX THE RICH.
(Or eat them, your call)
Mass. gets it - TAX THE RICH.
(Or eat them, your call)
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He says this the same week in which we learned the median home buyer is now 59 years old. Average age of first time buyers is 40.
Immigrants built your house, dipshit. Assholes like your boss don’t pay them enough to own one.
Immigrants built your house, dipshit. Assholes like your boss don’t pay them enough to own one.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
He says this the same week in which we learned the median home buyer is now 59 years old. Average age of first time buyers is 40.
Immigrants built your house, dipshit. Assholes like your boss don’t pay them enough to own one.
Immigrants built your house, dipshit. Assholes like your boss don’t pay them enough to own one.
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So moved and enraged by the replies to this and was thinking... maybe we should collect them and send them to Chuck Schumer and the rest of the Senate cowards.
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
So moved and enraged by the replies to this and was thinking... maybe we should collect them and send them to Chuck Schumer and the rest of the Senate cowards.
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
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And they can't even begin to imagine the headlines coming out of this nonsense:
"DEMOCRATS CAVE"
"WAS IT WORTH IT?"
"DEMS COST ECONOMY BILLIONS ONLY TO AGREE TO ORIGINAL GOP BILL"
"DEMS APPEAR TO SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT TO PLAY POLITICS"
"DEMOCRATS CAVE"
"WAS IT WORTH IT?"
"DEMS COST ECONOMY BILLIONS ONLY TO AGREE TO ORIGINAL GOP BILL"
"DEMS APPEAR TO SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT TO PLAY POLITICS"
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
And they can't even begin to imagine the headlines coming out of this nonsense:
"DEMOCRATS CAVE"
"WAS IT WORTH IT?"
"DEMS COST ECONOMY BILLIONS ONLY TO AGREE TO ORIGINAL GOP BILL"
"DEMS APPEAR TO SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT TO PLAY POLITICS"
"DEMOCRATS CAVE"
"WAS IT WORTH IT?"
"DEMS COST ECONOMY BILLIONS ONLY TO AGREE TO ORIGINAL GOP BILL"
"DEMS APPEAR TO SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT TO PLAY POLITICS"
I maintain that American media is 90% of the reason we are where we are. Complete abdication of responsibility.
It is embarassing that only a news outlet from the UK has an accurate headline while our local papers keep saying "reports" without specifying a liar made that report.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I maintain that American media is 90% of the reason we are where we are. Complete abdication of responsibility.
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SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears
Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
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Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July?
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July?
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
I’m not sure how this can be true, because according to him in his last several dozen press conferences, Speaker Johnson has made it clear we all seem to know more than he does about… everything. 🤡
And the press keeps letting him get away with it.
And the press keeps letting him get away with it.
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’m not sure how this can be true, because according to him in his last several dozen press conferences, Speaker Johnson has made it clear we all seem to know more than he does about… everything. 🤡
And the press keeps letting him get away with it.
And the press keeps letting him get away with it.
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One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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The seeds are being planted to rig the midterms. It’s becoming more explicit.
(Also note the gratuitous shot at the NBA, aka Black athletes who oppose him)
(Also note the gratuitous shot at the NBA, aka Black athletes who oppose him)
October 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The seeds are being planted to rig the midterms. It’s becoming more explicit.
(Also note the gratuitous shot at the NBA, aka Black athletes who oppose him)
(Also note the gratuitous shot at the NBA, aka Black athletes who oppose him)
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Trump isn't targeting drug smugglers. Venezuela isn't a major supplier of drugs to the US. This is entirely a pretext for a coup and/or a display of gratuitous cruelty against people who often aren't drug smugglers or Venezuelans.
The Pentagon Is sending the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean in a major escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign to target drug smugglers and threaten governments in Latin America.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Pentagon Orders Aircraft Carrier to the Caribbean
The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign to target drug smugglers and threaten governments in Latin America.
www.wsj.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Trump isn't targeting drug smugglers. Venezuela isn't a major supplier of drugs to the US. This is entirely a pretext for a coup and/or a display of gratuitous cruelty against people who often aren't drug smugglers or Venezuelans.
(Graph shared by @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social )
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
(Graph shared by @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social )
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huh. I wonder what was different about 2021-2024
October 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
huh. I wonder what was different about 2021-2024
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Trump’s new ballroom you’re paying for is going to be bigger than the White House itself. Because he believes he is more important than the country.
The symbolism is disgraceful and obvious. Again: Republicans would lose their minds if Obama did this.
The symbolism is disgraceful and obvious. Again: Republicans would lose their minds if Obama did this.
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Trump’s new ballroom you’re paying for is going to be bigger than the White House itself. Because he believes he is more important than the country.
The symbolism is disgraceful and obvious. Again: Republicans would lose their minds if Obama did this.
The symbolism is disgraceful and obvious. Again: Republicans would lose their minds if Obama did this.
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.