Dale Baker
@dalbak.bsky.social
Humanities/French teacher (HS/MS) in NoVa, former diplomat and portfolio manager, world traveler, Anglophile, Cowboys fan since '69, interested in many things.
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Social media post from the Department of Labor echos a Nazi-era slogan from the early 20th century
"One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.”
An alarming echo of one of the central slogans used by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party: “One People, One Realm, One Leader.”
"One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.”
An alarming echo of one of the central slogans used by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party: “One People, One Realm, One Leader.”
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Social media post from the Department of Labor echos a Nazi-era slogan from the early 20th century
"One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.”
An alarming echo of one of the central slogans used by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party: “One People, One Realm, One Leader.”
"One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.”
An alarming echo of one of the central slogans used by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party: “One People, One Realm, One Leader.”
Once this ridiculous excuse for a GM is gone, the NFL needs a firm rule that owners cannot take the GM role in any franchise, period.
Jerry can be immortalized with a rule named after him, telling other teams not to follow his dumbass example.
Jerry can be immortalized with a rule named after him, telling other teams not to follow his dumbass example.
The decline of the Cowboys' empire starts at the top
If it seems like nearly every decision made by the Dallas Cowboys’ front office this century has been wrong, that would be because that is precisely the case. From draft picks to free agency moves and trades to coaching changes. When viewed in r
If it seems like nearly every decision made by the Dallas Cowboys’ front office this century has been wrong, that would be because that is precisely the case. From draft picks to free agency moves and trades to coaching changes. When viewed in r
The decline of the Cowboys' empire starts at the top » Inside The Star
If it seems like nearly every decision made by the Dallas Cowboys’ front office this century has been wrong, that would be because that is precisely the case.
insidethestar.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Once this ridiculous excuse for a GM is gone, the NFL needs a firm rule that owners cannot take the GM role in any franchise, period.
Jerry can be immortalized with a rule named after him, telling other teams not to follow his dumbass example.
Jerry can be immortalized with a rule named after him, telling other teams not to follow his dumbass example.
Republicans don't mind killing people:
"EPA plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone, when regulating industry. It’s a seismic shift that runs counter to the EPA’s mission statement.”
"EPA plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone, when regulating industry. It’s a seismic shift that runs counter to the EPA’s mission statement.”
January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Republicans don't mind killing people:
"EPA plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone, when regulating industry. It’s a seismic shift that runs counter to the EPA’s mission statement.”
"EPA plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone, when regulating industry. It’s a seismic shift that runs counter to the EPA’s mission statement.”
"First, when business owners and potential entrepreneurs find an insufficient number of workers, they scale back or abandon plans to invest or expand, which can lead to fewer jobs for U.S. workers. Second, immigrants create jobs through their consumer spending on food, housing and other items.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"First, when business owners and potential entrepreneurs find an insufficient number of workers, they scale back or abandon plans to invest or expand, which can lead to fewer jobs for U.S. workers. Second, immigrants create jobs through their consumer spending on food, housing and other items.
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Government data show U.S. workers have not reentered the labor market in response to the withdrawal of foreign-born workers, even though immigration critics argued that would happen. The labor force participation rate for U.S.-born aged 16 and older fell from 61.4% in 12/24 to 61.2% in December 2025
The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration
Government data show the Trump administration’s policies reducing the number of foreign-born workers did not help U.S.-born workers in 2025.
www.forbes.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Government data show U.S. workers have not reentered the labor market in response to the withdrawal of foreign-born workers, even though immigration critics argued that would happen. The labor force participation rate for U.S.-born aged 16 and older fell from 61.4% in 12/24 to 61.2% in December 2025
My only use of X is a few football reporters who don't mirror their posting streams on Bluesky.
Nothing else could possibly merit a second of my time there.
Nothing else could possibly merit a second of my time there.
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To be clear:
-I had an early account there, w large audience. (250k+) Have maintained the account *so it can't be hijacked.*
-Have not posted since Nov 2024. Will not ever again, under Musk.
-Check it every so often, as monitor of ever-rising Nazi, bot-porn, and general-racist tone.
To be clear:
-I had an early account there, w large audience. (250k+) Have maintained the account *so it can't be hijacked.*
-Have not posted since Nov 2024. Will not ever again, under Musk.
-Check it every so often, as monitor of ever-rising Nazi, bot-porn, and general-racist tone.
January 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
My only use of X is a few football reporters who don't mirror their posting streams on Bluesky.
Nothing else could possibly merit a second of my time there.
Nothing else could possibly merit a second of my time there.
I just call it Corporate Broadcasting Shit myself.
Nikki Glaser roasted Donald Trump and CBS News at the Golden Globes: The Golden Globe for best editing goes to the Justice Department! And the award for most editing goes to CBS News! Yes, CBS News. America’s newest place to See B.S. News.” Love it!👏🏽🔥
January 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I just call it Corporate Broadcasting Shit myself.
FAFO
"Rather than offer loss-making products to consumers, the industry would simply stop offering access to customers with subprime credit, along with a slew of other changes around card programs including scaling back rewards, insiders say.”
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"Rather than offer loss-making products to consumers, the industry would simply stop offering access to customers with subprime credit, along with a slew of other changes around card programs including scaling back rewards, insiders say.”
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January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
FAFO
"Rather than offer loss-making products to consumers, the industry would simply stop offering access to customers with subprime credit, along with a slew of other changes around card programs including scaling back rewards, insiders say.”
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"Rather than offer loss-making products to consumers, the industry would simply stop offering access to customers with subprime credit, along with a slew of other changes around card programs including scaling back rewards, insiders say.”
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Hundreds rally in Courthouse to protest ICE shooting of Minneapolis woman
Hundreds rally in Courthouse to protest ICE shooting of Minneapolis woman | ARLnow.com
Hundreds of demonstrators rallied with Arlington officials in Courthouse yesterday (Sunday) in protest of immigration enforcement killing a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis. "I have dedicated 24 years of my...
www.arlnow.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Hundreds rally in Courthouse to protest ICE shooting of Minneapolis woman
"Once censorship starts at the margins, core freedoms are next. In Texas, university administrators and state commissars are skipping the slope and going straight for the trap door.”
— Greg Lukianoff, the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
— Greg Lukianoff, the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
January 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"Once censorship starts at the margins, core freedoms are next. In Texas, university administrators and state commissars are skipping the slope and going straight for the trap door.”
— Greg Lukianoff, the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
— Greg Lukianoff, the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Just more bluster and BS:
“The president last week announced a pair of economic policies — banning institutional investors from buying single-family homes and capping credit card interest rates at 10% — that track closer to the GOP’s populist fringe than to its free-market core.”
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“The president last week announced a pair of economic policies — banning institutional investors from buying single-family homes and capping credit card interest rates at 10% — that track closer to the GOP’s populist fringe than to its free-market core.”
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January 12, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Just more bluster and BS:
“The president last week announced a pair of economic policies — banning institutional investors from buying single-family homes and capping credit card interest rates at 10% — that track closer to the GOP’s populist fringe than to its free-market core.”
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“The president last week announced a pair of economic policies — banning institutional investors from buying single-family homes and capping credit card interest rates at 10% — that track closer to the GOP’s populist fringe than to its free-market core.”
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Chris Murphy: "The amount of training that's given to an ICE officer has been cut in half by this administration. The number of days of training they get are 47. You know why they get 47 days? As an homage to the vanity of POTUS. No wonder the number of violent incidents are going through the roof."
January 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Chris Murphy: "The amount of training that's given to an ICE officer has been cut in half by this administration. The number of days of training they get are 47. You know why they get 47 days? As an homage to the vanity of POTUS. No wonder the number of violent incidents are going through the roof."
If most students lose attention during lectures, then it's a shit way to teach young people.
Duh.
Evidence matters.
Duh.
Evidence matters.
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When lectures strain attention spans, thoughtful teaching strategies can enhance student focus, optimize retention, and improve classroom outcomes.
www.edutopia.org
January 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
If most students lose attention during lectures, then it's a shit way to teach young people.
Duh.
Evidence matters.
Duh.
Evidence matters.
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Strangely absent in the summary: friends, family…
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Strangely absent in the summary: friends, family…
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“If you let us watch you all day, we’ll spit out a sloppified cartoon summary of your day” 😮💨
January 11, 2026 at 4:53 PM
“If you let us watch you all day, we’ll spit out a sloppified cartoon summary of your day” 😮💨
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In a gloomy time, this is a fabulous piece by my (much younger) colleague, Adam Bonica--and more evidence why Stanford Poli. Sci. is the top-ranked department, bar none (though entre nous I also think those kinds of rankings are a tad goofy).
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:34 PM
In a gloomy time, this is a fabulous piece by my (much younger) colleague, Adam Bonica--and more evidence why Stanford Poli. Sci. is the top-ranked department, bar none (though entre nous I also think those kinds of rankings are a tad goofy).
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
Share the love, LOL
January 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Share the love, LOL
Just looking at the weekend schedule, three teams - NE, Chicago, and Carolina - drafted and hired their way from the cellar back to playoff caliber.
None had any particular advantage over Dallas. Except football operations people who made the right decisions.
Not the Jones clowns.
None had any particular advantage over Dallas. Except football operations people who made the right decisions.
Not the Jones clowns.
January 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Just looking at the weekend schedule, three teams - NE, Chicago, and Carolina - drafted and hired their way from the cellar back to playoff caliber.
None had any particular advantage over Dallas. Except football operations people who made the right decisions.
Not the Jones clowns.
None had any particular advantage over Dallas. Except football operations people who made the right decisions.
Not the Jones clowns.
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"Dokoupil has already achieved his dream of outdoing Cronkite in one specific way: Cronkite reported the news. Dokoupil’s approach has been to become the news. It’s an unappealing display of vanity and a misunderstanding of what news is and does."
Tony Dokoupil Is Making ‘CBS Evening News’ All About Tony Dokoupil
CBS Evening News is now all about Tony Dokoupil's ego
variety.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:22 AM
"Dokoupil has already achieved his dream of outdoing Cronkite in one specific way: Cronkite reported the news. Dokoupil’s approach has been to become the news. It’s an unappealing display of vanity and a misunderstanding of what news is and does."
We forget that "modern conservatism" in the postwar era was a polite, moneyed reaction to overwhelming liberal, New Deal dominance in politics.
Real conservatism before that in the US and elsewhere was selfish, violent, and ugly.
That's where the Trumpies want to take us back to.
Real conservatism before that in the US and elsewhere was selfish, violent, and ugly.
That's where the Trumpies want to take us back to.
"In its darkest incarnation, the administration embraces a vision of conservatism somewhere between steampunk and reactionary 19th-century Catholicism." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump Broke the World Order. Now What?
With the president’s actions in Venezuela, we’re entering a new era. Here’s what it could look like.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
We forget that "modern conservatism" in the postwar era was a polite, moneyed reaction to overwhelming liberal, New Deal dominance in politics.
Real conservatism before that in the US and elsewhere was selfish, violent, and ugly.
That's where the Trumpies want to take us back to.
Real conservatism before that in the US and elsewhere was selfish, violent, and ugly.
That's where the Trumpies want to take us back to.
Hey WaPo! This DOES correlate almost EXACTLY with which states vote Republican or not (with a couple of exceptions).
But that wouldn't fit WaPo editorial policy now, to point out something BLATANTLY OBVIOUS.
But that wouldn't fit WaPo editorial policy now, to point out something BLATANTLY OBVIOUS.
January 11, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Hey WaPo! This DOES correlate almost EXACTLY with which states vote Republican or not (with a couple of exceptions).
But that wouldn't fit WaPo editorial policy now, to point out something BLATANTLY OBVIOUS.
But that wouldn't fit WaPo editorial policy now, to point out something BLATANTLY OBVIOUS.