Dave Urban
@davidjohnurban.bsky.social
Concerned US citizen and Pennsylvania resident who loves reading about politics and policy.
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Gonna guess Clayton Kershaw and Blake Treinen will want to get to the Dodgers' White House visit even earlier now.
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Gonna guess Clayton Kershaw and Blake Treinen will want to get to the Dodgers' White House visit even earlier now.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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The President of the United States posted something disgustingly racist and not one goddamn thing will be done about it. I hate this reality.
February 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The President of the United States posted something disgustingly racist and not one goddamn thing will be done about it. I hate this reality.
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I am old enough to remember Mexico City Olympics, 1968.
February 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I am old enough to remember Mexico City Olympics, 1968.
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More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP
The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.
The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.
More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP
The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 PM
More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP
The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.
The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.
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Foreigners visiting China gush over its infrastructure, but rarely its medical facilities. Recently a British woman’s glowing video review of a public hospital in Beijing has gone viral
Why more foreigners are seeking health care in China
The growth of medical tourism is making locals uneasy
econ.st
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Foreigners visiting China gush over its infrastructure, but rarely its medical facilities. Recently a British woman’s glowing video review of a public hospital in Beijing has gone viral
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Why is Trump posting racist memes about the Obamas in the late hours of the night?
Because he's racist.
But this is also perhaps a sign that his ongoing mental decline is getting even worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHLciC67V8
Because he's racist.
But this is also perhaps a sign that his ongoing mental decline is getting even worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHLciC67V8
Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It?
Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?And why won’t they
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Why is Trump posting racist memes about the Obamas in the late hours of the night?
Because he's racist.
But this is also perhaps a sign that his ongoing mental decline is getting even worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHLciC67V8
Because he's racist.
But this is also perhaps a sign that his ongoing mental decline is getting even worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHLciC67V8
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The only fraud in our elections is Donald Trump!
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The only fraud in our elections is Donald Trump!
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Trump ran for president the first time on a racist lie.
February 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Trump ran for president the first time on a racist lie.
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A group of students chained themselves outside Morrill Hall at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Friday. The protesters are calling for university President Rebecca Cunningham to declare the U a sanctuary campus.
🎥: Aaron Lavinsky
🎥: Aaron Lavinsky
February 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A group of students chained themselves outside Morrill Hall at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Friday. The protesters are calling for university President Rebecca Cunningham to declare the U a sanctuary campus.
🎥: Aaron Lavinsky
🎥: Aaron Lavinsky
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He lied at the National Prayer Breakfast to take credit for a prisoner freed who was actually freed during Obama.
You heard that right — Lying 🤥 at 🤥 a 🤥 prayer 🤥 breakfast 🤥
www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
You heard that right — Lying 🤥 at 🤥 a 🤥 prayer 🤥 breakfast 🤥
www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
February 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
He lied at the National Prayer Breakfast to take credit for a prisoner freed who was actually freed during Obama.
You heard that right — Lying 🤥 at 🤥 a 🤥 prayer 🤥 breakfast 🤥
www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
You heard that right — Lying 🤥 at 🤥 a 🤥 prayer 🤥 breakfast 🤥
www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
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So, Trump wants Washington’s Dulles Airport renamed after him. How’s this? 😉
February 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
So, Trump wants Washington’s Dulles Airport renamed after him. How’s this? 😉
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📢 Statement from People Power United Condemning Racist Trump Post
open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo...
open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo...
📢 Statement from People Power United Condemning Racist Trump Post
🗽A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:56 PM
📢 Statement from People Power United Condemning Racist Trump Post
open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo...
open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo...
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The way forward for Dems is to abandon the "turn-the-page/turn-the-cheek ethos" and replace it with "proud accountability for enemies of democracy," says @brianbeutler.bsky.social.
Post-Trump era must be about accountability, not hollow reconciliation.
www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Post-Trump era must be about accountability, not hollow reconciliation.
www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Immigration, Fascism, And The Politics Of The American Creed
We have to protect what's best about America from ALL threats, not just the easiest scapegoats.
www.offmessage.net
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The way forward for Dems is to abandon the "turn-the-page/turn-the-cheek ethos" and replace it with "proud accountability for enemies of democracy," says @brianbeutler.bsky.social.
Post-Trump era must be about accountability, not hollow reconciliation.
www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Post-Trump era must be about accountability, not hollow reconciliation.
www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
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It can happen here - in Pa. coal country
I went to tiny Tremont, Pa. to see how a former Big Lots warehouse for cheap goods would become an island in a U.S. gulag archipelago, warehousing 7,500 human beings from ICE raids
My special report on an American nightmare www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
I went to tiny Tremont, Pa. to see how a former Big Lots warehouse for cheap goods would become an island in a U.S. gulag archipelago, warehousing 7,500 human beings from ICE raids
My special report on an American nightmare www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont, Pa., that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in a $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
It can happen here - in Pa. coal country
I went to tiny Tremont, Pa. to see how a former Big Lots warehouse for cheap goods would become an island in a U.S. gulag archipelago, warehousing 7,500 human beings from ICE raids
My special report on an American nightmare www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
I went to tiny Tremont, Pa. to see how a former Big Lots warehouse for cheap goods would become an island in a U.S. gulag archipelago, warehousing 7,500 human beings from ICE raids
My special report on an American nightmare www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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The "President" of the United States, now overtly expressing his acute, imbecilic racism and directing it at his predecessor on a social media platform he controls and owns, has to resign.
Go. Get out, you grotesque slime
Go. Get out, you grotesque slime
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The "President" of the United States, now overtly expressing his acute, imbecilic racism and directing it at his predecessor on a social media platform he controls and owns, has to resign.
Go. Get out, you grotesque slime
Go. Get out, you grotesque slime
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In this week's free What's Alan Watching? newsletter: bonus Muppet Show thoughts (including dream future guests if it goes to series), plus Catherine O'Hara, the defining TV shows by decade, and more. Read! Subscribe! Share! Name all the Best Supporting Actress winners by decade!
A most sensational, celebrational, Muppetational newsletter
More thoughts on Kermit and friends' return, plus Catherine O'Hara, the most important TV shows for each decade, and more
www.whatsalanwatching.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
In this week's free What's Alan Watching? newsletter: bonus Muppet Show thoughts (including dream future guests if it goes to series), plus Catherine O'Hara, the defining TV shows by decade, and more. Read! Subscribe! Share! Name all the Best Supporting Actress winners by decade!
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Trump is turning our country into Pottersville.
'Mortifying': Fury as Trump demands Dulles and Penn Station renamed after himself
A new report that President Donald Trump wants to slap his name on Washington Dulles International Airport, ignited swift backlash on social media.Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News shared on X a link to ...
www.rawstory.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Trump is turning our country into Pottersville.
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Epic segment by Lawrence tonight on Bessent. His very marriage and family life was de-criminalized thanks to Democrats, but he's chosen to shill for the other side. Unbelievable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Epic segment by Lawrence tonight on Bessent. His very marriage and family life was de-criminalized thanks to Democrats, but he's chosen to shill for the other side. Unbelievable.
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@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Trump says no one feels worse about Minneapolis killings than the killers youtu.be/cbVPxC2_qEQ?...
February 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Trump says no one feels worse about Minneapolis killings than the killers youtu.be/cbVPxC2_qEQ?...