D Gardner
@douglasgardner.bsky.social
Pro-choice, pro-grammar, and programmer
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An Existential Threat to NGOs: I’m often been asked since Jan. 20,...
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July 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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I reget to inform you that Tulsi Gabbard was briefly right about something.
COLLINS: Tulsi Gabbard testified in March that the intelligence community said Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon
TRUMP: I don't care what she said
TRUMP: I don't care what she said
June 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I reget to inform you that Tulsi Gabbard was briefly right about something.
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
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He got unprecedented access to US data for his AI, enough federal contracts and government support for Starlink and SpaceX that they’re all set for money for awhile, and he made the government investigations go away. It was an astonishing payoff on his investment. And now he’s getting out of town.
May 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
He got unprecedented access to US data for his AI, enough federal contracts and government support for Starlink and SpaceX that they’re all set for money for awhile, and he made the government investigations go away. It was an astonishing payoff on his investment. And now he’s getting out of town.
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We spend $800 billion a year on our military yet our greatest enemy lives in the White House and we fly him to his own golf course for play dates on the weekend.
We also fly him abroad to facilitate his emoluments violations while we fly others to concentration camps.
#RemoveTrump
We also fly him abroad to facilitate his emoluments violations while we fly others to concentration camps.
#RemoveTrump
May 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We spend $800 billion a year on our military yet our greatest enemy lives in the White House and we fly him to his own golf course for play dates on the weekend.
We also fly him abroad to facilitate his emoluments violations while we fly others to concentration camps.
#RemoveTrump
We also fly him abroad to facilitate his emoluments violations while we fly others to concentration camps.
#RemoveTrump
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Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.
May 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.
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Nancy Mace is an evangenital
May 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Nancy Mace is an evangenital
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Honestly I just hate how angry I am these days. It's totally justifiable--these people are fucking monsters (and I'm certainly not policing anyone else's anger). But I hate it, I hate that feeling. I've spent so much of my life trying to get rid of anger. It's awful to be living with it again.
April 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Honestly I just hate how angry I am these days. It's totally justifiable--these people are fucking monsters (and I'm certainly not policing anyone else's anger). But I hate it, I hate that feeling. I've spent so much of my life trying to get rid of anger. It's awful to be living with it again.
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Looks like Elon lost bigly
April 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Looks like Elon lost bigly
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BREAKING: I'm placing a hold on President Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney in DC.
For the past few weeks, Ed Martin has been a one-man wrecking ball. Threatening political opponents, firing public servants, and using his office to chill free speech.
His nomination must be blocked.
For the past few weeks, Ed Martin has been a one-man wrecking ball. Threatening political opponents, firing public servants, and using his office to chill free speech.
His nomination must be blocked.
April 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
BREAKING: I'm placing a hold on President Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney in DC.
For the past few weeks, Ed Martin has been a one-man wrecking ball. Threatening political opponents, firing public servants, and using his office to chill free speech.
His nomination must be blocked.
For the past few weeks, Ed Martin has been a one-man wrecking ball. Threatening political opponents, firing public servants, and using his office to chill free speech.
His nomination must be blocked.
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Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
WASHINGTON—Lambasting the current program as wasteful, bloated, and entirely unnecessary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for steep cuts Monday to the number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous...
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March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
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If you watch the raw footage of the Kristi Noem event, the guards chose men with a lot of tattoos, made them move to the front of the cell, and then stripped them down to nothing but shorts so they would be degraded.
The dehumanization is the point. Fascism is here.
The dehumanization is the point. Fascism is here.
March 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If you watch the raw footage of the Kristi Noem event, the guards chose men with a lot of tattoos, made them move to the front of the cell, and then stripped them down to nothing but shorts so they would be degraded.
The dehumanization is the point. Fascism is here.
The dehumanization is the point. Fascism is here.
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I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
March 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
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By publishing these stories, Goldberg risked retribution by the administration and its fanboys -- federal investigations, lawsuits, audits, swatting attacks, intimidation, death threats.
I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
March 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
By publishing these stories, Goldberg risked retribution by the administration and its fanboys -- federal investigations, lawsuits, audits, swatting attacks, intimidation, death threats.
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Himes: "Apparently all this mayhem is cheered by the president of the United States and by 20-somethings with laptops and names like Big Balls. But I've been doing this for a long time, and I know that Moscow and Beijing and Tehran and Pyongyang cannot believe their luck."
March 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Himes: "Apparently all this mayhem is cheered by the president of the United States and by 20-somethings with laptops and names like Big Balls. But I've been doing this for a long time, and I know that Moscow and Beijing and Tehran and Pyongyang cannot believe their luck."
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"Defies court order" is the new "lies"—the term media is loathe to use, dancing around it with euphemisms, even as it gets more blatant.
If we acknowledge that the Trump admin has already defied court orders, the Constitutional crisis is no longer "approaching" or "near," and we can't have that.
If we acknowledge that the Trump admin has already defied court orders, the Constitutional crisis is no longer "approaching" or "near," and we can't have that.
March 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Defies court order" is the new "lies"—the term media is loathe to use, dancing around it with euphemisms, even as it gets more blatant.
If we acknowledge that the Trump admin has already defied court orders, the Constitutional crisis is no longer "approaching" or "near," and we can't have that.
If we acknowledge that the Trump admin has already defied court orders, the Constitutional crisis is no longer "approaching" or "near," and we can't have that.
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These are the members of the Senate Democratic caucus who just voted to pass the GOP's Trump-backed budget bill, along with the year that they next go before voters—including primary voters.
March 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
These are the members of the Senate Democratic caucus who just voted to pass the GOP's Trump-backed budget bill, along with the year that they next go before voters—including primary voters.
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If Chuck Schumer enjoys a single day in NYC for the rest of his life without being told to go fuck himself at least once, then NYC will have utterly failed as a society.
March 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
If Chuck Schumer enjoys a single day in NYC for the rest of his life without being told to go fuck himself at least once, then NYC will have utterly failed as a society.
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In Oversight today, my colleagues stuck to their usual script: blaming immigrants for all crime & claiming Dem mayors are too soft. Well, I was curious to know if they’ve ever had an immigrant with a criminal record that they could recall. Tune in!
March 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In Oversight today, my colleagues stuck to their usual script: blaming immigrants for all crime & claiming Dem mayors are too soft. Well, I was curious to know if they’ve ever had an immigrant with a criminal record that they could recall. Tune in!
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I sure would like to know who has been buying the dips right before Trump announces he has changed his mind and reverses a tariff. Seems like valuable information in the markets to know when he announces a tariff and when he’s going to rescind it.
March 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I sure would like to know who has been buying the dips right before Trump announces he has changed his mind and reverses a tariff. Seems like valuable information in the markets to know when he announces a tariff and when he’s going to rescind it.
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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Let me assure Justice Roberts, his conservative brethren, and the FedSoc forces that put them there that the President of the United States is right: we won’t forget what you’ve done. We’ll remember where you’ve brought us.
March 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Let me assure Justice Roberts, his conservative brethren, and the FedSoc forces that put them there that the President of the United States is right: we won’t forget what you’ve done. We’ll remember where you’ve brought us.