Daniel Gaddy
@gonzogaddy.bsky.social
Word janitor. Recovering newspaperman. Contributor to BirminghamWatch.org. Anniston Star alum. ‘09/‘10 UA Knight Fellow. I yell a lot about politics.
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"By the way - everything I ever sent you is off the record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know"
lmao I think the fuck not you trickass bitch
lmao I think the fuck not you trickass bitch
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October 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"By the way - everything I ever sent you is off the record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know"
lmao I think the fuck not you trickass bitch
lmao I think the fuck not you trickass bitch
Three Birmingham council seats head to runoffs after Tuesday’s municipal election. #birminghamal birminghamwatch.org/2025/08/27/s...
Six Seats Decided, Three Go to Runoffs After Birmingham City Council Voting - BirminghamWatch
Incumbent Councilors Crystal Smitherman, Wardine Alexander and Clinton Woods won election along with newcomer Josh Vasa. Races is Districts 4, 8 and 9 will be decided in runoffs.
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August 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Three Birmingham council seats head to runoffs after Tuesday’s municipal election. #birminghamal birminghamwatch.org/2025/08/27/s...
Newsmax just settled with Dominion for $67M. From the @nytimes.com story: "Newsmax did not offer an apology, saying in a statement on Monday that it stood by its coverage as 'fair, balanced and conducted within professional standards of journalism.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...
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August 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Newsmax just settled with Dominion for $67M. From the @nytimes.com story: "Newsmax did not offer an apology, saying in a statement on Monday that it stood by its coverage as 'fair, balanced and conducted within professional standards of journalism.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...
It was a LONG night for me. #birminghamal birminghamwatch.org/2025/08/13/l...
Leading Mayoral Candidates Trade Insults in Debate - BirminghamWatch
Incumbent Mayor Randall Woodfin’s administration was a frequent target in Tuesday’s debate, sponsored by WJLD.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It was a LONG night for me. #birminghamal birminghamwatch.org/2025/08/13/l...
August 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Without a free press, how would you know if officials serve your interests or learn about community issues? You wouldn't. That's why Mississippi Free Press exists and needs your help. Donate: buff.ly/2B34Alx
July 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Without a free press, how would you know if officials serve your interests or learn about community issues? You wouldn't. That's why Mississippi Free Press exists and needs your help. Donate: buff.ly/2B34Alx
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When you lose your healthcare…
your loved one’s nursing home closes…
your local hospital is understaffed…
your taxes go up…
food insecurity sets in…
Take solace in the fact that Trump and his oligarchs got richer because of their Bullshit Billionaires Bill.
your loved one’s nursing home closes…
your local hospital is understaffed…
your taxes go up…
food insecurity sets in…
Take solace in the fact that Trump and his oligarchs got richer because of their Bullshit Billionaires Bill.
July 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
When you lose your healthcare…
your loved one’s nursing home closes…
your local hospital is understaffed…
your taxes go up…
food insecurity sets in…
Take solace in the fact that Trump and his oligarchs got richer because of their Bullshit Billionaires Bill.
your loved one’s nursing home closes…
your local hospital is understaffed…
your taxes go up…
food insecurity sets in…
Take solace in the fact that Trump and his oligarchs got richer because of their Bullshit Billionaires Bill.
President Trump last week approved the controversial merger of U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, which is based in Japan, after the companies signed a national security agreement with the U.S. and granted Trump veto power over certain types of business decisions. birminghamwatch.org/2025/06/26/n...
Nippon/US Steel Merger Means Big Things in Store for JeffCo, Surrounding Area, Commission President Says - BirminghamWatch
Jimmie Stephens said merger will mean jobs, major investments in the Fairfield area.
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June 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
President Trump last week approved the controversial merger of U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, which is based in Japan, after the companies signed a national security agreement with the U.S. and granted Trump veto power over certain types of business decisions. birminghamwatch.org/2025/06/26/n...
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Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax the rich is a 2% tax on income over $1 million.
If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000.
Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.
If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000.
Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.
June 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax the rich is a 2% tax on income over $1 million.
If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000.
Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.
If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000.
Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.
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If we hit our goal ($50k to go!) by Sunday night, we’ll make merch of me flipping off a transphobe.
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This is @KatAbughazaleh flipping off one of her potential constituents for having a different point of view on men dressed as women reading to children at the library that taxpayers fund.
[picture of me showing my middle finger to a lady who was calling the crowd predators and pedophiles outside of a Drag Queen Story Hour event]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ats4shmeia7i7ildqm3denmd/bafkreiewzht5havk3d2s2tsa6cdxeal5gcxuv4jqthuokib2wd65naen5y@jpeg)
June 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If we hit our goal ($50k to go!) by Sunday night, we’ll make merch of me flipping off a transphobe.
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Jesus this just keeps getting better and better! #Iran #ceasefire #trump #WW3 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says
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June 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Jesus this just keeps getting better and better! #Iran #ceasefire #trump #WW3 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
Sure this administration’s immigration policies are unconstitutional and abjectly cruel, but at least they’re also wasteful to the point of breaking the law. #ICE #trump #immigration #DHS #trumpisafascist www.axios.com/2025/06/16/i...
ICE is in a deep cash crisis amid the immigration crackdown
The agency is already $1 billion over budget by one estimate, with more than three months left in the fiscal year.
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June 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sure this administration’s immigration policies are unconstitutional and abjectly cruel, but at least they’re also wasteful to the point of breaking the law. #ICE #trump #immigration #DHS #trumpisafascist www.axios.com/2025/06/16/i...
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Protesters opposed to federal immigration raids faced off with law enforcement in Los Angeles over the weekend. President Trump called in the National Guard against the wishes of the governor.
4 things to know about the immigration raid protests that roiled LA this weekend
Protesters opposed to federal immigration raids faced off with law enforcement in Los Angeles over the weekend. President Trump called in the National Guard against the wishes of the governor.
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June 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Protesters opposed to federal immigration raids faced off with law enforcement in Los Angeles over the weekend. President Trump called in the National Guard against the wishes of the governor.
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President Trump ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops on Saturday to be deployed in Los Angeles County after protests against federal immigration raids on workplaces. Here’s what to know.
What to Know About the Immigration Protests in Los Angeles
President Trump on Saturday ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops to California after demonstrations against a series of raids on workplaces.
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June 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
President Trump ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops on Saturday to be deployed in Los Angeles County after protests against federal immigration raids on workplaces. Here’s what to know.
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The administration argues the men's home countries won't take them — but lawyers say getting sent to a country like South Sudan could lead to more persecution.
The White House is deporting people to countries they're not from. Why?
The administration argues the men's home countries won't take them — but lawyers say getting sent to a country like South Sudan could lead to more persecution.
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June 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The administration argues the men's home countries won't take them — but lawyers say getting sent to a country like South Sudan could lead to more persecution.
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Trump administration lawyers are arguing that the Library of Congress doesn’t belong to Congress — the latest move to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government.
It’s called the Library of Congress. But Trump claims it’s his.
The case is the latest example of efforts by the Trump administration to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government.
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May 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Trump administration lawyers are arguing that the Library of Congress doesn’t belong to Congress — the latest move to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government.
This is fine. Everything is fine!!
More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.
Exodus of USDA veterinarians and others drives fears that U.S. farms are at risk
More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.
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May 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is fine. Everything is fine!!
I hope folks at the CDC have updated their resumes. #rfkjr #cdc #vaccines #vaccineswork wapo.st/4kjcjV3
Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC keeps recommending covid vaccine for kids
While RFK Jr. said the coronavirus vaccine would be removed from the CDC schedule for healthy children, it’s still recommended in consultation with doctors.
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May 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I hope folks at the CDC have updated their resumes. #rfkjr #cdc #vaccines #vaccineswork wapo.st/4kjcjV3
Well done gat definitely tracks.
Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Now, the agency is siding with the credit industry groups suing to have the rule vacated.
The CFPB wanted medical debt to be left off credit reports. That's changed under Trump
Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Now, the agency is siding with the credit industry grou...
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May 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Well done gat definitely tracks.
Jesus Christ!!
14,000 babies are at risk of dying in the next 48 hours in Gaza if aid doesn’t reach them, warns Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs – a figure he called “utterly chilling.”
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May 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Jesus Christ!!
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A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a unit of a small U.S. health agency.
Judge orders restoration of jobs in health program for West Virginia coal miners
Miners diagnosed with black lung are given the option to transfer to other positions to protect them from continued dust exposure.
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May 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a unit of a small U.S. health agency.
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The $400 million jet from Qatar would be worth 100 times more than every other presidential gift from a foreign nation combined since 2001
May 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The $400 million jet from Qatar would be worth 100 times more than every other presidential gift from a foreign nation combined since 2001
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Across the federal government, Trump officials are halting a wide range of operations by declining to approve key funds.
This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government
Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
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May 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Across the federal government, Trump officials are halting a wide range of operations by declining to approve key funds.
This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
Birmingham officials are doing all they can to stop a new state law from restructuring the city's Water Works Board. #birminghamal #BWWB #JeffCoAL birminghamwatch.org/2025/05/08/b...
Birmingham Council OKs Offer to Buy Water Works as AG Says BWWB Has No Power to Sell - BirminghamWatch
The attorney general says the Birmingham Water Works Board was abolished Wednesday before it voted to accept the city’s purchase offer.
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May 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Birmingham officials are doing all they can to stop a new state law from restructuring the city's Water Works Board. #birminghamal #BWWB #JeffCoAL birminghamwatch.org/2025/05/08/b...