Brian Forester
@hawkofmay.bsky.social
Software Engineer, Software Developer who is concerned with building a better future for our children.
Sununu is an example of someone detached from the reality of most Americans. I would not be surprised if the DOGE estimate of 'savings' continues to fall. This is also confirms what many have known all along, the estimates of 'savings' was wildly inflated.
Sununu: Congress doesn't want them to get touched. Americans will accept it… Let’s move the retirement age. 62 or 64 or whatever it is? That’s insane. No young person thinks retirement should be in their mid 60s
April 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Sununu is an example of someone detached from the reality of most Americans. I would not be surprised if the DOGE estimate of 'savings' continues to fall. This is also confirms what many have known all along, the estimates of 'savings' was wildly inflated.
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Sununu: Congress doesn't want them to get touched. Americans will accept it… Let’s move the retirement age. 62 or 64 or whatever it is? That’s insane. No young person thinks retirement should be in their mid 60s
April 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Sununu: Congress doesn't want them to get touched. Americans will accept it… Let’s move the retirement age. 62 or 64 or whatever it is? That’s insane. No young person thinks retirement should be in their mid 60s
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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I don't find this perplexing at all. If Adams doesn't provide an answer that Trump likes, Trump will reopen the federal criminal investigation against Adams that was previously suspended.
I don't find this perplexing at all. If Adams doesn't provide an answer that Trump likes, Trump will reopen the federal criminal investigation against Adams that was previously suspended.
Mayor Adams, asked about ICE’s arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, offers a perplexing response
Khalil, a green card holder, was arrested by federal immigration agents for his involvement in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and is now being detained in Louisiana. His arrest has…
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March 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I don't find this perplexing at all. If Adams doesn't provide an answer that Trump likes, Trump will reopen the federal criminal investigation against Adams that was previously suspended.
I don't find this perplexing at all. If Adams doesn't provide an answer that Trump likes, Trump will reopen the federal criminal investigation against Adams that was previously suspended.
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I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
I find the fact that the private security company Triple Canopy ( Blackwater merger ) are the ones doing the blocking to be a terrifying new development:
www.axios.com/2025/02/06/d...
I see no major news coverage of this.
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I see no major news coverage of this.
Anti-DOGE congressional Democrats denied entry to EPA headquarters
It's the third time this week a group of House and Senate Democrats were blocked from a federal agency.
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February 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I find the fact that the private security company Triple Canopy ( Blackwater merger ) are the ones doing the blocking to be a terrifying new development:
www.axios.com/2025/02/06/d...
I see no major news coverage of this.
www.axios.com/2025/02/06/d...
I see no major news coverage of this.
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Conservatives warning about George Soros but make the footage Elon Musk
February 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Conservatives warning about George Soros but make the footage Elon Musk
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You’re all missing the point. “You need a merger? That’ll be $25 million please” “oh wait a sec, I need to file a lawsuit so you can pay me directly through a settlement. “
The notion Trump should be exempt from civil cases about his private business because it would distract him from his presidential duties is facially risible, but even more so because Trump is the initiator of other civil suits he’s currently pursuing, apparently without fear of distraction from duty
15 GOP-led states have filed a brief asking a Delaware judge to toss a lawsuit against Truth Social— a company whose main beneficial owner is Donald Trump.
Jessica Corso for @law360.bsky.social
Jessica Corso for @law360.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
You’re all missing the point. “You need a merger? That’ll be $25 million please” “oh wait a sec, I need to file a lawsuit so you can pay me directly through a settlement. “
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Literally white washing the FBI:
Out: integrity, stability, respect, leadership, fairness, diversity
In: revenge, enemies lists, prosecuting the prosecutors, lawlessness, chaos
Out: integrity, stability, respect, leadership, fairness, diversity
In: revenge, enemies lists, prosecuting the prosecutors, lawlessness, chaos
January 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Literally white washing the FBI:
Out: integrity, stability, respect, leadership, fairness, diversity
In: revenge, enemies lists, prosecuting the prosecutors, lawlessness, chaos
Out: integrity, stability, respect, leadership, fairness, diversity
In: revenge, enemies lists, prosecuting the prosecutors, lawlessness, chaos
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Firefighters look on from the gallery as the Utah Senate votes to advance a bill that will take away their right to collectively bargain. (Photo by Tribune photographer Trent Nelson)
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January 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Firefighters look on from the gallery as the Utah Senate votes to advance a bill that will take away their right to collectively bargain. (Photo by Tribune photographer Trent Nelson)
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As Trump dries up federal funding for research DeepSeek Chief Executive Liang Wenfeng thoughts resonated with me. He has said repeatedly that the way China catches up to US innovation is for Chinese companies to put research before profits.
That is a very foreign thought to Trump.
That is a very foreign thought to Trump.
January 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
As Trump dries up federal funding for research DeepSeek Chief Executive Liang Wenfeng thoughts resonated with me. He has said repeatedly that the way China catches up to US innovation is for Chinese companies to put research before profits.
That is a very foreign thought to Trump.
That is a very foreign thought to Trump.
Trump resorting to tariffs on every difference of policy, on every tantrum, and as a hammer for every problem on the foreign policy front is a GREAT way to push nations towards the BRICs currency alternative.
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Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Colombia as deported migrant flights denied
It comes after Colombian President Gustavo Petro denied entry on Colombian soil of US military planes carrying deported migrants.
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January 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump resorting to tariffs on every difference of policy, on every tantrum, and as a hammer for every problem on the foreign policy front is a GREAT way to push nations towards the BRICs currency alternative.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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For the record, this happened to me, as well.
Yup. Microsoft automatically switched me to the $99.99/year version with Spicy Autocomplete. You have to go all the way through "cancel subscription" to be presented these options and get the $69.99/year one you actually chose.
January 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
For the record, this happened to me, as well.
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Gretchen Whitmer is giving a major speech at the Detroit Auto Show this morning — on manufacturing, trade and, yes, Donald Trump
I spoke with her about it yesterday, and how she’s preparing for another turn with him as President www.huffpost.com/entry/gretch...
I spoke with her about it yesterday, and how she’s preparing for another turn with him as President www.huffpost.com/entry/gretch...
Gretchen Whitmer Says She Isn't Looking For A Fight (Yet)
The Michigan governor known for battling Trump says she's up for finding common ground, though she's already warning about some of his big plans.
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January 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Gretchen Whitmer is giving a major speech at the Detroit Auto Show this morning — on manufacturing, trade and, yes, Donald Trump
I spoke with her about it yesterday, and how she’s preparing for another turn with him as President www.huffpost.com/entry/gretch...
I spoke with her about it yesterday, and how she’s preparing for another turn with him as President www.huffpost.com/entry/gretch...