Joe D
@joedangerdan.bsky.social
Enjoying my "4G" retirement: Golfing, Gardening, Guitar, and Granddaughter.
"Il faut cultiver notre jardin." - Candide
"Il faut cultiver notre jardin." - Candide
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Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
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Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
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Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
Every single Democratic senator that votes to cave on this should be immediately ejected from the party, and the national party should immediately start running primary candidates in their districts.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Go to their social accounts (here and everywhere) and comment - flood the zone - they are stabbing us in the backs! Betrayal!!
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Go to their social accounts (here and everywhere) and comment - flood the zone - they are stabbing us in the backs! Betrayal!!
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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For months, certain right-wing pollsters on here have accused me of rigging my POTUS approval average against Trump. They say I weight pollsters like YouGov too highly and am "bat shit insane"
Avg bias of right-leaning firms in 2025 gov: 8 pts pro-R (2x 2024 POTUS err)
YouGov avg error: 1pt
Avg bias of right-leaning firms in 2025 gov: 8 pts pro-R (2x 2024 POTUS err)
YouGov avg error: 1pt
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
For months, certain right-wing pollsters on here have accused me of rigging my POTUS approval average against Trump. They say I weight pollsters like YouGov too highly and am "bat shit insane"
Avg bias of right-leaning firms in 2025 gov: 8 pts pro-R (2x 2024 POTUS err)
YouGov avg error: 1pt
Avg bias of right-leaning firms in 2025 gov: 8 pts pro-R (2x 2024 POTUS err)
YouGov avg error: 1pt
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This is a real photo today.
This is the Current Occupant of the White House showing everyone how awful he is.
This is the Current Occupant of the White House showing everyone how awful he is.
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is a real photo today.
This is the Current Occupant of the White House showing everyone how awful he is.
This is the Current Occupant of the White House showing everyone how awful he is.
Yup, you got that right . . . Freedom from:
- armed, masked thugs assaulting citizens in the streets
- unitary executive imposing arbitrary tariffs
- hunger, poverty, want, fear
- a demented POTUS
- self-righteous religious fanatics
- cowardly, boot-licking GOP politicians
- armed, masked thugs assaulting citizens in the streets
- unitary executive imposing arbitrary tariffs
- hunger, poverty, want, fear
- a demented POTUS
- self-righteous religious fanatics
- cowardly, boot-licking GOP politicians
Scalise: "Ronald Reagan said it best: Freedom is only one generation away from extinction if we don't fight to defend it. Those words of Reagan's still ring true today."
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Yup, you got that right . . . Freedom from:
- armed, masked thugs assaulting citizens in the streets
- unitary executive imposing arbitrary tariffs
- hunger, poverty, want, fear
- a demented POTUS
- self-righteous religious fanatics
- cowardly, boot-licking GOP politicians
- armed, masked thugs assaulting citizens in the streets
- unitary executive imposing arbitrary tariffs
- hunger, poverty, want, fear
- a demented POTUS
- self-righteous religious fanatics
- cowardly, boot-licking GOP politicians
Actually, if you look at monastic history (e.g., the Benedictines) you might be surprised to find that communism (common ownership of property, common good, communion) has worked for closer to 1500 years.
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Actually, if you look at monastic history (e.g., the Benedictines) you might be surprised to find that communism (common ownership of property, common good, communion) has worked for closer to 1500 years.
Justice Barrett worries that refunding $ wrongly seized from tariffs would create a "mess". Hm-m-m
- maybe the president should have thought of that beforehand?
- imagine if a private company had illegally overcharged customers, would we not require repayment, even if it was a "mess"?
#SCOTUS
- maybe the president should have thought of that beforehand?
- imagine if a private company had illegally overcharged customers, would we not require repayment, even if it was a "mess"?
#SCOTUS
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Justice Barrett worries that refunding $ wrongly seized from tariffs would create a "mess". Hm-m-m
- maybe the president should have thought of that beforehand?
- imagine if a private company had illegally overcharged customers, would we not require repayment, even if it was a "mess"?
#SCOTUS
- maybe the president should have thought of that beforehand?
- imagine if a private company had illegally overcharged customers, would we not require repayment, even if it was a "mess"?
#SCOTUS
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Sadly, my congressman. Always been a self-righteous asshole.
What’s holding back Republicans from killing the filibuster is a bit of reluctance to plunge America deeper into scorched-earth politics. But Trump has no such reluctance. Nor does Tom Emmer.
www.thebulwark.com/p/tom-emmer-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/tom-emmer-...
Tom Emmer Is the GOP’s Smear Machine
The number-three House Republican combines a mean streak with disregard for the truth.
www.thebulwark.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Sadly, my congressman. Always been a self-righteous asshole.
This should be on the front page/home page of every local, state, and national news organization in the country.
Where is today's F. Scott Fitzgeralds when we need them?
Where is today's F. Scott Fitzgeralds when we need them?
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This should be on the front page/home page of every local, state, and national news organization in the country.
Where is today's F. Scott Fitzgeralds when we need them?
Where is today's F. Scott Fitzgeralds when we need them?
Depends in which business. If your names is Bezos, Musk, or Trump, Ackman, Yes, you've benefitted.
Agriculture? small family business? building trades? Less so.
I'm old enough to remember when the GOP was pro-free market and anti-crony capitalism. Not any more.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/b...
Agriculture? small family business? building trades? Less so.
I'm old enough to remember when the GOP was pro-free market and anti-crony capitalism. Not any more.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/b...
Bill Ackman calls Trump the 'most pro-business president we've ever had'
Ackman also said Trump has done an "excellent job."
www.cnbc.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Depends in which business. If your names is Bezos, Musk, or Trump, Ackman, Yes, you've benefitted.
Agriculture? small family business? building trades? Less so.
I'm old enough to remember when the GOP was pro-free market and anti-crony capitalism. Not any more.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/b...
Agriculture? small family business? building trades? Less so.
I'm old enough to remember when the GOP was pro-free market and anti-crony capitalism. Not any more.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/b...
I just continue to be embarrassed by and ashamed of my country. Yet more evidence for the decline and fall of America under tRump
#ryderCup
www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...
#ryderCup
www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...
Rory McIlroy facing verbal abuse at Ryder Cup; increased police presence joins his match
McIlroy directed an obscenity at a fan during his first match Saturday but has had many more shouted to him, along with personal insults.
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I just continue to be embarrassed by and ashamed of my country. Yet more evidence for the decline and fall of America under tRump
#ryderCup
www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...
#ryderCup
www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...
Oh please, if there is a god in heaven, let this happen in my beloved state. Imagine this guy on the top of the GOP ticket? Please!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he's considering a run for Minnesota governor
The Trump ally was at the center of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and supported debunked conspiracy theories about the vote.
www.nbcnews.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Oh please, if there is a god in heaven, let this happen in my beloved state. Imagine this guy on the top of the GOP ticket? Please!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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“A bad escalator and a bad teleprompter” — Trump implies UN tried to sabotage First Lady, while he saved millions.
September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“A bad escalator and a bad teleprompter” — Trump implies UN tried to sabotage First Lady, while he saved millions.
Fascism and Catholicism have a long history. Franco, Mussolini.
Obedience to authority is primary duty; Personal identity tied to group membership; no individual freedom; Common good > individual rights; self-righteous claim to the truth; demonize the "other" (esp. women).
Obedience to authority is primary duty; Personal identity tied to group membership; no individual freedom; Common good > individual rights; self-righteous claim to the truth; demonize the "other" (esp. women).
Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Fox & Friends on Charlie Kirk: "This guy is a modern day St Paul. He was a missionary, he's an evangelist, he's a hero. He's one I think that knows what Jesus meant when he said 'the truth will set you free.'"
September 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Fascism and Catholicism have a long history. Franco, Mussolini.
Obedience to authority is primary duty; Personal identity tied to group membership; no individual freedom; Common good > individual rights; self-righteous claim to the truth; demonize the "other" (esp. women).
Obedience to authority is primary duty; Personal identity tied to group membership; no individual freedom; Common good > individual rights; self-righteous claim to the truth; demonize the "other" (esp. women).
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The Trump regime has dropped a nuke on the First Amendment and we have yet to hear a united response from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov ... well forget them. This is going to have to come from leaders without leadership titles and the grassroots
September 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Trump regime has dropped a nuke on the First Amendment and we have yet to hear a united response from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov ... well forget them. This is going to have to come from leaders without leadership titles and the grassroots