Dave Fairbank
@kdhdave.bsky.social
Recovering newspaper hack. Sand redistributor. Dog doody depositor. I apologize in advance for my behavior. I'm told this site is merely a smoldering dumpster fire and not a conflagration, like the other place.
Darn fine piece of propaganda from Jeff Bezos's side hustle. He might have even penned it himself.
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Opinion | Black Friday is dead. Long live capitalism.
Chaotic scenes of yesteryear were an aberration from how a market economy works, not its apotheosis.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Darn fine piece of propaganda from Jeff Bezos's side hustle. He might have even penned it himself.
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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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I thought Trump was “the ultimate capitalist.” He’s helping farmers by putting them out of business and putting them on welfare? bsky.app/profile/atru...
Brooke Rollins: "The president always said he would take care of the farmers. They have been with him since he came down the escalator. So yes, we are looking at the aid right now. We have always said it is to solve, to mitigate anything under these new trade negotiations. Every day that changes."
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought Trump was “the ultimate capitalist.” He’s helping farmers by putting them out of business and putting them on welfare? bsky.app/profile/atru...
Walking thru Lowe's this morning and "Me and Baby Brother" by War suddenly came over sound system, and let's just say I was not expecting that.
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Walking thru Lowe's this morning and "Me and Baby Brother" by War suddenly came over sound system, and let's just say I was not expecting that.
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WELKER: Should the 300,000 Oklahomas who rely on ACA subsidies be prepared for their costs to skyrocket?
LANKFORD: We're trying to find a way to be able to help
(That's a yes!)
LANKFORD: We're trying to find a way to be able to help
(That's a yes!)
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
WELKER: Should the 300,000 Oklahomas who rely on ACA subsidies be prepared for their costs to skyrocket?
LANKFORD: We're trying to find a way to be able to help
(That's a yes!)
LANKFORD: We're trying to find a way to be able to help
(That's a yes!)
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Wyoming’s new reform mirrors a law Kansas adopted in 2011 to require proof of citizenship. That law was struck down in 2018, but in the interim, Kansas blocked roughly 30,000 citizens from registering to vote because they lacked the proper paperwork.
Wyoming Is Now Requiring Would-be Voters to Document Their Citizenship
The rules were pushed by Wyoming’s ultraconservative secretary of state despite no pattern of noncitizen voting. A lawsuit warns it risks tripping up eligible citizens who wish to register.
boltsmag.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Wyoming’s new reform mirrors a law Kansas adopted in 2011 to require proof of citizenship. That law was struck down in 2018, but in the interim, Kansas blocked roughly 30,000 citizens from registering to vote because they lacked the proper paperwork.
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Look, I know I poke the kids about fascism, but in a fascist state, you don't get charged with a felony about a sandwich and then walk out when a jury - and the nation - laughs at the prosecutors.
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Look, I know I poke the kids about fascism, but in a fascist state, you don't get charged with a felony about a sandwich and then walk out when a jury - and the nation - laughs at the prosecutors.
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Not true obviously, but you save more lives when you stop a vessel and arrest those aboard, alive, if they're actually trafficking drugs.
Instead of drowned bodies, you get useful intel about their criminal structures, their support networks, their finances, and future vessels.
Instead of drowned bodies, you get useful intel about their criminal structures, their support networks, their finances, and future vessels.
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Not true obviously, but you save more lives when you stop a vessel and arrest those aboard, alive, if they're actually trafficking drugs.
Instead of drowned bodies, you get useful intel about their criminal structures, their support networks, their finances, and future vessels.
Instead of drowned bodies, you get useful intel about their criminal structures, their support networks, their finances, and future vessels.
Hardly seems possible. South Florida has had ball fewer than 6 minutes mid-2nd quarter and leads UTSA 42-10. Two defensive TD don't hurt, but still ...
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Hardly seems possible. South Florida has had ball fewer than 6 minutes mid-2nd quarter and leads UTSA 42-10. Two defensive TD don't hurt, but still ...
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Farm bankruptcies are climbing again for the first time since 2020. Trump’s tariffs wiped out U.S. soybean exports — now he wants to import Argentinian beef while American ranchers go broke.
Classic trickle-down: reward monopolies, punish workers.
Classic trickle-down: reward monopolies, punish workers.
Farm bankruptcies are soaring amid low crop prices, while Trump considers bailout of up to $14 billion | Fortune
In the second quarter, there were 93 bankruptcy filings, up from 88 in the first quarter and nearly double the 47 at the end of 2024.
fortune.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Farm bankruptcies are climbing again for the first time since 2020. Trump’s tariffs wiped out U.S. soybean exports — now he wants to import Argentinian beef while American ranchers go broke.
Classic trickle-down: reward monopolies, punish workers.
Classic trickle-down: reward monopolies, punish workers.
Saw a guy wearing a t-shirt that read "Freedom" on front, and back read "Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right." I guess store sold out of shirts that read "It's OK to be an a**hole."
October 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Saw a guy wearing a t-shirt that read "Freedom" on front, and back read "Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right." I guess store sold out of shirts that read "It's OK to be an a**hole."
Need an explanation, por favor.
October 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Need an explanation, por favor.
Assault weapons ban would be muy helpful.
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Opinion | The United States already knows how to disarm Mexican cartels
Without an assault weapons ban in the United States, Mexican cartels will get all the guns they need.
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October 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Assault weapons ban would be muy helpful.
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David Ignatius on tone-deaf messaging at military brass assembly.
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Opinion | Trump and Hegseth’s backward-facing message to the generals
A preoccupation with “woke” culture and “enemies” won’t prepare the military for the high-tech demands of 21st-century war.
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October 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
David Ignatius on tone-deaf messaging at military brass assembly.
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I get that Kevin Spacey is a sketchy, accused dude and unsure what I should think, but watching "Seven" and reminded that he's a terrific actor. That's all. Carry on.
September 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I get that Kevin Spacey is a sketchy, accused dude and unsure what I should think, but watching "Seven" and reminded that he's a terrific actor. That's all. Carry on.
Sounds like he really *can* put his mailbox up against Ron Wyden's. At least in terms of volume.
First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer
First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Sounds like he really *can* put his mailbox up against Ron Wyden's. At least in terms of volume.
Might wanna get to ESPN. Venus, boys and girls.
August 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Might wanna get to ESPN. Venus, boys and girls.
Often say, "Focus on what the man does, not what he says." But Christ on crutches, he shouldn't be left alone with TV remote, never mind the nuclear codes.
Trump: "China intelligently went in and they sort of took a monopoly of the world's magnets. Nobody needed magnets until they convinced everybody 20 years ago, 'let's all do magnets.' There were many other ways that the world could have gone ... we're heavily into the world of magnets now."
August 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Often say, "Focus on what the man does, not what he says." But Christ on crutches, he shouldn't be left alone with TV remote, never mind the nuclear codes.
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Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
August 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
Fine piece by @jasonkirk.fyi on James Dobson's passing, from perspective of someone who was brought up in evangelical surroundings. Also, buy his book (Jason's, not Dobson's).
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sojo.net/articles/opi...
James Dobson Tried To Destroy Us
As a former strong-willed child, I’ve had the notion of James Dobson’s mortality in the back of my mind for the last half-decade or so.
sojo.net
August 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Fine piece by @jasonkirk.fyi on James Dobson's passing, from perspective of someone who was brought up in evangelical surroundings. Also, buy his book (Jason's, not Dobson's).
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
Apparently, not enough fear of fer'ners recently, so let's run with low-comprehension conclusions.
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apnews.com/article/fact...
FACT FOCUS: Posts overestimate number of noncitizens living in US by tens of millions
The Trump administration's decision to review the visas of more than 55 million people is leading to false reports on social media for the number of noncitizens living in the U.S., with claims as high...
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August 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Apparently, not enough fear of fer'ners recently, so let's run with low-comprehension conclusions.
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Un-fucking-acceptable
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Un-fucking-acceptable
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Ukraine is a secondary topic for both Trump and Putin in Alaska. This is a mafia meeting arranged by war criminal Putin to restore Russia internationally & economically. Trump wants his "peace" glory and Putin used that to get this summit. But it's mainly about money for both of them, as always.
August 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ukraine is a secondary topic for both Trump and Putin in Alaska. This is a mafia meeting arranged by war criminal Putin to restore Russia internationally & economically. Trump wants his "peace" glory and Putin used that to get this summit. But it's mainly about money for both of them, as always.
Quality piece from a journalist/historian/author on U.S. squandering potential progress and breakthroughs thru funding cuts and anti-immigrant sentiment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
Opinion | How Trump Is Undoing 80 Years of American Greatness
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August 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Quality piece from a journalist/historian/author on U.S. squandering potential progress and breakthroughs thru funding cuts and anti-immigrant sentiment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
Smarter measures than National Guard troops and Federalizing police to address D.C. crime problem, Megan McArdle says.
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Opinion | D.C. has a real crime problem. Federal control won’t solve it.
Trump is right to worry about the homicide rate in the District. So should the city’s progressives.
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August 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Smarter measures than National Guard troops and Federalizing police to address D.C. crime problem, Megan McArdle says.
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NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
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August 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.