Richard Cavnar
@richardcavnar.bsky.social
Sojourner in a strange land cleverly disguised as a husband, uncle, brother, music fanatic, art enthusiast, bourbon collector, bookworm, and foodie.
How the US is preparing a military staging ground near Venezuela - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
How the US is preparing a Caribbean staging ground near Venezuela
The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.
www.reuters.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
How the US is preparing a military staging ground near Venezuela - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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“.. Nevadans have a front row seat to.. Trump’s transformation of the U.S. economy from a free market to a command economy, complete with the ability for Trump to manipulate the market.. in favor of his own investments, .. friends or family.”
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October 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“.. Nevadans have a front row seat to.. Trump’s transformation of the U.S. economy from a free market to a command economy, complete with the ability for Trump to manipulate the market.. in favor of his own investments, .. friends or family.”
@lasvegassun.bsky.social
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@lasvegassun.bsky.social
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“A government threat to silence a comedian the president doesn’t like is anti-American.”
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Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“A government threat to silence a comedian the president doesn’t like is anti-American.”
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New episode just dropped
August 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
New episode just dropped
It’s Texas. That explains everything.
U.S. plans to build $750 million fly factory in Texas to fight flesh-eating maggot
www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
U.S. plans to build $750 million fly factory in Texas to fight flesh-eating maggot
www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
U.S. plans to build $750 million fly factory in Texas to fight flesh-eating maggot
Officials say the screwworm has the potential to devastate the cattle industry, send beef prices soaring and kill wildlife.
www.dallasnews.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It’s Texas. That explains everything.
U.S. plans to build $750 million fly factory in Texas to fight flesh-eating maggot
www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
U.S. plans to build $750 million fly factory in Texas to fight flesh-eating maggot
www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
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Hey Cornyn!
The owner of a 125 acre Oregon cherry orchard will lose $300,000 plus this season. His cherries are shrivel like big black raisins, still on the trees…because ICE wiped out over half of his work force….and he couldn’t get them picked. The stupidest MF’r in America…is president.
August 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Hey Cornyn!
August 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Newsletter: AI is a money trap, with AI companies' ridiculous valuations and unsustainable businesses making exits or IPOs impossible. Elsewhere, data center developers have no exit route either, and US economic growth has become shouldered entirely by big tech.
www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-mone...
www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-mone...
AI Is A Money Trap
In the last week, we’ve had no less than three different pieces asking whether the massive proliferation of data centers is a massive bubble, and though they, at times, seem to take the default positi...
www.wheresyoured.at
August 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Donald Trump’s signature legislation would menace the American economy for at least a decade. It is a showcase of fiscal incontinence and ideological exhaustion https://econ.st/4kvmdT2
Illustration: Ricardo Tomás
Illustration: Ricardo Tomás
July 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Donald Trump’s signature legislation would menace the American economy for at least a decade. It is a showcase of fiscal incontinence and ideological exhaustion https://econ.st/4kvmdT2
Illustration: Ricardo Tomás
Illustration: Ricardo Tomás
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A budget is a statement of values.
(HT @brendanvduke.bsky.social)
(HT @brendanvduke.bsky.social)
July 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A budget is a statement of values.
(HT @brendanvduke.bsky.social)
(HT @brendanvduke.bsky.social)
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The Trump budget math is simply this: Cut taxes for the rich, cut spending that helps everyone else, and pay for it by taxing working Americans through tariffs.
July 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Trump budget math is simply this: Cut taxes for the rich, cut spending that helps everyone else, and pay for it by taxing working Americans through tariffs.
Why do I think that he’ll be cheering for Javert and believe he’s the hero?
Trump attends 'Les Misérables' at the Kennedy Center after taking over the institution
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump attends 'Les Misérables' at the Kennedy Center after taking over the institution
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump attends 'Les Misérables' at the Kennedy Center after taking over the institution
President Donald Trump has taken his seat in the president's box for opening night of the award-winning musical “Les Misérables” at the Kennedy Center.
apnews.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Why do I think that he’ll be cheering for Javert and believe he’s the hero?
Trump attends 'Les Misérables' at the Kennedy Center after taking over the institution
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump attends 'Les Misérables' at the Kennedy Center after taking over the institution
apnews.com/article/trum...
Old article but just as relevant.
www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-cut... 50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS News
www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-cut... 50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS News
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says
Tax cuts for the wealthy didn't boost the economies of the U.S. and 17 other countries — but they did worsen income inequality.
www.cbsnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Old article but just as relevant.
www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-cut... 50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS News
www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-cut... 50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS News
Dallas Morning News - Nothing beautiful about ugly Medicaid cuts
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn... Monday, Jun 9, 2025
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn... Monday, Jun 9, 2025
When I was a foster parent, I became very familiar with the concept of the “time tax.”
edition.pagesuite.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Dallas Morning News - Nothing beautiful about ugly Medicaid cuts
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn... Monday, Jun 9, 2025
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn... Monday, Jun 9, 2025
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Terry Moran told the truth.
Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:
June 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Terry Moran told the truth.
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Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
May 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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🪧💢 Pro-Ukraine protesters confronted J.D. Vance during his Vermont vacation, accusing him of betraying Ukraine. They called him a “traitor” and shouted, “Go ski in Russia,” criticising his stance on US support for Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🪧💢 Pro-Ukraine protesters confronted J.D. Vance during his Vermont vacation, accusing him of betraying Ukraine. They called him a “traitor” and shouted, “Go ski in Russia,” criticising his stance on US support for Ukraine.
So if you cant beat it, ban it?
What a bunch of crybabies!
And, yes, I’m a Packer fan.
www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pac...
What a bunch of crybabies!
And, yes, I’m a Packer fan.
www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pac...
Packers submit proposal to ban 'Tush Push' play for 2025 season, per report
The Eagles' signature play is once again under attack
www.cbssports.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So if you cant beat it, ban it?
What a bunch of crybabies!
And, yes, I’m a Packer fan.
www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pac...
What a bunch of crybabies!
And, yes, I’m a Packer fan.
www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pac...
”He(Musk) is truly an evil guy. A very bad guy.”
It’s a weird, disturbing moment when I realize that I have found common ground with Steve Bannon.
www.axios.com/2025/01/13/s...
It’s a weird, disturbing moment when I realize that I have found common ground with Steve Bannon.
www.axios.com/2025/01/13/s...
Steve Bannon vows to have "evil" Elon Musk "run out" of the White House
His comments mark an escalation in a MAGA-world civil war over immigration as Trump prepares to begin his second term.
www.axios.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
”He(Musk) is truly an evil guy. A very bad guy.”
It’s a weird, disturbing moment when I realize that I have found common ground with Steve Bannon.
www.axios.com/2025/01/13/s...
It’s a weird, disturbing moment when I realize that I have found common ground with Steve Bannon.
www.axios.com/2025/01/13/s...
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X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Here let me fix that for you: "President-elect Trump threatens the sovereignty of two countries with unlawful use of force."
NYT - do better.
NYT - do better.
January 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Here let me fix that for you: "President-elect Trump threatens the sovereignty of two countries with unlawful use of force."
NYT - do better.
NYT - do better.
So long Peter Yarrow. We love the music that you, Paul & Mary gave to us.
#MusicSky
apnews.com/article/pete... Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
#MusicSky
apnews.com/article/pete... Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86.
apnews.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So long Peter Yarrow. We love the music that you, Paul & Mary gave to us.
#MusicSky
apnews.com/article/pete... Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
#MusicSky
apnews.com/article/pete... Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86