Dave Wenning
@rxdavid.bsky.social
Retired hospital pharmacist, rescue German Shepherd dad, enjoying nature, history, current affairs, gardening, music, movies, language, watching the weather and exploring in the Pacific Northwest. Promoter of good healthcare and consumer advocate.
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“Its origins are in racist fantasy. During the last presidential campaign, JD Vance, then the vice-presidential nominee, put the Haitians of Springfield at the center of national attention.”
February 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
“Its origins are in racist fantasy. During the last presidential campaign, JD Vance, then the vice-presidential nominee, put the Haitians of Springfield at the center of national attention.”
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Trump wanted to slash funding for medical research by 40%. The funding bill the Senate just passed said: absolutely not.
Not only did we reject Trump's funding cuts – Democrats secured nearly half a billion dollars MORE in funding for critical biomedical research.
Not only did we reject Trump's funding cuts – Democrats secured nearly half a billion dollars MORE in funding for critical biomedical research.
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Trump wanted to slash funding for medical research by 40%. The funding bill the Senate just passed said: absolutely not.
Not only did we reject Trump's funding cuts – Democrats secured nearly half a billion dollars MORE in funding for critical biomedical research.
Not only did we reject Trump's funding cuts – Democrats secured nearly half a billion dollars MORE in funding for critical biomedical research.
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Trump is once again selling out American national security to enrich himself and his family.
More corruption in plain sight, and on a scale that is unprecedented. It must be investigated.
More corruption in plain sight, and on a scale that is unprecedented. It must be investigated.
February 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Trump is once again selling out American national security to enrich himself and his family.
More corruption in plain sight, and on a scale that is unprecedented. It must be investigated.
More corruption in plain sight, and on a scale that is unprecedented. It must be investigated.
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New reports reveal that the UAE royal family secretly funneled $500M to Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency venture, just days before his inauguration and months before the President agreed to sell the UAE highly advanced AI chips that many fear would end up in the hands of China. 🧵
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
New reports reveal that the UAE royal family secretly funneled $500M to Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency venture, just days before his inauguration and months before the President agreed to sell the UAE highly advanced AI chips that many fear would end up in the hands of China. 🧵
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And guess what? We've got a criminal statute for that:
February 1, 2026 at 5:52 PM
And guess what? We've got a criminal statute for that:
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Don Lemon wasn’t arrested for disrupting a church service. He was arrested because the Trump administration wants journalists afraid. This is intimidation, plain and simple.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Don Lemon’s Arrest Is a Warning to Every Journalist in America
The Trump administration isn’t just enforcing the law—it’s using arrests as intimidation, and the press is the target.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Don Lemon wasn’t arrested for disrupting a church service. He was arrested because the Trump administration wants journalists afraid. This is intimidation, plain and simple.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
“Ethnic cleansing” in America…
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
February 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
“Ethnic cleansing” in America…
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
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Minneapolis is a model for the rest of the country who are under a malicious& sadistic ICE seige. Bless these brave citizens who at great risk stand up 2 protect their community members
February 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Minneapolis is a model for the rest of the country who are under a malicious& sadistic ICE seige. Bless these brave citizens who at great risk stand up 2 protect their community members
“The positives will outweigh the negatives.”
What gives you hope in these awful times?
I’ll tell you my answer: the people of Minneapolis.
I’ll tell you my answer: the people of Minneapolis.
February 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
“The positives will outweigh the negatives.”
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What gives you hope in these awful times?
I’ll tell you my answer: the people of Minneapolis.
I’ll tell you my answer: the people of Minneapolis.
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
What gives you hope in these awful times?
I’ll tell you my answer: the people of Minneapolis.
I’ll tell you my answer: the people of Minneapolis.
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The team recently reported the fastest-spinning asteroid of its size to date. The finding was a surprise to the astronomers, who spotted it using test images from a telescope at the observatory.
University of Washington astronomers discover a record-breaking asteroid
Astronomers at the University of Washington recently discovered a record-breaking asteroid using early images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.
www.opb.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The team recently reported the fastest-spinning asteroid of its size to date. The finding was a surprise to the astronomers, who spotted it using test images from a telescope at the observatory.
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Shrinkflation is alive and growing. Darigold Fit Brand of milk carton is 59 oz. Cans of beans, 15 oz. 4 lb bags of sugar, not 5. Bags of animal feed went from 50 lb to 40 lb. I'm waiting for a 'dozen' eggs to go from 12 to 10 count.
February 1, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Shrinkflation is alive and growing. Darigold Fit Brand of milk carton is 59 oz. Cans of beans, 15 oz. 4 lb bags of sugar, not 5. Bags of animal feed went from 50 lb to 40 lb. I'm waiting for a 'dozen' eggs to go from 12 to 10 count.
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This level of international humiliation can only end in a Broadway play with a woman signing from a balcony
Favorite review: “It is the most terrifying horror movie I have seen since Eraserhead. The tension! Will the table setting be symmetrical? If the fork is out of alignment, will the simulation crash?”
February 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This level of international humiliation can only end in a Broadway play with a woman signing from a balcony
Has anyone noticed the previously 65 load Tide bottles now contain 48 loads? Price per bottle though is still the same at Albertsons/Safeway. 🤷♂️
February 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Has anyone noticed the previously 65 load Tide bottles now contain 48 loads? Price per bottle though is still the same at Albertsons/Safeway. 🤷♂️
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Don't get me wrong, the U.S. has a deep historical commitment to white supremacy that must be destroyed, but it's worth noting that the world of Miller's Secret Police in which anyone deemed racially suspect can be snatched is the world imagined by those who orchestrated secession & the Confederacy.
February 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Don't get me wrong, the U.S. has a deep historical commitment to white supremacy that must be destroyed, but it's worth noting that the world of Miller's Secret Police in which anyone deemed racially suspect can be snatched is the world imagined by those who orchestrated secession & the Confederacy.
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And just as Miller imagines this as a racialized hierarchy of labor & governance, Confederate President Jefferson Davis claimed "the fact of the inferiority stamped upon that race of men by the Creator, & from the cradle to the grave, our Government, as a civil institution, marks that inferiority."
Jefferson Davis' reply in the Senate to William H. Seward
Jefferson Davis' reply in the Senate to William H. Seward
jeffersondavis.rice.edu
February 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
And just as Miller imagines this as a racialized hierarchy of labor & governance, Confederate President Jefferson Davis claimed "the fact of the inferiority stamped upon that race of men by the Creator, & from the cradle to the grave, our Government, as a civil institution, marks that inferiority."
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Miller's claim was pioneered by none other than Confederate President Jefferson Davis:
"The condition of slavery with us is, in a word, Mr. President, nothing but the form of civil government instituted for a class of people not fit to govern themselves."
"The condition of slavery with us is, in a word, Mr. President, nothing but the form of civil government instituted for a class of people not fit to govern themselves."
February 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Miller's claim was pioneered by none other than Confederate President Jefferson Davis:
"The condition of slavery with us is, in a word, Mr. President, nothing but the form of civil government instituted for a class of people not fit to govern themselves."
"The condition of slavery with us is, in a word, Mr. President, nothing but the form of civil government instituted for a class of people not fit to govern themselves."
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Tommy Vietor: The movie is about the 20 days before Trump’s second inauguration, so I guess we follow Melania flying from New York to DC.
@briantylercohen.bsky.social: We follow Melania not sleeping in the same bed as Donald.
Vietor: Not looking him in the eye.
@briantylercohen.bsky.social: We follow Melania not sleeping in the same bed as Donald.
Vietor: Not looking him in the eye.
February 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Tommy Vietor: The movie is about the 20 days before Trump’s second inauguration, so I guess we follow Melania flying from New York to DC.
@briantylercohen.bsky.social: We follow Melania not sleeping in the same bed as Donald.
Vietor: Not looking him in the eye.
@briantylercohen.bsky.social: We follow Melania not sleeping in the same bed as Donald.
Vietor: Not looking him in the eye.
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@normeisen.bsky.social: Trump has lost over 200 times in court so far. We’ve never seen anything like it.
I know Don Lemon well. He’s a fighter for the First Amendment, and he’s going to win.
I know Don Lemon well. He’s a fighter for the First Amendment, and he’s going to win.
February 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
@normeisen.bsky.social: Trump has lost over 200 times in court so far. We’ve never seen anything like it.
I know Don Lemon well. He’s a fighter for the First Amendment, and he’s going to win.
I know Don Lemon well. He’s a fighter for the First Amendment, and he’s going to win.
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Bill has this exactly right; a military force of storm troopers acting lawlessly. Here in the U.S., not in a WWII German documentary.
ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
February 1, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Bill has this exactly right; a military force of storm troopers acting lawlessly. Here in the U.S., not in a WWII German documentary.
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It’s a good song, #1 download in 19 countries.
Snopes found articles from Forbes (Jan. 29) and NBC documenting that "Streets of Minneapolis" had hit No. 1 on iTunes in the United States.
USA Today published Jan. 29 also claimed the song was No. 1 on iTunes in 19 countries. Those countries were:
Snopes found articles from Forbes (Jan. 29) and NBC documenting that "Streets of Minneapolis" had hit No. 1 on iTunes in the United States.
USA Today published Jan. 29 also claimed the song was No. 1 on iTunes in 19 countries. Those countries were:
February 1, 2026 at 5:34 AM
It’s a good song, #1 download in 19 countries.
Snopes found articles from Forbes (Jan. 29) and NBC documenting that "Streets of Minneapolis" had hit No. 1 on iTunes in the United States.
USA Today published Jan. 29 also claimed the song was No. 1 on iTunes in 19 countries. Those countries were:
Snopes found articles from Forbes (Jan. 29) and NBC documenting that "Streets of Minneapolis" had hit No. 1 on iTunes in the United States.
USA Today published Jan. 29 also claimed the song was No. 1 on iTunes in 19 countries. Those countries were:
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A lot going on here. Watch the video first, then read MPR's account of what happened. The driver passes into a space where there is no law or accountability, but then out again when local police show up. Later on the police say they did NOT intervene. (OK officer...)
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervened and got federal agents to release resident, sources say
Sources tell MPR News that the police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into detention. It is believed to t...
www.mprnews.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:39 AM
A lot going on here. Watch the video first, then read MPR's account of what happened. The driver passes into a space where there is no law or accountability, but then out again when local police show up. Later on the police say they did NOT intervene. (OK officer...)
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...