David
@bigdave118.bsky.social
Retired Paramedic. Blue dot in Almost Heaven. Avi is Chewbacca. 49ers & F1 fan. Twitter refugee. Get the $$$ out of politics. Vaxed to the max.
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House GOP does not care about you. They only care about messaging to save their billionaire tax cuts. They know Medicaid cuts are really bad, so they will sell it as cutting government waste until it is too late for you to speak up! #SaveOurMedicaid
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Analysis | A look at Republicans’ political playbook on Medicaid
In today’s edition … MAGA and progressives come together on drug prices … Republicans hit another roadblock in their colossal budget bill.
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May 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
House GOP does not care about you. They only care about messaging to save their billionaire tax cuts. They know Medicaid cuts are really bad, so they will sell it as cutting government waste until it is too late for you to speak up! #SaveOurMedicaid
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U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is issuing a warning about the need to stand up to authoritarians when they target the most vulnerable among us. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Van Hollen: ‘The American People Want Us to Stand Up’ to Trump
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is issuing a warning about the need to stand up to authoritarians when they target the most vulnerable among us. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Bernie breaks down an immoral pro-1% tax plan that steals from the poor: “There is no religion on Earth where anyone would think this is moral behavior.”
May 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Bernie breaks down an immoral pro-1% tax plan that steals from the poor: “There is no religion on Earth where anyone would think this is moral behavior.”
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Share this video & talk about ICE atrocities to everyone.
What kind of monsters would take little ones' parents away & provide no assistance for the children left behind?
Nazis did this during the Holocaust. Consider reading The Light of Days by Judy Batalion so you see how this parallels WWII.😭🤬😱
What kind of monsters would take little ones' parents away & provide no assistance for the children left behind?
Nazis did this during the Holocaust. Consider reading The Light of Days by Judy Batalion so you see how this parallels WWII.😭🤬😱
May 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Share this video & talk about ICE atrocities to everyone.
What kind of monsters would take little ones' parents away & provide no assistance for the children left behind?
Nazis did this during the Holocaust. Consider reading The Light of Days by Judy Batalion so you see how this parallels WWII.😭🤬😱
What kind of monsters would take little ones' parents away & provide no assistance for the children left behind?
Nazis did this during the Holocaust. Consider reading The Light of Days by Judy Batalion so you see how this parallels WWII.😭🤬😱
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The Trump administration has settled on One Weird Trick to avoid judicial review: Kill nationwide injunctions, refuse to respect lower court rulings, and keep cases away from the Supreme Court indefinitely.
Oddly, it was Kagan and BARRETT who hammered this yesterday. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Oddly, it was Kagan and BARRETT who hammered this yesterday. slate.com/news-and-pol...
May 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Trump administration has settled on One Weird Trick to avoid judicial review: Kill nationwide injunctions, refuse to respect lower court rulings, and keep cases away from the Supreme Court indefinitely.
Oddly, it was Kagan and BARRETT who hammered this yesterday. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Oddly, it was Kagan and BARRETT who hammered this yesterday. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Great timing, Jack Johnson!
May 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Great timing, Jack Johnson!
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Due Process
Is the law everyone in the country regardless of status
Nobody should be kidnapped and hidden away or sent to another country. That's illegal and immoral
Tell Congress to stand up for everyone or we could be next.
#MomSky #Voices4Victory
Is the law everyone in the country regardless of status
Nobody should be kidnapped and hidden away or sent to another country. That's illegal and immoral
Tell Congress to stand up for everyone or we could be next.
#MomSky #Voices4Victory
We filed a lawsuit in March to prevent President Trump from unlawfully deporting people under the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime authority never used before during peace time.
Due process isn't an option, it's the law.
Due process isn't an option, it's the law.
Trump's Deportation Flights Under the Alien Enemies Act | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
May 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Due Process
Is the law everyone in the country regardless of status
Nobody should be kidnapped and hidden away or sent to another country. That's illegal and immoral
Tell Congress to stand up for everyone or we could be next.
#MomSky #Voices4Victory
Is the law everyone in the country regardless of status
Nobody should be kidnapped and hidden away or sent to another country. That's illegal and immoral
Tell Congress to stand up for everyone or we could be next.
#MomSky #Voices4Victory
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Before publishing any article on Trump, ask what worse crime is Trump diverting attention from with this outrage, then cover that.
May 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Before publishing any article on Trump, ask what worse crime is Trump diverting attention from with this outrage, then cover that.
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Wild— the @tnhousegop caucus praises their current Speaker Sexton for turning in their ex Speaker Casada
PSA: If you think corruption under this Tennessee Republican supermajority ended with Casada, you haven’t been following us long enough.
PSA: If you think corruption under this Tennessee Republican supermajority ended with Casada, you haven’t been following us long enough.
May 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Wild— the @tnhousegop caucus praises their current Speaker Sexton for turning in their ex Speaker Casada
PSA: If you think corruption under this Tennessee Republican supermajority ended with Casada, you haven’t been following us long enough.
PSA: If you think corruption under this Tennessee Republican supermajority ended with Casada, you haven’t been following us long enough.
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GAO is right on the law but oh the irony that the Government ACCOUNTABILITY office doesn’t believe it can be held accountable.
Breaking news:
DOGE is now targeting the Government Accountability Office, a congressional agency.
GAO is fighting back: "We are not subject to DOGE or executive orders."
@notusreports.bsky.social obtained the email detailing what's happening, sent just an hour ago.
www.notus.org/congress/dog...
DOGE is now targeting the Government Accountability Office, a congressional agency.
GAO is fighting back: "We are not subject to DOGE or executive orders."
@notusreports.bsky.social obtained the email detailing what's happening, sent just an hour ago.
www.notus.org/congress/dog...
DOGE Is Now Targeting GAO, and the Congressional Agency Is Fighting Back
“We are not subject to DOGE or executive orders,” GAO staff were told in an internal email sent Friday.
www.notus.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
GAO is right on the law but oh the irony that the Government ACCOUNTABILITY office doesn’t believe it can be held accountable.
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Trump is doing deals, just for himself not for the country.
May 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Trump is doing deals, just for himself not for the country.
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Predictably, Elon is trying to invade an agency that has been reviewing DOGE's access to government data since February.
www.notus.org/congress/dog...
www.notus.org/congress/dog...
DOGE Is Now Targeting GAO, and the Congressional Agency Is Fighting Back
“We are not subject to DOGE or executive orders,” GAO staff were told in an internal email sent Friday.
www.notus.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Predictably, Elon is trying to invade an agency that has been reviewing DOGE's access to government data since February.
www.notus.org/congress/dog...
www.notus.org/congress/dog...
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NEW: Elon Musk’s DOGE is collecting vast amounts of personal information on millions of people in the U.S. But since his department is funded like a federal agency, you can request info on what it has on you.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
News Alerts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s DOGE is collecting vast amounts of personal information on millions of people in the U.S. But since his department is funded like a federal agency, you can request info on what it has on you.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“There was nothing vague in the gesture he made toward the January 6 attackers. In that brief moment, Josh Hawley’s true character was revealed.”
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/josh-hawle...
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Josh Hawley: The Con Man of Missouri
Raise your fist, to ensure he never steps near greater power
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May 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“There was nothing vague in the gesture he made toward the January 6 attackers. In that brief moment, Josh Hawley’s true character was revealed.”
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Reminder: the Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen posts are just to distract from the Qatari "gift" or the fact that he's trying to rip Medicare and Medicaid from millions of Americans right now.
May 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reminder: the Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen posts are just to distract from the Qatari "gift" or the fact that he's trying to rip Medicare and Medicaid from millions of Americans right now.
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WATCH: “Any regrets about not putting on more of a defense? Calling some witnesses? Putting Speaker Sexton on the stand?”
After a GUILTY verdict in their federal corruption trial, former TN speaker Glen Casada & Cade Cothren leave the courthouse.
Lawyers say they will appeal.
After a GUILTY verdict in their federal corruption trial, former TN speaker Glen Casada & Cade Cothren leave the courthouse.
Lawyers say they will appeal.
May 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
WATCH: “Any regrets about not putting on more of a defense? Calling some witnesses? Putting Speaker Sexton on the stand?”
After a GUILTY verdict in their federal corruption trial, former TN speaker Glen Casada & Cade Cothren leave the courthouse.
Lawyers say they will appeal.
After a GUILTY verdict in their federal corruption trial, former TN speaker Glen Casada & Cade Cothren leave the courthouse.
Lawyers say they will appeal.
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Good sign. Do it in a sequence of transfers to build pressure; say, $20 billion a month to Ukraine. That might get the gangster showing up at meetings.
Germany's Merz says we will confiscate frozen Russian assets if legally possible
Germany and its allies will move to confiscate frozen Russian assets if legally possible, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in an interview with the Zeit newspaper published on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Good sign. Do it in a sequence of transfers to build pressure; say, $20 billion a month to Ukraine. That might get the gangster showing up at meetings.
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“He will never earn the respect of most Americans & once-staunch democratic allies who despise what he is doing…No wonder he lashes out against America & all that it stands for while luxuriating in the pretend respect that he gets from autocrats & dictators.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/hell-never...
www.americaamerica.news/p/hell-never...
He'll Never Be Respected in the World
He can demand it. He can travel to the Middle East and pretend he's getting it. But we can be sure that most will never give it to him.
www.americaamerica.news
May 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“He will never earn the respect of most Americans & once-staunch democratic allies who despise what he is doing…No wonder he lashes out against America & all that it stands for while luxuriating in the pretend respect that he gets from autocrats & dictators.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/hell-never...
www.americaamerica.news/p/hell-never...
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The other day, Wren wildly misrepresented an answer Buttigieg made in IA. When asked ABOUT BIDEN, Buttigieg answered abt efficacy.
Here's what he and the rest of the mob simply ignore. Biden was an effective President, but a terrible candidate.
Old Man Trump is not an effective POTUS.
Here's what he and the rest of the mob simply ignore. Biden was an effective President, but a terrible candidate.
Old Man Trump is not an effective POTUS.
May 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The other day, Wren wildly misrepresented an answer Buttigieg made in IA. When asked ABOUT BIDEN, Buttigieg answered abt efficacy.
Here's what he and the rest of the mob simply ignore. Biden was an effective President, but a terrible candidate.
Old Man Trump is not an effective POTUS.
Here's what he and the rest of the mob simply ignore. Biden was an effective President, but a terrible candidate.
Old Man Trump is not an effective POTUS.
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President Trump was greeted like royalty during his four-day trip to the Middle East, his first major foreign trip of this second term, where it was all about business deals and not moral leadership, writes correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
Here are 5 takeaways from Trump's first major foreign trip to the Middle East
President Trump was greeted like royalty during his four-day trip to the Middle East, his first major foreign trip of this second term, where it was all about business deals and not moral leadership.
www.npr.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
President Trump was greeted like royalty during his four-day trip to the Middle East, his first major foreign trip of this second term, where it was all about business deals and not moral leadership, writes correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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From a GAO message to staff today, after telling DOGE no:
"We remain committed to GAO's important mission of supporting the Congress in carrying out its constitutional responsibilities. Thank you for continuing to carry out our mission in an objective, professional, and nonpartisan matter."
"We remain committed to GAO's important mission of supporting the Congress in carrying out its constitutional responsibilities. Thank you for continuing to carry out our mission in an objective, professional, and nonpartisan matter."
BREAKING: DOGE sought access to Congress's watchdog.
Thus far, the agency — the U.S. Government Accountability Office — has said no.
New, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-d...
Thus far, the agency — the U.S. Government Accountability Office — has said no.
New, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-d...
Breaking: DOGE sought access to Congress's watchdog
Thus far, the agency — the U.S. Government Accountability Office — has said no.
www.lawdork.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
From a GAO message to staff today, after telling DOGE no:
"We remain committed to GAO's important mission of supporting the Congress in carrying out its constitutional responsibilities. Thank you for continuing to carry out our mission in an objective, professional, and nonpartisan matter."
"We remain committed to GAO's important mission of supporting the Congress in carrying out its constitutional responsibilities. Thank you for continuing to carry out our mission in an objective, professional, and nonpartisan matter."