Bob Mccollister
@bobmc2.bsky.social
Retired Teacher/Coach. Board member Green Energy Ohio. Climate Reality presenter. Proud Democrat
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
Combine this story with the layoffs at CBS this week and you see the pattern. Trump and his ally Larry Ellison now control CBS, and soon Tik Tok. CNN may soon follow. This is the Orban model brought to America.
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Combine this story with the layoffs at CBS this week and you see the pattern. Trump and his ally Larry Ellison now control CBS, and soon Tik Tok. CNN may soon follow. This is the Orban model brought to America.
Take it from an old coach. You can't win if you don't go on offense. So much of the Trump assault on democracy (ie. Texas), and Project 2025 is being channeled through Statehouses. Thanks David Pepper. It's time to go on offense! open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
"The Two Battles" -- My TED Talk and Whiteboard on Democracy
The Most Important Lesson from New Book--The Foundation for Everything Else
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July 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Take it from an old coach. You can't win if you don't go on offense. So much of the Trump assault on democracy (ie. Texas), and Project 2025 is being channeled through Statehouses. Thanks David Pepper. It's time to go on offense! open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
The Ohio legislature once again following the Viktor Orban model of how to destroy democracy. Or is it Orban following the Ohio model?
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The Looming, Lawless Ohio Gerrymander
A Rigged Map, Only Possible Due to Serial Lawbreaking and Gaslighting
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July 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Ohio legislature once again following the Viktor Orban model of how to destroy democracy. Or is it Orban following the Ohio model?
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
My wife and I are retired teachers. Every retired and currently serving teacher should watch and share this video. Ohio's corrupt government, dominated by its gerrymandered legislature has seized control of STRS! Infuriating!, but there is still hope if we act together!
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A brief summary of the travesty of what the politicians just did to teachers and pensions in Ohio.
A case study: when everyday Americans get close to power, the powers that be change all the rules…and the outcomes.
Link here for full video: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
A brief summary of the travesty of what the politicians just did to teachers and pensions in Ohio.
A case study: when everyday Americans get close to power, the powers that be change all the rules…and the outcomes.
Link here for full video: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
July 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My wife and I are retired teachers. Every retired and currently serving teacher should watch and share this video. Ohio's corrupt government, dominated by its gerrymandered legislature has seized control of STRS! Infuriating!, but there is still hope if we act together!
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Billions of public dollars have been sent to Ohio private schools, via vouchers, and we don’t know how a single dollar of those billions have actually been spent.
It’s a recipe for disaster, especially in a state with as much corruption as Ohio.
VIDEO
Billions of public dollars have been sent to Ohio private schools, via vouchers, and we don’t know how a single dollar of those billions have actually been spent.
It’s a recipe for disaster, especially in a state with as much corruption as Ohio.
VIDEO
July 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Billions of public dollars have been sent to Ohio private schools, via vouchers, and we don’t know how a single dollar of those billions have actually been spent.
It’s a recipe for disaster, especially in a state with as much corruption as Ohio.
VIDEO
Billions of public dollars have been sent to Ohio private schools, via vouchers, and we don’t know how a single dollar of those billions have actually been spent.
It’s a recipe for disaster, especially in a state with as much corruption as Ohio.
VIDEO
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In my novel, “2025,” I included several chapters where pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists gained important jobs in the administration, including within DOJ.
What they are doing is all so damn predictable.
What they are doing is all so damn predictable.
July 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
In my novel, “2025,” I included several chapters where pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists gained important jobs in the administration, including within DOJ.
What they are doing is all so damn predictable.
What they are doing is all so damn predictable.
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As much as I loathe all the damage Musk has inflicted on our government and our country, Trump’s latest response in their battle is as dark as it gets.
Let me tell you why:
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As much as I loathe all the damage Musk has inflicted on our government and our country, Trump’s latest response in their battle is as dark as it gets.
Let me tell you why:
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July 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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As much as I loathe all the damage Musk has inflicted on our government and our country, Trump’s latest response in their battle is as dark as it gets.
Let me tell you why:
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As much as I loathe all the damage Musk has inflicted on our government and our country, Trump’s latest response in their battle is as dark as it gets.
Let me tell you why:
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No Kings Day protest in little Ironton, Ohio. 175 people at its peak!
June 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
No Kings Day protest in little Ironton, Ohio. 175 people at its peak!
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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Reminder: Joni Ernst is up for reelection
Absolutely bonkers — Joni Ernst doubles down on her “we are all gonna die” defense of Medicaid cuts while walking through a cemetery
May 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Reminder: Joni Ernst is up for reelection
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The reason they snuck this contempt provision into the reconciliation bill is because they know their game plan.
They know what threatens them.
We have to fight hard to make sure this gets removed at the Senate.
WATCH, read the 🧵 then RT
The reason they snuck this contempt provision into the reconciliation bill is because they know their game plan.
They know what threatens them.
We have to fight hard to make sure this gets removed at the Senate.
WATCH, read the 🧵 then RT
May 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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The reason they snuck this contempt provision into the reconciliation bill is because they know their game plan.
They know what threatens them.
We have to fight hard to make sure this gets removed at the Senate.
WATCH, read the 🧵 then RT
The reason they snuck this contempt provision into the reconciliation bill is because they know their game plan.
They know what threatens them.
We have to fight hard to make sure this gets removed at the Senate.
WATCH, read the 🧵 then RT
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Calling the House and Senate today could make the difference.
Go here for details: davidpepper.substack.com/p/the-monstr...
Go here for details: davidpepper.substack.com/p/the-monstr...
The Monstrous Medicaid Cuts
My Conversation with Congressman Greg Landsman, and How You Can Fight Back
davidpepper.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Calling the House and Senate today could make the difference.
Go here for details: davidpepper.substack.com/p/the-monstr...
Go here for details: davidpepper.substack.com/p/the-monstr...
The renewable revolution will be a powerful driver of economic growth in this century. Repealing the IRA would be a historic mistake.
"But today, Sumter [South Carolina] is experiencing a resurgence, fueled in part by state and federal incentives like the IRA’s tax credits, which are driving a new wave of advanced manufacturing."
www.utilitydive.com/news/at-risk...
www.utilitydive.com/news/at-risk...
At-risk IRA tax credits drive industrial-scale infrastructure in red and blue states
The Inflation Reduction Act is a bipartisan success story, but if these tax credits disappear, so will plans for future factories, jobs and the chance to reclaim our industrial leadership.
www.utilitydive.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The renewable revolution will be a powerful driver of economic growth in this century. Repealing the IRA would be a historic mistake.
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged nearly 430 ppm in April 2025 (new record high)
10 years ago April averaged about 404 ppm. Preliminary data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...
This isn't going away. The longer we wait to address climate change, the greater the impacts and the harder it becomes to solve
10 years ago April averaged about 404 ppm. Preliminary data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...
This isn't going away. The longer we wait to address climate change, the greater the impacts and the harder it becomes to solve
May 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged nearly 430 ppm in April 2025 (new record high)
10 years ago April averaged about 404 ppm. Preliminary data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...
This isn't going away. The longer we wait to address climate change, the greater the impacts and the harder it becomes to solve
10 years ago April averaged about 404 ppm. Preliminary data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...
This isn't going away. The longer we wait to address climate change, the greater the impacts and the harder it becomes to solve
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Tensions mount in South Asia as a terrorist attack could ignite a fifth war between India and Pakistan. open.substack.com/pub/joecirin...
April 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Tensions mount in South Asia as a terrorist attack could ignite a fifth war between India and Pakistan. open.substack.com/pub/joecirin...
Some times you just get lucky. On that night in October 2017 I did. David Pepper and the entire Ohio Dem. Party gave me tremendous support, but most of all I made a great friend. The message is absolutely true. We need to build a team with a great bench. Take it from me, I know about team building!
As these rallies take place, don’t simply look at the stage and think of these as the dress rehearsals of future presidential candidates.
That’s too top-down to save democracy.
Instead, look at the crowd….
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That’s too top-down to save democracy.
Instead, look at the crowd….
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Don’t Squander the Big Energy
Seizing the True Pro-Democracy Potential of the Moment
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April 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Some times you just get lucky. On that night in October 2017 I did. David Pepper and the entire Ohio Dem. Party gave me tremendous support, but most of all I made a great friend. The message is absolutely true. We need to build a team with a great bench. Take it from me, I know about team building!
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Read the fine print. Turning State into fully Nationalist dept.
So much fascism..
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
So much fascism..
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department (Gift Article)
The draft executive order that could be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Read the fine print. Turning State into fully Nationalist dept.
So much fascism..
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
So much fascism..
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
www.theatlantic.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Please watch, and call your Representative and Senators. The SAVE Act is a 21st Century Poll tax. Its is an attempt to rig elections, just as was done in the Jim Crow era.
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Take Action: STOP 🛑 the SAVE Act
The so-called “SAVE Act” would kneecap democracy by destroying the modern-day process of registering to vote.
I explain in the video (in my newsletter) why that is.
Please watch and share:
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Take Action: STOP 🛑 the SAVE Act
The so-called “SAVE Act” would kneecap democracy by destroying the modern-day process of registering to vote.
I explain in the video (in my newsletter) why that is.
Please watch and share:
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open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
Action Needed: Stop the SAVE Act
Make Calls to Stop This Monstrosity
open.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Please watch, and call your Representative and Senators. The SAVE Act is a 21st Century Poll tax. Its is an attempt to rig elections, just as was done in the Jim Crow era.
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America,
Quick briefing on Ohio’s newest Senator. He’s infamous for being one of the least intelligent people on the public scene.
Not quite Tuberville level. But in that category. You’ll see how much he struggles here, and then falls back to lame slogans to save himself.
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Quick briefing on Ohio’s newest Senator. He’s infamous for being one of the least intelligent people on the public scene.
Not quite Tuberville level. But in that category. You’ll see how much he struggles here, and then falls back to lame slogans to save himself.
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Sen. Husted on CNBC stumbles his way into endorsing a tax *increase* for the richest Americans, but then claims he's just aligned with whatever Trump wants to do
March 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
America,
Quick briefing on Ohio’s newest Senator. He’s infamous for being one of the least intelligent people on the public scene.
Not quite Tuberville level. But in that category. You’ll see how much he struggles here, and then falls back to lame slogans to save himself.
1/
Quick briefing on Ohio’s newest Senator. He’s infamous for being one of the least intelligent people on the public scene.
Not quite Tuberville level. But in that category. You’ll see how much he struggles here, and then falls back to lame slogans to save himself.
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This of course mirrors a standard Putin talking point.
From The #NewClimateWar (www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...)
From The #NewClimateWar (www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...)
March 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This of course mirrors a standard Putin talking point.
From The #NewClimateWar (www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...)
From The #NewClimateWar (www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...)
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DOGE advisor & tech billionaire Marc Andreessen funds New Founding (per Forbes) & QT’d this post by Logan Clark Hall, who was employed by New Founding as of 2022. Andreessen spoke to the Rockbridge Network—backed by Thiel & Mercer—last year. 1/ #FollowTheMoney
March 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
DOGE advisor & tech billionaire Marc Andreessen funds New Founding (per Forbes) & QT’d this post by Logan Clark Hall, who was employed by New Founding as of 2022. Andreessen spoke to the Rockbridge Network—backed by Thiel & Mercer—last year. 1/ #FollowTheMoney