John Dalton
@dalton642.bsky.social
New to Bluesky, trying to find all the folks I enjoyed from OG Twitter.
Don’t DM me, I’ll assume you’re a bot and unfollow and block.
Don’t DM me, I’ll assume you’re a bot and unfollow and block.
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There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.
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Despite Rubio’s grandfather’s “insistence that he was fleeing oppression, immigration officials raised suspicions that he might harbor communist sympathies…That charge, had they pursued it, could have led to a conclusion that he was a national security threat.”
Oh. The. Irony.
Oh. The. Irony.
Marco Rubio’s Policies Might Shut the Door to People Like His Grandfather (Published 2016)
Under the stricter screening Senator Marco Rubio now supports, his grandfather would most likely have been deported, depriving him of knowing the man he has called his mentor and closest boyhood frien...
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Despite Rubio’s grandfather’s “insistence that he was fleeing oppression, immigration officials raised suspicions that he might harbor communist sympathies…That charge, had they pursued it, could have led to a conclusion that he was a national security threat.”
Oh. The. Irony.
Oh. The. Irony.
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“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.”
Beyond parody.
Beyond parody.
February 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.”
Beyond parody.
Beyond parody.
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Take 6 minutes today to listen to my (tirelessly working) husband @stevevladeck.bsky.social on why Trump’s shutdown of USAID is illegal and what it says about what could come next (spoiler: it’s not good)
www.cbsnews.com/video/a-lega...
www.cbsnews.com/video/a-lega...
A legal look at Trump's executive sprint
As President Trump tests the traditional limits of presidential power, Georgetown University legal scholar and constitutional expert Stephen Vladeck discusses what's legal, what's unprecedented, and w...
www.cbsnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Take 6 minutes today to listen to my (tirelessly working) husband @stevevladeck.bsky.social on why Trump’s shutdown of USAID is illegal and what it says about what could come next (spoiler: it’s not good)
www.cbsnews.com/video/a-lega...
www.cbsnews.com/video/a-lega...
Maybe we should be wondering what the Republicans are doing.
I’ll be honest, this week there was more to destroy the rule of law than in trumps first term,
And i have no idea what the Democrats are doing to fight back. Or even saying. Crickets
And i have no idea what the Democrats are doing to fight back. Or even saying. Crickets
January 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Maybe we should be wondering what the Republicans are doing.
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Turnip surprised NBC News anchor Kristen Welker with his stance on deportation, insisting he would remove entire families instead of splitting them apart, even when she highlighted that this would mean “kids who are here legally” would be included.
www.mediaite.com/news/even-ki...
www.mediaite.com/news/even-ki...
'STILL Concepts?' Trump Stuns Kristen Welker on Healthcare
Trump stunned NBC News anchor Kristen Welker when he told her he has "concepts of a plan" for healthcare — months after that phrase became a punchline.
www.mediaite.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Turnip surprised NBC News anchor Kristen Welker with his stance on deportation, insisting he would remove entire families instead of splitting them apart, even when she highlighted that this would mean “kids who are here legally” would be included.
www.mediaite.com/news/even-ki...
www.mediaite.com/news/even-ki...
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One reason Bluesky (still) works for news is that there’s no obvious, pervasive culture of misinformation. If someone you trust reshares something on, say, Syria, the odds that it’s a chud trying to troll people remains relatively low.
December 8, 2024 at 1:59 PM
One reason Bluesky (still) works for news is that there’s no obvious, pervasive culture of misinformation. If someone you trust reshares something on, say, Syria, the odds that it’s a chud trying to troll people remains relatively low.
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Markwayne Mullin on Hegseth’s drinking:
TAPPER: Drinking at 10 in the morning, that’s a drinking problem.
MULLIN: Yeah & there’s probably a lot of media that has a drinking problem too.
TAPPER: A drunk reporter who is drinking at 10 AM…is not in charge of the 3 million person defense department.💥
TAPPER: Drinking at 10 in the morning, that’s a drinking problem.
MULLIN: Yeah & there’s probably a lot of media that has a drinking problem too.
TAPPER: A drunk reporter who is drinking at 10 AM…is not in charge of the 3 million person defense department.💥
December 8, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Markwayne Mullin on Hegseth’s drinking:
TAPPER: Drinking at 10 in the morning, that’s a drinking problem.
MULLIN: Yeah & there’s probably a lot of media that has a drinking problem too.
TAPPER: A drunk reporter who is drinking at 10 AM…is not in charge of the 3 million person defense department.💥
TAPPER: Drinking at 10 in the morning, that’s a drinking problem.
MULLIN: Yeah & there’s probably a lot of media that has a drinking problem too.
TAPPER: A drunk reporter who is drinking at 10 AM…is not in charge of the 3 million person defense department.💥
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✔️the UNC’s rate of denying claims for post-acute care jumped from 10.9% in 2020 to 22.7% in 2022
✔️this AI model has a 90% error rate but that UNC continues to use it because only a small number of patients (about 0.2%) appeal the denials
✔️this AI model has a 90% error rate but that UNC continues to use it because only a small number of patients (about 0.2%) appeal the denials
Murdered Insurance CEO Implemented AI System to Automatically Deny Benefits for Sick Patients | AT News
Democrats on a Senate subcommittee are accusing UnitedHealthcare of using artificial intelligence (AI) to deny claims from Medicare Advantage patients. In a report released in October, the U.S. Senate...
www.androidtrends.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:17 AM
✔️the UNC’s rate of denying claims for post-acute care jumped from 10.9% in 2020 to 22.7% in 2022
✔️this AI model has a 90% error rate but that UNC continues to use it because only a small number of patients (about 0.2%) appeal the denials
✔️this AI model has a 90% error rate but that UNC continues to use it because only a small number of patients (about 0.2%) appeal the denials
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Virtually every question today at the WH Press briefing was about the Hunter pardon, as if that is the thing the American people care about most right now. The DC press is so disconnected from the American public and serves them poorly more often than not.
December 6, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Virtually every question today at the WH Press briefing was about the Hunter pardon, as if that is the thing the American people care about most right now. The DC press is so disconnected from the American public and serves them poorly more often than not.
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I’m trying to imagine the bubble of amoral corporate douchery you have to live in to think that saying “we guard against unnecessary care” is better than just shutting the fuck up.
December 7, 2024 at 3:38 AM
I’m trying to imagine the bubble of amoral corporate douchery you have to live in to think that saying “we guard against unnecessary care” is better than just shutting the fuck up.
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Ah, the faces of cowardice.
December 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Ah, the faces of cowardice.
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The other day I was pitching our Gilded Age course to undergrads:
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a nation where the wealthy had insane power and ordinary people were reoeatedly crushed by them until they lashed out in anger?”
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a nation where the wealthy had insane power and ordinary people were reoeatedly crushed by them until they lashed out in anger?”
journalists really should have a gilded age/progressive era historian on speed dial for the next few years. it will help a lot!
December 5, 2024 at 11:52 PM
The other day I was pitching our Gilded Age course to undergrads:
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a nation where the wealthy had insane power and ordinary people were reoeatedly crushed by them until they lashed out in anger?”
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a nation where the wealthy had insane power and ordinary people were reoeatedly crushed by them until they lashed out in anger?”
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I’m curious how much federal funding he thinks the ACLU receives (it’s none).
December 5, 2024 at 6:06 PM
I’m curious how much federal funding he thinks the ACLU receives (it’s none).
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How to cope with an increasingly turbulent world?
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
December 2, 2024 at 11:40 PM
How to cope with an increasingly turbulent world?
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
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WaPo has 7 stories up about Hunter Biden pardon (which would include his alleged lie to Congress about business w/CEFC in 2018, when Biden was no longer VP and not yet running for POTUS), but is not interested in Trump just getting $18M free and clear WHILE POTUS-elect.
Call me crazy, but I think Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted for fraud by the SEC, sending Trump $18 million should be a bigger story
The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post
The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post
A Chinese national, charged with fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 million
Chinese Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.2 million for a banana — sold by Sotheby's as conceptual art — and then ate it last Friday.
popular.info
December 3, 2024 at 9:50 AM
WaPo has 7 stories up about Hunter Biden pardon (which would include his alleged lie to Congress about business w/CEFC in 2018, when Biden was no longer VP and not yet running for POTUS), but is not interested in Trump just getting $18M free and clear WHILE POTUS-elect.
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Do you think Jim Henson ever fell in love with a muppet or did he just fuck them
May 21, 2023 at 11:33 PM
Do you think Jim Henson ever fell in love with a muppet or did he just fuck them
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Bluesky doesn’t have to be bigger than Twitter to be successful. It just has to be inviting, engaging and big enough that people can find people and accounts they enjoy engaging with, and or following.
Then People tell accounts and friends on other platforms to come here. It’s a SOCIAL network
Then People tell accounts and friends on other platforms to come here. It’s a SOCIAL network
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Bluesky doesn’t have to be bigger than Twitter to be successful. It just has to be inviting, engaging and big enough that people can find people and accounts they enjoy engaging with, and or following.
Then People tell accounts and friends on other platforms to come here. It’s a SOCIAL network
Then People tell accounts and friends on other platforms to come here. It’s a SOCIAL network
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What with Trump being a non-drinker I think that Pete Hegseth adds a refreshing Everyman element to the administration by being a loutish drunk who is prone to abusing women and yelling about killing Muslims when in his cups. It shows the administration doesn’t think it’s better than anyone.
December 3, 2024 at 4:34 AM
What with Trump being a non-drinker I think that Pete Hegseth adds a refreshing Everyman element to the administration by being a loutish drunk who is prone to abusing women and yelling about killing Muslims when in his cups. It shows the administration doesn’t think it’s better than anyone.
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i did not spend all week watching a klansman’s public access television show, reading fifteen years of newspaper archives, and analyzing cases arising from the 1984 cable communications act to be spoken to like this by a man with two followers.
December 3, 2024 at 4:59 AM
i did not spend all week watching a klansman’s public access television show, reading fifteen years of newspaper archives, and analyzing cases arising from the 1984 cable communications act to be spoken to like this by a man with two followers.
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But sure, put this guy in charge of The Pentagon
December 2, 2024 at 8:35 PM
But sure, put this guy in charge of The Pentagon
What a dumbass take. Trump already abused the pardon process but this guy wants to pretend that NOW Biden is the cause of the future abuses that he knows will be coming.
So President Biden has pardoned his son Hunter - and given Trump a precedent that certainly won't be abused.
December 2, 2024 at 7:17 AM
What a dumbass take. Trump already abused the pardon process but this guy wants to pretend that NOW Biden is the cause of the future abuses that he knows will be coming.
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Trump pardoned his son-in-law's daddy, his campaign manager who lied to protect him, his NSA who lied to protect him, his Coffee Boy who lied to protect him, his rat-fucker who lied to protect him, & his former campaign manager who had just helped him launch an insurrection.
So President Biden has pardoned his son Hunter - and given Trump a precedent that certainly won't be abused.
December 2, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Trump pardoned his son-in-law's daddy, his campaign manager who lied to protect him, his NSA who lied to protect him, his Coffee Boy who lied to protect him, his rat-fucker who lied to protect him, & his former campaign manager who had just helped him launch an insurrection.