Dave Simon
@dds.im
Montalakan, UX/UI Designer, Hobbiest Photographer, Hiker, Fitness Enthusiast, Hockey Fan. Once upon a time I was @ds at the bird site.
Remember their disengenuous outrage about "death panels" during the lead up to the ACA votes?
Insurance companies basically have those and the GOP wants more of them.
Insurance companies basically have those and the GOP wants more of them.
Tom Emmer: "You're gonna have to create high risk pools again. Just go back where Minnesota was before the ACA."
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Remember their disengenuous outrage about "death panels" during the lead up to the ACA votes?
Insurance companies basically have those and the GOP wants more of them.
Insurance companies basically have those and the GOP wants more of them.
They're going to start trying to say it was held back by Dems to protect Clinton.
Let me say clearly that no matter the party affiliation, expose all the bastards.
Let me say clearly that no matter the party affiliation, expose all the bastards.
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
They're going to start trying to say it was held back by Dems to protect Clinton.
Let me say clearly that no matter the party affiliation, expose all the bastards.
Let me say clearly that no matter the party affiliation, expose all the bastards.
Age yourself with gaming. I'm old, but couldn't find a gif of a hoop and a stick.
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Age yourself with gaming. I'm old, but couldn't find a gif of a hoop and a stick.
You know how I know the "deal" was a stinker?
My Trump toadie Senator is doing a victory lap video on Facebook complete with his usual swarmy grin looking more like the Cheshire cat.
My Trump toadie Senator is doing a victory lap video on Facebook complete with his usual swarmy grin looking more like the Cheshire cat.
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You know how I know the "deal" was a stinker?
My Trump toadie Senator is doing a victory lap video on Facebook complete with his usual swarmy grin looking more like the Cheshire cat.
My Trump toadie Senator is doing a victory lap video on Facebook complete with his usual swarmy grin looking more like the Cheshire cat.
This man hasn't done an honest days work in his life. Not like everyone on SNAP can be a grifter like him.
But ask him to increase the minimum wage so they can more easily afford food and he'll complain about that.
But ask him to increase the minimum wage so they can more easily afford food and he'll complain about that.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This man hasn't done an honest days work in his life. Not like everyone on SNAP can be a grifter like him.
But ask him to increase the minimum wage so they can more easily afford food and he'll complain about that.
But ask him to increase the minimum wage so they can more easily afford food and he'll complain about that.
Yesterday, a part-time CEO was promised $1 trillion should the company meet some arbitrary goals.
And yet our administration is fighting against helping poor people afford food.
Priorities are way out of wack.
And yet our administration is fighting against helping poor people afford food.
Priorities are way out of wack.
The Trump administration is suing so they don’t have to pay for food stamps. Happy almost thanksgiving!
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Yesterday, a part-time CEO was promised $1 trillion should the company meet some arbitrary goals.
And yet our administration is fighting against helping poor people afford food.
Priorities are way out of wack.
And yet our administration is fighting against helping poor people afford food.
Priorities are way out of wack.
They're still being paid and still have taxpayer-funded healthcare.
But they refuse to work. They should be disqualified from public service.
But they refuse to work. They should be disqualified from public service.
House cancels votes next week, including vote on Epstein files.
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
They're still being paid and still have taxpayer-funded healthcare.
But they refuse to work. They should be disqualified from public service.
But they refuse to work. They should be disqualified from public service.
This has been a hell of a World Series.
November 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This has been a hell of a World Series.
A smile that says, "Let them eat higher health care premiums and not much else."
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A smile that says, "Let them eat higher health care premiums and not much else."
Medicare for All would also remove a big barrier for people who are hoping to leave a steady job to start their own business.
Implementing it could cause a resurgence in entrepreneurialism.
Implementing it could cause a resurgence in entrepreneurialism.
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Medicare for All would also remove a big barrier for people who are hoping to leave a steady job to start their own business.
Implementing it could cause a resurgence in entrepreneurialism.
Implementing it could cause a resurgence in entrepreneurialism.
Biden was a real president who signed legislation passed by the House and Senate.
He didn't "autopen" executive orders going around Congess.
This is irresponsible by both Bartiromo and Comer.
He didn't "autopen" executive orders going around Congess.
This is irresponsible by both Bartiromo and Comer.
Maria Bartiromo suggests Biden's legislation is null and void because of the autopen, and Comer agrees with her: "You also had massive policies that affected the American people. All that spending, $7 trillion in spending."
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Biden was a real president who signed legislation passed by the House and Senate.
He didn't "autopen" executive orders going around Congess.
This is irresponsible by both Bartiromo and Comer.
He didn't "autopen" executive orders going around Congess.
This is irresponsible by both Bartiromo and Comer.
A debate with two participants is the only way Riley Gaines can finish higher than 5th place in an event.
(She'd still lose.)
(She'd still lose.)
October 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A debate with two participants is the only way Riley Gaines can finish higher than 5th place in an event.
(She'd still lose.)
(She'd still lose.)
There's a word for that kind of killing...murder.
Trump on the legality of his deadly boat strikes: ‘I think we’re just gonna kill people’
Trump has embraced a model that allows him to order deadly military strikes against civilians, at a time and location of his choosing, without the approval of Congress.
Trump has embraced a model that allows him to order deadly military strikes against civilians, at a time and location of his choosing, without the approval of Congress.
Trump on the legality of his deadly boat strikes: ‘I think we’re just gonna kill people’
Trump has embraced a model that allows him to order deadly military strikes against civilians, at a time and location of his choosing, without the approval of Congress.
www.msnbc.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
There's a word for that kind of killing...murder.
This is why he loves to use generative AI to make weird videos. Training his cult to think anything he doesn't like is AI generated.
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is why he loves to use generative AI to make weird videos. Training his cult to think anything he doesn't like is AI generated.
Reposted by Dave Simon
"Tearing down the White House and replacing it with a facsimile of Mar-a-Lago isn’t any less appalling because Trump cajoled companies into paying for it. Indeed, it might be worse. Funding a pet project via the coercion of private donors creates a closed loop and complete lack of accountability."
King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank
He thinks our money is his.
www.publicnotice.co
October 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Tearing down the White House and replacing it with a facsimile of Mar-a-Lago isn’t any less appalling because Trump cajoled companies into paying for it. Indeed, it might be worse. Funding a pet project via the coercion of private donors creates a closed loop and complete lack of accountability."
Not governing, negotiating to reopen the government, doing anything for the People, just a vanity ballroom nobody wants or needs.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Not governing, negotiating to reopen the government, doing anything for the People, just a vanity ballroom nobody wants or needs.
The Black Sox scandal nearly destroyed professional baseball.
Sports leagues getting in bed with sports books will eventually kill major sports.
It's far too easy to fix a game if you're a player or official. Especially prop betting.
Sports leagues getting in bed with sports books will eventually kill major sports.
It's far too easy to fix a game if you're a player or official. Especially prop betting.
October 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Black Sox scandal nearly destroyed professional baseball.
Sports leagues getting in bed with sports books will eventually kill major sports.
It's far too easy to fix a game if you're a player or official. Especially prop betting.
Sports leagues getting in bed with sports books will eventually kill major sports.
It's far too easy to fix a game if you're a player or official. Especially prop betting.
And the price will continue to grow as he find more companies to manipulate with tariffs in order to get them to slide him a few million for his vanity project.
President Trump on Wednesday raised the estimate of his planned White House ballroom, saying that the project would cost $300 million — up from his initial claim of $200 million.
Trump defends East Wing demolition, raises ballroom price to $300 million
The president said the new building would be connected to the White House with a glass bridge.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
And the price will continue to grow as he find more companies to manipulate with tariffs in order to get them to slide him a few million for his vanity project.
"His" ballroom.
It doesn't excuse anything that he's using private donations. He's destroying part of OUR heritage.
And he only seeks donations as a backdoor to bribe him.
The grift and criminality never stop.
It doesn't excuse anything that he's using private donations. He's destroying part of OUR heritage.
And he only seeks donations as a backdoor to bribe him.
The grift and criminality never stop.
Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.
Trump Will Demolish Entire White House East Wing for Ballroom: Live Updates
nyti.ms
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"His" ballroom.
It doesn't excuse anything that he's using private donations. He's destroying part of OUR heritage.
And he only seeks donations as a backdoor to bribe him.
The grift and criminality never stop.
It doesn't excuse anything that he's using private donations. He's destroying part of OUR heritage.
And he only seeks donations as a backdoor to bribe him.
The grift and criminality never stop.
They're damaging the People's House to make room for a ballroom that isn't needed and nobody but the ultra-wealthy and powerful will ever get to use.
This is disgusting.
This is disgusting.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
They're damaging the People's House to make room for a ballroom that isn't needed and nobody but the ultra-wealthy and powerful will ever get to use.
This is disgusting.
This is disgusting.
Reagan was elected 45 years ago...
When does the trickle finally get down to the people?
People with more money they can use in 100 lifetimes keep getting tax breaks.
The rest of us get broke.
When does the trickle finally get down to the people?
People with more money they can use in 100 lifetimes keep getting tax breaks.
The rest of us get broke.
The story of Trump: the rich are getting richer… and then there’s everyone else.
“Top 10 percent of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all spending,”
Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
“Top 10 percent of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all spending,”
Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Reagan was elected 45 years ago...
When does the trickle finally get down to the people?
People with more money they can use in 100 lifetimes keep getting tax breaks.
The rest of us get broke.
When does the trickle finally get down to the people?
People with more money they can use in 100 lifetimes keep getting tax breaks.
The rest of us get broke.
Air Traffic Controllers, whose job is extremely stressful, and a bad day could cost hundreds of lives, are working six days a week, 10 hour days, unpaid.
Congress, who have hardly worked since July, are still getting paid.
Congress, who have hardly worked since July, are still getting paid.
Speaker Johnson now signaling the House will remain out of session next week, the fifth recess week in a row
October 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Air Traffic Controllers, whose job is extremely stressful, and a bad day could cost hundreds of lives, are working six days a week, 10 hour days, unpaid.
Congress, who have hardly worked since July, are still getting paid.
Congress, who have hardly worked since July, are still getting paid.
That bottom of the 8th will be remembered by Mariners fans forever.
October 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
That bottom of the 8th will be remembered by Mariners fans forever.
"We have control of the House, the Senate, the White House, and the Supreme Court, but nothing is our fault!"
BARTIROMO: There's new nervousness this morning and certainly this week in market after credit stress fears rattled the regional banking sector. Are these signs of deep stress in the economy?
HASSETT: The Biden administration was asleep at the wheel on banking regulation
HASSETT: The Biden administration was asleep at the wheel on banking regulation
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"We have control of the House, the Senate, the White House, and the Supreme Court, but nothing is our fault!"
Even though Duffy was on it, no one in Trump administration lives in the Real World.
Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."
October 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Even though Duffy was on it, no one in Trump administration lives in the Real World.