Dave Johnson
@diner-dave1966.bsky.social
Diner man. Lunch counter conversationalist. Happy Husband, Dad, and proud PaPa. Progressive Democrat. Luckiest guy around.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Trump was at his golf club in Palm Beach when this was posted
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump was at his golf club in Palm Beach when this was posted
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Remember when Harris said she would go after price gouging companies and everyone yelled about communism?
Fun times.
Fun times.
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Remember when Harris said she would go after price gouging companies and everyone yelled about communism?
Fun times.
Fun times.
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A federal appeals court has rejected a last-minute attempt by the Trump administration to block SNAP funding during the government shutdown. Now, in true Trump fashion, Trump is crying to the Supreme Court.
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A federal appeals court has rejected a last-minute attempt by the Trump administration to block SNAP funding during the government shutdown. Now, in true Trump fashion, Trump is crying to the Supreme Court.
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Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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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 1:37 AM
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
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I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
Lies
Kristi Noem: “There's no American citizens that have been arrested or detained. We focus on those that are here illegally. And anything that you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting.”
October 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Lies
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The Pentagon is creating National Guard riot control forces in every state that could respond to civil unrest.
The new "quick reaction" units — with about 500 soldiers each — demonstrate Trump's push to expand the U.S. military's role in targeting U.S. citizens in U.S. cities.
The new "quick reaction" units — with about 500 soldiers each — demonstrate Trump's push to expand the U.S. military's role in targeting U.S. citizens in U.S. cities.
Pentagon Orders National Guard to Establish Quick-Reaction Forces for Civil Unrest, Riots
The riot control units are a major shift, underscoring the Trump administration’s push to directly involve the military in responding to demonstrations and other domestic missions.
www.wsj.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Pentagon is creating National Guard riot control forces in every state that could respond to civil unrest.
The new "quick reaction" units — with about 500 soldiers each — demonstrate Trump's push to expand the U.S. military's role in targeting U.S. citizens in U.S. cities.
The new "quick reaction" units — with about 500 soldiers each — demonstrate Trump's push to expand the U.S. military's role in targeting U.S. citizens in U.S. cities.
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"A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought"
- Ronald Reagan
- Ronald Reagan
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought"
- Ronald Reagan
- Ronald Reagan
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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🧵FDR's Four Freedoms and the Vanishing Middle Class
The year was 1941. Europe was burning. Japan had not yet attacked Pearl Harbor, but the world could already feel the tremor of history gathering speed.
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
The year was 1941. Europe was burning. Japan had not yet attacked Pearl Harbor, but the world could already feel the tremor of history gathering speed.
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
FDR's Four Freedoms and the Vanishing Middle Class
The year was 1941.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🧵FDR's Four Freedoms and the Vanishing Middle Class
The year was 1941. Europe was burning. Japan had not yet attacked Pearl Harbor, but the world could already feel the tremor of history gathering speed.
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
The year was 1941. Europe was burning. Japan had not yet attacked Pearl Harbor, but the world could already feel the tremor of history gathering speed.
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
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"We lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people -- our strength -- from every country and every corner of the world."
youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8?...
youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8?...
The last speech of Ronald Reagan as president was on immigration
YouTube video by Montclair Immigration Network
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"We lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people -- our strength -- from every country and every corner of the world."
youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8?...
youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8?...
The visual differences are pretty striking too.
I think the Reagan ad is most effective not by the topic but by reminding everyone that presidents don't have to sound like insane morons.
October 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The visual differences are pretty striking too.
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I think the Reagan ad is most effective not by the topic but by reminding everyone that presidents don't have to sound like insane morons.
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I think the Reagan ad is most effective not by the topic but by reminding everyone that presidents don't have to sound like insane morons.
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Watch this.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Watch this.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
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Tracy Chapman - Talkin' bout a Revolution [High Quality]
YouTube video by MrsMusic04
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.
October 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.
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JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.
October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.
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Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.
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We don’t have money to fund public schools, but we do have money to fund private religious or organizations taking field trip trips to Turning Point USA…
October 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
We don’t have money to fund public schools, but we do have money to fund private religious or organizations taking field trip trips to Turning Point USA…