Dan Simonds
@djsimonds.bsky.social
Concerned Citizen, Forester, small-time Entrepreneur from a little town in the mountains of Maine (2nd district). I make a living with 3rd party certification standards for sustainable wood products (FSC, SFI, PEFC).
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The only reason Elon bought Twitter was because all the journalists were gathered there in one place, and that gives tremendous power.
For example, Trump used Twitter to win his first Presidency.
Journalists thought the speed of Twitter was helpful; it was, but for the Russians.
For example, Trump used Twitter to win his first Presidency.
Journalists thought the speed of Twitter was helpful; it was, but for the Russians.
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The only reason Elon bought Twitter was because all the journalists were gathered there in one place, and that gives tremendous power.
For example, Trump used Twitter to win his first Presidency.
Journalists thought the speed of Twitter was helpful; it was, but for the Russians.
For example, Trump used Twitter to win his first Presidency.
Journalists thought the speed of Twitter was helpful; it was, but for the Russians.
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When Trump insults women’s looks, don't buy into it by assessing the women's looks. After Trump called a reporter “Piggy,” some folks posted her photo. DON’T! Who cares what she looks like? Today, Trump called another reporter “ugly.” The issue isn't her. It's the ugliness in Trump's broken brain.
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
When Trump insults women’s looks, don't buy into it by assessing the women's looks. After Trump called a reporter “Piggy,” some folks posted her photo. DON’T! Who cares what she looks like? Today, Trump called another reporter “ugly.” The issue isn't her. It's the ugliness in Trump's broken brain.
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BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…
The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…
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🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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“A coalition of the pissed off” 🔥
The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“A coalition of the pissed off” 🔥
The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Something like this. Twitter doesn't pay salaries of troll farm workers--though foreign trolls can make some money off of their Twitter accounts. Troll farm owners--who pay salaries, hoping to influence American elections--may be foreign govs, oligarchs connected to them, foreign billionaires etc.
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Something like this. Twitter doesn't pay salaries of troll farm workers--though foreign trolls can make some money off of their Twitter accounts. Troll farm owners--who pay salaries, hoping to influence American elections--may be foreign govs, oligarchs connected to them, foreign billionaires etc.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
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A lot of people are going to find out, too late, that being connected to someone who's (at least temporarily) untouchable doesn't protect them. Best option? Don't engage in illegal acts.
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A lot of people are going to find out, too late, that being connected to someone who's (at least temporarily) untouchable doesn't protect them. Best option? Don't engage in illegal acts.
Is Susan Collins happy to learn that Russia is running US foreign policy now? Probably not. But she’s far too frightened of Trump to say so.
#mepolitics
#mepolitics
Even the text of the alleged "peace agreement" between Russia and Ukraine being touted by the Trump administration betrays its Kremlin origins. They were in such a such a rush they didn't even have it properly translated.
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Is Susan Collins happy to learn that Russia is running US foreign policy now? Probably not. But she’s far too frightened of Trump to say so.
#mepolitics
#mepolitics
Two Maine realities:
1) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know.
2) Susan Collins can only be re-elected next year if she persuades Maine voters that it’s 2014 again. Her supporters know this.
#mepolitics
1) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know.
2) Susan Collins can only be re-elected next year if she persuades Maine voters that it’s 2014 again. Her supporters know this.
#mepolitics
Two realities to keep in mind
1) Mamdani CANNOT run for prez. Born in Uganda, no joke. That is huge blessing: means that his message and style can be judged on their own terms, not 'What does this mean for Iowa caucuses?'
2) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know
1) Mamdani CANNOT run for prez. Born in Uganda, no joke. That is huge blessing: means that his message and style can be judged on their own terms, not 'What does this mean for Iowa caucuses?'
2) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Two Maine realities:
1) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know.
2) Susan Collins can only be re-elected next year if she persuades Maine voters that it’s 2014 again. Her supporters know this.
#mepolitics
1) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know.
2) Susan Collins can only be re-elected next year if she persuades Maine voters that it’s 2014 again. Her supporters know this.
#mepolitics
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Two realities to keep in mind
1) Mamdani CANNOT run for prez. Born in Uganda, no joke. That is huge blessing: means that his message and style can be judged on their own terms, not 'What does this mean for Iowa caucuses?'
2) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know
1) Mamdani CANNOT run for prez. Born in Uganda, no joke. That is huge blessing: means that his message and style can be judged on their own terms, not 'What does this mean for Iowa caucuses?'
2) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Two realities to keep in mind
1) Mamdani CANNOT run for prez. Born in Uganda, no joke. That is huge blessing: means that his message and style can be judged on their own terms, not 'What does this mean for Iowa caucuses?'
2) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know
1) Mamdani CANNOT run for prez. Born in Uganda, no joke. That is huge blessing: means that his message and style can be judged on their own terms, not 'What does this mean for Iowa caucuses?'
2) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know
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he never looks at JD that way
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
he never looks at JD that way
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I've seen in-person politics since the time Jimmy Carter charmed Hunter S Thompson. Which really mattered, then.
Nothing matches the way Mamdani made Trump into his little fan-boy today.
Maybe tomorrow, Trump will realize this and go berserk. But for this moment—it's like when I saw Sandy Koufax.
Nothing matches the way Mamdani made Trump into his little fan-boy today.
Maybe tomorrow, Trump will realize this and go berserk. But for this moment—it's like when I saw Sandy Koufax.
Holy shiz Mamdabi turned Trump into a chump on Trump's home field. Skillz.
www.youtube.com/live/fD9h8xI...
www.youtube.com/live/fD9h8xI...
President Trump Meets with Zohran Mamdani, Mayor-Elect, New York City
YouTube video by The White House
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I've seen in-person politics since the time Jimmy Carter charmed Hunter S Thompson. Which really mattered, then.
Nothing matches the way Mamdani made Trump into his little fan-boy today.
Maybe tomorrow, Trump will realize this and go berserk. But for this moment—it's like when I saw Sandy Koufax.
Nothing matches the way Mamdani made Trump into his little fan-boy today.
Maybe tomorrow, Trump will realize this and go berserk. But for this moment—it's like when I saw Sandy Koufax.
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I reviewed a call between President Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Today, his widow joined me at the U.S. Capitol to call on President Trump to release the transcript of that call.
🎧 Hear from Hanan Elatr Khashoggi yourself:
Today, his widow joined me at the U.S. Capitol to call on President Trump to release the transcript of that call.
🎧 Hear from Hanan Elatr Khashoggi yourself:
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I reviewed a call between President Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Today, his widow joined me at the U.S. Capitol to call on President Trump to release the transcript of that call.
🎧 Hear from Hanan Elatr Khashoggi yourself:
Today, his widow joined me at the U.S. Capitol to call on President Trump to release the transcript of that call.
🎧 Hear from Hanan Elatr Khashoggi yourself:
Does Sen. Collins have any lingering desire to demonstrate a bit of integrity?
Here’s a way to show us. #mepolitics
Here’s a way to show us. #mepolitics
I reviewed a call between President Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Today, his widow joined me at the U.S. Capitol to call on President Trump to release the transcript of that call.
🎧 Hear from Hanan Elatr Khashoggi yourself:
Today, his widow joined me at the U.S. Capitol to call on President Trump to release the transcript of that call.
🎧 Hear from Hanan Elatr Khashoggi yourself:
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Does Sen. Collins have any lingering desire to demonstrate a bit of integrity?
Here’s a way to show us. #mepolitics
Here’s a way to show us. #mepolitics
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I'm pressuring Trump to release the transcript of his call with MBS.
As I said on Meet the Press, the American people deserve to know what was said on that call. Checkmate, Mr. President.
As I said on Meet the Press, the American people deserve to know what was said on that call. Checkmate, Mr. President.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I'm pressuring Trump to release the transcript of his call with MBS.
As I said on Meet the Press, the American people deserve to know what was said on that call. Checkmate, Mr. President.
As I said on Meet the Press, the American people deserve to know what was said on that call. Checkmate, Mr. President.
Susan Collins is right in the middle of this. Is Trump giving illegal orders? Of course he is. Everyone knows this. Collins (& rest of the GOP) have decided that laws don’t apply to them. Shameful dishonest and unamerican.
#mepolitics
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
#mepolitics
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew That Question Wide Open
From the boat bombings to deportations to prosecutions, the evidence mounts. And the speaker of the House could get to the bottom of it if he wanted to. Yeah, right.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Susan Collins is right in the middle of this. Is Trump giving illegal orders? Of course he is. Everyone knows this. Collins (& rest of the GOP) have decided that laws don’t apply to them. Shameful dishonest and unamerican.
#mepolitics
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
#mepolitics
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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Today I passed a CPB/ICE checkpoint on the Clara Barton Parkway—an unwelcome reminder of the administration's authoritarian aspirations.
But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead"
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But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead"
🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Today I passed a CPB/ICE checkpoint on the Clara Barton Parkway—an unwelcome reminder of the administration's authoritarian aspirations.
But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead"
🧵
But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead"
🧵
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Judge to prosecutor:
“So Ms. Halligan was the stalking horse, or to use a different word, a puppet, for the president?”
We are definitely in bad-dream territory here. Like, sheets-soaked-from-your-sweat-and-your-heart-is-about-to-pound-out-of-your-chest territory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
“So Ms. Halligan was the stalking horse, or to use a different word, a puppet, for the president?”
We are definitely in bad-dream territory here. Like, sheets-soaked-from-your-sweat-and-your-heart-is-about-to-pound-out-of-your-chest territory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Judge to prosecutor:
“So Ms. Halligan was the stalking horse, or to use a different word, a puppet, for the president?”
We are definitely in bad-dream territory here. Like, sheets-soaked-from-your-sweat-and-your-heart-is-about-to-pound-out-of-your-chest territory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
“So Ms. Halligan was the stalking horse, or to use a different word, a puppet, for the president?”
We are definitely in bad-dream territory here. Like, sheets-soaked-from-your-sweat-and-your-heart-is-about-to-pound-out-of-your-chest territory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
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/6 Also, it is the obligation of every lawyer who takes their oath and the Constitution seriously to shun from legal society every single AUSA and DoJ lawyer participating in this. Strike their names from every book and tablet, every pylon and obelisk, every monument of the rule of law.
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
/6 Also, it is the obligation of every lawyer who takes their oath and the Constitution seriously to shun from legal society every single AUSA and DoJ lawyer participating in this. Strike their names from every book and tablet, every pylon and obelisk, every monument of the rule of law.