Fred Douglis
@fdouglis.bsky.social
Tech and political nerd. Bridge player.
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Fun fact: Hawley voted for the bill that let ACA subsidies expire. He’s my Senator. He’s the reason I will lose my health insurance.
Q: Some of the ACA tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year. How important is it for Republicans to stop that from happening?
HAWLEY: Well, if we don't, the cost of insurance is just going to explode. Explode for families, working people. Already the premium increases are unbelievable.
HAWLEY: Well, if we don't, the cost of insurance is just going to explode. Explode for families, working people. Already the premium increases are unbelievable.
July 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Fun fact: Hawley voted for the bill that let ACA subsidies expire. He’s my Senator. He’s the reason I will lose my health insurance.
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Dude's wanted a military parade for himself for years and he finally makes it happen and turnout is worse than at a medium sized city's farmers market on a rainy day while like 2% of the entire country went out to protest his bullshit
June 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Dude's wanted a military parade for himself for years and he finally makes it happen and turnout is worse than at a medium sized city's farmers market on a rainy day while like 2% of the entire country went out to protest his bullshit
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National security clearances? Overrated.
Now you too can stay in the loop—thanks to Pete Hegseth’s Friends & Family Plan!
youtube.com/shorts/-CKXq...
Now you too can stay in the loop—thanks to Pete Hegseth’s Friends & Family Plan!
youtube.com/shorts/-CKXq...
Pete Hegseth's National Security 'Friends & Family Plan'
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
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April 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
National security clearances? Overrated.
Now you too can stay in the loop—thanks to Pete Hegseth’s Friends & Family Plan!
youtube.com/shorts/-CKXq...
Now you too can stay in the loop—thanks to Pete Hegseth’s Friends & Family Plan!
youtube.com/shorts/-CKXq...
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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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I wonder is SpaceX is upto the challenge.
April 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I wonder is SpaceX is upto the challenge.
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This is complete madness......
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is complete madness......
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I hope NASA at least waits until Suni Williams is home safe before erasing all mention of her from their website
March 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I hope NASA at least waits until Suni Williams is home safe before erasing all mention of her from their website
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He was always a used car salesman at heart.
March 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
He was always a used car salesman at heart.
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The famous communist rag, the Wall Street Journal.
(WSJ) - The world economy could face a crash similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s unless the U.S. rows back on its plans to impose steep tariffs on imports, a senior official at the International Chamber of Commerce warned.
@wsj.com
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March 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The famous communist rag, the Wall Street Journal.
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Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
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It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
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One pernicious step after another, Bezos encroached on the Post editorial policy. Today he seized it fully. The old Washington Post is gone. I'll never write for it again as long as he's the owner.
February 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One pernicious step after another, Bezos encroached on the Post editorial policy. Today he seized it fully. The old Washington Post is gone. I'll never write for it again as long as he's the owner.
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It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there
February 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there
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I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
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This is Zero. She's the world's first herding dog with a work-from-home gig. 14/10
February 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is Zero. She's the world's first herding dog with a work-from-home gig. 14/10
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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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Kristen Grind, my San Franciso-based NYT colleague, and I went through every federal investigation/lawsuit targeting Musk companies. What did we find? At least 11 federal agencies targeting Musk companies have seen leadership disruptions/changes that could undermine these efforts -- and benefit Musk
February 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Kristen Grind, my San Franciso-based NYT colleague, and I went through every federal investigation/lawsuit targeting Musk companies. What did we find? At least 11 federal agencies targeting Musk companies have seen leadership disruptions/changes that could undermine these efforts -- and benefit Musk
Because of course they did.
NEW: In a move that could jeopardize U.S. election security at the state level, the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency put employees tasked with securing elections from foreign threats on administrative leave.
CISA Puts Election Staff on Administrative Leave
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Because of course they did.
I delivered the Star Ledger as a teenager. So sorry to see it go out of print.
Over the weekend, The Star-Ledger published its final print edition, where its editorial board offered their final opinion piece — a salute to the importance of local media and opinion pages.
www.nj.com/opinion/2025...
www.nj.com/opinion/2025...
Lights out: A final word from N.J.’s only editorial board
Essential New Jersey voices can't afford to remain silent.
www.nj.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I delivered the Star Ledger as a teenager. So sorry to see it go out of print.
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