David Weaver
@jedilibrarian1969.bsky.social
Jedi, farmer, former librarian.
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Imagine a US Senate where you wouldn't be able to attract Cicero-like orators and LBJ-like legislators such as Tommy Tuberville
December 27, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Imagine a US Senate where you wouldn't be able to attract Cicero-like orators and LBJ-like legislators such as Tommy Tuberville
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
December 25, 2024 at 4:05 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
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Exceptional letter today from Heather Cox Richardson, who explains “positive polarization,” a form of disinformation used by Nixon, Reagan, and Trump to divide and conquer.
December 23, 2024
Today the House Ethics Committee released its report on its investigation of widely reported allegations that while in office, former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) had engaged in sexual misconduct…
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December 24, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Exceptional letter today from Heather Cox Richardson, who explains “positive polarization,” a form of disinformation used by Nixon, Reagan, and Trump to divide and conquer.
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The art of the deal:
1. Make wild demands
2. Get nothing
3. Declare victory
1. Make wild demands
2. Get nothing
3. Declare victory
December 21, 2024 at 12:30 AM
The art of the deal:
1. Make wild demands
2. Get nothing
3. Declare victory
1. Make wild demands
2. Get nothing
3. Declare victory
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Legacy media is telling us that what we see happening isn't really happening.
December 21, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Legacy media is telling us that what we see happening isn't really happening.
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Are you against Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination? I absolutely am. Every American should be.
Click below to send your letters to your Senators, telling them to oppose Gabbard! It only takes a minute!
Click below to send your letters to your Senators, telling them to oppose Gabbard! It only takes a minute!
Tell your Senators: Oppose Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence
Please contact Congress now!
actionnetwork.org
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Are you against Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination? I absolutely am. Every American should be.
Click below to send your letters to your Senators, telling them to oppose Gabbard! It only takes a minute!
Click below to send your letters to your Senators, telling them to oppose Gabbard! It only takes a minute!
Pass
Me neither.
I don't.
December 19, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Pass
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you can hear this this afternoon on All Things Considered, I believe. How is that an elected official like Iowa Sec of Agriculture can get by with 'no comment' regarding >$1M his agency just spent? Iowa might be the most corrupt state in the US right now.
www.apmreports.org/story/2024/1...
www.apmreports.org/story/2024/1...
Iowa invests in industry-favored farm pollution fix that doesn’t fix much
Instead of regulating fertilizer, Iowa backs a voluntary program that has little impact.
www.apmreports.org
December 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM
you can hear this this afternoon on All Things Considered, I believe. How is that an elected official like Iowa Sec of Agriculture can get by with 'no comment' regarding >$1M his agency just spent? Iowa might be the most corrupt state in the US right now.
www.apmreports.org/story/2024/1...
www.apmreports.org/story/2024/1...
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Trump instructing his MAGA cult to lie to pollsters skews poll results, thus consituting "election interference" by his own definition, as per his lawsuit against The Des Moines Register
and @jaselzer.bsky.social Ann Selzer.
Use this.
and @jaselzer.bsky.social Ann Selzer.
Use this.
December 17, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Trump instructing his MAGA cult to lie to pollsters skews poll results, thus consituting "election interference" by his own definition, as per his lawsuit against The Des Moines Register
and @jaselzer.bsky.social Ann Selzer.
Use this.
and @jaselzer.bsky.social Ann Selzer.
Use this.
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Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says UN health agency
The disease has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers” - UN Health officers.
The disease has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers” - UN Health officers.
December 17, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says UN health agency
The disease has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers” - UN Health officers.
The disease has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers” - UN Health officers.
Never settle.
For the record, I know what it is like to be sued by Donald Trump. He sued me and several others in 2022. We did not bow down, we did not settle, we fought and we won.
December 17, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Never settle.
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“This is an enormous heist. They’re just backing the truck up to the government in front of all of us. A massive bailout to the crypto world,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the GOP crypto bill.
December 7, 2024 at 1:34 AM
“This is an enormous heist. They’re just backing the truck up to the government in front of all of us. A massive bailout to the crypto world,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the GOP crypto bill.
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Obedience always emboldens the oppressor.
They're using the threat of lawsuits to silence their critics, mute damning facts about his cabinet nominees, and pave the road to a state-controlled media.
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They're using the threat of lawsuits to silence their critics, mute damning facts about his cabinet nominees, and pave the road to a state-controlled media.
buff.ly/3ZVM0wC
Trump Team Threatens More Defamation Suits
President-elect's lawyers and allies issue warnings to news media over coverage
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December 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Obedience always emboldens the oppressor.
They're using the threat of lawsuits to silence their critics, mute damning facts about his cabinet nominees, and pave the road to a state-controlled media.
buff.ly/3ZVM0wC
They're using the threat of lawsuits to silence their critics, mute damning facts about his cabinet nominees, and pave the road to a state-controlled media.
buff.ly/3ZVM0wC
Joni's ability to bury things from distance rivals Caitlin Clark.
That didn’t take long
Check out this article from Des Moines Register:
Key GOP holdout Joni Ernst says she will 'support' Pete Hegseth through nomination process
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Check out this article from Des Moines Register:
Key GOP holdout Joni Ernst says she will 'support' Pete Hegseth through nomination process
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Key GOP holdout Joni Ernst says she will 'support' Pete Hegseth through nomination process
"As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources," Sen. Joni Ernst said in a statement.
www.desmoinesregister.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Joni's ability to bury things from distance rivals Caitlin Clark.
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I don't think anyone else created a starter pack for Iowa reporters, so here goes.
Let me know who's missing! New people are signing up here every day.
go.bsky.app/96bgC3
Let me know who's missing! New people are signing up here every day.
go.bsky.app/96bgC3
November 28, 2024 at 9:09 PM
I don't think anyone else created a starter pack for Iowa reporters, so here goes.
Let me know who's missing! New people are signing up here every day.
go.bsky.app/96bgC3
Let me know who's missing! New people are signing up here every day.
go.bsky.app/96bgC3
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In 2018 Dems elected the largest class to Congress since Watergate, ~60 seats.
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
I think the Dems need to field gruff corruption busters at all levels whose primary campaign response to culture war issues is “All Americans should enjoy the freedom and bounty of this great country. That won’t be possible so long as venal men impoverish you and loot the country of your wealth”
November 27, 2024 at 1:22 PM
In 2018 Dems elected the largest class to Congress since Watergate, ~60 seats.
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
What a racket!
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 10:40 PM
What a racket!
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No one ever went broke betting against Republicans doing the right thing by standing up against Trump.
December 3, 2024 at 12:13 AM
No one ever went broke betting against Republicans doing the right thing by standing up against Trump.
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Amazing that baseball fans for the most part just want no blackouts and for the national broadcasts not to suck for the big games and Manfred is like let’s have a piñata in center field and whichever team breaks it first wins the game
December 3, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Amazing that baseball fans for the most part just want no blackouts and for the national broadcasts not to suck for the big games and Manfred is like let’s have a piñata in center field and whichever team breaks it first wins the game