Neighbor Dave
@mailmanspo.bsky.social
Ex mailman, cat-sitter, bourbon guy
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Mark your calendars! I have the immense honor of speaking with the legendary @philinvestigates.com next month on Wednesday, June 25. This is one you won't want to miss.
📢 Hate. Extremism. Truth. For 30+ years, Phil Williams has exposed it all.
Join us June 25 for a virtual convo on journalism, far-right extremism, and the power of investigative reporting. Moderated by @lbaum94.bsky.social
🗓️25 June | 🕛12pm ET
📍Online
Join us June 25 for a virtual convo on journalism, far-right extremism, and the power of investigative reporting. Moderated by @lbaum94.bsky.social
🗓️25 June | 🕛12pm ET
📍Online
Reporting on Extremism | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University
Featuring Phil Williams; moderated by Luke Baumgartner.
extremism.gwu.edu
May 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mark your calendars! I have the immense honor of speaking with the legendary @philinvestigates.com next month on Wednesday, June 25. This is one you won't want to miss.
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The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States — the policy making body for the federal judiciary — is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.
May 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States — the policy making body for the federal judiciary — is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.
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Said it before, and will say it again. Canada Post is a public service and we don’t assess public services by whether they make a profit. Does the military make a profit? Do hospitals? Do public schools? Gig work is not the solution.
Also bring back postal banking! #SolidarityWithCUPW
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Also bring back postal banking! #SolidarityWithCUPW
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May 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Said it before, and will say it again. Canada Post is a public service and we don’t assess public services by whether they make a profit. Does the military make a profit? Do hospitals? Do public schools? Gig work is not the solution.
Also bring back postal banking! #SolidarityWithCUPW
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Also bring back postal banking! #SolidarityWithCUPW
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And when they've broken everything and made people's lives worse in dozens of different ways, the GOP response is going to be complaining that the government is broken and we need to try New Things instead.
No, it was working. They broke it.
Don't let them weasel out of responsibility.
No, it was working. They broke it.
Don't let them weasel out of responsibility.
It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
May 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
And when they've broken everything and made people's lives worse in dozens of different ways, the GOP response is going to be complaining that the government is broken and we need to try New Things instead.
No, it was working. They broke it.
Don't let them weasel out of responsibility.
No, it was working. They broke it.
Don't let them weasel out of responsibility.
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Your regular reminder that no tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself.
TAPPER: The tax cuts during the first Trump term didn't pay for themselves
BESSENT: Well, we also had something called covid
TAPPER: This is separate from that though
BESSENT: Well, we also had something called covid
TAPPER: This is separate from that though
May 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Your regular reminder that no tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself.
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The propaganda derived from the intersection of alternative medicine and the anti-vaccine movement is a bottomless pit of science illiteracy.
May 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The propaganda derived from the intersection of alternative medicine and the anti-vaccine movement is a bottomless pit of science illiteracy.
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Re birthright citizenship: The potential chaos is the point. If there is ambiguity regarding who is a citizen and who isn’t, there is then more pretext for rounding up people for being here “illegally” and then making it hard or impossible to prove their citizenship
May 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Re birthright citizenship: The potential chaos is the point. If there is ambiguity regarding who is a citizen and who isn’t, there is then more pretext for rounding up people for being here “illegally” and then making it hard or impossible to prove their citizenship
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This is a shockingly mistaken understanding of due process by Stephen Miller. It is likely this misunderstanding that is informing the President’s misunderstanding.
May 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is a shockingly mistaken understanding of due process by Stephen Miller. It is likely this misunderstanding that is informing the President’s misunderstanding.
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A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.
Video: Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that con...
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.
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Nazi Germany surrendered in May 1945. For Americans, the Second World War would rage for three more months, until VJ Day in August. But for Russians and those influenced by them, "Victory Day" falls in May. Trump follows the Russian practice, not the American.
May 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Nazi Germany surrendered in May 1945. For Americans, the Second World War would rage for three more months, until VJ Day in August. But for Russians and those influenced by them, "Victory Day" falls in May. Trump follows the Russian practice, not the American.
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Cal-Maine, the biggest egg producer, has been accused of using bird flu as cover to jack up prices and triple its profits from a year ago.
It also received $22M in federal aid.
While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.
It also received $22M in federal aid.
While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.
May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Cal-Maine, the biggest egg producer, has been accused of using bird flu as cover to jack up prices and triple its profits from a year ago.
It also received $22M in federal aid.
While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.
It also received $22M in federal aid.
While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.
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key point from @pkrugman.bsky.social: it's literally impossible for foreign governments to negotiate with Trump because he and his people can't/won't even articulate a consistent set of demands paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
Trump is the Godfather in Reverse
He’s making offers countries can’t accept
paulkrugman.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
key point from @pkrugman.bsky.social: it's literally impossible for foreign governments to negotiate with Trump because he and his people can't/won't even articulate a consistent set of demands paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
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So that all can read, I am gifting today’s NYT piece on the lawless presidency of the 45th President of the United States.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Opinion | A Road Map of Trump’s Lawless Presidency (Gift Article)
A diverse group of legal scholars flashes red warning lights about the future of America.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
So that all can read, I am gifting today’s NYT piece on the lawless presidency of the 45th President of the United States.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
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No to the proposed Trump farm bailout.
American farmers overwhelmingly voted for Trump, they should pay the same tariffs their candidate has imposed on all other Americans, no special handouts. From @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
American farmers overwhelmingly voted for Trump, they should pay the same tariffs their candidate has imposed on all other Americans, no special handouts. From @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers
They voted for the tariffs when they voted for Trump.
www.theatlantic.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
No to the proposed Trump farm bailout.
American farmers overwhelmingly voted for Trump, they should pay the same tariffs their candidate has imposed on all other Americans, no special handouts. From @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
American farmers overwhelmingly voted for Trump, they should pay the same tariffs their candidate has imposed on all other Americans, no special handouts. From @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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No, you really don't "have to ask yourself" this.
The right to criticize the government, even for *lawful* policies (let alone what Trump is trying to do), is not just central to the First Amendment's protection of free speech; it is one of the most critically important features of *any* democracy.
The right to criticize the government, even for *lawful* policies (let alone what Trump is trying to do), is not just central to the First Amendment's protection of free speech; it is one of the most critically important features of *any* democracy.
Seb Gorka, the Hungarian fascist now on his third country is highlighted in Axios abt Trump imprisoning opponents, says "You have to ask yourself, are [Trump critics] technically aiding and abetting them, because aiding and abetting criminals and terrorists is a crime." www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
How Trump's immigration crackdown could hit U.S. citizens
Administration officials have teased three tactics that legal analysts say would challenge Americans' rights.
www.axios.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
No, you really don't "have to ask yourself" this.
The right to criticize the government, even for *lawful* policies (let alone what Trump is trying to do), is not just central to the First Amendment's protection of free speech; it is one of the most critically important features of *any* democracy.
The right to criticize the government, even for *lawful* policies (let alone what Trump is trying to do), is not just central to the First Amendment's protection of free speech; it is one of the most critically important features of *any* democracy.
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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
April 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
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"The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers."
- Cardinal Bergoglio,
aka Pope Francis,
2007.
- Cardinal Bergoglio,
aka Pope Francis,
2007.
April 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers."
- Cardinal Bergoglio,
aka Pope Francis,
2007.
- Cardinal Bergoglio,
aka Pope Francis,
2007.
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🚨Here’s a list of just a few of the major pieces of misinformation Kennedy shared about autism🚨
RFK Jr. knows amazingly little about autism
For someone who's been talking about it for so long, the HHS secretary got many basic facts wrong.
www.motherjones.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🚨Here’s a list of just a few of the major pieces of misinformation Kennedy shared about autism🚨
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The modern US Republican Party may be the most openly, brazenly, and shamelessly hypocritical group of people to have ever existed in human history.
April 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The modern US Republican Party may be the most openly, brazenly, and shamelessly hypocritical group of people to have ever existed in human history.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“What the Trump administration is doing is acting as a quasi judiciary. They’re rounding up people and effectively being judge, jury and executioner,” Asha Rangappa tells Ezra Klein.
“What the Trump administration is doing is acting as a quasi judiciary. They’re rounding up people and effectively being judge, jury and executioner,” Asha Rangappa tells Ezra Klein.
Opinion | The Emergency Is Here
Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“What the Trump administration is doing is acting as a quasi judiciary. They’re rounding up people and effectively being judge, jury and executioner,” Asha Rangappa tells Ezra Klein.
“What the Trump administration is doing is acting as a quasi judiciary. They’re rounding up people and effectively being judge, jury and executioner,” Asha Rangappa tells Ezra Klein.
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Interesting. Two of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence condemned the Crown for denying legal protection, especially imprisonment without cause.
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.”
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.”
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
April 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Interesting. Two of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence condemned the Crown for denying legal protection, especially imprisonment without cause.
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.”
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.”
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
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On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador
April 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.