Don P. McGarry
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Don P. McGarry
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Engineer in EC2 at AWS. Boater. Tinkerer. Views are my own.
I’m so confused. Who is the “conservative” and who is the “communist”? Cutting red tape / regulation for small businesses and supporting services to support small businesses is pretty conservative (in the old school sense). I hope Mandami is able to get some of this in place.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.

Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If you’ve ever wondered how AWS builds the software stacks for new Regions, Availability Zones, and Local Zones check out the re:invent session “Building at global scale: Engineering AWS expansion (ARC312)”. We will go under the hood on how we bootstrap new infrastructure. #reinvent2025
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Crisis of obesity among the face-eating leopards
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.

So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.

If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Congrats to Blue Origin for a successful landing of the launch vehicle back on the barge. Was amazing to watch
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Donald Trump Is a Commie
Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
www.thebulwark.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Gov. Shapiro: “America has a president, a vice president, that don't give a damn about all Americans…When I see hungry people in my state who are hungry because of J.D. Vance's bullshit politics, that makes me angry…America deserves better than J.D. Vance.”
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Explain to me again who is socialist?
When the shakedowns just start happening in public.

$NVO
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Get ready: Receipts, our new economic newsletter from @crampell.bsky.social, is dropping the first edition tonight! Subscribe now to get it in your inbox: www.thebulwark.com/subscribe
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪
(AP) — A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.

@apnews.com #Hero
apnews.com/article/sand...
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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“.. There were no counties or cities (as of writing) that moved right relative to four years ago. On average, they instead moved 13 points to the left.”

@pbump.com #Virginia
www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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* Consumer Delinquencies Climb as More Student Debt Goes Unpaid

@bloomberg.com #NYFed
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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No one has figured out the exact scale of the Hispanic vote collapse yet, but I tried to get my arms around it. Read the rest here: www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Today's Triad (actually it's a QUAD!) from @jvl.bsky.social at @thebulwark.com is a must-read.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Abby Spanberger will now be governor of Virginia, Mikie Sherrill governor of NJ. I wrote about both of them, and their friend group, last year
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Democrats’ Patriotic Vanguard
A small group of lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds prefigured Harris’s overtly patriotic campaign.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Pope Leo is doing Catholicism the wrong way.

by Ezra Klein
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.

“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Andrew Cuomo can still be mayor, if Mike Pence has the courage.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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A flash survey shows that fewer than 2% of New Yorkers will be flipping their vote to Cuomo following Donald Trump's last-minute endorsement. But at this Washington Post editorial board meeting, that number seems much higher.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
WOOT
Thank you, Virginia! It is the honor of my lifetime to be elected your next Governor.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Andrew Cuomo to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
LMAO
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Ah geez hugops to the folks over at MS today. It's been a rough couple of weeks for everyone...
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’m so old I remember when the normal response of folks in the tech community after an incident was “don’t dunk on companies - it happens to everyone #hugops”. I liked those responses better than trolling and “hot takes”.
October 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Happy 18th birthday to #EC2! Amazing to be a part of the journey!
October 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM