Dave Bennett
@pghdave.bsky.social
Husband, dad, editor and writer. Native of western Pa. who's lived on both coasts and places in between.
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This year's honorees:
George Wallace
Marge Schott
Charles Lindbergh (solely for politics)
David Berkowitz
Andrew "Dice" Clay
George Wallace
Marge Schott
Charles Lindbergh (solely for politics)
David Berkowitz
Andrew "Dice" Clay
According to the Washington Post, Trump today offered to host the Kennedy Center Honors so that it would be a success, and suggested expanding the honorees to include politicians, athletes, executives, and dead people.
March 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This year's honorees:
George Wallace
Marge Schott
Charles Lindbergh (solely for politics)
David Berkowitz
Andrew "Dice" Clay
George Wallace
Marge Schott
Charles Lindbergh (solely for politics)
David Berkowitz
Andrew "Dice" Clay
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Imagine being obliterated in a rocket explosion 11,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico because you picked McNeese State over Gonzaga in the Sweet 16.
March 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Imagine being obliterated in a rocket explosion 11,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico because you picked McNeese State over Gonzaga in the Sweet 16.
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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Bezos has it exactly wrong. If the Post editorial page is to laser focus on one theme it should be the daily destruction of democracy (not some lame Randian notion of "free markets.")
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Bezos has it exactly wrong. If the Post editorial page is to laser focus on one theme it should be the daily destruction of democracy (not some lame Randian notion of "free markets.")
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Investors are now warning Tesla stock could lose 50% or more of its value this year as it continues to tumble.
Musk is still the wealthiest man in the world but he lost 7 billion today, about 2% of his fortune.
Musk is still the wealthiest man in the world but he lost 7 billion today, about 2% of his fortune.
February 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Investors are now warning Tesla stock could lose 50% or more of its value this year as it continues to tumble.
Musk is still the wealthiest man in the world but he lost 7 billion today, about 2% of his fortune.
Musk is still the wealthiest man in the world but he lost 7 billion today, about 2% of his fortune.
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One of the great unintended consequences stories of all time is American liberals buying cars that they thought would save the planet, thereby enriching the man who bought the presidency for Trump, the most environmentally dangerous president in history.
Tesla sales in Europe are down 45 percent from this time last year — a steep decline for an automaker long seen as the leader of the electric vehicle revolution. Experts say the decline could be caused by a variety of factors, including increased electric competition and backlash to CEO Elon Musk.
Tesla sales sink 45 percent in Europe
Experts say the decline could be caused by a variety of factors, including increased electric competition and backlash to CEO Elon Musk.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One of the great unintended consequences stories of all time is American liberals buying cars that they thought would save the planet, thereby enriching the man who bought the presidency for Trump, the most environmentally dangerous president in history.
When checking out this creative front page, don't miss the Gen Z promo ...
Thursday’s front page of the British Daily Star.
Putin’s Poodle
Putin’s Poodle
February 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
When checking out this creative front page, don't miss the Gen Z promo ...
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Thinking back to the sort of things the press was worried about around this point in the Obama administration.
February 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thinking back to the sort of things the press was worried about around this point in the Obama administration.
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Look who loves what Elon Musk is doing to the United States?
Canada's Conservatives.
No surprise there.
Pierre Poilievre is fundamentally unfit for public office. Especially now.
Canada's Conservatives.
No surprise there.
Pierre Poilievre is fundamentally unfit for public office. Especially now.
February 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Look who loves what Elon Musk is doing to the United States?
Canada's Conservatives.
No surprise there.
Pierre Poilievre is fundamentally unfit for public office. Especially now.
Canada's Conservatives.
No surprise there.
Pierre Poilievre is fundamentally unfit for public office. Especially now.
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The fact that Trump is so senile and listless makes be both less concerned about any sort of durable authoritarianism surviving him and much more concerned about an acute catastrophe happening
Reporter: You said an example of fraud that you have cited was $50 million of condoms was sent to Gaza but after a fact-check apparently it was Gaza in Mozambique meant to protect them against HIV.
Musk: First of all, some of the things I say will be incorrect
Musk: First of all, some of the things I say will be incorrect
February 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The fact that Trump is so senile and listless makes be both less concerned about any sort of durable authoritarianism surviving him and much more concerned about an acute catastrophe happening
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The President, his heir apparent, and Donald Trump.
February 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The President, his heir apparent, and Donald Trump.
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Drake Drops New Track Inviting Kendrick Lamar Out To Coffee So They Can Clear Things Up
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Drake Drops New Track Inviting Kendrick Lamar Out To Coffee So They Can Clear Things Up
TORONTO—In a stunning twist to the feud between the two hip-hop artists, Drake reportedly dropped a new track Monday inviting Kendrick Lamar out to coffee so they could clear things up. “The truth is,...
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February 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Drake Drops New Track Inviting Kendrick Lamar Out To Coffee So They Can Clear Things Up
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February 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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The Trump admin aggressively publicized the arrests of immigrants by federal agents since Inauguration Day — with the promise that those detained would be part of a historic mass deportation.
But NBC News has learned some have already been released back into the U.S. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
But NBC News has learned some have already been released back into the U.S. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Some migrants arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown have been released back into U.S.
Space constraints and court orders have led ICE to release migrants on monitoring programs after they’re arrested.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Trump admin aggressively publicized the arrests of immigrants by federal agents since Inauguration Day — with the promise that those detained would be part of a historic mass deportation.
But NBC News has learned some have already been released back into the U.S. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
But NBC News has learned some have already been released back into the U.S. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Elon Musk Offers Self $10 Billion Federal Buyout
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February 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Elon Musk Offers Self $10 Billion Federal Buyout
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Watch what happens with the markets tomorrow. It will tell you how seriously the world is taking Trump's attempt to overturn the existing political and economic order.
The S&P is likely to drop. The percentage drop we see will be pretty instructive. Details here. www.thebulwark.com/p/follow-the...
The S&P is likely to drop. The percentage drop we see will be pretty instructive. Details here. www.thebulwark.com/p/follow-the...
Follow the Money
The financial markets are the only thing that can stop Trump’s reign of chaos.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Watch what happens with the markets tomorrow. It will tell you how seriously the world is taking Trump's attempt to overturn the existing political and economic order.
The S&P is likely to drop. The percentage drop we see will be pretty instructive. Details here. www.thebulwark.com/p/follow-the...
The S&P is likely to drop. The percentage drop we see will be pretty instructive. Details here. www.thebulwark.com/p/follow-the...
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Amanda Scales, 34, appointed to be Chief of Staff of US OPM, is a Musk employee who spent her career in human resources.
One of the only people who can create exemptions for mass firings across federal agencies, she doesn't have govt. experience, but rather a corporate HR/recruiting background.
One of the only people who can create exemptions for mass firings across federal agencies, she doesn't have govt. experience, but rather a corporate HR/recruiting background.
February 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Amanda Scales, 34, appointed to be Chief of Staff of US OPM, is a Musk employee who spent her career in human resources.
One of the only people who can create exemptions for mass firings across federal agencies, she doesn't have govt. experience, but rather a corporate HR/recruiting background.
One of the only people who can create exemptions for mass firings across federal agencies, she doesn't have govt. experience, but rather a corporate HR/recruiting background.
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I can see the fear.
He is afraid, with good reason, that he’ll be blamed.
Trump is actually very easily spooked. And when he reacts this bizarrely, and falls back on the low-hanging fruit of racism as cover, it’s because he’s scared.
He is afraid, with good reason, that he’ll be blamed.
Trump is actually very easily spooked. And when he reacts this bizarrely, and falls back on the low-hanging fruit of racism as cover, it’s because he’s scared.
REPORTER: I'm trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.
TRUMP: Because I have common sense, ok? And unfortunately a lot of people don't
TRUMP: Because I have common sense, ok? And unfortunately a lot of people don't
January 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I can see the fear.
He is afraid, with good reason, that he’ll be blamed.
Trump is actually very easily spooked. And when he reacts this bizarrely, and falls back on the low-hanging fruit of racism as cover, it’s because he’s scared.
He is afraid, with good reason, that he’ll be blamed.
Trump is actually very easily spooked. And when he reacts this bizarrely, and falls back on the low-hanging fruit of racism as cover, it’s because he’s scared.
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In May of 2024 Joe Biden signed a bill that provided funds to hire more air traffic controllers to remedy the shortage of such workers. In January of 2025 Trump fired the head of the FAA (because Musk had beef with him) and encouraged federal workers to resign. www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/p...
Biden signs bipartisan FAA bill into law | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, enacting a law that aims to improve aviation safety and strengthen protections for passengers ...
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January 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
In May of 2024 Joe Biden signed a bill that provided funds to hire more air traffic controllers to remedy the shortage of such workers. In January of 2025 Trump fired the head of the FAA (because Musk had beef with him) and encouraged federal workers to resign. www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/p...
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Is he threatening that his wife will release more music?
This threatening tweet was deleted by Trump’s dumbest son 20 minutes after he posted it.
January 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Is he threatening that his wife will release more music?
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Senior ICE officials have been ordered by Trump officials to “aggressively ramp up the number of people they arrest, from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500” b/c Trump is “disappointed with the results of his mass deportation campaign so far.”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests
The administration wants to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, increasing the chances that non-criminals will be detained.
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January 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Senior ICE officials have been ordered by Trump officials to “aggressively ramp up the number of people they arrest, from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500” b/c Trump is “disappointed with the results of his mass deportation campaign so far.”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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This is not some disgruntled ex-employee speaking off the record.
This is David Maraniss, a Pulitzer-winning reporter and author who’s now an associate editor at the Washington Post, where he’s been affiliated for more than 40 years.
This is David Maraniss, a Pulitzer-winning reporter and author who’s now an associate editor at the Washington Post, where he’s been affiliated for more than 40 years.
The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
January 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is not some disgruntled ex-employee speaking off the record.
This is David Maraniss, a Pulitzer-winning reporter and author who’s now an associate editor at the Washington Post, where he’s been affiliated for more than 40 years.
This is David Maraniss, a Pulitzer-winning reporter and author who’s now an associate editor at the Washington Post, where he’s been affiliated for more than 40 years.
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It won’t all become clear this week, but this overreach and arrogance are the seeds of our opportunity.
Read more here:
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
Read more here:
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
Day 51: Inauguration Day
Channel How It Made You Feel
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January 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It won’t all become clear this week, but this overreach and arrogance are the seeds of our opportunity.
Read more here:
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
Read more here:
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Instead of reading Politico, did you know you can just smash your forehead with a hammer?
January 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Instead of reading Politico, did you know you can just smash your forehead with a hammer?