Doug P
@thedude2.bsky.social
Father of a lovely college freshman daughter. Bit of a coding and science nerd, since my day job is essentially a rocket scientist. Enjoy reading, playing golf, and watching football, especially college.
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The assault on democracy is happening in tiny increments each day. People need to realize this and revolt before fascism has fully engulfed America.
March 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The assault on democracy is happening in tiny increments each day. People need to realize this and revolt before fascism has fully engulfed America.
Yes, he definitely is having that effect. And what he's doing is not a reasonable approach to managing any enterprise.
February 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Yes, he definitely is having that effect. And what he's doing is not a reasonable approach to managing any enterprise.
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It might be a blessing in disguise that our First Felon has no guardrails. With no one advising on his hair trigger impulsive decisions, things quickly go south and his ridiculousness gets exposed. With any luck, maybe some of his cult followers will wake up and see that this needs to stop.
January 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
It might be a blessing in disguise that our First Felon has no guardrails. With no one advising on his hair trigger impulsive decisions, things quickly go south and his ridiculousness gets exposed. With any luck, maybe some of his cult followers will wake up and see that this needs to stop.
This is an example of what I was hoping for the new administration to do because of the lack of guardrails.
apnews.com/article/nucl...
apnews.com/article/nucl...
Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs.
apnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This is an example of what I was hoping for the new administration to do because of the lack of guardrails.
apnews.com/article/nucl...
apnews.com/article/nucl...
They also didn't vote for the declaration of open season on federal employees.
February 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
They also didn't vote for the declaration of open season on federal employees.
It strikes me as utterly ridiculous that ANYONE would be allowed to revoke a security clearance on such a basis.
February 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It strikes me as utterly ridiculous that ANYONE would be allowed to revoke a security clearance on such a basis.
Yeah, during his press conference today, it looked like it tweaked him.
February 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Yeah, during his press conference today, it looked like it tweaked him.
It might be a blessing in disguise that our First Felon has no guardrails. With no one advising on his hair trigger impulsive decisions, things quickly go south and his ridiculousness gets exposed. With any luck, maybe some of his cult followers will wake up and see that this needs to stop.
January 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
It might be a blessing in disguise that our First Felon has no guardrails. With no one advising on his hair trigger impulsive decisions, things quickly go south and his ridiculousness gets exposed. With any luck, maybe some of his cult followers will wake up and see that this needs to stop.
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From the article: “The aviation security committee, which was mandated by Congress after the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, will technically continue to exist but it won’t have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.”
January 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
From the article: “The aviation security committee, which was mandated by Congress after the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, will technically continue to exist but it won’t have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.”
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This should be a much bigger story in the news.
January 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This should be a much bigger story in the news.
I deleted my account before I got on BlueSky
December 10, 2024 at 10:10 PM
I deleted my account before I got on BlueSky
Ok, but the thing is that he said he wasn't going to do it. And so many fellow Democrats cited that demonstrating respect for the rule of law and equal treatment for all.
December 8, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Ok, but the thing is that he said he wasn't going to do it. And so many fellow Democrats cited that demonstrating respect for the rule of law and equal treatment for all.
How about a pathocratic kakistocracy?
December 6, 2024 at 7:58 PM
How about a pathocratic kakistocracy?
Musk's mother thinks that government buildings are sitting empty while the employees are all working remotely. No where slightly close to the current government telework situation.
December 6, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Musk's mother thinks that government buildings are sitting empty while the employees are all working remotely. No where slightly close to the current government telework situation.