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Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · Aug 2

sagebrush salvation—

The real trick is to not get too picky.

sagebrush salvation—

The real trick is to not get too picky.

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Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · Jun 26

Panic over economic policy in NYC is overblown
Left, right or center solutions can all be effective or not—
The best part is that underlying change is simple math
It pencils out or it doesn't—
We need pragmatic solutions to problems
We need to get into fixing
enough of this I'm scared to try

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · Jun 11

"The economy is getting..."

Worse: 51%
Better: 28%
Staying the same: 20%

Quinnipiac / June 9, 2025

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Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · Jun 11

Crop harvesting— food on our table—
Republicans blocked immigration law the result farm workers have been unable to process their work permits— this was entirely preventable and 100% predictable—
Higher prices trigger more food insecurity
We a cursed with a belligerent cruel extremist party in USA

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jun 11

We feed you.
They hunt us.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Athena Gabriel ❌👑 @athenagabriel.bsky.social · Jun 11

www.youtube.com/live/0n77NFj...

This is a MUST watch

This is your call to action!!

EXCLUSIVE: Governor Newsom ADDRESSES State and Nation LIVE

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

www.youtube.com

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Frank T @purplehaze4579.bsky.social · Jun 9

Repost. The real criminals are in this administration

Toks Nilhaw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇰🇷🇯🇵🇬🇱🇵🇦 @toksnilhaw.bsky.social · Jun 8

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Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · Jun 6

California budget surplus fund is gone
D's need to cut spending
Need to fix regulatory roadblocks and prove they can get things done— that doesn't take money, that takes leadership
Let's go Sacramento— a lot of our problems do not cost a dime to fix

Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · Jun 6

Things I just know are true—
Musk is dialing new algorithm on X to shutdown T's reach
Firehose of falsehoods has lost a key amplifier
The complainers will come loud and proud
Then we'll know for sure

Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 29

2028— if he's still here there will be a less of him—
His behavior grows worse
Talk about having to prop the mob boss up
He is not doing well and it shows

Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 27

This space based defense system never lifts off
You'd have to pass legislation, sign the bill, disburse the funds
Then the engineers you fired, the scientists you despise would have to figure out how to perform the impossible— and speaking of impossible— the old man wouldn't be alive to see it work

Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 27

Sure Rahm can run
Whether he is the top candidate
Go ahead persuade me
So far I haven't seen it

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Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 27

Every rocket sent by Russia to Ukraine should be counted
Then send the same number back
Putin has only himself to blame

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🕊️KatarinaKriz🕊️On the turning away~Pink Floyd @katarinakriz.bsky.social · May 25

There it is. In black & white for all to read. What are you going to do about it personally, huh? Take it?

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Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 23

Ambushed at the White House
Foreign dignitaries treated to con man flood the zone lies—
How's that working out—
An unserious man pretending to be doing serious things
Instead the world's most gruesome goon self-destructs
Foreign policy by tantrum is pure preschool daycare ninny bottle

Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 22

road by luck

I’d blown a transmission one spring and was stuck in what most folk would describe as to hell and gone. In this case my hell was located on the northernmost outskirts of Phoenix. Took a space in a RV park.

road by luck

I’d blown a transmission one spring and was stuck in what most folk would describe as to hell and gone. In this case my hell was located on the northernmost outskirts of Phoenix. Took a space in a RV park.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · May 20

More “woke” billboards, please…

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Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 20

The lack of Republican courage to bring taxes up says everything—

Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 19

Democrats fixing a broken tax code can’t be untouchable—
Unbridled wealth has destroyed democracy— corporate tax avoidance, out of control CEO pay, carried interest, estate taxes— are not sacred
They undermine government

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · May 19

Did you know that when your local rural hospital shuts down because of the Medicaid cuts, the 75-mile drive to the nearest one that isn't shut down is still 75 miles no matter how good your insurance is?

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Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 19

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said Moody's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating does not take into account the risk of the federal government printing money to pay its debt—
Payback in inflated cheaper dollars makes losers of bond holders— game on!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · May 16

BREAKING: Moody’s has DOWNGRADED the United States’ credit rating from Aaa to Aa1 — the first-ever U.S. credit downgrade in the agency’s history.

“We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.”

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Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 15

California by law must have a balanced budget
Taxes and spending must zero out—
There is no provision for deficits—
And no voting majority for increasing taxes
There is only cutting spending
So lets do that, hard as it is to do
That's why you ran for office
To do the hard stuff

Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 13

California has found homeless population intractable—
It continues to cause problems
Expensive, complicated, the problem has it all—
A simple fix it is not—

Dana @blackandbluedana.bsky.social · May 13

Time waits for no one— Steph Curry is out—
Warriors going nowhere
They aren’t bad, but there are younger up and comers in the hunt— excellence does have a shelf life— Defying time makes a great story, we write them because they are so rare
Maybe next year
More likely not