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DTwyman

@dtwyman.bsky.social

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Retired Govt, film & broadcasting teacher. Politics & econ watcher, gardener & cat ❤️- Darth Kitty’s mine. If you don’t appreciate science, journalism & film, have a sense of humor I'm not your thing. Eclectic who knows politics isn't a spectator sport.

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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · Apr 4

In the coming days, you’re going to be hearing the word stagflation a lot, here’s a brief explanation of its meaning
Stagflation is a term for an economic situation that combines high inflation, stagnant economic growth & high unemployment. Stagflation is a combination of stagnation & inflation. 1/

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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 7h

Montana could have had Jon Tester as senator but nooooo.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

COLLINS: The Dept of Energy just canceled $1b for a hydrogen hub that covers Montana. Is that taking away good-paying jobs?

SHEEHY: Of course it is. We want govt to be open

C: But the Energy Secretary says he would've pulled that funding even if govt was open

S: ... Well, that's unfortunate

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Bondi claims that cities aiding residents hurt by immigration raids is breaking the law

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10h

Good!

Casey, I refuses to air Kristi Noem’s TCA video blaming shut down on Democrats

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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 9h

Goddamnit!

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Karmageddon @karmageddon.bsky.social · 9h

Here we go...having to shop for Medicare coverage because of the 🤬🤬🤬 Republicans. Our plan is discontinued for 2026. We'll be paying through the nose now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12h

1) Trump is bailing out Agentina’s government while presiding over the closure of our government

2) Trump burned the American soybean market, and now Argentina is selling beans to China.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13h

Remember how Zuckerberg and other tech CEOs were red-pilled because some Biden officials leaned on them to take down some Covid disinformation?

The Verge @theverge.com · 13h

Facebook removes ICE-tracking page after US government ‘outreach’

Apple and recently removed the ICEBlock app.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14h

honestly....explains a lot.

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 14h

!!!!!! — www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 14h

Faraday pouches are cheap can be found easily on line. Also good for non protest travel for keeping your credit cards etc from getting scanned.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump to Milei: "Do you need any Tomahawks in Argentina? You need them for your opposition, I guess, because in this country they use Tomahawks on the opposition. I don't do that. I'm much nicer. The Democrats would use them if they had the chance. They're sick people."

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 14h

Sen. Jack Reed, top Dem on Armed Services Committee, lashes Hegseth for censoring the Pentagon press corps:

“It speaks volumes that so many respected outlets have refused to sign this misguided order. Mr. Hegseth and his team have missed the mark legally and morally."

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 17h

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Randi Weingarten and Karen Attiah -- the former longtime WaPo opinion writer fired for posting a quote by Charlie Kirk on social media -- are among those scheduled to speak at D.C.'s massive No Kings rally.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Sen. Chris Murphy, Progressive Leaders To Speak At DC’s Massive ‘No Kings’ Rally

www.huffpost.com

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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 14h

Please remember this, particularly as you go out to no Kings protests!

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17h

8/Your encrypted apps are vulnerable.

"If your phone is on, and connected to a cellular network, you're fair game." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 14h

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17h

7/ @lighthousereports.com reporters went undercover—at a surveillance conference!—to see what kind of operations FirstWAP was willing to sell its tech for.

You have to see the footage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

YouTube video by Mother Jones

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17h

3/ When @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social discovered this massive database of phone tracking he called a number with an Italian prefix.

It was the number of a journalist who had blockbuster books on Vatican corruption... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

YouTube video by Mother Jones

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17h

2/ Watch reporter @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social as he retraces the tracking of 23&Me Founder Anne Wojcicki (then maried to Google's Serge Brin) through SF's Union Square, just like in The Conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

YouTube video by Mother Jones

www.youtube.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17h

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 14h

Only in America, people, only in America, and it doesn’t have to be this way!

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 17h

This is grim as hell and not normal (or shouldn't be)

DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 14h

Exactly! if you aren’t participating in rowing the boat, you don’t get to stand there rocking it. As my grandma always used to say, “God is good, but don’t go dancing in a small boat.” can’t really do.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 16h

If you're one of the thousands of federal employees who Russ Vought/the Trump admin just RIF'd, I'm very interested in hearing from you about the work you've been doing and what services will now be hurt/gutted with you gone.

Anonymity granted.

[email protected] / Signal: jbendery.41

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 16h

The thing about this is we all have embarrassing moments of vanity, wounded or otherwise. It's that he thinks it's okay to publish his embarrassing thoughts. That's the crazy part.

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18h

1:36 AM

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

"To the extent Trump has the power to federalize troops, it stems from a law Congress passed. In other words, Congress could, were it not currently controlled by sniveling sycophants, just pass a new law that took away that power. So, by its very nature, that’s not a plenary power."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16h

They are who you thought they are, racist shitposters: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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