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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · 10d

🤔 gotta stay focused on how ppl are moving out here

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Dominion, voting firm targeted by false 2020 election claims, sold to new owner

Company, which reached $787.5m defamation settlement with Fox News, becomes new entity called Liberty Vote

www.theguardian.com

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · 17d

She called it and the media failed once again #Project2025

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nothing says Nobel Peace Prize like rebranding the Department of Defense to the Department of War

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · Aug 1

So the same guy that was convicted of falsifying business documents fired the head of the Bureau of Labor & Statistics b/c of a terrible jobs report. Uh huh….

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · May 12

Nico Harrison right now 😂 #mavs #nba

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · May 2

According to who? The media? Clearly we in the media had different info than NFL teams. Again…the NFL is a bottom line business…winning

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · May 2

Where was he denied a job? Last I checked, he was drafted in the 5th round. NFL teams are in the business of winning games and we’ve seen prospects whose backgrounds are far more egregious! Maybe, just maybe, he was propped up via the media in the eyes of NFL teams

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · Apr 24

One of my favorite days of the year! Dreams realized by these young men, their families, and friends. Regardless if you’re drafted tonight or go undrafted, don’t let your circumstance determine your outcome #nfldraft

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · Apr 23

Cool…so that applies to ppl/companies getting bailouts as well right 🤔

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 23

Linda McMahon: "This is something they owe. This is money they borrowed to go to school and other taxpayers shouldn't have to pay this burden. I think that's very clear."

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · Apr 12

Folded again I see

CNN @cnn.com · Apr 12

JUST IN: Electronics imported to the US will be exempt from President Trump's sweeping tariffs, according to US Customs and Border Protection. Read more: cnn.it/3Giji1f

Smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump’s latest tariffs | CNN Business

Electronics imported to the United States will be exempt from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, according to a US Customs and Border Protection notice posted on Friday.

cnn.it

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · Apr 12

Uh huh…..

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 11

Hundreds of books are now gone from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library, following an order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office that led to a purge of books that are critical of racism, but preserved volumes defending white power. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

A card reads: "The Naval Academy Removed Books Critical of Racism. Many Defending White Power Remain. Some of the books removed: “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou; “Memorializing the Holocaust” by Janet Jacobs; “How to Be Anti-Racist” by Ibram X. Kendi; “The Making of Black Lives Matter” by Christopher J. Lebron. Some of the books that remain: “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler; “The Camp of the Saints” by Jean Raspail.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 11

Trump administration officials are recommending the elimination of the scientific research division at the NOAA, according to internal documents and people with knowledge of the situation.

White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled

A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.

www.nytimes.com

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · Apr 11

DOGE huh 🤦🏾‍♂️

Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · Apr 11

A Wall Street Journal analysis of daily financial statements issued by the Treasury Department found government spending since the inauguration is $154 billion more than in the same period in 2024 during the administration of former President Joe Biden.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

See How Government Spending Is Up Even as Musk Touts Savings

The Musk team’s estimated $150 billion in savings barely makes a dent in $6.8 trillion of expenditures largely on autopilot, a WSJ analysis finds.

www.wsj.com

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · Apr 3

Folks…this is the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who has absolutely no clue re negotiations or strategies for the new tariffs announced by Donald Trump. WTF!!! 🤦🏾‍♂️

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · Mar 24

Point being, the gov’t has encrypted platforms to share such info. Signal isn’t one of them

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Damien Woody @damienwoody.bsky.social · Mar 24

Doing a group text discussing a highly classified military operation on an unencrypted app 🤦🏾‍♂️ nothing but the brightest ppl huh. Please read this story if you haven’t