Dave Johnson
@dcjohnson.bsky.social
Former Sr Fellow, Campaign for America's Future
Former Silicon Valley. Atari, Imagic, Be, Working Software, Gobe
US expat in the UK
seeingtheforest.com
wecanhavenicethings.com
democracyandcommunity.org
governmentcheese.co.uk
Former Silicon Valley. Atari, Imagic, Be, Working Software, Gobe
US expat in the UK
seeingtheforest.com
wecanhavenicethings.com
democracyandcommunity.org
governmentcheese.co.uk
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I post on UK issues because I spent much time & effort trying to warn people about the rightward shift of US "conservatives" and what it would lead to.
I moved here and see the same forces now working to capture the UK govt and impose what has been imposed on the US. I give a shit so I post & warn.
I moved here and see the same forces now working to capture the UK govt and impose what has been imposed on the US. I give a shit so I post & warn.
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🚨It's time there was investigation into Russian interference in our politics.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨It's time there was investigation into Russian interference in our politics.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
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NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
When your pay increases and you are "dragged" into a higher tax bracket ONLY the amounts over the threshold are taxes at that higher rate. The rest is still taxed at the old rate. A pay increase means you get more money, not less.
"Dragged" is a propaganda word.
"Dragged" is a propaganda word.
Rachel Reeves in last year's Budget: "I have come to the conclusion that extending the threshold freeze would hurt working people. It would take more money out of their payslips. I am keeping every single promise on tax that I made in our manifesto.”
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www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-1-...
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www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-1-...
The 1 Line From Last Year's Budget That Looks Set To Come Back To Haunt Rachel Reeves
The chancellor explained why she definitely would not be freezing income tax thresholds.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
When your pay increases and you are "dragged" into a higher tax bracket ONLY the amounts over the threshold are taxes at that higher rate. The rest is still taxed at the old rate. A pay increase means you get more money, not less.
"Dragged" is a propaganda word.
"Dragged" is a propaganda word.
Private finance COSTS MORE because you end up paying the financiers.
NHS private finance diverts money away from healthcare, towards the pockets of private shareholders.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Private finance COSTS MORE because you end up paying the financiers.
Paying NHS medical staff competitive salaries stops people from going private or leaving the UK.
This SAVES MONEY in the longer term by reducing the pressure to contract with private facilities to meed patient needs.
This SAVES MONEY in the longer term by reducing the pressure to contract with private facilities to meed patient needs.
At its core, this doctor’s strike is a fight to ensure patients have access to an NHS doctor right now and well into the future. Thank you to @jordanrivera.bsky.social and the Homerton Unison team for their support yesterday. It was great to be home.
#SOSNHS #DoctorsStrike #PayRestoration
#SOSNHS #DoctorsStrike #PayRestoration
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Paying NHS medical staff competitive salaries stops people from going private or leaving the UK.
This SAVES MONEY in the longer term by reducing the pressure to contract with private facilities to meed patient needs.
This SAVES MONEY in the longer term by reducing the pressure to contract with private facilities to meed patient needs.
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
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"..appeared to unmask accts that were portraying themselves as Americans but in reality were based in countries such as India, Thailand Bangladesh.
But effectiveness, accuracy of the feature already in ques..location info cd be inaccurate or spoofed using tech such as VPNs to hide locations"
But effectiveness, accuracy of the feature already in ques..location info cd be inaccurate or spoofed using tech such as VPNs to hide locations"
A new feature meant to boost transparency on X relies on data that researchers say can be inaccurate or easily spoofed.
X’s new location labels unmask users. Insiders say the idea was rejected for years.
A new feature meant to boost transparency on Elon Musk’s platform relies on data that researchers say can be inaccurate or easily spoofed.
nbcnews.to
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"..appeared to unmask accts that were portraying themselves as Americans but in reality were based in countries such as India, Thailand Bangladesh.
But effectiveness, accuracy of the feature already in ques..location info cd be inaccurate or spoofed using tech such as VPNs to hide locations"
But effectiveness, accuracy of the feature already in ques..location info cd be inaccurate or spoofed using tech such as VPNs to hide locations"
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People's energy use doesn't matter. It's a drop in the bucket, and if it came from green sources - so what?
Don't blame & shame people for living in modern times. Instead DEMAND GOVERNMENTS PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS!
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Don't blame & shame people for living in modern times. Instead DEMAND GOVERNMENTS PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS!
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
“I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle.”
Stop obsessing over your environmental “sins.” Fight the oil and gas industry instead.
www.vox.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
People's energy use doesn't matter. It's a drop in the bucket, and if it came from green sources - so what?
Don't blame & shame people for living in modern times. Instead DEMAND GOVERNMENTS PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS!
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Don't blame & shame people for living in modern times. Instead DEMAND GOVERNMENTS PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS!
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
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If you cut taxes on the wealthy, and then borrow from the wealthy instead, what happens is you pay interest TO the wealthy forever.
Which is better, higher taxes on the rich & their corporations or you pay taxes so the government can pay interest TO the rich?
PS maybe make them pay taxes at all?
Which is better, higher taxes on the rich & their corporations or you pay taxes so the government can pay interest TO the rich?
PS maybe make them pay taxes at all?
Gordon McKee used chocolate bourbons, too.
Labour MP Goes Viral After Using Custard Creams To Explain The UK's Ballooning Debt
Gordon McKee used chocolate bourbons, too.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
If you cut taxes on the wealthy, and then borrow from the wealthy instead, what happens is you pay interest TO the wealthy forever.
Which is better, higher taxes on the rich & their corporations or you pay taxes so the government can pay interest TO the rich?
PS maybe make them pay taxes at all?
Which is better, higher taxes on the rich & their corporations or you pay taxes so the government can pay interest TO the rich?
PS maybe make them pay taxes at all?
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If a US man with a billion dollars of untaxed capital gains takes a loan against his wealth, he can spend the principal of the loan freely without paying taxes. Upon death, the heirs receive his fortune with reset basis and repay the loan - all tax free. Capital gains of the wealthy are never taxed
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If a US man with a billion dollars of untaxed capital gains takes a loan against his wealth, he can spend the principal of the loan freely without paying taxes. Upon death, the heirs receive his fortune with reset basis and repay the loan - all tax free. Capital gains of the wealthy are never taxed
Helped Russia and hurt the US? Isn't that the point of the Trump administration?
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Helped Russia and hurt the US? Isn't that the point of the Trump administration?
Did you know if a billionaire dies and leaves a billion worth of stock to an heir, the value of the stock "resets" so the heir doesn't have to pay taxes.
If you cut taxes on the wealthy, and then borrow from the wealthy instead, what happens is you pay interest TO the wealthy forever.
Which is better, higher taxes on the rich & their corporations or you pay taxes so the government can pay interest TO the rich?
PS maybe make them pay taxes at all?
Which is better, higher taxes on the rich & their corporations or you pay taxes so the government can pay interest TO the rich?
PS maybe make them pay taxes at all?
Gordon McKee used chocolate bourbons, too.
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Did you know if a billionaire dies and leaves a billion worth of stock to an heir, the value of the stock "resets" so the heir doesn't have to pay taxes.
If you cut taxes on the wealthy, and then borrow from the wealthy instead, what happens is you pay interest TO the wealthy forever.
Which is better, higher taxes on the rich & their corporations or you pay taxes so the government can pay interest TO the rich?
PS maybe make them pay taxes at all?
Which is better, higher taxes on the rich & their corporations or you pay taxes so the government can pay interest TO the rich?
PS maybe make them pay taxes at all?
Gordon McKee used chocolate bourbons, too.
Labour MP Goes Viral After Using Custard Creams To Explain The UK's Ballooning Debt
Gordon McKee used chocolate bourbons, too.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
If you cut taxes on the wealthy, and then borrow from the wealthy instead, what happens is you pay interest TO the wealthy forever.
Which is better, higher taxes on the rich & their corporations or you pay taxes so the government can pay interest TO the rich?
PS maybe make them pay taxes at all?
Which is better, higher taxes on the rich & their corporations or you pay taxes so the government can pay interest TO the rich?
PS maybe make them pay taxes at all?
People's energy use doesn't matter. It's a drop in the bucket, and if it came from green sources - so what?
Don't blame & shame people for living in modern times. Instead DEMAND GOVERNMENTS PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS!
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Don't blame & shame people for living in modern times. Instead DEMAND GOVERNMENTS PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS!
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
“I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle.”
Stop obsessing over your environmental “sins.” Fight the oil and gas industry instead.
www.vox.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
People's energy use doesn't matter. It's a drop in the bucket, and if it came from green sources - so what?
Don't blame & shame people for living in modern times. Instead DEMAND GOVERNMENTS PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS!
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Don't blame & shame people for living in modern times. Instead DEMAND GOVERNMENTS PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS!
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Musk and his partners (Saudis etc) didn't buy Twitter to make a profit.
A new X feature over the weekend revealed that dozens of pro-Trump accounts with large followings are not US-based, despite content and bios suggesting otherwise. https://cnn.it/4ojNqJX
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Musk and his partners (Saudis etc) didn't buy Twitter to make a profit.
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A new X feature over the weekend revealed that dozens of pro-Trump accounts with large followings are not US-based, despite content and bios suggesting otherwise. https://cnn.it/4ojNqJX
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A new X feature over the weekend revealed that dozens of pro-Trump accounts with large followings are not US-based, despite content and bios suggesting otherwise. https://cnn.it/4ojNqJX
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Gallego: "Donald Trump is gonna be gone in a couple years. And if you're part of the military that is going after sitting members of Congress and part of the weaponization of government, there will be consequences. Without a doubt."
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gallego: "Donald Trump is gonna be gone in a couple years. And if you're part of the military that is going after sitting members of Congress and part of the weaponization of government, there will be consequences. Without a doubt."
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Fossil Fuel corporations will not voluntarily phase themselves out.
They are actively resisting-- through bribes and propaganda-- the logical switch to cheaper green energy.
It's time: Nationalize. Clean up. Phase out.
They are actively resisting-- through bribes and propaganda-- the logical switch to cheaper green energy.
It's time: Nationalize. Clean up. Phase out.
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Fossil Fuel corporations will not voluntarily phase themselves out.
They are actively resisting-- through bribes and propaganda-- the logical switch to cheaper green energy.
It's time: Nationalize. Clean up. Phase out.
They are actively resisting-- through bribes and propaganda-- the logical switch to cheaper green energy.
It's time: Nationalize. Clean up. Phase out.
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Fossil fuels must be phased out to avoid catastrophe. That is a scientific fact. Anything else is a propaganda smokescreen put up by oil companies.
AND green energy COSTS LESS. Ongoing green energy is almost FREE after the cost of building & installing. Economies are dramatically boosted by that.
AND green energy COSTS LESS. Ongoing green energy is almost FREE after the cost of building & installing. Economies are dramatically boosted by that.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Fossil fuels must be phased out to avoid catastrophe. That is a scientific fact. Anything else is a propaganda smokescreen put up by oil companies.
AND green energy COSTS LESS. Ongoing green energy is almost FREE after the cost of building & installing. Economies are dramatically boosted by that.
AND green energy COSTS LESS. Ongoing green energy is almost FREE after the cost of building & installing. Economies are dramatically boosted by that.
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Why am I seeing articles like this lately? Young people are not doing well economically, so let's make pensioners even poorer?
In the "Anything to avoid taxing the rich" category.
inews.co.uk/opinion/time...
In the "Anything to avoid taxing the rich" category.
inews.co.uk/opinion/time...
Young, skint workers are subsidising wealthy pensioners – time to means test the state pension
The system increasingly props up people who are already well off
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why am I seeing articles like this lately? Young people are not doing well economically, so let's make pensioners even poorer?
In the "Anything to avoid taxing the rich" category.
inews.co.uk/opinion/time...
In the "Anything to avoid taxing the rich" category.
inews.co.uk/opinion/time...
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Quick question - does anyone out there think we will ever know what was really going on with Epstein, and who was involved?
I don't think theere's even a chance. Like J Edgar Hoovers blackmail files - they just disappeared and a lot of prominent people got blackmailed.
I don't think theere's even a chance. Like J Edgar Hoovers blackmail files - they just disappeared and a lot of prominent people got blackmailed.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Quick question - does anyone out there think we will ever know what was really going on with Epstein, and who was involved?
I don't think theere's even a chance. Like J Edgar Hoovers blackmail files - they just disappeared and a lot of prominent people got blackmailed.
I don't think theere's even a chance. Like J Edgar Hoovers blackmail files - they just disappeared and a lot of prominent people got blackmailed.
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Please read this whole piece.
One thing from it, a path to fighting Russia's takeover is a discharge petition: "There are the numbers right now to pass sanctions against Russia: at least 218 in the House and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate."
One thing from it, a path to fighting Russia's takeover is a discharge petition: "There are the numbers right now to pass sanctions against Russia: at least 218 in the House and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate."
"Mamdani’s success should be that surprising. He’s a rock star in whose aura Trump would like to bathe. Mamdani simply managed Trump the same way everyone does: by getting alone in a room with him and making him adopt your ideas as his own." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/23/g...
"Groceries," and Other Secrets of Managing Donald Trump - emptywheel
Three developments that have befuddled observers -- Trump's fawning praise of Zohran Mamdani, Kirill Dmitriev's latest success at manipulating Trump advisors, and Marjorie Taylor Greene's departure --...
www.emptywheel.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Please read this whole piece.
One thing from it, a path to fighting Russia's takeover is a discharge petition: "There are the numbers right now to pass sanctions against Russia: at least 218 in the House and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate."
One thing from it, a path to fighting Russia's takeover is a discharge petition: "There are the numbers right now to pass sanctions against Russia: at least 218 in the House and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate."
Wow. Only $1 million for a pardon from Trump! Is it Black Friday?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wow. Only $1 million for a pardon from Trump! Is it Black Friday?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
MTG says it's hard for regular people to get by - the result of inequality from an economy rigged by the wealthy since Reagan.
But she blames immigrants and "the left" - the very people the billionaires want people to blame. MAGA stands for Manipulated AGain and Again. /1
youtu.be/qaon68Az4HM?...
But she blames immigrants and "the left" - the very people the billionaires want people to blame. MAGA stands for Manipulated AGain and Again. /1
youtu.be/qaon68Az4HM?...
Full Marjorie Taylor Greene resignation video cites Donald Trump feud and more as MTG quits Congress
YouTube video by PalmBeachPost
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
MTG says it's hard for regular people to get by - the result of inequality from an economy rigged by the wealthy since Reagan.
But she blames immigrants and "the left" - the very people the billionaires want people to blame. MAGA stands for Manipulated AGain and Again. /1
youtu.be/qaon68Az4HM?...
But she blames immigrants and "the left" - the very people the billionaires want people to blame. MAGA stands for Manipulated AGain and Again. /1
youtu.be/qaon68Az4HM?...