Dave Bassett
@bassettdg.bsky.social
Retired Army LTG. Acquisition professional. Senior Counselor.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
September 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Jim Ryan is a fantastic leader for the University of Virginia and I am incredibly saddened that he would be forced out.
This is not good for the University, its students, or the nation.
This is not good for the University, its students, or the nation.
June 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Jim Ryan is a fantastic leader for the University of Virginia and I am incredibly saddened that he would be forced out.
This is not good for the University, its students, or the nation.
This is not good for the University, its students, or the nation.
Unqualified.
Unsuitable.
Wrong guy.
He impacted an entire generation of Army senior leaders with a senseless promotion hold. When he lifted it ALL were promoted.
Unsuitable.
Wrong guy.
He impacted an entire generation of Army senior leaders with a senseless promotion hold. When he lifted it ALL were promoted.
May 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Unqualified.
Unsuitable.
Wrong guy.
He impacted an entire generation of Army senior leaders with a senseless promotion hold. When he lifted it ALL were promoted.
Unsuitable.
Wrong guy.
He impacted an entire generation of Army senior leaders with a senseless promotion hold. When he lifted it ALL were promoted.
Memorial Day isn’t about the start of summer or an extra day off. It’s not to thank veterans for their service. It’s about remembering the fallen.
MG Harry Greene
COL John McHugh
CPL James Miller
They all made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. 🇺🇸
MG Harry Greene
COL John McHugh
CPL James Miller
They all made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. 🇺🇸
May 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Memorial Day isn’t about the start of summer or an extra day off. It’s not to thank veterans for their service. It’s about remembering the fallen.
MG Harry Greene
COL John McHugh
CPL James Miller
They all made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. 🇺🇸
MG Harry Greene
COL John McHugh
CPL James Miller
They all made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. 🇺🇸
When the gas price plummeted during the pandemic it wasn't a win for the administration. It was because the economy shut down overnight.
Gas prices falling now isn't a win either. It's not supply increases. It's demand destruction.
Gas prices falling now isn't a win either. It's not supply increases. It's demand destruction.
April 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
When the gas price plummeted during the pandemic it wasn't a win for the administration. It was because the economy shut down overnight.
Gas prices falling now isn't a win either. It's not supply increases. It's demand destruction.
Gas prices falling now isn't a win either. It's not supply increases. It's demand destruction.
If tariffs are paid by the foreign country, why would it be a hostile act to enumerate that tariff for consumers?
April 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If tariffs are paid by the foreign country, why would it be a hostile act to enumerate that tariff for consumers?
My garage door broke a spring yesterday.
Lowes had one left but I got the part I needed. $28 for a pair of steel springs.
Made in China. Only option on the shelf and I doubt they are made here anymore. Price going up soon. Fortunate it broke while the parts were still available.
Lowes had one left but I got the part I needed. $28 for a pair of steel springs.
Made in China. Only option on the shelf and I doubt they are made here anymore. Price going up soon. Fortunate it broke while the parts were still available.
April 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My garage door broke a spring yesterday.
Lowes had one left but I got the part I needed. $28 for a pair of steel springs.
Made in China. Only option on the shelf and I doubt they are made here anymore. Price going up soon. Fortunate it broke while the parts were still available.
Lowes had one left but I got the part I needed. $28 for a pair of steel springs.
Made in China. Only option on the shelf and I doubt they are made here anymore. Price going up soon. Fortunate it broke while the parts were still available.
Does anyone find it odd that the formula used to calculate reciprocal tariffs didn’t have a variable for tariffs?
April 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Does anyone find it odd that the formula used to calculate reciprocal tariffs didn’t have a variable for tariffs?
I used to remind people that economic policies take a while to ripple through the economy. Inflation early in one administration grows from the seeds planted in the previous.
What's happening now is entirely the result of the incoming administration. It didn't have to be this way.
What's happening now is entirely the result of the incoming administration. It didn't have to be this way.
April 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I used to remind people that economic policies take a while to ripple through the economy. Inflation early in one administration grows from the seeds planted in the previous.
What's happening now is entirely the result of the incoming administration. It didn't have to be this way.
What's happening now is entirely the result of the incoming administration. It didn't have to be this way.
I've been around long enough to see major market corrections.
I've never seen one that was so closely correlated to Presidential actions.
I've never seen one that was so closely correlated to Presidential actions.
April 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've been around long enough to see major market corrections.
I've never seen one that was so closely correlated to Presidential actions.
I've never seen one that was so closely correlated to Presidential actions.
I wonder what a full quarter that has been shaped by Elon's political involvement will look like.
You can't alienate the core of your customer base and expect conservatives that have been told for years that electric cars are dumb to buy enough of them to offset it.
You can't alienate the core of your customer base and expect conservatives that have been told for years that electric cars are dumb to buy enough of them to offset it.
Tesla reports 336,000 vehicle deliveries in first quarter
Tesla reported first-quarter delivery and production numbers two days after the company's stock wrapped up its worst quarter since 2022.
www.cnbc.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I wonder what a full quarter that has been shaped by Elon's political involvement will look like.
You can't alienate the core of your customer base and expect conservatives that have been told for years that electric cars are dumb to buy enough of them to offset it.
You can't alienate the core of your customer base and expect conservatives that have been told for years that electric cars are dumb to buy enough of them to offset it.
I have a really simple rule for thinking about tax changes.
If it raises taxes on my kids just starting out and cuts taxes for me, I can't support it.
@profgalloway.com speaks with incredible clarity on how the tax code and benefits programs disproportionately benefit the old and wealthy.
If it raises taxes on my kids just starting out and cuts taxes for me, I can't support it.
@profgalloway.com speaks with incredible clarity on how the tax code and benefits programs disproportionately benefit the old and wealthy.
South Carolina's flat tax proposal would initially raise rates for most
In the battle between states to have the lowest and most attractive tax policies, South Carolina Republicans are making an interesting gambit.
apnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I have a really simple rule for thinking about tax changes.
If it raises taxes on my kids just starting out and cuts taxes for me, I can't support it.
@profgalloway.com speaks with incredible clarity on how the tax code and benefits programs disproportionately benefit the old and wealthy.
If it raises taxes on my kids just starting out and cuts taxes for me, I can't support it.
@profgalloway.com speaks with incredible clarity on how the tax code and benefits programs disproportionately benefit the old and wealthy.
"penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug in order to make it more costly to distribute and buy."
This is the latest rationale for the tariffs on Canada.
Does this ring true to anyone?
This is the latest rationale for the tariffs on Canada.
Does this ring true to anyone?
April 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug in order to make it more costly to distribute and buy."
This is the latest rationale for the tariffs on Canada.
Does this ring true to anyone?
This is the latest rationale for the tariffs on Canada.
Does this ring true to anyone?
Treat everyone with dignity and respect. Especially people that are different than you.
March 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Treat everyone with dignity and respect. Especially people that are different than you.
Don’t be distracted on this.
It’s bad but the issue isn’t a reporter on a group chat.
It’s using a Signal group for sensitive, official, and arguably classified communications.
Making it about the reporter or even how he got on there misses the point.
It’s bad but the issue isn’t a reporter on a group chat.
It’s using a Signal group for sensitive, official, and arguably classified communications.
Making it about the reporter or even how he got on there misses the point.
March 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Don’t be distracted on this.
It’s bad but the issue isn’t a reporter on a group chat.
It’s using a Signal group for sensitive, official, and arguably classified communications.
Making it about the reporter or even how he got on there misses the point.
It’s bad but the issue isn’t a reporter on a group chat.
It’s using a Signal group for sensitive, official, and arguably classified communications.
Making it about the reporter or even how he got on there misses the point.
DOD is requiring industry partners that handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) to establish meaningful cyber security controls on networks and devices that handle that data.
If a vendor transmitted CUI using Signal, they could be prosecuted under the false claims act.
If a vendor transmitted CUI using Signal, they could be prosecuted under the false claims act.
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
DOD is requiring industry partners that handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) to establish meaningful cyber security controls on networks and devices that handle that data.
If a vendor transmitted CUI using Signal, they could be prosecuted under the false claims act.
If a vendor transmitted CUI using Signal, they could be prosecuted under the false claims act.
It is not a political statement to say that classified information deserves protection.
It is completely mind boggling that any responsible cleared individual would knowingly transmit classified information on an app like Signal.
It is completely mind boggling that any responsible cleared individual would knowingly transmit classified information on an app like Signal.
March 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It is not a political statement to say that classified information deserves protection.
It is completely mind boggling that any responsible cleared individual would knowingly transmit classified information on an app like Signal.
It is completely mind boggling that any responsible cleared individual would knowingly transmit classified information on an app like Signal.
Due process.
Respect for judicial branch review.
Congress' power of the purse.
Some keys to our Constitutional process.
Respect for judicial branch review.
Congress' power of the purse.
Some keys to our Constitutional process.
March 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Due process.
Respect for judicial branch review.
Congress' power of the purse.
Some keys to our Constitutional process.
Respect for judicial branch review.
Congress' power of the purse.
Some keys to our Constitutional process.
Being in favor of due process doesn't mean you have taken the side of the criminals.
It means you believe in our constitution and the rule of law.
It means you believe in our constitution and the rule of law.
March 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Being in favor of due process doesn't mean you have taken the side of the criminals.
It means you believe in our constitution and the rule of law.
It means you believe in our constitution and the rule of law.
Well this should be interesting.
I'm sure they'll fix the title but spell check people. Spell check.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
I'm sure they'll fix the title but spell check people. Spell check.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Well this should be interesting.
I'm sure they'll fix the title but spell check people. Spell check.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
I'm sure they'll fix the title but spell check people. Spell check.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Inflation has gone back up towards 3%.
Tariffs will raise prices on imported goods and services and put upward price pressure on domestic goods that have less foreign competition.
Now the President wants the Fed to lower interest rates. Lower interest rates stimulate - more inflation pressure.
Tariffs will raise prices on imported goods and services and put upward price pressure on domestic goods that have less foreign competition.
Now the President wants the Fed to lower interest rates. Lower interest rates stimulate - more inflation pressure.
March 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Inflation has gone back up towards 3%.
Tariffs will raise prices on imported goods and services and put upward price pressure on domestic goods that have less foreign competition.
Now the President wants the Fed to lower interest rates. Lower interest rates stimulate - more inflation pressure.
Tariffs will raise prices on imported goods and services and put upward price pressure on domestic goods that have less foreign competition.
Now the President wants the Fed to lower interest rates. Lower interest rates stimulate - more inflation pressure.
5 CFR Part 2635 outlines the standards of ethical conduct for employees of the executive branch.
The basic rule is that you can't use your official position for personal gain or to promote private interests.
It is very clear that would include endorsing a particular product, company, or stock.
The basic rule is that you can't use your official position for personal gain or to promote private interests.
It is very clear that would include endorsing a particular product, company, or stock.
March 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
5 CFR Part 2635 outlines the standards of ethical conduct for employees of the executive branch.
The basic rule is that you can't use your official position for personal gain or to promote private interests.
It is very clear that would include endorsing a particular product, company, or stock.
The basic rule is that you can't use your official position for personal gain or to promote private interests.
It is very clear that would include endorsing a particular product, company, or stock.
Fifth Amendment:
This amendment, which applies to the federal government, states that no person shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law".
If your oath is to the Constitution, know what it says and follow it.
This amendment, which applies to the federal government, states that no person shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law".
If your oath is to the Constitution, know what it says and follow it.
March 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Fifth Amendment:
This amendment, which applies to the federal government, states that no person shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law".
If your oath is to the Constitution, know what it says and follow it.
This amendment, which applies to the federal government, states that no person shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law".
If your oath is to the Constitution, know what it says and follow it.
Is it intellectually consistent to express concern over the growing debt and deficit, while at the same time advocating for tax policy and cuts to the IRS that would make that deficit and debt larger?
I know on the surface those two things seem contradictory but somehow people continue to do both.
I know on the surface those two things seem contradictory but somehow people continue to do both.
March 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Is it intellectually consistent to express concern over the growing debt and deficit, while at the same time advocating for tax policy and cuts to the IRS that would make that deficit and debt larger?
I know on the surface those two things seem contradictory but somehow people continue to do both.
I know on the surface those two things seem contradictory but somehow people continue to do both.
If the economy slides into a recession and the Fed cuts interest rates, that isn't a huge win for the Executive branch.
March 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If the economy slides into a recession and the Fed cuts interest rates, that isn't a huge win for the Executive branch.