Dave
@davespodek.bsky.social
Pragmatic Liberalism for the Betterment of Society
Political Apathy Equals Consent
Political Apathy Equals Consent
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3 Questions:
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
3 Questions:
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
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1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
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@harrisfootball.com The Horseshoe is fully dislodged
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
@harrisfootball.com The Horseshoe is fully dislodged
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most openly corrupt ruling _so far_
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
most openly corrupt ruling _so far_
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This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
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And let's name names. #ElonMusk #MarcoRubio #RussellVought and #DonaldTrump (with help from #JohnRoberts). This is premeditated murder--of children. You can spin it anyway you like but you cannot escape this fact.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
And let's name names. #ElonMusk #MarcoRubio #RussellVought and #DonaldTrump (with help from #JohnRoberts). This is premeditated murder--of children. You can spin it anyway you like but you cannot escape this fact.
@harrisfootball.com Jeanty is starting to look like something (but can’t catch).
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
@harrisfootball.com Jeanty is starting to look like something (but can’t catch).
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The U.S. has entered the time travel stage of its descent into fascism.
Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has retroactively appointed former Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan as a "special attorney" for DOJ and has "ratified" all of her actions to date, including her presentations to the grand juries that indicted Trump's foes.
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The U.S. has entered the time travel stage of its descent into fascism.
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“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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“How is Trump acting like a king”
He’s raising taxes as a tantrum because a foreign political leader hurt his feelings www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
He’s raising taxes as a tantrum because a foreign political leader hurt his feelings www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
Trump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...
www.cnn.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“How is Trump acting like a king”
He’s raising taxes as a tantrum because a foreign political leader hurt his feelings www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
He’s raising taxes as a tantrum because a foreign political leader hurt his feelings www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
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They abolished the House of Representatives ... solely to prevent the release of information about the president's best friend, the pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring.
I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
October 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
They abolished the House of Representatives ... solely to prevent the release of information about the president's best friend, the pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring.
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Picture here is from 1992. LA riots. Ive seen this called bad news judgment. In any real journalism outfit this is more like a firing offense. I basically say such things. Beyond belief.
"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Picture here is from 1992. LA riots. Ive seen this called bad news judgment. In any real journalism outfit this is more like a firing offense. I basically say such things. Beyond belief.
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It was a bunch of people praying and singing. Local cops cleared a path for a fascist propaganda op and then assisted federal forces in brutalizing protesters. Those are the facts.
Noem introduced Border Patrol Chief G. Bovino who claimed the protesters nearby were “an unsafe crowd” and declared “a free arrests zone” to arrest them all after one warning.
Bovino: “They’re getting it here as soon as we leave.”
Bovino: “They’re getting it here as soon as we leave.”
October 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It was a bunch of people praying and singing. Local cops cleared a path for a fascist propaganda op and then assisted federal forces in brutalizing protesters. Those are the facts.
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Reuters: SECOND US APPEALS COURT REJECTS TRUMP'S ORDER CURTAILING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
October 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Reuters: SECOND US APPEALS COURT REJECTS TRUMP'S ORDER CURTAILING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
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What a dark day for press freedom in the United States
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What a dark day for press freedom in the United States
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what does an "unconstitutional DEI principle" mean in the context of a tunnel project? what, a black person is going to use it?
OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
what does an "unconstitutional DEI principle" mean in the context of a tunnel project? what, a black person is going to use it?
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Seems important that the Speaker of the House does not even try to dispute that the president is unwell.
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Seems important that the Speaker of the House does not even try to dispute that the president is unwell.
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This bit, & the one in the next reskeet, need to be fully unpacked. What Hegseth is asserting here is that the zero defect concept, which plays an important role in an up or out military, is going away as long as he's SecDef. 1/
Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."
September 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This bit, & the one in the next reskeet, need to be fully unpacked. What Hegseth is asserting here is that the zero defect concept, which plays an important role in an up or out military, is going away as long as he's SecDef. 1/
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Democrats are fighting to stop your family’s health insurance premiums from doubling.
ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire | KFF
KFF estimates that, if Congress allows the enhanced premium tax credits to expire at the end of this year, ACA Marketplace enrollees on average would see their premium payments more than double next y...
www.kff.org
September 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Democrats are fighting to stop your family’s health insurance premiums from doubling.
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It's hilarious because Businessman Trump failed because he thinks every deal has a winner and loser when in reality sometimes you buy shit from friends because you're friends or at least business partners and not because they're all you got. Never forget Trump bankrupted casinos somehow.
US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
September 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
It's hilarious because Businessman Trump failed because he thinks every deal has a winner and loser when in reality sometimes you buy shit from friends because you're friends or at least business partners and not because they're all you got. Never forget Trump bankrupted casinos somehow.