David Earle
@davidearle.bsky.social
PSN/XBox: DarkGauss, come at me. Writer, gamer, parent, sleep deprived. He/him. All posts are my own opinions.
Blog: https://www.davidearle.com
Blog: https://www.davidearle.com
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David Earle
@davidearle.bsky.social
· Feb 1
They came for black people, they came for refugees and immigrants, they came for trans people, and they came for Palestinians, and we didn't do goddamn anywhere near enough.
No one is coming to help us.
No one is coming to help us.
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remember that time john roberts said the ACA couldn’t use federal dollars to compel red states to expand medicaid? yeah, me too
NEW: Rural health is in crisis. Congress created a $50B rescue package and gave states just weeks to compete for a slice of it.
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies
Democrats and health advocates described the strategy as highly unusual, and some fear it could be wielded to favor political allies.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
remember that time john roberts said the ACA couldn’t use federal dollars to compel red states to expand medicaid? yeah, me too
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Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
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Their explicit case to shareholders is that the president is in their pocket and will try to block Netflix, so you might as well cave and take our offer, which will pay out faster.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Their explicit case to shareholders is that the president is in their pocket and will try to block Netflix, so you might as well cave and take our offer, which will pay out faster.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
Trump has become their corporate thug.
Opportunity knocks!
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Opportunity knocks!
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Thread, long but very worth it.
My parents were free-wheeling Boomers convinced things were only ever going to get better, financially. They had good reason, then. They could afford a house, car, and weekly nights out on two full time assistant manager jobs at a fast food chain. But they also got caught up in emulating wealth trap
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Thread, long but very worth it.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Some say it is illegal to arrest a sitting president. It is not. The president is subject to the law like everyone. That none have been arrested in the U.S. is only a policy internal to the DOJ based on the need for continuity of government operations--a policy that never imagined a criminal POTUS.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Some say it is illegal to arrest a sitting president. It is not. The president is subject to the law like everyone. That none have been arrested in the U.S. is only a policy internal to the DOJ based on the need for continuity of government operations--a policy that never imagined a criminal POTUS.
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Join us today for Blind Leading the Blind with RE2! Since we're on the cusp of leaving the police station, we'll be bookin' it through the rest of the game! See ya at 6pm Pacific with me and @peachsaliva.bsky.social ! Come down to twitch.tv/patstaresat and youtube.com/patstaresat
a video game scene with a raccoon attacking a person
ALT: a video game scene with a raccoon attacking a person
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Join us today for Blind Leading the Blind with RE2! Since we're on the cusp of leaving the police station, we'll be bookin' it through the rest of the game! See ya at 6pm Pacific with me and @peachsaliva.bsky.social ! Come down to twitch.tv/patstaresat and youtube.com/patstaresat
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There it is, that’s the Omega Virus.
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
There it is, that’s the Omega Virus.
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These anti-vaxxers will kill babies.
It feels awful to be that blunt, but the stakes here are *babies dying of preventable diseases*.
It feels awful to be that blunt, but the stakes here are *babies dying of preventable diseases*.
To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
These anti-vaxxers will kill babies.
It feels awful to be that blunt, but the stakes here are *babies dying of preventable diseases*.
It feels awful to be that blunt, but the stakes here are *babies dying of preventable diseases*.
Thread.
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thread.
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This is a fun holiday read. Who made Rudolph happen? A Jewish copy writer; his Jewish composer brother-in-law; the BIL’s neighbor who happened to be Arthur Rankin; and a Japanese animator who had pioneered new stop motion techniques. Now that’s an American Christmas
The Magical Animation of 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'
The Christmas television special—the longest running in history—was groundbreaking in its use of stop-motion animation with puppets
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is a fun holiday read. Who made Rudolph happen? A Jewish copy writer; his Jewish composer brother-in-law; the BIL’s neighbor who happened to be Arthur Rankin; and a Japanese animator who had pioneered new stop motion techniques. Now that’s an American Christmas
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Just got this! Bob Ford has written what looks to be an incredible guide to writing Westerns, and I'm looking forward to digging into it!
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just got this! Bob Ford has written what looks to be an incredible guide to writing Westerns, and I'm looking forward to digging into it!
Posting for the headline. It would be nice to think its Republican lawmakers doing the warning. www.ft.com/content/f737...
Lawmakers warn Trump administration against heavily redacting ‘Epstein files’
They fear justice department could seek to withhold sections of documents as deadline approaches
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Posting for the headline. It would be nice to think its Republican lawmakers doing the warning. www.ft.com/content/f737...
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Cartoon: I Got A Hippopotamus For Christmas! @devospice.bsky.social released a new 4 song EP for the season and I got inspired to illustrate this updated sequel to the original "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas" song.
December 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Cartoon: I Got A Hippopotamus For Christmas! @devospice.bsky.social released a new 4 song EP for the season and I got inspired to illustrate this updated sequel to the original "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas" song.
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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*A few moments later*
December 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
*A few moments later*
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This week, Trump quietly released his National Security Strategy.
It totally abandons the idea that we should stand up for freedom & human rights around the world.
Instead, it lectures our European allies & embraces authoritarian leaders who enrich the Trump family & their billionaire friends.
It totally abandons the idea that we should stand up for freedom & human rights around the world.
Instead, it lectures our European allies & embraces authoritarian leaders who enrich the Trump family & their billionaire friends.
Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This week, Trump quietly released his National Security Strategy.
It totally abandons the idea that we should stand up for freedom & human rights around the world.
Instead, it lectures our European allies & embraces authoritarian leaders who enrich the Trump family & their billionaire friends.
It totally abandons the idea that we should stand up for freedom & human rights around the world.
Instead, it lectures our European allies & embraces authoritarian leaders who enrich the Trump family & their billionaire friends.
Your friendly reminder that thanks to the Ossiarch Bonereapers, the Tooth Fairy is absolutely canon to Age of Sigmar and it probably looks like this.
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Your friendly reminder that thanks to the Ossiarch Bonereapers, the Tooth Fairy is absolutely canon to Age of Sigmar and it probably looks like this.
We haven't forgotten. www.capitalgazette.com/2025/12/06/t...
Trump administration plays up pipe bomb suspect’s arrest. Jan. 6 violence goes unmentioned
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — After the arrest of a man charged with placing two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national part…
www.capitalgazette.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We haven't forgotten. www.capitalgazette.com/2025/12/06/t...
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Miller is a flaming racist. Full stop. Using outdated rules on immigration that aren't even still on the books. Full Nazi.
Stephen Miller bashed for pushing restrictions that 'are no longer on the books'
Source: Raw Story
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Stephen Miller bashed for pushing restrictions that 'are no longer on the books'
Source: Raw Story
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Stephen Miller bashed for pushing restrictions that 'are no longer on the books' - NewsBreak
A law professor bashed Stephen Miller for pushing discriminatory immigration restrictions in America that have long been gone. Miller, the Trump administra
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December 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Miller is a flaming racist. Full stop. Using outdated rules on immigration that aren't even still on the books. Full Nazi.
Stephen Miller bashed for pushing restrictions that 'are no longer on the books'
Source: Raw Story
share.newsbreak.com/g7ktmbcy
Stephen Miller bashed for pushing restrictions that 'are no longer on the books'
Source: Raw Story
share.newsbreak.com/g7ktmbcy
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Sleeping Pokémon is too cute of a concept not to draw #Pokemon #teddiursa #Togepi #Pokemonart #Cakenteaart
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sleeping Pokémon is too cute of a concept not to draw #Pokemon #teddiursa #Togepi #Pokemonart #Cakenteaart