Dan F
@democracy-dan.bsky.social
Almost an academic turned small business owner, now work in corporate America. Proud dad of 2 strong girls. Love travel, social history, politics, reading, coffee & food. Pro-democracy, anti-tyranny.
Gas prices are coming down but does it materially matter? Let’s say you drive 400 miles / week and get 25 mpg. 30 cents per gallon decline yields a 250 per year savings. Compare that to rent, food & heating costs going up thousands/yr. Health care?
Is 30 or 50 cents per gallon all Trump has?
Is 30 or 50 cents per gallon all Trump has?
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Gas prices are coming down but does it materially matter? Let’s say you drive 400 miles / week and get 25 mpg. 30 cents per gallon decline yields a 250 per year savings. Compare that to rent, food & heating costs going up thousands/yr. Health care?
Is 30 or 50 cents per gallon all Trump has?
Is 30 or 50 cents per gallon all Trump has?
The negotiation and deal closing skills of this govt are off the charts. Did they forget to get a term sheet and signatures? DINO - deals in name only!
".. In the last four months, the European Union spent 7% less on buying oil and gas from the United States, despite Donald Trump’s pledge to purchase American energy resources worth $750 billion over three years."
#PinkyPromise @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/c961...
#PinkyPromise @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/c961...
EU spent less on US energy after $750bn Trump trade deal
Member states’ spending on US oil and gas fell 7 per cent over the past four months
www.ft.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The negotiation and deal closing skills of this govt are off the charts. Did they forget to get a term sheet and signatures? DINO - deals in name only!
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{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
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THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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NEW: The Guardian says a 2023 DOJ dump included an MCC-guard email confirming “It appeared [Epstein] mailed [a note] out [to Nassar] and it was returned back to him. I am not sure if I should open it or should we hand it over to anyone?” DOJ hasn’t explained how this was “faked.”
December 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
NEW: The Guardian says a 2023 DOJ dump included an MCC-guard email confirming “It appeared [Epstein] mailed [a note] out [to Nassar] and it was returned back to him. I am not sure if I should open it or should we hand it over to anyone?” DOJ hasn’t explained how this was “faked.”
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A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.
NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters’ birth father tomorrow
He served his time in the US. He deserves to heal here, too.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.
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The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
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Did Trump confuse the golden fleet with the golden shower he enjoys.
December 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Did Trump confuse the golden fleet with the golden shower he enjoys.
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BREAKING: We are suing Trump & his cronies to restore the Kennedy Center’s lawful name
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
Press Release | Democracy Defenders Action
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty today sued President Trump and others to stop the unlawful renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the Congressw...
www.democracydefendersaction.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
BREAKING: We are suing Trump & his cronies to restore the Kennedy Center’s lawful name
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
As the rift in magaland grows bigger, I keep asking myself why traditionally politically conservative Jews think this is the party and movement for them. The levels of anti-semitism, anti-immigrant, anti-minority are off the charts. Not sure how you can get behind people who likely hate you.
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As the rift in magaland grows bigger, I keep asking myself why traditionally politically conservative Jews think this is the party and movement for them. The levels of anti-semitism, anti-immigrant, anti-minority are off the charts. Not sure how you can get behind people who likely hate you.
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Another story about what a disaster Steve Witkoff is.
nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/sudden-trips-security-lapses-steve-witkoff-marco-rubios-clashing-diplo-rcna249464
nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/sudden-trips-security-lapses-steve-witkoff-marco-rubios-clashing-diplo-rcna249464
Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio’s clashing diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine
Apart from disagreements about peace efforts in Ukraine, Witkoff has been at loggerheads with Rubio and State Department officials about the way he handles security.
nbcnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Another story about what a disaster Steve Witkoff is.
nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/sudden-trips-security-lapses-steve-witkoff-marco-rubios-clashing-diplo-rcna249464
nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/sudden-trips-security-lapses-steve-witkoff-marco-rubios-clashing-diplo-rcna249464
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One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
There will be nothing left of CBS
- erosion of the trust of the staff. Any good journalist is now putting out feelers for a new role
- erosion of the brand as a trusted news source. People will continue to look elsewhere for honesty
If they think people will forget, they are wrong.
- erosion of the trust of the staff. Any good journalist is now putting out feelers for a new role
- erosion of the brand as a trusted news source. People will continue to look elsewhere for honesty
If they think people will forget, they are wrong.
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There will be nothing left of CBS
- erosion of the trust of the staff. Any good journalist is now putting out feelers for a new role
- erosion of the brand as a trusted news source. People will continue to look elsewhere for honesty
If they think people will forget, they are wrong.
- erosion of the trust of the staff. Any good journalist is now putting out feelers for a new role
- erosion of the brand as a trusted news source. People will continue to look elsewhere for honesty
If they think people will forget, they are wrong.
The disconnect between the billionaires in the White House and the tens of millions of everyday families is massive.
Time for a radical change
Time for a radical change
December 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The disconnect between the billionaires in the White House and the tens of millions of everyday families is massive.
Time for a radical change
Time for a radical change
Is it irony that the woman who started “the free press” is actively destroying it by holding a story that truthfully shows the horrors of CECOT while making the current administration look like the devils they truly are. Someone called her and she bent the knee.
Dont watch CBS or Paramount.
Dont watch CBS or Paramount.
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Is it irony that the woman who started “the free press” is actively destroying it by holding a story that truthfully shows the horrors of CECOT while making the current administration look like the devils they truly are. Someone called her and she bent the knee.
Dont watch CBS or Paramount.
Dont watch CBS or Paramount.
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Breaking news: investigative journalism delayed by sudden outbreak of executive nervousness.
“60 Minutes” abruptly dropped a segment about Trump deportees sent to a megaprison in El Salvador Sunday — two hours before it was set to air
’60 Minutes’ Pulls Segment on Trump Deportees Sent to El Salvador Megaprison 2 Hours Before Airtime
"60 Minutes" abruptly dropped a segment about Trump deportees sent to a megaprison in El Salvador Sunday — two hours before it was set to air.
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Breaking news: investigative journalism delayed by sudden outbreak of executive nervousness.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Can the media please stop dancing around the issue
Donald and Jeffrey were best buddies
The likelihood that Donald did not know what Jeffrey was doing is 0
The likelihood that Donald didn’t commit heinous acts is 0
Call him out already, ask the hard questions, connect the dots
Donald and Jeffrey were best buddies
The likelihood that Donald did not know what Jeffrey was doing is 0
The likelihood that Donald didn’t commit heinous acts is 0
Call him out already, ask the hard questions, connect the dots
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Can the media please stop dancing around the issue
Donald and Jeffrey were best buddies
The likelihood that Donald did not know what Jeffrey was doing is 0
The likelihood that Donald didn’t commit heinous acts is 0
Call him out already, ask the hard questions, connect the dots
Donald and Jeffrey were best buddies
The likelihood that Donald did not know what Jeffrey was doing is 0
The likelihood that Donald didn’t commit heinous acts is 0
Call him out already, ask the hard questions, connect the dots
They are just deepening the conspiracy theories around the blatant cover-up. So many “powerful” guilty men, including Trump, who need to be exposed.
They're so transparent they're removing photos of Donald Trump. And now I'm getting an "access denied" message when I go back to look.
December 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
They are just deepening the conspiracy theories around the blatant cover-up. So many “powerful” guilty men, including Trump, who need to be exposed.
Can the media start reporting disapproval rather than approval ratings.
70% of Americans disagree with the way Trump is handling the economy.
This is way more meaningful and impactful than saying 30 percent agree.
The majority of Americans don’t want what is being offered.
70% of Americans disagree with the way Trump is handling the economy.
This is way more meaningful and impactful than saying 30 percent agree.
The majority of Americans don’t want what is being offered.
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Can the media start reporting disapproval rather than approval ratings.
70% of Americans disagree with the way Trump is handling the economy.
This is way more meaningful and impactful than saying 30 percent agree.
The majority of Americans don’t want what is being offered.
70% of Americans disagree with the way Trump is handling the economy.
This is way more meaningful and impactful than saying 30 percent agree.
The majority of Americans don’t want what is being offered.
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CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
December 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Let the dominos fall - for years, all the sicko’s in Epstein’s circle had each others back - they covered for each other. With more names, I can’t imagine a couple will take the fall for all the others. While Trump is trying to cover it all up, I am hopeful someone will have no choice but to sing.
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Let the dominos fall - for years, all the sicko’s in Epstein’s circle had each others back - they covered for each other. With more names, I can’t imagine a couple will take the fall for all the others. While Trump is trying to cover it all up, I am hopeful someone will have no choice but to sing.
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