David Cook
@dncee11.bsky.social
Retired fresh produce sales, SoCal beach bum, practicing geezer class triathlete powered by yoga and daily pranayama. F1 fan since 1962
It's your stupid president's constant threats to our sovereignty and attacks on our country that did this, not our decision to respond to them. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Canada's boycott forces the sale of a California winery
As California's wine industry struggles, a family-owned vineyard spanning 3,500 acres is for sale after its exports to Canada dropped 35% in a year.
latimes.com
Among other things, Elon Musk now makes clear his belief that women must be disenfranchised. And he's now the sole source funder of the Texas GOP. Shouldn't Texas GOP candidates who are running with his money be asked about this?
*** BREAKING NEWS *** Tonight at 6 on Fox News… More Bullshit. #FauxNews #CorruptAndComplicitGOP #Resist
You have much more power than the people in charge of Washington want you to believe. 100 days from today comes the best chance we’ve had in a long time to use it. Let’s get to work.
Representatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history www.wsj.com/health/taylo...
Murray: Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes. Murray: And what is the rate for someone making $1,000,000? Dahl: 2.2%.
America needs a national psychiatric intervention, not a birthday party.
Back in the US and was reminded the only ads on TV are for prescription drugs, gambling, and psychos running for office.
Social Security is earned, not given. We paid into it our entire working lives. Speaker Johnson knows how unpopular cuts would be. That’s why these conversations happen behind closed doors instead of out in the open. We earned these benefits. We’ll fight to keep them. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
White supremacy in the U.S. has never disappeared. It just keeps rebranding. And yes: Turning Point USA is the 2.0 update. Different names, same engine all wrapped in flags, slogans, and grievance politics.
Every so often, truth escapes Donald Trump's lips. This is true. Trump doesn't give a rat's ass about anyone's financial situation except his own and that of his cronies.
This needs to be the response consistently from Democrats. We’ve been too weak for too long.
The Federal Reserve shows that without Trump's tariffs, inflation would be back down to pre-pandemic levels. And this doesn't even include the more recent price spike due to the illegal Iran war. Biden's policies were working. Anyone who thinks Republicans are better for the economy is flat wrong.
Federal Reserve: Without tariffs, inflation would have dropped to pre-pandemic levels during 2025
New study finds that tariffs were responsible for the "entirety of the excess inflation in the core goods category."
reason.com
Just a reminder—as we’re all reacting to the First Lady’s statement on the Epstein files yesterday. This guy is still serving in the administration.
Soon to be appearing in midterm political ads for Democratic candidates nationwide. Thanks, Darnold. 🙏
Don’t let them gaslight you. This is from the NYPD’s official account
