Dean Haddix
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“Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality — something cannot emerge from nothing.” Frank Herbert, Dune.
“If Mr. Carville doesn't want to be in my party….” It should be bigger news when an elderly Senator forgets he’s not a member of any party. Or that time he actually started his own party and it failed miserably.
Bernie Sanders: If Carville Doesn't Want To Be In The Party Of Hasan Piker and El-Sayed, "He Can Start His Own Party"
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Tuesday responded to veteran Democratic strategist James Carville saying the Democratic Party isn't big enough for both himself and Hasan Piker. In an interview on CNN, ...
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One Bernie Bro pollster Adam Carlson's firm had Abdul El-Sayed up 19 points in a poll that was completed less than a week ago. It was done for a super PAC, which had received hundreds of thousands from El-Sayed's father-in-law.
Elite Grifters@elitegrifters.bsky.social · 4h agoDoes Sanders not know that skewed polling is not only helping Bernie Bros, but is being created by Bernie Bro pollsters and funded by Bernie Bro groups?
Probably should've waited for the final results before using too many metaphors
@frumiousm.bsky.social · 21h agoAbdul El-Sayed crushes Stevens like an empty soda can & the centrists immediately clutch their pearls. They're terrified he's gonna win it all & make them irrelevant.
Mike Rogers doesn't think so either, and the polls agree
Babaganoush O'Reilly@admiralbeefheart.bsky.social · 8h agoYou don't think el sayed can beat Rogers?
Fortunately, he romped to an easy win last night
elkovigge.bsky.social@elkovigge.bsky.social · 9h ago
They’ve added trillions in new spending. None of that has gone to Social Security or Medicaid. They will now say both are broke and must be cut. America needs new leadership.👇🏼
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3d agoAmericans’ Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That’s months sooner than the group had estimated in 2025. https://to.pbs.org/4f39DL0
“The poll found that about half of U.S. adults say Trump has ‘gone too far’ on deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.“ Does the other half just not watch the news? Because they’re killing people in the streets in broad daylight.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 3d agoImmigration remains a relative strength for U.S. President Donald Trump, even as his overall approval on the issue has declined over the past year. A new AP-NORC poll finds 39% of U.S. adults approve of his handling of immigration, while about 8 in 10 Republicans continue to support his approach.
“The only exception is not one that would give Mr. Trump much solace: Richard M. Nixon had even less public support at this stage in his second term but at that point he was just days away from resigning over the Watergate scandal.”
Dean Haddix@doctoreon.bsky.social · 3d ago“The latest surveys indicate that Mr. Trump is now all but the most unpopular second-term president at this stage of their tenure in the history of polling going back to the 1940s.”
“The latest surveys indicate that Mr. Trump is now all but the most unpopular second-term president at this stage of their tenure in the history of polling going back to the 1940s.”
Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Don’t Expect Him to Change Course.
Barely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.
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Arnold Palmer has the all time PGA record for shooting his age when he hit a 71 at the age of 71. But Trump of course is shooting a 70 at age 80 making him a much better golfer. Why is everyone laughing?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”
He really is the perfect avatar for pathetically mediocre men
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”
pssssh, like that's impressive. www.espn.com/espn/page2/i...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”
Make no mistake here. This is Trump objectively taking the side of Iran, a nation we are currently at war with, over the Americans in Minnesota because he hates the governor and the fact that a majority of voters there did not vote for him
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."
They didn’t even put Côte d’Ivoire on a coast. It’s literally in the name.
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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It is good you will never see the inside of a representative’s office just because of this post alone
Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 6d agoAIPAC may have bought our election in Illinois, but we're not going to let that happen in Michigan. 5 days left to make them panic. Vote for Abdul on or before August 4th.
1. Contrary to the implication here, AIPAC strongly opposed the candidate who defeated Kat (Biss). 2. Kat still implies here that Biss beat her due to AIPAC's help. 3. Biss also happen to be Jewish. I'm sure that's all just coincidence.
Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 6d agoAIPAC may have bought our election in Illinois, but we're not going to let that happen in Michigan. 5 days left to make them panic. Vote for Abdul on or before August 4th.
I don't think you should lie about why you lost an election. That's what Trump does.
Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 6d agoAIPAC may have bought our election in Illinois, but we're not going to let that happen in Michigan. 5 days left to make them panic. Vote for Abdul on or before August 4th.
I just can't believe repeating the same thing over and over 1 million times isn't working for them as a campaign strategy
This is the guy they're saying won because "AIPAC bought our election." It's flabbergasting what a disgusting lie that is. Genuinely appalling.
I Was AIPAC’s Number 1 Target—and I Beat Them. Here’s How to Do It.
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She lost to a guy AIPAC spent seven figures attacking and he proudly reveled in it. The one they backed came third. To call a Biss win "AIPAC bought" is grossly dishonest, and embracing it amounts to El-Sayed attacking an incoming Dem congressman who *agrees* with both of them about Israel & AIPAC.
Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 6d agoAIPAC may have bought our election in Illinois, but we're not going to let that happen in Michigan. 5 days left to make them panic. Vote for Abdul on or before August 4th.
“A West Point professor and his colleagues will remain ungagged for now, after the military academy declined to appeal a judge’s ruling that barred the school from restricting professors’ public comments.”
West Point professors free to comment publicly as school declines to appeal ruling
West Point professors may still comment freely as the military academy declined to appeal a judge's ruling that blocked the school from enforcing a restrictive policy on public speaking and writing.
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The UAE is the biggest financial back of the RSF in Sudan. Though less reported on, it is the largest humanitarian disaster and genocide on Earth right now.
Pierce@pierceah66.bsky.social · last wk.Sudan took UAE to the ICJ last year for complicity in genocide. I’d probably want to hide having a house there too if I were running for office. Aside from the Bangalore condo.
🧵🚨👀 If you still think DSA Folks are our friends…it’s probably time to start paying attention. They are not, never have been, and never will be any friend to the Democratic Party. Periodt.
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last wk.EVERY DEMOCRAT NEEDS TO SEE THIS. DSA co-chair Megan Romer laid out the organization’s platform. Now I’ve got to ask: will they be held accountable when they can’t get these policies enacted, just like Democrats in general? 🧵
This is an opp and nothing but that. This platform is a fairytale. Its clear the DSA has no idea how our form of government works. The only conclusion I can draw is they are chaos agents only here to disrupt. These goals aren’t well thought out at all.
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last wk.EVERY DEMOCRAT NEEDS TO SEE THIS. DSA co-chair Megan Romer laid out the organization’s platform. Now I’ve got to ask: will they be held accountable when they can’t get these policies enacted, just like Democrats in general? 🧵
“Men and women die because other men and women do not have the reasoning, or the ability, or the courage to speak truthfully.” — Excerpt from Tim Bakken's book "The Cost of Loyalty"
Dean Haddix@doctoreon.bsky.social · last wk.“Tim Bakken argues that the government’s attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible to bad decisions.”
“Tim Bakken argues that the government’s attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible to bad decisions.”
After Trump’s order, West Point curbed faculty speech. One professor said no.
Tim Bakken argues that the Pentagon's attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible to bad decisions.
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