Dale

Dale

@dalepoak.bsky.social

Husband, dad, grandpa. Former House Approps Committee & OMB staff. Former Republican. Now retired and cranky. Posting on politics and Maine. https://substack.com/@daleoak?r=9q4gn&utm_medium=ios 🇺🇸🆘 🇺🇦

752 Followers 331 Following 2,249 Posts Joined Sep 2024
6 hours ago

Very on-brand for Gingrich to seek out a new, younger canal the moment the current canal starts having health problems

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8 hours ago

He must have an incredibly small weenie.

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16 hours ago
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a man in a bucket hat says so i got that going for me ALT: a man in a bucket hat says so i got that going for me
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16 hours ago

I’m lucky if I can do it in four tries!

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2 days ago

Is he saying that because he believes he’d be revealing classified information, or because his own regime will put him in prison if he says something that goes against its dogma?

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2 days ago

Such an important (in a very bad way) element of Trumpism captured in one short quote.

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5 days ago

Did you see Jake and Elwood?

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5 days ago
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a man singing into a microphone with the words " i never would have thought , man " above him ALT: a man singing into a microphone with the words " i never would have thought , man " above him

Huh. How could anyone have known Trump would do this??

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6 days ago
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Not for me

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6 days ago

Wut?

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6 days ago

Temporary block or permanent? (Or subject to appeal?)

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1 week ago
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Japan, South Korea stocks tumble over 6% as oil tops $100 amid broader Asia market rout Brent futures spiked 16.1% to last trade at $107.61, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose almost 17.7% to $107.02
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1 week ago
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Dow futures tumble 800 points as U.S. oil tops $100 a barrel to begin the week's trading: Live updates The Dow recorded its worst week since President Trump unveiled his tariff policy in April.

Gonna be a great week for the Trump economy…

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1 week ago

Lest we forget, in the 2023 civil case E. Jean Carroll won against Trump, Judge Lewis Kaplan noted that the sexual abuse finding implied that Trump did, in fact, rape Carroll.

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1 week ago

This is an excellent episode. Rachel and Ed’s analyses of the Gen Z focus group’s comments are spot on.

I say this as an “older American.” 😁

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1 week ago

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there” seems to be the motto for the Trump administration.

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1 week ago

Trump is infected with a severe case of VD, and he has infected the people around him.

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1 week ago

<checks notes>

No, he does not.

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1 week ago

Hey Lindsey, where’s *our* apology?

(Our = people of the United States)

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1 week ago
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Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

It’s about damn time.

#January6
#J6

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1 week ago
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Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking (Live at Isle of Wight Festival 2024) YouTube video by Simple Minds

Forgive us, we only have simple minds.

But we are…

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2 weeks ago
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Bombing Iran Is Easy. What Comes Next Is Not. It comes down to a straightforward question: What’s the plan to translate military force into political change?

@markhertling.bsky.social asks the critical questions.

“The easiest question in war is, “Can we hit it?” The question that determines outcomes is, “What happens after we hit it? What happens the next day? What happens the year after?”

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2 weeks ago

Those are the nanobots trying to escape.

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2 weeks ago
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Death’s Head Putin projected on the Russian embassy to remind the Russians that we won’t forget who is responsible for the war in Ukraine.
Courtesy of
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org.

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2 weeks ago

So small

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2 weeks ago

Oh ffs

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2 weeks ago
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The Situation: On the Fourth Anniversary of Russia’s Full-Scale War A meditation.

Today is the 4th anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. It’s also the 401st day of Trump’s 2nd term. He promised to end the war in 24 hours. We’re still waiting. He needs to understand that peace will not come based on giving the aggressor, Russia, whatever it wants. Слава Україні!

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2 weeks ago

Grandpa needs help.

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2 weeks ago

That this case was pursued at all is a travesty.

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2 weeks ago

Imagine if we focused instead on slowing the growth of our $38.7 trillion national debt and the interest payments that come with it.

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