Dave Urban

Dave Urban

@davidjohnurban.bsky.social

Concerned US citizen and Pennsylvania resident who loves reading about politics and policy.

5,720 Followers 1,149 Following 8,786 Posts Joined Nov 2024
3 hours ago

If you give in to Trump, then you are a fool.

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Japan Defense Minister Says No Plans to Send Ships to Hormuz Japan’s defense minister said the nation currently has no plans to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz after US President Donald Trump put pressure on Tokyo to do so ahead of a summit meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi later this week.

Japan’s defense minister says the nation currently has no plans to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz after Trump put pressure on Tokyo to do so ahead of a summit meeting with Takaichi later this week.

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Oscars 2026: 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' wins Best Documentary Feature Film YouTube video by ABC News

‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ wins best documentary feature film. 💙

youtu.be/pd2NuCDqlRI?...

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3 hours ago

The news media is failing.

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3 hours ago

This is non compos mentis — dementia and hardly any reporters on TV or social media ever talk about it. @colbertlateshow.bsky.social did a great segment on it last December.
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3 hours ago

So, then get out asshole. Stop this war now.

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5 hours ago

Everything he says is stupider than the previous thing he said, and the previous thing was extremely stupid.

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a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers ALT: a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers

If AI was as effective as people say, then the first use of it should be to get rid of fake social media accounts, spam phone calls, and scams on the Internet.

I’ll wait here…

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19 hours ago

Now that Trump has gotten rid of the cheap migrant labor, are farmers paying higher wages for American workers as Trump prophesized? Are Americans rushing to fill those jobs? Tariffs, deportations, and now his war is raising prices on gas and fertilizer.. I'm really tired of saying "we told you so"

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"No to war... and free Palestine"
Javier Bardem

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Why Guillermo del Toro made Frankenstein The director writes about feeling destined to adapt Mary Shelley's classic.

When Guillermo del Toro was a child, he fell in love with "Frankenstein." With his long-awaited adaptation in theaters, the filmmaker explains his lifelong fascination with horror, and why the genre "illuminates our souls":

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Academy Awards members, for your consideration: Best Production, Best Editing, Best Choreography and Best Performance by a Reality TV Host.

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The University of Pennsylvania has become the first Philadelphia team to make the men's NCAA basketball tournament since Drexel in 2021.

It's Penn's first trip since 2018; the Quakers haven't won a tournament game since 1994. #hurrahfortheredandtheblue

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8 hours ago

What a great article @willbunch.bsky.social!
How chilling that a college founded on Quaker values has a graduate saying what makes America great is its ability to use AI to kill people.

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Big Tech says the quiet part out loud. They want you to be stupid. | Will Bunch Silicon Valley guru Alex Karp says the rise of AI will disadvantage women who vote Democratic. That's what they're going for.

Palantir billionaire CEO Alex Karp dropped a truth bomb

Silicon Valley wants you to be stupid

Inside Big Tech's plan to win the college/non-college divide for a GOP that gives it unlimited power - with robots rendering a college diploma worthless

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/alex...

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8 hours ago

Thanks for the info.
Orban, Putin, Trump
sad and scary to see what the world is letting them get away with.

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8 hours ago

It was all just for fun.

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10 hours ago
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Trump says US may strike Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub ‘just for fun’ In comments to NBC News, US president also deflates hope of deal with Tehran, saying ‘terms aren’t good enough’

“Just for fun”? JFC, he’s the stupidest man alive.

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9 hours ago

Dementia J Trump is the president of the United States. He said that the war is complete and we have won. So why is it still going on? Who is in charge? Certainly not Trump. Since he says contradictory and delusional things, why cover it as real? The press just humiliates itself by doing so.

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Here’s my plea to the national security press: don’t report what he announces at face value. You’ve been suckered over and over to cover his fake trade deals and ceasefire “announcements” like they are real. He’s desperate to look like he’s got a plan. Make sure it’s not fake.

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9 hours ago

Great piece of work.

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Jürgen Habermas Showed What Philosophy Could Be The death of Jürgen Habermas has left philosophy and the Left poorer. Central to his work was a profound critique of irrationality in all its forms. Taken seriously, his philosophy provides an indispe...

"Habermas understood that the job of a left-wing philosopher is to do what little he can to give the voiceless back their voice so we can create a shared world together."

Nice tribute from @mattpolprof.bsky.social:
jacobin.com/2026/03/habe...

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9 hours ago

Why is the US involved. If you're not helping Ukraine then get out of the way. There is not reason for Putin's puppet to tag along. And now the US and Israel have all out war with Iran and Lebanon and most of the middle east to deal with.

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9 hours ago

We need to know what is happening.

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Afghan who fought for US forces dies in ICE custody as Trump on track for grim record Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal served with U.S. forces in Afghanistan and legally evacuated the country, then died within a day of being taken into ICE custody, according to his family

This doesn't add up. One day, this 41-year-old Afghani former soldier is picking up his kids from school, and gets arrested by ICE. The next day...he's dead? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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9 hours ago

How can the news media continue to cover up for his dementia? How can they hear him say this and then proceed to ignore how insane it is????

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“Is it a ‘little excursion’ or a war?”

TRUMP: “Both.” 🤔

Also: “It’s an excursion that will keep us out of a war.” (So… not both, then?)

Also also: “It has turned out to be easier than we thought.” 🤥

Deadly incompetence.

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11 hours ago
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Weekend Update: Tucker Carlson on Liberal Politics and the 2026 Oscars - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

SNL does Tucker Carlson with a precision you may enjoy.

I did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cssP...

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11 hours ago

the dumbest ever

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