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Dana Decker

@thedanadecker.bsky.social

Astronomy, walking, photographs, mathematics

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What the folks who no longer trust mainstream news fundamentally want is to be lied to, and not just on the editorial page. You will never win them back as long as you're doing serious journalism. I wish this wasn't the case, but for the moment it sure seems to be.

07.10.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Why aren't people referring to him as Steven Himmler?

It fits.

Same cadence. (Miller & Himmler are two syllables)
Similar phonetics ("m"s and "l"s, both end with "ler").
Same world view towards the opposition.

07.10.2025 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What she's proposing is something that will help reelect vulnerable House Republicans in purple districts.

ACA subsidy extension for a one year means no constituent pain in 2026.

Problem is, Schumer & Dem leaders have given up defending Democracy ("didn't work in '24"). Focus now on kitchen table.

07.10.2025 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

His reputation is in tatters after his essay asserting that Charlie Kirk "was practicing politics in exactly the right way".

What made it especially toxic was that it wasn't a factual or statistical error he made, but that it was how he thinks - with a blind eye to the horribleness of MAGA.

07.10.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Haven't seen that guy for years. Good to know he's up on current events and has a clear-eyed view of what AI is all about.

07.10.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, superconductors.

07.10.2025 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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two cats are standing on their hind legs at a table with plates and bells . Alt: two cats are standing on their hind legs at a table with plates and bells .

Pavlov's Economy

06.10.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Smart Democrats like Schumer and Jeffries are fighting to extend ACA subsidies for only one year. If that happens it will help vulnerable Republicans in purple districts hold their seats, and ultimately continue to hold the House.

That's the kind of leadership we should all admire.

07.10.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Blanche deserves everything coming his way. He argued in court that you cannot prosecute Trump if he hadn't been impeached-&-convicted, using the well known logical fallacy Denying the Antecedent.

It's the other way around. You can prosecute no matter what. No need for impeachment and conviction.

07.10.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Smartmatic case against has yet to be settled but I'm sure Fox will lose or settle.

My expectation is that Dominion + Smartmatic penalties will total $1 billion. A nice round number to cite.

07.10.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

3 Dems, all 70+ with a history of cancer, ran for office in 2024.

All three died soon thereafter.

1 replaced by a Dem
1 needs to be sworn in (Adelita Grijalva)
the other office remain unfilled

The Dems better get smart and look at actuarial tables before running for office or appointing judges.

07.10.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

related, when the president is invading our own country, waging war on our own people, i don't wanna see dems give the GOP shit they ask for, don't wanna hear shit bout 'we hope our friends across the aisle will work with us on bipartisan solutions to the problems they cause' i don't want none of it

06.10.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4390    πŸ” 959    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 29

Everytime I listen to Stephen Miller I think of this one angry nerdy bitter kid I went to high school with who used to have just one line in his AIM profile, the Radiohead lyric:

β€œWhen I am king, you will be first against the wall”

02.10.2025 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1009    πŸ” 338    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 28

bsky.app/profile/clan...

06.10.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Invade Canada.

05.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

His blood is up from watching DHS videos of storm troopers rappelling down from helicopters to apartment building roofs.

Also, anyone who writes that Judges and law enforcement are engaged in an "organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers" is clearly insane.

Qanon stuff.

05.10.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I should have said "select cities" is where the military will be dispatched, not the nation as a whole.

I think the military could easily take over fifty cities and make it difficult to vote on election day. That's probably enough to determine an election.

05.10.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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England had Briton and Anglo-Saxon STATES, which are advanced form of governance, while much of the rest of Europe was full of unruly, scruffy TRIBES and CLANS, along with different flavors of GOTHS (ick!).

05.10.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think there's a 10% chance that they will do this in Oregon this month.

I think there's a 100% chance they will do this nationwide in November 2026.

05.10.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judges and law enforcement (city, state) are engaged in an "organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers"

Golly!

05.10.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a disconnect going on between the strategic ineffectiveness of the regime not really changing day-to-day life yet for most people (although for those in the crosshairs, it's changed very dramatically!) and the absolute nightmare totalitarian vision it plainly desires

04.10.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"large and growing movement of left wing terrorism in this country"

FALSE

"It is well organized and funded."

FALSE

"it is shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general"

FALSE

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He implies prosecutors, attorneys general, and judges are a terror network.

05.10.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The deadweight Merrick Garland must not be let near The Hague or allowed any means of communicating with the Court, prosecutors, & especially defense counsel

Garland could have stopped Trump, &prevented the needless suffering & enslavement of 100s of millions of Americans & people across the Planet

04.10.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

My "Are we in a dictatorship?" indicator is green.

04.10.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see Garland regularly trashed here but few instances of Biden.

I don't understand it. Biden stans praise his accomplishments, which were significant. But Biden, by running for re-election, helped more than anyone else, Trump's return to office.

My "Are we in a dictatorship?" indicator is green.

04.10.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Garland used Norms as a cloak to hide his deliberate slow-walking the prosecution of Trump.

E.g. "Start at the bottom and follow the money" was destined to be a dead end b/c there was an "air gap" between Capitol rioters and planners like Chesebro.

From Garland's DOJ farewell speech:

04.10.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dems press Garland to release report on Trump charges House Judiciary Committee Democrats want Merrick Garland to release a report detailing Donald Trump's mishandling of classified documents.

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Last days of Biden admin, Garland didn't release Mar-a-Lago docs report (Vol 2) by Jack Smith b/c still charges against 2 co-conspirators. Could have dismissed them & released the report (House Dems pleaded). Instead, he kept the case open, handed it over to Bondi.

04.10.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There definitely appears to be an acceleration of militarization & police state action against the public.

- Straight-up physical abuse of citizens and public officials.

- In Chicago, rappelling down to an apartment from Black Hawk helicopters.

- Talk of 82nd Airborne in Portland.

What's next?

04.10.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Three cartoon "balloons" with Biff, Bam, Pow inside each of them.

Three cartoon "balloons" with Biff, Bam, Pow inside each of them.

These strutting poseurs love to use the word "kinetic".

Biff! Bam! Pow!

03.10.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whatever else you think of him, I don't think he is insincere about this stuff, and it should be recognized as extraordinary that he, Pritzker, and other governors are talking about the federal government in these terms. It's not normal political rhetoric, it's the language of existential emergency.

24.09.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5464    πŸ” 1250    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 39

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