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David Villar

@davidwvillar.bsky.social
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Actor 🎬🎥📺, Music Geek 🎧, Political Junkie 🗽🌍, Improvisor🤰🏻, Tomfoolerist 👘, Wisdom Cracker 🃏 , Occasional Social Gadfly ✊🏼, 46th Beatle 🦡

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 8h
Every single person who spruiks AI and the glory of data centres is either a sociopath or the most gullible POS.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
7. As many as 10 million people are going to lose Medicaid coverage by 2028 thanks to GOP legislation that reduces public benefits to expand tax cuts for the very obscenely rich. acasignups.net/26/09/03/rep...
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The Republican Healthcare Disaster is already here: OVER TEN MILLION Americans have likely already lost healthcare coverage.
Yesterday I wrote about the standard monthly Medicaid/CHIP enrollment report published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). I noted that as of April 2026, total combined Medicaid & C...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12h
The reckoning is here…
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 12h
NEW: The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) presented its main rhetorical framing to justify what will become Russia’s brutal Fall-Winter 2026-2027 strike campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure. (1/10) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar100426
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 15h
Hassett lies a dozen times in this clip
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h
80-something white conservative journalist thinks 60-something white conservatives journalist has a good point about how the more diverse media is unfair to Mr. President Trump
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 23h
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
//we have a game of endless Calvinball, in which new doctrines are invented whole cloth—the "major questions doctrine," the "qualified immunity doctrine," the "unitary executive doctrine"—in order to enable whatever the Republican cause du jour happens to be.//
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Leopards Ate My Face @leopardfeasts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump Voters in Alaska Fume as Inflation Pushes Diapers to $90 a Pack: “His middle name ought to be hyperbole. He can't deliver on any promises.” #leopardsatemyface #Politics #News
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Trump voters in Alaska fume as inflation pushes diapers to $90 a pack
Donald Trump voters in Alaska had little good to say about him as the price of fuel skyrockets and exploding inflation has them wondering how they will survive this winter.MS NOW’s Alex Tabet headed up to Alaska, including tiny Dillingham, where he asked self-indentified Trump voters how they are fa...
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David Villar @davidwvillar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Precisely from @volts.wtf and I’d add d) dressing their unpopular movement in a nationalism designed to “other” those that don’t agree with them.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hegseth: “We just launched the Office of Religious Affairs. We're going to elevate the Chaplain Corps because I do believe that spiritual fitness is just as important as physical fitness.”
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
✅ Generating power ✅ Protecting against drought ✅ Delivering clean water It's not too good to be true! It's the kind of conservation engineering that California is pioneering! I'm working on legislation to promote these cutting-edge designs nationwide. www.kqed.org/science/2002...
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Here’s What California Is Learning From Solar Panels Built Over Irrigation Canals | KQED
California solar panels tower over canals in Turlock, proving to save water, produce clean energy and improve local water quality.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“No NEW wars” was the trick, and I can’t believe people fell for it, but many did (including most media). If Americans have to hear about war in a new location, that is bad and the US president’s fault (Libya, Ukraine). Trump Term 1 worsened Syria, Iran, Yemen, Afghanistan, but that doesn’t count.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A response I couldn’t have fathomed 15 years ago: “What radicalized you?” “Oh, it was Robert Kraft’s treatment of Macklemore, I’d say.”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you are remotely familiar with Wisconsin politics, you know exactly which three billionaires (Uihleins & Hendricks) they are talking about and what they want in return. Their purchase of Ron Johnson generated a giant federal tax cut targeted towards them. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-best-d...
It is important to provide context here: Johnson had just been re-elected after polling so dismally for much of the 2016 campaign that the GOP establishment had given up on him.

Hendricks and the Uihelins did not lose faith in Johnson, spending $20 million on his seemingly doomed campaign. Their faith was amply rewarded. They benefited disproportionately from the very particular tax cut that Johnson had held out for.

In 2018 alone, the tax break Johnson engineered was worth an astonishing $215 million to his three billionaire supporters, almost one-quarter of the $1 billion benefit the tax cut provided to 82 mega-rich households. Over the course of its 8-year life, the tax cut could deliver half a billion for them.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This isn’t just about NIH grants. It’s about whose health gets studied—and whose gets ignored. Defund research on women and minority communities. Weaken the safety net. Politicize which science gets funded. Different policies. Same consequence: the people who already have the least lose the most.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's Oct 3. The midterms are a month away, but early voting has already begun in some states. Mail-in ballots will start circulating soon. Some of the usual suspects are already pushing the same "rigged election" rumors we've all heard before. This year, you can play along at home. bingo.cip.uw.edu
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"Rigged Election" Bingo
Spot the tropes before they spread. Recognize the common story elements behind election rumors — can you get BINGO?
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump wants the Supreme Court to rule that DHS can imprison-indefinitely-immigrants who enter the US illegally He wants ICE to arrest millions of migrants and keep them incarcerated-maybe for years-until they can be deported Even if they have legal status In violation of their due process rights
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/10/2026
The cryptocurrency industry, which spent heavily to defeat Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in 2024, is spending millions of dollars more to prevent him from returning to the Senate this year.
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Crypto industry spends big to try to stop Sherrod Brown from winning in Ohio
The industry also worked against him in 2024.
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The Ken Harbaugh Show @thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Stuart Stevens calls Russia's help electing Trump the most successful covert operation in history. The payoff: the party that once led the fight against Moscow now leads the pro-Putin movement. @stuartpstevens.bsky.social Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/day-1-dems...
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A perfect pretext for impeachment does not exis—
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There's a new wave of Democratic ads across the country that are somehow brutally partisan and incredibly effective and it's going to take some time for me to get used to this?
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold -- surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around."
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.)
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social for calling on the legal profession to step up to protect elections Our democracy needs you! If you are a lawyer with some time to give, join the good fight w/ @wetheaction.bsky.social👇
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"No Jewish person in NYC is responsible for actions of Israel... critique of genocide is not antisemitic... we need a politics of humanity, not just at home but for people we're bombing." @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells Theo Von the genocide must stop & Bibi should be arrested
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
STEPHEN MOORE: We had much much higher inflation under Biden BERMAN: Let me stop you. Has inflation gone up or down since Trump took office? MOORE: Well, it was about 3.2% when Biden left office, it's 3.4% now BERMAN: So it's gone up MOORE: That is true
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MS NOW @ms.now · 02/10/2026
First on MS NOW: Two protesters detained outside an immigration detention center last year are suing MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson for falsely portraying them as "terrorists" as he broadcast their detainment. Read more from Brandy Zadrozny:
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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When white nationalist are a part of your voting base
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Please show me the statutory or constitutional authority that this man holds to do anything that he is actually doing
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This right here. This is how you respond to their bullshit.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He promised to cut energy bills in half in 6 months and gas prices would be under $2. He never said he couldn’t do that because he’s “inheriting a mess.” He said he would do it & it would be easy. So he can try & blame Biden now all he wants, but he blatantly lied & is a buffoon.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At least 56 people have died in ICE custody during Trump’s second term. According to ICE’s internal reviews, detention staff did not provide sufficient medical care to at least six of those detainees. ICE has now taken down those reviews from its website. What other cruelty is ICE trying to hide?
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ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of il
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Bill @williamquatman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump, the most criminal and treasonous president in our nation's history.
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Susan Collins chairs the committee that writes ICE's budget. ICE's two biggest jailers both send her campaign checks. She's one of nine. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hispanics working in the USA 👏🏽
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
🚨 The last jobs report before the midterms is a disaster. Just 29,000 jobs added in September. Unemployment rose to 4.2%. July was revised down to a LOSS of 10,000 jobs, while August was revised down by 29,000 jobs, from 162,000 to 133,000. 1/
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/10/2026
This is obscene. Buy enough of Trump’s crypto, and you can buy your way into a dinner with the President. Buy even more, and you get VIP access. Presidential access with a price tag. #PayToPlayPresident
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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And he didn't do it alone.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One crazy thing about this new outpouring of racism against South Asians and calls for expulsion or forced assimilation is it was kicked off by some brown skinned students at a Texas game wearing cowboy hats and excitedly celebrating their football team — ie some guys very assimilated to America.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you say “I saw dozens of Democrat domestic terrorists arrested today for VIOLENT ASSAULT on federal law enforcement. Every activist here attacked ICE agents in broad daylight just for enforcing American law,” that really is a problem if false. www.ms.now/news/benny-j...
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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
El-Sayed responds to JD Vance clip: Low T JD. It's always funny, man. He just brings the energy down every time you hear him talk.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just so incredibly corrupt
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