Reposted by Dave CalderStephen Bates @batess.bsky.social · 5hWSJ Gift Link www.wsj.com/economy/affl...wsj.comAffluent and Older Americans Got Much Richer in Postpandemic YearsA Federal Reserve study found overall median net worth rose 2% between 2022 and 2025. 011
Reposted by Dave CalderBryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 5hSusan Lee, a Republican running for Davis County Commission, removed a photo of herself with her son, former Rep. Trevor Lee, on her campaign website. Trevor Lee was charged with four felonies and resigned from the Utah legislature last month. utahpolitics.news/susan-lee-re...utahpolitics.newsOut of the picture: Trevor Lee's mother removes him from her campaign websiteDavis County Commission candidate Susan Lee replaced a campaign photo of her son, ex-Rep. Trevor Lee, weeks after he resigned facing four felony charges. 3357
Reposted by Dave CalderThe Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 7hAfter five people were detained by ICE during traffic stops in Sanpete County last week, local police are reconsidering their agreement with the agency.sltrib.comAfter ICE detained 5 people in central Utah, local police are reconsidering their agreement with the fedsAfter five people were detained by ICE during traffic stops in Sanpete County last week, local police are reconsidering their agreement with the agency. 0115
Reposted by Dave CalderJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care. 35449401220
Reposted by Dave CalderThe Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 9h86% of Utahns say the cost of data centers, including their water and energy demands, outweigh their touted economic benefits. 76% oppose or strongly oppose building more data centers in Utah. sltrib.comMost Utahns oppose building more data centers. Here’s what they want done about them.As the number of planned data center projects seemingly explodes across Utah, most residents aren’t happy with how their elected leaders have handled them. 04311
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social · 21hWish I could say I was shocked but I saw who Pete Hegseth was with this blatant extrajudicial murder. 181
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social · 22hWe have several Salt Lake friends who register as Republicans for the primaries but vote Democrat in the general. I wonder how many D’s are coming home with the new CD-1 in place. 220
Reposted by Dave CalderJacob S. Rugh @jakerugh.bsky.social · 08/10/20261,080 new Utah voters registered Democratic *just last week* 2026 YTD (thru Oct 05) 🔵 DEM +12,504 (+5.0%) 🔴 REP -8,109 (-0.9%) 🟣 UNA +17,335 (+3.5%) 2026 is the first year on record in Utah where DEMS have outregistered REPS (never happened going back 12 years) 14515
Reposted by Dave CalderAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026Tom Emmer refers to Somali-Americans as "enemy combatants" and says they should be "rounded up and put in jail" 5941573446
Reposted by Dave CalderLogan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Pretty clear that Utahns want data centers that: 1) Pay their own way 2) Use clean energy 3) Are water positive Biggest opposition for fossil gas & nuclear powered data centers (which is most of what we see) #utpol @sltrib.com @leialarsen.bsky.social sltrib.com/news/environ... 1146
Reposted by Dave CalderJordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 08/10/2026Just brain-dead politics. By doing this ad you show a sizable amount of your base that you’ll fold on anything. And your panicky tone just makes conservatives think you’re trying to cover up your past involvement in gender-affirming care. 710816
Reposted by Dave CalderJacob S. Rugh @jakerugh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026📈2026 BLUE WAVE INDICATORS (Oct. 7th) POLLING: 🔵CGB LV D +10 🔵Party/Lean ID D +11 🔵Named Ballot D +12 ELECTIONS: 🔵WA state primary vs. '22 D +10 🔵Special elections vs. '24 D +11 🔵Primary turnout, D-R D +13 🔵Mail votes so far (1M=6% returned) vs. '22 D +14 Sources listed in order in table footnote 24120
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026People who “don’t like to talk about politics” are usually doing politics they are ashamed to talk about. 051
Reposted by Dave Calderex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Just endlessly amused that they do not care at all about making him look bad. 1016120
Reposted by Dave Calderderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026me, an immigrant, watching people who said immigrants are corrupting america engage in actual corrupt behavior 8583951273
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Jacksonville’s mayor is a Democrat. BTW.jacksonville.comMayor Deegan proclaims LGBTQ+ Pride Month and Pride flag flies atop City HallMayor Donna Deegan paid tribute to her late cousin Tommy Hazouri's work on LGBT anti-discrimination law as Pride flag flies atop City Hall. 140
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Trump administration trying to turn back the clock to the 2020 racism it presided over: “…the bank approved fewer than half of Black applicants for a home refinancing in 2020.” 163
Reposted by Dave CalderCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026HUD sent $WFC a letter "saying it would examine whether the bank violated fair lending laws by favoring Black or other minority homeowners, according to a copy viewed by The Wall Street Journal. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/bank...wsj.comExclusive | Wells Fargo Faces Regulator Probe Over Efforts to Boost Black HomeownershipTrump’s Housing and Urban Development is seeking to crack down on race-based lending, calling it a potential violation of the Fair Housing Act. 29249108
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026And Flock Safety spokesperson, I’ll just note the town still hasn’t found the real package thief so what’s the point of accurately identifying the location of people who aren’t criminals? 051
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Police department hired a guy previously fired for shoddy investigative work and violating the constitution then gave him access to a warrantless surveillance system. 162
Reposted by Dave CalderMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 571214784185
Reposted by Dave CalderKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask? 8636881440
Reposted by Dave CalderBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In about 2 weeks I would say your money is gonna become far less important than your labor www.mobilize.us/utahdemocrats/mobilize.usVolunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Utah Democratic Party on MobilizeFind events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Utah Democratic Party. 152
Reposted by Dave CalderMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026However good you think this is going to be, it’s better. Steve just has Alito dead to rights. 11728134
Reposted by Dave CalderTired, leaky brain. @columbojones2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comInside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations. 011
Reposted by Dave CalderABC4 Utah @abc4utah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Zion National Park officials are warning visitors to use an alternative route to the park's south entrance as the road remains closed following a rock fall last week. www.abc4.com/news/southern-utah/roc… 021
Reposted by Dave CalderUnofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centresbbc.co.ukFinland orders halt to work on two Google data centresThe order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance. 47721
Reposted by Dave CalderPew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 06/10/2026Latter-day Saints have strong communal ties and high social trust, which set them apart from U.S. adults as a whole. For example, 72% of Latter-day Saints say they spent time volunteering in the past year, while 41% of all U.S. adults say the same. #LatterDaySaints 472
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump has boiled his base down to the most depraved people who still cheer and clap for this stuff and that's why he can barely fill these 5-6K size venues. www.fonnerpark.com/heartland-ev... 282
Reposted by Dave CalderIdaho Statesman @idahostatesman.com · 06/10/2026Lanes were blocked for about four hours.bit.lyMassive Idaho crash involving 25 motorcycles sends 15 people to hospitalsLanes were blocked for about four hours. 011
Reposted by Dave Caldersouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I despise seeing what’s really going on stuffed into a “but critics say” clause. 281436266
Reposted by Dave Caldergeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026very tired of being told it is the responsibility of urban democratic voters never to risk possibly maybe by chance seeming less than respectful of rural red state life and then watching thousands in nebraska cheer on the president joking about a nuclear strike on me and millions of my neighbors 764156836
Reposted by Dave CalderPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 06/10/2026ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 331056547
Reposted by Dave CalderKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying. 843126815
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026That’s cool! I did visit Williams Gateway when I was working with the development of the T-38C. 110
Reposted by Dave CalderChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 05/10/2026Attorneys for Marimar Martinez, a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last October, called on authorities to file criminal charges against the agent involved Monday.chicagotribune.comLawyers for Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent call for criminal charges 0218
Reposted by Dave CalderMichael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.) 1991866709
Reposted by Dave CalderBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Dogs for Michael Vick” 1115719
Reposted by Dave CalderBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Another Susan Collins bribery scandal has hit the airwaves theintercept.com/2026/10/05/s...theintercept.comSusan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor. 736796
Dave Calder @ldsfn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Good luck! My dad completed his pilot training at the old Williams AFB, where I was also born, so I still carry a little attachment to the area. 110
Reposted by Dave CalderAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point? 1351201637085
Reposted by Dave Calderzenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So, this very sympathetic piece where the subject is “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024”. 5 minutes of checking his facebook shows pro Trump posts as far back as 2019, and a post saying that he “stands with Trump” posted just a couple of days after Trumps coup. 271841447
Reposted by Dave CalderProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.propublica.orgHow ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 HoursThe reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. 7954122368