Dan West

Dan West

@danielkwest.bsky.social

Proud Democrat, liberal by choice, political wonk, devout atheist, catdad, historian, Ohio University alum, former technocrat, part-time demon, writer, friend to the LGBTQIA+ Sorry ladies, but no DM's please

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Dan West
@danielkwest.bsky.social

Meanwhile, over at The Federalist (a far-right online mag), Chuck Devore is having a meltdown imagining all the ultra-violence that the Democratic Socialists are going to do before the 2028 election. It's Turner Diaries level crazy thefederalist.com/2026/10/23/t...

thefederalist.comThe DSA Plans To Incite Violence Ahead Of 2028 ElectionThe reported DSA-linked planning treats the Insurrection Act as a trap that works only if Trump walks into it on their timetable and terms.
Dan West
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In Colorado the I-25 cuts directly across an ancient wildlife migratory route. For decades any wildlife trying to cross the highway was playing a game of Russian Roulette and losing. Finally, someone suggested building an overpass for the animals...and it worked www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...

cbsnews.comLargest wildlife overpass in North America located in Colorado with 91% reduction in collisions: "Big success"A wildlife mitigation system made up of North America's largest wildlife overpass, five wildlife underpasses, and fencing to guide animals to the crossings has led to a 91% decrease in wildlife collis...
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2 of 2/ But Pete is the "go it alone Rambo" type of character, just without the intelligence or tactical sense or ability or anything at all really Every day this clown is in charge he is causing further damage to our country & our military

Dan West
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Ok, you buy the XBox & your favorite game Elden Ring. But you are away from home & all you have is your phone, what can you do? Well, you can pay Microsoft by the hour to play the game you ALREADY OWN on your phone. Sounds great, right? This is the subscription trap arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...

arstechnica.comXbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already boughtTime-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves.
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All Republicans are corrupt, all of them "Her tenure at DHS was derailed after President Donald Trump reportedly became enraged that she spent hundreds of millions in taxpayer money on a nationwide ad campaign promoting herself..." www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...

rawstory.comKristi Noem caught faking State Dept letterhead to swat down firing rumors: reportAmid rumors she was being ousted from the State Department, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem put out what looked like an official press release on social media stating she was still a “s...
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I know we already have enough to worry about but this story is important. In a nutshell, the bird flu has jumped species & infected minks on a farm in Utah. There is significant risk the bird flu may mutate & jump to humans. Utah has done nothing to contain it www.rawstory.com/bird-flu-267...

rawstory.comUtah hushed up brewing catastrophic threat to keep animal rights groups in the darkThe strain of bird flu that’s ripped through American barns for the last four years has killed two people who caught it from sick animals. But as far as anyone can tell, humans can’t spread it. The vi...
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To the surprise of no-one, the Trump regime backs Vivek Ramaswamy & his despicable ad accusing Dr Amy Acton of lying For the record, Dr Amy Acton is not lying, she has been telling the truth for almost 50 years. But Republicans don't care about truth, only power www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comThis grotesque filth shows the moral sewer the GOP now inhabitsHere is an interesting test you can do right now to see if you may be a horrible person: Go online and watch the television commercial for the Vivek Ramaswamy gubernatorial campaign in Ohio that featu...

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Dave Vetter
@davidrvetter.bsky.social

Kudos to NBC New York for saying it without equivocation: "The US is to blame for the world falling behind in the fight against climate change."

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Josh Sternberg
@joshsternberg.com

“A Popular Information analysis of campaign finance records reveals that the [Ramaswamy] ad was funded, in part, with contributions from the PACs and executives of major American corporations, including Bank of America, Deloitte, DraftKings, Kroger, and Nationwide.” popular.info/p/the-corpor...

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This has been an open secret in Washington for decades. Absolutely no-one should be surprised. And Lindsey is far from the only GOP politician in the closet www.rawstory.com/lindsey-grah...

rawstory.comBombshell documentary accuses Lindsey Graham of sex with teen boyA bombshell documentary has accused the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of having intercourse with three male sex workers, including one who said he was just 17 at the time.The film, called The Closetocracy ...
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A WaPo investigations found The Kennedy Center was solvent and had money in the bank BEFORE Trump took over Suddenly the Kennedy Center was found to have HUGE financial problems & Trump claimed it was "losing hundreds of millions of dollars" www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...

rawstory.comKennedy Center 'in free fall' as Trump allies max out credit and spend opera funds: WaPoPresident Donald Trump took control of the Kennedy Center 19 months ago. Since then, the center has used up nearly every financial cushion it had, and one arts management expert says it now appears to...
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2 of 2/ Whatever you do, you should not go to the website (you can find it in the Raw Story article) and submit any fraud claims against the Trump regime or his cabinet, because that would be wrong. Also, do not submit any claims that are not "true to the best of my knowledge"

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Matthew Gertz
@mattgertz.bsky.social

Focused like a laser on ending the war he started and bringing down prices for you and your family oh wait

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social

With 15 days remaining before the midterm elections, the president has today posted about a) the Reflecting Pool b) East Potomac golf course in DC c) France d) Democrats appearing on Fox News.

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Political geek 🌊💙🇺🇦🇨🇦
@politicalgeek.bsky.social

So is Trump paying for these jet flights every day to a different state to "campaign" for loser GOPs? We should not pay for this shit. He has hundreds of millions in his PAC. He'd better be using that money. But I doubt he is-he considets any ANY money near him to be his personal cash pile. Jackass

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF
@jennifershin.bsky.social

He was a special needs student who had attended that school. What the fuck was his mother thinking, gifting a gun to him for his birthday? She's absolutely complicit and should be charged with murder.