Driftless Dan

I joined Twitter 16 years ago, but (literally) never posted anything. I got enough enjoyment reading everyone else's posts. I joined BlueSky a few months ago, planning to post but avoid politics (who needs the extra stress?) I cannot in good conscience stay silent any longer. This is the way.

RFK Jr. is digusting and despicable. But other people believe his worm-infested rants. The following is an **abbreviated list** of the many contributions Arabs and Muslims have made, shared by Palestinian American friend in Michigan. ********

CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.

Absolutely 👇

You may have taken down your Trump signs, but if you put up a sign for ANY Republican...governor, legislator, judge, or, dogcatcher...I'm going to assume you're still a treasonous, corrupt, amoral, misogynist, racist, and treat you and your business(es) accordingly. Welcome to accountability.

Burn 👇😄

"Democrats have campaigned for two years on the claim that this is an emergency. If they win, they should act like it."

"The House should instead revive inherent contempt, which lets the chamber fine or detain a defiant witness on its own authority without having to ask [DOJ] to do it. It should back that with appropriations: no salary for any official in contempt, and no funding for the office that employs them."

Kevin Hassett: "The affordability crisis is a myth"

Ukraine must hold maximalist demands and avoid Russia’s classic trap: making outrageous demands while refusing to compromise, forcing the other side to make concessions and give Russia more than it deserves. Russia doesn’t deserve to get anything

Washington has discovered a brilliant financial strategy. Cut benefits for people who need them, cut taxes for people who don't, and borrow the difference from people who aren't old enough to vote.

I stand with President Zelenskyy 👇

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🤔 James Carville: “I’d rather Republicans keep the house by 5 than Dems win by 5… Because then they’re hostage to DSA, and Hakeem can’t move.” 😬Bill Kristol: “Good point.” So afraid of DSA folks who want M4ALL, etc. they’d rather Republicans hold power. Unreal. True colors.

Out of the top 10 ranked college football teams playing yesterday: numbers 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 lost, and number 3 needed double overtime to win. I don't know why that makes me happy.

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

FUCK THIS TRAITOROUS FUCK! apnews.com/article/russ...

Truth, right here…👇 WHO AGREES?! 🤚

Kinda wild that there have been wild protests going on in Albania for months set off by a corrupt Kushner luxury resort project and there has been barely coverage of it here 🇺🇸 and Trump never gets asked about it.

There can be no timidity when we take both houses Impeach them all Every fucking one And for gods sake have the vote S in the Senate to remove all of them once and for all Replace them all with average citizens wanting to make shit better for average citizens and also want to: Tax the rich

🚜👩‍🌾 Spotted in Iowa, but makes just as much sense in Tennessee 15 years of one-party Republican control has made the rich even richer, but screwed over everyone else. Rotate the crops!

More!

Lake Michigan sunrise. Wisconsin's East Coast. #GreatLakes

It sucks! I think that we can get there again by creating laws that address fascism’s incompatibility with a functioning democracy.

What’s the point of a president swearing to uphold the Constitution if the Supreme Court grants them immunity for violating it through official acts?🇺🇸

ICE: the only "custom" they're enforcing is getting drunk, passing out on stranger's lawns, and then assaulting them when they find you.

Carolyn Foley, long-time IISG and Purdue FNR research coordinator and a deeply valued member of the Great Lakes research community, passed away on April 22, 2026. 💙 An undergraduate research award has been established in her memory. Her full story is here: iiseagrant.org/fnr-remember...

Trump's not smart enough (or dumb enough depending on your perspective) to conceive of all the evil and traitorous things that are happening to us. Every MAGA, every Republican...they must all be destroyed, politically AND societally. Prison for the leaders. Ostracism for the rest.

Trump voters are looking my way because I'm not bought off. I want money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for All.

REPORTER: “Why does Mike Rogers have to answer for Trump and you don’t have to answer for Hasan Piker?” 🤡 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “Is that a serious question? Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

Tax billionaire wealth. I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k.

He makes a good point.

Absolutely 👇

CNN: “NYC likes the guy a lot more than they did a year ago. There has been no drop off.” As some grossly attack Zohran for no reason, the numbers show he is more popular than ever. Him existing is why the fearmongering about DSA candidates won’t work.

Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.

The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸