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David Gray

@Bad_DavidG

East Texas Living. Finance. Independent. Civil Libertarian.

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Right Scope 🇺🇸
Right Scope 🇺🇸@RightScopee·
🚨 Scott Presler just announced he will be going to Alaska to defeat Ranked Choice Voting and ADVANCE the Save America Act ❤️ Lisa Murkowski is having a very bad day. Do you firmly support Scott Presler on this? A. Huge Yes B. No If you strongly support this drop a “👍” MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏
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Do Better Denver
Do Better Denver@dobetterdnvr·
🚨 Denver Courts: Are They Breaking Their Own Bail Laws? 🚨 VINCENT FLOURNOY was arrested 3/11/26 and charged with attempted murder after deliberation (F2), assault with a deadly weapon causing SBI (F3), and aggravated robbery (F4). MAGISTRATE ARNIE BECKMAN set his bond at $100,000, or only $10k cash. Flournoy posted the $10,000 on his credit card and is now free in the community. In Denver, courts routinely set bonds like “$15,000 OR $1,500 CASH.” Defendants post just 10% cash directly to the court (not through a licensed surety) and walk free. But Colorado law (CRS 16-4-104) and the 1978 Colorado Supreme Court ruling are crystal clear: Courts must secure the FULL amount of a monetary bond. They cannot authorize percentage cash deposits to the clerk. The statute gives defendants the choice of full cash or a licensed bail agent… unless the judge makes specific findings on the record. The system sets a FAKE high bond amount to make it look like it's protecting citizens, then lets them out for a smaller 10%. Too many low / PR bonds are granted for violent criminals. This creates a 90% discount with weak incentives to return to court, while sidestepping licensed surety accountability. This raises serious questions about legality, consistency, and public safety. Why are Denver judges routinely doing what the statute and case law prohibit? Who is holding the courts accountable when they act as both judge and de-facto bondsman?
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David Gray
David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
Mueller did not establish Trump campaign conspiracy or coordination with the Russians (volume 1). Full stop. With respect to potential obstruction of his investigation (volume 2), Mueller states in his report, "while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him." Mueller's job, indeed the job of anyone in a prosecutorial role, isn't to exonerate someone, it's to present evidence a crime was committed. This framing by Mueller was completely antithetical to how our legal system functions. We are not under suspicion until our innocence is proven by the state, we are innocent until proven guilty. The fact that Mueller was unable to establish evidence to charge Trump with obstruction is itself exoneration. The crimes Manafort and Gates were charged with were unrelated to and predated any 2016 Trump campaign association. These charges prove nothing with respect to illegal Trump campaign conspiracy or coordination with Russians. You are also incorrect that the Steele dossier documents were started by "R's". Christopher Steele was hired by Fusion GPS to gather intelligence on Trump for the Clinton campaign. Fusion GPS's earlier opposition research for the Free Beacon ended in May 2016 and did not involve looking into Trump's foreign connections. Fusion GPS contracted Christopher Steele after being hired by the Clinton campaign in June 2016. The Clinton campaign paid for his work using Perkins Coie as a cutout and paid a fine to the FEC for mischaracterizing the payments as legal fees. This is detailed in the Durham report. I don't know where you get your news information, but you should absolutely rethink everything you think is true because you have been badly misled.
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WTFStevieRay
WTFStevieRay@straytwt·
@EliLake @Michstfr1 Mueller specifically cited DoJ rule restricting him digging further into Trump. Specifically said "not exonerated". He clearly demonstrated campaign level coordination (Manafort/Gates). Steele doc started by Rs, then HRC. Page confirmed some parts of it - in front of Congress.
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Michstfr
Michstfr@Michstfr1·
Which is fine but that hardly discredits the whole investigation nor vindicate Trump and his allies Eli. More importantly Mueller did his job and was an exemplary public servant...I know your intent was not to trash Mueller but your piece is going to be read that way by MAGA.
Eli Lake@EliLake

@UnimpressedTX And yet he concludes his investigation established no conspiracy between Trump and Russia.

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David Gray
David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
Watch the video. Advocating for liberal values is a 1992 vibe now? Do liberal values no longer matter because Israel is a more liberal society than countries surrounding it? Ben correctly captures today's Democrat party thinking with his post. It's illiberal. How did this happen?
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David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
@dosxxamber @JonathanTurley The whole collusion narrative was false. Go back to the origin or the whole sordid affair. Read the Durham Report.
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Jose Ortega
Jose Ortega@dosxxamber·
@JonathanTurley There was no false narrative. Trump's own DOJ confirmed the Russian interference, so did the GOP led senate investigation.
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Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley·
What is different in this probe is that it is pursuing the real Russia conspiracy — the creation of a false narrative to kneecap the first Trump administration. The “truth will out,” and it appears to be coming out in Florida... jonathanturley.org/2026/03/23/tru…
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U.S. DOGE Service
Over $1 BILLION in federal student aid fraud has been stopped since January 2025. This is what was uncovered: 🧵
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David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
@LeaderJohnThune You seem to have lost sight of the objective. The Senate is in session to pass the Save America Act, not force Democrats to explain their opposition to it.
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Leader John Thune
Leader John Thune@LeaderJohnThune·
Polls show overwhelming support for proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to vote. The Senate is in session because Americans deserve to know why Democrats oppose these commonsense policies.
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David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
@Cernovich @William29508321 lol, whiney voice guy is upset because MAGA people called BS on his stupid takes and it hurts his feelings. Yep, just like Covid.
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Cernovich
Cernovich@Cernovich·
This is starting to feel like the Covid era again. Except MAGA is the Covid side. Yelling at anyone who dissents.
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David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
@SteveKrak Not any podcast I listen to. Perhaps you should step away from Grandma Groyper.
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Steve Krakauer
Steve Krakauer@SteveKrak·
There was consensus that 2024 was the "podcast election," where Trump's interviews on non-political shows with huge audiences like Joe Rogan, Theo Von, Andrew Schulz, and Shawn Ryan moved the needle in gaining the support of non-MAGA types. Now these same voices are ardently against Trump's Iran war actions, and there are absurd efforts to attempt to diminish the influence and impact of these same shows. The reason Trump's 2024 strategy worked was not to convince MAGA hat wearers to vote for him - those obviously were in already. The reason he went on Rogan and Von and Ryan was to expand the universe of support. Trying to reach independents... and non-political types to get off their couches. Those voices clearly still have massive power, and now they are driving support against Trump and Iran with their large audiences. This focus on "MAGA Republican" support - represented by around 15% of all Americans - is a red herring. These individuals will support Trump no matter what. A key question is whether the coalition that won him 2024 is drifting from Trump over Iran, ahead of crucial 2026 midterms.
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Sama Hoole
Sama Hoole@SamaHoole·
In 1870, a German chemist named Erich von Wolf was analysing the iron content of various vegetables. He made a decimal point error. He recorded spinach as containing 35mg of iron per 100g. The correct figure was 3.5mg. The misplaced decimal sat in the nutritional literature for decades, entirely unchallenged, because nobody particularly felt like re-testing spinach. In 1929, the Popeye comic strip launched. The creators cited the iron content of spinach as the scientific basis for their character's powers. By this point, the decimal point error was already sixty years old and fully embedded in received nutritional wisdom. The error was identified and corrected in 1937. The correction was not issued with anything approaching the cultural reach of the original claim. Popeye continued punching things. The actual iron content of spinach, 3.5mg per 100g, roughly where it was always supposed to be, is further complicated by the fact that spinach is among the highest-oxalate vegetables known. Oxalates bind to iron and calcium in the gut and remove them before absorption. The iron in spinach absorbs at around 1–2%, compared to 15–35% for haem iron from red meat. You would need to eat roughly a kilogram of spinach to absorb the iron equivalent of a 100g beef steak. There is also the kidney stone question. Spinach contains around 970mg of oxalates per 100g: one of the densest plant sources. Chronic high spinach consumption, particularly raw in daily smoothies, is a documented pathway to calcium oxalate kidney stones. The smoothie industry has not issued a correction. Popeye is still a sailor.
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David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
Perhaps this is an overstatement. Perhaps not. Either way, even the Palestinians think the Iranians are losing the fight with the U.S. and Israel.
Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡@shanaka86

BREAKING: The Palestinian Authority just condemned Iran’s attacks on Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. Read that sentence again. The entity whose cause Iran has invoked for four decades to justify every proxy war, every missile programme, every threat against every Arab neighbour just picked up the phone and told Riyadh it stands with the Kingdom. Palestinian Interior Minister Ziyad Hab al-Reeh called Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef on 21st March and expressed what the Saudi Press Agency recorded as the State of Palestine’s condemnation of the Iranian attacks targeting the Kingdom, the Gulf states, and the region. He affirmed solidarity with all measures taken by Saudi Arabia to preserve its security, sovereignty, and the safety of its territory and citizens. The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency WAFA carried the same statement. Al Arabiya amplified it across the Arab world. This is the most consequential diplomatic signal of this war and it has received almost no coverage. Iran’s entire regional architecture is built on one claim: that Tehran is the defender of the Palestinian cause. That claim justified the creation of Hezbollah. It justified the funding of Hamas. It justified the missile transfers to Islamic Jihad. It justified the Quds Force’s name, which is the Arabic word for Jerusalem. It justified four decades of threatening Gulf Arab states as American puppets who betrayed the Palestinian people. Every proxy, every rocket, every militia was wrapped in the flag of Palestine. The moral legitimacy of Iran’s regional posture rests on the premise that Tehran fights for a people whose own government just condemned Tehran’s war. The Palestinian Authority is not Hamas. That distinction is the fracture this phone call exposes. Hamas receives Iranian funding, weapons, and strategic direction. The PA in Ramallah receives Gulf funding, maintains diplomatic relations with Arab states, and governs the West Bank under a framework that depends on the same Gulf monarchies Iran is currently bombing. When Iran struck Ras Laffan in Qatar, Shah and Habshan gas facilities in the UAE, and refineries in Saudi Arabia, it attacked the economic infrastructure of the states that fund Palestinian governance. The PA did not need to calculate whether to condemn. The calculation was arithmetic: the countries paying Palestinian salaries are the countries Iran is bombing. But the symbolism transcends the funding. Iran cannot claim to fight for Palestine when Palestine says stop bombing our allies. The moral architecture collapses not because of American pressure or Israeli intelligence or military degradation. It collapses because the people at the centre of the narrative rejected the narrator. The flag Iran wrapped around its missiles was taken back by the people whose flag it is. 23 nations signed a statement condemning Iran’s Hormuz closure. Greece fired a Patriot over Saudi Arabia. Britain sent a nuclear submarine. India called Tehran on Nowruz. China is buying 600 kilograms of gold per minute. But none of those signals carry the weight of the Palestinian Authority calling Riyadh and saying: we condemn Iran. Because Iran can survive military degradation. It can survive economic isolation. It can survive a 48-hour ultimatum. It cannot survive the loss of the one cause that made its entire regional project morally intelligible to the populations it claims to serve. The phone call lasted minutes. The damage is permanent. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

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David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
@visegrad24 @Ryandally08 How odd that leftists flipped from "it doesn't matter what the law says, you're guilty" to "it doesn't matter what the law says, you're innocent."
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Ryan Dally
Ryan Dally@Ryandally08·
#BREAKING Abthar Bassam Talib Al-Athmany, 19, is a newly arrived Iraqi refugee living in Australia. In August, he raped a 15-year-old Aussie girl at knifepoint with an accomplice. He filmed it and then did the same thing to a 2nd girl. Justice Richard Button has unbelievably decided to allow Al-Athmany back onto the streets after his father sent a letter explaining that his son is really a “kind family-oriented man” and the victim of bullying. His bail was just $30,000 total. #Auspol
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David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
@PaulJames19890 @PrinceEwa5 @piersmorgan Well, maybe because Israel hasn't vowed to destroy any other nation, isn't the worlds's largest funder of terrorist proxy groups, and doesn't provide military support to Russia's for it's war against Ukraine, among other reasons.
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Chad, Unsurprised
Chad, Unsurprised@cruelshoe·
@themagaking Just shut the fuck up. There are real problems in the world right now, and all of them are caused by Zionists.
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TMK@themagaking·
So let me get this straight… The wife of New York’s mayor used the N-word to slur blacks and the F-word to slur gays, and all is cool with the Democrats?
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Ahmed A. Shukri
Ahmed A. Shukri@AmadeousA·
@TMT_arabic Nothing new here. These are Jews in Arab garb, so Muslims should not listen to the two Jewish families.
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𝐓𝐌𝐓
𝐓𝐌𝐓@TMT_arabic·
🚨 BOMBSHELL | UAE - BAHRAIN - ISRAEL ​The UAE and Bahrain announce full media normalization with Israel. Official TV channels from UAE and Bahrain officially merge with Israel's Channel 12, exchanging opening greetings in Hebrew.
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David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
This is a good point and I'm generally in agreement with it. Regional issues should be handled by regional players. However, Iran's actions increasingly have impact at the global geopolitical level and that's when U.S. participation is required. Actions on Iran's part with global balance of power significance include its military support for Russia's war in Ukraine, working with Venezuela and Russia to evade sanctions, supplying sanctioned oil to China, as well as enabling China to establish leverage in the Middle East that could be used against the U.S. should a conflict over Taiwan arise.
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Matthew Yglesias
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias·
I don’t think the United States should “sacrifice” Israel or the Gulf states on any kind of altar, but these are prosperous countries that could have been left to sort out their issues with Iran (and each other) on their own rather than us meddling counterproductively.
Haviv Rettig Gur@havivrettiggur

I'm shocked -- shocked! -- that Iran lies through its teeth at every turn. And everyone who built their strategy on trusting the ayatollahs was handing us over -- Israelis, Gulf states -- as the sacrifice on the altar of appeasement.

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Jim@MaullidoTao·
@Bad_DavidG @Cernovich You just described Netenyahu. The guy that helped suck the US into Iraq, completely unnecessarily. youtube.com/shorts/33vOBjM… "Yeah, eliminating the nuclear and missile threat of a messianic regime that sponsors terrorist proxy groups that attack and kill American troops"
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Cernovich
Cernovich@Cernovich·
Notice that the people who agitate for unpopular war are never called “divisive.” Even tho war is by nature highly divisive. Neocons are spiritually left wing, and have no tools beyond guilt tripping, shaming attempts, scolding, and cancel culture.
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David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
Lol, good luck with that. Mr. Baranes is 75 years old and is owner of his own architecture firm, which has a long history of projects on historic buildings. He's widely admired. I doubt he cares the slightest bit what you or anyone else thinks about him. He can't be cancelled. I highly doubt the ballroom will be torn down after Trump leaves office regardless of who succeeds him. Prior presidents have long desired a White House ballroom. I seriously doubt a future President would deny themselves of its use. Besides, these sorts of senseless ideas and senseless comparisons only inflame the sort of noisy, low IQ people that are useful to politicians when they're out of office, but are a liability to them once in office. Bottom line: The White House will have a nice, new ballroom that's probably a size too big and there's nothing you can do about it other than seethe.
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David Gray@Bad_DavidG·
The NYT struggles to comprehend how Mr. Baranes, the notable new architect for Trump's White House ballroom project, could actually prioritize professionalism over politics: "'I am totally baffled why he would take this on,' said Nancy MacWood, a longtime Washington preservationist and civic leader who for decades has watched Mr. Baranes massage city review boards and make the case for his work." Contrast the statement above with this one: "Colleagues say Mr. Baranes took on the project because he thought he could make it better after a previous architect..." Isn't this how things should work? Should't we just do a great project regardless of personal political views? Not according to the NYT. His reputation will be forever sullied by the stink of having worked with Trump. "...the Trump ballroom will be his legacy, and what many fellow architects say will not be in a good way."
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