Danny

Finally have a bluesky. @dgb49.bsky.social

Put in the archive request, and when I get it downloaded I'll be deleting my Twitter account. If you want to follow me, I'll be here:

@Tim_Walz Hope you run yourself next time, and no moderating the message.

Chin up, team. Take some time. Take care of yourself. Take care of your loved ones. Take care of your community. There are a million ways to make a difference—get back in the fight when you’re ready. And know that, whenever you are ready, I’ll be ready to get back in with you.

@NorthBayNews Tariffs and deportations are going to spike the costs of housing construction.

Despite voters in Sonoma, Napa and Marin overwhelmingly backing Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s presidential victory is expected to have a winning effect on markets here and elsewhere. pressdemocrat.com/article/news/s…

@POTUS Whatever. What's the plan until then? This shouldn't be business as usual.

On January 20th, we will have a peaceful transfer of power in America.

@JasonKPargin And small plinking calibers like .22 are often sold in boxes of 500+ rounds.

@JasonKPargin While your love stands, it's worth noting that "thousands of rounds of ammo" isn't as crazy as it sounds to non-gun people. Even casual target shooting burns through ammunition quickly, and it's so expensive that buying in bulk is often the best way to save on cost long-term.

This is why I try never to mock preppers; most of the stuff they're doing is useful even if society doesn't collapse (lots of recent hurricane victims were glad they had fresh water and a generator on hand, and EVERYONE should know how to treat wounds in the absence of a doctor).

Establishment Democrats love this chart. They point to that 12% average increase in the incomes of households at the 10th percentile between 2019 and 2024 as DEFINITIVE PROOF that Biden “delivered” for working people, and that working people have nothing to complain about. They, of course, never stop to ask themselves what that 12% increase actually amounts to for an actual person. A household at the 10th-percentile earned a little under $15,000 a year in 2019. Assuming they actually experienced a 12 percent increase in their income over the next five years—and that’s an unfounded assumption considering the 12-percent figure is just an average—that means they were making around $1,800 more annually by 2024, or a grand total of $16,800. That was never enough for a single person—let alone a 2- or 3- or 4-person household—to live on. With that in mind, how do you think that person feels when they go to the grocery store and find everything from bread and butter to milk and meat has become more expensive? When seemingly any small trip to the grocery store now runs them $50 or more? When their rent has gone up 10 or 20 or 30 percent? This graph has little or nothing to do with reality.

If only Democrats had some model from our past for how to win popular support and beat back right-wing authoritarianism.

@POTUS Maybe try learning something and stop trying to run the same campaign with virtually the same campaign promises over and over again. Stop listening to the consultant class.

Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable.

The Democrats used to have a President called FDR who was elected four times in massive landslides with a program of economic populism and massive investment in infrastructure and social programs. The Party elites today barely know who he was and despise everything he stood for.

Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin ended up being so close that Harris might well have won the election if she had leaned into Walz-style populism instead of Cheney-style conservatism.

@POTUS But you can take as many actions as possible before Trump takes office to help people that his administration will be attacking.

The struggle for the soul of America since our very founding has always been ongoing. Campaigns are contests of competing visions. And we accept the choice the country made. You can’t love your country only when you win.

@kylegriffin1 Good. Preparing ahead of time makes action much easier when the time comes.

Breaking: California Gov. Gavin Newsom just called for a legislative special session to be held in Sacramento on Dec. 2, just weeks before Trump takes office, "to safeguard California values and fundamental rights in the face of an incoming Trump administration." It will initially focus on funding state litigation around Trump administration actions that might impact civil liberties, reproductive rights, immigrant protections and climate action in the state. nytimes.com/2024/11/07/us/…

9 of the last 10 elections have been change elections. Voters hate a system where they don't get much from what they vote for.

Reposting this because I'm trying to break free from Elon's hellsite post-election.

@NorthBayNews Bold to assume there will be reasonably fair elections in 2028

California's governor faces a lot of obstacles to a plausible run for president in 2028, even if he does help lead the resistance to Donald Trump. pressdemocrat.com/article/news/d…

This is chilling