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oltmannd.bsky.social

Retired RR guy. Data geek. Train nerd. Occasional optimist. Mechanical Engineer by education and essence.

661 posts 253 followers 424 following

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What am I worried about? -Safety of 30k US troops in the Middle East -cybersecurity (since CISA was recently gutted) & homeland security (as HLS focused on immigration) -Economic strength (oil prices and tariffs) -Allied assistance (we’ll need that now) -Domestic intell (leadership at FBI/DNI)

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GOP: Our budget will reduce the deficit CBO: It'll increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion GOP: But with greater growth, it'll pay for itself CBO: Accounting for growth it's $2.3 trillion GOP: ... CBO: Also, more debt raises interest rates, so the true effect is $2.8 trillion.

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He really doesn’t know, or if he does, he wants to maintain the oblique threat that somehow the military can arrest people

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Your now-regular reminder that no tax cut has ever paid for itself. Ever

submitted 5 days ago • 45 comments

Vaccines save lives. That’s it. That’s the post.

submitted 8 days ago • 43 comments

@kairyssdal.bsky.social This. #econsky

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Idiocracy was a documentary.

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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

submitted 14 days ago • 3068 comments

🎯 #NeverForgetJanuary6th

submitted 15 days ago • 459 comments

President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also pardoned more than 20 people serving time for serious drug crimes, some involving violence.

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Read? The Gazpacho Police and Peachtree Dish lady?

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Dunning-Kruger Administration in action. Thinks "R" is for "oveRdrive".

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In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.

submitted 21 days ago • 1846 comments

For all the “Russia participates in the START treaty which is why the bombers we’re in the open” level of cope out there: No they don’t. They suspended their participation in 2023. They just thought the bombers we’re safe

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Apparently whoever is doing the vetting for MAGA purity before these nominations are made isn’t ever able to find any of this stuff out. I think this is around a dozen nominees who have lost their positions 2-3 months later. More bumbling incompetence on display to the world.