David Sandahl
@dsandahl.bsky.social
Civically-engaged. Federal Budget (OMB and SBC) background, followed by 40 years of management consulting. Now retired, focused on building a more perfect union.
858 days until the next President is sworn in.
Buckle up. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
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Buckle up. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
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September 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
858 days until the next President is sworn in.
Buckle up. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
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Buckle up. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
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Shame on us.
September 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Shame on us.
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Something worth remembering 25 years after 9/11: in the aftermath of catastrophe, people look around, they see what is needed, and they help.
September 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Something worth remembering 25 years after 9/11: in the aftermath of catastrophe, people look around, they see what is needed, and they help.
"Trump’s pledge of a $1 trillion-plus payout for a Republican mid-term victory is adding to investor concerns about Washington’s fiscal discipline and erratic policymaking." Business Week
Trump's $5k per adult is 4% of GDP, which would drive the deficit to 10% of GDP, 3x more than is sustainable.
Trump's $5k per adult is 4% of GDP, which would drive the deficit to 10% of GDP, 3x more than is sustainable.
September 10, 2026 at 12:12 PM
"Trump’s pledge of a $1 trillion-plus payout for a Republican mid-term victory is adding to investor concerns about Washington’s fiscal discipline and erratic policymaking." Business Week
Trump's $5k per adult is 4% of GDP, which would drive the deficit to 10% of GDP, 3x more than is sustainable.
Trump's $5k per adult is 4% of GDP, which would drive the deficit to 10% of GDP, 3x more than is sustainable.
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"President Trump has added more to the national debt than to economic output in his first 17 months in office."
$1.40 in new debt for every $1 of output.
$1.40 in new debt for every $1 of output.
President Trump has added more to the national debt than to economic output in his first 17 months in office.
The CBO projects the gap will only widen over the rest of his term.
The CBO projects the gap will only widen over the rest of his term.
September 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"President Trump has added more to the national debt than to economic output in his first 17 months in office."
$1.40 in new debt for every $1 of output.
$1.40 in new debt for every $1 of output.
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Iran has won the short-video meme war with Trump.
Now consider this from our neighbors to the north.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SUA...
Now consider this from our neighbors to the north.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SUA...
Canadian Resistance Army - Trade War (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
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September 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Iran has won the short-video meme war with Trump.
Now consider this from our neighbors to the north.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SUA...
Now consider this from our neighbors to the north.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SUA...
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Joseph Heller's Catch 22 words on the surrealist, absurdist, and Twilight Zone transformation of black into white and up into down describes the Trump administration to a T, but I'm especially struck by the "Brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice" bit today. It's Stephen Miller's mantra.
September 6, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Who woulda thunk?
"Investors" are on the knife edge between greed and fear--still wanting to profit from this trade while really knowing it won't pan out at the required scale.
"Investors" are on the knife edge between greed and fear--still wanting to profit from this trade while really knowing it won't pan out at the required scale.
"But I am seeing the first signs of what feels to me like unsustainable silliness, of random new neocloud popping up, people claiming that they're going to build gigantic amounts of compute next year that I think they don't have the revenue to support or a buyer." - Sam Altman on a datacenter bubble
September 2, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Who woulda thunk?
"Investors" are on the knife edge between greed and fear--still wanting to profit from this trade while really knowing it won't pan out at the required scale.
"Investors" are on the knife edge between greed and fear--still wanting to profit from this trade while really knowing it won't pan out at the required scale.
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September 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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I don’t care if he drapes the WH in gold lame or names a lake the Lake of Epstein.
I want my children to be free, to be safe, to breathe clean air, to have medical care, safe food, an education, a working ecosystem,
& be safe from some random guy in camo gear throwing them in a for- profit camp.
I want my children to be free, to be safe, to breathe clean air, to have medical care, safe food, an education, a working ecosystem,
& be safe from some random guy in camo gear throwing them in a for- profit camp.
At some point those of us in the pro-democracy movement need to stop worrying about Donald Trump and Republicans attacking us over false claims of voter fraud. Instead we need to take steps to protect and expand voting rights and let Trump call us names.
September 1, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I don’t care if he drapes the WH in gold lame or names a lake the Lake of Epstein.
I want my children to be free, to be safe, to breathe clean air, to have medical care, safe food, an education, a working ecosystem,
& be safe from some random guy in camo gear throwing them in a for- profit camp.
I want my children to be free, to be safe, to breathe clean air, to have medical care, safe food, an education, a working ecosystem,
& be safe from some random guy in camo gear throwing them in a for- profit camp.
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YES TO THIS:
Democrats: CBS must not be invited/allowed to host any debate in which Dem candidate appears. The penalty for gutter racism and toadyism to a MAGA/fascist regime is that you do not get accorded treatment as a real news outlet. PERIOD.
Scoop: Bari Weiss is throwing her full support behind CBS News' widely-panned report about Abdul El-Sayed's old mundane tweets which referenced 9/11—but within the network, the story isn't being received so well.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-e...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-e...
September 1, 2026 at 3:15 AM
YES TO THIS:
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Progress.
James Clyburn says on @meetthepress.com that he supports adding four seats to the Supreme Court: “A baker’s dozen would be a good number to have on the court.”
August 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Progress.
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Octavia E. Butler’s novel “Parable of the Talents” depicts a dystopian United States run by Christian Nationalists. Their slogan is “Make America Great Again.” Published in 1998, many years before Trump’s political career, but this poem in the book prophesied Trump. (Poem from @zymplex.bsky.social)
August 28, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Octavia E. Butler’s novel “Parable of the Talents” depicts a dystopian United States run by Christian Nationalists. Their slogan is “Make America Great Again.” Published in 1998, many years before Trump’s political career, but this poem in the book prophesied Trump. (Poem from @zymplex.bsky.social)
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Meta shares tumble on news that the company has agreed to scale back its harming of children.
August 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Meta shares tumble on news that the company has agreed to scale back its harming of children.
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*Of course the US Navy saw it coming
*The Russian Navy wasn't keen to invade Ukraine, either
*This isn't the fault of the Situtation Room. Ukraine and Iran are two undeclared wars-of-choice by ethnonational oligarchs
*The Russian Navy wasn't keen to invade Ukraine, either
*This isn't the fault of the Situtation Room. Ukraine and Iran are two undeclared wars-of-choice by ethnonational oligarchs
And yet, somehow, the USN didn't see this coming in the Strait of Hormuz....
August 26, 2026 at 11:51 AM
*Of course the US Navy saw it coming
*The Russian Navy wasn't keen to invade Ukraine, either
*This isn't the fault of the Situtation Room. Ukraine and Iran are two undeclared wars-of-choice by ethnonational oligarchs
*The Russian Navy wasn't keen to invade Ukraine, either
*This isn't the fault of the Situtation Room. Ukraine and Iran are two undeclared wars-of-choice by ethnonational oligarchs
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APOLLO: Since 2006, US debt “is up nearly fivefold over that period. The economy is up less than 2.5x.”
(via Schwab) 🇺🇸
(via Schwab) 🇺🇸
August 26, 2026 at 11:59 AM
APOLLO: Since 2006, US debt “is up nearly fivefold over that period. The economy is up less than 2.5x.”
(via Schwab) 🇺🇸
(via Schwab) 🇺🇸
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U.S. debt surpassed 100% of GDP this year and is on track to reach 188% over the next 30 years, according to new analysis by @bbkogan.bsky.social and @jaredb-econ.bsky.social.
They find the debt would instead be trending down toward 48%, were it not for the Bush and Trump tax cuts.
They find the debt would instead be trending down toward 48%, were it not for the Bush and Trump tax cuts.
August 25, 2026 at 7:33 PM
U.S. debt surpassed 100% of GDP this year and is on track to reach 188% over the next 30 years, according to new analysis by @bbkogan.bsky.social and @jaredb-econ.bsky.social.
They find the debt would instead be trending down toward 48%, were it not for the Bush and Trump tax cuts.
They find the debt would instead be trending down toward 48%, were it not for the Bush and Trump tax cuts.
Philadelphia Inquirer:
More Republicans like Fetterman than McCormick
More Republicans like Fetterman than McCormick
August 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Philadelphia Inquirer:
More Republicans like Fetterman than McCormick
More Republicans like Fetterman than McCormick
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When your three top allies are Russia, China and North Korea, YOU just might be the communist.
August 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
When your three top allies are Russia, China and North Korea, YOU just might be the communist.
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Further on Carney's speech:
It was full of careful bits of rhetoric like ones noted here. More powerful when spoken, w with carefully matched emphasis, than they might look on the page. All the more powerful for being so simple and direct.
Plain, short words. "Ask not..." "I have a dream.."
It was full of careful bits of rhetoric like ones noted here. More powerful when spoken, w with carefully matched emphasis, than they might look on the page. All the more powerful for being so simple and direct.
Plain, short words. "Ask not..." "I have a dream.."
August 23, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Further on Carney's speech:
It was full of careful bits of rhetoric like ones noted here. More powerful when spoken, w with carefully matched emphasis, than they might look on the page. All the more powerful for being so simple and direct.
Plain, short words. "Ask not..." "I have a dream.."
It was full of careful bits of rhetoric like ones noted here. More powerful when spoken, w with carefully matched emphasis, than they might look on the page. All the more powerful for being so simple and direct.
Plain, short words. "Ask not..." "I have a dream.."
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*I blame science fiction dystopias
I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027:
Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record
Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war
End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024
AI bubble bursting
Continued rise of fascism
Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record
Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war
End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024
AI bubble bursting
Continued rise of fascism
August 22, 2026 at 6:48 AM
*I blame science fiction dystopias
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Because the American way doesn't mean a goddamn thing if apples cost five dollars. Basic dignity hangs by a thread. You hit that and hit those who did it, you'll get somewhere.
Democrats who ooze anti-Trump resistance credibility — even central figures in past Trump impeachments — are struggling to withstand the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America and their allies in party primaries.
The rise of DSA is killing off Resistance 1.0 Democrats
"Trying to impeach Trump isn't going to automatically win you a primary."
www.axios.com
August 20, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Because the American way doesn't mean a goddamn thing if apples cost five dollars. Basic dignity hangs by a thread. You hit that and hit those who did it, you'll get somewhere.
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