DCCyclone's Avatar

DCCyclone

@dccyclone

Progressive politico, school activist, attorney; proud dad of girl & 2 boys, Iowa-born son of immigrants from India, Iowa State alumnus & from a Cyclone family.

443
Followers
161
Following
2,569
Posts
06.11.2024
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by DCCyclone @dccyclone

It could not be more obvious that the president does not care about US service members and in fact regards their deaths as mere political inconveniences. He has more sympathy for Putin than Americans who died because he decided to wage illegal war. Just listen to him.

07.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 10284 πŸ” 2493 πŸ’¬ 372 πŸ“Œ 93
Preview
The Engine of the Right Is White Christian Nationalism White Christians have to step up to stop it

The engine of my former political party is white Christian Nationalism. It’s utterly un-American & utterly un-Christian. But it’s real. And it’s here. And it must be reckoned with. Today’s piece.πŸ‘‡ open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

07.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 545 πŸ” 152 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 5
Post image

They blew up an elementary school Tom
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

07.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 4460 πŸ” 740 πŸ’¬ 142 πŸ“Œ 41

Markwayne Mullin was caught lying on the record about the former CDC Director, Dr. Susan Monarez, by his Republican colleagues in the Senate chamber in September. He’s not honest or competent, and anyone who respects him is a fool.

07.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 581 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 6
Jim Acosta UNCENSORED! Takes Aim at Right-Wing Troll Scott Jennings
Jim Acosta UNCENSORED! Takes Aim at Right-Wing Troll Scott Jennings YouTube video by Political Voices Network

. @jimacosta.bsky.social UNCENSORED! Takes Aim At Right-Wing Troll Scott Jennings - The @stephaniemiller.bsky.social Show youtu.be/DtaaJop9x7Y?...

07.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

I absolutely love this for everyone who convinced themselves that by working for Facebook they are working alongside the greatest minds of their generation on advancing civilization or some shit only to find themselves spreading the tackiest lies imaginable for a few ad dollars.

07.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Rock Soul Anthems
Yesterday at 7:30 AM β€’ *
"BREAKING NEWS: Bruce Springsteen has sparked a firestorm of controversy with a blunt statement that has divided sports fans nationwide β€” calling the mandatory wearing of LGBT armbands a "political charade" and declaring he plays for his team, not for any movement...
See more: https://newcelebrities.info/breaking-news-bruce…/
The professional golfer emphasized that competition should remain focused on performance and sportsmanship. His remarks immediately stirred discussion within the sporting world, drawing both strong support and pointed criticism.
β€’ See details in the comments.
STATE
"I DON'T CARE IF THE WHOLE WORLD CALLS ME CONTROVERSIAL - FORCING PLAYERS TO WEAR AN LGBT ARMBAND TURNS BASKETBALL INTO A POLITICAL CIRCUS. I PLAY FOR THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES, FOR MY TEAM AND FOR THE GAME, NOT FOR ANY MOVEMENT"

Rock Soul Anthems Yesterday at 7:30 AM β€’ * "BREAKING NEWS: Bruce Springsteen has sparked a firestorm of controversy with a blunt statement that has divided sports fans nationwide β€” calling the mandatory wearing of LGBT armbands a "political charade" and declaring he plays for his team, not for any movement... See more: https://newcelebrities.info/breaking-news-bruce…/ The professional golfer emphasized that competition should remain focused on performance and sportsmanship. His remarks immediately stirred discussion within the sporting world, drawing both strong support and pointed criticism. β€’ See details in the comments. STATE "I DON'T CARE IF THE WHOLE WORLD CALLS ME CONTROVERSIAL - FORCING PLAYERS TO WEAR AN LGBT ARMBAND TURNS BASKETBALL INTO A POLITICAL CIRCUS. I PLAY FOR THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES, FOR MY TEAM AND FOR THE GAME, NOT FOR ANY MOVEMENT"

the AI Slop problem at Facebook (the Dollar General of social media sites) is now so bad it is serving people bullshit about "professional golfer" Bruce Springsteen, who also supposedly plays college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones and hates gay people.

07.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 592 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 27

With the latest update to this piece, here are the known election denial & far-right figures so far claiming to have been involved with putting together the proposed Trump "national emergency" executive order, which has reportedly circulated within the Trump White House.

06.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
Preview
Pam Bondi Dropped Cases against Four Alleged Drug Dealers So She Could Hunt Don Lemon - emptywheel In the same period when Pam Bondi's DOJ dropped four drug prosecutions at least partly due to resource constraints, she added thirty more defendants in the Don Lemon case as a tactic to give DOJ time ...

Pam Bondi Dropped Cases against Four Alleged Drug Dealers So She Could Hunt Don Lemon

emptywheel.net/pam-bondi-fr...

07.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 747 πŸ” 383 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 14

This one post describes America's left perfectly. Especially since America's left are mostly white, and the loud ones mostly dudes. (The loud ones of ALL politics are mostly dudes.)

07.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The entire operating theory of a large strain of leftist thought is that a relentless focus on class will get Nazi and Nazi-adjacent right-wing white men to turn socialist instead. Any evidence of that theory is passionately embraced as an article of faith, no matter how absurd it actually is. 2/x

07.03.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 410 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 7

The only thing I can really think of for why Ryan Grim is so desperate for Graham Platner is, I believe, the same reason why there was a massive orgiastic rush of anger about critiquing Joe Rogan when he said one nice thing about Bernie. They want there to be a right-wing-white-male to left pipeline

07.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 634 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 45

Republicans are a violent terrorist cult.

07.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He does.

07.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Attempted federal prosecutor Lindsey Halligan sent me a screenshot of a Trump Truth Social post which featured a screenshot of a Pam Bondi X post which said Lindsey Halligan β€œdid a great job!”

07.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 560 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 12

Unexpectedly if you are stupid

06.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 352 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Bar graph showing responses to question "Would you support or oppose abolishing ICE?" from The Economist/You Gov from June 2025 and late Feb-early March 2026. Total support for abolishing rose 23 points, among Dems 30 points, among independents 23 points, among Republicans 14 points.

Bar graph showing responses to question "Would you support or oppose abolishing ICE?" from The Economist/You Gov from June 2025 and late Feb-early March 2026. Total support for abolishing rose 23 points, among Dems 30 points, among independents 23 points, among Republicans 14 points.

Public opinion is not fixed.

And it's the job of a campaign to move people.

06.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 439 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 11
Preview
DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump Over the course of four interviews in 2019, a woman told the FBI that Epstein and Trump sexually abused her in the 1980s.

β€œA DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credibleβ€”and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying.”

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social bringing it home
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

07.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 3871 πŸ” 1614 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 71

They could try, but Trump is Trump

07.03.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 185 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

07.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 5884 πŸ” 1714 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 53

the price of oil surging means you can burn your shein clothes, extract the oil, and make more money than you paid

07.03.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 8320 πŸ” 942 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 27

Scenes from a personalist regime: it is the presidential vibes that determine when the opponent has surrendered and when the war is over, not any pesky observable facts

06.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 1114 πŸ” 188 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 9
"@NickMinock is dumber than rocks. Every competent journalist knows new maps and this specific authority expire in 2030. Census and commission and Virginia Supreme Court then resume as in 2021." - DC Cyclone

"@NickMinock is dumber than rocks. Every competent journalist knows new maps and this specific authority expire in 2030. Census and commission and Virginia Supreme Court then resume as in 2021." - DC Cyclone

Three things most definitely can be true here: 1) this guy could certainly be "dumber than rocks"; 2) he's also a right-wing propagandist, paid to spew out b.s. and lies; and 3) he's definitely NOT a real journalist bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide... h/t @dccyclone.bsky.social

06.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BTW, if anything it's HELPFUL to have this announced THIS morning at open, because folding its market impact into the awful jobs report is probably mitigating.

06.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Some corporations borrow big amounts for capital expenses from private lenders, such as hedge funds. These are quicker loan deals and riskier. A big private lender limiting withdrawals means they're scared corporate borrowers are getting in trouble.

06.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The anti-drone lasers that have recently caused so much stupid kerfuffle at the Mexican border are *specifically* intended to take down drones at a much lower cost than missile interceptors.

Wonder why we haven’t heard anything about the U.S. using them in the Gulf against Iranian drones yet.

06.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 295 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 2

It means corporate debt is considered riskier. Private credit refers to a big loan market, in the simplest terms.

06.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What a fun thing to announce at the open

06.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 450 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

Futures are tanking, we're all gonna lose money again today. Market bounceback was the silver lining in 2025, now we're just tanking month over month.

06.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

lmao Maria & co are coping HARD about a terrible report: "If you bought stocks on April 2 of last year on so-called 'Liberation Day' you are up huuuuge ... for January, I think this is important -- the revision is only 4,000 down. Overall you have a stable jobs market. There's a silver lining here"

06.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 477 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 11