Paul Dyster

Former Mayor of Niagara Falls, NY. JHU PhD, Great Lakes environmentalist, historic preservationist, Dem deerhunter, Bills, Sabres

[Paul Dyster @PDyster]

You know me as former @NiagaraFallsUSA mayor, but before that I was #armoredwarfare expert, #CFR fellow, US State Dept #NST negotiator, #CUA #Pentagon program director, etc. Resurrecting old ID to stand with #Ukraine today. #BillsMafia

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

An appropriate post from Zelensky on the anniversary of D-Day. Nothing from Trump. Which is appropriate, since Zelensky is a fighter against tyranny, unlike Trump.

[Paul Dyster @PDyster]

Unbelievable.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

“‘If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty — nothing can be done?’ the judge asked. ‘I think that’s right, yes,’ [Trump DOJ attorney] Roth responded.”

https://t.co/VpCm7TzrHk

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Can’t be repeated enough👇🏽

Just so insane

[Gigi @Gigi_chienergy]

The screwworm program wasn't charity, it was a $10 million fence that kept a billion-dollar problem from eating our own livestock alive. That's the thing with most USAID funding: it looks like "aid," but it's really cheap self-defense. Solve a problem there, and it never lands on our doorstep. But sure, let a bunch of guys who can't define DEI without Googling take a chainsaw to it. They didn't stop to ask, "Will this cut hurt us too?" Unless that's the point, burn it all down and call it efficiency.

As usual our inept agriculture secretary, blaming the Biden administration as usual, instead of offering a solution to the problem they created.

Texan here

A screwworm infestation is a nightmare for cattle, causing horrific wounds and economic devastation. For Texas, the situation has escalated dramatically in the last 24 hours with the first confirmed case of New World Screwworm (NWS) in over 60 years! This could have been avoided!

Infested animal can kill a cow in less than two weeks.

Treatment is extremely difficult and time-consuming, requiring the painful removal of every visible larva and deep disinfection of the wound. Ranchers no longer have much experience with this labor-intensive process, and there is currently no approved pharmaceutical treatment to make it easier.

This has triggered a massive economic threat. The USDA estimates that a widespread outbreak would drain an astonishing $1.8 billion from the Texas economy alone in livestock deaths, labor, and medication expenses.

How will this affect you? Tightening supplies will drive already high beef prices higher.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

According to Andrew Weissmann, Blanche using sleight of hand; they’re not killing the deal. Trump still gets $1.776 billion. He still gets a sweeping civil liability shield. They only removed the J6 slush fund piece. Same jackpot. Less scrutiny. Worse than before.

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of smuggling more than 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.

Trump gave him a full pardon.

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Pope Leo XIV is the most popular public figure in the United States according to the newly released Economist/YouGov poll.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

It started at $200M in donor money, then went up to $400M, then rose to $1 BILLION in taxpayer money.

[Glenn Tunes @glenn_tunes]

77 MILLION VOTED FOR THIS 🙄 YOU GUYS MUST BE SO PROUD🤦

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man."

A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.

Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

President Donald Trump said Bill Pulte, his incoming acting director of national intelligence (DNI), will investigate elections that the president falsely claimed were “rigged.” https://t.co/ltZ9ZqjuRy

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

🚨 The House just voted 218-204 to move forward on the discharge petition to provide military aid to Ukraine and impose tough sanctions on Russia. The House will vote on final passage tomorrow. This is our Churchill moment and we must pass the test.

[Rohoza (Дев'ятий) Mykhailo 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Oct7NeverForget]

Thirty senior American psychiatrists and mental health experts have signed a statement declaring President Donald Trump mentally unfit to serve, warning that his sole authority over U.S. nuclear weapons poses a danger to the entire world.

According to the doctors, Trump’s behavior over the past year has shown “objectively observable signs of serious medical concern.”

They cited:
— a significant decline in cognitive functioning,
— episodes of apparent drowsiness during critical public appearances,
— severely impaired judgment and impulse control,
— loss of self-control,
— and grandiose or delusional beliefs, including claims of infallibility and imagery portraying himself as a figure with a “divine mission.”

The physicians argue that Trump now represents a “clear and present danger” and called for urgent action to remove him from office.

“It is our expert opinion that Donald J. Trump is mentally unfit to be president of the United States,” the statement reads.

The letter invokes the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allows the vice president and cabinet to declare a president incapable of performing the duties of office.

One of the signatories, Dr. Henry David Abraham of Tufts University School of Medicine, warned about “the buildup of psychiatric symptoms in a person who has sole authority to launch nuclear weapons.”

He pointed to Trump’s April 7, 2026 Truth Social post regarding Iran, in which Trump wrote:
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”

According to the doctors, the warning signs include:
— grandiosity without restraint,
— paranoia,
— impulsivity,
— vindictiveness,
— uncontrolled rage,
— and a sense of omnipotence in a man with unchecked control over nuclear weapons.

Psychiatrist Bandy Lee, another signatory, said the issue now “transcends politics and concerns the survival of humanity itself.”

The statement was submitted to the U.S. Congressional Record by Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed.

The doctors emphasized that their declaration is “medical, not political,” and includes professionals with both conservative and liberal views.

Source: The BMJ

[Dave Troy @davetroy]

This is the opposite of tech accelerationism — this is a return to the Stone Age and a straight-up gift to China, first and foremost. Emperor has no clothes. Of any kind.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

New reporting reveals Trump's ballroom donors have collectively been awarded over $50 billion in government contracts.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Bryce Mitchell on Trump's White House UFC fight:

Our government is desecrating its role in society by entertaining sports. Our government is to protect and serve the people. Our tax dollars and resources are funding this operation. The government is supposed to protect us, not entertain us.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump appears to be completely passed out asleep during his 3pm Oval Office announcement

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🔥🚨 MAJOR JUST IN: The SAVE America Act Just Failed In The Senate.

The measure, which would have required voter ID and proof of citizenship nationwide, was rejected 48-50.

Republican senators Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, and Susan Collins voted no.

[Steven Pifer @steven_pifer]

Trump started war of choice against Iran.

Iran responded by closing Strait of Hormuz, something everyone except Trump could have foreseen.