WPBCharlie

WPB local yokel. Interested in everything. Might tweet about anything #MiamiDolphins #MiamiMarlins #MiamiHeat #FloridaFishing #AlwaysTwitter #NeverX

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

My best friend in the world has become completely disabled due to autoimmune issues. It wrecked her physical and emotional health. She can't work and can't care for herself. Savings spent and medical bills are mounting. Please help if you can https://t.co/sNJjCqmcia

#MCAS

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

This is beautiful. Hafley has really done something with our defense.

[Brian Baldinger @BaldyNFL]

.@Lions @MiamiDolphins nothing in the NFL is better than watching Growth & Development...I could watch the #PhinsUp boys play run defense all day long...A whole bunch of teams wish they could do this v @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 #BaldysBreakdowns

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Former CIA Director David Petraeus:

With Budanov now heading the Presidential Office, Zelenskyy has someone close to him who deeply understands the military situation and ongoing operations.

I know Budanov well. He is very direct in his assessments. We first spoke by video when he was near the russian border, commanding one of the first operations on russian territory.

Petraeus in an interview with SpyCast:

Ukraine has the largest and most innovative army in Europe. It is doing what NATO armies would otherwise have to do themselves if russia achieved its objectives in Ukraine. Moldova would be next, and possibly Lithuania after that.

During my recent visit to Ukraine, a russian jet-powered drone struck the locomotive of a train on the track next to ours. The passengers on trains leaving Ukraine are mostly women and children. It was terrifying for them.

Russia has suffered 1.5 million killed and wounded, more than the United States suffered during the entire Second World War. Last month alone, Ukraine estimated approximately 46,000 russian casualties, while russia recruited only around 30,000 soldiers.

New recruits receive very little training. Ukrainian forces have captured russian soldiers who had been in the army for less than two weeks. They are practically cannon fodder.

Ukraine has struck every russian oil refinery within 3,000 kilometers of its border, many of them multiple times. Russian oil production has fallen below 9 million barrels per day for the first time since 2009.

Russians now use smartphone apps to find gas stations that still have fuel. The National Welfare Fund has been redirected toward the military-industrial complex and is expected to run out by the end of the year.

It is time for Europe and the United States to seize frozen russian reserves and provide them to Ukraine.

We tend to assume that Ukrainians are far ahead in military innovation, just as we assume the United States leads in artificial intelligence. But when you look closely, the gap is not always that large. In some areas, the russians have developed capabilities before the Ukrainians.

China, North Korea, and Iran are carefully studying what is happening in Ukraine.

The West needs to learn from Ukraine much faster. Simply buying drones for existing tank units is not enough. We need to fundamentally rethink our military structures because many traditional Western weapons systems would no longer survive on the Ukrainian battlefield. And we need to do this immediately.

The Ukrainian people have demonstrated extraordinary resilience. They have been absolutely unbreakable despite enormous pressure. But they are also exhausted, and another difficult winter lies ahead.

Source: SpyCast

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

@OmarKelly Agreed

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

@the_real_reason That kid is a Baller. I saw it last week

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

@FinsUpChris_ His impeachment can't come too soon

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

@Pokedad_Joe We should all be the first 4. Thank you for your service too

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

@TuaMuse1 Why is that the go to for conservative dudes? 10 times out of 10 that's the first insult (as if it's an insult to begin with)

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

Gotta love this energy

[Angie Nixon @AngieNixon]

People of Florida. Y’all better hold your damn head high. We broke state legislature super majorities because we drove turnout while everyone wrote us off.

We have work to do sure, but let’s celebrate the fact we won 17 seats down ballot.

I’m an organizer. And I look forward to getting back to what I love and know best. Organizing THE HELL out of my state.

Let’s get to work!

[mayplanoba ∞ @mayplanoba]

He has that Obama elocution.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: HOLY SMOKES! Democrats now control enough states to effectively abolish the Electoral College through the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

Republicans did NOT have this on their bingo cards...

Under the Constitution, states control their electoral votes and are allowed to decide how they are allocated during presidential elections. Currently, almost every state gives its votes to whoever wins the state.

In practice, the current system means that a candidate can win the national popular vote, but lose the election because small states like Wyoming exert undue influence on the outcome. That state has 3 electoral votes with a population of just 577,000 people. California has 54 electoral votes and a population of 39.5 million people. So a vote in Wyoming is essentially 3.8 times as valuable as one in California.

Since 1992, Democrats have won the popular vote seven out of nine times.

Under the NPV, states that join agree to give their electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote, not just their own state. So a state could go red on the map, but if the Democrat wins the national vote, they still get that state's votes. And vice versa of course.

The crucial mechanism is that the compact doesn't trigger until the member states have a combined power of at least 270 electoral votes, the number needed to win the White House. So far, 18 states plus D.C. have joined, totaling 222 electoral votes. We only need 48 more.

Now is the chance to pass this measure in every state possible. Democrats won both houses of the legislature in Wisconsin for the first time in 18 years (10 electoral votes). We won the Pennsylvania state Senate for the first time since 1993 (19 votes). We now have a trifecta in Michigan (15 votes). And we won the governor’s race in Nevada (6 votes).

10 + 19 + 15 + 6 = 50.

222 + 50 = 272.

And if we hold our lead in the Arizona Senate, that number could climb as high as 283, more than enough to trigger the compact.

In addition to removing an imbalance in our system that favors Republicans, this novel approach would fundamentally change how candidates run their presidential campaigns. Currently, they are incentivized to ignore most of the country. If you live in a “safe” state, red or blue, your vote for President is basically decided before you cast it. Campaigns spend their time and money in a handful of swing states while the rest of us watch from the sidelines. If the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is adopted, they'll have reason to hit every state because they're aiming to win the largest swath of the country as a whole, not just certain states.

States have until July 20, 2028 to join the compact in time for the next presidential election.

We can fix our democracy. The time is now.

Please ❤️ and share if you support this idea!

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

@WalkerTXGinger1 So much to chuckle about today 😎😏

[Chris @FinsUpChris_]

Florida watching other states turn blue

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

@schadjoe Yeah Malik has played the whole season like a legit NFL player… That's been easy to see.

And I honestly wasn't sure if he was a legit NFL player before the season started

[Al Franken @alfranken]

First things Dems in the House should do: vote to restore the subsidies for ACA accounts and get rid of the cuts to Medicaid & SNAP. On Day One.

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

@InchesNFL Well played tho. 🤝

[WPBCharlie @WPBCharlie]

Heal the sick
Feed the poor
Take care of the widows and children
Vote accordingly
#midterms #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
#VoteBlue

[Angie Nixon @AngieNixon]

Stay safe folks. Friendly reminder.

I fought to stop DeSantis from using emergency disaster relief funds for political stunts like Alligator Alcatraz. Ashley Moody allowed it.

I raised the alarm and organized around the 50% cuts to FEMA. Ashley Moody was silent.

We purchased beds, donated money, supplies and food to hurricane survivors. Moody, while Attorney General turned the other way when insurance companies, her donors, denied claims to rebuild homes.

Vote accordingly.

[𝓝𝓲𝓴𝓴𝓲 𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓼 @NikkiBarnes]

Here’s what I find interesting. Florida Republicans have spent years telling teachers how much they are valued while paying them some of the lowest salaries in the country. Now David Jolly comes along and proposes a 30% raise, which our teachers have earned, and suddenly everybody wants to count every dollar.

Let’s be clear. The estimated $3 billion annual cost is a legitimate number to discuss. Let’s have that conversation. But this graphic takes that number and turns it into a payday loan, billions in interest, higher taxes, and threats to children’s scholarships without establishing that any of those things are actually part of Jolly’s proposal.

Y’all are just making up shit.

Jolly is proposing to change how Florida can use tourism revenue to invest in public education. Yes, that requires legislative action. And yes, the campaign should explain the long-term funding structure. That’s a conversation to have with the legislature, working through the details, identifying available revenue, and determining how we make a meaningful investment in our public school system.

But where was all this concern about fiscal responsibility when the DeSantis administration was spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on Alligator Alcatraz? Where was the outrage over the money poured into that political spectacle instead of addressing the actual needs of Floridians?

And what about the questions surrounding state contracts and politically connected vendors? Where was all this demand for accountability then?

We can find money for corporate incentives, private school vouchers, and political stunts. James Uthmeier, Ashley Moody, and that $10 million Hope Florida controversy. Does that ring a bell?

But the minute somebody proposes giving our public school teachers a meaningful raise, suddenly everybody wants to become a fiscal conservative again.

Florida has a nearly $118 billion state budget. This is a conversation about priorities. And for far too long, our public school teachers have been at the bottom of that list.

If you want to challenge Jolly’s math, cool. Whatever. Challenge his actual proposal. Let’s discuss the revenue, the legal requirements, and how to sustain the raises over time.

But don’t manufacture a financial crisis around paying teachers better wages while ignoring the spending decisions this administration has already made.

I would much rather see my tax dollars invested in the people educating Florida’s children than another expensive political stunt designed to generate headlines.

[Old Helen Is Gone! @ItsMicahB]

Who all early voted? I’m trying to see something. 👀

[Lesley Abravanel 🪩 @lesleyabravanel]

David Jolly: "We are beginning to believe in each other again and rejecting the forces of hate." David Jolly with the 🔥🔥🔥"One day. We know what to do. Turn out every last vote. Let's go change the world.”