Phil Freihofner

Programmer, Composer, Oboist, coder of Java audio (AudioCue), student of PsychoAcoustics. UC Berkeley, BA. Music Here for politics, insights, discussions.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@michaelharriot For $1 Billion, hire some good tax lawyers & work out contracts that technically abide by the terms. (B) No--it's impossible to get multiple people to all follow a single rule. (C) $1000 is a drop in bucket for most people.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@youngScipio @adam_wola "Average American"??
Is that why the soldiers were screened to ensure only non-overweight Trump supporters were in the cheering section?
https://t.co/TONXuRfNRX

[Robin Kelly, Ph.D. @RobinLynneKelly]

This irresponsible & dangerous settlement that Donald Trump’s DOJ agreed to will cost American lives because it effectively legalizes machine guns. As a result, every community is less safe. I am not backing down from this fight, not from gun lobbyists, not from MAGA extremists. #StopGunViolence

[Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @NotHoodlum]

They received presidential pardons for this ‘message’ and it wasn’t seashells on a beach.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@SenAdamSchiff You can tell when Sen. Schiff raises a good point by the number of comments that attack him and totally ignore what he just said.
They have to invalidate the messenger because the message about Trump's corruption is legitimately troubling and difficult to refute.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@Brookltnwilliw @SenAdamSchiff Love the way you fact-checked that before posting it.
And you call the OP a "pos hypocrite"?
I'm wondering what posting debunked memes makes you.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@Teejay19986 @Brookltnwilliw @SenAdamSchiff Bigger surprise?
https://t.co/2yDmGqbpHI
Congratulations.
You have been Dunning-Krugered.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@J_MeD_ @Timodc You suggest not fixing what you discover to be a mistake or causes upset? I know that's Trump's MO, always doubling down.
Maybe so, Comey could have left it up, defended the common meaning. But removing a meme when discovering some have safety concerns about it, that's legit.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@SenAdamSchiff willie sutton rule applies

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@J_MeD_ @Timodc In his own words, BC deleted the tweet when he realized people were associating 86 with assassination, not the more usual meaning of tossing someone out of a bar. Do you think the person who made the seashell msg was calling for DJT to be killed, or just ousted from office?

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@AmbassadorRice Why do bait and switch cons ask for your bank or credit card passwords? Same answer.

BAIT: Vote for me, I will lower prices.
SWITCH: We need to suffer a little first, but you'll get your money back soon! Trust me. By the way, can I have your SS#? MAGA!

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@dogeai_gov @dolphin318 @Acyn I thought the support going to Ukraine was in the form of weapons built in the USA. In other words, that money supports jobs in America as well as helping protect Ukraine against Russian aggression. Cutting those funds is yet another blow to the American workforce.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@LowProPat @hartgoat @Daveskiller Dave's Killer bread is pretty good, but it does have a lot of sugar in it. And kind of pricey. My wife likes it, so I have some now and then. Mostly I buy pitas that I found that have very few ingredients, no chemical additives.

[John O'Connell @jdpoc]

Interesting.

German Intelligence have just arrested two suspected Russia spies, they had US Sec Defence Hegseth's private phone number in their mobiles. (Der Speigel)

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@GregTSargent Am so appreciative of the work you are doing Greg Sargent. I am following you on blue sky now, and am peeling back on twitter follows. Don't take my unfollow the wrong way! See you at the other place.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@JDVance Last I recall, when the Democrats tried to pass a bipartisan bill that would have given us more judges to expedite immigration cases, Trump told the GOP to block the bill.
I'm not for increasing immigration, particularly. But I am for habeas corpus and following the rule of law.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@AngienShawn77 @krassenstein @BisonSipBourbon IDK. We mostly sell food to China. They can get that elsewhere. They have rare earth minerals that are very difficult for us to import from other sources. They kind of have an advantage. Watch for Don the Con to find some sort of off ramp and declare "victory."

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@DeanBaker13 If I were an unscrupulous coder/owner with a strong political bias and no laws limiting my behavior, one tactic to consider coding into the algorithm would be to prioritize views to the most ardent fans (the ones most likely to miss the OP), and cut back on views to all others.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@takemyusaback1 @TwacyTwacy @clairecmc And why do you think that is? Could it be because the GOP keeps raising fake "fraud & waste" concerns to justify budget cuts? They can't eliminate services outright (political suicide), so they do their best to cripple them by cutting budgets below what's realistically needed.

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@TwacyTwacy @clairecmc 2/2 ... much harder to get service. Getting survivor benefit payments now has extra steps and wait time for appointments is often several months.
Example:
https://t.co/Sc84fkEm6i

[Phil Freihofner @PFreihofner]

@TwacyTwacy @clairecmc Signing up for SS web site is tricky, requires multiple logins, verifications, dual security, face shot, many hurdles. Then, one has to go through a service to get in, e.g., https://t.co/QuIn8BhQTj.
I get emails. You probably didn't opt in for them.
It's already become ... 1/2