Rodney F. Witcher II

Infrequent Tweeter / Frequent Reader. About: basketball, podcasts, thinking, digital currency, tech, longhorns, AΦA.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

When we came into office, we uncovered a $12 billion budget deficit.

Today, I’m proud to say we brought it down to zero.

We didn’t close the gap on the backs of working people.

We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets and making historic investments in public housing.

Call it Pothole Politics. Call it Democratic Socialism. It's government that delivers for the people who make this city run.

That’s what New Yorkers deserve. And that’s what we will keep fighting for every single day.

[DeMarvion Overshown @AGENT0__]

Don’t listen to this young men. Be there for the mother of your child and let the rest take care of itself. Those midnight feedings turns into financial freedom because nothing will inspire you more than being a great father.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Here's the 60 Minutes segment Bari Weiss didn't want you to see but forgot to remove from a broadcast package sent to a streaming app.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

I try to rise above the noise all the time, but this individual has no human decency. This goes beyond. It’s absolutely disgusting. We should all be horrified and disgusted by this inhumane behavior, because that’s what it is. Rob and Michele Reiner were good, kind, loving people. They were good human beings and good friends to me and countless others. Their family is in deep, unimaginable pain. What kind of human being would share a statement like this, much less a president? Rob and Michele would tell me to just ignore him, but I can’t. I just can’t. And I hope you don’t either. They deserve so much better, as does their family.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

[Rodney F. Witcher II @rfw2]

@HoustonRockets 🚀

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

This “deal” dramatically hikes healthcare premiums and only exacerbates the affordability crisis.

It should be rejected, as should any politics willing to compromise on the basic needs of working people.

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

Elon is truly the dumbest smart person ever:

-Your ID is not required because your information is checked against the voter role.

-Candidates appear on the ballot for each eligible party that endorses them. (For Mamdani this was Dems and WFP.)

-Cuomo is last in the bottom right because he made a brand new party to run as no one wanted to endorse him.

-None of this impacts voting. How stupid do you need to be to think someone would walk in to vote for Cuomo, but suddenly pick Mamdani because Cuomo was only on there once?

It shows how little Elon thinks about people that he thinks you’ll be bamboozled by standard ballot measures.

[Michael Paarlberg @MPaarlberg]

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

[Rodney F. Witcher II @rfw2]

Since Trump is Commander in Chief, does this apply to him too? 🤔

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Secretary of Bravado Pete Hegseth brought the generals before him to fat shame them

(and brag that he can do push-ups)

[Scion (PanAfroCore) @ScionofCulture]

One of the world's deadliest conflict is barely getting attention...

All eyes should be on Congo

[Lewy Body Dementia Association @LBDAssoc]

📍 Local to Lancaster, PA? You won't want to miss “Adding to Your Toolbox: Dementia Care Partner Strategy Conference," hosted by ForgeWorks for care partners and family members of those living with #dementia, featuring speakers, workshops, resources.

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[Steve Inskeep @NPRinskeep]

ProPublica looked into Trump’s cabinet and found three members who claimed multiple properties as a primary residence, the same accusation made against Fed governor Lisa Cook.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

A TEXAS COURT ALREADY RULED AGAINST YOU

[ML Smith @maria48308]

It really takes a special kind of stupid to know your conversation is being recorded and then later go on tv and outright lie about what was said by the other person. This man is the most fucked up person I’ve witnessed in my entire live time.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

ALL HAIL CHAIRMAN TRUMP! WITH HIS GLORIOUS 10% PURCHASE OF INTEL, THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF AMERICA ENTERS A BOLD NEW ERA OF GOVERNMENT-RUN BUSINESS.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

WOW!!! MY MAPS (THE BEST MAPS EVER MADE) WILL SOON PASS IN THE GREATEST LEGISLATURE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD (NOT JUST AMERICA). AMERICA CAN THANK ME (GAVIN C. NEWSOM) AND TWO VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE — MAGIC MIKE & RAINMAKER ROBERT, WHO LEAD THE LEGISLATURE — TOTAL LEGENDS!!! THESE ARE “PERFECT, BEAUTIFUL” MAPS. BETTER THAN COLUMBUS, BETTER THAN GOOGLE MAPS, BETTER THAN APPLE MAPS (SORRY TIM, NO GOLD BAR FOR ME, BUT I STILL LOVE YOU!). PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SCREAMING “MAMA! MAMA!” AND I SAY, “NO, I AM YOUR DADDY!!!” THE GOLDEN ERA BEGINS IN THE GOLDEN STATE, ALL BECAUSE OF ME, THE PEOPLE’S GOVERNOR, THE CARTOGRAPHER-IN-CHIEF, WHO WILL NOW LET THE PEOPLE VOTE!!! THANK YOU, USA!!! — GCN

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Shocking how bad this bill is:

- 17 million would lose health care

- 30% higher electricity costs

- Millions of manufacturing and construction jobs destroyed

- Biggest ever cut in food assistance for families, kids, veterans

- $4 trillion in deficits

- $1 trillion in tax cuts for millionaires & billionaires

People should be on the phones, in the streets, and telling everyone who’ll listen

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

On June 13, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that an Iranian nuclear strike on Israel would be like "10,000 tons of TNT falling on a country the size of New Jersey."

Since October 2023, Israel has dropped an estimated 70,000 tonnes of explosives on Gaza – an area about 1.6% the size of New Jersey.