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Writer, annoyer of creationism & other woo. Links to all my books and Patreon on my YouTube Evolution Hour posts (such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTaNtzOkXYc)

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We’re investigating Pete Hegseth’s travel and other Department of Defense spending

We’re investigating Pete Hegseth’s travel and other Department of Defense spending

We're demanding the DOD answer questions about Hegseth's personal travel spending, housing costs, and agency renovations.

This is all part of a pattern: reporting shows that in September, Sec. Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense spent more in one month than any other federal agency since at least 2008 — including $6.9 million on lobster tail, $2 million on Alaskan king crab, and $124,000 on ice cream machines.

We're demanding the DOD answer questions about Hegseth's personal travel spending, housing costs, and agency renovations. This is all part of a pattern: reporting shows that in September, Sec. Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense spent more in one month than any other federal agency since at least 2008 — including $6.9 million on lobster tail, $2 million on Alaskan king crab, and $124,000 on ice cream machines.

The public deserves to know how Sec. Pete Hegseth is spending their tax dollars.

11.03.2026 21:36 👍 82 🔁 42 💬 4 📌 1
Titans 135 A Trip to the Czerkas & Luskin's 800+ papers 47
Titans 135 A Trip to the Czerkas & Luskin's 800+ papers 47 YouTube video by James “tortucanjim” Downard

Links in for yesterday's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=cymd...

09.03.2026 20:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

-Trump Airlines
-Trump Beverages
-Trump Casinos
-Trump Magazine
-Trump Mortgage
-Trump Steaks
-Trump's Travel Site
-Trumpnet
-Trump Tower Tampa
-Trump University
-Trump Vodka
-Trump Fragrances
-Trump Mattress
-Trump's Board of Peace
-Trump's Shield of the Americas

The grift keeps on grifting.

05.03.2026 22:45 👍 3560 🔁 1002 💬 257 📌 72
Titans 134 De-feathering T rex & pterosaurs, & Evo by Nat Induct--A Tale of Two Reactions
Titans 134 De-feathering T rex & pterosaurs, & Evo by Nat Induct--A Tale of Two Reactions YouTube video by James “tortucanjim” Downard

Source links now in for yesterday's Evolution (Half) Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=hogD...

03.03.2026 04:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Titans 133 Sinosauropteryx & Luskin's 800+ papers 46
Titans 133 Sinosauropteryx & Luskin's 800+ papers 46 YouTube video by James “tortucanjim” Downard

Source links now in for yesterday's Evolution (Half) Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ts...

23.02.2026 23:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of a post from James Talarico claiming Trump didn’t want an interview aired, alongside a still image of Talarico sitting across from Stephen Colbert on a late-night talk show set.

Screenshot of a post from James Talarico claiming Trump didn’t want an interview aired, alongside a still image of Talarico sitting across from Stephen Colbert on a late-night talk show set.

Make sure everyone sees this then. The FCC apparently changed its “equal time” rule on talk shows to make it hard for Colbert or The View to air interviews with candidates like Talarico. Video link in comments.

17.02.2026 19:00 👍 2249 🔁 690 💬 52 📌 18
Titans 132 Scansoriopterids & Hedin goes mythic
Titans 132 Scansoriopterids & Hedin goes mythic YouTube video by James “tortucanjim” Downard

Source links in for this morning's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqH1...

16.02.2026 13:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Latest stats measuring how much science lit antievos ignore: of the 37,000 technical papers in my TIP data field, 12,887 antievolutionists have cited only 8500 total (that's just 23%). And they're misrepresenting on average half of those papers (I measure that too), so still missing 90% of the data.

11.02.2026 22:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Titans 131 Alvarezsaurids & Luskin's 800+ papers 45
Titans 131 Alvarezsaurids & Luskin's 800+ papers 45 YouTube video by James “tortucanjim” Downard

Short show with crappy signal, but links in at least for yesterday's Evolution (Half) Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN9p...

09.02.2026 19:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Today should be another reminder that when billionaires take control of vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech or "free markets."

It’s a win for oligarchy.

04.02.2026 21:58 👍 2002 🔁 664 💬 90 📌 14

Now if only some reporter would ask Mr. Trump for his sources on those claims, and how (or if) he ever tried to fact check them.

04.02.2026 00:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Titans 130 Anchiornis, the dino acetabulum & transitional plesiosaurs
Titans 130 Anchiornis, the dino acetabulum & transitional plesiosaurs YouTube video by James “tortucanjim” Downard

Links in for yesterday's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DKS...

03.02.2026 02:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Did Trump Keep ANY of His Campaign Promises?
Did Trump Keep ANY of His Campaign Promises? The Trump regime started the week by telling lies about Alex Pretti's murder.Now, Trump has pivoted back to telling lies

Are your groceries cheaper?

Is your community safer?

Is America healthy again?

Has Trump delivered on anything he promised you? Watch and see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcefFTXUcxU

31.01.2026 00:37 👍 1369 🔁 339 💬 74 📌 9

Apparently super duper deal maker bigly genius Trump hasn't figured out that if he sets the example of renigging on deals on their whim, others can do the same.

26.01.2026 22:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Titans 129 Microraptor & Luskin's 800+ papers 44
Titans 129 Microraptor & Luskin's 800+ papers 44 YouTube video by James “tortucanjim” Downard

Source links now in for yesterday’s Evolution (Half) Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=739N...

26.01.2026 22:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.

Any second now, I'm sure.

He was a white guy, if that helps?

Hello? NRA?

24.01.2026 20:56 👍 13228 🔁 3422 💬 312 📌 109
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Unlike Minnesota, Texas and Florida weren’t invaded by lawless, masked “immigration” ICE thugs.

That’s because their residents voted for Donald Trump and their governors flatter him.

This isn’t about immigration; it’s about deeply damaged Donald’s brittle ego.

23.01.2026 22:43 👍 2064 🔁 769 💬 103 📌 30
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TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:

We are ALL residents of Minnesota.

We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊

Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔

23.01.2026 08:02 👍 24404 🔁 6807 💬 459 📌 217
Titans 128 Protoavis! & Sarfati iron collagen muddle
Titans 128 Protoavis! & Sarfati iron collagen muddle YouTube video by James “tortucanjim” Downard

Source links in for yesterday's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkE... levels of Sarfati dumb this episode.

19.01.2026 22:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

New open access paper on evolutionary origin of amyloid activity www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

17.01.2026 23:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Everyone with authority must speak out now against Trump's depravity and lawlessness.

Every Democratic leader.

Every university, professional association, charity, and foundation head.

Every CEO.

Every religious leader.

If they don't, history will condemn their cowardice and complicity.

16.01.2026 21:00 👍 4128 🔁 1272 💬 166 📌 66

What a vacuous puff piece interview CBS news did with Trump, not once did he contradict him when Trump lied, nor ask for source documentation or specifics on his usual vomit of non-truths

14.01.2026 01:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump's escalating his Roy Cohn Big Lying, understandable as each new failure or frustration compels him to compensatory excess.

13.01.2026 21:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Titans 127 the Usual Suspects: Archaeoraptor & Archaeopteryx & Luskin's 800 + papers 43
Titans 127 the Usual Suspects: Archaeoraptor & Archaeopteryx & Luskin's 800 + papers 43 YouTube video by James “tortucanjim” Downard

A bit choppy on signal, but links in for this morning's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObPo...

12.01.2026 20:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Roy Cohn Life Philosophy governs the United States from the grave.

12.01.2026 19:07 👍 1012 🔁 237 💬 139 📌 15
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Take Action: Urge the Senate to Vote NO on S.3054 and Protect Children and Families The House passed H.R. 4371, the Kayla Hamilton Act, and the Senate is now considering the legislation as S. 3054. Urge your Senators to vote NO and protect unaccompanied children.

Call your Senators. Having the legal authority for an adult to strip search children is morally wrong.

www.aila.org/take-action-...

10.01.2026 19:46 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Screenings — Among Neighbors

The Polish far right is trying to ban the film Among Neighbors by @yoavpotash.bsky.social.

It tells a true story about what happened in Poland after World War II.

See it bc it's a remarkable film, to stand against censorship, and to prevent the erasure of history. www.amongneighbors.com/screenings

09.01.2026 05:44 👍 103 🔁 40 💬 2 📌 1

So Capitol Police officers were assaulted and injured on Jan 6th, the White House today is blaming them for the violence, and the people who attacked them have been pardoned and are back to mock and abuse them on the 5th anniversary.

And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??

06.01.2026 22:05 👍 3284 🔁 920 💬 116 📌 37
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Anti-Vaxxer Surgeon Gets Epic History Lesson After Pointing Out That We Got Rid Of Bubonic Plague Without Vaccines

History called, and it brought receipts.

05.01.2026 21:42 👍 865 🔁 143 💬 29 📌 3
Titans 126 enantiornithine tapdancing & Tortucans make bad historians
Titans 126 enantiornithine tapdancing & Tortucans make bad historians YouTube video by James “tortucanjim” Downard

Links in for yesterday's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KAF...

05.01.2026 21:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0