Dave LaFontaine

Dave LaFontaine

@davelf.bsky.social

Lead UX Designer, Author of various "... for Dummies" books, globetrotting professor, started as a newspaper reporter back when that was still a thing. Still cantankerous, mostly funny.

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Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social

"trump raped more people than expected" lacks the eye-grabby novelty and sociological depth of "in red state diner trump supporter supports trump" or "president's behavior presidential"

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"Donald Trump Is Newly Accused of Rape – and Epstein Allegedly Helped 👀" The president faces horrific new sexual assault claims linked to the old friend he just can’t escape. Plus: a new national poll of Arab Americans shows Democrats slowly winning back their support. First Draft from Zeteo:

zeteo.comDonald Trump Is Newly Accused of Rape – and Epstein Allegedly Helped 👀The president faces horrific new sexual assault claims linked to the old friend he just can’t escape. Plus: a new national poll of Arab Americans shows Democrats slowly winning back their support.

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Replying to @grudgie.bsky.social

Just the fact that someone can be paid to control Trump seems like a problem. If my son-in-law was pushing me for anything like that, my reaction would instantly be "what the fuck is your angle here, and who do you think you are?"

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There was a brand new allegation that the president raped a woman in the 1990s yesterday and it appears to not be on the NYT homepage at all right now

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social

It is short and so I assume they are looking into things but it is... interesting... that the NYT piece on the new House Dems report on Trump ties to Epstein simply does not mention the brand new rape allegation and says whatever this is instead www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

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Elizabeth Holmes is not the face of motherhood for incarcerated women. Jazmin Valentine wailed in agony for 6 hours in labor while staff and nurses LAUGHED at her. She had to resort to sliding her amniotic sac under her cell door to prove she was in labor.

Off in search of the “Nuclear Wessels … no-clee-ar Wess-ills” He was an unfailingly polite and gentle man

Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

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Replying to @trg-commentary.bsky.social

have been thrown out and the only way how Trump could have been installed as the new "president" is by destroying democracy, turning full dictator and never have an election again for as long as his fatass lives. That would have been the consequence. It was not just that "one time". And that is

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AIPAC's super PAC funded attack ads through groups with progressive-sounding names. Here are a few of them: 👩 Elect Chicago Women ⚖️ Pro-Choice Majority Action 🗳️ Elect Democratic Women None of the ads disclosed AIPAC’s role.

levernews.comAIPAC Is Spending Millions — Just Not Under Its Own NameA Lever investigation traces how the Israel lobby is routing millions through groups promoting women, reproductive rights, and Latino candidates — and how AI interests and other power brokers are…

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Over 2,000 alumni from Vivek’s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for “ignoring the moral responsibilities” of his Jesuit education. I think he’s pretty cooked.

Micah@rincewind.run

chat I don’t think doubling down on this ad is working out real well for vivek

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"The same people who insist on policing public bathrooms to protect little girls [are] smearing an actual child rape survivor." "It is a microcosm of the broader Trump agenda: professing support for the vulnerable while shielding their abusers." @crampell.bsky.social on the GOP's vile ad in Ohio.

thebulwark.comTrump’s Cruelty to Abuse Victims Extends Far Beyond Amy ActonHis embrace of the vile smear fits an administration that shields predators and abandons survivors of sexual and domestic violence.

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Replying to @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“we’re going to lay the massive, MASSIVE failures and unmoored valuations of bitcoin, Tesla, SpaceX, twitter, META, Google, Oracle and NVIDIA at the feet of coming democrats. Our embedded TBTF companies will use our completely unearned valuations to acquire the cash needed to buy the remaining dead”

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It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

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Flávio Bolsonaro just lost in Brazil. Viktor Orban lost in Hungary. On Tuesday Benjamin Netanyahu will lose in Israel. Come next Tuesday we will win the midterms and take first step to destroying MAGA and putting Trump in prison! (That must be our goal)

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In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

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They had the ball inside the 20 or near the 20 three times and got no points. The officiating was bad, but this team can’t close. They just can’t.

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it’s simple: swing voters chose Trump because he said he would magically make things less expensive instead, he started a pointless war that made everything more expensive republicans are gonna get crushed. the only question is how bad

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GOP does nothing but gin up culture wars. Meanwhile: — GOP slashed SNAP benefits to 5+ million Americans, forcing them to turn to food banks. — Trump's tariffs and war spurred inflation, making it more expensive to eat at The Cheesecake Factory. Prices are now ~13% higher than when he took office.

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Elon Musk is trying to buy this Senate seat in Texas. He wants our land, he wants our water, and he wants his own personal U.S. senator. He’s trying to buy Texas. But on November 3rd, we’ll deliver a clear message to the world’s first trillionaire: Texas is not for sale.

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Replying to @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Capitalism is an economic system. It is not a form of government. We need a government that protects the people from rampant capitalism, while tapping into capitalism's ability to driver advancement

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Whatever criticism people had about Kamala Harris Nothing could come close than Trumps actual record on ICE Abuse Inflation Gas prices Energy costs Pardons Vanity projects Iran war Ukraine Crypto grifting Insider trading schemes Voting shenanigans Incompetent Cabinet Epstein cover up

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There will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.

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Replying to @joshuaerlich.bsky.social

you cannot win the legal fight by attacking the pardons and you wouldn’t actually want that precedent anyway. you can only win by attacking the legitimacy of Trump.

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Obama: "You got the defense sec who is like a laser focused on important matters like the jawline & testosterone level of our troops, and livestreaming executions because that's how he thinks you cultivate that manly warrior spirit. How much time do you think this man spends in front of the mirror?"

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Idaho’s abortion restrictions have “made it impossible to recruit other OB-GYNs to the area,” a doctor told The Tribune. “I’ve been on the verge of having to quit because I don’t have the support I need. I can’t be on 24/7. I’ve tried. It doesn’t work.”

sltrib.comAn LDS OB-GYN on Prop 1 and why Idaho’s abortion restrictions are ‘unsustainable’She’s a Latter-day Saint OB-GYN practicing in Idaho. She says she "can be a competent and compassionate physician under Prop 1 easier than the status quo."

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