David Otto Scaer

David Otto Scaer

@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Just a painter with a mild-to-moderate blue fetish. Dad, hubby, son. D-minor. Wayyyyy too many other obsessions to list here

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David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Called my damned congressthing (this is probs about the 50th call since Inauguration Day). Confrontational all around. Called for his resignation for “protecting pedophiles”. Called him a coward for never having in-person townhalls. Made the staffer READ BACK TO ME all my grievances.

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AltSSA
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I don’t have a lot of time so quick thread on exactly WHY what I posted about today is so bad. TLDR: it’s like the most convoluted fucked up incestuous polycule I’ve ever heard of. 🥴🥴🥴 First who is everybody? Scott Bessent is the Secretary of the Treasury so cabinet member from hedge fund land.

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Called my damned congressthing (this is probs about the 50th call since Inauguration Day). Confrontational all around. Called for his resignation for “protecting pedophiles”. Called him a coward for never having in-person townhalls. Made the staffer READ BACK TO ME all my grievances.

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

“Who’s showing more spine now, eh? Some retired teacher with a vocabulary, shouting down people in power? Or CONGRESSMAN JACK BERGMAN (MI-1), who can’t bring himself to issue a statement about the President’s coverup of a notorious pedophilia ring in which he himself is implicated?” Fun times.

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Yesterday’s call to do-nothing CongressThing Jack Bergman (Michigan 1st congressional). Ugly. Me: “Just a quick question: does Mr. Bergman still support this President?” Staffer: “Yes he does.” Me: “Then I must insist on Mr. Bergman’s resignation. He just whiffed the easiest of slow/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Yesterday’s call to do-nothing CongressThing Jack Bergman (Michigan 1st congressional). Ugly. Me: “Just a quick question: does Mr. Bergman still support this President?” Staffer: “Yes he does.” Me: “Then I must insist on Mr. Bergman’s resignation. He just whiffed the easiest of slow/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

S: “I’ll give Mr. Bergman your message.” Me: “Let me hear you read the whole message back to me.” S: “[muttering] …moral DEFICIT…” Me: “May I spell DERELICT for you?” [yes, I know earlier in the thread I said “decrepit”, but I really did say “derelict”] Fuck these people very very much

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Yesterday’s call to do-nothing CongressThing Jack Bergman (Michigan 1st congressional). Ugly. Me: “Just a quick question: does Mr. Bergman still support this President?” Staffer: “Yes he does.” Me: “Then I must insist on Mr. Bergman’s resignation. He just whiffed the easiest of slow/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

S: “I’ll give him your message.” Me: “Read the message back to me please?” S: “You want him to resign.” Me: “Are you intentionally editing my ‘message’ to avoid mentioning that I think Bergman’s a coward and a moral decrepit for shielding a pedophile President from accountability?”

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Yesterday’s call to do-nothing CongressThing Jack Bergman (Michigan 1st congressional). Ugly. Me: “Just a quick question: does Mr. Bergman still support this President?” Staffer: “Yes he does.” Me: “Then I must insist on Mr. Bergman’s resignation. He just whiffed the easiest of slow/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Staffer: “Okay, I’ll let Mr. Bergman know your message.” Me: “…which is?” S: “That you want him to resign.” Me: “Were you going to tell him the rest of the message? How Bergman is a moral derelict if he can’t muster a statement holding a pedophile President to account?”

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Yesterday’s call to do-nothing CongressThing Jack Bergman (Michigan 1st congressional). Ugly. Me: “Just a quick question: does Mr. Bergman still support this President?” Staffer: “Yes he does.” Me: “Then I must insist on Mr. Bergman’s resignation. He just whiffed the easiest of slow/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

/pitches: can he bring himself to cease support of a pedophile President? Can he bring himself to call for accountability for someone who preyed upon children sexually? Or will he let Trump slide because he’s wealthy and powerful and hands out political favors to his sycophants?”

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Good Trouble! Called do-nothing MI rep Jack Bergman’s DC and Traverse City MI offices. Asked his (poor fucker) staffers how I was supposed to square his statement regarding his the Big Bill (see attached) with actual wordage from the bill itself? Lots of hemming/hawing of course (including but/

David Otto Scaer
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I also made a point to ask both offices when we can expect an in-person townhall, where Bergman can defend his vote in person? Both offices explained that they “don’t control/have access to his calendar”. Translation: we will _never_ be allowed an actual in-person appearance of Mr. Jack Bergman

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Good Trouble! Called do-nothing MI rep Jack Bergman’s DC and Traverse City MI offices. Asked his (poor fucker) staffers how I was supposed to square his statement regarding his the Big Bill (see attached) with actual wordage from the bill itself? Lots of hemming/hawing of course (including but/

David Otto Scaer
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/squaring his statement with the content of the bill was that _is lying to his constituents about the content of the bill_. This met w quite a bit of bad-faith pushback from the tc office. I replied that I’m a reasonably intelligent person who can spot prevarication?/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Good Trouble! Called do-nothing MI rep Jack Bergman’s DC and Traverse City MI offices. Asked his (poor fucker) staffers how I was supposed to square his statement regarding his the Big Bill (see attached) with actual wordage from the bill itself? Lots of hemming/hawing of course (including but/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

/not limited to grotesque pushback regarding the ACCURACY of his own website’s words—“now whose reporting is this you’re quoting?”—and lots of glib Explaining). I asked if the congressman had actually read the bill. The staffers both reassured me he had. I posited that another way of/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

I’ve been thinking a lot about how to measure my courage as The Dark Times unfold around us. Will I have the courage to speak out? Will I have the courage to stick to my beliefs/principles, even as the Fash arm themselves against us? Am I willing to spend my life in a concentration camp in/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

I’ve been thinking a lot about how to measure my courage as The Dark Times unfold around us. Will I have the courage to speak out? Will I have the courage to stick to my beliefs/principles, even as the Fash arm themselves against us? Am I willing to spend my life in a concentration camp in/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

/in S. Sudan (or—far worse—in Florida) for speaking out, speaking up, speaking up for others? Am I willing to suffer and not cry out, and not give in? I have always sought the solace of books. Today I am reading Montaigne, “that our happiness [better trans.: good fortune] must not be judged/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

I’ve been hounding my (new) congresspeople’s phone lines. Latest theme: whether you’re the actual nazi, the one resisting, or the one too cowardly to resist (or worse, a craven enabler), YOUR LEGACY IS ASSURED. Good times

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

Amplifying this!

Deborah Elizabeth Finn@deborahelizabeth.bsky.social

For what comes next, I recommend the nonviolent resistance methods practiced and taught by Srdja Popovic. Right now, you can download a free copy of one of his books from the Cornell University Press website: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

I counted all of three (!) counterprotesters. One was masked/hatted/sunglassed—presumably embarrassed to be carrying water for the literal fascists—while another one rode by on a rickety bike, muttering “if you don’t _love_ Trump, why don’t you just leave?” Disgusting.

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

My notes for my phone call to Jack Bergman’s office (Michigan 1st congressional district). Admittedly, my handwriting is shit, so I’ll translate them for you: “If I’m, say, at a Home Depot, and heavily-armed men in tactical gear—masked, armed men wearing no badges or name tags—carrying zip ties/

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David Otto Scaer
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to stop me, when does that [begin to] constitute tyranny? When do I get to exercise my 2nd amendment rights in this case? Does it matter if the people stopping me from exercising my 1st amendment rights are the Marines, or masked gunmen?”

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

My notes for my phone call to Jack Bergman’s office (Michigan 1st congressional district). Admittedly, my handwriting is shit, so I’ll translate them for you: “If I’m, say, at a Home Depot, and heavily-armed men in tactical gear—masked, armed men wearing no badges or name tags—carrying zip ties/

David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social

[and] trying to kidnap me and my family, am I supposed to just go along with them? Is that how it is now? Looking for guidance [from Mr. Bergman’s office]. [And] if I’m exercising my 1st-amendment rights and lawfully and peacefully protesting, say, this Saturday, and the President sends people/

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

these agencies are straight up disappearing people and this democratic senator is having a chill hang with them jesus fucking christ

Senator Elissa Slotkin@slotkin.senate.gov

Yesterday, I met with CBP and ICE Homeland Security Investigations officials at the Sault Ste. Marie Port of Entry. This small but mighty port does everything from processing thousands of crossings to port of entry services for Great Lakes cruise ships & international flights into Chippewa County.