David
David
@dpleasant.bsky.social
Left side of the aisle. South Carolina Gamecocks and Atlanta Braves fan.
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I'm already waiting to hear the excuses on tv for why the sitting president being credibly accused of being a serial (child) rapist and longtime Epstein co-conspirator is not a big enough story to devote their full attention to. Go on, pundits, show us what you'll be remembered for.
"The Committee presented at least one new allegation against Trump: a former Miss Switzerland who says she was raped by him at the Plaza Hotel in New York during a beauty pageant in 1993, leaving her bleeding and bruised." www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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South Carolina's former governors Jim Hodges, a Democrat, and David Beasley, a Republican, shoot a joint 60-second ad endorsing Annie Andrews for Senate. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARZ5...
Donald Trump, the law and order president, says he has the right to run for a third term. www.newsweek.com/trump-wants-...
This accurate and well article on affordability nails why people are so angry. It precisely illustrates how outrageously expensive relatable, everyday items are today vs. 1986. It isn’t just inflation! The 1986 data reconciles with my lived experience. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Won’t someone please give Donald the Nobel Peace Prize that he so richly deserves? www.meidasplus.com/p/so-much-wo...
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“Armed Federal Agents Knock on Doors Hunting for Noncitizen Voters” That might be important. However, if it doesn’t rise to the level of “raises questions,” it’s OK. aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump...
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John Malone Says Trump Administration Told Netflix They Had “No Chance” Of Getting Regulatory Greenlight For Merger With Warner Bros. Discovery deadline.com/2026/10/john...
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Trump gives Putin Ukraine, basically Europe, and arguably America. “Humanitarian” Putin gives Trump one prisoner for mid-term elections. There is a bit of hyperbole in that, but not much. Nauseating. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
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"What's the point of writing about national security—or, for that matter, of having a national security apparatus at all—if the men in those jobs (it’s mostly men who fucked this up) can’t spot the most obvious domestic threat to U.S. national security since the bombardment of Fort Sumter in 1861?"
Brian is right. It’s been my position for a long time and have said so in multiple ways. If the root issue — democracy — isn’t addressed first and aggressively, the worst possible nightmare becomes a quick reality. 🧵
The Dem voting base clearly believes the establishment is spineless. This has redounded to the benefit of progressive. But they want to spend their capital directly on transformative policy that can’t become law without doing the cringe resistance stuff first. www.offmessage.net/p/progressiv...
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This take might have made sense in 2019, but its not defensible now. Trump has gone to war, with remarkable success, against the institutions. Trump critics are making the case for significant institutional change, like court reform. These are not the mark of a successful institutional arrangements.
Its resilience rests not on politicians’ restraint but on the robustness of institutional arrangements, writes Frances Lee
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Replying to @rparloff.bsky.social
J: i rec'd aa number of texts on the break from my mother and my brother because CNN is reporting i'm getting a lot of death threats. this is where we are. a federal judge getting death threats over a golf course. i really dont think this is what the founders envisioned. adjourned. /210
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Replying to @rparloff.bsky.social
DOJ: even if court disagrees with us on standing or final agency action, when you get to end of road, there's no there there. the NEPA claim fails under slightest scrutiny. J: let's go back to final agency action. Have POTUS saying there's a final plan. Have you all telling me: no final plan. /170