David Marshall

David Marshall

@funmandave.bsky.social

When you discuss other people, you should emphasize that they are People, not that they are Other.

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For the fabulously wealthy, paying taxes is pretty much optional. They can borrow against their vast wealth, which is mostly an untaxed capital gain, without paying taxes. When they die, the capital gain goes to zero. And loopholes exist to bypass the estate tax too.

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social

“Billionaires who popularized stock-based lending include Larry Ellison and Elon Musk. Both borrow to avoid having to sell shares—which could trigger a taxes and dilute their voting rights—in companies they founded.” www.wsj.com/finance/the-...

Jake Bauers is just gonna nonchalantly high five his teammates who combined for 8 runs in the 5th, after he combined (with himself) for 2 fly outs to left. <whistling>

I feel an urge to point out that the San Diego Padres put up a helluva lot better fight in the division series than either the Dodgers in the NLCS or the Rays in the World Series. It does me no good, but I’m giving in to that urge anyway.

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Update! Bishop apologizes for allowing himself to be tricked. ⤵️ www.archmil.org/posts/a-publ... The WH duped Catholic clergy into what they were told would be high level meetings & private prayer, took secret video, & released it w/o permission! heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-25... ⤵️

"This was not something that the USCCB organized. It is not affiliated with the Conference." ~ USCCB spokesperson "clearly an attempt to hijack the message coming from the leaders of the USCCB," ~ @massimofaggioli.bsky.social , theology prof at Villanova. www.ncronline.org/news/ahead-e...

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Nathan Newman@nathansnewman.bsky.social

This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.

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Replying to @ericlipton.nytimes.com

Overall, we are seeing some very odd deal talks that are supposedly a part of ending the war in Ukraine. But in fact evidence shows these deals are structured (in the most recent case secretly until now) to financially benefit Russia or business partners of the Trump and Witkoff families.

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Remember when the President directing the DOJ to do literally anything would be a months long scandal that would almost certainly end in impeachment? I miss those days.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Trump just said this about his DOJ's Alaska lawsuit: "I'm the one that said do it."

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This would be the most any person has donated in any election cycle. And #2 is also Musk, in 2024.

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NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads? Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them. The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything. Elon Musk: Texas is not for sale.

Since there’s no statute of limitations on murder, there’s really no such thing as a “former” hit man.

Mike Nellis@mikenellis.bsky.social

NEWS: Jared Kushner reportedly had a secret Dubai bank account holding hundreds of millions of dollars from Azerbaijan, and he allegedly used it as a slush fund to pay a warlord, a mercenary, and a former hit man. There is no end to the corruption and depravity of these people.

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AI billionaires are trying to buy elections... but when voters know who's pushing ads, it backfires. One of the most important things we can all do right now is make sure our friends and family know which candidates are being backed by freaks like Musk and Andreessen www.inc.com/sam-blum/ai-...

inc.comAI Founders Have Poured Millions Into Politics. Voters Aren't ConvincedSurvey data suggest the AI industry's political spending isn't working with voters who are concerned about jobs and data centers.

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In August, Trump announced the “BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” But is it? The text of the accord — which grants the U.S. sweeping access to Venezuela’s oil reserves — has been one of DC’s most sought-after secrets. ProPublica got to see a copy. 🧵

Remember when Trump’s people used to deny he’d mocked a journalist with a disability? Just a reminder that they’ve been lying for a long time.

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social

The White House official accounts are posting Down Syndrome slurs to attack journalists. These people are disgusting and morally depraved.

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My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

nytimes.comA Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. (Gift Article)Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

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It shows you how bad the Vivek thing is. Staffer for one of the slimiest guys in congress, who literally made jokes about Dems pols getting murdered in Minnesota, gets the fully story and issues an abject apology.

We actually shamed Mike Lee’s chief of staff wow

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Today LA County responded to DOJ’s request that a court order California officials to set aside ballots from some 20,000 voters that the DOJ says it thinks might be non-citizens. The county’s preliminary analysis of the list is devastating for DOJ, though not at all surprising.

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In case you see this post claiming that Acton's statement is "misinformation" floating around, it's deceptive to the point of being false.

The Rooster@rooster.info

Dr. Amy Acton's campaign is out with a statement:

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Musk would do this through those f*cking Trump Accounts they opened in every child's name without parental consent. I HATE these SO much. Parents cannot close the accounts. Parents cannot reject donations to the accounts. And we must hold on to donations for at least 5 years. I'm a state lawmaker.

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The name of New Mexico is funny because it's one of those things that you'd think is really simple (oh, it's it used to be part of old Mexico, so we'll call it New Mexico!), but it's much more complex New Mexico as the name for the area predates Mexico by several hundred years!

Owen Barcala@obarcala.bsky.social

But, like, New America wouldn't make any sense because this is still the original America and... You know what, forget it

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The “every accusation is a confession” thing is maybe overstated but when it comes to Republicans and “sharia” it is unquestionably the case that the people trying to impose their religion on others through the legal system in the US are not Muslims bsky.app/profile/qasi...

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com

Jan is a chief CBS reporter. She tweeted this about Tommy, the Republican operative accusing Abdul El-Sayed of terrorism, then deleted it. Zero questions about Tommy declaring he wants the Bible to supersede the Constitution. We need independent media. Join: www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

Watchdogs don’t have hammers. They have teeth. Why are we mixing metaphors when sticking to one works just fine?

The Mendocino Voice@mendovoice.bsky.social

The Mendocino Local Agency Formation Commission is charged with checking up on the county's 50 special districts, but its executive officer says it can’t make any of them do anything. mendovoice.com/2026/10/mend...

Two thoughts about this. 1) I don’t think I’ve heard of any of these guys, and that seems like maybe they weren’t great choices to fill this role on playoff teams. 2) When the only prior examples are a strike season and 3 games from the dead ball era, this situation is a pretty extreme outlier.

Sarah Langs@slangsonsports.bsky.social

With Chandler Simpson batting third, this is the 5th time a player with 0 career HR (incl PS) started a postseason game hitting 3rd, joining: 1981 ALDS G1 Keith Drumright 1916 WS G3 & 5 Chick Shorten 1914 WS G2 Ted Cather A testament to the way he impacts the game! @EliasSports

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The first subpoena from the new Democratic Congress should be to Mark Zuckerberg, for taking down the No Kings Instagram account in the middle of one of the largest days of civic activism in American history. No Kings. No Courtiers.

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In competitive authoritarian countries, regime allies limit and control mainstream media visibility to opposition figures and media. We're not there yet, but this is what it looks like.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(THR) - TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies. .. raises concerns about Big Tech suppression that the very film seeks to expose.” @thr.com www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

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❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

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The United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.

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Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

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🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.

nytimes.comVideo: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About TrumpIn this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...