David Kronig
@davekronig.bsky.social
Government transparency & voting rights lawyer. Previously: Voter Protection Director WisDems. Musician. Immunocompromised/disabled. Lawyer. Fan of N95s, democracy, and righteous fights. he/him. Opinions are mine alone but generally pretty good
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David Kronig
@davekronig.bsky.social
· Oct 31
This is another semi-regular reminder that hot people mask (I mean, look at @malyndae.bsky.social 😍) because masking is love and resistance and anti-fascist. Masking is community care, and community care is radical in this age. Be hot. Wear a mask.
i count 5-7 bathrooms, including a "coat bath," 3 bedrooms, a "gourmet kitchen" with nothing in it, and no identifiable door to the outside
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
i count 5-7 bathrooms, including a "coat bath," 3 bedrooms, a "gourmet kitchen" with nothing in it, and no identifiable door to the outside
I’m back at Columbia med for my 3x/year cancer checkups in a packed waiting room with ~30 people, at least 3 of whom have terrifyingly productive coughs, & zero masks. It’s got to be a sign of the decay of civilization that my riskiest activities are medical appointments to try not to die of cancer
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m back at Columbia med for my 3x/year cancer checkups in a packed waiting room with ~30 people, at least 3 of whom have terrifyingly productive coughs, & zero masks. It’s got to be a sign of the decay of civilization that my riskiest activities are medical appointments to try not to die of cancer
named my fists lerner and loewe 'cause they can dance all night
named my fists simon and garfunkel 'cause if you fuck with me all you're gonna hear is the sound of silence
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
named my fists lerner and loewe 'cause they can dance all night
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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I am once again asking United States Senators to take a trial ad class to learn cross examination and witness control techniques plz
One thing to note about Bove’s response re: whistleblower report is that he didn’t explicitly deny making the “fuck you” comment.
Would be interesting to see his response if a senator directly asks him if he denies saying that
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Would be interesting to see his response if a senator directly asks him if he denies saying that
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November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This feels especially evident on the roads. People are dramatically worse drivers than they were 10 years ago. Some combination of increased distraction from technology, COVID cognitive decline, & the disregard for human life we were told was acceptable during the push to return to 2019 ways of life
That begs the question: why has everyone lost their damn minds?
And the answer I think is Phone x COVID x Neoliberalism = everyone is insane.
And the answer I think is Phone x COVID x Neoliberalism = everyone is insane.
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This feels especially evident on the roads. People are dramatically worse drivers than they were 10 years ago. Some combination of increased distraction from technology, COVID cognitive decline, & the disregard for human life we were told was acceptable during the push to return to 2019 ways of life
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These horrible deaths are the expected consequence of abandoning the basic societal premise of disease avoidance, and it was never going to be containable to just covid.
And also if you suggest anything like the below logic about children getting endless covid infections, people FREAK OUT.
And also if you suggest anything like the below logic about children getting endless covid infections, people FREAK OUT.
It boggles my mind that parents in these situations are not charged with negligence and child endangerment at the minimum.
Your child dying from a preventable disease because you fell for an internet hoax should have consequences. That is a life lost.
Your child dying from a preventable disease because you fell for an internet hoax should have consequences. That is a life lost.
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
These horrible deaths are the expected consequence of abandoning the basic societal premise of disease avoidance, and it was never going to be containable to just covid.
And also if you suggest anything like the below logic about children getting endless covid infections, people FREAK OUT.
And also if you suggest anything like the below logic about children getting endless covid infections, people FREAK OUT.
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The house I bought this year (which I love & am grateful for) came with this unnecessarily fancy-looking stove that I hate for a number of reasons. But one of them is that all of the knobs in this photo are off. Whoever designed this is an absolute sadist
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The house I bought this year (which I love & am grateful for) came with this unnecessarily fancy-looking stove that I hate for a number of reasons. But one of them is that all of the knobs in this photo are off. Whoever designed this is an absolute sadist
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You've got to have some gall to call Covid conscious folks rigid when you haven't masked in public in years, cling to 2019 & refuse to evolve your daily habits to fit the science 🧬
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
You've got to have some gall to call Covid conscious folks rigid when you haven't masked in public in years, cling to 2019 & refuse to evolve your daily habits to fit the science 🧬
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
I'll wear a suit to fly just as soon as they abolish TSA checkpoints, have porters to handle my luggage, hand me a martini immediately upon boarding, and give me a seat that's not 4 inches narrower than my shoulders. Civility is a two-way street, bucko
Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, has been urging people for the past week to dress and comport themselves better as a way of restoring “civility” to air travel. On Tuesday, he added another item to his list of concerns: the quality of the snacks handed out on commercial flights.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snack Options
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I'll wear a suit to fly just as soon as they abolish TSA checkpoints, have porters to handle my luggage, hand me a martini immediately upon boarding, and give me a seat that's not 4 inches narrower than my shoulders. Civility is a two-way street, bucko
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Mom of a relapsed pediatric leukemia patient here and can confirm 😞
Having cancer during Covid has been eye opening, no one thinks they ought to wear a mask around me ever.
People really give two shits about other people.
People really give two shits about other people.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Mom of a relapsed pediatric leukemia patient here and can confirm 😞
I’m sorry this is how you had to find out, @malyndae.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’m sorry this is how you had to find out, @malyndae.bsky.social
excuse me but i have the right amount of books and i threw away a lot of cables last month. where do i go for my apology
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
excuse me but i have the right amount of books and i threw away a lot of cables last month. where do i go for my apology
In the parking lot at the beach there’s a young tech bro looking dude sitting in his Tesla that’s new enough he definitely knew Elon was a nazi when he bought it. He’s listening to sad girl acoustic guitar music at max volume and I like to think he’s sad about the Trump Zohran meeting
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In the parking lot at the beach there’s a young tech bro looking dude sitting in his Tesla that’s new enough he definitely knew Elon was a nazi when he bought it. He’s listening to sad girl acoustic guitar music at max volume and I like to think he’s sad about the Trump Zohran meeting
this will last until about 13 minutes after mamdani is sworn in but it's so funny how obvious it is that what trump craves more than anything in the world is to get invited to the cool kids' table
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
this will last until about 13 minutes after mamdani is sworn in but it's so funny how obvious it is that what trump craves more than anything in the world is to get invited to the cool kids' table
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In agreement with my friend @kkjetelina.bsky.social who writes today: "I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In agreement with my friend @kkjetelina.bsky.social who writes today: "I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
You can’t “personal choice” your way out of being disabled or chronically ill. This is a way to punish disabled people because we are less than, less deserving, less human. They want disabled people to die by making our care (even more) unaffordable, because we don’t deserve to live.
He’s comparing healthcare to home insurance.
Saying the “healthy” should be rewarded.
It’s eugenics.
Disability can happen to anyone.
You know how a hurricane can destroy your home no matter how many “safeguards” you had?
That’s chronic illness.
It’s the hurricane. $2k won’t cut it.
Saying the “healthy” should be rewarded.
It’s eugenics.
Disability can happen to anyone.
You know how a hurricane can destroy your home no matter how many “safeguards” you had?
That’s chronic illness.
It’s the hurricane. $2k won’t cut it.
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
You can’t “personal choice” your way out of being disabled or chronically ill. This is a way to punish disabled people because we are less than, less deserving, less human. They want disabled people to die by making our care (even more) unaffordable, because we don’t deserve to live.
i know we're all supposed to be blasé about this stuff because being jaded is how we've been conditioned to acquiesce to creeping fascism for years now, but this is actually really, really fucking scary. given his rampant lawlessness, we need to actually take this as the serious threat it is
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
i know we're all supposed to be blasé about this stuff because being jaded is how we've been conditioned to acquiesce to creeping fascism for years now, but this is actually really, really fucking scary. given his rampant lawlessness, we need to actually take this as the serious threat it is
NORMS ONLY WORK WHEN ALL PARTIES RESPECT AND ABIDE BY THEM JFC HOW ARE WE STILL HAVING THIS CONVERSATION
"There is danger, however, in requiring the Justice Department to reveal the fruits of a criminal investigation — even in a case as compelling and as egregious as Epstein’s," writes @imillhiser.bsky.social.
Here's why 👇
Here's why 👇
The case against releasing the Epstein files
DOJ has strong norms against releasing information outside of a criminal trial, and for good reasons.
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
NORMS ONLY WORK WHEN ALL PARTIES RESPECT AND ABIDE BY THEM JFC HOW ARE WE STILL HAVING THIS CONVERSATION
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated