Dave Secrest
@davesecrest.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Grandfather, Friend. American. Trial attorney. Californian. Santa Barbarian. Political Observer. Independent.
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Is Trump Baiting His Own Trap?
The paradox of authoritarian competence and self-destructive impulse—and why the next major electoral test could be the hinge of his fate.
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Do you want to understand why Trump and MAGA are inevitably doomed to utter failure?
Read and follow.
Read and follow.
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I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
The level of ignorance of this United States senator is both astonishing and depressing.
They (GOP) have no clue how to govern, and no conception of what healthcare policy can, or should, be.
They’re just scrambling to avoid getting thrown out of office next November.
Unpatriotic, putrid wretches.
They (GOP) have no clue how to govern, and no conception of what healthcare policy can, or should, be.
They’re just scrambling to avoid getting thrown out of office next November.
Unpatriotic, putrid wretches.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The level of ignorance of this United States senator is both astonishing and depressing.
They (GOP) have no clue how to govern, and no conception of what healthcare policy can, or should, be.
They’re just scrambling to avoid getting thrown out of office next November.
Unpatriotic, putrid wretches.
They (GOP) have no clue how to govern, and no conception of what healthcare policy can, or should, be.
They’re just scrambling to avoid getting thrown out of office next November.
Unpatriotic, putrid wretches.
These unpatriotic morons lack the cognitive capacity to assess events forward in time to probable outcomes.
If they did, they would realize that there is no crime to be investigated or charged; they will fail; any remaining credibility will vanish.
It’s 100% impulse.
His fatal flaw.
We’re lucky.
If they did, they would realize that there is no crime to be investigated or charged; they will fail; any remaining credibility will vanish.
It’s 100% impulse.
His fatal flaw.
We’re lucky.
No the Democrats in this video aren't "implying" anything. Members of the armed forces ARE required to refuse illegal orders. This is simple. Not controversial at all. And it's super revealing that MAGA is so worried that troops won't carry out an illegal order from Trump.
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
These unpatriotic morons lack the cognitive capacity to assess events forward in time to probable outcomes.
If they did, they would realize that there is no crime to be investigated or charged; they will fail; any remaining credibility will vanish.
It’s 100% impulse.
His fatal flaw.
We’re lucky.
If they did, they would realize that there is no crime to be investigated or charged; they will fail; any remaining credibility will vanish.
It’s 100% impulse.
His fatal flaw.
We’re lucky.
"Lindsey, Florida State Bar on Line 3."
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Lindsey, Florida State Bar on Line 3."
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In my 30 years as a lawyer, I have had a lot of strange weeks. But this one was among the weirdest. Become a Democracy Docket member to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In my 30 years as a lawyer, I have had a lot of strange weeks. But this one was among the weirdest. Become a Democracy Docket member to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Meet the next U.S. Senator from the great state of Texas, who seems to possess the launch codes and algorithms to permanently dismantle MAGA in America.
Get ready to watch the fastest and most effective rise of any political figure in this country since Obama in 2006.
Get ready to watch the fastest and most effective rise of any political figure in this country since Obama in 2006.
James Talarico - Wikipedia
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November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Meet the next U.S. Senator from the great state of Texas, who seems to possess the launch codes and algorithms to permanently dismantle MAGA in America.
Get ready to watch the fastest and most effective rise of any political figure in this country since Obama in 2006.
Get ready to watch the fastest and most effective rise of any political figure in this country since Obama in 2006.
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Home invasions.
Child sex crimes.
Homicide.
Just a couple things that some of the 1500+ January 6 defendants have been convicted of since Trump released them back onto our streets.
The GOP isn't the party of law and order.
They're the party of lawlessness and violence.
Child sex crimes.
Homicide.
Just a couple things that some of the 1500+ January 6 defendants have been convicted of since Trump released them back onto our streets.
The GOP isn't the party of law and order.
They're the party of lawlessness and violence.
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Home invasions.
Child sex crimes.
Homicide.
Just a couple things that some of the 1500+ January 6 defendants have been convicted of since Trump released them back onto our streets.
The GOP isn't the party of law and order.
They're the party of lawlessness and violence.
Child sex crimes.
Homicide.
Just a couple things that some of the 1500+ January 6 defendants have been convicted of since Trump released them back onto our streets.
The GOP isn't the party of law and order.
They're the party of lawlessness and violence.
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Trump is isolating the American people from the rest of the world.
He is alienating most other countries all at once, uniting the world against us.
We are stuck here with him & he is stuck here with us.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/t...
He is alienating most other countries all at once, uniting the world against us.
We are stuck here with him & he is stuck here with us.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/t...
US drops out of world’s most powerful passport top 10 list for the first time | CNN
Once a ticket to visa-free travel across the world, the US passport’s potency has dwindled in recent times. And now, for the first time, it’s completely fallen off the leaderboard of nationalities ran...
www.cnn.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Trump is isolating the American people from the rest of the world.
He is alienating most other countries all at once, uniting the world against us.
We are stuck here with him & he is stuck here with us.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/t...
He is alienating most other countries all at once, uniting the world against us.
We are stuck here with him & he is stuck here with us.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/t...
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The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
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Taking down Trump isn’t even political anymore, it’s about taking down a transnational criminal organization operating at the highest echelons of US government and putting our international security at extreme risk.
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Taking down Trump isn’t even political anymore, it’s about taking down a transnational criminal organization operating at the highest echelons of US government and putting our international security at extreme risk.
This is going to blow up the entire arsenal of falsified prosecutions of Trump enemies based on mortgage fraud. Pulte, AG Blondi and Trump will be criminally prosecuted.
Blondi will be disbarred.
They'll all be sued for everything they have.
Total Arrogance + Absolute Incompetence = MAGA ShitShow.
Blondi will be disbarred.
They'll all be sued for everything they have.
Total Arrogance + Absolute Incompetence = MAGA ShitShow.
BREAKING:
We have a new Motion to Dismiss from Letitia James, this time for Outrageous Gov't Conduct and focusing on Bill Pulte's behavior.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71601...
We have a new Motion to Dismiss from Letitia James, this time for Outrageous Gov't Conduct and focusing on Bill Pulte's behavior.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71601...
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is going to blow up the entire arsenal of falsified prosecutions of Trump enemies based on mortgage fraud. Pulte, AG Blondi and Trump will be criminally prosecuted.
Blondi will be disbarred.
They'll all be sued for everything they have.
Total Arrogance + Absolute Incompetence = MAGA ShitShow.
Blondi will be disbarred.
They'll all be sued for everything they have.
Total Arrogance + Absolute Incompetence = MAGA ShitShow.
“[T]he rich and powerful are increasingly operating in cryptocurrencies and avoiding accountability, but where a majority of people would prefer to live in a world where a child does not have to sell her body to older men in order to save enough money to get braces on her teeth.”
November 16, 2025
On Thursday, November 13, Michael Schmidt reported in the New York Times the story of the 17-year-old girl the House Ethics Committee found former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) likely paid to have ...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“[T]he rich and powerful are increasingly operating in cryptocurrencies and avoiding accountability, but where a majority of people would prefer to live in a world where a child does not have to sell her body to older men in order to save enough money to get braces on her teeth.”
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"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Precisely.
Millions pulled lever for Trump, or failed to vote at all, because “affordability.”
which Trump’s “Signature Policies” (mass deportation decimating labor force & insane, illegal tariffs) inevitably worsened.
We’ll have a real affordability crisis after a nuclear exchange or two, won’t we?
Millions pulled lever for Trump, or failed to vote at all, because “affordability.”
which Trump’s “Signature Policies” (mass deportation decimating labor force & insane, illegal tariffs) inevitably worsened.
We’ll have a real affordability crisis after a nuclear exchange or two, won’t we?
And then think of what a cornered psychopathic human being with the morals and instincts of a rat and control of over five thousand nuclear warheads would do.
This is a very dangerous moment for the country and the world. A cornered rat will do anything to escape.
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Precisely.
Millions pulled lever for Trump, or failed to vote at all, because “affordability.”
which Trump’s “Signature Policies” (mass deportation decimating labor force & insane, illegal tariffs) inevitably worsened.
We’ll have a real affordability crisis after a nuclear exchange or two, won’t we?
Millions pulled lever for Trump, or failed to vote at all, because “affordability.”
which Trump’s “Signature Policies” (mass deportation decimating labor force & insane, illegal tariffs) inevitably worsened.
We’ll have a real affordability crisis after a nuclear exchange or two, won’t we?
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It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/sc...
Schumer: Step Down as Minority Leader!
It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
sign.moveon.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/sc...
My 70 year Census results are in:
Success!
Success!
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My 70 year Census results are in:
Success!
Success!
Do you want to understand why Trump and MAGA are inevitably doomed to utter failure?
Read and follow.
Read and follow.
Is Trump Baiting His Own Trap?
The paradox of authoritarian competence and self-destructive impulse—and why the next major electoral test could be the hinge of his fate.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Do you want to understand why Trump and MAGA are inevitably doomed to utter failure?
Read and follow.
Read and follow.
Reposted by Dave Secrest
The federal judge in the lawsuit against Homeland Security's violent attacks in Chicago reads Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" in full as she prepares to issue her ruling. Read Sun-Times reporter Jon Seidel's live-posting from court.
Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Chicago
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The federal judge in the lawsuit against Homeland Security's violent attacks in Chicago reads Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" in full as she prepares to issue her ruling. Read Sun-Times reporter Jon Seidel's live-posting from court.
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Thank you Bobbi Bittker and @americanbar.org for the nice write up! www.americanbar.org/content/dam/...
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Thank you Bobbi Bittker and @americanbar.org for the nice write up! www.americanbar.org/content/dam/...
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As the mother of a 20-year-old daughter, I think it is hard to overstate how much what happened last night meant to many young people.
They came of political age under the shadow of Trumpism and the hardships of the pandemic.
They needed this glimmer of hope. Let’s build it into an enduring flame.
They came of political age under the shadow of Trumpism and the hardships of the pandemic.
They needed this glimmer of hope. Let’s build it into an enduring flame.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As the mother of a 20-year-old daughter, I think it is hard to overstate how much what happened last night meant to many young people.
They came of political age under the shadow of Trumpism and the hardships of the pandemic.
They needed this glimmer of hope. Let’s build it into an enduring flame.
They came of political age under the shadow of Trumpism and the hardships of the pandemic.
They needed this glimmer of hope. Let’s build it into an enduring flame.
People don’t get it yet.
Mamdani is about to earn more votes, and a higher percentage of votes, than any candidate for Mayor of the City of New York…
in history.
Mamdani is about to earn more votes, and a higher percentage of votes, than any candidate for Mayor of the City of New York…
in history.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
People don’t get it yet.
Mamdani is about to earn more votes, and a higher percentage of votes, than any candidate for Mayor of the City of New York…
in history.
Mamdani is about to earn more votes, and a higher percentage of votes, than any candidate for Mayor of the City of New York…
in history.
