David August βπ
@davidaugust.bsky.social
Actor. Writer. May have been in that thing you saw that one time (Dependent's Day, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Second City/Chicago Shakespeare). @[email protected]
https://www.davidaugust.com/
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David August βπ
@davidaugust.bsky.social
Β· Jan 30
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As I said, "Seems ICE is trained to escalate things, and to kill civilians." stuff.davidaugust.com/premeditated...
3/3
#USpol #ice #violence #murder #law #Justice
3/3
#USpol #ice #violence #murder #law #Justice
Premeditated State Violence Must End
Planning to kill is bad.
In 2013, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) knew that their agents would sometimes ββ¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing them...
stuff.davidaugust.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Medical Examiner classifying ice actions as homicide in choking death: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
2/3
#USpol #ice #violence #murder #law #Justice
2/3
#USpol #ice #violence #murder #law #Justice
Medical examiner likely to classify death of ICE detainee as homicide, recorded call says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:14 PM
. @propublica.org "found over 40 cases of agents using chokeholds and other moves that can block breathing. 'I felt like I was going to pass out and die,' said a 16-year-old citizen."
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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#USpol #ice #violence #murder #law #Justice
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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#USpol #ice #violence #murder #law #Justice
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. βI felt like I was going to pass out and die,β said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:14 PM
. @propublica.org "found over 40 cases of agents using chokeholds and other moves that can block breathing. 'I felt like I was going to pass out and die,' said a 16-year-old citizen."
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
1/3
#USpol #ice #violence #murder #law #Justice
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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#USpol #ice #violence #murder #law #Justice
Reposted by David August βπ
Sonnet 022 - XXII
My glass shall not persuade me I am old,
So long as youth and thou are of one date;
But when in thee time's furrows I behold,
Then look I death my days should expiate.
For all that beauty that doth cover thee,
Is but the seemly raiment of my heart,
Which in thy breast doth live [β¦]
My glass shall not persuade me I am old,
So long as youth and thou are of one date;
But when in thee time's furrows I behold,
Then look I death my days should expiate.
For all that beauty that doth cover thee,
Is but the seemly raiment of my heart,
Which in thy breast doth live [β¦]
Original post on bots.krohsnest.com
bots.krohsnest.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Sonnet 022 - XXII
My glass shall not persuade me I am old,
So long as youth and thou are of one date;
But when in thee time's furrows I behold,
Then look I death my days should expiate.
For all that beauty that doth cover thee,
Is but the seemly raiment of my heart,
Which in thy breast doth live [β¦]
My glass shall not persuade me I am old,
So long as youth and thou are of one date;
But when in thee time's furrows I behold,
Then look I death my days should expiate.
For all that beauty that doth cover thee,
Is but the seemly raiment of my heart,
Which in thy breast doth live [β¦]
Reposted by David August βπ
@davidaugust
While good information for lawyers, I'll respectfully suggest we should be focused on:
* Calling our members of Congress to tell them not one single dime for ICE/CBP to use to continue brutally attacking Americans, citizens and non-citizens alike, in pending budget bills or any [β¦]
While good information for lawyers, I'll respectfully suggest we should be focused on:
* Calling our members of Congress to tell them not one single dime for ICE/CBP to use to continue brutally attacking Americans, citizens and non-citizens alike, in pending budget bills or any [β¦]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
January 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
@davidaugust
While good information for lawyers, I'll respectfully suggest we should be focused on:
* Calling our members of Congress to tell them not one single dime for ICE/CBP to use to continue brutally attacking Americans, citizens and non-citizens alike, in pending budget bills or any [β¦]
While good information for lawyers, I'll respectfully suggest we should be focused on:
* Calling our members of Congress to tell them not one single dime for ICE/CBP to use to continue brutally attacking Americans, citizens and non-citizens alike, in pending budget bills or any [β¦]
Reposted by David August βπ
"Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job."
βJoan Rivers
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
βJoan Rivers
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
January 16, 2026 at 4:21 AM
"Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job."
βJoan Rivers
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
βJoan Rivers
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
Reposted by David August βπ
"Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project."
βAlex Borstein
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
βAlex Borstein
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
January 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project."
βAlex Borstein
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
βAlex Borstein
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
Reposted by David August βπ
I just wrote this.
"In 2013β¦CBPβ¦knew that their agents would sometimes 'β¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force'
stuff.davidaugust.com/premeditated...
#USpol #ice #law
"In 2013β¦CBPβ¦knew that their agents would sometimes 'β¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force'
stuff.davidaugust.com/premeditated...
#USpol #ice #law
Premeditated State Violence Must End
Planning to kill is bad.
In 2013, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) knew that their agents would sometimes ββ¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing them...
stuff.davidaugust.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I just wrote this.
"In 2013β¦CBPβ¦knew that their agents would sometimes 'β¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force'
stuff.davidaugust.com/premeditated...
#USpol #ice #law
"In 2013β¦CBPβ¦knew that their agents would sometimes 'β¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force'
stuff.davidaugust.com/premeditated...
#USpol #ice #law
Reposted by David August βπ
ββ¦Republican lawmakers areβ¦acknowledgingβ¦Trump would face impeachment and removal if he attempted to invade Greenland. Thisβ¦as European troopsβ¦landed on the islandβ¦to soon raiseβ¦European Union flagβ¦β
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-...
#USpol #Greenland #EU #potus #Impeachment
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-...
#USpol #Greenland #EU #potus #Impeachment
Important News Update: Trump Suggests United States Should Cancel Upcoming Elections and European Troops Land on Greenland
Good afternoon everyone.
aaronparnas.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
ββ¦Republican lawmakers areβ¦acknowledgingβ¦Trump would face impeachment and removal if he attempted to invade Greenland. Thisβ¦as European troopsβ¦landed on the islandβ¦to soon raiseβ¦European Union flagβ¦β
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-...
#USpol #Greenland #EU #potus #Impeachment
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-...
#USpol #Greenland #EU #potus #Impeachment
So are you suggesting the American People turn vigilante? What are you suggestion if police enforcing laws in this case is distasteful to you?
January 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
So are you suggesting the American People turn vigilante? What are you suggestion if police enforcing laws in this case is distasteful to you?
Reposted by David August βπ
Letβs stay grounded in reality.
All the shit theyβre doing is illegal.
Thatβs it.
You donβt ever have to question if itβs legal or not. Itβs illegal.
It doesnβt matter what the goddamn Supreme Court says thatβs for sure.
The American citizens are going to keep the record on what the laws are.
All the shit theyβre doing is illegal.
Thatβs it.
You donβt ever have to question if itβs legal or not. Itβs illegal.
It doesnβt matter what the goddamn Supreme Court says thatβs for sure.
The American citizens are going to keep the record on what the laws are.
January 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Letβs stay grounded in reality.
All the shit theyβre doing is illegal.
Thatβs it.
You donβt ever have to question if itβs legal or not. Itβs illegal.
It doesnβt matter what the goddamn Supreme Court says thatβs for sure.
The American citizens are going to keep the record on what the laws are.
All the shit theyβre doing is illegal.
Thatβs it.
You donβt ever have to question if itβs legal or not. Itβs illegal.
It doesnβt matter what the goddamn Supreme Court says thatβs for sure.
The American citizens are going to keep the record on what the laws are.
I just wrote this.
"In 2013β¦CBPβ¦knew that their agents would sometimes 'β¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force'
stuff.davidaugust.com/premeditated...
#USpol #ice #law
"In 2013β¦CBPβ¦knew that their agents would sometimes 'β¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force'
stuff.davidaugust.com/premeditated...
#USpol #ice #law
Premeditated State Violence Must End
Planning to kill is bad.
In 2013, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) knew that their agents would sometimes ββ¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing them...
stuff.davidaugust.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I just wrote this.
"In 2013β¦CBPβ¦knew that their agents would sometimes 'β¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force'
stuff.davidaugust.com/premeditated...
#USpol #ice #law
"In 2013β¦CBPβ¦knew that their agents would sometimes 'β¦intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force'
stuff.davidaugust.com/premeditated...
#USpol #ice #law
All the alternatives are worse. It needs to happen.
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
All the alternatives are worse. It needs to happen.
Reposted by David August βπ
ICE is the new Gestapo!
January 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
ICE is the new Gestapo!
ββ¦Republican lawmakers areβ¦acknowledgingβ¦Trump would face impeachment and removal if he attempted to invade Greenland. Thisβ¦as European troopsβ¦landed on the islandβ¦to soon raiseβ¦European Union flagβ¦β
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-...
#USpol #Greenland #EU #potus #Impeachment
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-...
#USpol #Greenland #EU #potus #Impeachment
Important News Update: Trump Suggests United States Should Cancel Upcoming Elections and European Troops Land on Greenland
Good afternoon everyone.
aaronparnas.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
ββ¦Republican lawmakers areβ¦acknowledgingβ¦Trump would face impeachment and removal if he attempted to invade Greenland. Thisβ¦as European troopsβ¦landed on the islandβ¦to soon raiseβ¦European Union flagβ¦β
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-...
#USpol #Greenland #EU #potus #Impeachment
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-...
#USpol #Greenland #EU #potus #Impeachment
Reposted by David August βπ
Sonnet 061 - LXI
Is it thy will, thy image should keep open
My heavy eyelids to the weary night?
Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken,
While shadows like to thee do mock my sight?
Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee
So far from home into my deeds to pry,
To find out shames and [β¦]
Is it thy will, thy image should keep open
My heavy eyelids to the weary night?
Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken,
While shadows like to thee do mock my sight?
Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee
So far from home into my deeds to pry,
To find out shames and [β¦]
Original post on bots.krohsnest.com
bots.krohsnest.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Sonnet 061 - LXI
Is it thy will, thy image should keep open
My heavy eyelids to the weary night?
Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken,
While shadows like to thee do mock my sight?
Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee
So far from home into my deeds to pry,
To find out shames and [β¦]
Is it thy will, thy image should keep open
My heavy eyelids to the weary night?
Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken,
While shadows like to thee do mock my sight?
Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee
So far from home into my deeds to pry,
To find out shames and [β¦]
Reposted by David August βπ
"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy thatβs expected of an audienceβ¦ thatβs the holy grail."
βRiz Ahmed
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
βRiz Ahmed
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
January 15, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy thatβs expected of an audienceβ¦ thatβs the holy grail."
βRiz Ahmed
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
βRiz Ahmed
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
Reposted by David August βπ
I have written why local police, possibly SWAT, must engage, detain and arrest ice. The alternatives are all worse.
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/local-law-enforcements-challenge-uphold-the-law-even-against-the-feds/
#USpol #law #ice
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/local-law-enforcements-challenge-uphold-the-law-even-against-the-feds/
#USpol #law #ice
January 11, 2026 at 6:36 AM
I have written why local police, possibly SWAT, must engage, detain and arrest ice. The alternatives are all worse.
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/local-law-enforcements-challenge-uphold-the-law-even-against-the-feds/
#USpol #law #ice
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/local-law-enforcements-challenge-uphold-the-law-even-against-the-feds/
#USpol #law #ice
Reposted by David August βπ
Sick to my stomach.
βA 21-year-old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blind in his left eye after a federal agent fired a less-lethal projectile into his face from close range during a demonstration in Santa Ana, California.β
#USpol #HumanRights #ice
βA 21-year-old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blind in his left eye after a federal agent fired a less-lethal projectile into his face from close range during a demonstration in Santa Ana, California.β
#USpol #HumanRights #ice
MSN
www.msn.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Sick to my stomach.
βA 21-year-old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blind in his left eye after a federal agent fired a less-lethal projectile into his face from close range during a demonstration in Santa Ana, California.β
#USpol #HumanRights #ice
βA 21-year-old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blind in his left eye after a federal agent fired a less-lethal projectile into his face from close range during a demonstration in Santa Ana, California.β
#USpol #HumanRights #ice
Reposted by David August βπ
π¨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrantsβit's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW β¬οΈ
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
π¨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrantsβit's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW β¬οΈ
Sick to my stomach.
βA 21-year-old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blind in his left eye after a federal agent fired a less-lethal projectile into his face from close range during a demonstration in Santa Ana, California.β
#USpol #HumanRights #ice
βA 21-year-old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blind in his left eye after a federal agent fired a less-lethal projectile into his face from close range during a demonstration in Santa Ana, California.β
#USpol #HumanRights #ice
MSN
www.msn.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Sick to my stomach.
βA 21-year-old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blind in his left eye after a federal agent fired a less-lethal projectile into his face from close range during a demonstration in Santa Ana, California.β
#USpol #HumanRights #ice
βA 21-year-old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blind in his left eye after a federal agent fired a less-lethal projectile into his face from close range during a demonstration in Santa Ana, California.β
#USpol #HumanRights #ice
Reposted by David August βπ
Sonnet 125 - CXXV
Were't aught to me I bore the canopy,
With my extern the outward honouring,
Or laid great bases for eternity,
Which proves more short than waste or ruining?
Have I not seen dwellers on form and favour
Lose all and more by paying too much rent
For compound sweet, forgoing simple [β¦]
Were't aught to me I bore the canopy,
With my extern the outward honouring,
Or laid great bases for eternity,
Which proves more short than waste or ruining?
Have I not seen dwellers on form and favour
Lose all and more by paying too much rent
For compound sweet, forgoing simple [β¦]
Original post on bots.krohsnest.com
bots.krohsnest.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Sonnet 125 - CXXV
Were't aught to me I bore the canopy,
With my extern the outward honouring,
Or laid great bases for eternity,
Which proves more short than waste or ruining?
Have I not seen dwellers on form and favour
Lose all and more by paying too much rent
For compound sweet, forgoing simple [β¦]
Were't aught to me I bore the canopy,
With my extern the outward honouring,
Or laid great bases for eternity,
Which proves more short than waste or ruining?
Have I not seen dwellers on form and favour
Lose all and more by paying too much rent
For compound sweet, forgoing simple [β¦]
Reposted by David August βπ
"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."
βJason Bateman
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
βJason Bateman
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."
βJason Bateman
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
βJason Bateman
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
Reposted by David August βπ
"I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work."
βMeryl Streep
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
βMeryl Streep
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
January 15, 2026 at 4:16 AM
"I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work."
βMeryl Streep
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
βMeryl Streep
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
Reposted by David August βπ
"Lake and DOGE, ten months ago, effectively destroyed U.S. international broadcasting."
"What has been hastily brought back, as a claimed 'statutory minimum' by Lake, resembles a Potemkin village."
via @newsguy.bsky.social
newsguy.substack.com/p/potemkin-a...
#USpol #VOA #radio #TV #news
"What has been hastily brought back, as a claimed 'statutory minimum' by Lake, resembles a Potemkin village."
via @newsguy.bsky.social
newsguy.substack.com/p/potemkin-a...
#USpol #VOA #radio #TV #news
Potemkin Airwaves
The Hollow Resurrection of U.S. International Broadcasting
newsguy.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 AM
"Lake and DOGE, ten months ago, effectively destroyed U.S. international broadcasting."
"What has been hastily brought back, as a claimed 'statutory minimum' by Lake, resembles a Potemkin village."
via @newsguy.bsky.social
newsguy.substack.com/p/potemkin-a...
#USpol #VOA #radio #TV #news
"What has been hastily brought back, as a claimed 'statutory minimum' by Lake, resembles a Potemkin village."
via @newsguy.bsky.social
newsguy.substack.com/p/potemkin-a...
#USpol #VOA #radio #TV #news