David Lovett
@davidevanlovett.bsky.social
he/him
The biggest lib in that rights are for all; let freedom ring
Trans rights are human rights. Woman's rights are human rights. Human rights for all or they will be for none. Reparations are owed.
"Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,"
The biggest lib in that rights are for all; let freedom ring
Trans rights are human rights. Woman's rights are human rights. Human rights for all or they will be for none. Reparations are owed.
"Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,"
Pinned
frankly, speaking as a cishet white man who can trace their ancestry back to the 1600s-
you should be fucking embarrassed if you aren't advocating for what was promised in the Declaration - that all are created equal, and granted unalienable Rights; Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
you should be fucking embarrassed if you aren't advocating for what was promised in the Declaration - that all are created equal, and granted unalienable Rights; Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
now the question I have is
- did the votes actual reach critical mass and Trump called him to shut it down
- or did the talks actually collapse and there was just pure infighting
- did the votes actual reach critical mass and Trump called him to shut it down
- or did the talks actually collapse and there was just pure infighting
LATEST: House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won't call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Republicans worked on the issue throughout the weekend but could not come to an agreement with a group of members who want the funds extended.
nbcnews.to
December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
now the question I have is
- did the votes actual reach critical mass and Trump called him to shut it down
- or did the talks actually collapse and there was just pure infighting
- did the votes actual reach critical mass and Trump called him to shut it down
- or did the talks actually collapse and there was just pure infighting
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Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
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I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The GOP is just one big, violently abusive family.
Imagine comparing Dear Leader to your vicious alcoholic father...and meaning it as a complement. Incredible toxic codependency going on here.
Imagine comparing Dear Leader to your vicious alcoholic father...and meaning it as a complement. Incredible toxic codependency going on here.
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The GOP is just one big, violently abusive family.
Imagine comparing Dear Leader to your vicious alcoholic father...and meaning it as a complement. Incredible toxic codependency going on here.
Imagine comparing Dear Leader to your vicious alcoholic father...and meaning it as a complement. Incredible toxic codependency going on here.
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This is brilliantly written, and it gets at the fundamental thing I completely don’t get about Trump. You could name the things he cares about but he doesn’t even seem to care about them, not really. He’s just free floating malice in an ill-fitting suit.
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is brilliantly written, and it gets at the fundamental thing I completely don’t get about Trump. You could name the things he cares about but he doesn’t even seem to care about them, not really. He’s just free floating malice in an ill-fitting suit.
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masterful move by susie wiles
![from @mikefossey: Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:maiw2rfujepnphhrejytvuu5/bafkreiebujluqcv6swiapzevfhqkj4ajellvsdaofjsywryz777kxcs7h4@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
masterful move by susie wiles
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This is precisely the intention of vouchers. They are an elaborate plot to destroy the public education system, which is part of a larger plot to enslave the American population
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This is precisely the intention of vouchers. They are an elaborate plot to destroy the public education system, which is part of a larger plot to enslave the American population
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December 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
coming soon:
The Alpha and the Omega - Proverbs 13:24
The Alpha and the Omega - Proverbs 13:24
Omegaverse Christian romance is only a few years away the way things are currently headed
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
coming soon:
The Alpha and the Omega - Proverbs 13:24
The Alpha and the Omega - Proverbs 13:24
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In hindsight what will be most glaring is how much of his influence over elected officials has been they're truly terrified he'll get them killed, and can on a moment's whim bombard them and their families w/ threats, swatting, etc. It's no excuse, but it's real and bigger than openly acknowledged.
Even among Republicans, "give Trump a blank check to stochastically kill anyone who annoys him on any given day" is remarkably unpopular.
Just ask senators in Indiana.
Just ask senators in Indiana.
The sociopathic tone of glee and mockery is bad enough, but that's really not the worst of it. He made up a claim that a Trump supporter had done it, *in order to say that would be good and justified.* Unambiguously telling his most insane cult followers that murdering his opponents makes him happy.
December 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In hindsight what will be most glaring is how much of his influence over elected officials has been they're truly terrified he'll get them killed, and can on a moment's whim bombard them and their families w/ threats, swatting, etc. It's no excuse, but it's real and bigger than openly acknowledged.
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The smartest people love to say they make data-driven decisions.
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The smartest people love to say they make data-driven decisions.
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i am not being cheeky, his popularity continues to fall to the point that it’s now starting to bite into republicans and the base, and there’s absolutely nothing we know of that the admin plans to do to try and improve it
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
i am not being cheeky, his popularity continues to fall to the point that it’s now starting to bite into republicans and the base, and there’s absolutely nothing we know of that the admin plans to do to try and improve it
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stay on his current path without deviating, imo
What would Trump have to do to get his approval rating below 25%
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
stay on his current path without deviating, imo
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What this underscores is a fundamental truth that while none of the rest of us need supremacists in our spaces, and are just fine without them, supremacists need the rest of us or they collapse against each other. Without them we're fine. Without us they've got nothing.
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What this underscores is a fundamental truth that while none of the rest of us need supremacists in our spaces, and are just fine without them, supremacists need the rest of us or they collapse against each other. Without them we're fine. Without us they've got nothing.
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Yglesias saying you have to be on X to fight the right is kind of eliding the fact that he is the right. 1
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yglesias saying you have to be on X to fight the right is kind of eliding the fact that he is the right. 1
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Anger is the correct response, but you can't capture the conservative viewpoint any more succinctly
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Anger is the correct response, but you can't capture the conservative viewpoint any more succinctly
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Miller is so extreme he is losing part of the American right: Joe Rogan "calls it “horrific” to arrest “normal, regular people that have been here for 20 years” in “front of their kids.”"
This articulation of what belonging and community means in America captures something fundamental:
This articulation of what belonging and community means in America captures something fundamental:
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Miller is so extreme he is losing part of the American right: Joe Rogan "calls it “horrific” to arrest “normal, regular people that have been here for 20 years” in “front of their kids.”"
This articulation of what belonging and community means in America captures something fundamental:
This articulation of what belonging and community means in America captures something fundamental:
a big win for nominative determinism
"Coming back to the term "Ahmad," Muslims have suggested that Ahmad is the translation of periklutos, celebrated or the Praised One, which is a corruption of parakletos, the Paraclete of John XIV, XV and XVI."
praised one for sure
"Coming back to the term "Ahmad," Muslims have suggested that Ahmad is the translation of periklutos, celebrated or the Praised One, which is a corruption of parakletos, the Paraclete of John XIV, XV and XVI."
praised one for sure
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
a big win for nominative determinism
"Coming back to the term "Ahmad," Muslims have suggested that Ahmad is the translation of periklutos, celebrated or the Praised One, which is a corruption of parakletos, the Paraclete of John XIV, XV and XVI."
praised one for sure
"Coming back to the term "Ahmad," Muslims have suggested that Ahmad is the translation of periklutos, celebrated or the Praised One, which is a corruption of parakletos, the Paraclete of John XIV, XV and XVI."
praised one for sure
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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also the online far-right are, almost to a man, porn-brained at a level that's quite difficult for people to process. they genuinely believe pornography is an expression of reality, and porn tropes shape their thinking about women.
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
also the online far-right are, almost to a man, porn-brained at a level that's quite difficult for people to process. they genuinely believe pornography is an expression of reality, and porn tropes shape their thinking about women.
big tech design is all too frequently 'just do a demo and fake anything you need to, then iterate until it does not fall apart as much until you can sell it'
why anyone would want to be in a vehicle with those design principles is beyond me
why anyone would want to be in a vehicle with those design principles is beyond me
In case people don't know: Tesla uses the cheapest possible manufacturing techniques. Their margins are big because their manufacturing costs are lower than anybody else's, because they cheap out on basic stuff like "metallurgy" and "adhesives." They're essentially disposable vehicles.
please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
big tech design is all too frequently 'just do a demo and fake anything you need to, then iterate until it does not fall apart as much until you can sell it'
why anyone would want to be in a vehicle with those design principles is beyond me
why anyone would want to be in a vehicle with those design principles is beyond me
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
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People will ask how/why I left the Religious Right, and UD has described it well right here: There is no relief. From deep within the space, it was apparent almost no one was happy, and even the successes tasted like sawdust. You know in your guts the goals suck, but you know others won’t work too.
This is why, despite all of their success, the base is becoming even more violent while in power. They know none of it is enough, none of it will ever be enough. They have created a politics, an entire world view, that is predicated on smashing everything they do not like. There is no relief.
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
People will ask how/why I left the Religious Right, and UD has described it well right here: There is no relief. From deep within the space, it was apparent almost no one was happy, and even the successes tasted like sawdust. You know in your guts the goals suck, but you know others won’t work too.
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So does his base and they know there’s nothing that can stop it and that’s yet another invisible itch that they cannot scratch, a mortal wound to their id that makes them scream in hysteria every day but only to realize it is becoming less and less effective.
December 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
So does his base and they know there’s nothing that can stop it and that’s yet another invisible itch that they cannot scratch, a mortal wound to their id that makes them scream in hysteria every day but only to realize it is becoming less and less effective.
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Deep down he must know his death will be - outside the MAGA supporters (who I imagine will just switch off, like the robots at the end of the Phantom Menace) - a late night show punchline, a smile shared between strangers in the street
December 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Deep down he must know his death will be - outside the MAGA supporters (who I imagine will just switch off, like the robots at the end of the Phantom Menace) - a late night show punchline, a smile shared between strangers in the street