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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

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“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.

Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires

As children die for want of cheap medicines, the U.S. spends billions on Argentina — thus rescuing rich investors who made bad bets.

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Mailman Kel @lekdrol.bsky.social · 3d

I just finished #reading this #book: #ThanksObama by #DavidLitt.
Kinda grabbed this on a whim while looking for a different book by him. This was a fun read & a nice reminder of better times. I'm looking forward to reading other books by @davidlitt.bsky.social.
#Obama #Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious

"Thank, Obama: my Hopey Changey White House years (a speechwriter's memoir) by David Litt

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Andy Ostroy @andyostroy.bsky.social · Sep 23

Terrific piece by @davidlitt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Charlie Kirk Eulogy Divided America

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David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social · Sep 22

Parts of President Trump’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk were very carefully written. That’s what made them so alarming. My latest for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

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David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social · Sep 18

Wrote for @thedailybeast.bsky.social about why Trump’s crackdown might backfire - and what all of us can do to help make that happen. (It starts with cancelling your Disney+ and Hulu subscription until Kimmel’s back on the air.) www.thedailybeast.com/crackdowns-c...

Crackdowns Can Backfire. President Mugshot Should Know

Who could understand the power of being the persecuted underdog better than the president who won’t stop claiming he’s the persecuted underdog?

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David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social · Sep 17

Absolutely, but part of the problem here is that Disney only feels financial pressure from one direction. (Fwiw, I don’t think it was responsible of Kimmel, or anyone else, to speculate about the shooter’s motives. But that doesn’t justify the White House’s brazen attack on free speech.)

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David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social · Sep 17

I’m cancelling my Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions. I look forward to resuming them when Disney reverses course and puts Kimmel back on the air.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · Aug 27

BREAKING: In Atlanta, GOP operatives are trying to strong-arm Fulton County into installing two far-right activists on Georgia’s LARGEST elections board

Both have ties to the national voter suppression machine & a record of undermining confidence in our elections

This can't fly under the radar

Judge Decides Fate of Commissioners Who Refused GOP Nominees

“I think I have the right … to vote my conscience,” Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said regarding the county Board of Elections.

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NewDEAL @newdealleaders.bsky.social · Aug 7

Tune in to #AnHonorableProfession to learn from @davidlitt.bsky.social on the difference between common ground and neutral ground, and to hear from his recent book, It’s Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground 🎧 buff.ly/pb4IwHh

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · Aug 3

Trump has flooded the zone with autocratic acts

But we @democracydefendersfund.org are pushing back with rule of law shock & awe like our 7 FOIAs for the Trump-Epstein files

We have more than 100 legal matters and we aren’t slowing down as I explained @msnbc.com

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The Weekend on MSNBC @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social · Aug 3

“It's really hard to find a winner and that goes back to the idea of a Trump tax. We are all paying for his ego, we’re all paying for his political power trips.” ‪@davidlitt.bsky.social‬ on President Trump’s erratic and volatile stewardship of the U.S. economy.

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David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social · Aug 1

Trump firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because his tariffs are killing jobs is the ultimate “this scale must be defective” of economic policy.

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Andy Ostroy @andyostroy.bsky.social · Jul 31

One of my fav THE BACK ROOM chats bc it's about the good, bad & ugly of life & how to surf thru it & ride the wave to happiness. Author @davidlitt.bsky.social & I discuss his terrific new book, a blueprint for finding common ground in our toxic political landscape podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social · Jul 31

TONIGHT: Democrats invoke rarely used federal law to force DOJ to release ‘Epstein files’-White House announces trade deal with South Korea-Senate panel advances bill banning congressional stock trading

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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · Jul 29

Author & former White House speechwriter @davidlitt.bsky.social joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social, reacting to Trump's labeling of Barack Obama as "treasonous".

LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean

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David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social · Jul 29

IT’S ONLY DROWNING on the Today Show! Including some embarrassing surf related mix ups and plenty of wipeout footage. www.today.com/video/david-...

Former Obama Speechwriter Shares Life Lessons From Surfing

David Litt, a New York Times bestselling author who served a speechwriter for former President Barack Obama, joins TODAY to talk about the life lessons he learned from surfing which he chronicles in h...

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David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thanks - I hope you like it. When you’re finished let me know what you think! (Unless you don’t like it in which case take the secret to your grave thx)

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The Weekend on MSNBC @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social · Jul 27

“You can see him grasping at straws” @davidlitt.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s absurd, baseless claim that former President Obama stole the 2016 election.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · Jul 24

The U.S. government cannot disappear people without due process and leave them languishing in CECOT

That’s why we at @democracydefendersfund.org, with LULAC, have filed on behalf of Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel

This kind of conduct has nothing to do with the American Constitution or our values

‘I Want to Clear My Name’: Deported Migrant Takes First Step to Sue the U.S.

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Chris Cillizza @chriscillizza.bsky.social · Jul 24

I had a conversation with @davidlitt.bsky.social yesterday that I think is really important for anyone looking for hope about how we get through this particular political moment.

We covered surfing, bad faith, fear and common ground.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 23

The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...

Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · Jul 17

He could’ve just gone to the Hallmark store and gotten a card with Garfield on it, and signed his name on Garfield’s crotch like a normal person. But he had to make it weird.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Jul 18

“Elon is God… in the MAGA Coalition.”

Obama’s former speechwriter David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss how Elon Musk’s party could affect the democratic vote.

Watch the full interview on zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 18

Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.

The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026

CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.

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