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David Rothschild

@davmicrot.bsky.social

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · Feb 2

Trump/Musk is flooding the zone, here is how you keep up: Trump taking cash bribes from oligarchs in exchange for power, Oligarchs steal from US gutting safety & opportunity for working families, Trump/Oligarchs doing horrible things to innocent people to distract US from their crimes against US.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 15h

NYT love letter to Kushner is honestly shocking for the depth of its pandering & lies for the regime, even for them.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 16h

Anyway, Trump has been convicted of lying on numerous loan applications AND the Trump-Epstein Files probably show details of how he trafficked girls for sexual abuse.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 16h

Now we have no rule-of-law: Trump brazenly commits crimes while using Justice Department to prosecute his enemies on absurd political charges. Our Elite are so bad for US.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 16h

Media & Political Elite told US that indicting & prosecuting Trump would undermine rule-of-law, because hardcore Trump supporters would lose faith in system and Trump would escalate if he regained power: But dragging feet undermined rule-of-law for rest of US AND allowed him to retried to power.

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Reposted by David Rothschild, Stephanie Eckman

Janet Liu @janetlauyeung.bsky.social · 19h

are you attending @colmweb.org 🦙 psst, don't miss our First Workshop on Bridging NLP and Public Opinion Research tomorrow #COLM2025

🛎️ we have a great line up of keynotes, presentation, and panel discussion, followed by a happy hour

📍 room 518B

schedule and info: sites.google.com/view/nlpor20...

ChatGPT generated image for the happy hour event after the workshop

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22h

If your core "enemy" is "anti-fascists" what does that make you?

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22h

Is Trump paramilitary shooting Christian pastors the War on Christmas we have been hearing about?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22h

Ignorance or Dementia?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22h

Pretty crazy that government is arguing they need the military for an active war in Portland OR, but no Corporate Media can bother to send a reporter out there to investigate the situation on the ground and show US there is no violence to justify their war against US

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22h

Pretty crazy that government is arguing they need the military for an active war in Portland OR, but can provide no proof *at all* that there is any violence *at all*

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 23h

I do not understand how someone could lecture US with absurd easily debunked lies about 2024, then in 2025 do the exact thing he falsely claims other did in 2024, and yet he remains a respected member of Elite without people regularly calling him out to his face for being an absolute madman.

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

Honest Question: has anyone publicly confronted @jaketapper.bsky.social on fact that (1) Corporate Media had insane quantity of coverage of Biden's age/health (2) Democrats forced him out of race (3) Corporate Media now cooperating with Trump's cover-up of his age/health issues?!?

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

In 2016 the NYT promised me that there was no more important issue for a president than Document Retention & Security, and I am starting to worry they mislead me about Trump's dedication to Document Retention & Security.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

Yankee Fans: don't forget to cancel your YES subscription for the winter.

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

You are either for democracy or against democracy: there are no neutrals, there is no middle ground, there is no rising above this as it affects all of us all the time.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

We look back on people & organizations that stayed “neutral” or “above politics” under fascism as key collaborators in helping the regime to cause so much suffering to so many.

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Reposted by Will Jennings, David Rothschild, Gerald Friedman , and 2 more Will Jennings, David Rothschild, Gerald Friedman, Sahar F. Aziz, Virginia Sapiro

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social does fact the President is living in a fantasy world, and deploying military based on delusions a problem for US? Or only a problem if he were a Democrat?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 9 more Lisa W. Fazio, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers, David Rothschild, John L. Cotter, David R. Miller, Scott A. Imberman, Steffen Ganghof, Tom Louwerse, Gerry Hassan, David Darmofal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Family has stolen over $10 billion in just 8 short months.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Patel: "I would like to remind the American public: they built this DC temple of corruption over decades, and in 8 short months, Mr President, you have crippled their foundation."

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out Republicans are pro-right-wing-extremist speech, not pro-free speech.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

Also, shout out to all of the Media & Political Elite who told US for the last few decades that the Republicans were the party of Free Speech, because they demanded we all listen to right-wing extremists as a pretext for squashing any speech that counters right-wing extremism.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

Trump "We took the freedom of speech away"
(1) Illegal & unconstitutional
(2) Dystopian & dangerous

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Patel: "I would like to remind the American public: they built this DC temple of corruption over decades, and in 8 short months, Mr President, you have crippled their foundation."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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Reposted by Cas Mudde, Jan W. Mueller, Norbert Schwarz , and 28 more Cas Mudde, Jan W. Mueller, Norbert Schwarz, Brendan Nyhan, Tom Clark, Scott L. Greer, Robert W. Wallace, Rosemary A. Joyce, Marina Jirotka, David Rothschild, Eric Goldman, Christian E. Weller, Daniel W. Drezner, Melanie C. Green, David R. Miller, Lesley Bartlett, Paolo Beria, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Michael D. McDonald, Jason Lyall, Aurélien Mondon, Ann Bartow, Colm O’Cinneíde, Blair Fix, Tim Fish, Claire Sécail, Daxton R. Stewart, Olivier Mannoni, Nancy M. Wingfield, Christopher Blair, James M. Thomas

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2d

If Trump has control over raising & lowering taxes, spending, war & peace, laws & enforcement: he could just end the shutdown whenever he wants because he would be an authoritarian.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 2d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Tom Clark, David Rothschild , and 9 more Brendan Nyhan, Tom Clark, David Rothschild, Jon Green, Robert Black, Daniel W. Drezner, James Grimmelmann, David R. Miller, Jacob T. Levy, Greg Linden, Aviel Roshwald, Brian Jm Quinn

George Pearkes @peark.es · 2d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2d

This is what active collaboration looks like.

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