David E. Shellenberger
deshellenberger.bsky.social
David E. Shellenberger
@deshellenberger.bsky.social
Professional coach: Leadership and personal.
Volunteer advocate: International liberty and international animal welfare.
https://www.daveshellenberger.com/
"Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be freed from immigration detention while he fights to stay in the U.S., a judge ruled Thursday, handing a major victory to the immigrant whose wrongful deportation to a notorious prison in El Salvador made him a flashpoint ...."
apnews.com/article/abre...
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge has ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention while he fights to stay in the United States.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Reposted by David E. Shellenberger
In mid-November, Xerces & partners tagged monarchs at 3 locations in Santa Cruz, to study how these butterflies move around during the overwintering season itself. Learn what the tagged monarchs have been up to ➡️ xerces.org/press/new-ul...
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"A grand jury declined for a second time to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, refusing to resurrect a mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter."

apnews.com/article/leti...
Justice Department again fails to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, AP source says
It’s another major blow to the Justice Department after the dismissal of earlier charges against James and another longtime Trump foe, former FBI Director James Comey.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Reposted by David E. Shellenberger
"Now, the DHS says it is communicating with social media companies about supposed immigration misinformation. It would be naive to suppose it hasn’t applied any pressure during those talks." All this after making a big campaign issue of the Biden admin's jawboning against COVID misinfo.
Trump Is Using the 'Misinformation' Censorship Playbook Republicans Attacked Biden for
The party in power changes. The pressure to silence critics doesn’t.
www.cato.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The likely reason is the continued distraction from Trump's Epstein and Russia scandals.

"Trump did not offer any detailed explanation for the move, saying only that the vessel was seized 'for very good reason.'"
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said, escalating US pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s regime.
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Free the housing market.

"The problem with housing isn't that people don’t have enough money. The problem with housing is that we have so limited the supply of housing, it's nearly impossible to build houses."
www.thefreedomfrequency.org/p/let-them-b...
Just Let Them Build
Giving people money to buy houses doesn’t increase supply. It drives up prices.
www.thefreedomfrequency.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Trump is always trying to hide the truth.

"The Department of Justice has confirmed that ... Trump blocked the release of more than 4,100 documents related to the deadly riot on January 6."
newrepublic.com/post/204173/...
Trump Personally Intervenes to Block Release of January 6 Documents
Donald Trump is blocking access in a lawsuit brought by police officers injured in the January 6 riot.
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Government paternalism is inherently coercive and infringes on
freedom. Government does not know best.
apnews.com/article/aust...
Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed a groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16 as families taking back power from tech giants.
apnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Reposted by David E. Shellenberger
The US government has proposed changes that would completely undermine the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect wildlife.

Strong public backlash can make a difference; join us today and say NO to sabotaging the ESA! ➡️ xerces.org/protect-the-esa

But how bad can it be? Find out 🧵⤵️
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Some politicians hold press conferences; Trump holds depress conferences.
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Killing coyotes is inhumane — and leads to the purportedly accidental killing of wolves. Both species should be protected.

"In New York, hunting coyotes is legal, but wolves are a protected endangered species under state and federal law."
www.news10.com/news/ny-news...
www.news10.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
To the Trump regime, deportation is a joke. The Trump Party is unredeemable; it has absorbed Trump’s psychopathic nature.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
DHS launches Christmas deportation campaign: ‘You’re going ho ho home’
The post, titled ‘you’re going ho ho home,’ uses holiday decorations to promote the administration’s mass-deportation agenda
www.independent.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Trump on Monday falsely denied making a comment he had made on camera just five days prior. Then he launched a personal attack against the reporter who had accurately repeated his previous remark."

www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Fact check: Trump denies saying something he said on camera five days ago | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Monday falsely denied making a comment he had made on camera just five days prior. Then he launched a personal attack against the reporter who had accurately repeated his pre...
www.cnn.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Each week, I compile the resources related to leadership, personal growth, and professional development I shared on social media the prior week, with the accompanying quotations."
www.daveshellenberger.com/leadership-w...
Leadership Week in Review: Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 2025
Each week, I compile the resources related to leadership, personal growth, and professional development I shared on social media the prior week, with the accompanying quotations.
www.daveshellenberger.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The whole campaign is immoral and illegal. Trump needs to be impeached — and prosecuted by a foreign tribunal.

reason.com/2025/12/05/t...
The 'threat' that supposedly justified killing 2 boat attack survivors was entirely speculative
The commander who ordered a second missile strike on a suspected drug boat worried that the helpless men he killed might be able to salvage cocaine from the smoldering wreck.
reason.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Putin et al. need to be prosecuted, just as Trump needs to be prosecuted by another tribunal for his murders in the Caribbean.

"The court has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and five others over their alleged involvement in war crimes ...."
apnews.com/article/icc-...
ICC prosecutor says Putin warrant won’t disappear even if Ukraine peace talks are successful
The deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says that the investigation into the invasion of Ukraine cannot be halted by peace talks but could be deferred by the U.N.
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Cruel and idiotic.

"But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn’t proceed due to their countries of origin."

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Reposted by David E. Shellenberger
Detail from my new Biro #drawing commissioned by Aga Khan Centre Gallery @agakhanfoundation.bsky.social for an exciting group show this Dec. This is an Indian wolf a subspecies of grey wolf & 1 of the most endangered of grey wolf populations 😪
Thrilled DftP & me are part of the show. More soon...
October 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Reposted by David E. Shellenberger
⚡️Russia's Africa Corps committing war crimes in Mali, AP reports.

The AP spoke to 34 refugees who reported kidnappings, sexual assault, and civilian killings at the hands of the Africa Corps, a paramilitary group controlled by the Russian Defense Ministry.
Russia's Africa Corps committing war crimes in Mali, AP reports
The AP spoke to 34 refugees who reported kidnappings, sexual assault, and civilian killings at the hands of the Africa Corps, a paramilitary group controlled by the Russian Defense Ministry.
kyivindependent.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
To the bigoted Trump regime, people who are guilty of being born outside the state's borders must be deported.
reason.com/2025/12/04/a...
A deadly attack sparks broad punishment for innocent Afghans
The administration is using an isolated act of violence to justify sweeping crackdowns on refugees and wartime allies who were already thoroughly vetted.
reason.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Reposted by David E. Shellenberger
⚡️Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace
Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace
European countries may have to start shooting down Russian aircraft and drones that violate NATO airspace if Moscow keeps testing the alliance's resolve, Czech President Petr Pavel said in an intervie...
kyivindependent.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The war on drugs serves politicians, the police and prison establishment, and the alcohol industry.

Free the drug market. People have a natural right to ingest what they wish, and in a free market, they are less likely to harm themselves.
www.cato.org/multimedia/c...
Repeal Day: Alcohol Prohibition and the Hypocrisy of the Drug War
Featuring Mike Fox and Jeffrey A. Singer
www.cato.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The Trump regime persecutes for the sake of persecution.

"Noem has framed keeping these Venezuelans in the country as 'contrary to national interest.' In reality, revoking TPS is not sound policy; it is bad economics aligned with worse ethics."
www.ocregister.com/2025/12/06/d...
Deporting democracy, importing authoritarian logic
The logic of democracy doesn’t stop at the border—it applies to how we treat those who seek refuge at it.
www.ocregister.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM