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David Cullum

@dkcullum87.bsky.social

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Increasingly a man of sorrow over evil within and without. Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner (Luke 18:13). Confident in the sufficiency of Christ, not in myself. Janesville, WI

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David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · Mar 7

I deleted my account the day before Vance & Trump berated Zelenskyy. I decided to come back because the betrayal of Trump and his sycophants must be met by fierce opposition from every American.

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Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social · 6h

I’m writing to let you know that today (Oct 11th) our team will release a major report. It covers nearly a decade of tank production across various variants. This document-based report will uncover Russian plans to expand and modernize its tank fleet. I hope you’ll have a chance to read and share it

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David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 5h

Makes me wonder a thing called interest convergence I once remember hearing something about ... 🤔

Are you saying that money makes the 🇺🇲 go around?

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Bob Stevenson @bobstevenson.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve watched this too many times

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 7h

Great 🧵 if no time to read the opinion

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 7h

You need to read this opinion. Woof

"Defendants only presented
declarations from three affiants with first-hand knowledge of events in Illinois. And, as described
above, all three contain unreliable information."

Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 11h

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #70: memorandum opinion and order

Download PDF | View Full Case

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David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 10h

Here's the back (different color and style of T-shirt than shown in QT)

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 11h

Amen. Amen.

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 11h

So, who made the money today ahead of the announcement ...

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 14h

That doesn't let him off the hook. Instead, it reveals that, once again, our govt is not following the direction of the courts to produce witnesses with personal knowledge of things and that the WH itself is driving the decisions related to Abrego Garcia

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 14h

This is a really interesting 🧵 from @rparloff.bsky.social following the Abrego Garcia case testimony by govt right now. This individual in the stand, from what I am seeing in his answers, is not a leader, but a follower. He doesn't really know anything and is just doing what his superiors decide

Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14h

R: did you understand if there was any MOU with uganda
S: no.
R: did you ask?
S: no.
R: any analysis to determine that uganda would not torture or persecute or refoul him back to el salvador?
S: not aware

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David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 14h

❤️❤️❤️

Watch the video. This is lovely because of her humility

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17h

Video shows moment Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Corina Machado learns about honor

www.cbsnews.com/news/video-n...

Video shows moment Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Corina Machado learns about honor: "I am just one person"

An emotional Maria Corina Machado can be heard saying she was honored, humbled and grateful "on behalf of the Venezuelan people" to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

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David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 15h

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social, any chance you might boost this? I don't get anything from it. It is just for fun, but the small profits go to a group I know you said you care about. TY

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 15h

Okay. I couldn't resist. Here we go:

www.bonfire.com/aunt-tifa/?u...

#StrongerTogether

All profits ($0.97 per product) go to Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 15h

Another way to get to the site

I don't get any profit from this. This is a way to speak up in a fun way, I hope 🙂

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 15h

Okay. I couldn't resist. Here we go:

www.bonfire.com/aunt-tifa/?u...

#StrongerTogether

All profits ($0.97 per product) go to Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 15h

The US President admits to us, the citizens of the 🇺🇲, that he doesn't understand the why behind 🇨🇳's actions all around the world these last 30 years, and he admits to not understanding how the geopolitical order is shifting quickly due to his refusal to aid 🇺🇦 and his inane trade war

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 17h

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David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 15h

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 17h

Trump thanked Putin for his support after he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Flattering Trump remains the easiest investment for dictators.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 16h

❗️Over the past 10 days, Russia has attacked 63 energy facilities across Ukraine, — monitoring channels

📍During today's attack, the enemy hit 10 energy facilities: 5 hydroelectric power plants, 2 thermal power plants, 2 thermal power plants and one substation.

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David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 15h

Keep pressuring your representatives and govt leaders to support Ukraine

Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 16h

Hi from a candlelit apartment as power's out in Kyiv and emergency power outages have been introduced in most regions of the Ukraine...

Kyiv Mayor Klitschko warns another Russian attack expected in coming days, tells Kyivans stock up on water, food, charge power banks, gather warm clothes.

Віталій Кличко

У результаті масованої атаки ворога, який бив по обʼєктах критичної інфраструктури України, наразі запроваджені екстрені відключення електрики в більшості областей країни. Київ пережив одну з найскла...

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David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 16h

This, too, I believe, is taking God's name in vain because the point appears to be theatrics, not ministering the sacraments to God's people within the local church

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18h

NEW: Clergy are at the Broadview, IL ICE facility today — where clergy have been shot w/pepper balls in recent days.

UMC minister Rev. Hannah Kardon, one of those shot w/pepper balls in the past, among those asking to give communion to those detained. Attendees (who sent photos) say police declined

Clergy holding communion wares talking to police.

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 16h

Does the GOP wants a civil war or a Rwanda style genocide, because that is what will eventually happen if they keep going down this path of describing their *political* opponents as terrorists?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah, it is called an arrest warrant issued by the ICC

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

HA! How much is Stephen Miller a propagandist? He’s saying the building in Chicago raided by DHS, where children were zip-tied and citizens dragged out, was “full of Tren de Aragua terrorists.”

Even DHS’s own account claims just TWO gang members total — and even that is a highly suspect claim!

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20h

Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

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David Cullum @dkcullum87.bsky.social · 20h

Pray for the peoples on 🇺🇦 and find one other way to support them

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 20h

Bleakly horrific day beyond comprehension of course, but looking around and seeing warm understanding eyes helps a great deal tbh. You’re just surrounded by dearly familiar strangers

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Bob Stevenson @bobstevenson.bsky.social · 20h

Please listen carefully. Not illegal immigrants. Foreign born.

This is about nativity. Not rule of law.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 20h

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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