David
@dpleasant.bsky.social
Left side of the aisle. South Carolina Gamecocks and Atlanta Braves fan.
Take away health care from millions, limit children to five pencils, defund USAID, slash SSA funding, cut Medicare’s budget $600 billion, etc. but buy Greenland.
The WH is just going to use the purchase offer as a pretext to invasion. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
The WH is just going to use the purchase offer as a pretext to invasion. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Aims to Buy Greenland, Downplays Military Action
The secretary of state said the White House is using rhetoric to pressure Denmark into negotiations.
www.wsj.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Take away health care from millions, limit children to five pencils, defund USAID, slash SSA funding, cut Medicare’s budget $600 billion, etc. but buy Greenland.
The WH is just going to use the purchase offer as a pretext to invasion. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
The WH is just going to use the purchase offer as a pretext to invasion. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
if you want the Senate to do something, Senate Republicans must do something.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
“Trump had a…tantalizing message for a couple of oil executives…a month before the US captured…Maduro: ‘Get ready.’”
Wait for it: the oil will be Trump’s personal business. He’ll give Big Oil a share to operate etc and the US Treasury will pay to rebuild. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Wait for it: the oil will be Trump’s personal business. He’ll give Big Oil a share to operate etc and the US Treasury will pay to rebuild. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Exclusive | Trump’s Hint to Oil Executives Weeks Before Maduro Ouster: ‘Get Ready’
The U.S. president now wants oil companies to grow Venezuela’s production.
www.wsj.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 AM
“Trump had a…tantalizing message for a couple of oil executives…a month before the US captured…Maduro: ‘Get ready.’”
Wait for it: the oil will be Trump’s personal business. He’ll give Big Oil a share to operate etc and the US Treasury will pay to rebuild. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Wait for it: the oil will be Trump’s personal business. He’ll give Big Oil a share to operate etc and the US Treasury will pay to rebuild. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Broken record: The obsession with "kitchen table issues" imagines an electorate too obtuse or amoral to be reached by any appeal to abstract principle, morality, or any longer-term consideration than the immediate health of their bank account. If that's accurate, the game's already over.
Rep Adam Smith, highest ranking Dem on Armed Services Committee: The consultants keep telling me to talk about kitchen-table issues, but the rule of law is being utterly destroyed in America by Donald Trump.
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Broken record: The obsession with "kitchen table issues" imagines an electorate too obtuse or amoral to be reached by any appeal to abstract principle, morality, or any longer-term consideration than the immediate health of their bank account. If that's accurate, the game's already over.
If it doesn’t put money in Trump’s pocket or keep him out of prison, it shall not exist.
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
If it doesn’t put money in Trump’s pocket or keep him out of prison, it shall not exist.
The high school bully who never graduated and always picked on the skinniest guy with classes.
Hegseth on the Venezuela raid: "It seems those Russian air defenses didn't quite work so well, did they?"
January 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
The high school bully who never graduated and always picked on the skinniest guy with classes.
So the Reich’s message today is: current and former service members shall follow unlawful orders and keep their mouths shut — forever.
The day is young, so….
The day is young, so….
January 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
So the Reich’s message today is: current and former service members shall follow unlawful orders and keep their mouths shut — forever.
The day is young, so….
The day is young, so….
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Look, everyone. This is the freedom we want to export to Venezuela.
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Look, everyone. This is the freedom we want to export to Venezuela.
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Personally I'm counting on the Great Pumpkin to fix this
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Personally I'm counting on the Great Pumpkin to fix this
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So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.
When a ‘reporter’ asks the dumbest of questions one can usually expect the dumbest of answers. Has Welker been in a cone of silence for the past 36 hours?
WELKER: Is the US at war with Venezuela?
MARCO RUBIO: There's not a war. I mean, we're at war against drug trafficking organizations. It's not a war against Venezuela.
MARCO RUBIO: There's not a war. I mean, we're at war against drug trafficking organizations. It's not a war against Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
When a ‘reporter’ asks the dumbest of questions one can usually expect the dumbest of answers. Has Welker been in a cone of silence for the past 36 hours?
The fraudster who suffered no consequences upon conviction of 34 felonies and led a failed coup of the United States Government decided justice must be served for the alleged crimes of a foreign leader.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 AM
The fraudster who suffered no consequences upon conviction of 34 felonies and led a failed coup of the United States Government decided justice must be served for the alleged crimes of a foreign leader.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Trump’s party controls both houses of Congress. If the attack on Venezuela and the capture of Maduro was so important and necessary, why didn’t Trump just seek their customary rubber stamp?
His unlawful act was too much for even this congressional cesspool to pass.
His unlawful act was too much for even this congressional cesspool to pass.
January 3, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Trump’s party controls both houses of Congress. If the attack on Venezuela and the capture of Maduro was so important and necessary, why didn’t Trump just seek their customary rubber stamp?
His unlawful act was too much for even this congressional cesspool to pass.
His unlawful act was too much for even this congressional cesspool to pass.
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weird how much power mitch mcconnell had when he had no power
If you type "Democrats aren't in power so they can't do anything" in my mentions I will block you into the fucking sun
January 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM
weird how much power mitch mcconnell had when he had no power
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we have gone through to a mirror universe where instead of the government not caring about twitter because it isn’t real life, it doesn’t care about real life because it isn’t twitter
January 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM
we have gone through to a mirror universe where instead of the government not caring about twitter because it isn’t real life, it doesn’t care about real life because it isn’t twitter
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I think this makes clear that we're at one of those "you made a mistake somewhere along the way" moments, w/r/t war powers
Also that Congress desperately needs to start asserting itself in this area
Also that Congress desperately needs to start asserting itself in this area
January 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I think this makes clear that we're at one of those "you made a mistake somewhere along the way" moments, w/r/t war powers
Also that Congress desperately needs to start asserting itself in this area
Also that Congress desperately needs to start asserting itself in this area
This isn’t realistic today, but there should be a Congressional stampede to impeach Trump for the attack on Venezuela. If reality changes, Hegseth, Rubio, Bondi, Ratcliffe, Gabbard, et al., should be impeached as well. They’re all complicit.
January 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
This isn’t realistic today, but there should be a Congressional stampede to impeach Trump for the attack on Venezuela. If reality changes, Hegseth, Rubio, Bondi, Ratcliffe, Gabbard, et al., should be impeached as well. They’re all complicit.
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Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…”
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…”
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
America can’t afford ACA subsidies therefore millions of Americans must lose health care. But America can bear the expense to invade a sovereign nation, overthrow its government, occupy and “run it.”
The Iraq War and occupation cost $3+ trillion.
The Iraq War and occupation cost $3+ trillion.
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
America can’t afford ACA subsidies therefore millions of Americans must lose health care. But America can bear the expense to invade a sovereign nation, overthrow its government, occupy and “run it.”
The Iraq War and occupation cost $3+ trillion.
The Iraq War and occupation cost $3+ trillion.
How many US funded concentration camps in Venezuela will be operational by the end of next week?
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
How many US funded concentration camps in Venezuela will be operational by the end of next week?
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
"We are going to run the country."
It’s all about the oil.
It’s all about the oil.
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"We are going to run the country."
It’s all about the oil.
It’s all about the oil.
Trump sounds pretty drugged up himself.
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Trump sounds pretty drugged up himself.
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So I guess my first question is, if you had the plan to arrest and extradite Maduro all along... what was the point of killing all those people in boats for half a year, and how do you think they might impact your criminal case?
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
So I guess my first question is, if you had the plan to arrest and extradite Maduro all along... what was the point of killing all those people in boats for half a year, and how do you think they might impact your criminal case?