David Stahl
@dstahl01.bsky.social
Data nerd (visualization and storytelling), NJ Politics follower. Avoider of political cults.
Any opinions reflect myself, not my employer
Any opinions reflect myself, not my employer
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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"I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I utter his name" is a biblical-ass curse. that is CONTEMPT
one thing that other candidates need to learn from mamdani is how to deliver the most cold blooded attacks on an opponent with a smile on your face
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I utter his name" is a biblical-ass curse. that is CONTEMPT
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People opposed to your political project don't want that project to succeed. Why would you listen to their advice?
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
People opposed to your political project don't want that project to succeed. Why would you listen to their advice?
PLAY THE MF SONG!!!! #Sixers
McGinnis with the great calls on Bona's blocks "why did they think he wouldn't block it? Don't they have a scouting report??"
McGinnis with the great calls on Bona's blocks "why did they think he wouldn't block it? Don't they have a scouting report??"
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
PLAY THE MF SONG!!!! #Sixers
McGinnis with the great calls on Bona's blocks "why did they think he wouldn't block it? Don't they have a scouting report??"
McGinnis with the great calls on Bona's blocks "why did they think he wouldn't block it? Don't they have a scouting report??"
"Dave Mayer's ribbon cutting scissors are the biggest allowed by law!"
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October 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"Dave Mayer's ribbon cutting scissors are the biggest allowed by law!"
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October 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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You're also not a sucker for believing in people. I get the sense that this needs to be stated from time to time.
October 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
You're also not a sucker for believing in people. I get the sense that this needs to be stated from time to time.
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guys
"don't have a nazi tattoo"
"don't be stupid enough to not know you have a nazi tattoo"
and
"don't be too stupid to not get a nazi tattoo removed before you run for federal office"
are not impossible standards
"don't have a nazi tattoo"
"don't be stupid enough to not know you have a nazi tattoo"
and
"don't be too stupid to not get a nazi tattoo removed before you run for federal office"
are not impossible standards
After hearing this guy shitposts on Reddit and has sick tats, I'm even more FOR him to defeat Susan Collins.
We need to stop holding rising Progressives to impossible standards; more real and imperfect they are, the more we need them in office. Can't fight Nazis w/ the Hakeem Jeffries of the world!
We need to stop holding rising Progressives to impossible standards; more real and imperfect they are, the more we need them in office. Can't fight Nazis w/ the Hakeem Jeffries of the world!
If we want to defeat Susan Collins, we need to try something new. The same old tired playbook will not work.
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
guys
"don't have a nazi tattoo"
"don't be stupid enough to not know you have a nazi tattoo"
and
"don't be too stupid to not get a nazi tattoo removed before you run for federal office"
are not impossible standards
"don't have a nazi tattoo"
"don't be stupid enough to not know you have a nazi tattoo"
and
"don't be too stupid to not get a nazi tattoo removed before you run for federal office"
are not impossible standards
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All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire??
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire??
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
A quote from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social "They Knew" that hits close to home in Camden County NJ
"You are not supposed to want to slay the Octopus. You are not supposed to recoil at its touch. You are supposed to crave access to it, and with that access, you become part of it, another tentacle...
"You are not supposed to want to slay the Octopus. You are not supposed to recoil at its touch. You are supposed to crave access to it, and with that access, you become part of it, another tentacle...
October 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A quote from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social "They Knew" that hits close to home in Camden County NJ
"You are not supposed to want to slay the Octopus. You are not supposed to recoil at its touch. You are supposed to crave access to it, and with that access, you become part of it, another tentacle...
"You are not supposed to want to slay the Octopus. You are not supposed to recoil at its touch. You are supposed to crave access to it, and with that access, you become part of it, another tentacle...
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October 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Or Trump is a lifelong liar and propagandist who doesn't care if he's caught because he knows he won't be punished.
Trump is not the admin's main ideologue, but the idea that he's brainwashed instead of flagrantly lying is bizarrely generous. Flagrant lying showcases power. He's always done it.
Trump is not the admin's main ideologue, but the idea that he's brainwashed instead of flagrantly lying is bizarrely generous. Flagrant lying showcases power. He's always done it.
It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.
October 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Or Trump is a lifelong liar and propagandist who doesn't care if he's caught because he knows he won't be punished.
Trump is not the admin's main ideologue, but the idea that he's brainwashed instead of flagrantly lying is bizarrely generous. Flagrant lying showcases power. He's always done it.
Trump is not the admin's main ideologue, but the idea that he's brainwashed instead of flagrantly lying is bizarrely generous. Flagrant lying showcases power. He's always done it.
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Fellow Penn alumni, please consider signing this. Any last vestige of academic freedom is at stake actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...
Just Say No to Trump's Compact for Academic Extortion
On October 1st, the University of Pennsylvania was one of nine targets of the Trump Administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Through it, Trump asks once again for univer...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Fellow Penn alumni, please consider signing this. Any last vestige of academic freedom is at stake actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...
Happy NJ ELEC filing day to all who celebrate
October 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Happy NJ ELEC filing day to all who celebrate
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With news that Bari Weiss is going to be the new EIC at CBS News, I wanted to reup this piece I wrote 6 years ago about how she and Bret Stephens helped turn NYT into a moral panic factory www.mediamatters.org/new-york-tim...
How Bret Stephens and Bari Weiss have taken the NY Times’ campus concern trolling to new heights in just 2 years
www.mediamatters.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
With news that Bari Weiss is going to be the new EIC at CBS News, I wanted to reup this piece I wrote 6 years ago about how she and Bret Stephens helped turn NYT into a moral panic factory www.mediamatters.org/new-york-tim...
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I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this
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Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.
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Tons of Philadelphia’s trash are burned in Chester. A bill in City Council could stop that.
Being cleaner and greener "cannot come at the expense of a city more vulnerable than we are," said Councilmember Jamie Gauthier.
via @sophia-schmidt.bsky.social
Being cleaner and greener "cannot come at the expense of a city more vulnerable than we are," said Councilmember Jamie Gauthier.
via @sophia-schmidt.bsky.social
Philadelphia could stop burning its trash if this bill passes City Council
The proposal would require the city to rethink its waste disposal contracts after they expire next summer.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Tons of Philadelphia’s trash are burned in Chester. A bill in City Council could stop that.
Being cleaner and greener "cannot come at the expense of a city more vulnerable than we are," said Councilmember Jamie Gauthier.
via @sophia-schmidt.bsky.social
Being cleaner and greener "cannot come at the expense of a city more vulnerable than we are," said Councilmember Jamie Gauthier.
via @sophia-schmidt.bsky.social
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A mainstream outlet finally does more than repeat the official BS statement from ICE about the shooting of Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez. This man's death should be a national scandal. Grateful for indy journalists who questioned the official narrative that corporate outlets mindlessly echoed last week.
Undocumented father killed by ICE agent in Franklin Park shooting had no criminal background, lawyer says
The undocumented father shot and killed by an ICE agent in Franklin Park, Illinois, only had a history of minor traffic violations, not a criminal record, according to his attorney.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A mainstream outlet finally does more than repeat the official BS statement from ICE about the shooting of Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez. This man's death should be a national scandal. Grateful for indy journalists who questioned the official narrative that corporate outlets mindlessly echoed last week.
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Oh man, are we doing the religion and the left discourse again? First of all, people of faith *are part of the left*, regardless of how you feel about it—and we need those people. People of faith are also a big chunk of the working class. Do you want a movement of movements or a fucking clubhouse?
September 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Oh man, are we doing the religion and the left discourse again? First of all, people of faith *are part of the left*, regardless of how you feel about it—and we need those people. People of faith are also a big chunk of the working class. Do you want a movement of movements or a fucking clubhouse?
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Political violence
New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social:
ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.
Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.
Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:
ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.
Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.
Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:
What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez
Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.
unraveledpress.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Political violence
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posting NL East standings could get you fired
September 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
posting NL East standings could get you fired
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I spent most of yesterday offline and so much was reported and then retracted that by the time I got back online everything had canceled itself out and there was no news
September 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I spent most of yesterday offline and so much was reported and then retracted that by the time I got back online everything had canceled itself out and there was no news