David Nelson
@dtnelson.bsky.social
Former local political guy. Delegate to '08 & '12 GOP Nat'l Conventions; Rules Committee 2012. Retired aeronautical engineer. Purdue alum. Always #NeverTrump. Located in Seattle USA.
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David Nelson
@dtnelson.bsky.social
· Feb 21
UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine
UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...
u24.gov.ua
Now would be a good time for Americans to donate to United24 (@u24.gov.ua), to show that we support Ukraine. I have been donating throughout the current war and I just made another donation. Please donate. u24.gov.ua
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🤨 Russia is increasingly sending assault troops into battle without helmets or body armor, new evidence suggests.
Russia Sends “Disposable Soldiers” Into Battle With No Helmets and No Armor
Ukrainian forces document the lack of basic protective gear among Russian troops, reflecting serious supply issues and tactical concerns on the battlefield.
united24media.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🤨 Russia is increasingly sending assault troops into battle without helmets or body armor, new evidence suggests.
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Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
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Moldovan authorities said Russian drones had entered the country's airspace and posed a threat to aviation, the third such incident in nine days.
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Moldovan authorities said Russian drones had entered the country's airspace and posed a threat to aviation, the third such incident in nine days.
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The reason I want to see Secretary Hegseth and Admiral Bradley charged with murder, based on what we know, isn't because I hate the US military. It's because I served in the US military and respect it, and want to see its honor restored.
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The reason I want to see Secretary Hegseth and Admiral Bradley charged with murder, based on what we know, isn't because I hate the US military. It's because I served in the US military and respect it, and want to see its honor restored.
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This should worry everyone.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This should worry everyone.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”
Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
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Goldsmith says Vice-Admiral Bradley should have refused the order
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Goldsmith says Vice-Admiral Bradley should have refused the order
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Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
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Admiral Bradley is dead wrong here. He should be tried.
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Admiral Bradley is dead wrong here. He should be tried.
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"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
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Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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29–30 Nov 2013. Police units surrounded peaceful Euromaidan activists on Independence Square (Maidan), Kyiv.
Berkut riot troops attacked, severely beating dozens, incl students. Protesters fled to safety.
The violence triggered nationwide protests & rallies.
📷 Maksym Kudymets, Sergei Chuzavkov
Berkut riot troops attacked, severely beating dozens, incl students. Protesters fled to safety.
The violence triggered nationwide protests & rallies.
📷 Maksym Kudymets, Sergei Chuzavkov
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
29–30 Nov 2013. Police units surrounded peaceful Euromaidan activists on Independence Square (Maidan), Kyiv.
Berkut riot troops attacked, severely beating dozens, incl students. Protesters fled to safety.
The violence triggered nationwide protests & rallies.
📷 Maksym Kudymets, Sergei Chuzavkov
Berkut riot troops attacked, severely beating dozens, incl students. Protesters fled to safety.
The violence triggered nationwide protests & rallies.
📷 Maksym Kudymets, Sergei Chuzavkov
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Think we’re underestimating the number of people in positions of responsibility who are paid to exercise good judgment that have decided that Trump’s election was a permanent political settlement to which there was no counter or resistance.
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Think we’re underestimating the number of people in positions of responsibility who are paid to exercise good judgment that have decided that Trump’s election was a permanent political settlement to which there was no counter or resistance.
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At some point Trump is gonna direct his stooges to bring a mortgage fraud investigation against a rando Republican backbencher and I think that, will be that*.
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
At some point Trump is gonna direct his stooges to bring a mortgage fraud investigation against a rando Republican backbencher and I think that, will be that*.
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The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
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You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
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Nice to see a Democratic Senator speak directly about Trump administration criminality without couching it in careful consultant-speak or trying to force it into an economic frame.
But Hegseth won’t be fired for war crimes. He was appointed *because* he advocates war crimes.
It’s up to Congress.
But Hegseth won’t be fired for war crimes. He was appointed *because* he advocates war crimes.
It’s up to Congress.
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Nice to see a Democratic Senator speak directly about Trump administration criminality without couching it in careful consultant-speak or trying to force it into an economic frame.
But Hegseth won’t be fired for war crimes. He was appointed *because* he advocates war crimes.
It’s up to Congress.
But Hegseth won’t be fired for war crimes. He was appointed *because* he advocates war crimes.
It’s up to Congress.
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A U.S. soldier was executed on the streets of the U.S. capital, yet the flags remain at full-staff.
But when a hate-peddling podcaster was killed, the flags were lowered to half-staff within hours—and stayed that way for days.
WTH?
Tonight...
But when a hate-peddling podcaster was killed, the flags were lowered to half-staff within hours—and stayed that way for days.
WTH?
Tonight...
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A U.S. soldier was executed on the streets of the U.S. capital, yet the flags remain at full-staff.
But when a hate-peddling podcaster was killed, the flags were lowered to half-staff within hours—and stayed that way for days.
WTH?
Tonight...
But when a hate-peddling podcaster was killed, the flags were lowered to half-staff within hours—and stayed that way for days.
WTH?
Tonight...
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Would be a bit awkward given that the Trump administration has condemned millions of people with AIDS to death through their USAID cuts
The State Department has warned employees not to use government funds to mark Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.” nyti.ms/3KhPDrA
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Would be a bit awkward given that the Trump administration has condemned millions of people with AIDS to death through their USAID cuts
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A cryptocurrency named for Melania Trump has lost 99 percent of its value since Inauguration Day, while other Trump-linked assets have fallen as much as 80 percent, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/melania-tr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/melania-tr...
Melania Trump Coin Collapses 99% as Other Trump-Linked Investments Drop Up to 80%
Trump-aligned digital tokens and the stock of Trump Media have experienced some of the steepest declines in consumer-facing assets this year, according to financial filings and multiple news reports.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A cryptocurrency named for Melania Trump has lost 99 percent of its value since Inauguration Day, while other Trump-linked assets have fallen as much as 80 percent, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/melania-tr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/melania-tr...
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Is the United States about to shoot down commercial jets flying over South America?
This, unfortunately, is now a serious question.
This, unfortunately, is now a serious question.
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Is the United States about to shoot down commercial jets flying over South America?
This, unfortunately, is now a serious question.
This, unfortunately, is now a serious question.
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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Joni Ernst must be so proud.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Joni Ernst must be so proud.
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Congress has the power to fire him.
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Congress has the power to fire him.