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David Rothschild
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · Feb 2
Trump/Musk is flooding the zone, here is how you keep up: Trump taking cash bribes from oligarchs in exchange for power, Oligarchs steal from US gutting safety & opportunity for working families, Trump/Oligarchs doing horrible things to innocent people to distract US from their crimes against US.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2h
Corporate Media confuses access for transparency, and balance for objectivity.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 8h
Meanwhile Trump just raises & lowers & spends taxes without Congress, despite >800 years of English law feeding into very direct rules in Constitution that only Congress can raise & lower & spend taxes.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 8h
Reading biography of Henry V, with detailed discussion of how Henry IV had to beg parliament to raise taxes to pay for military while Welsh were harassing English from west & English lords attacking from north. Dude was an absolute monarch, but needed parliament to raise taxes 625 years ago …

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 9h
The correct question is not “are we treating our children prisoners well” but “how do we stop these monsters from having children prisoners?”

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 15h
Being neutral between fascism & democracy, is actually supporting fascism.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d
Every Elite who does not acknowledge reality of Trump’s attempt to end US & fight to protect US, is actively collaborating with Trump against US.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d
No Kings means President cannot: raise taxes, spend tax revenue, make war, create laws, choose which laws to execute, choose how to execute rule-of-law. These powers are explicitly granted to Congress or Judiciary. Trump acting as absolute authoritarian in violation of every article of Constitution.
clayjak.substack.com clay jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1d
Legal Arguments not yet articulated

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clay jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1d
Legal Arguments not yet articulated

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 1d
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2d
Trump told US that deporting immigrants would (1a) save US money & make jobs for Americans (2b) reduce violence, but (1b) we are spending a fortune rounding-up immigrants & job growth is stagnant (2b) the roundup is very violent.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d
Wrong to think of this article as wrong as it was not mean to accurately portray reality, NYT was trying (and failing) to demoralize democrats.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d
It is no different than posting content about Hitler's paintings without mentioning he took over Europe and slaughtered 10s of million of innocent people. Fact Musk is racist & misogynist sociopath is very relent to the success of his vehicle/robotics & safe/defense/fascism/deepfake-porn companies.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d
I think about this fact a lot that the same news publications can post content about how Musk is leading white supremacist and killed 100,000s in 2025, but then also post content on his plans for Tesla & SpaceX without mentioning fact he is leading white supremacist and killed 100,000s in 2025.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d
The silence of US elites about this remains stunning & utterly damning.
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d
Just like John Roberts had on his vision board when he did this to US.
djlavoie.bsky.social D Lavoie @djlavoie.bsky.social · 3d
It's astonishing to see this data in chart form:

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D Lavoie @djlavoie.bsky.social · 3d
It's astonishing to see this data in chart form:

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d
Entire point of ICE is to scour the streets to disappear people, and deny people their civil rights or due process, in hopes that it terrifies Democrats & minorities into submission of an Trump authoritarian state.

But, The People were not terrified, The People won this battle for US.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d
Mainstream Elite insist that we assume good (if misguided) intentions for the Republican Elite, but the Republican Elite simply want bad things to happen to Democrats & minorities, they relish in our pain & suffering.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Ron Johnson to Keith Ellison: "Two people are dead because you encouraged them to put themselves into harm's way! And now you are exploiting those two martyrs. You ought to feel damn guilty about it. Yeah, sit there and smirk. Smirk. It's sick! It's despicable. You disgust me."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Ron Johnson to Keith Ellison: "Two people are dead because you encouraged them to put themselves into harm's way! And now you are exploiting those two martyrs. You ought to feel damn guilty about it. Yeah, sit there and smirk. Smirk. It's sick! It's despicable. You disgust me."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d
Miracle Homeland Security has not murdered more innocent civilians than it already has this year. These are not just poorly trained racist misogynists, but also reckless idiots. Add this to list of things that should be discussed when Noem & Hegseth get accountability for their crimes against US.
tyleraking.com Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 4d
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 4d
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 4d
In The Agentic Economy we consider struggle in B2C commerce between open webs-of-agents & walled-gardens, the outcome is not inevitable "The choices we make today will determine not only how these markets function, but also who benefits from this new wave of technology." cacm.acm.org/opinion/the-...
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 4d
Focusing on rear-guard action against AI's existence ensures that you do not have an influence in how AI will impact your jobs and industries: AI impacting us is inevitable, but how it impacts us will be shaped by the technology, protocols, norms, and regulations of different industries.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 4d
It is very dangerous to dismiss AI's capability & impact based on where models & tooling are today. Everything is evolving rapidly and already augmenting (for better or worse) key workflows in many industries: that will impact will explode in coming months & years as we evolve AI-first workflows.
chrislhayes.bsky.social Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 4d
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 4d
RIP James Van Der Beek, sure he was in Dawson's Creek, but nothing beats him playing a twisted version of himself in "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxzP...
BEST OF JAMES | DON'T TRUST THE B IN APARTMENT 23 | SEASON 1
YouTube video by Banter
www.youtube.com

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 4d
Republican Elite: Olympic athletes should praise the Trump Regime (which is the entire US) or we will root against them in the name national unity.

Trump: I hate Democrats and minorities. I care only for the happiness of white Republican voters in Republican states.
factpostnews.bsky.social FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 4d
Trump: I only like states that I won so big

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 4d
Trump: I only like states that I won so big