Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Dana Gould

@danagould.bsky.social

13K followers 38 following 620 posts

Comedian, Writer, The Dana Gould Hour Podcast, Hanging With Dr. Z, I was Gex (you read that right)

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Reposted by Dana Gould

Mass Media Consumption @massmediaconsum.bsky.social · 2d

As the horrific news continues on the daily, I feel helpless because I just want to make it all stop.

However, this afternoon I made a little video to channel my thoughts and emotions.

I call it #MAGABoys.

Feel free to like and share. :)
#DonaldTrump #KristiNoem #MAGA #ICE #Chicago #Portland

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 3d

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 5d

Pee Wee German & Dyllis Filler

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 5d

Pictured: Audrey Horne whose corrupt businessman father co-owned a brothel that employed her high school friend who he slept with before she was murdered.

Homeland Security. When they’re right, they’re right!

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 5d

In the (attached below) ad from Homeland Security, Pee Wee German, Dyllis Filler and the rest of the drooling goons imply that, when all the brown people are gone, America will be like Twin Peaks again.

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 7d

Just in time for October! It’s the September episode of The Dana Gould Hour podcast! With @braunger and @pulmyears discussing his new book John Candy A Life In Comedy

True Tales From Weirdsville explores the strange but true stories of murdering people in your sleep. It’s true.

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 7d

What would George Carlin do?

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 8d

This is un-American.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Utah governor calls on people to ‘stop shooting each other’ after Kirk killing

Spencer Cox tells 60 Minutes he’s making plea after being able to ‘unsee’ video of Charlie Kirk being shot

www.theguardian.com

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 8d

“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a day that I found disappointing…”

Chuck Schumer addressing the nation after Pearl Harbor

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 10d

Photo from a friend in war ravaged Portland.

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 10d

FASCISM: a populist political movement exalting nation and race above the individual, lead by a centralized autocratic government with a dictatorial leader.

FASCISM (CONSERVATIVE DEFINITION): when a black man tries to help you get health insurance.

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 10d

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 10d

“Portland” rhymes with “Epstein.” Not really, but now that we’re on the subject, about those files…

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 10d

I saw Lost Highway the other night and was thinking how hard it would be to watch that with a millennial. “That was called a pay phone. That’s a taxi. There was a seven minute window when cigars were cool. Those weird black boxes had porn on them.”

Reposted by Dana Gould

Brandon Kennedy @bicycleidiot.bsky.social · 11d

RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

I also have advice. Everybody loves reading advice on the computer, so I'll share it: the best thing you can do right now is log off as hard as you can. Go outside, talk to people in real life where it's actually kind of rude to talk about the news, try to actually see the friends you usually just text message. Go for a long drive and turn the phone off while you do it. Get back into your hobbies or pick one and learn it for a while. Watch one of those studio movies that reviews called "wildly miscalculated" and you haven't seen since high school. Play an album you like but find embarrassing. Go to free community events even if they sound stupid. If you take the freeway, try the surface streets. Go to a bad diner and just order some bad coffee because even bad coffee is good coffee.
You can't help anybody when you're exhausted and keep posting one million college-educated rewordings of "I would love to be dead right now" on the computer. Walk away from the thing and try out some of those normal things you hear about and if you get bored that's wonderful because we're not supposed to get bored anymore. It turns out boredom is the Cadillac of feelings.

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 12d

Trump approval-disapproval in Quinnipiac poll:

Overall approval:
38 approve - 54 disapprove.
Economy: 39-56
Trade: 39-54
National Guard into cities: 42-55
Immigration (his "best" issue): 41-55

Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Have a great weekend!

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 12d

Every accusation is a confession.

From pedophilia on up.

Every time. Every. Time.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13d

This is what the weaponization of government looks like. Every accusation is a confession.

(Also, imagine if Joe Biden's DOJ had done this to Rupert Murdoch or Miriam Adelson or Elon Musk??)

Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Dana Gould

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14d

They share a “wonderful secret.”

A humorous X post by user "Wu Tang is for the Children" featuring a satirical sculpture of two figures resembling Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, depicted holding hands and dancing on pedestals with the U.S. Capitol building in the background. The sculpture is set on the National Mall. The post text reads: "There's now a sculpture of Trump and Epstein on National Mall to celebrate #FriendshipMonth 🍺🤡 ...give the artist all the beers!" with laughing emojis.

Reposted by Dana Gould

maticsteve @maticsteve.bsky.social · 14d

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 15d

The angrier the eagle on the front of the shirt, the more X’s on the tag below the collar.

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 16d

Nothing says “Christian conservative,” like a guy in a $2000 suit and a $500 haircut casually pulling a cross with wheels on it.

Reposted by Dana Gould

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16d

We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes.

That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.

Reposted by Dana Gould

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16d

Priorities.

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 16d

A government for trolls, by trolls.

Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 16d

The fact that a satirical cartoon repeatedly and accurately predicts future events sats a lot mire about the culture than the cartoon.