David Lefcourt
@davelefcourt.bsky.social
To tell the truth today is to disturb the peace.
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“I’m waiting for the Orthodox community to step up, to say Dayenu, enough. For up until now they have sided with, or at least given cover to, those who want to make the world dark, uncomfortable, and unwelcoming.”
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Some Are Living Their Jewish Values, Some Are Not (updated Feb. 1, 2026)
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you — Hillel
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February 1, 2026 at 8:52 PM
“I’m waiting for the Orthodox community to step up, to say Dayenu, enough. For up until now they have sided with, or at least given cover to, those who want to make the world dark, uncomfortable, and unwelcoming.”
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Important story from @alibreland.bsky.social about how the us government now speaks in the voice of an incel groyper www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda
Government social-media managers have transformed official feeds.
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Important story from @alibreland.bsky.social about how the us government now speaks in the voice of an incel groyper www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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“The federal government is no longer bound by law. If agents of the state may kill people in public without being investigated; if they have—again, per VP Vance—“absolute immunity” from prosecution then we are living in an authoritarian regime.”
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Emergency Triad: Another American Has Been Murdered by Our Government
It’s worse than it looks and it looks plenty bad.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
“The federal government is no longer bound by law. If agents of the state may kill people in public without being investigated; if they have—again, per VP Vance—“absolute immunity” from prosecution then we are living in an authoritarian regime.”
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If Trump's innocent:
Why did MAGA Mike hold up Congress to block the Epstein files?
Why did MAGA Mike block Rep. Grijalva from being seated?
Why are they still withholding the Epstein files?
Why is Trump named as a rapist in the files?
Why hasn't Trump sued anyone for calling him a pedophile?
Why did MAGA Mike hold up Congress to block the Epstein files?
Why did MAGA Mike block Rep. Grijalva from being seated?
Why are they still withholding the Epstein files?
Why is Trump named as a rapist in the files?
Why hasn't Trump sued anyone for calling him a pedophile?
January 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
If Trump's innocent:
Why did MAGA Mike hold up Congress to block the Epstein files?
Why did MAGA Mike block Rep. Grijalva from being seated?
Why are they still withholding the Epstein files?
Why is Trump named as a rapist in the files?
Why hasn't Trump sued anyone for calling him a pedophile?
Why did MAGA Mike hold up Congress to block the Epstein files?
Why did MAGA Mike block Rep. Grijalva from being seated?
Why are they still withholding the Epstein files?
Why is Trump named as a rapist in the files?
Why hasn't Trump sued anyone for calling him a pedophile?
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Trump has reunited the world—with China.
A parade of foreign leaders is suddenly visiting China after years away. On Friday, Canadian PM wrapped up a Beijing trip, 1st trip since 2017. Korean president was there earlier this month (last visit: 2019); British PM will be there soon (last visit: 2018)
A parade of foreign leaders is suddenly visiting China after years away. On Friday, Canadian PM wrapped up a Beijing trip, 1st trip since 2017. Korean president was there earlier this month (last visit: 2019); British PM will be there soon (last visit: 2018)
Trump Is Making China Great Again
America’s friends and trading partners are running into the arms of our adversaries. What a mess.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Trump has reunited the world—with China.
A parade of foreign leaders is suddenly visiting China after years away. On Friday, Canadian PM wrapped up a Beijing trip, 1st trip since 2017. Korean president was there earlier this month (last visit: 2019); British PM will be there soon (last visit: 2018)
A parade of foreign leaders is suddenly visiting China after years away. On Friday, Canadian PM wrapped up a Beijing trip, 1st trip since 2017. Korean president was there earlier this month (last visit: 2019); British PM will be there soon (last visit: 2018)
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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Brace yourself: the US delegation meeting with Denmark and Greenland today is almost uniformly hostile and serves not the US people but our techbros. JD Vance's longtime aide Andy Baker is so pro-Putin he says Ukraine provoked Russia into invading, and that the US should cut aid. 1/
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Brace yourself: the US delegation meeting with Denmark and Greenland today is almost uniformly hostile and serves not the US people but our techbros. JD Vance's longtime aide Andy Baker is so pro-Putin he says Ukraine provoked Russia into invading, and that the US should cut aid. 1/
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Every obsessive critic of "wokeness" embodies the actual qualities that they attribute to "wokeness." In this case, the mentality that any obstacle you encounter is discrimination bsky.app/profile/park...
There’s a certain kind of aging provocateur who can’t imagine losing on the merits, so every loss becomes proof of discrimination.
Like... dude, you lost to Ricky Gervais. I don't think it was about "wokeness." variety.com/2026/awards/...
Like... dude, you lost to Ricky Gervais. I don't think it was about "wokeness." variety.com/2026/awards/...
January 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Every obsessive critic of "wokeness" embodies the actual qualities that they attribute to "wokeness." In this case, the mentality that any obstacle you encounter is discrimination bsky.app/profile/park...
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Price controls, interest rate caps and the dilution of central bank independence. Funny how these are now suddenly policies of the "right"
January 12, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Price controls, interest rate caps and the dilution of central bank independence. Funny how these are now suddenly policies of the "right"
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This is the message.
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This is the message.
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The military removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on US drug charges comes after Trump has freed other figures connected to narcotics trafficking. n.pr/4skk4yB
Maduro's ouster on drug charges comes as Trump lets others free
The military removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on US drug charges comes after Trump has freed other figures connected to narcotics trafficking.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The military removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on US drug charges comes after Trump has freed other figures connected to narcotics trafficking. n.pr/4skk4yB
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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In less than a year, Trump has nominated at least 216 political appointees who own crypto investments worth between $175 million and $340 million, a ProPublica review found.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
Top DOJ Official Todd Blanche Shut Down Crypto Enforcement While Holding Crypto Assets
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, exper...
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December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In less than a year, Trump has nominated at least 216 political appointees who own crypto investments worth between $175 million and $340 million, a ProPublica review found.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
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One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵
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DOJ: Nothing suggests Donald Trump is a sexual predator.
ME (thinking): How could an adjudicated rapist, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, and comes up 100s of times in The Epstein Files, possibly be a sexual predator?
ME (thinking): How could an adjudicated rapist, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, and comes up 100s of times in The Epstein Files, possibly be a sexual predator?
December 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
DOJ: Nothing suggests Donald Trump is a sexual predator.
ME (thinking): How could an adjudicated rapist, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, and comes up 100s of times in The Epstein Files, possibly be a sexual predator?
ME (thinking): How could an adjudicated rapist, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, and comes up 100s of times in The Epstein Files, possibly be a sexual predator?
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“Everybody asks me about Will Ferrell .. he’s extraordinarily funny, and he’s quiet between takes. I thought that was interesting. I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective .. but they are really able to turn it up when the camera’s on.”
- Peter Dinklage, on “Elf” (2003)
- Peter Dinklage, on “Elf” (2003)
December 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“Everybody asks me about Will Ferrell .. he’s extraordinarily funny, and he’s quiet between takes. I thought that was interesting. I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective .. but they are really able to turn it up when the camera’s on.”
- Peter Dinklage, on “Elf” (2003)
- Peter Dinklage, on “Elf” (2003)
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Todd Blanche’s appearance on Meet the Press was disgraceful but clarifying. The “Department of Justice” is Donald Trump’s defense team. There can be no presumption they’re acting in good faith. One has to approach them as one approached a Soviet “Department of Justice”—as propaganda, not justice.
December 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Todd Blanche’s appearance on Meet the Press was disgraceful but clarifying. The “Department of Justice” is Donald Trump’s defense team. There can be no presumption they’re acting in good faith. One has to approach them as one approached a Soviet “Department of Justice”—as propaganda, not justice.
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People are treating Chris Whipple's Susie Wiles articles in Vanity Fair today as big news - the NYT even recapped them. But Wiles is no dummy; she knows how to work the press. These articles read like a Trump press release, excuse after excuse with no pushback. It's the anti-Chotiner interview. 1/
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
People are treating Chris Whipple's Susie Wiles articles in Vanity Fair today as big news - the NYT even recapped them. But Wiles is no dummy; she knows how to work the press. These articles read like a Trump press release, excuse after excuse with no pushback. It's the anti-Chotiner interview. 1/