David Allen Batchelor
@davidabatchelor.bsky.social
Astrophysicist, published science fiction writer
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2022 March 12: Putin intends to kill Ukrainian civilians to punish them for throwing his corrupt puppet prime minister V. Yanukovich into exile in Russia. Putin will not negotiate diplomatic terms. He is a megalomaniac war criminal. #StandWithUkraine 🗽🇺🇸🇺🇦
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New York City has bought more than 125,000 acres of land to provide a buffer around water reservoirs. It’s much cheaper than spending billions on filtration systems, officials say.
How New York Keeps Its Unfiltered Water Safe: Spending Millions on Land
The city has bought more than 125,000 acres of land to provide a buffer around water reservoirs. It’s much cheaper than spending billions on filtration systems, officials say.
nyti.ms
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
New York City has bought more than 125,000 acres of land to provide a buffer around water reservoirs. It’s much cheaper than spending billions on filtration systems, officials say.
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🪡 This year we delivered the margins Democrats needed to win. In VA, NJ, CA, and NYC, our chapters worked day in and day out to break turnout records. It worked.
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
🪡 This year we delivered the margins Democrats needed to win. In VA, NJ, CA, and NYC, our chapters worked day in and day out to break turnout records. It worked.
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“.. Last year, the percentage of H-1B-sponsored doctors in rural counties was nearly twice the share in urban ones ..”
@washingtonpost.com
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@washingtonpost.com
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December 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“.. Last year, the percentage of H-1B-sponsored doctors in rural counties was nearly twice the share in urban ones ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
@washingtonpost.com
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"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
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The president is increasingly erratic, forgetting promises he made just days ago and lashing out angrily at reporters for asking routine questions.
Seems like the news should talk more about this
Seems like the news should talk more about this
President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question.
'You are terrible!' Trump fumes as reporter catches him making a U-turn on strike video
President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question. Trump was taking questions from the press following a roundtable discussion about agriculture...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The president is increasingly erratic, forgetting promises he made just days ago and lashing out angrily at reporters for asking routine questions.
Seems like the news should talk more about this
Seems like the news should talk more about this
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@hillaryclinton.bsky.social just showed everyone how to weigh information and criticize Israel without being antisemitic. Brava, Madam Secretary. 👏👏👏👏👏
#StillWithHer
#StillWithHer
December 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social just showed everyone how to weigh information and criticize Israel without being antisemitic. Brava, Madam Secretary. 👏👏👏👏👏
#StillWithHer
#StillWithHer
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Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
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Wrong. He cut child poverty in half.
Republicans refused to extend Biden's policies and most of those went back into poverty. Blaming BIDEN for that, but not the GOP, is a choice.
You're just wrong, and just lying, you dishonest troll.
Republicans refused to extend Biden's policies and most of those went back into poverty. Blaming BIDEN for that, but not the GOP, is a choice.
You're just wrong, and just lying, you dishonest troll.
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Wrong. He cut child poverty in half.
Republicans refused to extend Biden's policies and most of those went back into poverty. Blaming BIDEN for that, but not the GOP, is a choice.
You're just wrong, and just lying, you dishonest troll.
Republicans refused to extend Biden's policies and most of those went back into poverty. Blaming BIDEN for that, but not the GOP, is a choice.
You're just wrong, and just lying, you dishonest troll.
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Arkansas soybean farmer on bailouts: "I want trade, not aid. I need a place to sell this stuff. I can work hard enough and make a product. They've painted us in a corner with this China deal and China not buying soybeans. They've tore a market in half."
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Arkansas soybean farmer on bailouts: "I want trade, not aid. I need a place to sell this stuff. I can work hard enough and make a product. They've painted us in a corner with this China deal and China not buying soybeans. They've tore a market in half."
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So when the #AmericanGestapo says their arrests involve people committing crimes, they are technically correct. But the criminals are in ICE, not Home Depot parking lots or street taco stands.
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So when the #AmericanGestapo says their arrests involve people committing crimes, they are technically correct. But the criminals are in ICE, not Home Depot parking lots or street taco stands.
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There’s no ambiguity anymore. Independent investigators revealed Hegseth endangered servicemembers’ lives.
How is this man still in a job he’s dangerously bad at?
How is this man still in a job he’s dangerously bad at?
December 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
There’s no ambiguity anymore. Independent investigators revealed Hegseth endangered servicemembers’ lives.
How is this man still in a job he’s dangerously bad at?
How is this man still in a job he’s dangerously bad at?
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"If the jobs report, or the GDP report, or the inflation report were good, Trump would have released them," Representative Ted Lieu posted. He is 100% correct.
www.rawstory.com/trump-267438...
www.rawstory.com/trump-267438...
'Terrible': Trump admin dragged as key jobs report yanked
Political analysts and observers warned on Monday that President Donald Trump's latest move shows that "something is very wrong" with his economy, despite his claims that he has resurrected America's ...
www.rawstory.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"If the jobs report, or the GDP report, or the inflation report were good, Trump would have released them," Representative Ted Lieu posted. He is 100% correct.
www.rawstory.com/trump-267438...
www.rawstory.com/trump-267438...
Sad news
John Noble Wilford, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter who covered America’s first moon landing, has died at 92.
John Noble Wilford, Times Reporter Who Covered the Moon Landing, Dies at 92
He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sad news
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"My family has been farming this land for 3 generations and I don't wanna mess it up, so I'm gonna load all my daddy's historical notes into ChatGPT and ask it for advice"
Is a completely unhinged commercial
Is a completely unhinged commercial
December 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"My family has been farming this land for 3 generations and I don't wanna mess it up, so I'm gonna load all my daddy's historical notes into ChatGPT and ask it for advice"
Is a completely unhinged commercial
Is a completely unhinged commercial
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Trump's Unqualified New Jersey US Attorney, Alina Habba, RESIGNS!
youtu.be/GWCtDgX_098?...
youtu.be/GWCtDgX_098?...
Trump's Unqualified New Jersey US Attorney, Alina Habba, RESIGNS!
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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December 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Trump's Unqualified New Jersey US Attorney, Alina Habba, RESIGNS!
youtu.be/GWCtDgX_098?...
youtu.be/GWCtDgX_098?...
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It gets worse every day. RFKJr’s deepening threat the health of all Americans. An OpEd by @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social and me.
progressive.org/latest/rfk-j...
progressive.org/latest/rfk-j...
RFK Jr.’s Deepening Threat to Public Health
The current HHS Secretary is the most dangerous in U.S. history.
progressive.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It gets worse every day. RFKJr’s deepening threat the health of all Americans. An OpEd by @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social and me.
progressive.org/latest/rfk-j...
progressive.org/latest/rfk-j...
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Trump admin loses once again in court
A Massachusetts federal court has struck down Trump's Day 1 executive order halting all leasing & permitting of wind energy projects, finding the order to be arbitrary & capricious, and clearly unlawful
A Massachusetts federal court has struck down Trump's Day 1 executive order halting all leasing & permitting of wind energy projects, finding the order to be arbitrary & capricious, and clearly unlawful
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Trump admin loses once again in court
A Massachusetts federal court has struck down Trump's Day 1 executive order halting all leasing & permitting of wind energy projects, finding the order to be arbitrary & capricious, and clearly unlawful
A Massachusetts federal court has struck down Trump's Day 1 executive order halting all leasing & permitting of wind energy projects, finding the order to be arbitrary & capricious, and clearly unlawful
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MAGA now entering the "Find Out" stage.
So now MTG is worried that Trump's hateful rhetoric can incite violence. I'm sorry she and her son have been threatened. But Trump has been doing this to others for years, and it apparently never bothered MTG. It's very MAGA to only care about stochastic terrorism when you're the target.
The president who watched Jan. 6 violence on TV and responded to Kevin McCarthy's desperate call from inside the Capitol with "well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you" doesn't think death threats against anyone even a little in his way is a bad thing?
Huh.
Huh.
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
MAGA now entering the "Find Out" stage.
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Trump has published his National Security Strategy and has declared Europe as the biggest threat to The United States and pledged positive relations with Russia and other autocratic regimes around the world. Russia is celebrating Trump's betrayal of global democracy.
youtu.be/pvdkNgrReVo
youtu.be/pvdkNgrReVo
Russia Controls The United States - Europe Must Prepare for War
YouTube video by Jake Broe
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Trump has published his National Security Strategy and has declared Europe as the biggest threat to The United States and pledged positive relations with Russia and other autocratic regimes around the world. Russia is celebrating Trump's betrayal of global democracy.
youtu.be/pvdkNgrReVo
youtu.be/pvdkNgrReVo
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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Good to see the Washpost putting this as grafs 2 and 3 of tonight’s Hegseth story.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Good to see the Washpost putting this as grafs 2 and 3 of tonight’s Hegseth story.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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"The small figures huddled together at Miami's airport carried backpacks, stuffed animals and suitcases. One wore a silver cross necklace. Families of the travelers – ages 3 to 15 – have been torn apart this year by Trump's deportation campaign..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
‘A sad, cruel moment’: 58 Florida children leaving US amid parent deportations
“The only losers are the children.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"The small figures huddled together at Miami's airport carried backpacks, stuffed animals and suitcases. One wore a silver cross necklace. Families of the travelers – ages 3 to 15 – have been torn apart this year by Trump's deportation campaign..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...