David
@davidisnotright.bsky.social
YIMBY, genetic engineer, pro nuclear, new liberal Democrat from Durham NC.
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Ok I know this is old-man irritability but I don’t care if Mahmoud Khalil has a pregnant wife, I don’t care if he and his wife are childfree, I don’t care if he’s in a fucking polycule with a hedgehog and a jar of mayonnaise, NOBODY should be detained for protected speech, including singletons.
March 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ok I know this is old-man irritability but I don’t care if Mahmoud Khalil has a pregnant wife, I don’t care if he and his wife are childfree, I don’t care if he’s in a fucking polycule with a hedgehog and a jar of mayonnaise, NOBODY should be detained for protected speech, including singletons.
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NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
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March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
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This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!
“You are directed … to dismiss the pending charges in United States v. Adams, No. 24 Cr. 556 (SDNY)…. The Justice Department has reached this conclusion without assessing the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based”
![Memorandum from the Acting Deputy Attorney General
Dismissal Without Prejudice of Prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams
Page 2
Of The Federal Government. These actions and the underlying case have also improperly interfered with Mayor Adams' campaign in the 2025 mayoral election. See Justice Manual § 9-
85.500, entitled Actions that May Have an Impact on an Election.
Second, the pending prosecution has unduly restricted Mayor Adams' ability to devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that escalated under the policies of the prior Administration. We are particularly concerned about the impact of the prosecution on Mayor Adams' ability to support critical, ongoing federal efforts "to protect the American people from the disastrous effects of unlawful mass migration and resettlement," as described in Executive Order 14165.' Accomplishing the immigration objectives established by President Trump and the Attorney General is every bit as important—if not more so as the objectives that the prior Administration pursued by releasing violent criminals such as Viktor Bout, the "Merchant of Death."? Accordingly, based on these additional concerns that are distinct from the weaponization problems, dismissal without prejudice is also necessary at this time.
' Your Office correctly noted in a February 3, 2025 memorandum, *as Mr. Bove clearly stated to defense counsel during our meeting [on January 31, 2025], the Government is not offering to exchange dismissal of a criminal case for Adams's assistance on immigration enforcement."
2 According to an October 2024 Wall Street Journal article, Bout has already started to participate in arms deals again, including negotiations with representatives of Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putins-merchant-of-death-is-back-in-](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidtbdebawe7yluohx6ktbosdjqfdcf7ukryaemdjtgcpygzklaefe@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!
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We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
February 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
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called my shot a few weeks ago that elon is likely to be among the first shanked by trump. i see no reason to update that assessment.
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/20/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/20/t...
December 27, 2024 at 1:53 PM
called my shot a few weeks ago that elon is likely to be among the first shanked by trump. i see no reason to update that assessment.
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/20/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/20/t...
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Congress has the opportunity to pass the bipartisan YIMBY Act during the current lame-duck session, but partisan squabbling is preventing the bill from being brought to a vote.
Join us in emailing your representatives to tell them to support the bill! https://buff.ly/4gxdbTY
Join us in emailing your representatives to tell them to support the bill! https://buff.ly/4gxdbTY
December 11, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Congress has the opportunity to pass the bipartisan YIMBY Act during the current lame-duck session, but partisan squabbling is preventing the bill from being brought to a vote.
Join us in emailing your representatives to tell them to support the bill! https://buff.ly/4gxdbTY
Join us in emailing your representatives to tell them to support the bill! https://buff.ly/4gxdbTY
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If you’re wandering around being angry at people for who they follow, kindly block me and treat this as me having invited you to fuck off in a thoughtful and individualized way that you felt recognized who you were as a person
December 6, 2024 at 11:28 PM
If you’re wandering around being angry at people for who they follow, kindly block me and treat this as me having invited you to fuck off in a thoughtful and individualized way that you felt recognized who you were as a person
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The phrase “I was scammed by a meme coin” seems to contain within it the wisdom the complaint is seeking
December 6, 2024 at 9:37 PM
The phrase “I was scammed by a meme coin” seems to contain within it the wisdom the complaint is seeking
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Nichols: You have the makings of a not so slow motion authoritarian takeover of the United States government. And people ought to be really concerned about this.
December 1, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Nichols: You have the makings of a not so slow motion authoritarian takeover of the United States government. And people ought to be really concerned about this.
too real
It's time for a throwback thread, going back to Twitter in June of 2018.
"Philip K Dick's sequel to The Man in the High Castle was universally panned when published posthumously and against the late author's wishes."
"Philip K Dick's sequel to The Man in the High Castle was universally panned when published posthumously and against the late author's wishes."
November 29, 2024 at 11:20 PM
too real
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Good example of what Musk's government efficiency commission will actually be: Elon saw the word "diversity" and his eyes turned red, thus he picks on a highly-trained worker who has nothing to do with DEI, could earn a ton more in the private sector, but has dedicated themselves to public service
November 23, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Good example of what Musk's government efficiency commission will actually be: Elon saw the word "diversity" and his eyes turned red, thus he picks on a highly-trained worker who has nothing to do with DEI, could earn a ton more in the private sector, but has dedicated themselves to public service
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Sarah McBride could post a 24/7 stream of videos of all the random people calling for her death. Kamala Harris could have done it just with random people calling her the N word.
Doesn’t work for Dems because the media treats random ppl on TikTok like Dem operatives in a way they don’t for Reps.
Doesn’t work for Dems because the media treats random ppl on TikTok like Dem operatives in a way they don’t for Reps.
November 21, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Sarah McBride could post a 24/7 stream of videos of all the random people calling for her death. Kamala Harris could have done it just with random people calling her the N word.
Doesn’t work for Dems because the media treats random ppl on TikTok like Dem operatives in a way they don’t for Reps.
Doesn’t work for Dems because the media treats random ppl on TikTok like Dem operatives in a way they don’t for Reps.