David Smith
@dnsmith348.bsky.social
Palmetto State native, former LEO, veteran, retired utility GIS Tech, descendent of Lint Heads
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Everything you don’t like is not illegal. Pass it on.
March 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Everything you don’t like is not illegal. Pass it on.
@thomtillis.bsky.social this will cause needless hardship for those effected. For some people Social Security is their only source of income.
At 5 pm Fri, the Social Security Admin announced that it will withhold the *entire* Social Security benefits of overpaid seniors & people w/disabilities, even if not their fault—reversing a Biden-era reform that limited repayment to 10% of the monthly benefit.
This will cause needless suffering.
This will cause needless suffering.
March 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
@thomtillis.bsky.social this will cause needless hardship for those effected. For some people Social Security is their only source of income.
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Governor Glenn Youngkin said he wants to bring back the values of Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson knocked up his late wife's enslaved half-sister with 6 kids after starting a relationship with her when she was 14.
4 kids survived and he freed a couple of them…eventually.
Jefferson knocked up his late wife's enslaved half-sister with 6 kids after starting a relationship with her when she was 14.
4 kids survived and he freed a couple of them…eventually.
March 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Governor Glenn Youngkin said he wants to bring back the values of Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson knocked up his late wife's enslaved half-sister with 6 kids after starting a relationship with her when she was 14.
4 kids survived and he freed a couple of them…eventually.
Jefferson knocked up his late wife's enslaved half-sister with 6 kids after starting a relationship with her when she was 14.
4 kids survived and he freed a couple of them…eventually.
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I guess we're now the nation that we used to warn other nations about.
February 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I guess we're now the nation that we used to warn other nations about.
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BREAKING: Josh Shapiro just sued Donald Trump and won, unfreezing $2.1 billion in funds the administration tried to freeze.
Another win for Democrats in the courts. Don’t let anyone tell you Donald Trump is unstoppable.
Another win for Democrats in the courts. Don’t let anyone tell you Donald Trump is unstoppable.
February 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
BREAKING: Josh Shapiro just sued Donald Trump and won, unfreezing $2.1 billion in funds the administration tried to freeze.
Another win for Democrats in the courts. Don’t let anyone tell you Donald Trump is unstoppable.
Another win for Democrats in the courts. Don’t let anyone tell you Donald Trump is unstoppable.
This is good news.
Huh, turns out you can't have private UNIDENTIFIED security assault and kidnap people because you don't like what they say at city hall
Weird.
Weird.
Coeur d’Alene prosecutors dismiss citation against woman dragged from town hall, city revokes security company’s business license
City prosecutors will dismiss a misdemeanor battery citation issued to the Post Falls woman who plainclothes private security guards dragged out of a legislative town hall Saturday and the city of Coe...
cdapress.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is good news.
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— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu
— Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile
— Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans
“Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.
— Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile
— Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans
“Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.
February 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu
— Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile
— Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans
“Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.
— Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile
— Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans
“Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.
@thomtillis.bsky.social don’t grovel like the rest. Stand up to him. @charlotteobserver.bsky.social
This is like Senators asking for Trump to release funding for their pet projects. When you campaigned for a personalist presidency you have turned yourself into a beggar seeking the King’s favor rather than a citizen who can be confident of equal treatment for all.
Star of Leopard News Asks That Friend’s Face be Spared
February 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@thomtillis.bsky.social don’t grovel like the rest. Stand up to him. @charlotteobserver.bsky.social
This not “auditing” this just cutting without evaluating what they do. Will NC suffer? No doubt. @charlotteobserver.bsky.social
The Great Lakes states have, for years, been fighting an invasion of lamprey eels, which were devastating the fish stocks in the lakes.
Trump fired the people who've almost succeeded in doing that.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Trump fired the people who've almost succeeded in doing that.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Trump firings hit Great Lakes sea lamprey program, Michigan forestry workers | Bridge Michigan
Fish and wildlife officials tasked with holding back a species that would otherwise decimate the Great Lakes fishery were among those caught up in a mass purge of federal workers. Dozens, if not hundr...
www.bridgemi.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This not “auditing” this just cutting without evaluating what they do. Will NC suffer? No doubt. @charlotteobserver.bsky.social
This is supposed to be the competent administration. It’s a circus. @charlotteobserver.bsky.social
Unfortunately firings have continued at the National Nuclear Safety Administration.
I’ve been contacted by an NNSA worker who was fired, then told her termination was paused, then told she was fired again. She says there were numerous others at NNSA treated the same way.
These people keep us safe.
I’ve been contacted by an NNSA worker who was fired, then told her termination was paused, then told she was fired again. She says there were numerous others at NNSA treated the same way.
These people keep us safe.
Days after "accidentally" firing nuclear safety workers, Trump and Musk have "accidentally" fired the people racing to protect the American public from bird flu.
This is stupid beyond belief. A better president would intentionally fire DOGE and everyone involved with it.
This is stupid beyond belief. A better president would intentionally fire DOGE and everyone involved with it.
February 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is supposed to be the competent administration. It’s a circus. @charlotteobserver.bsky.social
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Russian state TV host: “The things Trump is saying are so deep and so correct, in total alignment with the way we see things.”
He says Trump/Witkoff talked to Putin for 5 hours total, says it’s where Trump’s info came from— then taunts Zelensky.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGTNl4i...
He says Trump/Witkoff talked to Putin for 5 hours total, says it’s where Trump’s info came from— then taunts Zelensky.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGTNl4i...
February 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Russian state TV host: “The things Trump is saying are so deep and so correct, in total alignment with the way we see things.”
He says Trump/Witkoff talked to Putin for 5 hours total, says it’s where Trump’s info came from— then taunts Zelensky.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGTNl4i...
He says Trump/Witkoff talked to Putin for 5 hours total, says it’s where Trump’s info came from— then taunts Zelensky.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGTNl4i...
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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.
February 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.
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I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
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Jeffries: President Zelenskyy is not a dictator—he was a duly elected president of Ukraine.
It’s shocking—but I guess not surprising—that Donald Trump continues to play footsie with Vladimir Putin, a sworn enemy of the United States.
It’s shocking—but I guess not surprising—that Donald Trump continues to play footsie with Vladimir Putin, a sworn enemy of the United States.
February 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Jeffries: President Zelenskyy is not a dictator—he was a duly elected president of Ukraine.
It’s shocking—but I guess not surprising—that Donald Trump continues to play footsie with Vladimir Putin, a sworn enemy of the United States.
It’s shocking—but I guess not surprising—that Donald Trump continues to play footsie with Vladimir Putin, a sworn enemy of the United States.
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To the @GOP senators and Congressmen who claim to support Ukraine, you do have some power… if you’re unwilling to exercise it then don’t pretend to care about your country more than your political career:
February 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
To the @GOP senators and Congressmen who claim to support Ukraine, you do have some power… if you’re unwilling to exercise it then don’t pretend to care about your country more than your political career:
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Note how weird and vague the investigation of Schumer is: Martin says “I have reached out to Schumer to investigate the threats.” That’s . . . That’s not a thing. That’s not how investigates work. The U.S. Attorney doesn’t call the target. So…..
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"We will protect DOGE."
This morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a "stop the steal" organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled "Operation Whirlwind" in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer.
The text:
This morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a "stop the steal" organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled "Operation Whirlwind" in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer.
The text:
February 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Note how weird and vague the investigation of Schumer is: Martin says “I have reached out to Schumer to investigate the threats.” That’s . . . That’s not a thing. That’s not how investigates work. The U.S. Attorney doesn’t call the target. So…..
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"Where is the King of America?'
Thomas Paine had an answer in 1776 in "Common Sense."
And it IS common sense.
In America, the LAW is King.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...
Thomas Paine had an answer in 1776 in "Common Sense."
And it IS common sense.
In America, the LAW is King.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...
Common Sense by Thomas Paine, read by Professor Joanne Freeman
YouTube video by Beinecke Library at Yale
www.youtube.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Where is the King of America?'
Thomas Paine had an answer in 1776 in "Common Sense."
And it IS common sense.
In America, the LAW is King.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...
Thomas Paine had an answer in 1776 in "Common Sense."
And it IS common sense.
In America, the LAW is King.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...
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For no particular reason, what the Commonwealth of Virginia thinks about kings.
February 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
For no particular reason, what the Commonwealth of Virginia thinks about kings.
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What Ilan Wurman and Randy Barnett are doing isn’t best understood as legal scholarship. It’s more like wartime public relations, or like SEO. It’s creating bullshit that will give dishonest judges a pretext to pretend that there is a serious constitutional dispute. They’re fascism’s fixers.
I want to highlight just how closely the Wurman-Barnett arguments in 2025 parallel those made by the United States against Wong Kim Ark’s citizenship in 1898. And rejected. I do not think this can be coincidence.
Here’s a summary of the US’s arguments, via @jnovkov.bsky.social
Here’s a summary of the US’s arguments, via @jnovkov.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
What Ilan Wurman and Randy Barnett are doing isn’t best understood as legal scholarship. It’s more like wartime public relations, or like SEO. It’s creating bullshit that will give dishonest judges a pretext to pretend that there is a serious constitutional dispute. They’re fascism’s fixers.
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
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Spineless, yellow-bellied, lily-livered, weak-kneed, pusillanimous chickenshits.
February 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Spineless, yellow-bellied, lily-livered, weak-kneed, pusillanimous chickenshits.
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The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests,” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, January 6, 1941
February 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests,” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, January 6, 1941