David Michael Pierce
@dweeze.bsky.social
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
Or driven to its knees
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
Or driven to its knees
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David Michael Pierce
@dweeze.bsky.social
· Dec 14
If you’re following over 2k people and you’re not someone I already know or someone I’m already following I’m going to assume you’re not adding me to your following list because of my insightful comments and, since this apparently needs saying, I am going to immediately block you.
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i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
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ok it’s legitimately funny that they can’t even throw red meat to Catholics without falling into heresy
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
ok it’s legitimately funny that they can’t even throw red meat to Catholics without falling into heresy
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Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
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"As a result of the Third Circuit's ruling … I have decided to step down": ma'am, the Third Circuit said you never had the role in the first place. You may as well step down as head coach at Ole Miss, another job you don't have.
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"As a result of the Third Circuit's ruling … I have decided to step down": ma'am, the Third Circuit said you never had the role in the first place. You may as well step down as head coach at Ole Miss, another job you don't have.
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oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen
Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen
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More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
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Here's Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) raging about Missouri's elections being "decided in California" in response to an article about Missourians protesting a gerrymandering petition in California -- except the article is about the town of California in Missouri.
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Here's Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) raging about Missouri's elections being "decided in California" in response to an article about Missourians protesting a gerrymandering petition in California -- except the article is about the town of California in Missouri.
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RVTURN to jimmy carter's proposal to make the attorney general an independent office with a five to seven year term
bring back the tenure of office act imo
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
RVTURN to jimmy carter's proposal to make the attorney general an independent office with a five to seven year term
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One thing about "original intent" is that the original Constitution was so hostile to the President that their rival was made Vice President, but now we have SCOTUS "originalists" happily giving the President absolute power over everything.*
* So long as they're a Republican.
* So long as they're a Republican.
the whole structure of this argument — independent agencies are politically unaccountable therefore the president must have removal power — treats congress as if it were a total nullity, or as if only the president truly represents the public.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
One thing about "original intent" is that the original Constitution was so hostile to the President that their rival was made Vice President, but now we have SCOTUS "originalists" happily giving the President absolute power over everything.*
* So long as they're a Republican.
* So long as they're a Republican.
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When I say "this thing Trump is doing is worse than past actions in these specific ways," I'm not arguing "the past actions were good."
One challenge with getting people to recognize the moment we're in is can't-happen-here complacency. Another is "there is only bad, there's no such thing as worse."
One challenge with getting people to recognize the moment we're in is can't-happen-here complacency. Another is "there is only bad, there's no such thing as worse."
America got “the president is killing terrorists, don’t question it” in the 2000s too. But unlike now:
-The US had been attacked
-Al Qaeda was a terrorist group and planned more attacks
-They were in areas the US military did not freely operate, where arrest was risky
-Congress authorized the action
-The US had been attacked
-Al Qaeda was a terrorist group and planned more attacks
-They were in areas the US military did not freely operate, where arrest was risky
-Congress authorized the action
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
When I say "this thing Trump is doing is worse than past actions in these specific ways," I'm not arguing "the past actions were good."
One challenge with getting people to recognize the moment we're in is can't-happen-here complacency. Another is "there is only bad, there's no such thing as worse."
One challenge with getting people to recognize the moment we're in is can't-happen-here complacency. Another is "there is only bad, there's no such thing as worse."
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I would like to go a full week without a constitutional crisis
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I would like to go a full week without a constitutional crisis
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just getting out ahead of this one: there is no correlation between my recent decision to move to the suburbs and the instant, sharp downturn in murders in New York City
New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
just getting out ahead of this one: there is no correlation between my recent decision to move to the suburbs and the instant, sharp downturn in murders in New York City
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The fact Bovino is a career civil servant and not a political appointee really shows CBP needs to be abolished root and branch. Let the IRS do customs (seriously).
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The fact Bovino is a career civil servant and not a political appointee really shows CBP needs to be abolished root and branch. Let the IRS do customs (seriously).
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and the powers that be chose to put the inferior white player on this committee’s ballot over the superior black player. as it was, so shall it be.
Annual reminder that Lou Whitaker has a WAR 20 points higher than Jeff Kent and is not in the HOF.
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
and the powers that be chose to put the inferior white player on this committee’s ballot over the superior black player. as it was, so shall it be.
I love that LaFleur could not have mad a more perfunctory handshake with Johnson
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I love that LaFleur could not have mad a more perfunctory handshake with Johnson
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it’s their reading level
Anyone have a theory on the administration's sudden obsession with Franklin the turtle?
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
it’s their reading level
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Gonna need Hunter Yurachek to (fail to) explain why BYU's loss yesterday affected their ranking, but Alabama's loss yesterday didn't.
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gonna need Hunter Yurachek to (fail to) explain why BYU's loss yesterday affected their ranking, but Alabama's loss yesterday didn't.
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The committee deciding that it won’t use a head-to-head result as a tiebreaker unless the teams are one spot apart in rankings is … insane.
December 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The committee deciding that it won’t use a head-to-head result as a tiebreaker unless the teams are one spot apart in rankings is … insane.
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IN A PUFFY COAT
December 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
IN A PUFFY COAT