David Pratt
@malungaforever.bsky.social
Husband, father, traveller, and interested in history, archaeology, science, literature, economics, philosophy and the human condition.
https://davidmpratt.com/
https://davidmpratt.com/
Where is the mainstream media on this Nazi playbook propaganda? boingboing.net/2025/10/27/t...
Trump Labor Dept promotes Aryan workforce in creepy Nazi-style ad campaign
Trump U.S. Department of Labor promotes Aryan workforce in creepy Nazi-style ad campaign on Instagram
boingboing.net
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Where is the mainstream media on this Nazi playbook propaganda? boingboing.net/2025/10/27/t...
Well when a nation commits genocide, it will take more than a little PR to "bounce back." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/w...
A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Well when a nation commits genocide, it will take more than a little PR to "bounce back." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/w...
youtube.com/shorts/n7WaP... short summary of how Russian propaganda works.
The 4 Key Pillars of Russian Propaganda
YouTube video by Vlad Vexler
youtube.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
youtube.com/shorts/n7WaP... short summary of how Russian propaganda works.
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"Despite its association with anti-immigrant thought leaders and white nationalist killers, right-wing lawmakers have readily adopted “invasion” as a buzzword."
www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
DHS deploys white nationalist, anti-immigrant graphics to recruit
The Department of Homeland Security’s deportation efforts under Trump have energized and validated some hate groups.
www.splcenter.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Despite its association with anti-immigrant thought leaders and white nationalist killers, right-wing lawmakers have readily adopted “invasion” as a buzzword."
www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
Colleges need to hang together or they will hang separately. They can outlast this administration.
I do not think people are actually seriously calibrated for how rabidly anti-university the MAGA right is and how core that is to their policy goals. It is probably the #2 issue after immigration for them, and for some of them it’s higher.
May 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Colleges need to hang together or they will hang separately. They can outlast this administration.
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Who can help them? We need our representatives in Congress to stand on the steps of the capital and the Supreme Court with a bullhorn and demand that the rule of law be followed.
We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
Opinion | We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention (Gift Article)
The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Who can help them? We need our representatives in Congress to stand on the steps of the capital and the Supreme Court with a bullhorn and demand that the rule of law be followed.
We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
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Larry David eviscerates the odious Bill Maher who was recently a guest of Donald Trump, with whom he bonded over their common antipathy for "wokeness" and college kids, and their shared love for Netanyahu www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Larry David eviscerates the odious Bill Maher who was recently a guest of Donald Trump, with whom he bonded over their common antipathy for "wokeness" and college kids, and their shared love for Netanyahu www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social Thank you for your latest TED talk. Speaking truth to power. I hope people and institutions stand up and fight authoritarianism and the #broligarchy. youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
April 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social Thank you for your latest TED talk. Speaking truth to power. I hope people and institutions stand up and fight authoritarianism and the #broligarchy. youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
The big law firm, big tech companies, and Ivy Leagues capitulating to Rump reminds me of this scene from Succession. Also: “We must hang together or hang separately.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
April 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The big law firm, big tech companies, and Ivy Leagues capitulating to Rump reminds me of this scene from Succession. Also: “We must hang together or hang separately.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
One more log on the fire: the decline of the capabilities of college students to learn anything.
open.substack.com/pub/hilarius...
open.substack.com/pub/hilarius...
The average college student today
How things have changed
open.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One more log on the fire: the decline of the capabilities of college students to learn anything.
open.substack.com/pub/hilarius...
open.substack.com/pub/hilarius...
@kaine.senate.gov Don’t vote for cloture on the CR. Schumer sucks. Time for new leadership in the Democratic Party.
March 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
@kaine.senate.gov Don’t vote for cloture on the CR. Schumer sucks. Time for new leadership in the Democratic Party.
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You can make whatever campaign promises you want, but budgets don’t lie.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
February 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
You can make whatever campaign promises you want, but budgets don’t lie.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
Democratic Party leaders are appeasers, geezers, and cowards. We need new ones to rise up and defend Democracy.
If you think the headline is good, you should read the copy.
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Democratic Party leaders are appeasers, geezers, and cowards. We need new ones to rise up and defend Democracy.
People need to stop leaving their offices if they are challenging being “fired.” Possession is 9/10s of the law. People will bring you food and water.
Trump marauds through the executive branch like a king who who can act indiscriminately, comfortable in the knowledge that the Supreme Court will retroactively legitimate his path of destruction and that his congressional allies will clap along.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...
Trump Is Breaking Things First And Trusting That Congress, Courts Will Get On Board Later
For recent presidents armed with congressional trifectas, the beginning of a term...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
People need to stop leaving their offices if they are challenging being “fired.” Possession is 9/10s of the law. People will bring you food and water.
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Dear Friends in the Federal Workforce,
Federal labor and collective bargaining laws do not give a Special Government Employee outside your chain of command the authority to force your resignation by tweet.
AFGE recommends you consult your supervisor and union. ⬇️
You have rights.
Federal labor and collective bargaining laws do not give a Special Government Employee outside your chain of command the authority to force your resignation by tweet.
AFGE recommends you consult your supervisor and union. ⬇️
You have rights.
February 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Dear Friends in the Federal Workforce,
Federal labor and collective bargaining laws do not give a Special Government Employee outside your chain of command the authority to force your resignation by tweet.
AFGE recommends you consult your supervisor and union. ⬇️
You have rights.
Federal labor and collective bargaining laws do not give a Special Government Employee outside your chain of command the authority to force your resignation by tweet.
AFGE recommends you consult your supervisor and union. ⬇️
You have rights.
We need more of our representatives to act courageously. Speak up. Stand up to tyranny.
At a town hall in my district this weekend, a constituent told me she is feeling overwhelmed by the news and struggling to know what to do.
Here is part of what I told her:
Here is part of what I told her:
February 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We need more of our representatives to act courageously. Speak up. Stand up to tyranny.
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"This is something that does not belong to the president or the White House. It belongs to the American people.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"This is something that does not belong to the president or the White House. It belongs to the American people.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF.
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Informal Grievance Template for Adverse Personnel Actions
There is a limited amount of time to oppose personnel actions. Time is short.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF.
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Do not obey in advance. Fuck Google. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events
Company says listed holidays were not ‘sustainable’ for its model as tech firms roll back diversity efforts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Do not obey in advance. Fuck Google. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I swear this little sample tube of toothpaste is magical or refilled by elves in the night. Every day I say this is the last; and then I still squeeze out enough for one more brushing.
February 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I swear this little sample tube of toothpaste is magical or refilled by elves in the night. Every day I say this is the last; and then I still squeeze out enough for one more brushing.
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
“So you would like the Congressman to voice a strong objection?” For Chrissakes, do something Democrats!
Congresspeople need to force their way into buildings. Bring cameras. Surround the buildings, let only legit employees in/out. Block food deliveries (since Musk and his college dropouts are sleeping there). Be Yeltsin from Aug 1991. Force confrontations on video.
www.wonkette.com/p/an-open-le...
www.wonkette.com/p/an-open-le...
An Open Letter To The Majority Of Congressional Democrats
The norms are gone. Wake the hell up!
www.wonkette.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“So you would like the Congressman to voice a strong objection?” For Chrissakes, do something Democrats!
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Perfectly captured.
February 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Perfectly captured.