Dave Clarkin
@daveclarkin.bsky.social
Husband, dad, nature lover, advocate. Uncomfortable truths.
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Update: As Part of Our New Contract with America, I propose a new national anthem: “America,” by Neil Diamond, one of the greatest singers and songwriters in our History, who composed this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC4h...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC4h...
Cancelled Paramount streaming service today.
Honestly no idea why we were paying $12.99/mo for that.
Which reminds me: I hate streaming taxes.
Honestly no idea why we were paying $12.99/mo for that.
Which reminds me: I hate streaming taxes.
December 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Cancelled Paramount streaming service today.
Honestly no idea why we were paying $12.99/mo for that.
Which reminds me: I hate streaming taxes.
Honestly no idea why we were paying $12.99/mo for that.
Which reminds me: I hate streaming taxes.
Uh, I would ask this case be dismissed with prejudice.
The complaint claims he was compared to Barri Weiss, but “Unlike Taibbi, Barri …” is clearly a contrast. Literally says Matt is unlike Barri.
Fire your lawyer.
The complaint claims he was compared to Barri Weiss, but “Unlike Taibbi, Barri …” is clearly a contrast. Literally says Matt is unlike Barri.
Fire your lawyer.
The only thing more insane than Matt Taibbi suing Eoin Higgins is Matt suing him for comparing him to Bari Weiss
December 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Uh, I would ask this case be dismissed with prejudice.
The complaint claims he was compared to Barri Weiss, but “Unlike Taibbi, Barri …” is clearly a contrast. Literally says Matt is unlike Barri.
Fire your lawyer.
The complaint claims he was compared to Barri Weiss, but “Unlike Taibbi, Barri …” is clearly a contrast. Literally says Matt is unlike Barri.
Fire your lawyer.
Under a doctrine embraced by SCOTUS, Trump could threaten or kill a Supreme Court Justice, and be punishable only by Impeachment.
But, as the popularity of an Elected Dictator wanes, so does his power, correct @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social ?
A lame duck Prez at 33% has little juice. 1/2
But, as the popularity of an Elected Dictator wanes, so does his power, correct @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social ?
A lame duck Prez at 33% has little juice. 1/2
The number of threats against judges has tripled over the last decade, not just when Trump has been in office, Chief Justice John Roberts said in his annual report on the judiciary last year.
December 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Under a doctrine embraced by SCOTUS, Trump could threaten or kill a Supreme Court Justice, and be punishable only by Impeachment.
But, as the popularity of an Elected Dictator wanes, so does his power, correct @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social ?
A lame duck Prez at 33% has little juice. 1/2
But, as the popularity of an Elected Dictator wanes, so does his power, correct @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social ?
A lame duck Prez at 33% has little juice. 1/2
I am trying to imagine all of those suburban kids on 294 through Harvey.
All the Lincoln Parkers merging on to the Skyway for the first time.
Waukegan/Gurnee would be better.
✅ Casino
✅ Hotels
✅ Lake front
✅ Interstate
✅ National airport
All the Lincoln Parkers merging on to the Skyway for the first time.
Waukegan/Gurnee would be better.
✅ Casino
✅ Hotels
✅ Lake front
✅ Interstate
✅ National airport
The potential Indiana stadium site is only an hour long walk from the nearest train station
December 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I am trying to imagine all of those suburban kids on 294 through Harvey.
All the Lincoln Parkers merging on to the Skyway for the first time.
Waukegan/Gurnee would be better.
✅ Casino
✅ Hotels
✅ Lake front
✅ Interstate
✅ National airport
All the Lincoln Parkers merging on to the Skyway for the first time.
Waukegan/Gurnee would be better.
✅ Casino
✅ Hotels
✅ Lake front
✅ Interstate
✅ National airport
@wbez.org should host a “Merry F#cking XMas” Party 12/23/26 at @navypier.bsky.social with @iraglass.bsky.social and a contest to see who has the worst Christmas story.
Like
“My wife died of Cancer” or “My dad left.” Laugh, cry, commiserate, hookup.
Like
“My wife died of Cancer” or “My dad left.” Laugh, cry, commiserate, hookup.
December 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
@wbez.org should host a “Merry F#cking XMas” Party 12/23/26 at @navypier.bsky.social with @iraglass.bsky.social and a contest to see who has the worst Christmas story.
Like
“My wife died of Cancer” or “My dad left.” Laugh, cry, commiserate, hookup.
Like
“My wife died of Cancer” or “My dad left.” Laugh, cry, commiserate, hookup.
I know what @katmabu.bsky.social is doing here.
But @evanstonnow.bsky.social @aclu.org @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov are all on X because we will never make progress if we only preach to the converted.
You have to be willing to be booed, make mistakes, listen, @danielbiss.bsky.social .
But @evanstonnow.bsky.social @aclu.org @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov are all on X because we will never make progress if we only preach to the converted.
You have to be willing to be booed, make mistakes, listen, @danielbiss.bsky.social .
Kat had been largely off X for a while the past few months only occasionally posting larger updates on the site
For a while she was posting on both but after the protests in Broadview and the attention it attracted in conservative media it seems she moved mostly over here
For a while she was posting on both but after the protests in Broadview and the attention it attracted in conservative media it seems she moved mostly over here
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I know what @katmabu.bsky.social is doing here.
But @evanstonnow.bsky.social @aclu.org @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov are all on X because we will never make progress if we only preach to the converted.
You have to be willing to be booed, make mistakes, listen, @danielbiss.bsky.social .
But @evanstonnow.bsky.social @aclu.org @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov are all on X because we will never make progress if we only preach to the converted.
You have to be willing to be booed, make mistakes, listen, @danielbiss.bsky.social .
As seen on @capitolfax.bsky.social .
I think @trackaipac.com working for Fine helps @danielbiss.bsky.social.
AIPAC is not a “Jan Fan” and has worked to defeat her.
Most pundits will say that Fine denying she has AIPAC support only makes it more newsworthy. @capitolfax.bsky.social
I think @trackaipac.com working for Fine helps @danielbiss.bsky.social.
AIPAC is not a “Jan Fan” and has worked to defeat her.
Most pundits will say that Fine denying she has AIPAC support only makes it more newsworthy. @capitolfax.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
As seen on @capitolfax.bsky.social .
I think @trackaipac.com working for Fine helps @danielbiss.bsky.social.
AIPAC is not a “Jan Fan” and has worked to defeat her.
Most pundits will say that Fine denying she has AIPAC support only makes it more newsworthy. @capitolfax.bsky.social
I think @trackaipac.com working for Fine helps @danielbiss.bsky.social.
AIPAC is not a “Jan Fan” and has worked to defeat her.
Most pundits will say that Fine denying she has AIPAC support only makes it more newsworthy. @capitolfax.bsky.social
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
Essentially: Congress did not allow the President to backdoor into domestic military deployment via the National Guard. That was, in fact, exactly what the law was trying to prevent.
Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Essentially: Congress did not allow the President to backdoor into domestic military deployment via the National Guard. That was, in fact, exactly what the law was trying to prevent.
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"Nenko Stanev Gantchev, 56, died Dec. 15 in an ICE detention center in Michigan after being arrested locally in September. He lived in the Chicago area for 30 years and was a business owner"
A Chicago man from Bulgaria died in ICE custody after immigration arrest. blockclubchi.co/49nejse
December 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"Nenko Stanev Gantchev, 56, died Dec. 15 in an ICE detention center in Michigan after being arrested locally in September. He lived in the Chicago area for 30 years and was a business owner"
He had diabetes, he was not getting his meds.
A Chicago man from Bulgaria died in ICE custody after immigration arrest. blockclubchi.co/49nejse
December 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
He had diabetes, he was not getting his meds.
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Tremendous resources are being wasted, too. Agents who normally hunt down drug lords and sex traffickers are instead deployed to round up roofers and painters.
Trump Is Walloping Construction Businesses. The Industry Stays Quiet.
Raids on work sites. Roofers under siege. But builders keep mum.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Tremendous resources are being wasted, too. Agents who normally hunt down drug lords and sex traffickers are instead deployed to round up roofers and painters.
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Trump on the workforce for his battleships: "We're going to have robots helping us"
December 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Trump on the workforce for his battleships: "We're going to have robots helping us"
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Trump: "We're going down -- you can do your own math -- but it's 2,000%, 3,000%. It's pretty amazing"
December 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trump: "We're going down -- you can do your own math -- but it's 2,000%, 3,000%. It's pretty amazing"
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iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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Good job, Bari. Now that 60 minutes segment will be seen by even more people.
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Good job, Bari. Now that 60 minutes segment will be seen by even more people.
This is beyond fucking stupid.
1) Pam Bondi will get a full pardon.
2) Bondi follows Trump’s orders. Stop blaming the minions.
1) Pam Bondi will get a full pardon.
2) Bondi follows Trump’s orders. Stop blaming the minions.
🚨 @rokhanna.bsky.social on Pam Bondi violating the Epstein Transparency Act: "People are subjecting themselves to the risk of prosecution... This is not just about these 3 remaining years. A new administration could prosecute these individuals. The statute of limitations would not have run out."
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is beyond fucking stupid.
1) Pam Bondi will get a full pardon.
2) Bondi follows Trump’s orders. Stop blaming the minions.
1) Pam Bondi will get a full pardon.
2) Bondi follows Trump’s orders. Stop blaming the minions.
60% of funding for the new stadium will come
from the public.
from the public.
Updated story on Chiefs coming to Kansas. Team owner Clark Hunt is in Topeka, posing with Gov. Laura Kelly to celebrate the deal. #ksleg via @crazeywriter.bsky.social and @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/12/22/k...
Kansas to build Chiefs stadium with STAR bonds in deal approved by lawmakers • Kansas Reflector
Kansas legislative leadership voted unanimously Monday to issue STAR bonds to build a football stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs, following a short meeting behind closed doors.
kansasreflector.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
60% of funding for the new stadium will come
from the public.
from the public.
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My totally speculative theory on CBS is that when the WH saw the story, someone called an Ellison, who called Bari Weiss in a panic over the Warner Bros. bid, ordered her to kill it
Only a non-journalist (Ellison) would be too dumb not to understand killing the story just made things 100X worse
Only a non-journalist (Ellison) would be too dumb not to understand killing the story just made things 100X worse
December 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My totally speculative theory on CBS is that when the WH saw the story, someone called an Ellison, who called Bari Weiss in a panic over the Warner Bros. bid, ordered her to kill it
Only a non-journalist (Ellison) would be too dumb not to understand killing the story just made things 100X worse
Only a non-journalist (Ellison) would be too dumb not to understand killing the story just made things 100X worse
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Uncle Thad's annual reminder.
December 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Uncle Thad's annual reminder.
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Farmers say Trump's $12 billion aid plan is not enough to undo the damage from his tariffs. This year alone, US crop farmers have lost $34.6 billion and farm bankruptcies are likely to top 1,000.
US farmers say Trump’s $12bn package not enough to undo damage from tariffs
Thousands of farms set to go bankrupt as grain farmers in particular hit by trade disruptions caused by price hikes
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Farmers say Trump's $12 billion aid plan is not enough to undo the damage from his tariffs. This year alone, US crop farmers have lost $34.6 billion and farm bankruptcies are likely to top 1,000.
If 60 minutes refuses to run a story on Trump because he will not officially comment, then 60 Minutes must apply that policy to everyone.
"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If 60 minutes refuses to run a story on Trump because he will not officially comment, then 60 Minutes must apply that policy to everyone.
Another great one from @neilsteinberg.bsky.social :
“Politics and double-entry bookkeeping have always been uneasy bedfellows.”
There’s nothing wrong with the Chicago City budget that money trees and a unicorn tax cannot solve. Or a bag tax. Or lightpost ads.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
“Politics and double-entry bookkeeping have always been uneasy bedfellows.”
There’s nothing wrong with the Chicago City budget that money trees and a unicorn tax cannot solve. Or a bag tax. Or lightpost ads.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
The Chicago City Council fights an inferno with squirt guns
The Council balks at Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget and approves its own. But will either plan fix the situation?
chicago.suntimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Another great one from @neilsteinberg.bsky.social :
“Politics and double-entry bookkeeping have always been uneasy bedfellows.”
There’s nothing wrong with the Chicago City budget that money trees and a unicorn tax cannot solve. Or a bag tax. Or lightpost ads.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
“Politics and double-entry bookkeeping have always been uneasy bedfellows.”
There’s nothing wrong with the Chicago City budget that money trees and a unicorn tax cannot solve. Or a bag tax. Or lightpost ads.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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Minimum wage set to increase in 22 states and D.C., raising the nationwide average to $11.51 an hour, but not in Wisconsin thanks to Robin Vos's GOP boys' club
paulsnewsline.blogsp... #wipolitics
paulsnewsline.blogsp... #wipolitics
GET ME REWRITE: Minimum wage set to increase in 22 states and D.C., raising the nationwide average to $11.51 an hour, but not in Wisconsin thanks to Robin Vos's GOP boys' club
Headline and map: Ballotpedia's "Daily Brew" email update The 2026 increases come from existing state laws that provided for incremental...
paulsnewsline.blogspot.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Minimum wage set to increase in 22 states and D.C., raising the nationwide average to $11.51 an hour, but not in Wisconsin thanks to Robin Vos's GOP boys' club
paulsnewsline.blogsp... #wipolitics
paulsnewsline.blogsp... #wipolitics
Reposted by Dave Clarkin
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...