David Helms
@davidhelms570.bsky.social
Bicyclist, Citizen Ped and Bike Advocate. Retired NOAA and USAF/AFWA (and AWS) meteorologist
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While our low IQ “President” does not, I’ll always have so much respect for our NATO allies that sacrificed everything to defend us. Truly thank you.
January 23, 2026 at 9:49 PM
While our low IQ “President” does not, I’ll always have so much respect for our NATO allies that sacrificed everything to defend us. Truly thank you.
Europeans are going to hate the US for years; Trump is executing Putin's plan to divide our alliance exactly as instructed. Trump is a traitor.
UK PM Keir Starmer reacts to Cadet Bone Spurs claiming that allied troops stayed back behind the front lines in Afghanistan to avoid combat: “457 of our armed services lost their lives, many more were injured. So I consider Trump’s remarks to be insulting and apalling.”
January 23, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Europeans are going to hate the US for years; Trump is executing Putin's plan to divide our alliance exactly as instructed. Trump is a traitor.
You can't make this shit up... Defund and abolish Trump's goon squad "ICE"!!!
ICE detained St. Paul resident ChongLy Scott Thao in his underwear. The suspect whom agents were looking for was already in prison — and has been there since Sept. 4, 2024. bit.ly/4qxjGeJ
January 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
You can't make this shit up... Defund and abolish Trump's goon squad "ICE"!!!
I'm a simple man with a simple ask... PLEASE, VA Democratic leadership, PULL YOUR COLLECTIVE HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES AND DEFUND AND ABOLISH ICE!!! Why are you sustaining Trump's terrorist police state which in NO WAY protects Americans? @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social
Blumenthal: "I'm a no vote on that spending bill unless there are conditions that require ICE to go to a judge, to get a warrant, as well as other kinds of constraints -- the use of masks, the non-identification, the unmarked cars. These secret police, totalitarian tactics need to be stopped."
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I'm a simple man with a simple ask... PLEASE, VA Democratic leadership, PULL YOUR COLLECTIVE HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES AND DEFUND AND ABOLISH ICE!!! Why are you sustaining Trump's terrorist police state which in NO WAY protects Americans? @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social
Trump denying Ukraine life saving air defense missiles is criminal, making Trump an accomplice to Putin's murders.
Trump boasts about stopping wars but has now stopped supplying Patriot missiles to Ukraine. He has done everything to help his war criminal buddy Putin, who put him in office. Trump is a massive coward. He could stop Putin by giving Ukraine long-range missions.
January 22, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Trump denying Ukraine life saving air defense missiles is criminal, making Trump an accomplice to Putin's murders.
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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith:
"I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including the decision to bring charges against President Trump. Our investigation developed proof beyond reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity... No one should be above the law".
"I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including the decision to bring charges against President Trump. Our investigation developed proof beyond reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity... No one should be above the law".
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith:
"I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including the decision to bring charges against President Trump. Our investigation developed proof beyond reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity... No one should be above the law".
"I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including the decision to bring charges against President Trump. Our investigation developed proof beyond reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity... No one should be above the law".
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Smith: Again, and I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will.
January 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Smith: Again, and I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will.
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He manipulated the stock market again for those in the know. Down 700 and Up 800.
January 21, 2026 at 7:56 PM
He manipulated the stock market again for those in the know. Down 700 and Up 800.
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Forcing 300,000 workers out of their jobs created chaos for struggling families and jeopardized the services we rely on. And there's no evidence whatsoever that all these workers are now cashing in.
The DOGE/Project 2025 cuts have been devastating for America's workers.
The DOGE/Project 2025 cuts have been devastating for America's workers.
January 21, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Forcing 300,000 workers out of their jobs created chaos for struggling families and jeopardized the services we rely on. And there's no evidence whatsoever that all these workers are now cashing in.
The DOGE/Project 2025 cuts have been devastating for America's workers.
The DOGE/Project 2025 cuts have been devastating for America's workers.
So apparently climate change is a real thing
At Davos, Trump described Greenland as being "on the northern frontier of the Western Hemisphere." A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how that — and reduced sea ice due to climate change — is a big part of why Greenland is being discussed. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | What's really fueling Trump's interest in Greenland
Philip Bump: The warming climate has changed the options of what might be possible to explore, and exploit, in Greenland.
www.ms.now
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 PM
So apparently climate change is a real thing
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Iceland, Greenland.
Greenland, Iceland.
Greenland, Iceland.
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Iceland, Greenland.
Greenland, Iceland.
Greenland, Iceland.
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I am embarrassed by trump for our country
January 20, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I am embarrassed by trump for our country
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Thank you @adamkinzinger.substack.com !
If you live in Texas 9th congressional district, or want to support a great candidate in the Democratic primary, then here is your man. Former astronaut and fighter pilot Terry Virts, @astroterry.bsky.social The house needs its own astronaut!
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January 21, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Thank you @adamkinzinger.substack.com !
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Everything is getting more expensive for working people, but Trump is abusing his power to make himself at least $1.4 billion richer.
The most corrupt President in American history.
A government of, by, and for the crooks.
The most corrupt President in American history.
A government of, by, and for the crooks.
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Everything is getting more expensive for working people, but Trump is abusing his power to make himself at least $1.4 billion richer.
The most corrupt President in American history.
A government of, by, and for the crooks.
The most corrupt President in American history.
A government of, by, and for the crooks.
Didn't MAGA Repubs vote for Drumpf because they said Biden would get the US into WW3?
Of course it is. That was always the plan. Trump is weakening Europe so Putin can try to conquer it.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Didn't MAGA Repubs vote for Drumpf because they said Biden would get the US into WW3?
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"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
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One of my priors is that things are really bad if I am coming across news related to the bond market.
*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
One of my priors is that things are really bad if I am coming across news related to the bond market.
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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Bringing the receipts as usual! WW addresses the popular conservative claim that Rob Wittman (R - #VA01 ) is “good for the military”
Love how they note that Elaine Luria (former #VA02) brought in as much military funding to the region in 2 terms in office as Rob has done in 8 or 9 terms!
Love how they note that Elaine Luria (former #VA02) brought in as much military funding to the region in 2 terms in office as Rob has done in 8 or 9 terms!
“Wittman is good for the military” is a myth, and this is the first in a new series that shows just how badly Rob fails #VA01. In his 18 years in Congress, he's been spectacularly ineffective for veterans, military personnel, and contractors. Change is needed in November! #FlipVA01
Myth of the Week: Is Wittman good for the military & veterans?
Spoiler: no.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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2026 is going to be a very dark year for US foreign policy, where everything that was built over many decades by leaders for collective security is torn apart by one madman, but only because people in his own party remain silent.
January 19, 2026 at 12:04 PM
2026 is going to be a very dark year for US foreign policy, where everything that was built over many decades by leaders for collective security is torn apart by one madman, but only because people in his own party remain silent.
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The orange felon wants to invade and annex Greenland whilst in military control of Venezuela but is also asking his fellow murderous dictator Putin to join his bullshit Board of Peace. I truly hate him and his cult.
January 19, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The orange felon wants to invade and annex Greenland whilst in military control of Venezuela but is also asking his fellow murderous dictator Putin to join his bullshit Board of Peace. I truly hate him and his cult.
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“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.