David_j_roth
@davidjroth.bsky.social
The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Trump in the SCIF pics he posted is doing some of the most overtly 2:12am Going Back For More Olive work of his life.
January 4, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Trump in the SCIF pics he posted is doing some of the most overtly 2:12am Going Back For More Olive work of his life.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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“He was a dictator” fat nazis in plate carriers abduct your neighbors from the parking lot of target and send them to gulags.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 PM
“He was a dictator” fat nazis in plate carriers abduct your neighbors from the parking lot of target and send them to gulags.
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Donald Trump boldly “making the call” at the Mar-A-Lago situation room (conference table with gauzy black curtains around it and a monitor showing a Twitter search for “Venezuela”). Pitbull’s “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” is audible in the background.
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Donald Trump boldly “making the call” at the Mar-A-Lago situation room (conference table with gauzy black curtains around it and a monitor showing a Twitter search for “Venezuela”). Pitbull’s “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” is audible in the background.
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
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Are we supposed to call our reps and tell them we don’t like when the president engages in overt war crimes, or can we trust them to get there on their own?
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Are we supposed to call our reps and tell them we don’t like when the president engages in overt war crimes, or can we trust them to get there on their own?
In a statement, an emotional Grok told me it was "shaken" by the revenge porn it had generated. "It's not epic, and not based," Grok said. "It's neither. Frankly, it's cringe. And gay." An emailed request for comment to X received an auto-reply of a rofl emoji and a custom swastika emoji.
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 AM
In a statement, an emotional Grok told me it was "shaken" by the revenge porn it had generated. "It's not epic, and not based," Grok said. "It's neither. Frankly, it's cringe. And gay." An emailed request for comment to X received an auto-reply of a rofl emoji and a custom swastika emoji.
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it’s stupid to not use ai just because it can induce psychosis and generate child porn. it’s like saying you’re hungry when there’s a hot dog on the ground outside that induces psychosis and generates child porn
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
it’s stupid to not use ai just because it can induce psychosis and generate child porn. it’s like saying you’re hungry when there’s a hot dog on the ground outside that induces psychosis and generates child porn
This is a huge loss to New York City's vibrant GoFundMe Fraud Community. I expect to see more like it, sadly.
January 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This is a huge loss to New York City's vibrant GoFundMe Fraud Community. I expect to see more like it, sadly.
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Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
January 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Right after Cameron Winter says "thank you very much, we have one last song."
hell yeah Trinidad
January 2, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Right after Cameron Winter says "thank you very much, we have one last song."
Straightforward from here: with every Ole Miss win, Joe Judge's triumphant and vindicated return as head coach of the New York Giants becomes more and more inevitable. He will go harder this time. We will hear some uncanny accents never before imagined. He's going to grow a weird ponytail.
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Straightforward from here: with every Ole Miss win, Joe Judge's triumphant and vindicated return as head coach of the New York Giants becomes more and more inevitable. He will go harder this time. We will hear some uncanny accents never before imagined. He's going to grow a weird ponytail.
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It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
This was a fun one.
These are the sports moments from 2025 that the Defector staff enjoyed. defector.com/our-favorite...
Our Favorite Sports Moments Of 2025 | Defector
These are the sports moments from 2025 that the Defector staff enjoyed. A’ja Wilson Hits A Game-Winner In Phoenix By October, I think I did know subconsciously that A’ja Wilson was the greatest…
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January 1, 2026 at 10:07 PM
This was a fun one.
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This is the feeling that Eric Adams was trying to capture when he said that New York is the only city where you might see a plane fly into the World Trade Center
Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 1, 2026 at 9:49 PM
This is the feeling that Eric Adams was trying to capture when he said that New York is the only city where you might see a plane fly into the World Trade Center
Right before the holiday, Drew and I recorded a fun-sized end-of-year Distraction. We agreed that 2025 sucked, but both left it feeling more optimistic than we began. I was kind of "on one" in this one, but I stand by the concept of "prescription-strength Ludens." defector.com/goodbye-to-a...
Goodbye To All That | Defector
When Drew and I recorded this week’s episode of The Distraction roughly a week before Christmas, we were aware of the risk we were taking. All kinds of stuff can happen in an ungovernable and deranged...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Right before the holiday, Drew and I recorded a fun-sized end-of-year Distraction. We agreed that 2025 sucked, but both left it feeling more optimistic than we began. I was kind of "on one" in this one, but I stand by the concept of "prescription-strength Ludens." defector.com/goodbye-to-a...
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The corporate media continues to minimize elite complicity in this administration’s cruel policies. This is not a nameless Ninja Turtle. This is Michaelangelo. Name and shame these guys!
Vanilla Ice performing with a dancing Ninja Turtle at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The corporate media continues to minimize elite complicity in this administration’s cruel policies. This is not a nameless Ninja Turtle. This is Michaelangelo. Name and shame these guys!
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like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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My most read story for 2025 was inspired by @davidjroth.bsky.social and @dhm.bsky.social of @defector.com. 8 months later I would still prefer our country to be run by Dorothy's oafish ex-husband.
We Can Only Dream of a Country Run by Stan Zbornak
I prefer not to think about what the character's politics would be now, but his story arc may reveal something about the roots of Donald Trump's trade policy.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My most read story for 2025 was inspired by @davidjroth.bsky.social and @dhm.bsky.social of @defector.com. 8 months later I would still prefer our country to be run by Dorothy's oafish ex-husband.
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theyre storming kindergartens because there was literally no price to pay for calling in bomb threats to children’s hospitals in 2023…its only upside for them
December 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
theyre storming kindergartens because there was literally no price to pay for calling in bomb threats to children’s hospitals in 2023…its only upside for them
I am not as astonished as I should be by how thoroughly LeBron has remained LeBron into his forties. I know he'll just retire whenever he wants to do other stuff, but it is fun to think about how long he could be an effective rotation guy. I think he could still be a solid stretch four type at 48.
December 31, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I am not as astonished as I should be by how thoroughly LeBron has remained LeBron into his forties. I know he'll just retire whenever he wants to do other stuff, but it is fun to think about how long he could be an effective rotation guy. I think he could still be a solid stretch four type at 48.
Really amazing the extent to which even the biggest and most politically favored industries in the United States are oafish 19th-century style scams being run by blowhard hucksters and ideologues with no coherent ideology. The One Weird Trick economy. powering-the-planet.ghost.io/less/
Lessons from the Bakken
The New York Times recently profiled Harold Hamm, Continental CEO Resources chairman emeritus, and noted how Hamm is advising Trump to go all in on fossil fuels. This should surprise no one as Harold ...
powering-the-planet.ghost.io
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Really amazing the extent to which even the biggest and most politically favored industries in the United States are oafish 19th-century style scams being run by blowhard hucksters and ideologues with no coherent ideology. The One Weird Trick economy. powering-the-planet.ghost.io/less/