David Robert Newman
@davidnewman.bsky.social
Avid picture maker, reluctant scribe, recovering engineer, accidental politician.
Personal account, personal opinions.
Personal account, personal opinions.
Next time you hear some Republican say they’re pro-opportunity, remind them that Chief Justice Roberts really, really, REALLY doesn’t like it when black and brown people vote – and has devoted a long career to reducing access to the ballot box.
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Next time you hear some Republican say they’re pro-opportunity, remind them that Chief Justice Roberts really, really, REALLY doesn’t like it when black and brown people vote – and has devoted a long career to reducing access to the ballot box.
Every accusation is a confession.
Hey, at least we’re not talking about Epstein.
Hey, at least we’re not talking about Epstein.
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Every accusation is a confession.
Hey, at least we’re not talking about Epstein.
Hey, at least we’re not talking about Epstein.
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One of the most striking things about these ICE/BP raids is not that they’re all kitted out for war while going after people who didn’t do anything wrong and don’t pose a threat, but that they always bring a camera crew.
Commander Greg Bovino led a group of Border Patrol agents on walk around the French Quarter in New Orleans this afternoon.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
One of the most striking things about these ICE/BP raids is not that they’re all kitted out for war while going after people who didn’t do anything wrong and don’t pose a threat, but that they always bring a camera crew.
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Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
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Sen. Mark Kelly to NBC: "When I heard the Secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from 'third world' countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Sen. Mark Kelly to NBC: "When I heard the Secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from 'third world' countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."
Nonsense on stilts!
@davidnewman.bsky.social has swears! They've used 4 profanities in their last 271 posts.
🥇 "hell" (3 times)
🥈 "deep throat" (1 times)
🥇 "hell" (3 times)
🥈 "deep throat" (1 times)
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Nonsense on stilts!
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Yesterday, Thanksgiving Day, around 7:30 am, masked ICE agents took a man near Wilbur Road and Marin Street in Thousand Oaks.
Image 1: Screen capture from VCDefensa video; images 2,3 courtesy @805undocufund.bsky.social
Image 1: Screen capture from VCDefensa video; images 2,3 courtesy @805undocufund.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yesterday, Thanksgiving Day, around 7:30 am, masked ICE agents took a man near Wilbur Road and Marin Street in Thousand Oaks.
Image 1: Screen capture from VCDefensa video; images 2,3 courtesy @805undocufund.bsky.social
Image 1: Screen capture from VCDefensa video; images 2,3 courtesy @805undocufund.bsky.social
A bad idea, for 11,780 reasons
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A bad idea, for 11,780 reasons
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Average electricity cost increase since Jan:
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Average electricity cost increase since Jan:
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
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I’m sorry, but if Democrats were in power, would this not be in the headlines every single day?
Average electricity cost increase since Jan:
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’m sorry, but if Democrats were in power, would this not be in the headlines every single day?
Next up: Maybe they will rename it the Environmental Pollution Agency
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths — The Washington Post
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
apple.news
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Next up: Maybe they will rename it the Environmental Pollution Agency
Supervisors Gorell and Long are shocked, shocked that Trumpism has consequences that hurt people.
What did they think would happen?
What did they think would happen?
Trump's 'big beautiful bill' brings huge cuts to county health system
President Trump's "big beautiful bill' could cost a Ventura County-run health system $400 million over six years, officials said.
www.vcstar.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Supervisors Gorell and Long are shocked, shocked that Trumpism has consequences that hurt people.
What did they think would happen?
What did they think would happen?
Jesse Welles sings the most patriotic enlistment song since Country Joe McDonald’s Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die-Rag
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Jesse Welles sings the most patriotic enlistment song since Country Joe McDonald’s Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die-Rag
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
What does it say about Jeff Bezos that his newspaper went from hiring Jamal Khashoggi to bending the knee for Mr. Things Happen?
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
What does it say about Jeff Bezos that his newspaper went from hiring Jamal Khashoggi to bending the knee for Mr. Things Happen?
Punching down
Trump Administration Proposes a Drastic Cut in Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Punching down
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1/ The challenges in public health are urgent and constant, so it can be far too easy to miss progress when it happens. But one of the things that's been keeping me sane this year has been to pause and acknowledge that progress. So let's showcase some real signs of what public health can accomplish👇
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
1/ The challenges in public health are urgent and constant, so it can be far too easy to miss progress when it happens. But one of the things that's been keeping me sane this year has been to pause and acknowledge that progress. So let's showcase some real signs of what public health can accomplish👇
The end of Warren Buffett’s last annual letter: Help one another.
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The end of Warren Buffett’s last annual letter: Help one another.
The felon pardoned a guy who then committed sexual assault
If Republicans believed in accountability
If Democrats were good at messaging
This would be a Willie Horton moment
But those are big ifs
If Republicans believed in accountability
If Democrats were good at messaging
This would be a Willie Horton moment
But those are big ifs
Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The felon pardoned a guy who then committed sexual assault
If Republicans believed in accountability
If Democrats were good at messaging
This would be a Willie Horton moment
But those are big ifs
If Republicans believed in accountability
If Democrats were good at messaging
This would be a Willie Horton moment
But those are big ifs
Senate Democrats (+ 1 independent) right now. Governance is about compromise, yes, but not where core principles and access to healthcare for millions of Americans are concerned.
This an unforced error.
This an unforced error.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Senate Democrats (+ 1 independent) right now. Governance is about compromise, yes, but not where core principles and access to healthcare for millions of Americans are concerned.
This an unforced error.
This an unforced error.
That’s only $1 per racist and transphobic statement, a bargain for the Tesla board.
Also: Hey @nytimes, whaddya mean “creating”? Where have you been since 1981?
Also: Hey @nytimes, whaddya mean “creating”? Where have you been since 1981?
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
That’s only $1 per racist and transphobic statement, a bargain for the Tesla board.
Also: Hey @nytimes, whaddya mean “creating”? Where have you been since 1981?
Also: Hey @nytimes, whaddya mean “creating”? Where have you been since 1981?
Translation: Wah wah wah we don’t care about the will of the voters, same as 2020 wah wah wah.
Republicans Swiftly File Lawsuit in Bid to Block California’s New House Maps
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Translation: Wah wah wah we don’t care about the will of the voters, same as 2020 wah wah wah.
Sowing distrust in democracy. Putin must be so proud.
November 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sowing distrust in democracy. Putin must be so proud.