David H. Rothman
@davidrothman.bsky.social
Trump loather, maker of good trouble. Editor-publisher of TeleRead.org ebook site. Long-time library advocate. Author of a Washington corruption novel, The Solomon Scandals (solomonscandals.com). Live in Alexandria, VA.
The Solomon Scandals, my Kirkus-recommended novel, exposes the unholy triad of media, business and government. Here’s a free AI podcast.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The Solomon Scandals, my Kirkus-recommended novel, exposes the unholy triad of media, business and government. Here’s a free AI podcast.
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In order to make America as completely dependent on fossil fuels as possible, Trump is attempting to put solar power, wind power and other alternative energy sources out of business. Here's how to fight back.
Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back
Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?
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July 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In order to make America as completely dependent on fossil fuels as possible, Trump is attempting to put solar power, wind power and other alternative energy sources out of business. Here's how to fight back.
Via Scott Horton.
A Canadian doctor explains the difference between the universal health care system in Canada, where everyone is covered and there are no out-of-pocket costs, and the American system where people go bankrupt in order to receive cancer treatment.
July 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Via Scott Horton.
MAGNA to the max in her priorities.
Pam Bondi goes to war against the state of California to ensure that the GOP's two prime directive are complied with: (1) trans people may not participate in athletic events in any way; and (2) trans people may not use public restrooms.
July 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
MAGNA to the max in her priorities.
Ah, family loyalty!
Right-wing political parties including one led by Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, seeks an amnesty for atrocities committed under Fujimori and others. It would wipe out 156 convictions and another 600 cases being prosecuted
Peru's new amnesty law for human rights abuses sparks anger and international appeal
Lawyers in Peru are challenging a new amnesty law passed by Congress. The law grants amnesty to military members and civilians accused of serious human rights abuses during the country’s 1980-2000 arm...
apnews.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Ah, family loyalty!
I’m surprised she lasted this long.
Apparently she did not part from Elon on friendly terms.
July 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I’m surprised she lasted this long.
Via Scott Horton.
Sen. Ashley Moody cheerleads the political persecutions of Comey and Brennan and says, "this is not retribution. This is fumigation. You have had radicals roaming in these institutions like termites."
July 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Via Scott Horton.
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Sen. Ashley Moody cheerleads the political persecutions of Comey and Brennan and says, "this is not retribution. This is fumigation. You have had radicals roaming in these institutions like termites."
July 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Sen. Ashley Moody cheerleads the political persecutions of Comey and Brennan and says, "this is not retribution. This is fumigation. You have had radicals roaming in these institutions like termites."
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China and the US are both diverging from the fiscal policy of advanced economies and emerging economies respectively.
July 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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In the midst of a major disaster, Gov Greg Abbott (R-TX) summons the legislature back into emergency session for purposes of... barring trans people from using public restrooms. Texas GOP values on display
July 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In the midst of a major disaster, Gov Greg Abbott (R-TX) summons the legislature back into emergency session for purposes of... barring trans people from using public restrooms. Texas GOP values on display
“Rupert Murdoch hatchet man, fearing extradition back to the UK to face criminal charges, moves decisively to destroy what remains of WaPo—his wedding present to Jeff Bezos, it seems.” - Scott Horton.
Will Lewis emails the Washington Post staff, encouraging those who "do not feel aligned" with the company's future plans to consider the buyout offer.
July 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“Rupert Murdoch hatchet man, fearing extradition back to the UK to face criminal charges, moves decisively to destroy what remains of WaPo—his wedding present to Jeff Bezos, it seems.” - Scott Horton.
“Thom Tillis says he made a mistake voting for the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be SecDef. He furnished the decisive vote allowing a tie so that JD Vance could cast a tie breaker.” - Scott Horton.
Sen. Tillis on Pete Hegseth: “With the passage of time, I think it's clear he's out of his depth as a manager of a large, complex organization…This whole idea of having a pause in Ukraine defensive arms, that's just amateurish.”
July 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“Thom Tillis says he made a mistake voting for the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be SecDef. He furnished the decisive vote allowing a tie so that JD Vance could cast a tie breaker.” - Scott Horton.
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Sen. Tillis on Pete Hegseth: “With the passage of time, I think it's clear he's out of his depth as a manager of a large, complex organization…This whole idea of having a pause in Ukraine defensive arms, that's just amateurish.”
July 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sen. Tillis on Pete Hegseth: “With the passage of time, I think it's clear he's out of his depth as a manager of a large, complex organization…This whole idea of having a pause in Ukraine defensive arms, that's just amateurish.”
Exactly.
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
June 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Exactly.
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Trump: He ended up getting a divorce. Found a new wife. Can you say a trophy wife? It didn't work out too well. That doesn't work out too well, I must tell you. Trophy wives. It doesn’t work out. It made him happy for a little while at least.
May 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Trump: He ended up getting a divorce. Found a new wife. Can you say a trophy wife? It didn't work out too well. That doesn't work out too well, I must tell you. Trophy wives. It doesn’t work out. It made him happy for a little while at least.
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In Washington, the orange visage of Fearless Leader is becoming omnipresent. Here at the Department of Agriculture: down goes a portrait of Lincoln, up goes one of Trump.
May 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Washington, the orange visage of Fearless Leader is becoming omnipresent. Here at the Department of Agriculture: down goes a portrait of Lincoln, up goes one of Trump.
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Concern about US military invasion of Greenland and Canada is pushing Iceland to reopen and invigorate its accession talks with the EU.
April 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Concern about US military invasion of Greenland and Canada is pushing Iceland to reopen and invigorate its accession talks with the EU.
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Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
April 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
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Perhaps it is rude or revisionist to question the scholarship of an executive order, but the curators got it right. As a wall text at the exhibit points out, human beings are “99.9% genetically the same.” The opposing view, racial essentialism, is the underpinning of virulent bigotry.
At the Smithsonian, Donald Trump Takes Aim at History
The urge to police the past is hardly an invention of the Trump Administration. It is the reflexive obsession of autocrats everywhere.
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April 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Perhaps it is rude or revisionist to question the scholarship of an executive order, but the curators got it right. As a wall text at the exhibit points out, human beings are “99.9% genetically the same.” The opposing view, racial essentialism, is the underpinning of virulent bigotry.
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Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in a letter to the Office of Courts Administration: "I believe that the platform X has deliberately curated and maintained a network of users prone to anger and expressions of violence, who can be launched like the 'Wizard of Oz' flying monkeys." H/t Scot MacFarlane
April 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in a letter to the Office of Courts Administration: "I believe that the platform X has deliberately curated and maintained a network of users prone to anger and expressions of violence, who can be launched like the 'Wizard of Oz' flying monkeys." H/t Scot MacFarlane
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Very few people are paying attention to Elon Musk's lived ideal about reproducing children without a family. He subscribes fully to the ideas of the Lebensborn program. And it's seriously creepy.
April 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Very few people are paying attention to Elon Musk's lived ideal about reproducing children without a family. He subscribes fully to the ideas of the Lebensborn program. And it's seriously creepy.
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Trump's tax reform, summarized
March 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Trump's tax reform, summarized
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We don't know the going price for a presidential pardon, but it looks to be in the vicinity of $1.5 million each. Trump's autocracy means get-out-of-jail-free cards for white collar fraudsters that include a sudden $2 million donor, political allies, and the Fatburger CEO. Justice, Trump style.
Trump’s insane pardons are killing any faint flicker of justice in America
Trump's pardons for big donors, political allies and even swindlers of the Sioux people have shattered any notion of justice.
www.inquirer.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We don't know the going price for a presidential pardon, but it looks to be in the vicinity of $1.5 million each. Trump's autocracy means get-out-of-jail-free cards for white collar fraudsters that include a sudden $2 million donor, political allies, and the Fatburger CEO. Justice, Trump style.
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social Needed: A Bureau of Restoration to reverse the Musk-Trump damage when we can.
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Needed: A Bureau of Restoration to undo Musk-Trump damage when we can
Elon Musk is a techno-fascist out to destroy the American government—so he and his billionaire friends can replace it with their own permanent oligarchy.
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March 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social Needed: A Bureau of Restoration to reverse the Musk-Trump damage when we can.
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