@davidsoltysik.bsky.social
Scientist, humanist, traveler, swing dancer, photographer, doomscroller.
"Enlisted personnel obey lawful orders; officers ensure the orders that reach them are lawful. The real constitutional failsafe...is the officer corps, obligated to the Constitution alone."
@markhertling.bsky.social on the military and illegal orders: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
@markhertling.bsky.social on the military and illegal orders: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
Donald Trump’s sway within his own party appears to be ebbing, @jonlemire.bsky.social reports. Losing absolute loyalty from Republicans “would be the first step toward losing power—and relevancy,” one administration official told Lemire:
The Trump Steamroller Is Broken
Infighting. Bad polls. Party divisions. Midterm fears. It’s all back.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In contrast to dire predictions, a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million in Massachusetts has created a $5.7 billion windfall.
From October:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
From October:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In contrast to dire predictions, a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million in Massachusetts has created a $5.7 billion windfall.
From October:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
From October:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Opinion | ‘Things happen’
Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Donald Trump and Greg Abbott played with fire, got burned — and democracy won.
This ruling is a win for Texas and for every American who fights for free and fair elections.
This ruling is a win for Texas and for every American who fights for free and fair elections.
BREAKING: Federal judges block Texas from using redrawn congressional maps that would boost the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections.
Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms
A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Donald Trump and Greg Abbott played with fire, got burned — and democracy won.
This ruling is a win for Texas and for every American who fights for free and fair elections.
This ruling is a win for Texas and for every American who fights for free and fair elections.
25 years of "elimination status" for measles in the U.S. will likely be gone in January. 🥺
"Heck of a job, Bobby."
"If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization."
(gift link)
"If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization."
(gift link)
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
25 years of "elimination status" for measles in the U.S. will likely be gone in January. 🥺
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Epstein files were the most important issue in the world for Republicans—until they weren’t, Adam Serwer argues.
The President Who Cried ‘Hoax’
Republicans went after Epstein only when it was politically useful.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"I shudder to think of the outright criminality that Trump and his allies could resort to during the 2026 midterms, much less the 2028 presidential election. One doesn’t have to imagine wild fantasies of a Trump third term to imagine systemic abuses of power to suppress or miscount dissenting votes"
Opinion | Pardon Me. I Am Not Done Committing Crimes.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Four months ago, President Trump blocked the release of the Epstein files. Yesterday's disclosure of thousands of Epstein emails showed why.
Trump and his allies had promised to release the files before the 2024 election. He then reversed course in July.
Trump and his allies had promised to release the files before the 2024 election. He then reversed course in July.
Epstein files become a fiasco of Trump's own making
Trump's reaction to the Epstein scandal is window into how he handles major controversies that invite criticism about his leadership.
www.axios.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A penny not made is 3.69 cents earned.
Take that, Benjamin Franklin!
Take that, Benjamin Franklin!
After 232 years, the U.S. Mint has retired the penny.
The end of its production comes amid a years-long farce of the government producing coins that cost more to make than they are worth. https://wapo.st/47DdYAZ
The end of its production comes amid a years-long farce of the government producing coins that cost more to make than they are worth. https://wapo.st/47DdYAZ
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A penny not made is 3.69 cents earned.
Take that, Benjamin Franklin!
Take that, Benjamin Franklin!
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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
To understand the future of the Donald Trump opposition, look to the Democrats’ decision to reopen the government, not to last week’s elections, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
The Shutdown Vote Was the Real Test for Democrats
The decision to reopen the government revealed how the party plans to contend with the challenges posed by Trump.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Hmm...
Breaking news: A key group of Senate Democrats joined Republicans on Sunday night to advance an agreement to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Senate takes key vote toward ending government shutdown
The deal that split Democrats doesn’t extend expiring ACA subsidies. If a bill passes the Senate, it needs the House to approve and President Donald Trump on board.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Hmm...
Democrats win if they use an affordability message.
The Democratic Party’s winners this week “arguably got more out of affordability than any other approach,” @dkthomp.bsky.social argues. A party that adopts that approach at the national level “is in a strong position going into 2026”:
Democrats Have a New Winning Formula
Each candidate arguably got more out of affordability than any other approach.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Democrats win if they use an affordability message.
