David Whitehouse, Ph.D
@davidw38.bsky.social
Ph.D physicist retired from the tech industry where I worked on the early internet, cloud adoption and most recently data and AI. Now focused on the energy transition and trying to save democracy in the US.
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Exactly. Senator Whitehouse you can unify around deposing our wildly unsuccessful Senate Minority Leader. THAT will unify the grassroots and, hopefully, most in Congress.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Exactly. Senator Whitehouse you can unify around deposing our wildly unsuccessful Senate Minority Leader. THAT will unify the grassroots and, hopefully, most in Congress.
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Can anyone explain the process for a Democrat Senator to challenge Schumer for the leadership position?
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Can anyone explain the process for a Democrat Senator to challenge Schumer for the leadership position?
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Senators,
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social
@sanders.senate.gov
@gallego.senate.gov
@duckworth.senate.gov
It's time...We need to have the secret vote. It takes five to tango. The party needs leadership now more than ever!
#NoConfidence
#NoLuckChuck
#Schumer
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social
@sanders.senate.gov
@gallego.senate.gov
@duckworth.senate.gov
It's time...We need to have the secret vote. It takes five to tango. The party needs leadership now more than ever!
#NoConfidence
#NoLuckChuck
#Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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Perhaps better headline:
Trump preemptively pardons everyone planning on election subversion in 2026 and 2028.
www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-p...
Trump preemptively pardons everyone planning on election subversion in 2026 and 2028.
www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-p...
Trump Preemptively Pardons Rudy Giuliani, Others Involved in Attempt to Overturn 2020 Election | National Review
Trump also pardoned John Eastman, Sidney Powell, and dozens of other Republicans who came forward to act as alternate electors.
www.nationalreview.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Perhaps better headline:
Trump preemptively pardons everyone planning on election subversion in 2026 and 2028.
www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-p...
Trump preemptively pardons everyone planning on election subversion in 2026 and 2028.
www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-p...
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"Anyone who helps me try to steal an election gets a pardon" is perhaps the most corrupt thing to happen in American history.”
Donald Trump is the most corrupt thing to happen in AmerIcan history.
Donald Trump is the most corrupt thing to happen in AmerIcan history.
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"Anyone who helps me try to steal an election gets a pardon" is perhaps the most corrupt thing to happen in American history.”
Donald Trump is the most corrupt thing to happen in AmerIcan history.
Donald Trump is the most corrupt thing to happen in AmerIcan history.
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Hey MAGA: why would Ghislane Maxwell be receiving “concierge style treatment?”
WHY?
WHY?
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hey MAGA: why would Ghislane Maxwell be receiving “concierge style treatment?”
WHY?
WHY?
It's not moderates vs progressives, it's fighters vs collaborators, realists vs delusionalists, populists vs institutionalists, cowards vs the courageous.
I'll take @aoc.bsky.social and @adamkinzinger.substack.com, @katmabu.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social...
I'll take @aoc.bsky.social and @adamkinzinger.substack.com, @katmabu.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social...
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's not moderates vs progressives, it's fighters vs collaborators, realists vs delusionalists, populists vs institutionalists, cowards vs the courageous.
I'll take @aoc.bsky.social and @adamkinzinger.substack.com, @katmabu.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social...
I'll take @aoc.bsky.social and @adamkinzinger.substack.com, @katmabu.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social...
Our focus now needs to be on replacing @schumer.senate.gov
If you have a Dem Senator, call them tomorrow and demand they publicly call for Schumer to step aside immediately.
Without a leadership change, we have no chance of saving our country.
If you have a Dem Senator, call them tomorrow and demand they publicly call for Schumer to step aside immediately.
Without a leadership change, we have no chance of saving our country.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Our focus now needs to be on replacing @schumer.senate.gov
If you have a Dem Senator, call them tomorrow and demand they publicly call for Schumer to step aside immediately.
Without a leadership change, we have no chance of saving our country.
If you have a Dem Senator, call them tomorrow and demand they publicly call for Schumer to step aside immediately.
Without a leadership change, we have no chance of saving our country.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
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80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
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This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.
So, you're telling me this time will be different?
OK! Let's do it!
OK! Let's do it!
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
So, you're telling me this time will be different?
OK! Let's do it!
OK! Let's do it!
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The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable and doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism. www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable and doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism. www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
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IT’S OFFICIAL! Tennessee Republicans Glen Casada and Cade Cothren receive “full and unconditional” pardons from President Trump on corruption charges.
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
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He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
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If Musk meets all the benchmarks of his new $1 trillion pay package from Tesla he will be paid $274 MILLION EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS
This is his part-time job
This is his part-time job
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If Musk meets all the benchmarks of his new $1 trillion pay package from Tesla he will be paid $274 MILLION EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS
This is his part-time job
This is his part-time job
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appearing in my 2011 dorm to tell my collegiate self that “the syrian revolution ends with an al-qaeda operative currently in american custody letting the guy from the apprentice build an airbase outside damascus because they’re the presidents now”
Reports across the Middle East that Syria has given the US an airbase outside of Damascus and has given the Trump organization exclusive rights to build a new hotel there. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
appearing in my 2011 dorm to tell my collegiate self that “the syrian revolution ends with an al-qaeda operative currently in american custody letting the guy from the apprentice build an airbase outside damascus because they’re the presidents now”
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Trump on Nancy Pelosi: "I think she's an evil woman. I think she was a tremendous liability for the country. "
Trump on Ghislane Maxwell: "I wish her well"
Trump on Ghislane Maxwell: "I wish her well"
Q: Do you have a statement on Nancy Pelosi's retirement?
TRUMP: I think she's an evil woman. I think she was a tremendous liability for the country.
TRUMP: I think she's an evil woman. I think she was a tremendous liability for the country.
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Trump on Nancy Pelosi: "I think she's an evil woman. I think she was a tremendous liability for the country. "
Trump on Ghislane Maxwell: "I wish her well"
Trump on Ghislane Maxwell: "I wish her well"
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This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
The key thing to watch here: they fired a Wired political reporter. That’s the title doing the most effective, pointed work. Teen Vogue’s stuff was culturally impactful, but less focused on investigating the administration. Within the Condé portfolio, Wired and the New Yorker are the canaries.
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.