David A. Zimmerman
@dazimmerman.bsky.social
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“Our conscience must catch up to our reason—otherwise we are lost.”
—Václav Havel, The Art of the Impossible
—Václav Havel, The Art of the Impossible
Amy Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to blame previous administrations for the problems I don’t actually care about. #jdvance
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Amy Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to blame previous administrations for the problems I don’t actually care about. #jdvance
Where’s it at? In The Message.
January 19, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Where’s it at? In The Message.
Whatever happens, the lawlessness is being entered into the historical record.
NEWS: A federal judge found that ICE had repeatedly retaliated against peaceful protesters in unconstitutional ways — and barred agents involved in Minnesota's "Operation Metro Surge" from using similar tactics and force.
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
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w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
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January 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Whatever happens, the lawlessness is being entered into the historical record.
Now I’m the president. Ho ho ho.
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Now I’m the president. Ho ho ho.
“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right!”
Isaac Asimov, Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Foundation
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority
Donald Trump has said ‘I don’t need international law” and that his power is limited only by his “own morality”.
In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump said the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right!”
Isaac Asimov, Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Foundation
Where’s it at? In The Message.
January 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Where’s it at? In The Message.
When you’re a star they let you do it. www.npr.org/2025/06/26/n...
January 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
When you’re a star they let you do it. www.npr.org/2025/06/26/n...
State of the Union.
January 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
State of the Union.
I've coined a new term wanna hear it here it goes:
Euconspiracy
n. A joint, subversive activity with a positive desired outcome.
Euconspiracy
n. A joint, subversive activity with a positive desired outcome.
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I've coined a new term wanna hear it here it goes:
Euconspiracy
n. A joint, subversive activity with a positive desired outcome.
Euconspiracy
n. A joint, subversive activity with a positive desired outcome.
Happy Epiphany.
January 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Happy Epiphany.
Why in the world would a US president consult oil industry executives before (a) deposing the tyrant leader of a sovereign state and/or (b) taking captive the leader of a drug cartel or (c) whatever other rationale has been offered to date re Venezuela?
“The appetite for jumping into Venezuela right now is pretty low,” one oil industry source told CNN. “The president’s desire is different than the industry’s. And the White House would have known that if they had communicated with the industry prior to the operation.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/b...
Big Oil doesn’t share Trump’s dream of making Venezuelan oil great again | CNN Business
President Donald Trump may have made a major miscalculation about Venezuela’s oil.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Why in the world would a US president consult oil industry executives before (a) deposing the tyrant leader of a sovereign state and/or (b) taking captive the leader of a drug cartel or (c) whatever other rationale has been offered to date re Venezuela?
“Our English word prayer derives from the Latin precarious. We pray because life is precarious.”
Pete Greig, How to Pray
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Pete Greig, How to Pray
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How to Pray
2021 ECPA Award Finalist in the Christian Living Category“An instant spiritual classic.” ―Christianity TodayIs prayer the most challenging area of your Christian journey?
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January 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“Our English word prayer derives from the Latin precarious. We pray because life is precarious.”
Pete Greig, How to Pray
www.navpress.com/p/how-to-pra...
Pete Greig, How to Pray
www.navpress.com/p/how-to-pra...
🎶This ain’t no library. Or Reading Rainbow. I ain’t got time for that now …🎶
January 5, 2026 at 12:06 PM
🎶This ain’t no library. Or Reading Rainbow. I ain’t got time for that now …🎶
Where’s it at? In The Message.
January 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Where’s it at? In The Message.
Brought to you by the letter C, for constitutional crisis, and by the letters R and S, for rogue state.
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Brought to you by the letter C, for constitutional crisis, and by the letters R and S, for rogue state.
Seems about right.
January 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Seems about right.
“Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández…had been sentenced to 45 years in prison in June 2024.…Hernández and his co-conspirators trafficked more than 400 tons of U.S.-bound cocaine through Honduras….In his pardon announcement, President Trump asserted that Hernández had been treated "unfairly."
‼️ Maduro arrested to face criminal prosecution in US, Rubio says
Maduro arrested to face criminal prosecution in US, Rubio says
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told Senator Mike Lee that US forces have arrested Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in order to prosecute him in the United States.
www.pravda.com.ua
January 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
“Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández…had been sentenced to 45 years in prison in June 2024.…Hernández and his co-conspirators trafficked more than 400 tons of U.S.-bound cocaine through Honduras….In his pardon announcement, President Trump asserted that Hernández had been treated "unfairly."
“Maduro is widely considered to be leading an authoritarian government characterized by electoral fraud, human rights abuses, corruption, and severe economic hardship.“ “Nicolás Maduro,” @wikipedia
Sounds eerily familiar …
Sounds eerily familiar …
January 3, 2026 at 12:43 PM
“Maduro is widely considered to be leading an authoritarian government characterized by electoral fraud, human rights abuses, corruption, and severe economic hardship.“ “Nicolás Maduro,” @wikipedia
Sounds eerily familiar …
Sounds eerily familiar …
"International law prohibits the use of force as a means of national policy….The U.S. interest in repressing the drugs trade or claims that the Maduro government was in essence a criminal enterprise offers no legal justification."
—Mark Waller, Chatham House programme director for international law
—Mark Waller, Chatham House programme director for international law
January 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
"International law prohibits the use of force as a means of national policy….The U.S. interest in repressing the drugs trade or claims that the Maduro government was in essence a criminal enterprise offers no legal justification."
—Mark Waller, Chatham House programme director for international law
—Mark Waller, Chatham House programme director for international law
Lord have mercy.
BREAKING: Utah Sen. Mike Lee says Trump administration has briefed him that Maduro will face criminal charges in the United States. Follow AP's live updates.
Live updates: US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured
President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. had struck Venezuela early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country.
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Lord have mercy.
The president should only buy two armrests, not thirty-seven.
President Donald Trump kicked off 2026 by shopping for Italian marble in Florida despite the ongoing affordability crisis.
Trump goes shopping for Italian marble amid affordability crisis
President Donald Trump kicked off 2026 by shopping for Italian marble in Florida despite the ongoing affordability crisis."The pool is told that POTUS is shopping at Arc Stone & Tile in an industrial area of Lake Worth off of I-95," Cat Zakrzewski reported on Friday for the White House press pool. "...
bit.ly
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
The president should only buy two armrests, not thirty-seven.
"Too many of us have schedules booked solidly but not sacredly." From Make Friends with Anyone, by Wayne Francis, forthcoming from @navpress.bsky.social. www.navpress.com/p/make-frien...
January 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
"Too many of us have schedules booked solidly but not sacredly." From Make Friends with Anyone, by Wayne Francis, forthcoming from @navpress.bsky.social. www.navpress.com/p/make-frien...