David Dixon
@dixondaver.bsky.social
Father, veteran, author. All views my own, but they should be yours as well. Author of THE SHIP AND THE STORM: POEMS.
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David Dixon
@dixondaver.bsky.social
· Jun 29
My debut poetry collection, alongside the wonderful @quotidianwriter.bsky.social releases in September!
THE SHIP AND THE STORM is a conversation in poetry, as we delve into subjects ranging from loss and memory to war and nature, and I really hope you'll give it a read.
THE SHIP AND THE STORM is a conversation in poetry, as we delve into subjects ranging from loss and memory to war and nature, and I really hope you'll give it a read.
The depths of loathing I have for Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfield cannot be expressed in words I will permit myself to type.
On Fox News, Jesse Watters is focusing on the sexual orientation of the ICE homicide victim.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The depths of loathing I have for Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfield cannot be expressed in words I will permit myself to type.
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I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!"--Patrick Henry, 1775
Rep. Wesley Hunt: "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life"
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!"--Patrick Henry, 1775
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The Good Act. It’s right there.
January 7, 2026 at 11:08 PM
The Good Act. It’s right there.
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Nothing sums up the Trump administration more decisively than their illegal killing of a woman with the surname "Good".
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Nothing sums up the Trump administration more decisively than their illegal killing of a woman with the surname "Good".
He doesn't believe the President would need Congressional approval to break US law (treaties are laws!) to seize territory by force from an allied power?
What the actual fuck does Mike Johnson think his role is as a Congressman?
What the actual fuck does Mike Johnson think his role is as a Congressman?
Speaker Mike Johnson tells PBS that he does not believe Trump would need congressional approval to use military force in Greenland. (But does not believe Trump will do so.)
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
He doesn't believe the President would need Congressional approval to break US law (treaties are laws!) to seize territory by force from an allied power?
What the actual fuck does Mike Johnson think his role is as a Congressman?
What the actual fuck does Mike Johnson think his role is as a Congressman?
Trump's Truth/Tweet about the murder in Minneapolis is completely unhinged. It is vile. It is despicable. It is going to inflame the tensions even more.
January 7, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Trump's Truth/Tweet about the murder in Minneapolis is completely unhinged. It is vile. It is despicable. It is going to inflame the tensions even more.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
Absolute amateur hour from start to finish. Complete and utter indisciplined buffoonery by ICE or CBP or whatever federal agency this is--and the results of such incompetence and indiscipline are as terrible as they are predictable.
This is another angle of CBP murdering a woman in cold blood.
January 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Absolute amateur hour from start to finish. Complete and utter indisciplined buffoonery by ICE or CBP or whatever federal agency this is--and the results of such incompetence and indiscipline are as terrible as they are predictable.
In the American heartland, a bunch of masked agents of the state just killed an unarmed person exercising their first amendment rights in broad daylight.
This is pretty much the textbook example of the tyranny I was always taught to fear growing up (as a conservative, no less).
This is pretty much the textbook example of the tyranny I was always taught to fear growing up (as a conservative, no less).
January 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
In the American heartland, a bunch of masked agents of the state just killed an unarmed person exercising their first amendment rights in broad daylight.
This is pretty much the textbook example of the tyranny I was always taught to fear growing up (as a conservative, no less).
This is pretty much the textbook example of the tyranny I was always taught to fear growing up (as a conservative, no less).
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Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
"Dominant predator force..."
I'm reminded of a phrase I heard a lot in my conservative youth: "America is great because America is good; when she ceases to be good, she shall cease to be great."
The common attribution to de Tocqueville is wrong, but the sentiment is true.
How far we've fallen.
I'm reminded of a phrase I heard a lot in my conservative youth: "America is great because America is good; when she ceases to be good, she shall cease to be great."
The common attribution to de Tocqueville is wrong, but the sentiment is true.
How far we've fallen.
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"Dominant predator force..."
I'm reminded of a phrase I heard a lot in my conservative youth: "America is great because America is good; when she ceases to be good, she shall cease to be great."
The common attribution to de Tocqueville is wrong, but the sentiment is true.
How far we've fallen.
I'm reminded of a phrase I heard a lot in my conservative youth: "America is great because America is good; when she ceases to be good, she shall cease to be great."
The common attribution to de Tocqueville is wrong, but the sentiment is true.
How far we've fallen.
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This is blatantly illegal. A president can’t go into the oil business and then decide where to spend the money. We are completely untethered from our founding document with a lawless president and a Republican Congress which has abdicated all Constitutional authority.
January 7, 2026 at 12:44 AM
This is blatantly illegal. A president can’t go into the oil business and then decide where to spend the money. We are completely untethered from our founding document with a lawless president and a Republican Congress which has abdicated all Constitutional authority.
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The number of ways this is unconstitutional lunacy
is…a lot
is…a lot
January 7, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The number of ways this is unconstitutional lunacy
is…a lot
is…a lot
Do you ever look at an account on here and suspect--given everything you have in common with them--that you not only might have met them in real life but also that they might be or have been a coworker?
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Do you ever look at an account on here and suspect--given everything you have in common with them--that you not only might have met them in real life but also that they might be or have been a coworker?
Voltaire would be my pick.
Well, him or Oscar Wilde.
Well, him or Oscar Wilde.
Do you have a historical figure you most wish got to be a poster? I feel like you must have a better answer than mine, which is Churchill. The guy started autobiography when he was 19 I think. And just never stopped. True poster.
January 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Voltaire would be my pick.
Well, him or Oscar Wilde.
Well, him or Oscar Wilde.
On a day when everyone is making terrible decisions, I see the Baltimore Ravens didn't want to feel out of place.
January 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
On a day when everyone is making terrible decisions, I see the Baltimore Ravens didn't want to feel out of place.
Jesus Christ.
January 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Jesus Christ.
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From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Right out of 1984. Just blatant, in-your-face, deny-your-own-eyes-and-ears bullshit.
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Right out of 1984. Just blatant, in-your-face, deny-your-own-eyes-and-ears bullshit.
Stephen Malkmus is one of America's greatest living poets.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Stephen Malkmus is one of America's greatest living poets.
Can't tell if this is so gobsmackingly ignorant it's unintentionally funny or an actual joke by Melania.
January 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Can't tell if this is so gobsmackingly ignorant it's unintentionally funny or an actual joke by Melania.
I agree on the economic hardship, but I think this idea about American tolerance for casualties is borne out of a memory of Vietnam. In pretty recent memory, though, the US population accepted casualties among the all volunteer force in Iraq and Afghanistan for 20 years.
One thing that gives me some hope is that while Miller et al may dream of American Empire they are also apparently aware that the US has zero appetite for casualties, boots on the ground, or even economic hardship.
There are limits to building Rome with SoF, cruise missiles, and tariffs.
There are limits to building Rome with SoF, cruise missiles, and tariffs.
Here. I wrote about American threats against Greenland and the fate of NATO.
othermeans.io/p/the-next-g...
othermeans.io/p/the-next-g...
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I agree on the economic hardship, but I think this idea about American tolerance for casualties is borne out of a memory of Vietnam. In pretty recent memory, though, the US population accepted casualties among the all volunteer force in Iraq and Afghanistan for 20 years.
What is it going to take to convince the Atlanticist crowd that they can't fix us, the US doesn't "really love them," American voters did not even pretend to promise to "quit drinking this time," and, in fact, will hit them again, no matter how clean they keep the house?
January 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
What is it going to take to convince the Atlanticist crowd that they can't fix us, the US doesn't "really love them," American voters did not even pretend to promise to "quit drinking this time," and, in fact, will hit them again, no matter how clean they keep the house?