David
@djhoch.bsky.social
Husband, father, small business owner. Yankees/49ers. He/him.
If revealing that the system is being propped up by child rapists, sex traffickers, and people protecting them, then tear the whole fucking thing down.
This is the same mistake we made in 2008. Jail the awful people, ride it out, and be better for it. Don’t protect a corrupt broken system!
This is the same mistake we made in 2008. Jail the awful people, ride it out, and be better for it. Don’t protect a corrupt broken system!
February 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
If revealing that the system is being propped up by child rapists, sex traffickers, and people protecting them, then tear the whole fucking thing down.
This is the same mistake we made in 2008. Jail the awful people, ride it out, and be better for it. Don’t protect a corrupt broken system!
This is the same mistake we made in 2008. Jail the awful people, ride it out, and be better for it. Don’t protect a corrupt broken system!
I got asked to show my ID picking my kid up from a winter break camp at the local rec center and I was so caught off guard I didn’t even have my wallet on me. They accepted a picture of my license I had on my phone. It is not at all a common occurrence if you look over 30.
like americans actually do not spend much time at all showing ID. i might be asked for mine *maybe* once every other week or so, and that’s because i travel by plane a lot for work
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I got asked to show my ID picking my kid up from a winter break camp at the local rec center and I was so caught off guard I didn’t even have my wallet on me. They accepted a picture of my license I had on my phone. It is not at all a common occurrence if you look over 30.
Your shoppers can’t find the bread. Or the milk. Or like anything else. They think “3 bananas” means 3 bunches of bananas. They think oatmeal bath is a reasonable substitute for steel cut oats. Maybe don’t flex so hard on how attentive your shoppers can be.
February 10, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Your shoppers can’t find the bread. Or the milk. Or like anything else. They think “3 bananas” means 3 bunches of bananas. They think oatmeal bath is a reasonable substitute for steel cut oats. Maybe don’t flex so hard on how attentive your shoppers can be.
Narrator: Democrats did not, in fact, have any brains.
If Democrats had any fucking brains the next administration would immediately pay @victorpickard.bsky.social giant gobs of money to help them frame up a media reform policy so the country doesn't get devoured by autocratic propaganda
New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions | Penn Today
A report co-authored by Annenberg School for Communication professor Victor Pickard traces the erosion of the free press in the United States over the past two decades.
penntoday.upenn.edu
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Narrator: Democrats did not, in fact, have any brains.
My wife when…
Playing a family board game: on her phone.
Watching a movie: on her phone.
Laying in bed: on her phone.
Eating a family meal: on her phone.
On a phone call: playing on her phone while on speaker.
When I need to contact her: “A phone? Sorry, Never heard of it!”
Playing a family board game: on her phone.
Watching a movie: on her phone.
Laying in bed: on her phone.
Eating a family meal: on her phone.
On a phone call: playing on her phone while on speaker.
When I need to contact her: “A phone? Sorry, Never heard of it!”
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
My wife when…
Playing a family board game: on her phone.
Watching a movie: on her phone.
Laying in bed: on her phone.
Eating a family meal: on her phone.
On a phone call: playing on her phone while on speaker.
When I need to contact her: “A phone? Sorry, Never heard of it!”
Playing a family board game: on her phone.
Watching a movie: on her phone.
Laying in bed: on her phone.
Eating a family meal: on her phone.
On a phone call: playing on her phone while on speaker.
When I need to contact her: “A phone? Sorry, Never heard of it!”
Most Heated Rivalry coverage has been focused on what young people, particularly younger straight women, think. I cover aging and decided to ask older gay men about their thoughts.
I found: A founder of what may have been the first gay hockey blog, a wedding cake shaped like a Zamboni and more.
I found: A founder of what may have been the first gay hockey blog, a wedding cake shaped like a Zamboni and more.
Older gay men built their own hockey fandom. Then came 'Heated Rivalry.'
The hit show is an unexpected invitation for some older gay hockey fans to reflect on love, acceptance and coming out.
19thnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Reminder: there is a difference between equality, equity, and justice. Here’s a helpful graphic to explain said differences.
February 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Reminder: there is a difference between equality, equity, and justice. Here’s a helpful graphic to explain said differences.
Just called Kaine’s office and let a staffer know that if he doesn’t stop voting for Trump’s nominees and agenda, I will be backing a primary challenger when he runs next. Yes he’s not up till 2030, but I have a long memory.
By a vote of 54-40, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
Dems voting in favor: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse.
Dems voting in favor: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse.
February 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Just called Kaine’s office and let a staffer know that if he doesn’t stop voting for Trump’s nominees and agenda, I will be backing a primary challenger when he runs next. Yes he’s not up till 2030, but I have a long memory.
Just landed in Virginia and to paraphrase Douglas Adams: “the temperature is well below the legal minimum, or rather it would do if anybody had the common sense to set a legal minimum.”
January 31, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Just landed in Virginia and to paraphrase Douglas Adams: “the temperature is well below the legal minimum, or rather it would do if anybody had the common sense to set a legal minimum.”
This is great, it really is. But that works out to $100 per worker. And that’s assuming that lawyers don’t get a cut of the payout first. Wage theft/fraud screws workers out of billions each year and if punished, they write a check for a fraction of what they stole. A fine is price. Cost of business
Corporations will not exploit working people in NYC.
Uber Eats, Fantuan & HungryPanda broke the law — shortchanging workers while raking in profits.
Today, we secured $5M+ in restitution for 49,000 delivery workers.
Let this be a warning: steal wages, face the consequences.
Uber Eats, Fantuan & HungryPanda broke the law — shortchanging workers while raking in profits.
Today, we secured $5M+ in restitution for 49,000 delivery workers.
Let this be a warning: steal wages, face the consequences.
January 30, 2026 at 8:01 PM
This is great, it really is. But that works out to $100 per worker. And that’s assuming that lawyers don’t get a cut of the payout first. Wage theft/fraud screws workers out of billions each year and if punished, they write a check for a fraction of what they stole. A fine is price. Cost of business
@greatesttrek.com @cutfortime.bsky.social @benjaminahr.mobi catching a few hands between sessions at this conference.
January 29, 2026 at 10:25 PM
@greatesttrek.com @cutfortime.bsky.social @benjaminahr.mobi catching a few hands between sessions at this conference.
Come on, no one could possibly have predicted that having an armed unaccountable masked Gestapo with “uniforms” purchased at military consignment shops could lead to something like this!
A man claiming to be an ICE agent burst into a family's home and tried to rob them after demanding to see their papers:
Teen defends home after fake ICE agent breaks in to steal PlayStation gaming device: cops
He was taken to the Allegheny County Jail, where he is being held.
local12.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Come on, no one could possibly have predicted that having an armed unaccountable masked Gestapo with “uniforms” purchased at military consignment shops could lead to something like this!
I’m at a Vegas hotel for a conference. At the reception last night I went to the bartender and had this conversation:
You guys are Pepsi, right?
Yes sir.
<sigh> ok. Thanks.
Why? What’re you looking for.
Just wanted a Diet Coke.
I got you. <opens up a cabinet and grabs a can of Diet Coke for me>
You guys are Pepsi, right?
Yes sir.
<sigh> ok. Thanks.
Why? What’re you looking for.
Just wanted a Diet Coke.
I got you. <opens up a cabinet and grabs a can of Diet Coke for me>
January 29, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I’m at a Vegas hotel for a conference. At the reception last night I went to the bartender and had this conversation:
You guys are Pepsi, right?
Yes sir.
<sigh> ok. Thanks.
Why? What’re you looking for.
Just wanted a Diet Coke.
I got you. <opens up a cabinet and grabs a can of Diet Coke for me>
You guys are Pepsi, right?
Yes sir.
<sigh> ok. Thanks.
Why? What’re you looking for.
Just wanted a Diet Coke.
I got you. <opens up a cabinet and grabs a can of Diet Coke for me>
Yknow guys, I’m starting to think tha @kentremendous.bsky.social was throwing shade at Democrats when he was writing The Good Place Committee scenes…
January 28, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Yknow guys, I’m starting to think tha @kentremendous.bsky.social was throwing shade at Democrats when he was writing The Good Place Committee scenes…
Five favorite 70s flicks
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Sting
Star Wars
Paper Moon
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Sting
Star Wars
Paper Moon
five favorite 70s flicks
The Conversation
Chinatown
Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Silent Partner
bsky.app/profile/stac...
The Conversation
Chinatown
Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Silent Partner
bsky.app/profile/stac...
five favorite 70s flicks:
Young Frankenstein
Towering Inferno
Animal House
Superman
Slap Shot
Young Frankenstein
Towering Inferno
Animal House
Superman
Slap Shot
January 28, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Five favorite 70s flicks
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Sting
Star Wars
Paper Moon
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Sting
Star Wars
Paper Moon
Holy shit. If Schumer is actually saying something useful like this, public opinion on both sides must be pretty unified.
January 28, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Holy shit. If Schumer is actually saying something useful like this, public opinion on both sides must be pretty unified.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, every other fucking Democrat out there: see how fucking easy this is?? THIS is the correct way to approach this! Grow a fucking spine and stand behind her!
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, every other fucking Democrat out there: see how fucking easy this is?? THIS is the correct way to approach this! Grow a fucking spine and stand behind her!
This is the key! They are already disregarding the law! Passing more laws won’t actually fix that!
Trans bathroom laws were a similar red herring that did nothing but further marginalize the trans community. Rape is already illegal! A sign on a bathroom isn’t stopping anyone trying to do it!
Trans bathroom laws were a similar red herring that did nothing but further marginalize the trans community. Rape is already illegal! A sign on a bathroom isn’t stopping anyone trying to do it!
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This is the key! They are already disregarding the law! Passing more laws won’t actually fix that!
Trans bathroom laws were a similar red herring that did nothing but further marginalize the trans community. Rape is already illegal! A sign on a bathroom isn’t stopping anyone trying to do it!
Trans bathroom laws were a similar red herring that did nothing but further marginalize the trans community. Rape is already illegal! A sign on a bathroom isn’t stopping anyone trying to do it!
My main client is a Canadian-based tech company. Can confirm.
a fun thing to witness lately are non-us colleagues asking about uncertainty with political unrest in the usa and how it's affecting folks personally as well as professionally.
January 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
My main client is a Canadian-based tech company. Can confirm.
Fuck I wish this wasn’t so accurate.
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Fuck I wish this wasn’t so accurate.
What a fucking embarrassment. Jews have a term for behavior like this: “chilul hashem.” It means behaving in such a way that brings shame on the entire Jewish people.
May any Jew defending the kind of things Germany was doing in the 30s to pave the way for the holocaust never know a moment’s peace
May any Jew defending the kind of things Germany was doing in the 30s to pave the way for the holocaust never know a moment’s peace
January 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
What a fucking embarrassment. Jews have a term for behavior like this: “chilul hashem.” It means behaving in such a way that brings shame on the entire Jewish people.
May any Jew defending the kind of things Germany was doing in the 30s to pave the way for the holocaust never know a moment’s peace
May any Jew defending the kind of things Germany was doing in the 30s to pave the way for the holocaust never know a moment’s peace
If this is true, which it isn’t, then pull out your fucking phone and show them the videos!
Duckworth on Senate Republicans: "I gotta be honest with you. When I talk to a few of my colleagues, they had not even seen the videos. It's almost like they put blinders on. They're uneasy."
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM
If this is true, which it isn’t, then pull out your fucking phone and show them the videos!
Dems: please start following the law.
Fascist regime: lol. No.
Dems: if you don’t, we’ll pass even more laws!
Fascist regime: lol. No.
Dems: if you don’t, we’ll pass even more laws!
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Dems: please start following the law.
Fascist regime: lol. No.
Dems: if you don’t, we’ll pass even more laws!
Fascist regime: lol. No.
Dems: if you don’t, we’ll pass even more laws!
I wonder if Aaron wants to buy the bridge I’m selling. Has he been in a coma for the last year? Laws are meaningless if the people responsible for enforcing them refuse to do so. They defy court orders, break laws, and suffer no consequence. It’s like getting the Nazis to pinky swear to stop killing
Dems do not have a majority and ICE has $75 billion outside of normal appropriations that it can spend even if DHS shuts down. Some of these asks would make actual, tangible difference (the warrant requirement being a huge one to correct an egregious illegality), but it wouldn't stop ICE in general.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I wonder if Aaron wants to buy the bridge I’m selling. Has he been in a coma for the last year? Laws are meaningless if the people responsible for enforcing them refuse to do so. They defy court orders, break laws, and suffer no consequence. It’s like getting the Nazis to pinky swear to stop killing
I will vote and work to primary any Dem who votes for this package. This is like trying to weather a tsunami with a raincoat. Abolish ICE should be the starting point for any Dem if the want to keep their seat. Putting @markwarner.bsky.social and @kaine.senate.gov on notice as a VA voter.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I will vote and work to primary any Dem who votes for this package. This is like trying to weather a tsunami with a raincoat. Abolish ICE should be the starting point for any Dem if the want to keep their seat. Putting @markwarner.bsky.social and @kaine.senate.gov on notice as a VA voter.