David Elwell
@drelwell.bsky.social
Inputs: words & music, pictures too. Outputs: not so much.
When I'm working: editorial & publications. When I'm not: aimless.
When I'm working: editorial & publications. When I'm not: aimless.
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Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to skip a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels next week, two U.S. officials said, in a highly unusual absence of the top U.S. diplomat from a key transatlantic gathering.
November 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to skip a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels next week, two U.S. officials said, in a highly unusual absence of the top U.S. diplomat from a key transatlantic gathering.
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“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
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Airbus found intense solar storms, like solar flares, could cause pilots to lose control of the Airbus A320 series of planes, including A319, A320, and A321s. About 6,000 of the single-aisle planes, which are the bestselling passenger aircraft in the world, need the repairs. https://cnn.it/4phBeeb
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Airbus found intense solar storms, like solar flares, could cause pilots to lose control of the Airbus A320 series of planes, including A319, A320, and A321s. About 6,000 of the single-aisle planes, which are the bestselling passenger aircraft in the world, need the repairs. https://cnn.it/4phBeeb
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BREAKING: As part of his contempt inquiry, Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations by 12/5 attesting to their actions relating to the decision not to turn around March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
![United States v. Young, 107 F.3d 903, 907 (D.C. Cir. 1997) (quoting United States v. NYNEX
Corp., 8 F.3d 52, 54 (D.C. Cir. 1993)).
In conducting such inquiry, Plaintiffs submit that the Court should "require the
government to promptly file declarations) identifying all individuals involved in the decision not
to halt the transfer of class members out of U.S. physical custody on March 15 and 16, 2025." ECF No. 193 (Pl. Resp.) at 1. "[O]nce these declarations are filed and depending on what
information they disclose, the Court should then determine the appropriate sequence of witness
testimony, and the manner in which that testimony should be provided." Id. The Government
similarly notes: "If the Court believes any further information is needed for [its inquiry],
Defendants respectfully request an opportunity to provide that information to the Court by way
of declarations in the first instance (as even Plaintiffs agree is appropriate)." Def. Resp. at 1.
The Court will adopt the parties' agreement on starting with declarations; it will then
assess the need for witness testimony. It therefore ORDERS that by December 5, 2025, the
Government shall submit declarations from all individuals involved in the decision not to halt the
transfer of class members out of U.S. physical custody on March 15 and 16, 2025. Such
declarations shall detail their roles in such decision.
/s/ James E. Boasberg
JAMES E. BOASBERG
Chief Judge](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreicx7z6kdhaurlvb57itwjpbfpf5odxbgnqxt5lv2ohefi24atmw4a@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
BREAKING: As part of his contempt inquiry, Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations by 12/5 attesting to their actions relating to the decision not to turn around March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
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Violence against healthcare facilities and workers is an increasingly reported tactic in modern warfare. Read Reuters’ investigation into paramilitary attacks that dismantled a Sudanese city’s healthcare system reut.rs/4pDdzEW
Hospital massacre caps a long series of attacks on healthcare in war-torn Sudan
Almost 500 patients, their relatives and others were killed at al-Fashir's last functioning hospital during the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces' recent takeover of the Sudanese city, the World Healt...
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Violence against healthcare facilities and workers is an increasingly reported tactic in modern warfare. Read Reuters’ investigation into paramilitary attacks that dismantled a Sudanese city’s healthcare system reut.rs/4pDdzEW
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This may be one of the most important things that I've ever written. Please read.
Our democracy is dying before our eyes, because no one in Congress is doing what they promised us they would do to defend it.
Our democracy is dying before our eyes, because no one in Congress is doing what they promised us they would do to defend it.
If you read just one thing today, make it this:
"By not impeaching, or even starting the process of getting there, Congress sends the message that Trump is America, and that it has acquiesced to the Constitution being replaced by Trump’s brand of corrupt evil."
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
"By not impeaching, or even starting the process of getting there, Congress sends the message that Trump is America, and that it has acquiesced to the Constitution being replaced by Trump’s brand of corrupt evil."
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
Oaths Of Office, And How Everyone Not Moving To Impeach Trump Is Violating Their Own
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But f…
www.techdirt.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This may be one of the most important things that I've ever written. Please read.
Our democracy is dying before our eyes, because no one in Congress is doing what they promised us they would do to defend it.
Our democracy is dying before our eyes, because no one in Congress is doing what they promised us they would do to defend it.
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Any member of the House is welcome to file one of ours immediately.
Article of Impeachment for Tyranny:
citizensimpeachment.com/impeachmenta...
Article of Impeachment for Treason:
citizensimpeachment.com/article-of-i...
Article of Impeachment for Tyranny:
citizensimpeachment.com/impeachmenta...
Article of Impeachment for Treason:
citizensimpeachment.com/article-of-i...
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Any member of the House is welcome to file one of ours immediately.
Article of Impeachment for Tyranny:
citizensimpeachment.com/impeachmenta...
Article of Impeachment for Treason:
citizensimpeachment.com/article-of-i...
Article of Impeachment for Tyranny:
citizensimpeachment.com/impeachmenta...
Article of Impeachment for Treason:
citizensimpeachment.com/article-of-i...
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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UN says Israeli forces' killing of two West Bank Palestinians looks like 'summary execution' reut.rs/48iqjJW
UN says Israeli forces' killing of two West Bank Palestinians looks like 'summary execution'
The United Nations said on Friday the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces as they appeared to be surrendering, unarmed, looked like a "summary execution".
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November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
UN says Israeli forces' killing of two West Bank Palestinians looks like 'summary execution' reut.rs/48iqjJW
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The Indian Health Service has placed new restrictions on how staff can speak publicly about vaccines, flagging words like “immunizations” and “vaccines,” according to internal emails reviewed by ProPublica.
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Indian Health Service has placed new restrictions on how staff can speak publicly about vaccines, flagging words like “immunizations” and “vaccines,” according to internal emails reviewed by ProPublica.
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
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The magnitude of the change over time is striking.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The magnitude of the change over time is striking.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Uni...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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The people that run these accounts are psychopaths
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The people that run these accounts are psychopaths
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Trump says US will soon take action against Venezuelan drug traffickers on land reut.rs/4pEjDNu
Trump says US will soon take action against Venezuelan drug traffickers on land
The U.S. will "very soon" start taking action to stop suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers on land, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trump says US will soon take action against Venezuelan drug traffickers on land reut.rs/4pEjDNu
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Trump has canceled the GDP Report for the first time in history. He has also cancelled the Jobs Report. He is trying to conceal the weak economic performance his policies have caused .
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
Trump canceling GDP report comes under scrutiny
The canceled release of the third-quarter GDP advance estimate has fueled speculation about the state of the economy.
www.newsweek.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump has canceled the GDP Report for the first time in history. He has also cancelled the Jobs Report. He is trying to conceal the weak economic performance his policies have caused .
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
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Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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Today - and every day - is a good day to read Justice Stevens’ dissent in Heller v DC. The bonkers 5-4 decision that not only made it legal to carry firearms in DC but also declared that the first 13 words of 2A were “merely preferatory”. www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/0...
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HELLER
www.law.cornell.edu
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today - and every day - is a good day to read Justice Stevens’ dissent in Heller v DC. The bonkers 5-4 decision that not only made it legal to carry firearms in DC but also declared that the first 13 words of 2A were “merely preferatory”. www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/0...
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Well THAT should help recruiting in dangerous places.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Well THAT should help recruiting in dangerous places.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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NEW: Formal resolution introduced in US House by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
"Expressing the opposition of the House of Representatives to any grant of commutation, clemency, or pardon to federally convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell"
"Expressing the opposition of the House of Representatives to any grant of commutation, clemency, or pardon to federally convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell"
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
NEW: Formal resolution introduced in US House by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
"Expressing the opposition of the House of Representatives to any grant of commutation, clemency, or pardon to federally convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell"
"Expressing the opposition of the House of Representatives to any grant of commutation, clemency, or pardon to federally convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell"
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Refugees come to this country fleeing danger and persecution, and working to protect them has been a bipartisan issue for decades.
Yet, under Trump, it has become nearly impossible for refugees to come here. It’s shortsighted and means people will die.
Yet, under Trump, it has become nearly impossible for refugees to come here. It’s shortsighted and means people will die.
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Refugees come to this country fleeing danger and persecution, and working to protect them has been a bipartisan issue for decades.
Yet, under Trump, it has become nearly impossible for refugees to come here. It’s shortsighted and means people will die.
Yet, under Trump, it has become nearly impossible for refugees to come here. It’s shortsighted and means people will die.
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The 66-page ruling Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson of Colorado is a comprehensive rejection of a tactic regularly used by ICE to meet quotas set by the Trump administration. (via @cprnews.bsky.social)
Court demands end to unjustified warrantless arrests, restricting a tool ICE frequently uses to detain immigrants
Unless reversed on appeal, it is likely to place a severe restriction on ICE’s operations in Colorado.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The 66-page ruling Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson of Colorado is a comprehensive rejection of a tactic regularly used by ICE to meet quotas set by the Trump administration. (via @cprnews.bsky.social)