David Klamet
@david.klamet.net
Renaissance man wannabe, drone builder, night sky watcher, hummingbird feeder.
Like Diogenes, looking for honest people.
Slava Ukraini
Like Diogenes, looking for honest people.
Slava Ukraini
Pinned
The Republicans will stop UHC at every turn and do nothing to make taxes fairer. The 1% will make sure of that.
UHC is the right thing to do. US voters need to demand it. Instead, they whine about it in forums like this and spend billions on sports, entertainment, and iPhones.
UHC is the right thing to do. US voters need to demand it. Instead, they whine about it in forums like this and spend billions on sports, entertainment, and iPhones.
This is a TEDx talk from 11 years ago. For a while, the organizers refused to put it on their site, but eventually relented, and it is still up.
Keywords: plutocrats, pitchforks.
More relevant today than ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO...
Keywords: plutocrats, pitchforks.
More relevant today than ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO...
Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming | Nick Hanauer
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is a TEDx talk from 11 years ago. For a while, the organizers refused to put it on their site, but eventually relented, and it is still up.
Keywords: plutocrats, pitchforks.
More relevant today than ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO...
Keywords: plutocrats, pitchforks.
More relevant today than ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO...
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“Who are you with” and “You’re a terrible reporter” are the last remaining clues that a question with any merit was asked.
@nbcnews.com
@nbcnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Who are you with” and “You’re a terrible reporter” are the last remaining clues that a question with any merit was asked.
@nbcnews.com
@nbcnews.com
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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I wonder how things might have turned out differently if John McCain had selected someone besides Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 election.
April 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I wonder how things might have turned out differently if John McCain had selected someone besides Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 election.
This did not change my mind, but it challenged my assumptions more than anything has in a long time.
The anger is still there, replaced partly by confusion. I'm sure the anger will return.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxlo...
The anger is still there, replaced partly by confusion. I'm sure the anger will return.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxlo...
Mr. Maher Goes to Washington | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
YouTube video by Real Time with Bill Maher
www.youtube.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This did not change my mind, but it challenged my assumptions more than anything has in a long time.
The anger is still there, replaced partly by confusion. I'm sure the anger will return.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxlo...
The anger is still there, replaced partly by confusion. I'm sure the anger will return.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxlo...
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us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years
This “genius” genuinely believes that healthcare budget analysts can simply be reassigned to making toasters.
April 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years
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"If you can prove someone's a gang member or has committed a crime or is violent, round them up, put them on a plane, get them out. But you have to prove that, right?" Right?
Rep. Jason Crow joins @timmiller.bsky.social on the latest Bulwark Podcast:
Rep. Jason Crow joins @timmiller.bsky.social on the latest Bulwark Podcast:
April 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"If you can prove someone's a gang member or has committed a crime or is violent, round them up, put them on a plane, get them out. But you have to prove that, right?" Right?
Rep. Jason Crow joins @timmiller.bsky.social on the latest Bulwark Podcast:
Rep. Jason Crow joins @timmiller.bsky.social on the latest Bulwark Podcast:
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Prediction:
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
April 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Prediction:
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
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The failure isn’t the insane President. The failure is all the supposedly sane people pretending he’s not.
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The failure isn’t the insane President. The failure is all the supposedly sane people pretending he’s not.
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The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens.
The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago.
Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.
The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago.
Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.
April 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens.
The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago.
Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.
The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago.
Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.
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War hero schools a chickenhawk.
April 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
War hero schools a chickenhawk.
How long will it take Trump to realize that by calling Navarro a moron, Musk is calling him one, too?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Elon Musk labels Trump adviser Navarro 'moron' over Tesla comment
Peter Navarro had described Musk's electric car company as a "car assembler" rather than manufacturer.
www.bbc.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How long will it take Trump to realize that by calling Navarro a moron, Musk is calling him one, too?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.
April 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.
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Chinese 🇺🇸 embassy shares the anti-tariffs Reagan clip mwe have shared multiple times…
April 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Chinese 🇺🇸 embassy shares the anti-tariffs Reagan clip mwe have shared multiple times…
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Powerful words from attorney Brenna Trout Frey, who resigned from Skadden after the law firm bowed to Trump's threats and signed a disgraceful deal with the Trump administration:
"There is only one acceptable response from attorneys to the Trump administration's demands: The rule of law matters."
"There is only one acceptable response from attorneys to the Trump administration's demands: The rule of law matters."
March 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful words from attorney Brenna Trout Frey, who resigned from Skadden after the law firm bowed to Trump's threats and signed a disgraceful deal with the Trump administration:
"There is only one acceptable response from attorneys to the Trump administration's demands: The rule of law matters."
"There is only one acceptable response from attorneys to the Trump administration's demands: The rule of law matters."
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DOGE where are you?
Kristi Noem billed South Dakota taxpayers more than $640,000 in personal travel-related costs, including a six-day trip to Paris, a bear hunt in Canada, a trip to Houston for dental work to fix her smile, and a book tour. But she can afford a $50,000 Rolex for a prison porn photo op in El Salvador.
Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was taxpayers who were on the hook
An Associated Press analysis of recently released travel records found more than $150,000 in expenses tied to Noem’s political and personal activity.
apnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
DOGE where are you?