David
@davidlgeesin.bsky.social
Retired broadcaster. 80 years old, married with two children and two grandchildren.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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Senator Thune and the Republican Majority are silent while Social Security faces one of the gravest dangers in its history.
wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Dealing With Social Security Is Heading From Bad to Worse
Few agencies reach as far into Americans’ lives as the Social Security Administration. Many fear that the changes in the agency, part of President Trump’s push to overhaul the federal government, are ...
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March 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Senator Thune and the Republican Majority are silent while Social Security faces one of the gravest dangers in its history.
wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Pete Hegseth would not be Sec of Def without @RogerWicker. He had the power to stop the nomination.
So, will Senator Wicker call for an investigation of the most serious national security breach in modern times? Or just look the other way? Party or country?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
So, will Senator Wicker call for an investigation of the most serious national security breach in modern times? Or just look the other way? Party or country?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Pete Hegseth would not be Sec of Def without @RogerWicker. He had the power to stop the nomination.
So, will Senator Wicker call for an investigation of the most serious national security breach in modern times? Or just look the other way? Party or country?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
So, will Senator Wicker call for an investigation of the most serious national security breach in modern times? Or just look the other way? Party or country?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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DOGE has repeatedly failed to find evidence of widespread Social Security fraud.
So why does the Trump regime keep bringing it up?
It's part of a deliberate ploy to cut benefits — using the false pretext of "fraud" — and have Congress use the savings to give billionaires a giant tax cut.
So why does the Trump regime keep bringing it up?
It's part of a deliberate ploy to cut benefits — using the false pretext of "fraud" — and have Congress use the savings to give billionaires a giant tax cut.
March 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
DOGE has repeatedly failed to find evidence of widespread Social Security fraud.
So why does the Trump regime keep bringing it up?
It's part of a deliberate ploy to cut benefits — using the false pretext of "fraud" — and have Congress use the savings to give billionaires a giant tax cut.
So why does the Trump regime keep bringing it up?
It's part of a deliberate ploy to cut benefits — using the false pretext of "fraud" — and have Congress use the savings to give billionaires a giant tax cut.
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Gonna keep posting this link cuz it’s the prevailing legal theory of this administration and the coming months will show how hard it holds and thus how fucked we are www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Gonna keep posting this link cuz it’s the prevailing legal theory of this administration and the coming months will show how hard it holds and thus how fucked we are www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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He is doing this.
Trump “and people close to him have threatened to use the FCC to punish news networks, to defund PBS and even to prosecute journalists for their coverage of the investigations and criminal cases against Mr. Trump and his supporters.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/b...
Trump “and people close to him have threatened to use the FCC to punish news networks, to defund PBS and even to prosecute journalists for their coverage of the investigations and criminal cases against Mr. Trump and his supporters.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/b...
Trump’s Blueprint for Bending the Media Has Nixon Written All Over It
The president’s heavy-handed approach to traditional journalists has the hallmarks of an attempted crackdown 50 years ago.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
He is doing this.
Trump “and people close to him have threatened to use the FCC to punish news networks, to defund PBS and even to prosecute journalists for their coverage of the investigations and criminal cases against Mr. Trump and his supporters.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/b...
Trump “and people close to him have threatened to use the FCC to punish news networks, to defund PBS and even to prosecute journalists for their coverage of the investigations and criminal cases against Mr. Trump and his supporters.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/b...
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Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.
February 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.
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Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
January 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Biden: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
January 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Biden: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
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Can all Americans, left and right, agree on these common-sense reform?
- A ban on stock trading in Congress.
- 18-year term limit for Supreme Court Justices.
- An end to dark money in politics.
- A constitutional amendment ensuring no president is immune from crimes committed in office.
- A ban on stock trading in Congress.
- 18-year term limit for Supreme Court Justices.
- An end to dark money in politics.
- A constitutional amendment ensuring no president is immune from crimes committed in office.
January 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Can all Americans, left and right, agree on these common-sense reform?
- A ban on stock trading in Congress.
- 18-year term limit for Supreme Court Justices.
- An end to dark money in politics.
- A constitutional amendment ensuring no president is immune from crimes committed in office.
- A ban on stock trading in Congress.
- 18-year term limit for Supreme Court Justices.
- An end to dark money in politics.
- A constitutional amendment ensuring no president is immune from crimes committed in office.
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President Joe Biden capped a half-century political career with a final Oval Office speech as he hopes to seal a legacy overshadowed by Democrats' failure to stop Donald Trump from returning to the White House reut.rs/3DT2blM
Biden warns US faces oligarchy as Trump looms over legacy
President Joe Biden capped a half-century political career on Wednesday with a final Oval Office speech as he hopes to seal a legacy overshadowed by Democrats' failure to stop Donald Trump from returning to the White House.
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January 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
President Joe Biden capped a half-century political career with a final Oval Office speech as he hopes to seal a legacy overshadowed by Democrats' failure to stop Donald Trump from returning to the White House reut.rs/3DT2blM
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The LA Wildfires Prove that Elected Republicans Are Bad People Who Enjoy Watching Americans Suffer www.splinter.com/the-la-wildf...
The LA Wildfires Prove that Elected Republicans Are Bad People Who Enjoy Watching Americans Suffer
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The LA Wildfires Prove that Elected Republicans Are Bad People Who Enjoy Watching Americans Suffer www.splinter.com/the-la-wildf...
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Today at 9:30 am ET:
Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, faces her Senate confirmation hearing.
The most critical thing you need to know about her?
Bondi is an election denier who peddled false claims about the 2020 election on behalf of Trump.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, faces her Senate confirmation hearing.
The most critical thing you need to know about her?
Bondi is an election denier who peddled false claims about the 2020 election on behalf of Trump.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump transition live updates: Senate confirmation hearings set for Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio today
Live updates on the Trump transition ahead of next week's inauguration. Follow the latest as Senate confirmation hearing continue for the incoming administration.
www.nbcnews.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today at 9:30 am ET:
Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, faces her Senate confirmation hearing.
The most critical thing you need to know about her?
Bondi is an election denier who peddled false claims about the 2020 election on behalf of Trump.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, faces her Senate confirmation hearing.
The most critical thing you need to know about her?
Bondi is an election denier who peddled false claims about the 2020 election on behalf of Trump.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Hey MAGA! Just because someone is a woman or a racial or sexual minority doesn’t mean they’re a DEI hire. Yes, there are unqualified people being appointed to government positions in the Trump administration, but they are mostly unqualified, straight white male idiots.
January 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hey MAGA! Just because someone is a woman or a racial or sexual minority doesn’t mean they’re a DEI hire. Yes, there are unqualified people being appointed to government positions in the Trump administration, but they are mostly unqualified, straight white male idiots.
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“When it became clear that Mr. Trump had lost the election and that lawful means of challenging the election results had failed,
he resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power.” www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
he resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power.” www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
www.justice.gov
January 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“When it became clear that Mr. Trump had lost the election and that lawful means of challenging the election results had failed,
he resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power.” www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
he resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power.” www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
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172 hours until the presidential oath is taken by someone who’s virtually certain not to abide by it and who, having broken it before, is an adjudicated insurrectionist whose disqualification under Sec 3 of the 14th Amendment hasn’t been lifted by Congress. But that’s just the U.S. Constitution.
January 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
172 hours until the presidential oath is taken by someone who’s virtually certain not to abide by it and who, having broken it before, is an adjudicated insurrectionist whose disqualification under Sec 3 of the 14th Amendment hasn’t been lifted by Congress. But that’s just the U.S. Constitution.
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Not a word about the victims.
Not a word about the homeless.
Not a word about the heroic firefighters.
Not a word about the help from neighbouring countries.
Just division and disinformation.
Unfit for office.
Not a word about the homeless.
Not a word about the heroic firefighters.
Not a word about the help from neighbouring countries.
Just division and disinformation.
Unfit for office.
January 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Not a word about the victims.
Not a word about the homeless.
Not a word about the heroic firefighters.
Not a word about the help from neighbouring countries.
Just division and disinformation.
Unfit for office.
Not a word about the homeless.
Not a word about the heroic firefighters.
Not a word about the help from neighbouring countries.
Just division and disinformation.
Unfit for office.
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Who else is really looking forward to not watching the Inauguration?
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January 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Who else is really looking forward to not watching the Inauguration?
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