David Litt
@davidlitt.bsky.social
Former Obama speechwriter. NYT bestselling author. Democracy enthusiast. Professional novice surfer. Cat gentleman. “It’s Only Drowning” out June 24th.
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In Opinion
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires
As children die for want of cheap medicines, the U.S. spends billions on Argentina — thus rescuing rich investors who made bad bets.
nyti.ms
October 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
In Opinion
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
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I just finished #reading this #book: #ThanksObama by #DavidLitt.
Kinda grabbed this on a whim while looking for a different book by him. This was a fun read & a nice reminder of better times. I'm looking forward to reading other books by @davidlitt.bsky.social.
#Obama #Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious
Kinda grabbed this on a whim while looking for a different book by him. This was a fun read & a nice reminder of better times. I'm looking forward to reading other books by @davidlitt.bsky.social.
#Obama #Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I just finished #reading this #book: #ThanksObama by #DavidLitt.
Kinda grabbed this on a whim while looking for a different book by him. This was a fun read & a nice reminder of better times. I'm looking forward to reading other books by @davidlitt.bsky.social.
#Obama #Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious
Kinda grabbed this on a whim while looking for a different book by him. This was a fun read & a nice reminder of better times. I'm looking forward to reading other books by @davidlitt.bsky.social.
#Obama #Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious
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Terrific piece by @davidlitt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Charlie Kirk Eulogy Divided America
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Terrific piece by @davidlitt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
Parts of President Trump’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk were very carefully written. That’s what made them so alarming. My latest for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Parts of President Trump’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk were very carefully written. That’s what made them so alarming. My latest for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
Wrote for @thedailybeast.bsky.social about why Trump’s crackdown might backfire - and what all of us can do to help make that happen. (It starts with cancelling your Disney+ and Hulu subscription until Kimmel’s back on the air.) www.thedailybeast.com/crackdowns-c...
Crackdowns Can Backfire. President Mugshot Should Know
Who could understand the power of being the persecuted underdog better than the president who won’t stop claiming he’s the persecuted underdog?
www.thedailybeast.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Wrote for @thedailybeast.bsky.social about why Trump’s crackdown might backfire - and what all of us can do to help make that happen. (It starts with cancelling your Disney+ and Hulu subscription until Kimmel’s back on the air.) www.thedailybeast.com/crackdowns-c...
I’m cancelling my Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions. I look forward to resuming them when Disney reverses course and puts Kimmel back on the air.
September 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I’m cancelling my Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions. I look forward to resuming them when Disney reverses course and puts Kimmel back on the air.
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BREAKING: In Atlanta, GOP operatives are trying to strong-arm Fulton County into installing two far-right activists on Georgia’s LARGEST elections board
Both have ties to the national voter suppression machine & a record of undermining confidence in our elections
This can't fly under the radar
Both have ties to the national voter suppression machine & a record of undermining confidence in our elections
This can't fly under the radar
Judge Decides Fate of Commissioners Who Refused GOP Nominees
“I think I have the right … to vote my conscience,” Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said regarding the county Board of Elections.
atlanta.capitalbnews.org
August 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: In Atlanta, GOP operatives are trying to strong-arm Fulton County into installing two far-right activists on Georgia’s LARGEST elections board
Both have ties to the national voter suppression machine & a record of undermining confidence in our elections
This can't fly under the radar
Both have ties to the national voter suppression machine & a record of undermining confidence in our elections
This can't fly under the radar
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Tune in to #AnHonorableProfession to learn from @davidlitt.bsky.social on the difference between common ground and neutral ground, and to hear from his recent book, It’s Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground 🎧 buff.ly/pb4IwHh
August 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Tune in to #AnHonorableProfession to learn from @davidlitt.bsky.social on the difference between common ground and neutral ground, and to hear from his recent book, It’s Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground 🎧 buff.ly/pb4IwHh
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Trump has flooded the zone with autocratic acts
But we @democracydefendersfund.org are pushing back with rule of law shock & awe like our 7 FOIAs for the Trump-Epstein files
We have more than 100 legal matters and we aren’t slowing down as I explained @msnbc.com
But we @democracydefendersfund.org are pushing back with rule of law shock & awe like our 7 FOIAs for the Trump-Epstein files
We have more than 100 legal matters and we aren’t slowing down as I explained @msnbc.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trump has flooded the zone with autocratic acts
But we @democracydefendersfund.org are pushing back with rule of law shock & awe like our 7 FOIAs for the Trump-Epstein files
We have more than 100 legal matters and we aren’t slowing down as I explained @msnbc.com
But we @democracydefendersfund.org are pushing back with rule of law shock & awe like our 7 FOIAs for the Trump-Epstein files
We have more than 100 legal matters and we aren’t slowing down as I explained @msnbc.com
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“It's really hard to find a winner and that goes back to the idea of a Trump tax. We are all paying for his ego, we’re all paying for his political power trips.” @davidlitt.bsky.social on President Trump’s erratic and volatile stewardship of the U.S. economy.
August 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“It's really hard to find a winner and that goes back to the idea of a Trump tax. We are all paying for his ego, we’re all paying for his political power trips.” @davidlitt.bsky.social on President Trump’s erratic and volatile stewardship of the U.S. economy.
Trump firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because his tariffs are killing jobs is the ultimate “this scale must be defective” of economic policy.
August 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Trump firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because his tariffs are killing jobs is the ultimate “this scale must be defective” of economic policy.
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One of my fav THE BACK ROOM chats bc it's about the good, bad & ugly of life & how to surf thru it & ride the wave to happiness. Author @davidlitt.bsky.social & I discuss his terrific new book, a blueprint for finding common ground in our toxic political landscape podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
July 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
One of my fav THE BACK ROOM chats bc it's about the good, bad & ugly of life & how to surf thru it & ride the wave to happiness. Author @davidlitt.bsky.social & I discuss his terrific new book, a blueprint for finding common ground in our toxic political landscape podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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TONIGHT: Democrats invoke rarely used federal law to force DOJ to release ‘Epstein files’-White House announces trade deal with South Korea-Senate panel advances bill banning congressional stock trading
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July 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
TONIGHT: Democrats invoke rarely used federal law to force DOJ to release ‘Epstein files’-White House announces trade deal with South Korea-Senate panel advances bill banning congressional stock trading
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Author & former White House speechwriter @davidlitt.bsky.social joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social, reacting to Trump's labeling of Barack Obama as "treasonous".
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July 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Author & former White House speechwriter @davidlitt.bsky.social joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social, reacting to Trump's labeling of Barack Obama as "treasonous".
LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean
LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean
IT’S ONLY DROWNING on the Today Show! Including some embarrassing surf related mix ups and plenty of wipeout footage. www.today.com/video/david-...
Former Obama Speechwriter Shares Life Lessons From Surfing
David Litt, a New York Times bestselling author who served a speechwriter for former President Barack Obama, joins TODAY to talk about the life lessons he learned from surfing which he chronicles in h...
www.today.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
IT’S ONLY DROWNING on the Today Show! Including some embarrassing surf related mix ups and plenty of wipeout footage. www.today.com/video/david-...
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“You can see him grasping at straws” @davidlitt.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s absurd, baseless claim that former President Obama stole the 2016 election.
July 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“You can see him grasping at straws” @davidlitt.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s absurd, baseless claim that former President Obama stole the 2016 election.
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The U.S. government cannot disappear people without due process and leave them languishing in CECOT
That’s why we at @democracydefendersfund.org, with LULAC, have filed on behalf of Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel
This kind of conduct has nothing to do with the American Constitution or our values
That’s why we at @democracydefendersfund.org, with LULAC, have filed on behalf of Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel
This kind of conduct has nothing to do with the American Constitution or our values
‘I Want to Clear My Name’: Deported Migrant Takes First Step to Sue the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The U.S. government cannot disappear people without due process and leave them languishing in CECOT
That’s why we at @democracydefendersfund.org, with LULAC, have filed on behalf of Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel
This kind of conduct has nothing to do with the American Constitution or our values
That’s why we at @democracydefendersfund.org, with LULAC, have filed on behalf of Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel
This kind of conduct has nothing to do with the American Constitution or our values
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I had a conversation with @davidlitt.bsky.social yesterday that I think is really important for anyone looking for hope about how we get through this particular political moment.
We covered surfing, bad faith, fear and common ground.
We covered surfing, bad faith, fear and common ground.
July 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I had a conversation with @davidlitt.bsky.social yesterday that I think is really important for anyone looking for hope about how we get through this particular political moment.
We covered surfing, bad faith, fear and common ground.
We covered surfing, bad faith, fear and common ground.
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The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
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He could’ve just gone to the Hallmark store and gotten a card with Garfield on it, and signed his name on Garfield’s crotch like a normal person. But he had to make it weird.
July 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
He could’ve just gone to the Hallmark store and gotten a card with Garfield on it, and signed his name on Garfield’s crotch like a normal person. But he had to make it weird.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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“Elon is God… in the MAGA Coalition.”
Obama’s former speechwriter David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss how Elon Musk’s party could affect the democratic vote.
Watch the full interview on zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...
Obama’s former speechwriter David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss how Elon Musk’s party could affect the democratic vote.
Watch the full interview on zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...
July 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Elon is God… in the MAGA Coalition.”
Obama’s former speechwriter David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss how Elon Musk’s party could affect the democratic vote.
Watch the full interview on zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...
Obama’s former speechwriter David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss how Elon Musk’s party could affect the democratic vote.
Watch the full interview on zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...
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Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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An UNPRECEDENTED 75 former Federal judges signed on to a letter opposing Bove’s nomination
The Senate must listen to the experts. The rule of law is at stake. I explained @msnbc.com
The Senate must listen to the experts. The rule of law is at stake. I explained @msnbc.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
An UNPRECEDENTED 75 former Federal judges signed on to a letter opposing Bove’s nomination
The Senate must listen to the experts. The rule of law is at stake. I explained @msnbc.com
The Senate must listen to the experts. The rule of law is at stake. I explained @msnbc.com
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“[Democrats] are just giving people candidates they don't want.”
Obama’s former speechwriter @davidlitt.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that the Democratic Party overlooks Zohran Mamdani’s charisma.
Watch the full video:
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Obama’s former speechwriter @davidlitt.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that the Democratic Party overlooks Zohran Mamdani’s charisma.
Watch the full video:
zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...
July 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“[Democrats] are just giving people candidates they don't want.”
Obama’s former speechwriter @davidlitt.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that the Democratic Party overlooks Zohran Mamdani’s charisma.
Watch the full video:
zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...
Obama’s former speechwriter @davidlitt.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that the Democratic Party overlooks Zohran Mamdani’s charisma.
Watch the full video:
zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...