Donna Davis -Portland is not on FIRE!
@donnadavis.bsky.social
Dogs, fast horses, espresso
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"You're a big account, so you have a duty to ..."
Look, at some level, I get that.
But also ... I didn't run for the office of Big Account with a promise to you, the Bluesky voter, to deliver on certain issues.
I just logged onto the same site you did, made some posts, and people followed me.
Look, at some level, I get that.
But also ... I didn't run for the office of Big Account with a promise to you, the Bluesky voter, to deliver on certain issues.
I just logged onto the same site you did, made some posts, and people followed me.
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"You're a big account, so you have a duty to ..."
Look, at some level, I get that.
But also ... I didn't run for the office of Big Account with a promise to you, the Bluesky voter, to deliver on certain issues.
I just logged onto the same site you did, made some posts, and people followed me.
Look, at some level, I get that.
But also ... I didn't run for the office of Big Account with a promise to you, the Bluesky voter, to deliver on certain issues.
I just logged onto the same site you did, made some posts, and people followed me.
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I do try to use this stupid power to do as much good as I can -- promoting important causes, shining a light on good reporting and scholarly work, etc etc.
But this is a volunteer gig in my free time. I'm not your monkey.
If you stamp your feet and make demands, I'm just going to block you.
But this is a volunteer gig in my free time. I'm not your monkey.
If you stamp your feet and make demands, I'm just going to block you.
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I do try to use this stupid power to do as much good as I can -- promoting important causes, shining a light on good reporting and scholarly work, etc etc.
But this is a volunteer gig in my free time. I'm not your monkey.
If you stamp your feet and make demands, I'm just going to block you.
But this is a volunteer gig in my free time. I'm not your monkey.
If you stamp your feet and make demands, I'm just going to block you.
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Look, I know I poke the kids about fascism, but in a fascist state, you don't get charged with a felony about a sandwich and then walk out when a jury - and the nation - laughs at the prosecutors.
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Look, I know I poke the kids about fascism, but in a fascist state, you don't get charged with a felony about a sandwich and then walk out when a jury - and the nation - laughs at the prosecutors.
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Sorry, I'm just catching up with all the angry posts. While you were all having a tantrum I was watching "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" with my wife and I highly recommend it. Hard to believe Gary Oldman is both Smiley and then Jackson Lamb. #Acting
November 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Sorry, I'm just catching up with all the angry posts. While you were all having a tantrum I was watching "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" with my wife and I highly recommend it. Hard to believe Gary Oldman is both Smiley and then Jackson Lamb. #Acting
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"I'm not Karla's errand boy"
"Then what ARE you, Bill?"
"I'm someone who's made his mark."
"Then what ARE you, Bill?"
"I'm someone who's made his mark."
"There's a rotten apple, Jim. We have to find it."
a man in a suit and tie is drinking from a blue cup while reading a book
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is drinking from a blue cup while reading a book
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I'm not Karla's errand boy"
"Then what ARE you, Bill?"
"I'm someone who's made his mark."
"Then what ARE you, Bill?"
"I'm someone who's made his mark."
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Cool thing about the Oldman version of Tinker Tailor... notice how Smiley's eyes are always shadowed or have light reflecting in them. EXCEPT when he finally confronts Bill, and you can see clearly - as he does at that moment.
I want to believe that was a directorial choice.
I want to believe that was a directorial choice.
November 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Cool thing about the Oldman version of Tinker Tailor... notice how Smiley's eyes are always shadowed or have light reflecting in them. EXCEPT when he finally confronts Bill, and you can see clearly - as he does at that moment.
I want to believe that was a directorial choice.
I want to believe that was a directorial choice.
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At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.
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When you call yourself the leaders of a democratic country, but have to hide on a military base from the people that you rule.
"Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest." Others include Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth.
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
When you call yourself the leaders of a democratic country, but have to hide on a military base from the people that you rule.
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This is the third U.S. Attorney found to be unlawfully appointed. The other two are Sigal Chattah and Alina Habba. Their indictments stand because they were signed by other prosecutors. Not true for Lindsey Halligan.
BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This is the third U.S. Attorney found to be unlawfully appointed. The other two are Sigal Chattah and Alina Habba. Their indictments stand because they were signed by other prosecutors. Not true for Lindsey Halligan.
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JD Vance is trying his damndest to rationalize racism. Tell him to fuck off.
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
JD Vance is trying his damndest to rationalize racism. Tell him to fuck off.
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I suspect the judge may bring this up at the sentencing hearing. Just a hunch.
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I suspect the judge may bring this up at the sentencing hearing. Just a hunch.
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BASH: You all found ways to pay the military and WIC. But why are you drawing the line now on 40 million Americans who literally will not be able to eat with govt assistance?
MIKE JOHNSON: If we had a contingency fund we could use, that would be done.
BASH: They say that's not what the law shows
MIKE JOHNSON: If we had a contingency fund we could use, that would be done.
BASH: They say that's not what the law shows
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
BASH: You all found ways to pay the military and WIC. But why are you drawing the line now on 40 million Americans who literally will not be able to eat with govt assistance?
MIKE JOHNSON: If we had a contingency fund we could use, that would be done.
BASH: They say that's not what the law shows
MIKE JOHNSON: If we had a contingency fund we could use, that would be done.
BASH: They say that's not what the law shows
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Maaaaan, this. So much this. Every time there's any kind of actual in-depth survey we find that the American people are *abysmally* ignorant about even the most basic political facts, but the pundit class just immediately forgets & proceeds with political analysis based on subtle policy differences.
Feels like so many of our convos are revolving about how voters respond to what politicians are doing, or what parties’ positions on issues are, without much actual empirical sense of what they actually know about those topics.
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Trump's new nuclear testing thing is incredibly stupid; a great example of throwing away an American strategic advantage out of some combination of ignorance and a fixation on the shallowest appearance of toughness.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social explains how:
@radiofreetom.bsky.social explains how:
The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons
The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Trump's new nuclear testing thing is incredibly stupid; a great example of throwing away an American strategic advantage out of some combination of ignorance and a fixation on the shallowest appearance of toughness.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social explains how:
@radiofreetom.bsky.social explains how:
Reposted by Donna Davis -Portland is not on FIRE!
Downside: government corruption like this is bad
Upside: Kash Patel abusing his position as FBI Director to corruptly use a jet to try to impress a woman might be the least destructive way he uses his position, and it’s therefore relatively better for the country if that’s how he spends his time
Upside: Kash Patel abusing his position as FBI Director to corruptly use a jet to try to impress a woman might be the least destructive way he uses his position, and it’s therefore relatively better for the country if that’s how he spends his time
Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.
All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A
All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Downside: government corruption like this is bad
Upside: Kash Patel abusing his position as FBI Director to corruptly use a jet to try to impress a woman might be the least destructive way he uses his position, and it’s therefore relatively better for the country if that’s how he spends his time
Upside: Kash Patel abusing his position as FBI Director to corruptly use a jet to try to impress a woman might be the least destructive way he uses his position, and it’s therefore relatively better for the country if that’s how he spends his time
Reposted by Donna Davis -Portland is not on FIRE!
The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons
The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Reposted by Donna Davis -Portland is not on FIRE!
You get an MRI if you're suffering symptoms.
It is not part of a bi-annual physical.
Why the lies?
The American people have the right know about the cognitive decline of its *president*
It is not part of a bi-annual physical.
Why the lies?
The American people have the right know about the cognitive decline of its *president*
October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
You get an MRI if you're suffering symptoms.
It is not part of a bi-annual physical.
Why the lies?
The American people have the right know about the cognitive decline of its *president*
It is not part of a bi-annual physical.
Why the lies?
The American people have the right know about the cognitive decline of its *president*
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I want to know why he had an MRI.
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I want to know why he had an MRI.
Reposted by Donna Davis -Portland is not on FIRE!
What a bozo. No doctor describes MRI results as perfect. In fact, good MRI results would be “unremarkable”.
October 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
What a bozo. No doctor describes MRI results as perfect. In fact, good MRI results would be “unremarkable”.
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MRI is not routine. He's covering up this...
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
MRI is not routine. He's covering up this...
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An MRI? Of what?
Trump on his recent trip to Walter Reed: "I got an MRI. It was perfect ... if I didn't think it was gonna be good, either I would let you know negatively, I wouldn't run, I'd do something."
(Note how he's openly talking about running for a third term.)
(Note how he's openly talking about running for a third term.)
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
An MRI? Of what?
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Tom Nichols, @radiofreetom.bsky.social
@benrhodes.bsky.social Thanks for your contributions on 10/24 Deadline White House. deadline-white-house.simplecast.com/episodes/leg...
@benrhodes.bsky.social Thanks for your contributions on 10/24 Deadline White House. deadline-white-house.simplecast.com/episodes/leg...
“Legally incomprehensible” | Deadline: White House
Alicia Menendez — in for Nicolle Wallace — on the escalation of military presence in the Caribbean, the Pentagon's new press corps, and Virginia Giuffre's memoir.
deadline-white-house.simplecast.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Tom Nichols, @radiofreetom.bsky.social
@benrhodes.bsky.social Thanks for your contributions on 10/24 Deadline White House. deadline-white-house.simplecast.com/episodes/leg...
@benrhodes.bsky.social Thanks for your contributions on 10/24 Deadline White House. deadline-white-house.simplecast.com/episodes/leg...
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This isn't accurate either. Soviet (not Russian) defense spending was maxed out. But it helped, for sure, to exhaust the Kremlin because Gorby couldn't *decrease* spending on military-scientific research.
The strategic defense initiative or the Star wars is how we ended up winning the Cold war. In a race between the US and Russia Russia ran out of money trying to get that technology
This isn’t quite accurate. The Cold War ended, but the missile defense program continued and has sucked down billions of dollars ever since.
October 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This isn't accurate either. Soviet (not Russian) defense spending was maxed out. But it helped, for sure, to exhaust the Kremlin because Gorby couldn't *decrease* spending on military-scientific research.
Reposted by Donna Davis -Portland is not on FIRE!
Just the weakest people ever
WELKER: Why is the president setting trade policy based on a TV ad he doesn't like?
BESSENT: This is a kind of propaganda against US citizens. It's psyops
BESSENT: This is a kind of propaganda against US citizens. It's psyops
October 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Just the weakest people ever