David Shelledy
@dshelledy.bsky.social
Pre-Bondi Justice Department (retired)
Great idea, awful implementation. The site works poorly.
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Great idea, awful implementation. The site works poorly.
Who can doubt now that Trump’s politicized Justice Department would have prosecuted Hunter Biden whether evidence supported it or not? This being so, that pardon seems just and appropriate in hindsight, and the Times doubly wrong.
December 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Who can doubt now that Trump’s politicized Justice Department would have prosecuted Hunter Biden whether evidence supported it or not? This being so, that pardon seems just and appropriate in hindsight, and the Times doubly wrong.
The entire argument here depends on what “the alternative” is—“oblivion” (as Vladeck says) or reform. Without meaningful reform, our Republican-packed Supreme Court is itself a threat to the constitutional order.
December 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The entire argument here depends on what “the alternative” is—“oblivion” (as Vladeck says) or reform. Without meaningful reform, our Republican-packed Supreme Court is itself a threat to the constitutional order.
Nonsense. No benefit would come from the party (my party) confessing its sins in public. Its success or failure depends on whether it learns from its mistakes and whether its leaders and candidates are effective, not "being transparent." That’s inside baseball. No one cares.
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Nonsense. No benefit would come from the party (my party) confessing its sins in public. Its success or failure depends on whether it learns from its mistakes and whether its leaders and candidates are effective, not "being transparent." That’s inside baseball. No one cares.
Less self-promotion, please.
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Less self-promotion, please.
Reforming the Supreme Court is necessary to do anything about anything.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reforming the Supreme Court is necessary to do anything about anything.
No, there is no basis to assume Epstein’s lawyers and estate have every document and piece of evidence DOJ has. The rest of this statement is just naive.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
No, there is no basis to assume Epstein’s lawyers and estate have every document and piece of evidence DOJ has. The rest of this statement is just naive.
Does anyone pay attention to Nate Silver anymore? He did some impressive forecasting but that was many years ago. He became uninteresting when he strayed beyond his very limited expertise and trashed the great historian Timothy Snyder for saying something of substance.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Does anyone pay attention to Nate Silver anymore? He did some impressive forecasting but that was many years ago. He became uninteresting when he strayed beyond his very limited expertise and trashed the great historian Timothy Snyder for saying something of substance.
Canceled my decades-long Spotify subscription. Tidal is very good.
October 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Canceled my decades-long Spotify subscription. Tidal is very good.
Canceled my decades-long subscription. Tidal is very good.
October 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Canceled my decades-long subscription. Tidal is very good.
Today's Times gave more coverage to the NFL.
October 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today's Times gave more coverage to the NFL.
No news here. We knew she was the most political AG since Watergate during her first week, when she said DOJ is Trump’s lawyers.
October 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
No news here. We knew she was the most political AG since Watergate during her first week, when she said DOJ is Trump’s lawyers.
Mike’s newsletter is brilliant but his podcasts are tiresome. This one started late, as always, with a deliberately throwaway question he said was to let more people get on (late). The answer was too long to endure. Be the pro you are, Mike—don’t waste your fans' time.
October 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Mike’s newsletter is brilliant but his podcasts are tiresome. This one started late, as always, with a deliberately throwaway question he said was to let more people get on (late). The answer was too long to endure. Be the pro you are, Mike—don’t waste your fans' time.
Can Talarico really mean, as he says in this clip, that he isn’t interested in defending democracy? Good grief.
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Can Talarico really mean, as he says in this clip, that he isn’t interested in defending democracy? Good grief.
This article wrongly suggests that the looming shutdown—not Trump’s OBBBA—is what imperils Affordable Care Act subsidies. C’mon Politico.
September 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This article wrongly suggests that the looming shutdown—not Trump’s OBBBA—is what imperils Affordable Care Act subsidies. C’mon Politico.
Trump and the Bondi wrecking crew long ago betrayed everything good about the Justice Department since the Watergate reforms instituted by Edward Levi and Griffin Bell. This is worse. Prosecuting Trump’s enemies simply because he directs it is fascistic and unAmerican.
September 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Trump and the Bondi wrecking crew long ago betrayed everything good about the Justice Department since the Watergate reforms instituted by Edward Levi and Griffin Bell. This is worse. Prosecuting Trump’s enemies simply because he directs it is fascistic and unAmerican.
It’s easy to understand turning away when so much in the Times and other legacy media is trite or worse in a time of crisis. Yet the Times remains essential for expensive, deep investigative reporting that new media can’t, or just wont, do. Especially now, we need that sort of reporting.
September 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It’s easy to understand turning away when so much in the Times and other legacy media is trite or worse in a time of crisis. Yet the Times remains essential for expensive, deep investigative reporting that new media can’t, or just wont, do. Especially now, we need that sort of reporting.
Right, my mistake. Still true that a majority would blame Democrats or both parties equally because our leaders have failed as messengers.
September 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Right, my mistake. Still true that a majority would blame Democrats or both parties equally because our leaders have failed as messengers.
If a shutdown happens, 68% say they will blame Democrats or both parties equally. This is the cost of having leaders who have no idea how to talk to the public about the crisis our country is in.
September 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If a shutdown happens, 68% say they will blame Democrats or both parties equally. This is the cost of having leaders who have no idea how to talk to the public about the crisis our country is in.
Maybe. But it’s hard to imagine this episode was popular. This regular Klein listener tried to give it a fair hearing and turned it off mid way through. Shapiro is a dope. And Klein isn’t reaching Shapiro’s fans.
September 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Maybe. But it’s hard to imagine this episode was popular. This regular Klein listener tried to give it a fair hearing and turned it off mid way through. Shapiro is a dope. And Klein isn’t reaching Shapiro’s fans.
What is wrong with Schumer and Murray that, given an opportunity to shout here about preserving Medicare and Medicaid, they instead whine that Republicans won’t "have a conversation” with them? Nobody cares about that.
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
What is wrong with Schumer and Murray that, given an opportunity to shout here about preserving Medicare and Medicaid, they instead whine that Republicans won’t "have a conversation” with them? Nobody cares about that.
Schumer and Jeffreys need to broaden their government shutdown demands now. We are living under open fascism. This is not a Time for Democrats to be timid.
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Schumer and Jeffreys need to broaden their government shutdown demands now. We are living under open fascism. This is not a Time for Democrats to be timid.
Yes, that is the thrust of Ezra Klein’s short essay. Repeating the second half of one sentence as the headline while ignoring the main point doesn’t do the essay justice.
It’s too common for an article or opinion in the Times to be thoughtful and the headline dumb. AI?
It’s too common for an article or opinion in the Times to be thoughtful and the headline dumb. AI?
September 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Yes, that is the thrust of Ezra Klein’s short essay. Repeating the second half of one sentence as the headline while ignoring the main point doesn’t do the essay justice.
It’s too common for an article or opinion in the Times to be thoughtful and the headline dumb. AI?
It’s too common for an article or opinion in the Times to be thoughtful and the headline dumb. AI?