David Brooks
@grandpadavid.bsky.social
Microsoft alum, UK/US citizen, municipal volunteer.
Lt-Col (retd), Antifa Freedonia regiment.
Proud husband of @jeanniebrooks.bsky.social and dad of @johnbrooks.bsky.social.
"Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?"
Lt-Col (retd), Antifa Freedonia regiment.
Proud husband of @jeanniebrooks.bsky.social and dad of @johnbrooks.bsky.social.
"Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?"
The exact opposite on what your own @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com said. And he knows the Senate.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The exact opposite on what your own @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com said. And he knows the Senate.
In a civil case????
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In a civil case????
Thank you for the correction. I should take my own advice: never speculate on causes before the NTSB Final, because you'll be wrong.
Also, Trump's comment was even more ignorant. TCAS dates from the 1990s.
Also, Trump's comment was even more ignorant. TCAS dates from the 1990s.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thank you for the correction. I should take my own advice: never speculate on causes before the NTSB Final, because you'll be wrong.
Also, Trump's comment was even more ignorant. TCAS dates from the 1990s.
Also, Trump's comment was even more ignorant. TCAS dates from the 1990s.
Thank you! I've had dozens of blocks for saying this.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thank you! I've had dozens of blocks for saying this.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
Thank you! I've had dozens of blocks for saying this.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Thank you! I've had dozens of blocks for saying this.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
Thank you! I've had dozens of blocks for saying this.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Thank you! I've had dozens of blocks for saying this.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, Senate alum, in his monolog, was thorough on why this was a political win for the Ds and loss for the Rs, and also what a great leader Schumer has been.
Wanting it shot down is extending the cruel treatment of govt employees to engage in political wishful thinking.
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Wanting it shot down is extending the cruel treatment of govt employees to engage in political wishful thinking.
If you use one notebook for each word, "Repeal Obamacare" takes up two whole notebooks!
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you use one notebook for each word, "Repeal Obamacare" takes up two whole notebooks!
Oh, now I see your pic. Yes, definitely a problem. Seattle also had the chamber group on the mainstage (stage right in their case). I guess our amateur group figured they could forgo some audience revenue.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Oh, now I see your pic. Yes, definitely a problem. Seattle also had the chamber group on the mainstage (stage right in their case). I guess our amateur group figured they could forgo some audience revenue.
Sorry to hear that. Our Worcester performance had cleared some of the orchestra level seats and put the chamber group way downstage, kids in the balcony, soprano in the chorus as specified. But I'm happy you were so satisfied with the performance.
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sorry to hear that. Our Worcester performance had cleared some of the orchestra level seats and put the chamber group way downstage, kids in the balcony, soprano in the chorus as specified. But I'm happy you were so satisfied with the performance.
Me too. Like I said there were several potential blame points. The NTSB probable causes and recommendations should be interesting reading.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Me too. Like I said there were several potential blame points. The NTSB probable causes and recommendations should be interesting reading.
Yes I concede my assumption may be incorrect. Or it may be more nuanced (probably). But it's time to stop using real people as political pawns in a dick-wagging contest and address the issue itself.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yes I concede my assumption may be incorrect. Or it may be more nuanced (probably). But it's time to stop using real people as political pawns in a dick-wagging contest and address the issue itself.
He meant to say "magnetic monopoles". His uncle went to MIT, you know.
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
He meant to say "magnetic monopoles". His uncle went to MIT, you know.
Although there were many potential causes of that crash, "bells and whistles" is called ADS-B, and Congress allowed military flights to turn it off.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Although there were many potential causes of that crash, "bells and whistles" is called ADS-B, and Congress allowed military flights to turn it off.
Because the use of "bells and whistles" had already been mandated in 2010.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Because the use of "bells and whistles" had already been mandated in 2010.
The crash had *nothing* to do with his administration's incompetence. There are plenty of potential blame points, but the lack of "bells and whistles" (known in the trade as ADS-B) was down to Congress.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The crash had *nothing* to do with his administration's incompetence. There are plenty of potential blame points, but the lack of "bells and whistles" (known in the trade as ADS-B) was down to Congress.
I don't think you understand that I agree. I just think (a) constituent pain is the best way to drive the tax credits, but will take time (b) the federal government needs to opened *now*.
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I don't think you understand that I agree. I just think (a) constituent pain is the best way to drive the tax credits, but will take time (b) the federal government needs to opened *now*.
Sounds great. Let them feel the pressure. Now *that's* leverage.
Senate Democrats jawboning them isn't leverage.
Senate Democrats jawboning them isn't leverage.
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Sounds great. Let them feel the pressure. Now *that's* leverage.
Senate Democrats jawboning them isn't leverage.
Senate Democrats jawboning them isn't leverage.
I can walk and chew gum.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I can walk and chew gum.
Can someone tell me how much longer the hungry and the unpaid workers would have to wait for that to happen?
I'm sick of putting short-term political advantage over morals.
I'm sick of putting short-term political advantage over morals.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Can someone tell me how much longer the hungry and the unpaid workers would have to wait for that to happen?
I'm sick of putting short-term political advantage over morals.
I'm sick of putting short-term political advantage over morals.
Nothing in return? Tell that to the unpaid federal employees and the many who depend on the government for their livelihood, and lives.
Please persuade me that Johnson's House would meekly vote for ACA expansion if the Senate kept withholding federal funds from those people. I'm going crazy here.
Please persuade me that Johnson's House would meekly vote for ACA expansion if the Senate kept withholding federal funds from those people. I'm going crazy here.
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Nothing in return? Tell that to the unpaid federal employees and the many who depend on the government for their livelihood, and lives.
Please persuade me that Johnson's House would meekly vote for ACA expansion if the Senate kept withholding federal funds from those people. I'm going crazy here.
Please persuade me that Johnson's House would meekly vote for ACA expansion if the Senate kept withholding federal funds from those people. I'm going crazy here.
The Republican House was never going to give way on ACA benefits for the Democrats. NEVER. A few Senators would have filibustered it away. Time to end the suffering and let constituents' pressure do its work.
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Republican House was never going to give way on ACA benefits for the Democrats. NEVER. A few Senators would have filibustered it away. Time to end the suffering and let constituents' pressure do its work.
What cards did they hold? Exactly, in practice? Did they get 60 Senators and a House majority while I wasn't looking? Were they making up the paychecks of federal employees, the SNAP benefits (I know, other issues) and everything else that the government provides, out of their own pockets?
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
What cards did they hold? Exactly, in practice? Did they get 60 Senators and a House majority while I wasn't looking? Were they making up the paychecks of federal employees, the SNAP benefits (I know, other issues) and everything else that the government provides, out of their own pockets?
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Please don't try to convince me that "leverage" was working. The ACA extension would have been DOA in the House even if it survived Ted Cruz's filibuster.
Yeah, keep pushing on that lever for a few more weeks while kids go hungry, federal workers run up debt, and Thanksgiving canceled, for nothing.
Yeah, keep pushing on that lever for a few more weeks while kids go hungry, federal workers run up debt, and Thanksgiving canceled, for nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Please don't try to convince me that "leverage" was working. The ACA extension would have been DOA in the House even if it survived Ted Cruz's filibuster.
Yeah, keep pushing on that lever for a few more weeks while kids go hungry, federal workers run up debt, and Thanksgiving canceled, for nothing.
Yeah, keep pushing on that lever for a few more weeks while kids go hungry, federal workers run up debt, and Thanksgiving canceled, for nothing.