David Levitus
@levitus.bsky.social
Founder/ED of LA Forward. All opinions my own.
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
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"Corruption is the Achilles' heel of authoritarians," says @adambonica.bsky.social, explaining why opposing corruption (including the legal kind) should be the center of anti-Trump/Democratic politics. So many insights here. newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Transcript: Anti-Corruption Politics Are The Way to Crush Trumpism
Stanford political scientist Adam Bonica says trying to be more moderate is a dead end for Democrats and the solution is for the party to be seen as fighting against corruption, oligarchy and other il...
newrepublic.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Corruption is the Achilles' heel of authoritarians," says @adambonica.bsky.social, explaining why opposing corruption (including the legal kind) should be the center of anti-Trump/Democratic politics. So many insights here. newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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My cheat sheet to election night now has roughly 100 results from elections up and down the ballot, to the governor races you know about to the startling Democratic sweeps in Pennsylvania school boards.
Don't miss stuff! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Don't miss stuff! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
My cheat sheet to election night now has roughly 100 results from elections up and down the ballot, to the governor races you know about to the startling Democratic sweeps in Pennsylvania school boards.
Don't miss stuff! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Don't miss stuff! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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The speed and consistency with which law enforcement will lie about incidents of police violence should be taught in every journalism school on day one
Important: Sen Chris Murphy just sent pointed questions to Kristi Noem about DHS's account of shooting of US citizen by Trump's paramilitary forces in Chicago. The official line is imploding. Murphy wants Noem to explain why DHS misled. More like this, Ds.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.
As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?
newrepublic.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The speed and consistency with which law enforcement will lie about incidents of police violence should be taught in every journalism school on day one
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Why all the anticipatory flop sweat from Republicans?
No Kings on Saturday will be one of the largest days of protests in the United States' history.
Andrea Pitzer on why you should go if you can, what protests can accomplish, and what they can't.
No Kings on Saturday will be one of the largest days of protests in the United States' history.
Andrea Pitzer on why you should go if you can, what protests can accomplish, and what they can't.
How to Spook a Fascist
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Why all the anticipatory flop sweat from Republicans?
No Kings on Saturday will be one of the largest days of protests in the United States' history.
Andrea Pitzer on why you should go if you can, what protests can accomplish, and what they can't.
No Kings on Saturday will be one of the largest days of protests in the United States' history.
Andrea Pitzer on why you should go if you can, what protests can accomplish, and what they can't.
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It's meaningful that this is Santos. He has no friends. He has no power. He has no influence. This isn't the kind of corruption where Trump gets money or favors. This is a message: no matter how big an asshole you are or how much everyone hates you, the law does not bind you if you are a Republican.
I think at this point it’s fair to say that we’re no longer under the rule of law.
Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It's meaningful that this is Santos. He has no friends. He has no power. He has no influence. This isn't the kind of corruption where Trump gets money or favors. This is a message: no matter how big an asshole you are or how much everyone hates you, the law does not bind you if you are a Republican.
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the position of the administration it seems is that it is illegal discrimination and divisive racism for historically excluded groups to organize on that basis to improve their position. it’s basically just a genteel version of david duke’s complaint that there wasn’t a NAACP for white people
I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.
Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
the position of the administration it seems is that it is illegal discrimination and divisive racism for historically excluded groups to organize on that basis to improve their position. it’s basically just a genteel version of david duke’s complaint that there wasn’t a NAACP for white people
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This is an astute observation.
I grew up in a town that went for Barry Goldwater in 1964 and had John Birch society chapters. It was rife with conspiracy theories: JFK as agent for the Vatican, LBJ as 'Landside Lyndon' (and worse) etc.
But Fox et al have empowered something new.
I grew up in a town that went for Barry Goldwater in 1964 and had John Birch society chapters. It was rife with conspiracy theories: JFK as agent for the Vatican, LBJ as 'Landside Lyndon' (and worse) etc.
But Fox et al have empowered something new.
I've said this before, but one of the more striking things about the current generation of righties is that they really show no sign of understanding that there's a world *beyond* their screens, beyond owning & being owned on social media. A real world, with real people & real problems.
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
October 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is an astute observation.
I grew up in a town that went for Barry Goldwater in 1964 and had John Birch society chapters. It was rife with conspiracy theories: JFK as agent for the Vatican, LBJ as 'Landside Lyndon' (and worse) etc.
But Fox et al have empowered something new.
I grew up in a town that went for Barry Goldwater in 1964 and had John Birch society chapters. It was rife with conspiracy theories: JFK as agent for the Vatican, LBJ as 'Landside Lyndon' (and worse) etc.
But Fox et al have empowered something new.
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The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.
It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves
It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves
Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
Portland, you magnificent weirdos
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.
It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves
It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves
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Press needs to assume everything McLaughlin says is a lie. On Saturday within an hour or so of it happening, she was tweeting about the woman they shot and
Everything
She
Said
Was
A
Lie
Everything
She
Said
Was
A
Lie
WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.
DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.
DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.
October 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Press needs to assume everything McLaughlin says is a lie. On Saturday within an hour or so of it happening, she was tweeting about the woman they shot and
Everything
She
Said
Was
A
Lie
Everything
She
Said
Was
A
Lie
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$20 BILLION.
Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.
Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.
The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.
The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms
The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
$20 BILLION.
Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.
Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.
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American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...
October 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...
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Stephen Miller believes that if he supercharges the debate over Trump's abuses of power with enough propaganda, he can polarize it and force low-info voters to embrace authoritarianism. Pritzker/Newsom have accepted that this requires an information war in response.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Stephen Miller believes that if he supercharges the debate over Trump's abuses of power with enough propaganda, he can polarize it and force low-info voters to embrace authoritarianism. Pritzker/Newsom have accepted that this requires an information war in response.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
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Not the main point here, read the whole thread, but it is astonishing that it took children getting dragged out of apartment buildings and ICE shooting pastors for Dems to realize we are in fact in an information war. And Dems, post Obama, have ceded enormous advantages to their opponents in it.
Stephen Miller believes that if he supercharges the debate over Trump's abuses of power with enough propaganda, he can polarize it and force low-info voters to embrace authoritarianism. Pritzker/Newsom have accepted that this requires an information war in response.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
October 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Not the main point here, read the whole thread, but it is astonishing that it took children getting dragged out of apartment buildings and ICE shooting pastors for Dems to realize we are in fact in an information war. And Dems, post Obama, have ceded enormous advantages to their opponents in it.
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Not happening somewhere else. Here. In America. Right now.
CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
apnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Not happening somewhere else. Here. In America. Right now.
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crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it
Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor
Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …
nypost.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it
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Broadview, Illinois today—
A dizzying array of federal and local police quashed an anti-deportation protest outside the Chicago ICE "processing" facility. Border Patrol agents once again violently attacked protesters, with arrest and crowd control support from IL state troopers.
A dizzying array of federal and local police quashed an anti-deportation protest outside the Chicago ICE "processing" facility. Border Patrol agents once again violently attacked protesters, with arrest and crowd control support from IL state troopers.
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Broadview, Illinois today—
A dizzying array of federal and local police quashed an anti-deportation protest outside the Chicago ICE "processing" facility. Border Patrol agents once again violently attacked protesters, with arrest and crowd control support from IL state troopers.
A dizzying array of federal and local police quashed an anti-deportation protest outside the Chicago ICE "processing" facility. Border Patrol agents once again violently attacked protesters, with arrest and crowd control support from IL state troopers.
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The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
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Prediction: this will get less media attention than "deplorables."
Trump, speaking to military leaders, on Democrats: "They're bad. A lot of bad people."
September 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Prediction: this will get less media attention than "deplorables."
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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I clearly don't understand the Constitution and the meaning of "spending appropriated by Congress" or "power of the purse" as well as these genuises.
Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid funding
6-3 with the liberals dissenting.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
6-3 with the liberals dissenting.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid funding
President Donald Trump has asserted the power to unilaterally withhold funds allocated by Congress.
www.nbcnews.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I clearly don't understand the Constitution and the meaning of "spending appropriated by Congress" or "power of the purse" as well as these genuises.
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The most powerful way to get out the vote is by making sure your friends and family across California cast their ballots by Nov 4. That’s what relational organizing is all about — and we’re making it simple and fun. This Weds 9/24 at 6pm, we’re kicking off our campaign and we want you there!
YES on 50: Text Your Friends for Democracy — LA Forward
Want to help defend democracy? Passing Prop 50 will cancel out the congressional seats Trump and Texas Republicans are trying to steal. The most powerful way to get out the vote is by you making...
www.laforward.org
September 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The most powerful way to get out the vote is by making sure your friends and family across California cast their ballots by Nov 4. That’s what relational organizing is all about — and we’re making it simple and fun. This Weds 9/24 at 6pm, we’re kicking off our campaign and we want you there!
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I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.