David Schafer
@rangerdave4242.bsky.social
I’m a retired NPS park ranger. A native Kansan, I now live in Texas. I’m co-author of “Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind: James Montgomery and His War on Slavery.” Our book was selected as one of 15 Kansas Notable Books in 2024.
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Bloomberg unfolds the history of the Vance-Dmitriev initiative... Dmitriev put it to Witkoff and Vance in a meeting in Miami, Axios published it, Trump and Rubio knew nothing of it. But then Trump decided to simply bless Dmitriev's draft after the fact. A perfect biopsy of "diplomacy" under Trump.
Secret US-Russia Talks Led to Peace Plan That Blindsided Ukraine
The controversial 28-point plan dropped suddenly by the Trump administration to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition mere days ago was mostly the result of several weeks of negotiations behind...
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Bloomberg unfolds the history of the Vance-Dmitriev initiative... Dmitriev put it to Witkoff and Vance in a meeting in Miami, Axios published it, Trump and Rubio knew nothing of it. But then Trump decided to simply bless Dmitriev's draft after the fact. A perfect biopsy of "diplomacy" under Trump.
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Thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
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All across America, a huge backlash against Moms for Liberty and similar MAGA groups led to mainstream Democrats retaking school boards that had threatened book burnings and anti-woke curriculum adjustments. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
All across America, a huge backlash against Moms for Liberty and similar MAGA groups led to mainstream Democrats retaking school boards that had threatened book burnings and anti-woke curriculum adjustments. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
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When the SS Edmund Fitzgerald tragically sunk in 1975, investigations by the Coast Guard led to major changes to improve the safety of Great Lakes shipping.
50 years later, Minnesota remains grateful for the work of our Coast Guard heroes who are always ready when disaster strikes.
50 years later, Minnesota remains grateful for the work of our Coast Guard heroes who are always ready when disaster strikes.
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
When the SS Edmund Fitzgerald tragically sunk in 1975, investigations by the Coast Guard led to major changes to improve the safety of Great Lakes shipping.
50 years later, Minnesota remains grateful for the work of our Coast Guard heroes who are always ready when disaster strikes.
50 years later, Minnesota remains grateful for the work of our Coast Guard heroes who are always ready when disaster strikes.
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Rep. Jason Crow: “Karoline Leavitt is outright lying. Actually, what she said from the podium is that there was an encouragement of disobeying lawful orders. We actually said the exact opposite.”
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Rep. Jason Crow: “Karoline Leavitt is outright lying. Actually, what she said from the podium is that there was an encouragement of disobeying lawful orders. We actually said the exact opposite.”
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Sure as hell is.
Crow: "It just tells us everything that we need to know that reminding people to obey the law, reminding people to obey the Constitution, is somehow criminal in Trumpworld and should be responded to with death threats. It's very, very telling."
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Sure as hell is.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Search and rescue operations are still ongoing in Ternopil, Ukraine at the site of the Russian strike that destroyed an apartment building.
26 people killed, including 3 children.
93 people were injured, among them 18 children.
22 others remain missing.
26 people killed, including 3 children.
93 people were injured, among them 18 children.
22 others remain missing.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Search and rescue operations are still ongoing in Ternopil, Ukraine at the site of the Russian strike that destroyed an apartment building.
26 people killed, including 3 children.
93 people were injured, among them 18 children.
22 others remain missing.
26 people killed, including 3 children.
93 people were injured, among them 18 children.
22 others remain missing.
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Precisely.
The inability of some on the right to believe that it’s ok to hold your own accountable for their behavior…
So telling.
The inability of some on the right to believe that it’s ok to hold your own accountable for their behavior…
So telling.
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Precisely.
The inability of some on the right to believe that it’s ok to hold your own accountable for their behavior…
So telling.
The inability of some on the right to believe that it’s ok to hold your own accountable for their behavior…
So telling.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
In Stunning Admission, DOJ Says Grand Jury Never Saw Indictment Against Comey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
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WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “Reframing the Epstein files as a Democratic hoax is not gonna work… he has a -39 approval on handling the Epstein files… why did he want the files to not come out this badly? Why? Just tell me why?”
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “Reframing the Epstein files as a Democratic hoax is not gonna work… he has a -39 approval on handling the Epstein files… why did he want the files to not come out this badly? Why? Just tell me why?”
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Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate his political opponents while protecting and rewarding his friends.
The Justice Department is supposed to work for the American people—not be the president’s personal law firm.
The Justice Department is supposed to work for the American people—not be the president’s personal law firm.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate his political opponents while protecting and rewarding his friends.
The Justice Department is supposed to work for the American people—not be the president’s personal law firm.
The Justice Department is supposed to work for the American people—not be the president’s personal law firm.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Personalized gold bars from the Swiss.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Personalized gold bars from the Swiss.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025
For three hot days, from July 1 to July 3, 1863, more than 150,000 soldiers from the armies of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America slashed at each other in the hills and...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
November 18, 2025
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Yup.
It’s a combo misogynistic, anti-press, unpresidential smack of entitlement. And it could be aimed at anyone. All of us.
It’s a combo misogynistic, anti-press, unpresidential smack of entitlement. And it could be aimed at anyone. All of us.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Yup.
It’s a combo misogynistic, anti-press, unpresidential smack of entitlement. And it could be aimed at anyone. All of us.
It’s a combo misogynistic, anti-press, unpresidential smack of entitlement. And it could be aimed at anyone. All of us.
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The group was made up of the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, forever bonded by their trauma and abuse at the hands of the convicted pedophile. The women had once again descended on Washington, DC, to hold a press conference and plead with lawmakers to vote to release the Epstein files.
‘We have power together’: For Epstein survivors, a day of emotion and triumph | CNN Politics
The scrum outside of the Cannon office building early Tuesday morning slowly grew in size, eventually ballooning to several dozen women. Every time someone new arrived, there was an eruption of hugs a...
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The group was made up of the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, forever bonded by their trauma and abuse at the hands of the convicted pedophile. The women had once again descended on Washington, DC, to hold a press conference and plead with lawmakers to vote to release the Epstein files.
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Against all odds, the survivors kept fighting.
This victory is theirs.
This victory is theirs.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Against all odds, the survivors kept fighting.
This victory is theirs.
This victory is theirs.
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What’s happening now with Trump’s plan to disperse the Dept of Education isn’t about slashing red tape. Teachers know how to make the federal role more effective, efficient and supportive of real learning—if only the administration would listen. www.aft.org/press-releas...
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
What’s happening now with Trump’s plan to disperse the Dept of Education isn’t about slashing red tape. Teachers know how to make the federal role more effective, efficient and supportive of real learning—if only the administration would listen. www.aft.org/press-releas...