David Holtz
@sierradave.bsky.social
Idealist without illusions | tree hugger | ocean lover | seasoned crusty liberal | Marine Corps vet | Detroit guy | Go MSU Spartan basketball!
"We have nothing to lose but our chains"
Opinion | Time for a Civic Uprising (Gift Article)
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"We have nothing to lose but our chains"
Trump administration just ordered permitting a giant oil tunnel through the Great Lakes in Michigan without environmental review to benefit a Canadian oil giant. A major Trump donor would build it.
media.defense.gov
April 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Trump administration just ordered permitting a giant oil tunnel through the Great Lakes in Michigan without environmental review to benefit a Canadian oil giant. A major Trump donor would build it.
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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
The truth
The President of the United States is calling for banishing American citizens to foreign prisons. When the Supreme Court says no, he carries on anyway. This is it. This is the Constitutional crisis. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
Trump’s administration is only pretending to comply with the Supreme Court on the matter of a Maryland man it deported erroneously.
www.theatlantic.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The truth
In the smartest conversation I've read in weeks, Tom Friedman advises Gretchen Whitmer and other Democrats: "I would not be doing Trump lite."
Opinion | Tom Friedman Thinks We’re Getting China Dangerously Wrong (Gift Article)
The Times Opinion columnist discusses what he thinks Trump — and American policymakers — misunderstand about China in the escalating trade war.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In the smartest conversation I've read in weeks, Tom Friedman advises Gretchen Whitmer and other Democrats: "I would not be doing Trump lite."
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Why I refuse to normalize this president:
Appeasement is not workable strategy with a fascist.
www.mlive.com/politics/202...
Appeasement is not workable strategy with a fascist.
www.mlive.com/politics/202...
Michigan AG on Trump: No ‘common ground’ with a wannabe king
Dana Nessel expressed serious reservations about “normalizing” President Trump in an interview with MLive reporter Garret Ellison.
www.mlive.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Why I refuse to normalize this president:
Appeasement is not workable strategy with a fascist.
www.mlive.com/politics/202...
Appeasement is not workable strategy with a fascist.
www.mlive.com/politics/202...
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If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.
April 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.
This guy was an early bird at the giant DC Hands Off! protest yesterday and didn't move from his perch at the base of the Washington Monument
April 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This guy was an early bird at the giant DC Hands Off! protest yesterday and didn't move from his perch at the base of the Washington Monument
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You guys wanna see a dead body 🤣💀
April 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You guys wanna see a dead body 🤣💀
I only associate with the best people
April 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I only associate with the best people
Hands Off! National Mall
April 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hands Off! National Mall
Hands Off! National Mall
April 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hands Off! National Mall
"We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every four years.”
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every four years.”
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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In my conversation with Chancellor Scholz this morning, we agreed to strengthen the diverse trade relationship between Canada and Germany.
As we face the crisis caused by President Trump’s tariffs, reliable trade partners are more important than ever.
As we face the crisis caused by President Trump’s tariffs, reliable trade partners are more important than ever.
April 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In my conversation with Chancellor Scholz this morning, we agreed to strengthen the diverse trade relationship between Canada and Germany.
As we face the crisis caused by President Trump’s tariffs, reliable trade partners are more important than ever.
As we face the crisis caused by President Trump’s tariffs, reliable trade partners are more important than ever.
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…So let me get this straight:
New Jersey is represented by legendary badass CORY BOOKER.
While New York is stuck with Chuck “obey in advance” Schumer, and Pennsylvania has John “next Kyrsten Sinema” Fetterman.
As regional rivalries go, that has really gotta sting.
New Jersey is represented by legendary badass CORY BOOKER.
While New York is stuck with Chuck “obey in advance” Schumer, and Pennsylvania has John “next Kyrsten Sinema” Fetterman.
As regional rivalries go, that has really gotta sting.
April 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
…So let me get this straight:
New Jersey is represented by legendary badass CORY BOOKER.
While New York is stuck with Chuck “obey in advance” Schumer, and Pennsylvania has John “next Kyrsten Sinema” Fetterman.
As regional rivalries go, that has really gotta sting.
New Jersey is represented by legendary badass CORY BOOKER.
While New York is stuck with Chuck “obey in advance” Schumer, and Pennsylvania has John “next Kyrsten Sinema” Fetterman.
As regional rivalries go, that has really gotta sting.
Resist! Listened for two hours today. An amazing tour de force
Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record (Gift Article)
The New Jersey senator, who had spent much of his last 24 hours on the Senate floor assailing the Trump administration, surpassed Senator Strom Thurmond’s speech in 1957.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Resist! Listened for two hours today. An amazing tour de force
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
Corey Booker's (so far) 24-hour marathon slamming Trump should rally Democratic leaders from there slumber. Will it?
April 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Corey Booker's (so far) 24-hour marathon slamming Trump should rally Democratic leaders from there slumber. Will it?
Right now actions by Trump and his allies have civil society and establishment Democrats on their heels. This is a critical time for action to save American democracy.
"The problem with a delayed response is that the more power leaders with authoritarian tendencies accumulate, the harder it is to mount an effective resistance. The opposition is thus more likely to succeed if it acts early..."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Save a Democracy
Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Right now actions by Trump and his allies have civil society and establishment Democrats on their heels. This is a critical time for action to save American democracy.
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Just sayin’: Actuarially speaking, there is a decent chance that I will outlive Elon Musk.
I fully expect the annual celebration of his demise to become a national fucking holiday.
It’s gonna be LIT.
I fully expect the annual celebration of his demise to become a national fucking holiday.
It’s gonna be LIT.
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Just sayin’: Actuarially speaking, there is a decent chance that I will outlive Elon Musk.
I fully expect the annual celebration of his demise to become a national fucking holiday.
It’s gonna be LIT.
I fully expect the annual celebration of his demise to become a national fucking holiday.
It’s gonna be LIT.
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MI AG here 👋. I specifically oppose:
▪️Hiring contractors who lack proper security vetting;
▪️Giving them access to American’s most personal financial & health information, &
▪️Allowing them to download that data into unsecured servers that are likely to be hacked, for a start.
▪️Hiring contractors who lack proper security vetting;
▪️Giving them access to American’s most personal financial & health information, &
▪️Allowing them to download that data into unsecured servers that are likely to be hacked, for a start.
March 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
MI AG here 👋. I specifically oppose:
▪️Hiring contractors who lack proper security vetting;
▪️Giving them access to American’s most personal financial & health information, &
▪️Allowing them to download that data into unsecured servers that are likely to be hacked, for a start.
▪️Hiring contractors who lack proper security vetting;
▪️Giving them access to American’s most personal financial & health information, &
▪️Allowing them to download that data into unsecured servers that are likely to be hacked, for a start.
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I transcribed the speech here: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-illi...
Watch Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Reject the Politics of Trans Abandonment
As some Democrats retreat, Pritzker doubles down on protecting the most vulnerable.
www.readtpa.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I transcribed the speech here: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-illi...
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Great to catch up with members of the Grand Traverse Democrats tonight in Traverse City .
Our work to defend democracy and the rule of law doesn’t stop — it's a commitment that must continue.
Our work to defend democracy and the rule of law doesn’t stop — it's a commitment that must continue.
March 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Great to catch up with members of the Grand Traverse Democrats tonight in Traverse City .
Our work to defend democracy and the rule of law doesn’t stop — it's a commitment that must continue.
Our work to defend democracy and the rule of law doesn’t stop — it's a commitment that must continue.