David S.
@smith3ldgt.bsky.social
Retired engineer, fly fishing wannabe, advocate for STEM, climate, voter rights, civil discourse, justice for all, good barbecue. Opinions are my own.
Not an alternative fact…
“The further a society drifts from the truth, it will hate those who speak it.”
-George Orwell, 1984
-George Orwell, 1984
September 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Not an alternative fact…
Reposted by David S.
💍 Changed your name since last Election Day?
Make sure your voter registration reflects it! 🗳️
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay is the perfect time to update and get #VoteReady.
Register now: SCVotes.org
Make sure your voter registration reflects it! 🗳️
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay is the perfect time to update and get #VoteReady.
Register now: SCVotes.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
💍 Changed your name since last Election Day?
Make sure your voter registration reflects it! 🗳️
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay is the perfect time to update and get #VoteReady.
Register now: SCVotes.org
Make sure your voter registration reflects it! 🗳️
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay is the perfect time to update and get #VoteReady.
Register now: SCVotes.org
Call your 3 - object to DOJ’s attempts to interfere with fair elections.
The League's statement in response to the Department of Justice’s actions to gather data on voters ahead of next year’s midterm elections: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
July 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Call your 3 - object to DOJ’s attempts to interfere with fair elections.
Totally agree with LWV
July 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Totally agree with LWV
More Important Than Ever..
Click the graphic to see MEDICAID enrollment in YOUR congressional district.
Cutting Medicaid could impact 23% of SC-2:
79K children
65K adults
19K disabled
12K seniors
**** call your 3 ****
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Cutting Medicaid could impact 23% of SC-2:
79K children
65K adults
19K disabled
12K seniors
**** call your 3 ****
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Map: Medicaid Enrollment by Eligibility Group | KFF
KFF’s new interactive maps illustrate how many people are enrolled in Medicaid, including eligibility groups and the percentage enrolled, for each congressional district.
www.kff.org
July 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
More Important Than Ever..
Disgraceful. Hateful. Immoral.
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Disgraceful. Hateful. Immoral.
Reposted by David S.
apnews.com/article/extr... finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950
Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950
A new study says climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years.
apnews.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
apnews.com/article/extr... finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950
Q: How do you spell HYPOCRISY?
A: Jan 6
“The president absolutely supports peaceful protests …he does not support violence of any kind. He does not support assaulting law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their job."
- Karoline Leavitt, 6.11.2025
youtu.be/hVJ4dcU7QEk?...
#lies
A: Jan 6
“The president absolutely supports peaceful protests …he does not support violence of any kind. He does not support assaulting law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their job."
- Karoline Leavitt, 6.11.2025
youtu.be/hVJ4dcU7QEk?...
#lies
Karoline Leavitt calls reporter's question 'stupid,' says Trump 'supports peaceful protests'
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtu.be
June 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Q: How do you spell HYPOCRISY?
A: Jan 6
“The president absolutely supports peaceful protests …he does not support violence of any kind. He does not support assaulting law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their job."
- Karoline Leavitt, 6.11.2025
youtu.be/hVJ4dcU7QEk?...
#lies
A: Jan 6
“The president absolutely supports peaceful protests …he does not support violence of any kind. He does not support assaulting law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their job."
- Karoline Leavitt, 6.11.2025
youtu.be/hVJ4dcU7QEk?...
#lies
Horrible!!!
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
June 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Horrible!!!
This isn’t a political disagreement, this is an attack on democracy itself. The League of Women Voters is mobilizing 8.5 M voters between now and the 2026 midterms - the number it takes make a difference. (LWV takes guys, too).
www.instagram.com/reel/DKxzdkm...
www.instagram.com/reel/DKxzdkm...
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June 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This isn’t a political disagreement, this is an attack on democracy itself. The League of Women Voters is mobilizing 8.5 M voters between now and the 2026 midterms - the number it takes make a difference. (LWV takes guys, too).
www.instagram.com/reel/DKxzdkm...
www.instagram.com/reel/DKxzdkm...
Reposted by David S.
Get on a street with a sign.
DEMAND BETTER OF YOUR GOVERNMENT......
WHY?
✔️Because YOUR government is failing.
✔️YOUR benefits are being cut.
✔️Your money is shrinking.
DEMAND BETTER OF YOUR GOVERNMENT......
WHY?
✔️Because YOUR government is failing.
✔️YOUR benefits are being cut.
✔️Your money is shrinking.
June 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Get on a street with a sign.
DEMAND BETTER OF YOUR GOVERNMENT......
WHY?
✔️Because YOUR government is failing.
✔️YOUR benefits are being cut.
✔️Your money is shrinking.
DEMAND BETTER OF YOUR GOVERNMENT......
WHY?
✔️Because YOUR government is failing.
✔️YOUR benefits are being cut.
✔️Your money is shrinking.
We knew what he was about … yet he still got reelected.
June 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
We knew what he was about … yet he still got reelected.
Lessons from Poland.
"In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age"
#Trump #MAGA #Musk #ElonMusk #Project2025 #TheFourthReich #Dominionism #BadFaith #Fascism
In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age
⏬ Bluesky 'bite-sized' article thread (7 min) with extra links 📖🍿🔊
In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age
⏬ Bluesky 'bite-sized' article thread (7 min) with extra links 📖🍿🔊
May 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Lessons from Poland.
@50501-sc.bsky.social
MAYDAY- Columbia,SC showed up! Protesting Trump administration’s authoritarianism, damaging our democracy, federal institutions, due process, and threats to vital programs: Medicaid, SS, Medicare…
MAYDAY- Columbia,SC showed up! Protesting Trump administration’s authoritarianism, damaging our democracy, federal institutions, due process, and threats to vital programs: Medicaid, SS, Medicare…
May 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
@50501-sc.bsky.social
MAYDAY- Columbia,SC showed up! Protesting Trump administration’s authoritarianism, damaging our democracy, federal institutions, due process, and threats to vital programs: Medicaid, SS, Medicare…
MAYDAY- Columbia,SC showed up! Protesting Trump administration’s authoritarianism, damaging our democracy, federal institutions, due process, and threats to vital programs: Medicaid, SS, Medicare…
Let’s hear it for the League of Women Voters and their fight to preserve our democracy!
The League of Women Voters is heartened by this ruling, which is a major victory for voters across the country: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
April 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Let’s hear it for the League of Women Voters and their fight to preserve our democracy!
I totally agree!
The "special government employee" role Elon Musk has been abusing should be ELIMINATED.
NO ONE should be able to spend 130 days/year in the government with ZERO ethics oversight, ZERO review of conflicts of interest, ZERO divestment of financial interests
END THE CORRUPTION
NO ONE should be able to spend 130 days/year in the government with ZERO ethics oversight, ZERO review of conflicts of interest, ZERO divestment of financial interests
END THE CORRUPTION
April 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I totally agree!
Amen - and very sobering.
The administration’s brazen indifference to our national security is now compounded by its blatant disregard for a co-equal branch of government.
americanoversight.org/american-ove...
americanoversight.org/american-ove...
American Oversight Files Response to Trump Admin’s Failure to Comply with Court Order to Preserve Signalgate Messages - American Oversight
The evidence submitted by the agencies strongly suggests someone took affirmative steps to delete Signal messages — even after a court order.
americanoversight.org
April 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Amen - and very sobering.
#scpol #50501SC #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #ResistSC #USProtest #ProtestSC #ColumbiaSC @maddow.msnbc.com
Today 1000+ in Columbia, SC protested the Trump administration's flagrant disregard for Due Process, Rule of Law, Checks & Balances, Health, Science, Civil & Human Rights - democracy itself!
Today 1000+ in Columbia, SC protested the Trump administration's flagrant disregard for Due Process, Rule of Law, Checks & Balances, Health, Science, Civil & Human Rights - democracy itself!
April 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#scpol #50501SC #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #ResistSC #USProtest #ProtestSC #ColumbiaSC @maddow.msnbc.com
Today 1000+ in Columbia, SC protested the Trump administration's flagrant disregard for Due Process, Rule of Law, Checks & Balances, Health, Science, Civil & Human Rights - democracy itself!
Today 1000+ in Columbia, SC protested the Trump administration's flagrant disregard for Due Process, Rule of Law, Checks & Balances, Health, Science, Civil & Human Rights - democracy itself!
Yes, we are in a Constitutional CRISIS. April 17, 2025.
It took only 87 days into the Trump administration for the nonpartisan League of Women Voters to declare it so. Brooks and Capehart discussed the LWV announcement on PBS News Hour, 4.18.25.
We must NOT let up.
youtu.be/OPvoaEWSFGs?...
It took only 87 days into the Trump administration for the nonpartisan League of Women Voters to declare it so. Brooks and Capehart discussed the LWV announcement on PBS News Hour, 4.18.25.
We must NOT let up.
youtu.be/OPvoaEWSFGs?...
April 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yes, we are in a Constitutional CRISIS. April 17, 2025.
It took only 87 days into the Trump administration for the nonpartisan League of Women Voters to declare it so. Brooks and Capehart discussed the LWV announcement on PBS News Hour, 4.18.25.
We must NOT let up.
youtu.be/OPvoaEWSFGs?...
It took only 87 days into the Trump administration for the nonpartisan League of Women Voters to declare it so. Brooks and Capehart discussed the LWV announcement on PBS News Hour, 4.18.25.
We must NOT let up.
youtu.be/OPvoaEWSFGs?...
Amen!
If you take one thing from Cory Booker's speech, it should be this: "people are more powerful."
Let's use OUR power.
Let's use OUR power.
April 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Amen!
Stop the SAVE Act (H.22)
Must first prove US citizenship (passport, birth certificate) IN PERSON to register, RE-register to vote. CURRENT legal name!
BUT:
146 M have no passport
69 M women change name after marriage
Elderly, disabled can’t travel to election office
*** call your 3 *****
Must first prove US citizenship (passport, birth certificate) IN PERSON to register, RE-register to vote. CURRENT legal name!
BUT:
146 M have no passport
69 M women change name after marriage
Elderly, disabled can’t travel to election office
*** call your 3 *****
March 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Stop the SAVE Act (H.22)
Must first prove US citizenship (passport, birth certificate) IN PERSON to register, RE-register to vote. CURRENT legal name!
BUT:
146 M have no passport
69 M women change name after marriage
Elderly, disabled can’t travel to election office
*** call your 3 *****
Must first prove US citizenship (passport, birth certificate) IN PERSON to register, RE-register to vote. CURRENT legal name!
BUT:
146 M have no passport
69 M women change name after marriage
Elderly, disabled can’t travel to election office
*** call your 3 *****
Reposted by David S.
30% of my district is on Medicaid. It would be higher if we actually covered everyone in need here.
Click the graphic to see MEDICAID enrollment in YOUR congressional district.
Cutting Medicaid could impact 23% of SC-2:
79K children
65K adults
19K disabled
12K seniors
**** call your 3 ****
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Cutting Medicaid could impact 23% of SC-2:
79K children
65K adults
19K disabled
12K seniors
**** call your 3 ****
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Map: Medicaid Enrollment by Eligibility Group | KFF
KFF’s new interactive maps illustrate how many people are enrolled in Medicaid, including eligibility groups and the percentage enrolled, for each congressional district.
www.kff.org
March 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
30% of my district is on Medicaid. It would be higher if we actually covered everyone in need here.
Click the graphic to see MEDICAID enrollment in YOUR congressional district.
Cutting Medicaid could impact 23% of SC-2:
79K children
65K adults
19K disabled
12K seniors
**** call your 3 ****
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Cutting Medicaid could impact 23% of SC-2:
79K children
65K adults
19K disabled
12K seniors
**** call your 3 ****
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Map: Medicaid Enrollment by Eligibility Group | KFF
KFF’s new interactive maps illustrate how many people are enrolled in Medicaid, including eligibility groups and the percentage enrolled, for each congressional district.
www.kff.org
March 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Click the graphic to see MEDICAID enrollment in YOUR congressional district.
Cutting Medicaid could impact 23% of SC-2:
79K children
65K adults
19K disabled
12K seniors
**** call your 3 ****
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Cutting Medicaid could impact 23% of SC-2:
79K children
65K adults
19K disabled
12K seniors
**** call your 3 ****
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...