Dave Johnson
@dwjohnson.bsky.social
Teacher. Writer. Lawyer. https://dschool.stanford.edu/directory/dave-johnson
Pinned
The chassis is bent. Shoulda been totaled after the first crash.
Gavin Newsom is basically an overrated sports car. Really pretty on the outside and capable of top speeds. But the fuel efficiency is terrible. So is the handling. So is the maintenance. Looks really cool in a movie but it's completely impractical as your everyday ride. This will become clearer.
September 15, 2026 at 9:33 AM
The chassis is bent. Shoulda been totaled after the first crash.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social great job on NPR broadcast today; Nina Kim is very good, though, on behalf of the audience, it’d’ve been good to cut off that one guy much earlier and get a question-we’re here to listen to the guest/expert, first and foremost.
August 28, 2026 at 10:47 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social great job on NPR broadcast today; Nina Kim is very good, though, on behalf of the audience, it’d’ve been good to cut off that one guy much earlier and get a question-we’re here to listen to the guest/expert, first and foremost.
C’mon three!
Natural One Die Roll
ALT: Natural One Die Roll
static.klipy.com
August 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
C’mon three!
“The Gelded Era,” soon, maybe?
Remember this is the Billionaires Gilded Age and we are operating under Mar-a-Largo Rules where greed, graft and going for the big buck $ is the name of the game!
August 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
“The Gelded Era,” soon, maybe?
fwiw @malika_andrews is a star at the desk on Wimbledon coverage. Excellent work with Andy Roddick
June 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
fwiw @malika_andrews is a star at the desk on Wimbledon coverage. Excellent work with Andy Roddick
So @nbcnews.com your national newscast has devolved into the breathless replay of a scroll of titillating social media video? You spent 90 seconds on shock video of a wildfire in Utah yet gave zero details about where the fire was, or is headed, or the upcoming weather? Do better.
June 26, 2026 at 11:41 PM
So @nbcnews.com your national newscast has devolved into the breathless replay of a scroll of titillating social media video? You spent 90 seconds on shock video of a wildfire in Utah yet gave zero details about where the fire was, or is headed, or the upcoming weather? Do better.
“MASSIVE Voter Turnout”
For years, Hungary's Viktor Orban gerrymandered his opposition out of power.
But in the end, all the dirty tricks in the world couldn't save him from sinking approval ratings and massive voter turnout.
There's a lesson here for us.
But in the end, all the dirty tricks in the world couldn't save him from sinking approval ratings and massive voter turnout.
There's a lesson here for us.
May 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
“MASSIVE Voter Turnout”
Hegseth is “a vacuous mishmash of hormones and neurotransmitters.”
1/5
Anyone watching Pete Hegseth testify with an open mind, will readily see that he's a caricature. He has delusions that he's starring in an action movie.
He is arrogant and ignorant and speaks as if what's good and what's right are not even complex subjects, or debates borne of perspective.
Anyone watching Pete Hegseth testify with an open mind, will readily see that he's a caricature. He has delusions that he's starring in an action movie.
He is arrogant and ignorant and speaks as if what's good and what's right are not even complex subjects, or debates borne of perspective.
April 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Hegseth is “a vacuous mishmash of hormones and neurotransmitters.”
Will someone please check the betting markets: Polymarket, Kalshi, Wall Street
April 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Will someone please check the betting markets: Polymarket, Kalshi, Wall Street
“Well, if you don’t own a boat, man, I don’t know what to tell ya”
an underrated, unforgivable belief that remains prevalent among pols and normies is that a rising tide lifts all boats when it’s been clear forever that a rising tide simply drowns the people on low lying land
"The rise of extreme wealth is one of the clearest signs of this imbalance. In 1987, billionaires held wealth equal to 3% of global GDP. Today this tiny elite, just 0.0001% of the world population, owns the equivalent of *16%* of world GDP in wealth."
April 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“Well, if you don’t own a boat, man, I don’t know what to tell ya”
Reposted by Dave Johnson
Wild that Altman is being sued by his sister for repeated sexual abuse and that doesn’t come up in basically every conversation about him. I get that it’s alleged but if that shit was happening to someone else I feel like that would come up, particularly if that person had a history of lying a lot.
April 13, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Wild that Altman is being sued by his sister for repeated sexual abuse and that doesn’t come up in basically every conversation about him. I get that it’s alleged but if that shit was happening to someone else I feel like that would come up, particularly if that person had a history of lying a lot.
@schumer.senate.gov :
The only place where running up an impeachment effort hinders the mid-terms is in your obsolete mental model of political strategy. Make Congress GOP vote & whip them with it. Americans are already there, pal. You gotta get onboard. Don’t reinforce your reputation as a fossil.
The only place where running up an impeachment effort hinders the mid-terms is in your obsolete mental model of political strategy. Make Congress GOP vote & whip them with it. Americans are already there, pal. You gotta get onboard. Don’t reinforce your reputation as a fossil.
If they’re talking about, the calls are working!
Here’s call script.
I’m calling to support a privileged resolution to the impeach the president. Not only because he is mentally and morally unfit to for the office, but to make every Republican publicly defend his recent conduct.
Here’s call script.
I’m calling to support a privileged resolution to the impeach the president. Not only because he is mentally and morally unfit to for the office, but to make every Republican publicly defend his recent conduct.
April 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
@schumer.senate.gov :
The only place where running up an impeachment effort hinders the mid-terms is in your obsolete mental model of political strategy. Make Congress GOP vote & whip them with it. Americans are already there, pal. You gotta get onboard. Don’t reinforce your reputation as a fossil.
The only place where running up an impeachment effort hinders the mid-terms is in your obsolete mental model of political strategy. Make Congress GOP vote & whip them with it. Americans are already there, pal. You gotta get onboard. Don’t reinforce your reputation as a fossil.
@emollick.bsky.social will Mythos (or later) be able to hack cryptocurrencies?
April 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
@emollick.bsky.social will Mythos (or later) be able to hack cryptocurrencies?
The authors of the Constitution wholly relied on the assumption of good-faith, rational actors in national office, especially POTUS, SCOTUS, and Congressional leadership.
That assumption has now failed. No better argument for putting “originalism” on the ash-heap.
That assumption has now failed. No better argument for putting “originalism” on the ash-heap.
April 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The authors of the Constitution wholly relied on the assumption of good-faith, rational actors in national office, especially POTUS, SCOTUS, and Congressional leadership.
That assumption has now failed. No better argument for putting “originalism” on the ash-heap.
That assumption has now failed. No better argument for putting “originalism” on the ash-heap.
Super El Niño (link n/reply)
April 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Super El Niño (link n/reply)
NEW: Bondi's portrait already in the trash at DoJ per a photo shared with @msnowreports.bsky.social www.ms.now/news/pam-bon...
April 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
ToddlerDon play-acting at paying TSA:
a man in a suit is writing on a piece of paper with a pen
ALT: a man in a suit is writing on a piece of paper with a pen
media.tenor.com
March 27, 2026 at 9:49 PM
ToddlerDon play-acting at paying TSA:
“She said ‘I don't care what you do for a living.’
She said ‘I don't care what kind of car you drive.’
‘All I want to know right now is what you believe in
And what it means to you to be alive.’”
-Don Henley
She said ‘I don't care what kind of car you drive.’
‘All I want to know right now is what you believe in
And what it means to you to be alive.’”
-Don Henley
March 27, 2026 at 12:34 AM
“She said ‘I don't care what you do for a living.’
She said ‘I don't care what kind of car you drive.’
‘All I want to know right now is what you believe in
And what it means to you to be alive.’”
-Don Henley
She said ‘I don't care what kind of car you drive.’
‘All I want to know right now is what you believe in
And what it means to you to be alive.’”
-Don Henley
@crow.house.gov
Rep. Jason Crow crushing it on air just now. Speaking truth, with knowledge and wisdom, to power lacking either. 🙏🏼
Kudos to @anacabrera.bsky.social for letting him off leash, less is almost always more. Well done.
Rep. Jason Crow crushing it on air just now. Speaking truth, with knowledge and wisdom, to power lacking either. 🙏🏼
Kudos to @anacabrera.bsky.social for letting him off leash, less is almost always more. Well done.
March 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
@crow.house.gov
Rep. Jason Crow crushing it on air just now. Speaking truth, with knowledge and wisdom, to power lacking either. 🙏🏼
Kudos to @anacabrera.bsky.social for letting him off leash, less is almost always more. Well done.
Rep. Jason Crow crushing it on air just now. Speaking truth, with knowledge and wisdom, to power lacking either. 🙏🏼
Kudos to @anacabrera.bsky.social for letting him off leash, less is almost always more. Well done.
“…a bulldozer for bigger interests.”
"The litmus test of whether the US is an entrenched mafia state has always been Kushner."
Full article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
Full article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
March 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
“…a bulldozer for bigger interests.”