"Smilin' Dave" Holtzman, MPH JD
@smidave.bsky.social
Retired public health scientist (State of California). Lawyer. Former air quality hearing officer. Former president, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles. Former L.A. County Redistricting Commissioner. Pro-RCV.
“We understand that a vote is not a valentine; it’s a strategic chess move." Well put. I have definitely said things like that a lot.
Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid
The public petition comes after other Michigan Jews registered their discontent with Abdul El-Sayed, the state’s Democratic Senate nominee.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:41 PM
“We understand that a vote is not a valentine; it’s a strategic chess move." Well put. I have definitely said things like that a lot.
Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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this is not optional for democrats. there is no way back unless it happens
This is true of every federal agency. You CANNOT restore normal function in the scientific process unless you clear out every single person who's been drilling holes in the boat.
September 8, 2026 at 1:26 AM
this is not optional for democrats. there is no way back unless it happens
Kit Kat le Noir blew me a kiss today. 😍
August 30, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Kit Kat le Noir blew me a kiss today. 😍
I think this is awesome.
h/t @bourgwick.bsky.social
h/t @bourgwick.bsky.social
The Beat-Club has just casually dropped some live footage of Can - unseen since 1972 👇
Can - Halleluhwah (1971)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
youtu.be
August 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I think this is awesome.
h/t @bourgwick.bsky.social
h/t @bourgwick.bsky.social
Classic @nytpitchbot.bsky.social but it's real.
July 31, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Classic @nytpitchbot.bsky.social but it's real.
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The White House didn’t weigh scientific merit or alleged noncompliance of grant terms when they cut billions in life-saving research, they just looked for words they didn’t like.
Blue states were specifically targeted for defunding.
Blue states were specifically targeted for defunding.
A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
apnews.com
July 22, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The White House didn’t weigh scientific merit or alleged noncompliance of grant terms when they cut billions in life-saving research, they just looked for words they didn’t like.
Blue states were specifically targeted for defunding.
Blue states were specifically targeted for defunding.
[The National Asshole]’s Kiss of Death www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/o... I deleted the photo. You're welcome.
July 21, 2026 at 11:20 PM
[The National Asshole]’s Kiss of Death www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/o... I deleted the photo. You're welcome.
BASTILLE DAY!
July 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
BASTILLE DAY!
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Again, I know there are good faith arguments on different sides here but the bottom line is is sucks so much to have such absolutely rancid vibes injected into a situation that was previously pretty enjoyable
Look if you think it’s fine for Trump to corruptly get a red card revoked (or “suspended”) bc FIFA is already corrupt, maybe you understand the MAGA mindset better than you think. “All politicians are corrupt so it’s ok for Trump to be corrupt” is a very common maga rationalization
July 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Again, I know there are good faith arguments on different sides here but the bottom line is is sucks so much to have such absolutely rancid vibes injected into a situation that was previously pretty enjoyable
geeky but important stuff. #RCV open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Shaky political science: using "simulated" elections over real-world elections
New America’s sponsored RCV research was well-meaning but based on flawed methodology and basic misunderstandings of RCV
open.substack.com
April 21, 2026 at 6:22 PM
geeky but important stuff. #RCV open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Getting rid of the National Asshole is the most important thing to do right now.
April 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Getting rid of the National Asshole is the most important thing to do right now.
From USA Today : Trump has lowered the standards of decency and decorum of the office until they barely exist. It is a distressing fact of life that this is the world we live in and no one with the ability to change it seems inclined to do so.
We have a #nationalasshole for a #President
We have a #nationalasshole for a #President
April 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
From USA Today : Trump has lowered the standards of decency and decorum of the office until they barely exist. It is a distressing fact of life that this is the world we live in and no one with the ability to change it seems inclined to do so.
We have a #nationalasshole for a #President
We have a #nationalasshole for a #President
In retrospect, Bondi's “THE DOW IS AT 50,000” was a sell signal.
April 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
In retrospect, Bondi's “THE DOW IS AT 50,000” was a sell signal.
East Wing Americans:
We Will Rise Again!
#EastWing #EastWingAmericans #EWA
Join the class action if you've ever been there on a tour.
We Will Rise Again!
#EastWing #EastWingAmericans #EWA
Join the class action if you've ever been there on a tour.
February 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
East Wing Americans:
We Will Rise Again!
#EastWing #EastWingAmericans #EWA
Join the class action if you've ever been there on a tour.
We Will Rise Again!
#EastWing #EastWingAmericans #EWA
Join the class action if you've ever been there on a tour.
Kids today! They want better #Voting. Ranked Choice Voting. Pass it on. (Do we still say that?) #RCV #InstantRunoffElections
fairvote.org/young-voters...
fairvote.org/young-voters...
Young voters are ready for ranked choice voting - FairVote
Young voters are making the most of ranked choice voting, turning out at high rates and expressing support for the reform in surveys.
fairvote.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Kids today! They want better #Voting. Ranked Choice Voting. Pass it on. (Do we still say that?) #RCV #InstantRunoffElections
fairvote.org/young-voters...
fairvote.org/young-voters...
Re-immigration should be a thing. Americans, please let people, nice people, who were deported know we aim to invite them back once the national a****** is out of the way.
#TYFYATTM
#TYFYATTM
January 22, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Re-immigration should be a thing. Americans, please let people, nice people, who were deported know we aim to invite them back once the national a****** is out of the way.
#TYFYATTM
#TYFYATTM
Nice tie, SF Mayor Daniel Lurie!
Public memorial/tribute to Bob Weir live on YouTube now.
www.youtube.com/live/sQRJmHV...
Public memorial/tribute to Bob Weir live on YouTube now.
www.youtube.com/live/sQRJmHV...
January 17, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Nice tie, SF Mayor Daniel Lurie!
Public memorial/tribute to Bob Weir live on YouTube now.
www.youtube.com/live/sQRJmHV...
Public memorial/tribute to Bob Weir live on YouTube now.
www.youtube.com/live/sQRJmHV...
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you love to see it
JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics, saying the terminations appear to be retaliation for the group's view points re: vaccine safety/efficacy. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
January 12, 2026 at 6:19 AM
you love to see it
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Don't understand environmental racism?
Here you go.
Here you go.
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
capitalbnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Don't understand environmental racism?
Here you go.
Here you go.
or one crime a day
Dems should RIGHT NOW be writing and circulating articles of impeachment with a litany of all the crimes he has committed. They should circulate that list, written for a broad public, to every city, state, and local news outlet in communities across the country.
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 AM
or one crime a day
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All of this is nauseating and profoundly embarrassing. Americans who can watch this without feeling shame and horror are inhabiting an alien moral universe I do not understand.
NBC News: “How soon will elections be held in Venezuela? Within 30 days?”
Rubio: “Elections? I think it is premature at this point.”
The US is going to be there for the long haul.
Rubio: “Elections? I think it is premature at this point.”
The US is going to be there for the long haul.
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
All of this is nauseating and profoundly embarrassing. Americans who can watch this without feeling shame and horror are inhabiting an alien moral universe I do not understand.
Read this thread. Point it out. #TYFYATTM.
As the Trump regime tries to finagle its way through the mess they've created, I PLEAD with you to watch what they do, not what they say, and to understand that this is a group of people who have lied their way through life, and changed their stories as soon as a better transaction became clear.
January 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Read this thread. Point it out. #TYFYATTM.