David Scott
@cbusdms.bsky.social
Officer of the court. Pro-truth & reality
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Donald Trump represents everything we teach our children not to be. He's a liar, a braggart, and a bully. He has no remorse, shame, or empathy. He has no loyalty to the law or to our Constitution. He's all we should strive not to be.
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Rain on the scarecrow
Blood on the plow
This land fed a nation
Hey, this land made me proud
And son I'm just sorry
There's just memories for you now
@joeheller.bsky.social
Blood on the plow
This land fed a nation
Hey, this land made me proud
And son I'm just sorry
There's just memories for you now
@joeheller.bsky.social
October 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Rain on the scarecrow
Blood on the plow
This land fed a nation
Hey, this land made me proud
And son I'm just sorry
There's just memories for you now
@joeheller.bsky.social
Blood on the plow
This land fed a nation
Hey, this land made me proud
And son I'm just sorry
There's just memories for you now
@joeheller.bsky.social
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NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security.
We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
with @texastribune.org
We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
with @texastribune.org
Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
www.propublica.org
October 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security.
We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
with @texastribune.org
We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
with @texastribune.org
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“It’s about degrading the people. It’s about desensitizing the public.
The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...
The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...
Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
www.thebulwark.com
October 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
“It’s about degrading the people. It’s about desensitizing the public.
The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...
The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...
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Ken Paxton on politicians disclosing their financial ties to corporations:
“I don't see why it would help taxpayers to know that.”
“I don't see why it would help taxpayers to know that.”
October 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Ken Paxton on politicians disclosing their financial ties to corporations:
“I don't see why it would help taxpayers to know that.”
“I don't see why it would help taxpayers to know that.”
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This is a good account of the problems of managing a personalist regime: the honest and competent resign out of disgust or are fired for telling that truth; incompetent loyalists take their place and cannot deliver even on the President’s top goals. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
This is a good account of the problems of managing a personalist regime: the honest and competent resign out of disgust or are fired for telling that truth; incompetent loyalists take their place and cannot deliver even on the President’s top goals. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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Imagine being Blake Johnson, an Iowa father of 3, discovering your water has 3X the legal nitrate limit.
He goes to Washington for answers, and Rep. Ashley Hinson, who takes agribusiness money, reportedly RUNS AWAY and hides behind a locked door.
#CostOfTrumpsCorruption
He goes to Washington for answers, and Rep. Ashley Hinson, who takes agribusiness money, reportedly RUNS AWAY and hides behind a locked door.
#CostOfTrumpsCorruption
October 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Imagine being Blake Johnson, an Iowa father of 3, discovering your water has 3X the legal nitrate limit.
He goes to Washington for answers, and Rep. Ashley Hinson, who takes agribusiness money, reportedly RUNS AWAY and hides behind a locked door.
#CostOfTrumpsCorruption
He goes to Washington for answers, and Rep. Ashley Hinson, who takes agribusiness money, reportedly RUNS AWAY and hides behind a locked door.
#CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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It looks like the FBI took down the video we filed a Hatch Act complaint about earlier this week.
This rampant lawbreaking cannot continue, even if they backtrack when called out.
This rampant lawbreaking cannot continue, even if they backtrack when called out.
FBI post featuring El-Sayed runs afoul of Hatch Act, experts say
A new video from the FBI has spurred complaints the bureau has violated the Hatch Act by labeling Democrats — including current Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed — as part of the “defund the…
thehill.com
October 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It looks like the FBI took down the video we filed a Hatch Act complaint about earlier this week.
This rampant lawbreaking cannot continue, even if they backtrack when called out.
This rampant lawbreaking cannot continue, even if they backtrack when called out.
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What America looks like when we put the absolute worst of us in power.👇
October 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
What America looks like when we put the absolute worst of us in power.👇
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"A couple quick follow ups, Mr. Secretary -- what the ever-loving fuck are you babbling about? When was the Pentagon recruiting soldiers with 'My Two Mommies'? And how fucking drunk are you right now?"
Hegseth: "What a big surprise that young men were not interested in joining the Defense Department when the advertisements were about My Two Mommies."
October 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"A couple quick follow ups, Mr. Secretary -- what the ever-loving fuck are you babbling about? When was the Pentagon recruiting soldiers with 'My Two Mommies'? And how fucking drunk are you right now?"
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You just knew there was an example from her time as a Fox News pundit where Kim Guilfoyle called for investigations and criminal charges against Democrats for "racketeering" and "corruption" because they were "influence peddling" and "willing to sell access."
www.mediamatters.org/kimberly-gui...
www.mediamatters.org/kimberly-gui...
FLASHBACK: At Fox, U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle endorsed criminal investigation into Clinton “pay-for-play” claims
www.mediamatters.org
October 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
You just knew there was an example from her time as a Fox News pundit where Kim Guilfoyle called for investigations and criminal charges against Democrats for "racketeering" and "corruption" because they were "influence peddling" and "willing to sell access."
www.mediamatters.org/kimberly-gui...
www.mediamatters.org/kimberly-gui...
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At this stage it doesn't matter to me if this guy is cosplaying. I want a person who talks like this and then promises to back it up to be the next president. If there's somebody who winds up being more convincing than him in the next year or so, I'll vote for that person instead.
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
October 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
At this stage it doesn't matter to me if this guy is cosplaying. I want a person who talks like this and then promises to back it up to be the next president. If there's somebody who winds up being more convincing than him in the next year or so, I'll vote for that person instead.
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The Fed did the math - Trump did the damage.
October 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The Fed did the math - Trump did the damage.
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New, from me: Kimberly Guilfoyle was caught soliciting money for government favors. Normally we call that a bribe. If she is corrupt, it is only because she has adapted to Trump's corrupt environment, where everything is for sale. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
“Stop Papering Things”: Corruption in Trump's America
Kimberly Guilfoyle is one more symptom of endemic graft under Trump
donmoynihan.substack.com
October 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
New, from me: Kimberly Guilfoyle was caught soliciting money for government favors. Normally we call that a bribe. If she is corrupt, it is only because she has adapted to Trump's corrupt environment, where everything is for sale. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
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“Every member of this ethnic group is a criminal who needs to be imprisoned by the state” is just pure uncut Nazi shit
Tom Emmer refers to Somali-Americans as "enemy combatants" and says they should be "rounded up and put in jail"
October 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
“Every member of this ethnic group is a criminal who needs to be imprisoned by the state” is just pure uncut Nazi shit
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“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”
(Published Dec. 2025)
(Published Dec. 2025)
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
October 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”
(Published Dec. 2025)
(Published Dec. 2025)
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Ossoff: "They've unleashed federal agents to kill Americans on the streets of our cities with impunity. That's Mike Collins's immigration policy. And that's what you'd expect from the bigot congressman who called for executed immigrants by throwing to their deaths out of helicopters."
October 9, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Ossoff: "They've unleashed federal agents to kill Americans on the streets of our cities with impunity. That's Mike Collins's immigration policy. And that's what you'd expect from the bigot congressman who called for executed immigrants by throwing to their deaths out of helicopters."
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This election is going to be about the economy. That’s why the GOP is losing support from men. Trump won them by 12 in 2024 and Dems have a 4 point lead now.
No amount of fear mongering about ‘transing’ kids is going to make voters look at their grocery bill and think ‘eh this isn’t so bad.’
No amount of fear mongering about ‘transing’ kids is going to make voters look at their grocery bill and think ‘eh this isn’t so bad.’
October 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This election is going to be about the economy. That’s why the GOP is losing support from men. Trump won them by 12 in 2024 and Dems have a 4 point lead now.
No amount of fear mongering about ‘transing’ kids is going to make voters look at their grocery bill and think ‘eh this isn’t so bad.’
No amount of fear mongering about ‘transing’ kids is going to make voters look at their grocery bill and think ‘eh this isn’t so bad.’
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Tax billionaire wealth.
I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k.
I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k.
October 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Tax billionaire wealth.
I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k.
I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k.
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Artificial Intelligence.
October 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Artificial Intelligence.
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Incredible to see a Dem who's had a sip of the "don't be a fuckin' coward" juice
October 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Incredible to see a Dem who's had a sip of the "don't be a fuckin' coward" juice
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jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
October 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word.
That’s not true.
We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records.
Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
That’s not true.
We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records.
Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
www.propublica.org
October 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word.
That’s not true.
We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records.
Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
That’s not true.
We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records.
Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
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Ossoff: "Tonight, a united Georgia will hear the trial the Mike Collins. Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic child-like devotion to Donald Trump."
October 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Ossoff: "Tonight, a united Georgia will hear the trial the Mike Collins. Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic child-like devotion to Donald Trump."