David Kaufman
@davidkaufman.bsky.social
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The Republican Project for literally my entire life has been to warn us that the Federal Government was Too Powerful and Overreaching and would Strip Our Freedoms and now they have gotten into lockstep behind this loon who's like "I might fuck around and ban muffins"
Trump: "I could've banned fishing. The power of this office is crazy. I could've banned fishing. I think I'm gonna do that."
September 18, 2026 at 12:54 AM
The Republican Project for literally my entire life has been to warn us that the Federal Government was Too Powerful and Overreaching and would Strip Our Freedoms and now they have gotten into lockstep behind this loon who's like "I might fuck around and ban muffins"
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This video is amazing.
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
September 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
This video is amazing.
This is not the very latest news on the Kennedy Center, but it's worth noticing for how plainly it spells out Donald Trump's character.
The Board wrote in a draft resolution:
The Board wrote in a draft resolution:
September 17, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This is not the very latest news on the Kennedy Center, but it's worth noticing for how plainly it spells out Donald Trump's character.
The Board wrote in a draft resolution:
The Board wrote in a draft resolution:
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This is a tax guy. His advice could be the difference between someone having their assets seized & maybe going to jail, or not.
Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss
Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss
A HMRC official was sacked because he was caught on camera saying he gives wrong information to black and brown people when they call for advice in a bid to sabotage them. He was a member of the far right group Patriotic Alternative.
How many more?
How many more?
September 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
This is a tax guy. His advice could be the difference between someone having their assets seized & maybe going to jail, or not.
Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss
Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss
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Seen a lot of these, but this one is my favourite 😎
September 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Seen a lot of these, but this one is my favourite 😎
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bernie sanders wants to "ban artificial superintelligence"?
headline that 'old man yells at Claude'
headline that 'old man yells at Claude'
September 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
bernie sanders wants to "ban artificial superintelligence"?
headline that 'old man yells at Claude'
headline that 'old man yells at Claude'
Friends who have Teslas, maybe drive the car yourself for a while?
Another Tesla on Autopilot Stopped on Freeway, Driver Died: Report
The vehicle stopped in live traffic and was rear-ended.
gizmodo.com
September 2, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Friends who have Teslas, maybe drive the car yourself for a while?
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Tell me again history doesn’t matter
Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Tell me again history doesn’t matter
2020 is back.
Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated.
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated.
Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
2020 is back.
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RIP Tim Curry, who had the range to star in the two greatest movies about a mutiny in the middle of a transatlantic sea voyage, and also the crew occasionally breaks into song
August 26, 2026 at 3:38 PM
RIP Tim Curry, who had the range to star in the two greatest movies about a mutiny in the middle of a transatlantic sea voyage, and also the crew occasionally breaks into song
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She didn't die. She sailed West, to the Undying Lands and remained Galadriy'all.
🔗: bit.ly/4qC1fWV
Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80.
Her nephew revealed the news in a Aug. 25 Instagram video.
📷: Getty
Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80.
Her nephew revealed the news in a Aug. 25 Instagram video.
📷: Getty
August 25, 2026 at 6:28 PM
She didn't die. She sailed West, to the Undying Lands and remained Galadriy'all.
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every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
August 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
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Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor
when we began steel magnolias rehearsals 
i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours?
Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it!
i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that
when we began steel magnolias rehearsals 
i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours?
Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it!
i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that
August 25, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor
when we began steel magnolias rehearsals 
i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours?
Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it!
i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that
when we began steel magnolias rehearsals 
i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours?
Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it!
i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that
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Trump is raising Minnesotans’ bills because they voted against him three times.
www.twincities.com/2026/08/18/m...
www.twincities.com/2026/08/18/m...
Minnesota grant cancellations political, Trump administration concedes
The Trump administration admitted it canceled more than $7.5 billion in federal grants last October “based solely” on whether the projects were planned in Democratic states.
www.twincities.com
August 21, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Trump is raising Minnesotans’ bills because they voted against him three times.
www.twincities.com/2026/08/18/m...
www.twincities.com/2026/08/18/m...
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Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country.
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
August 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country.
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
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This is being used to prevent Black and Brown kids from going to college as well. If you're in Algebra II but get sent back to pre-Algebra to help the school system game the system, no college is going to accept you, not a top college anyway:
#ICYMI: Nearly 2,000 juniors across 16 high schools in Houston ISD were pulled from Algebra II and placed in remedial math. At some schools, about 70% of juniors were similarly demoted into less challenging classes.
It wasn't due to poor grades ...
It wasn't due to poor grades ...
The ‘Houston Miracle’ Shell Game
How Houston ISD’s takeover regime inflated school accountability ratings by systematically holding back certain students
www.texasobserver.org
August 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This is being used to prevent Black and Brown kids from going to college as well. If you're in Algebra II but get sent back to pre-Algebra to help the school system game the system, no college is going to accept you, not a top college anyway:
Kudos for the event staffer who, in the last second of the video, does a perfect Carl Spackler.
WATCH: A humanoid robot preparing for the “Robot Olympics” in Beijing r
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August 20, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Kudos for the event staffer who, in the last second of the video, does a perfect Carl Spackler.
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2026 MN State Fair Crop Art entry "Witness" based on pStar Tribune photograph by Leila Navi with MPR reporter Sam Stroiza.
August 17, 2026 at 1:06 AM
2026 MN State Fair Crop Art entry "Witness" based on pStar Tribune photograph by Leila Navi with MPR reporter Sam Stroiza.
A proposal (thread):
I feel agreement but also discomfort when I see BlueSky posts calling for prosecutions (after the elections) of Republicans over the crimes they're committing in government.
It's right, but it's also all too easy to conflate it with Trumpworld's corrupt prosecutions.
1/
I feel agreement but also discomfort when I see BlueSky posts calling for prosecutions (after the elections) of Republicans over the crimes they're committing in government.
It's right, but it's also all too easy to conflate it with Trumpworld's corrupt prosecutions.
1/
August 19, 2026 at 2:13 PM
A proposal (thread):
I feel agreement but also discomfort when I see BlueSky posts calling for prosecutions (after the elections) of Republicans over the crimes they're committing in government.
It's right, but it's also all too easy to conflate it with Trumpworld's corrupt prosecutions.
1/
I feel agreement but also discomfort when I see BlueSky posts calling for prosecutions (after the elections) of Republicans over the crimes they're committing in government.
It's right, but it's also all too easy to conflate it with Trumpworld's corrupt prosecutions.
1/
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"this edible ain't shit"
two hours later:
two hours later:
August 19, 2026 at 1:48 AM
"this edible ain't shit"
two hours later:
two hours later:
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Every country should have an Electrification Czar except that person should be called the Chargé d’Affaires d’Affaires de Charger.
August 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Every country should have an Electrification Czar except that person should be called the Chargé d’Affaires d’Affaires de Charger.
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Vote like your life depends on it, or the life of a friend, relative, or neighbor. Because it does. We’re the decoys now.
August 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Vote like your life depends on it, or the life of a friend, relative, or neighbor. Because it does. We’re the decoys now.
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Thank you for the precedent, ICE. We will make good use of this in the future.
Federal officials acknowledged that ICE special agents tracked a New York man to his house, the airport and a hotel to question him about a critical email he sent to the former head of ICE in January. n.pr/4g0bGQG
DHS defends investigating agency critics and giving them warning notices
Federal officials acknowledged that ICE special agents tracked a New York man to his house, the airport and a hotel to question him about a critical email he sent to the former head of ICE in January.
n.pr
August 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Thank you for the precedent, ICE. We will make good use of this in the future.