Davina
@davkat43.bsky.social
Pro-democracy, interested in Shakespeare, the human condition, liveable climate goals, and anti fascism & grievance culture that scapegoats minority demographics.
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So Trump and the White House lied about which plane Trump was on flying out of Turkey, setting up journalists who thought they were on the same plane as the president to possibly be the target of an Iranian attack while he secretly departed on a different one.
Words fail.
Words fail.
Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat
The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel.
wapo.st
August 11, 2026 at 5:14 AM
So Trump and the White House lied about which plane Trump was on flying out of Turkey, setting up journalists who thought they were on the same plane as the president to possibly be the target of an Iranian attack while he secretly departed on a different one.
Words fail.
Words fail.
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Scoop: Trump flew secretly from Turkey on an alternate military aircraft unbeknownst to journalists and some White House staff members who believed they were on the same plane as the president, The Post has learned 🧵 www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/10/trump-flew-secrecy-amid-iran-threat-air-force-one-became-decoy/
www.washingtonpost.com
August 11, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Scoop: Trump flew secretly from Turkey on an alternate military aircraft unbeknownst to journalists and some White House staff members who believed they were on the same plane as the president, The Post has learned 🧵 www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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She said she was headed to a doctor's appointment. Federal agents still attacked her.
Earlier today in Minneapolis, journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) documented a tense, chaotic federal operation near 34th Street and Park Avenue.
Earlier today in Minneapolis, journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) documented a tense, chaotic federal operation near 34th Street and Park Avenue.
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM
She said she was headed to a doctor's appointment. Federal agents still attacked her.
Earlier today in Minneapolis, journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) documented a tense, chaotic federal operation near 34th Street and Park Avenue.
Earlier today in Minneapolis, journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) documented a tense, chaotic federal operation near 34th Street and Park Avenue.
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Hear that? That's the sound of every one of my housing policy and planning colleagues throwing their phones through a window or at the TV.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner: "100% of rental demand in California and New York is because of illegal immigration"
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Hear that? That's the sound of every one of my housing policy and planning colleagues throwing their phones through a window or at the TV.
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They refused to probe a murder. The people with consciences walked out.
🚨 NEW: At least four leaders of the DOJ Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
🚨 NEW: At least four leaders of the DOJ Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
January 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
They refused to probe a murder. The people with consciences walked out.
🚨 NEW: At least four leaders of the DOJ Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
🚨 NEW: At least four leaders of the DOJ Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
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Call them what they are - traitors. To the Constitution, to America, and everyone who has died fighting for it. They’re not defending America, they’re destroying it. Rhetoric matters. Wrap yourself in the Flag, don’t let them tread on it. They’re not Americans, we are.
January 11, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Call them what they are - traitors. To the Constitution, to America, and everyone who has died fighting for it. They’re not defending America, they’re destroying it. Rhetoric matters. Wrap yourself in the Flag, don’t let them tread on it. They’re not Americans, we are.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
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WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.....
January 11, 2026 at 11:46 AM
WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.....
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Federal agents killing people, getting institutional support from POTUS, VP, other politicians, and media, while facing no consequences is not the same as some random guy killing someone, getting vocal support from a handful of posters, and facing murder charges. Those don’t cancel each other out.
It’s useful to condemn the discourse of excusing murder. We are all discourse professionals. But it is also fair for commenters to demand clarity that excusing murder by ICE is part of the systematic advance of an authoritarian far-right state. While say defending Luigi is immoral but irrelevant.
January 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Federal agents killing people, getting institutional support from POTUS, VP, other politicians, and media, while facing no consequences is not the same as some random guy killing someone, getting vocal support from a handful of posters, and facing murder charges. Those don’t cancel each other out.
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This is similar to how Republicans insist that “selling health insurance across state lines” is the solution to high healthcare costs, but the ACA *already* allows this yet not a single insurance carrier is interested because it doesn’t make any sense from either their *or* the enrollees POV.
Republicans forced the Bureau of Land Management to put over 20,000 acres of public land in Colorado up for auction at the discount price of $10/acre with reduced royalty rates for oil and gas drilling.
No one bid for it because demand for oil is crashing though. 🔌💡
www.cpr.org/2026/01/09/b...
No one bid for it because demand for oil is crashing though. 🔌💡
www.cpr.org/2026/01/09/b...
Bureau of Land Management oil and gas auction gets zero bids in Colorado
The Trump administration wants to expand drilling on public lands, but oil and gas developers expressed zero interest in Thursday’s sale.
www.cpr.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM
This is similar to how Republicans insist that “selling health insurance across state lines” is the solution to high healthcare costs, but the ACA *already* allows this yet not a single insurance carrier is interested because it doesn’t make any sense from either their *or* the enrollees POV.
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Bari Weiss and Tony Dokoupil have perfectly mastered the look and feel of DPRK news.
January 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Bari Weiss and Tony Dokoupil have perfectly mastered the look and feel of DPRK news.
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"Paywalled" is the word you're looking for. They didn't turn it off. The only thing that changed is X now explicitly makes money off CSAM.
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority of users after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery.
It comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"Paywalled" is the word you're looking for. They didn't turn it off. The only thing that changed is X now explicitly makes money off CSAM.
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Competitive Depravity is how these men seek to advance in the status hierarchy. Pedophilia is its ultimate expression.
Remember the WH saying the US is the apex predator of the world?
Predation--eg, dominance for exploitation--is their only understanding of power & it's tied to masculinity & sex.
Remember the WH saying the US is the apex predator of the world?
Predation--eg, dominance for exploitation--is their only understanding of power & it's tied to masculinity & sex.
January 8, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Competitive Depravity is how these men seek to advance in the status hierarchy. Pedophilia is its ultimate expression.
Remember the WH saying the US is the apex predator of the world?
Predation--eg, dominance for exploitation--is their only understanding of power & it's tied to masculinity & sex.
Remember the WH saying the US is the apex predator of the world?
Predation--eg, dominance for exploitation--is their only understanding of power & it's tied to masculinity & sex.
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Hearing from friends in Minneapolis that the schools have decided to close for next two days.
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Hearing from friends in Minneapolis that the schools have decided to close for next two days.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
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Here is a second video, from a more clear angle (for viewing warning purposes, you see the shooting more clearly but do not see the person being hit):
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Here is a second video, from a more clear angle (for viewing warning purposes, you see the shooting more clearly but do not see the person being hit):
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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
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Google the video & see for yourself.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
January 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Google the video & see for yourself.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
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Headlines are wild. "President Trump says the earth is flat, reviving a once-popular idea. We investigate his latest unorthodox claim."
With his attack on Venezuela, President Trump says the Monroe Doctrine is back, reviving a more than 200-year-old foreign policy idea. In Cuba, residents brace for what that could mean for them. n.pr/4q4KjY2
After Venezuela attack, Cuba watches the U.S. warily
With his attack on Venezuela, President Trump says the Monroe Doctrine is back, reviving a more than 200-year-old foreign policy idea. In Cuba, residents brace for what that could mean for them.
n.pr
January 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Headlines are wild. "President Trump says the earth is flat, reviving a once-popular idea. We investigate his latest unorthodox claim."
Trump is creating ‘Griftopia’ for himself
A place where he can use billions of American tax payer dollars to ring any blitzkrieg-type bell he wants for his ‘patriotic-Pavlovian’ adherents to slaver over/whilst ducking & weaving from the drip of disclosed Epstein details (& other corrupt activities)
A place where he can use billions of American tax payer dollars to ring any blitzkrieg-type bell he wants for his ‘patriotic-Pavlovian’ adherents to slaver over/whilst ducking & weaving from the drip of disclosed Epstein details (& other corrupt activities)
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Trump is creating ‘Griftopia’ for himself
A place where he can use billions of American tax payer dollars to ring any blitzkrieg-type bell he wants for his ‘patriotic-Pavlovian’ adherents to slaver over/whilst ducking & weaving from the drip of disclosed Epstein details (& other corrupt activities)
A place where he can use billions of American tax payer dollars to ring any blitzkrieg-type bell he wants for his ‘patriotic-Pavlovian’ adherents to slaver over/whilst ducking & weaving from the drip of disclosed Epstein details (& other corrupt activities)
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I think “we the people” should start focusing on Republicans, in their him states, at their offices.
We have had some big wins, the Epstein Files law, which are pummeling Republicans, the votes to extend the ACA subsidies, which will be in the spotlight again Tuesday when they come back from break,
We have had some big wins, the Epstein Files law, which are pummeling Republicans, the votes to extend the ACA subsidies, which will be in the spotlight again Tuesday when they come back from break,
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I think “we the people” should start focusing on Republicans, in their him states, at their offices.
We have had some big wins, the Epstein Files law, which are pummeling Republicans, the votes to extend the ACA subsidies, which will be in the spotlight again Tuesday when they come back from break,
We have had some big wins, the Epstein Files law, which are pummeling Republicans, the votes to extend the ACA subsidies, which will be in the spotlight again Tuesday when they come back from break,
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Look at this 1930 map. See the bottom? That's Venezuela. See the top? That's Greenland. Know who drew the map? Joshua Haldeman - Elon Musk's Grandfather. Elon, and other Silicon Valley leaders have convinced Trump/Vance to annex independent nations. It's about OIL and TERRITORY.
January 3, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Look at this 1930 map. See the bottom? That's Venezuela. See the top? That's Greenland. Know who drew the map? Joshua Haldeman - Elon Musk's Grandfather. Elon, and other Silicon Valley leaders have convinced Trump/Vance to annex independent nations. It's about OIL and TERRITORY.