David Fleming
@newsboy.bsky.social
Retired Newspaperman
Human Rights Advocate
Global-Warming Activist
Worldview Naturalist
Wendell Berry Devotee
Human Rights Advocate
Global-Warming Activist
Worldview Naturalist
Wendell Berry Devotee
Defy convention,
whether it be conservative or liberal.
Embrace humanism.
whether it be conservative or liberal.
Embrace humanism.
April 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Defy convention,
whether it be conservative or liberal.
Embrace humanism.
whether it be conservative or liberal.
Embrace humanism.
We can’t control
what others think.
We can choose
how we react.
what others think.
We can choose
how we react.
April 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
We can’t control
what others think.
We can choose
how we react.
what others think.
We can choose
how we react.
Trump Has No Soul
open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
Trump Has No Soul
Trump is dangerous not simply because of his imbecility and unbridled narcissism, but because he lacks the core attributes of empathy and understanding that define the human soul.
open.substack.com
March 26, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Trump Has No Soul
open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
March 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
What He Didn't Say Says a Lot
Trump spoke for an hour and 48 minutes and never mentioned Epstein or acknowledged the presence of the Epstein survivors seated right in front of him.
Trump spoke for an hour and 48 minutes and never mentioned Epstein or acknowledged the presence of the Epstein survivors seated right in front of him.
February 25, 2026 at 4:37 PM
What He Didn't Say Says a Lot
Trump spoke for an hour and 48 minutes and never mentioned Epstein or acknowledged the presence of the Epstein survivors seated right in front of him.
Trump spoke for an hour and 48 minutes and never mentioned Epstein or acknowledged the presence of the Epstein survivors seated right in front of him.
"Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. It sees man, a feeble speck, surrounded by unfathomable depths of silence; yet it bears itself proudly, as unmoved as if it were lord of the universe."
-- Bertrand Russell
Note: Never fear existential questions.
-- Bertrand Russell
Note: Never fear existential questions.
February 25, 2026 at 1:58 AM
"Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. It sees man, a feeble speck, surrounded by unfathomable depths of silence; yet it bears itself proudly, as unmoved as if it were lord of the universe."
-- Bertrand Russell
Note: Never fear existential questions.
-- Bertrand Russell
Note: Never fear existential questions.
Everything in the Universe is interconnected from the very beginning (whatever that is) to the present and infinite future by an ever-expanding web of cause and effect. Nothing and no one is exempt.
February 24, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Everything in the Universe is interconnected from the very beginning (whatever that is) to the present and infinite future by an ever-expanding web of cause and effect. Nothing and no one is exempt.
There are little ones who were rejected when they were young by those who were supposed to love and protect them. They began to guard their little hearts. They learned to reject other people before other people rejected them. It was less painful.
February 24, 2026 at 6:23 AM
There are little ones who were rejected when they were young by those who were supposed to love and protect them. They began to guard their little hearts. They learned to reject other people before other people rejected them. It was less painful.
Reposted by David Fleming
The tech bros collaborate with the Big Brother state, episode # 4,272
February 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The tech bros collaborate with the Big Brother state, episode # 4,272
Reposted by David Fleming
Maxwell's lawyer publicly offering a quid pro quo: She'll clear Trump of wrongdoing related to Epstein if granted clemency by Trump.
This suggests that if Maxwell doesn't "clear" Trump, things will come out that will further implicate him. Otherwise, the offer makes no sense.
This suggests that if Maxwell doesn't "clear" Trump, things will come out that will further implicate him. Otherwise, the offer makes no sense.
February 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Maxwell's lawyer publicly offering a quid pro quo: She'll clear Trump of wrongdoing related to Epstein if granted clemency by Trump.
This suggests that if Maxwell doesn't "clear" Trump, things will come out that will further implicate him. Otherwise, the offer makes no sense.
This suggests that if Maxwell doesn't "clear" Trump, things will come out that will further implicate him. Otherwise, the offer makes no sense.
This is the last stanza of black poet Margaret Walker's poem "For My People." The final lines are what petrifies White Nationalists.
February 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This is the last stanza of black poet Margaret Walker's poem "For My People." The final lines are what petrifies White Nationalists.
"There was someone I loved who grew old and ill. One by one I watched the fires go out. There was nothing I could do except to remember that we receive then we give back." ~ Mary Oliver
February 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
"There was someone I loved who grew old and ill. One by one I watched the fires go out. There was nothing I could do except to remember that we receive then we give back." ~ Mary Oliver
I hope Trump goes ahead and sues Trevor Noah. Discovery is a bitch.
February 3, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I hope Trump goes ahead and sues Trevor Noah. Discovery is a bitch.
Reposted by David Fleming
President Donald Trump's administration believes that it has identified the "leader of Antifa" in Portland, Oregon, according to a new report.
Feds believe renter who lets protesters use his bathroom is the 'leader of Antifa': report
President Donald Trump's administration believes that it has identified the "leader of Antifa" in Portland, Oregon, according to a new report. Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein reported on Monday that the Department of Homeland Security flagged a 29-year-old named Chandler Patey, who lives nea...
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
President Donald Trump's administration believes that it has identified the "leader of Antifa" in Portland, Oregon, according to a new report.
"National security,' that old canard, raises its ugly head again.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Complaint against Tulsi Gabbard could do ‘grave damage to national security’: Report
The whistleblower’s allegations are so highly classified that documents are being kept locked in a safe and the complaint still hasn’t been shared with Congress
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
"National security,' that old canard, raises its ugly head again.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump says he’s closing the Kennedy Center for two years for renovations, as if everyone can’t see he’s trying to hide yet another abject failure resulting from him seizing control.
February 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by David Fleming
The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press.
Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.
Read our statement:
Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.
Read our statement:
January 30, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press.
Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.
Read our statement:
Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.
Read our statement:
Reposted by David Fleming
I get it. We don't want to discourage people from voting.
But do you really think they're going to leave just because we vote them out?
"Those elections were fraudulent, we're not swearing those people in."
We are going to have to be in Washington D.C. by the millions to take back power.
But do you really think they're going to leave just because we vote them out?
"Those elections were fraudulent, we're not swearing those people in."
We are going to have to be in Washington D.C. by the millions to take back power.
January 30, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I get it. We don't want to discourage people from voting.
But do you really think they're going to leave just because we vote them out?
"Those elections were fraudulent, we're not swearing those people in."
We are going to have to be in Washington D.C. by the millions to take back power.
But do you really think they're going to leave just because we vote them out?
"Those elections were fraudulent, we're not swearing those people in."
We are going to have to be in Washington D.C. by the millions to take back power.