Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 30/09/2026substack.com/@politicsusa...substack.comTruth Matters (@politicsusa46)This is how you operate racketeering out of the Oval Office. Thanks to Rep James Walkenshaw for highlighting the corruption. TikTok - http://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8rg516f/ 010
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comKen Paxton’s Christian identity politics obscure a history of scandal | Sidney BlumenthalThe Texas Senate candidate rose to power as a culture warrior. His record is a marriage of hypocrisy and cynicism 011
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026substack.com/@politicalwi...substack.comPolitical Witch (@politicalwitch1) 010
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTrump’s UN speech was delusional and dangerous | Kenneth RothIt is sad and dangerous that at such a perilous moment, the United States is saddled with a president like Trump 021
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026They’ll need to find someone nicer than me… 76891234
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonDave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This Is a Rare Arena in Which People Think A.I. Is Helping. It’s Making Things Worse. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Why A.I. Is Dangerous for Science (Gift Article)Beware the flashy but unproven A.I.-powered advances. 032
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21/09/2026Breast cancer patients shouldn’t be denied hope of a new lifesaving treatment because Russ Vought thinks women’s health research is woke. I will fight this plan tooth and nail.nytimes.comWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. GrantsFederal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. 411171343
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This Is a Rare Arena in Which People Think A.I. Is Helping. It’s Making Things Worse. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Why A.I. Is Dangerous for Science (Gift Article)Beware the flashy but unproven A.I.-powered advances. 032
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026His dad definitely paid someone to take his SATs. 2469170363854
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comA Quarter Century of PainAfter 9/11, the U.S. government was over-focused on fighting terrorism, losing sight of other threats. Americans are still living with the consequences. 001
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Republican Party makes false promises and creates fake culture war distractions because they don’t want you to pay attention to things like this. 391799678
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. (Gift Article)We won’t get fooled again. 011
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonAskme @askme99.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As I've said many times. it's an idiocracy. The never ending the stupidity of this whole MAGAT administration! 436106163193
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? (Gift Article)On second thought, I’m not that hungry. 000
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 06/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe world is being driven to the brink by thugs and dictators, but there is a route to a brighter future | Simon TisdallIt’s no surprise some analysts say we are already in the midst of the third world war, but ordinary people have more power than we think, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall 000
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026There is an extraordinary disparity between how aggressively Florida now monitors and regulates the education of adults in public universities and the laissez faire approach to regulating kids in publicly funded private schools 4306107
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 04/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...theatlantic.comAm I Talking to You, or ChatGPT?The “Dead Internet” theory is back. 000
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 03/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe MAGA Right Is Only Pretending to Be CensoredThe conspiracy theory that persists even though no evidence supports it 000
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 03/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBen-Gvir posts Palestinians on conveyor belts to detention camps. The world is silent | Arwa MahdawiBen-Gvir did not come into power in a vacuum: he was helped into his position by an international community that has afforded Israel complete impunity 001
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...nytimes.comWendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim. 010
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 31/08/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTrump’s plan to sell off a part of Yosemite is what oligarchy looks like | Rebecca SolnitPublic lands belong to all of us. Noone should plunder those lands for profit 053
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone. 38984424236
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Well. That’s a cool way to start the day. Good Morning Blue Sky 2002367573
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonRonald Hemenway @rehemenway.bsky.social · 29/08/2026America has too many CORRUPT Politicians in office! * A New Constitution must be created to save HUMANITY from itself !!! 26539431088
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the WorldA playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech. 010
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonCristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 27/08/2026I was today days old when I learned Dolly Parton covered Collective Soul’s “Shine” alongside Nickel Creek and the dobro player from Alison Krauss & Union Station. She won a Grammy for it. Blew me away. youtu.be/plUD6vN80dg?...youtu.beDolly Parton - Shine (Official)YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO 23648741187
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonBox of Frogs @boxoffrogs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026When Trump is gone there are going to be a lot of Republicans who suddenly want to tell you that they were diligently fighting against his crimes and terrible policies in private. Make them own that they did nothing in public. 1282030492
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226395097143
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonJoe Newberry @joenewberry.bsky.social · 25/08/2026There are only a few musicians whose work is the fabric of the songs that we all wear. Dolly Parton was one of them. Rest in Peace. We will always love you. 719628
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 25/08/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comA rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one weekAt the sacred prairie of Pe’ Sla in South Dakota, Indigenous and environmental groups banded together to halt drilling 000
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Just 10 billionaires have already poured nearly $670 MILLION into this year's midterms. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. If you're wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is, it's Big Money. 18044151859
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We are masters in our own home. 54286522084
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonIndivisibleTX24❌👑 @indivisibletx-24.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We are Indivisible With Liberty and Justice For All! Southlake Corner Visibility Brigade every Saturday at 10-11! #NoKings @indivisiblefwa.bsky.social @candeechi.bsky.social @lucelaw.bsky.social 20807229
Reposted by Dave Throgmortonwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026'Fox, on the way to a fox’s wedding'- Watercolour and white gold by Jackie Morris, artist, author & illustrator who lives and works in a small cottage by the sea in Wales #WomensArt #Saturday 122149334
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonNever trumper Ever @okieblue54.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The heads of five federal agencies and the president conspired to “punish” a state because they wanted a criminal and traitor to our nation released from prison. The corruption is unlike anything we’ve ever seen. It’s time to end the madness in November. 28941151889
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 19/08/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWhy are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated | Bernie SandersPoll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged 011
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 16/08/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump’s Last Loyal ConstituencyThe administration delivers a win for financial crooks at the expense of honest businesses. 000
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 16/08/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comA Green Light for CrooksThe Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption. 000
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 14/08/2026substack.com/@akalsha/not...substack.comHeather Spaulding (Akalsha) (@akalsha)https://x.com/i/status/2085491257522991152 000
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians. 1292209066453
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 12/08/2026www.theguardian.com/news/2026/au...theguardian.comJason Arday’s life may be a warped fantasy. But so is this conversation around DEICambridge’s youngest Black professor has resigned. But the discourse around his departure is rooted in its own distorted reality 000
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonStealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 11/08/2026SCOTUS seems to have forgotten this 232127083782
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins 929297526439
Dave Throgmorton @baffledbylife.bsky.social · 09/08/2026What’s Working: How Justice Ramos turned need into entrepreneurship for kids in Cortez and on the Navajo Nation coloradosun.com/2026/08/08/n...coloradosun.comWhat’s Working: How Justice Ramos turned need into entrepreneurship for kids in Cortez and on the Navajo NationPlus: Native Roots’ stores have new owners, SteadyFlow’s water tech attracts state funding, AG joins latest tariff lawsuit. 000
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonMelody Hamby Goss @melodygoss111.bsky.social · 07/08/2026However its not newsworthy. 19554611994
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths". 894298279744
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Corporate spending on elections has already topped $500 million this year. That's one third of the $1.58 billion in total that corporations have spent since Citizens United in 2010. Hawaii and Montana both have plans to neutralize this disastrous SCOTUS ruling. Other states must get on board. 25166902676
Reposted by Dave ThrogmortonTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/08/202611 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot. 782112965186
