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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The press finally gets their "tut-tut" moment with Trump. It took long enough.

David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

By doing transactional, bilateral deals, and starting wars of choice, the US is creating a multi-polar world that is now emerging. It didn't have to be this way.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

An entire thread documenting how Republicans have enabled the looting of Georgian citizens. Time to end their reign in November.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I have often thought that petroleum supply reductions would only come in response to consumer demand reductions. Clearly, the destruction of Russian and Iranian capacity and the ending of Chinese supply buffering purchases and US SPR releases have changed the situation. apnews.com/article/russ...

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Ukraine says it hits 2 major Russian oil refineries hours after Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump

Ukraine says its forces have hit two of Russia’s major oil refineries in their latest long-range strikes.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Gestapo murdered a tourist.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

They lied about killing Silverio Villegas González in Sept too. They think, with good reason, that it's easier to get away with summary executions of Mexican men. If you were enraged by the executions of Renee Good & Alex Pretti, you should be enraged by the execution of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. 3/3

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A Tragic Homecoming

After nearly two decades in Chicago, Silverio Villegas González returned to Michoacán in a coffin. His death at the hands of federal agents left two families divided by borders, shattered with grief, ...

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Crypto is a blatant scam to enable money laundering.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It seems we have joined the ranks of surrender monkeys (again). What's next, incarceration fries? Using the treasury to buy the Mullahs gold toilets? Saluting the Ayatollah when the US President meets with him for a peace accord? What does it mean that the Dept of War is so bad at war-making?

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Pushing disaster response to states, religious and mutual aid communities, and individuals. The US used to aspire to work together and now it is disaster capitalism all the way down.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Some environmental organization should put together a supply destruction hero award for Trump. He will have done more to curtail fossil fuel production and use than any other US president, and deserves to be recognized for his brave stance supporting the resulting economic destruction. More, please!

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I wonder if journalism would work better if they simply put out a virtual tip jar. When I read good articles, I am often grateful and would like to reward good journalism. But the ads and subscription pressure feels pushy and seem to not be working as a revenue model. What happened to micropayments?

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I want to know where the 2027 Plan and the 2029 Plan are so that Democrats can maximize every single governing minute. There is a lot to do and they have to fix so much broken stuff that it is almost inconceivable. If Rs can publish a plan and implement 90% of it, Democrats could, too.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Not a historian, but it seems to me: The world agreed to US hegemony in aftermath of WWII to 1) keep trade fair and open, 2) keep energy flowing smoothly via standardized pricing and security, 3) fair institutions to maintain the peace, including the US military. Because US led with these ideas. 1/8

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Since we now understand that Big Oil and Putin support the reactionary right in the US, I am glad that China has been using renewables to undermine the lynchpin of US international power: oil. Without a reckless idiot making petro-risks obvious, the green transition would have taken longer.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Research shows diverse boards think and act more clearly and effectively. Take that a step further and we now understand that lack of a variety of viewpoints is really harmful (see cults, Fox addicts, online bubbles, etc.) in addition to the folks in power who need to listen to other points of view.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Oklahoma, you don't have Markwayne to kick around anymore.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We have now graduated to the "Biblically sanctioned" phase of explaining our attack on Iran. Who knew that a modern Crusade could happen against the Pope's wishes? I guess the "Pope Trump" now determines the sanctity of these things.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Trump is practically begging China to take Taiwan since we are now tied up in Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Iran, and who knows where else tomorrow. I expect more chaos induced by the chaos he is creating.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Massie goes full beast mode today. Gets on the house floor, shreds the DOJ and starts naming names from the Epstein files.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

If Georgia Republicans want to maintain their credibility as independent of the Trump Republicans, they have to prevent these concentration camps from opening. They can't say they didn't know and they have worked very hard to date in maintaining their independence.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Had the corrupt Supreme Court not intervened on the side of Bush II, letting the votes in Florida be counted, Al Gore would have been president and everything afterwards would have been less bizzaro-world. Their appointment as a continuing cover-up conspiracy/reward are obvious.

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

How to DIVEST from prison companies running ICE detention centers, CoreCivic and GEO Group. DIVEST $CXW $GEO www.morningstar.com/sustainable-...

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How to Find Private Prison Stocks in Your Portfolio

The emerging risks of private prison stocks.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This is the guy running the show? Where are the evil geniuses? How did he get out of the asylum? This guy is hopped up on Q theories and is apparently continuously drunk to "cleanse the water". Apparently he is living the movie Momento with demons and the deep state as shadowy enemies.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

As if it were a real excuse, when we get rid of these fascists, no one can say they didn't know that our government was running concentration camps, with every depraved thing that goes with that. This government has reawakened a shame from our historical trash bin. Please help the legal teams below.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The crime/crypto president presides over a an explosion of crypto fueled crimes. Crypto is money laundering, as I have said way too many times.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Count me as an anti-conservative: The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; the law cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone. When MLK, Jr. and others speak of interdependence, inescapable mutuality and collective freedom, this is what they are fighting for: true equality.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

New rule proposed: If a person isn't deemed a terrorist before they were murdered, that they get the benefit of their reputation remaining intact after they were murdered.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This is an excellent way of engaging university students (and possibly for adaptation to other venues) about the practical and theoretical uses and abuses of AI. Now I want to design a class to do this, and I am not a professor anymore!

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Funny how the Kavanaugh stops aren't so trivial. He helped to unleash the worst of the worst on our society, allowing masked criminals to run roughshod over all of us. "I'm not mad at you, man." She was free to go but had a bad case of being murdered by ICE after a brief encounter in Minneapolis.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Add to American democratic failures are the consistent attacks on the education system via curriculum, privatization & funding mechanisms. Add to this failures in the press, justice, voting & political, faith-based orgs, & attitudes towards democracy(cynicism) & what results is a MAGA system hijack.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work. Really depraved shit.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/01/2026

The truth is simple: ICE can’t be reformed. It has to be canceled and replaced with an immigration system rooted in civil rights, real oversight, and the Constitution. Anything less is enabling abuse with our tax dollars in our name.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The arc is long, and there is a lot of work to be done. A thread.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

We need to create more elected federal positions, starting with the Attorney General. It is time to break the executive branch into manageable pieces, along the lines of what is done in 43 states. Six states have one state-wide position, the rest range from 2 to 10+ state-wide positions.

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List of U.S. statewide elected officials - Wikipedia

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

This is a fascinating read. My take is that lefty leaders needed to grasp the reins of conservative griefs (closing of coal mines, refineries, rural depopulation & urban flight of their children, opioid crisis, etc.) & honor those griefs via ceremony instead of zero sum game triumphal language, 1/2

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

It's the coverup that gets you - at least, when criminals aren't running the government.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Pundits need to stick to areas they know. Shaping public opinion & publicly making one's case is the point of incisive commentary, not leading from the rear. There are risks to one's career, but if you aren't trying to make things better, should you be in politics (or commenting on politics)?

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

This is exactly why I left genealogy aside a long time ago, as it was the obsession of my relatives that were deeply steeped in white supremacy culture. I don't care how closely I am related to folks that were on the Mayflower.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It is important to understand that in this moment of overbearing tech bros, normal people are just saying no to always remaking and changing everything with no thought about where all the pieces might come back together. How about think first and break (and reassemble) things slowly with a plan?

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We gave up battery tech. We gave up solar tech. We gave up wind tech. For what, you might ask? All so the last drop of oil profit could be wrung out of the USA. We gave up our economic future, and we have given up our prosperity, for the last few billion dollars that could be extracted from us.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

One of the main contentions of the reactionaries is the "unitary executive". When we get a chance to revisit the Constitution outside of the current reactionary spasm, we should consider breaking the presidency into components to put this "unitary" trash to rest.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Threat assessments by the United States don't seem to be looking at the steady demolition of Russian refineries and incredible vulnerability of petroleum infrastructure. Our choice to continue dependencies on these very vulnerable pieces of infrastrucure is flatly baffling.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

A thread about how farmers can kick their government subsidies, if they want to make good, independent money. Grow crops below & still produce more energy for electric vehicle fuel than corn/ethanol. A 16,000% improvement in vehicle fuel generation, make $$$ with solar and make even more from crops.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Maybe we could appoint Woman to many many positions and congratulate her.

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David Stewart @davestew.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

When the current American federal government cancels programs in the various states, I am wondering why the states don't have the right to "cancel" sending their taxes to the feds. What am I missing? Is this unilateral disarmament or ethical suicide or something else?

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