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David Freed

@davidjfreed.bsky.social
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Author, pilot, journalist, animal lover, creative writing instructor. Trump is a cancer on the soul of America.

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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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In Praise of the Slow Boat
The Virtues of Taking Your Time
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I guarantee that my 9-month-old puppy, Lolly, has more goodness in her heart that every POS Republican in Congress combined.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Trump's speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was like listening to your weird uncle explain chemtrails after his third bourbon.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Write it down! #booksky davidjfreed.substack.com/p/write-it-d...
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Write It Down
Why inspiration rarely waits for a convenient moment.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Remember the bookmobile? Ours was an old double-decker bus. Some of happiest summer days as a child were spent waiting excitedly for its weekly arrival, checking out as many books as I could carry, then finding a spot under a shade tree and reading. I wish kids today knew that joy. #booksky
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the #BookSky moderator 💙📚 @booksky.club · 08/06/2025
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Coming April 2027
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I quit watching anything on CBS after they took Colbert off the air. Who’s with me?
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
How is it that a man who inherited a fortune has made victimhood his most successful venture?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This is bombshell stuff.
Together, alongside the mundane fare of a typical thought leadership conference, the documents show an extraordinary convergence of power. The registration records list General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe and the head of US European Command, who took the post in July 2025 and is recorded on the leaked list as having attended Dialog gatherings since 2021. The website directory names sitting Trump administration officials, two US senators, six members of the Paypal Mafia, a former Middle East chief of intelligence, and a sitting ambassador to the United States, along with the founders and directors of many of the country's largest surveillance, data-broker, and advertising-data companies.

Those executives appear side by side with senior US officials overseeing their industries. Auren Hoffman, Dialog’s chairman, founded the location-data broker SafeGraph and the identity-resolution firm LiveRamp, two of the most important suppliers in the consumer data economy. He appears in the directory alongside Treasury secretary Scott Bessent, whose department writes the rules on financial data, and Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which oversees the Federal Trade Commission and its data-privacy authority.

Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale, whose software runs case management for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and data fusion for the Pentagon and intelligence community, is listed in the same society as Army secretary Dan Driscoll and Representative Jim Himes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, which oversees agencies Palantir contracts with.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/06/2026
Wow. The Trump regime is now effectively telling Americans: don't read the actual agreement. A U.S. official says the MOU should be viewed as a vague "political document," and says "people shouldn't read too much into the language" when the text is released.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My latest Substack. davidjfreed.substack.com/p/writing-an...
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Writing and 2x4s
On writer's guilt, framing hammers, and the satisfaction of creating something that lasts.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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The Virtues of Being Useful
My Jimmy Carter Moment
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I spent 90 minutes rooting for a talking Disney airplane named Dusty Crophopper, then found myself rolling my eyes at Top Gun: Maverick. Between the two, I learned something vital about storytelling, authenticity, and why audiences believe the impossible. davidjfreed.substack.com/p/highway-to...
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Highway to the Danger Zone
Why I Believed a Talking Airplane but Not Top Gun: Maverick
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The "skippers" who sat out 2024 backed Trump by 4 points. Today they favor Democrats by 31, and Trump is underwater with them by 50. As go the non-voters, so goes the nation.
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The Most Important Voters In 2026 Didn't Even Vote In 2024
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Stephen Colbert has been a gift for 11 years- brilliant, stunningly knowledgeable, kind & hilarious . From his home, he with his family, helped us thru dark pandemic times. He won 11 Emmy Awards, 2 Grammys & 3 Peabody Awards. Thank you for all of it Stephen. We'll miss you ❤️
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 11/05/2026
Hegseth being busted by senator prompts ridicule on MS NOW: 'He's such a joke'
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Hegseth being busted by senator prompts ridicule on MS NOW: 'He's such a joke'
The panel on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” had a good laugh at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s expense on Monday morning after he lost an online battle over the weekend with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ).Kelly has been a major target of Hegseth’s after he joined with other lawmakers who served in the military to...
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/05/2026
"This is not just the most corrupt presidency in American history, it is among the most corrupt regimes on earth." And abject corruption on a mass scale, it turns out, is not politically popular. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social:
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Trump’s Corruption Is Going to Sink Him
Conditions are right for voters to stop turning a blind eye to his greed, grift, and gold leaf.
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Markfry🍁 @markfry.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Every time I see someone driving a Cybertruck I can’t help but think how breathtakingly stupid that person must be.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I'm nostalgic for a time when presidents were decent human beings, were kind to children and didn't abuse them
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Probably just had bad allergies. bsky.app/profile/ronf...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Anyone watching that speech has no idea whether Trump is escalating or deescalating the war with Iran. But to be fair, neither does he so🤷‍♂️.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
So much winning…
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Just when you think he can’t get any more loathsome…
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Somewhere on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge, Cricket, the puppy Kristi Noem murdered, is smiling and wagging her tail.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
State of the Union drinking game: one shot per lie tonight. How long will it take to get hammered?
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
In England, you get arrested for having sex with children. In America, you get elected.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Right now. This moment. Either you’re American or you’re a Nazi. Enough is enough.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The next time a Republican complains about libs giving kids participation trophies…
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
So what happens when China kidnaps the leader of Taiwan in the dead of night, or Russia grabs Poland’s president?
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
My dogs will not be performing at the Kennedy Center.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Lolly at 12 weeks. #Australianshepherds
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
How to properly recycle an Amazon box.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
My very unscientific observation: Democratic women are far more fun-loving and attractive than their sisters on the right.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Like so many others here, I wish him gone. But short of that, for one day, just one, I wish he would shut the hell up.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
It’s probably just a coincidence that Trump is decorating the Oval Office just like a parlor at Jeffrey Epstein’s house.
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
“They have better quality cabinets at IKEA.” —Jimmy Kimmel
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Donald, on his way—again—to the golf course to bring down prices at the grocery store for us. What a selfless hero.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Cc @jaketapper.bsky.social
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/11/2025
South Park speaks truth: Hegseth is a douche
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Cheers to Thanksgiving! May your calories be plentiful and your family drama minimal.
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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Senator Mark E. Kelly, Patriot of Patriots open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Senator Mark E. Kelly, Patriot of Patriots
The contrast between him and Pete Hegseth or Trump couldn’t be larger
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Trump’s claims that this year’s Thanksgiving is less expensive thanks to him are COMPLETE BULLSHIT. Have you been to the grocery store and seen the prices???
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/11/2025
“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One"
graphic showing the prices of various food products rising significantly since one year ago
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David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Only when his bamboozled Kool-Aid drinkers realize that the price of even Kool-Aid has gone up on his watch, along with everything else, will the tide finally turn against Orange Julius Caesar.
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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