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David Lewis

@davidlewis61.bsky.social
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Graduated from 40 years as an appellate lawyer to being a gardener. Influenced by Voltaire: "Il faut cultiver notre jardin."

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 14h
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David Lewis @davidlewis61.bsky.social · 9h
Has anybody talked about this? Now that pollsters are relying on "likely" voters the Democratic margin has shrunk. Recent Texas poll has Talarico +2 with likely, and +7 with registered voters. That's big. Others similar. So do they just think the young and minorities won't vote? Or what? Realistic?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amazing news! MLB has dropped its proposal for a baseball game in Grand Teton National Park! Thank you to everyone who pushed back and stood up for our parks!
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This KFF headline really gets directly to what's happening today
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US Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims - KFF Health News
The Congressional Budget Office estimated 100,000 more immigrants will be uninsured by 2034 because of Medicaid eligibility changes under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that take effect ...
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Story time. My wife's post here reminds me of one of my favorite stories from my time on the Hill, of which there are many. I was in Comms for a Dem member, and the Caucus would put on a weekly talking points seminar for comms staffers. More often than not, these were run by Third Way.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think we have enough data to show if you're arresting elderly human rights lawyers you are not the good guys in this story.
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Constitution requires a Supreme Court but does not specify how many justices it should have Congress decides that
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026
Man Confident He Would’ve Been Brave Enough To Send Thumbs Down Emoji In Cornell Group Chat
Man Confident He Would’ve Been Brave Enough To Send Thumbs Down Emoji In Cornell Group Chat
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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remorseful Republicans: I didn't vote for *this* Me:
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David Lewis @davidlewis61.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nice when somebody save you the trouble ...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Truth 👇
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David Lewis @davidlewis61.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This was criminal of Trump. And look what it has led to. A disastrous war.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hope you typed that slowly so that maybe he can understand.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/09/2026
Feedback from healthcare providers in response to the AI pilot program has been scathing, with one calling it “a disgrace to the human race” and reporting that they saw patients crying in pain as they waited for care.
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Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Could we finish bumblefucking our way through the war in Iran before we start one with Cuba? Thanks
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 25/09/2026
Zelensky rejected another appeal from Trump to meet Putin in Moscow, Bloomberg reports. "People familiar with the Ukrainian president’s position said Trump raising the issue upset him." Asked later when he would go to Moscow, Zelensky replied: “On a fucking missile.”
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Trump Asked Zelenskyy to Meet Putin in Moscow for Peace Talks
President Donald Trump this week again encouraged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to travel to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin, despite repeated past refusals, as the US looks to reignite Ukraine-Russia peace ...
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Voters: "We want lower prices and the war to end!" GOP: "How about we take away your health coverage instead?"
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tonight’s state dinner guests at the White House with President Xi include: • Chief Justice John Roberts, • Jane Sullivan Roberts, Spouse • Justice Amy Coney Barrett • Jesse Barrett, Spouse • Justice Brett Kavanaugh • Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, Spouse
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good Question.......?
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The NYT reported that at least $1 billion in dark money is flooding the midterm elections — and that estimate is probably low. The untraceable money comes from billionaires, corporations & special interests who want to keep their agendas & involvement secret. Cartoon by @cartoonkahuna.bsky.social
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Peter Principle @peterprinciple.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"How were we supposed to know that a model we designed to hack computer systems would decide that the easiest way to get information was to hack computer systems?"
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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David Lewis @davidlewis61.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I think that this election is more like 1980 than any other comparison (2006 or 2018). The Dems lost 12 Senators because of Iran. Looks like this year the GOP could lose as many as 10 because of Iran. In both cases voters were, and are now, just fed up with the incumbents.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
one thing i'm curious about is what republicans do if november is truly catastrophic. like, if we wake up and democrats have flipped iowa and kansas and florida and republican candidates have lost to independents in nebraska and montana. how do they react to trump?
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Trump’s Grip on GOP Slips as Midterm Election Anxiety Sets In
As Donald Trump took an aggressive stance on the global stage at the United Nations on Tuesday, several Senate Republicans were breaking from the president back in Washington.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Then walk out. Talk is cheap
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 19/09/2026
I'd like to remind everyone of the principled courage of the Pentagon press, which walked out of the building their beat relies on rather than sign a loyalty oath. One of them was a dear friend for whom it was a giant sacrifice and I'm so proud of him. The White House press isn't in the same league.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He's so stupid *and* fascist that he thinks "repressive" is a compliment.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Other news organizations should leave the White House. They can of course still cover the administration--almost none of their coverage depends on being there physically. But they shouldn't stay there, raising their hands dutifully in the briefing room, as if it's business as usual.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress?
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DougBlueWahoo 🦋💙✌️🌈🌊 @dougbluewahoo2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump is a vile, vengeful, sadist, working against the American people. Note what he wishes to destroy:
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David Lewis @davidlewis61.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wish somebody wd take Josh Riley aside.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The weird thing abt the Bo French scandal is while people lambaste his gutter racism, they DON'T point out his attack on UT was basically a demand that less qualified white people be admitted over Latinos and Asians -- a demand for affirmative action for white people.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A lot of Dems could take a lesson from this and openly acknowledge that their opponents are bigots. The resistance (mostly from establishment centrists) to stating plainly what's happening instead of using weasel words for the sake of civility is what makes voters think we're spineless.
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David Lewis @davidlewis61.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dems should hit Trump on the Kennedy Center fiasco HARD. Make it JFK versus Trump. Gallup found (2023) that JFK's retrospective approval rate was 90%. Don't dis JFK!
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David Lewis @davidlewis61.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This. This. This.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
I know I am not the median voter. But when I watch Trump performances like the one we just endured in North Carolina, I can't escape the feeling that our problems go much deeper than "affordability" and we're whistling past the graveyard if we reduce our politics to that issue.
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Fabian Nicieza @fabiannicieza.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Can you imagine if White House correspondents had the courage to support each other the way the opening acts on Sheeran's tour are supporting Macklemore...?
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 16/09/2026
i love how people talk about the "crypto industry"
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David Lewis @davidlewis61.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Times-Siena poll, previously relatively favorable to Trump, is crushing today. 9, or 11, point Dem lead on whom folks will vote for. Not a single policy issue on which Trump leads. Best they can say forTrump, still at 38% favorability. Disastrous for GOP.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For these guys, it was never about illegal immigration, it was never about cultural assimilation. You can be born in America, drinking beer as you cheer on the Longhorns, but its not enough if you are not white.
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cartoonist: Slyngstad
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...
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Mike Rogers opposed 9/11 responder health care not twice, but nine times - Detroit Metro Times
Newly uncovered record shows Mike Rogers repeatedly opposed efforts to establish, advance, or fund medical care for people sickened after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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David Lewis @davidlewis61.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
All I know about this is how it was in NYC itself. Some islamaphobia, of course. But so much saying to anybody, "Are you OK?," "Hope you didn't lose anyone." And frequent random acts of kindness. Just caring about absolute strangers. So much the way people usually think NYC isn't.
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