Reposted by David Welkeramanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 8mDispatch from southwest Florida, where I watched ICE and Border Patrol work with local cops as they arrested hundreds of immigrants. 04627
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 3hKaren Lewis saw thru this guy so there is a playbook. But his only constituency is the last voter alive who sided with Gore becasue of Lieberman 010
Reposted by David Welkerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4hpedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...nytimes.comDennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84. 722787505
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 6hUgh missed it live for my pipe organ fanatic kid…hopefully they will put it on YouTube soon: @phish.net The Squirming Coil featured Page on the Boardwalk Hall pipe organ (the largest and loudest musical instrument on Earth). www.boardwalkhall.com/arena-info/p...boardwalkhall.comPipe Organs | Boardwalk Hall 000
Reposted by David WelkerJessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 6hThere is no way to reduce deportations without a substantial defunding of law enforcement in rural areas, who have long operated like a baronial class unto themselves. 2799297
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 6hI would really love to see how many brave souls now focused on registration/GOTV turn to widespread organizing against the outrageous 287g abuses by local cops under local govt. headlines about curbing ICE AIR ops at airports is good model @indivisible.org 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 7hThe magats & profiteers who have latched onto them would lie to their mother to place a trade against her. Secretary Pissant is top of pile of liars. There is NO WAY that his private investments positions are tied to the Almost Dead Bad Man policies working out. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comScott Bessent’s Rosy Forecasts Are Putting His Credibility at RiskThe US Treasury Secretary risks boxing himself in with his prognostications on gasoline prices, the housing market and the economy. 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 9hThe set up for attacking Dems if they gain Congress is all there: no money, economy is fragile, job creation is weak, can’t raise taxes in face of possible recession, must cut, austerity. Let’s see if Dem leaders are stupid enough to do austerity again. #TaxtheRich 011
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 20hWhat is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times? 010
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jacoby Brissett vs James Winston. Change that channel immediately 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026TIL the commanders emergency quarterback is named Yankoff www.commanders.com/team/players...commanders.comColson Yankoff (TE): Bio, News, Stats & more 010
Reposted by David WelkerChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“This Land is Your Land” ~ Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Dave Matthews, Tom Morello and others / Power to the People concert 381907588
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Businessmen are amoral - following rules are for suckers, only little people pay taxes, if I could I’d put all my factories on barges and go to the lowest cost country, taxes are theft, etc. Failing to learn from FDR is the post Cold War wrong turn that led the US here. 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Bulwark crew and Rove know they were outorganized and lost to the “Nazis” after grooming and growing and pandering to them for decades. Take their votes & nothing else 001
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Jared Jared Jared is the 2026 topic but Barron Barron Barron + the Tates should be the 2028 topic 000
Reposted by David WelkerLarry Mishel @larrymishel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026@epi.org had a fortieth anniversary celebration. There's much great work to celebrate and I had a wonderful time. prospect.org/2026/10/02/h...prospect.orgHappy Anniversary, EPI - The American ProspectForty years of altering conventional economic assumptions with meticulous research and action 0113
Reposted by David Welkeremptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Broadview 6 Were Selectively Prosecuted emptywheel.net/2026/10/03/t...emptywheel.netThe Broadview 6 Were Selectively Prosecuted - emptywheelLast year, when Andrew Boutros was dropping shitty ICE cases left and right, he made the decision to keep trying until he charged Kat Abughazaleh with a felony. 3388102
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fake NYC tough guy is the city’s #1 20th century export…imagine if it’s #1 21st century export is inclusive empathic NYC guy? 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026No gift link here but it’s gonna be top of everyone’s list in 2027 if Dems take over. #Windfalltax www.ft.com/content/1187...ft.comUS refiners reap windfall profits as wars push up fuel prices for consumersOil producer income has drawn scrutiny but lower-profile refiners have posted a fourfold increase in margins 000
Reposted by David WelkerJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026From me, most before paywall, contrasting long Playboy interview w Donald Trump in 1990 w long Time magazine interview this week. TL;DR His crabbed world-view is the same. But his cognitive terrain is alarmingly shrunken This only makes him more dangerous. fallows.substack.com/p/midterm-co...fallows.substack.comMidterm Countdown, 33 Days to Go: Language from Our Leader.It’s not just your imagination. Donald Trump’s active vocabulary, his train of thought, his ability to filter are all in rapid decline. We’re watching a leaky balloon as it deflates. 619948
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Anthropomorphizing is wild…name the names of the humans who run these institutions. Someone chairs the speakers committee, someone signs the invitations, someone chairs the event. magats allowed to hide behind passive voice or collective “them” is bad. And yes magat doctors are bigger problem 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Please show me the countervailing force that is presently stopping this? I’m sure the American Bastille will be line with law journals! 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I see that Bush v Gore team and its intent to botch up that election and a straight line to the decision to execute that TN woman and how that got botched up. Make a ruling from that marble building, slide confidently and remorseless away, onto the state dinner with ChiComm Gen Secretary. 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don’t want to cause this specific family any more pain as they are going thru enough already. The Cruelty is The Point: making sure next immigrant to decide not to come is as much the goal as pursuing those already here. Pulling the ladder up behind you a-holes are the absolute worst 000
Reposted by David WelkerRevolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tech elites have immense influence over White House policy, dictating the hands-off approach to data centers and other AI issues. We profiled the people driving the executive branch's AI policy, explaining their roles and highlighting their extensive conflicts of interest:therevolvingdoorproject.orgAI Villains And The Trump Administration | Revolving Door ProjectThe Trump Administration is all in on artificial intelligence. 1810
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Confirm in my household - it’s way beyond search function for vocab etc it’s now full recitation of whatever the AI blurb returns 010
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 01/10/202626% is within the rounding error of what I think is absolute lowest approval 27% that tracks with the core magat deadenders still in thrall to the Almost Dead Bad Man. www.politico.com/news/2020/06...politico.comOnly 1 in 4 Americans see Donald Trump as a man of faithA new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll sheds light on perceptions of Trump and religion after his widely criticized photo op outside a church. 000
Reposted by David WelkerProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026NEW on “Paper Trail”: Under Trump 2.0, the White House has often ignored Congress to carry out its agenda. Entire agencies, like USAID, have been gutted. ICE has grown explosively. Behind it all is one man: Russell Vought. 🎧 Listen to our latest episode:propublica.orgWho’s the Shadow President? 37579322
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Did you get your proper share of the first court ordered $ refunds collected by corps for the Almost Dead Bad Man’s illegal tariffs? 000
Reposted by David WelkerDavid Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Earnings season is upon us let’s see who is gouging on the supply shock…court ordered $ refunds from the Almost Dead Bad Man’s illegal tariffs went primarily to the corps after they passed the costs onto downstream traders or consumers. Did you get your slice of those refunds? Crippling #WindfallTax 052
Reposted by David WelkerAva Community Energy @avaenergy.org · 30/09/2026No home charger? No problem. We asked our coworker what it's like to own an EV and rely entirely on public charging. Read on for their experience and advice! AvaEnergy.org/insight/what-its-like-to-own-an-ev-without-home-charging 024
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s a big club and you ain’t in it #TaxtheRich 000
Reposted by David WelkerSenator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 30/09/2026People died fighting for your civil rights. Donald Trump and his Supreme Court are playing with the blood of our ancestors. 113145
Reposted by David WelkerYo DG @dgdela.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One thing I would like to see in any story about Lithium-Ion battery fires is that there have been 3,200 petrochemical incidents (including leaks and fires) in the last 3 years, at a rate of 1x every 10 hours SpillTracker.orgspilltracker.orgOne petrochemical incident every 10 hours.Not once in a while. Not somewhere else. Spill Tracker counts them, maps them, and carries the words of the people who live next to them. 195
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hoping against experience here but perhaps tonight they get on base and drive runners in??? From ovah the monstah dot cahm #RedSoxNation “they looked like the same team they’ve been all month, where they not only rank dead last in runs scored with just 71 - 18 runs behind the next closest squad.” 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sentiment surveys show voters of all political persuasions are struggling and pessimistic. Why? it’s a mystery! 000
Reposted by David WelkerOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026See How The Gutenberg Press Worked: Demonstration Shows the Oldest Functioning Gutenberg Press in Actionopenculture.comSee How The Gutenberg Press Worked: Demonstration Shows the Oldest Functioning Gutenberg Press in ActionPeople have spoken for decades, and with great certainty, of the impending death of print. But even here into the 21st century, presses continue to run around the world, putting out books and periodic... 24920
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sentiment surveys show broad economic uncertainty and precarity across the political spectrum. Why? It’s a mystery! 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I saw Kayser Soze at the Atlanta Hawks game on Feb 3, 2024 100
Reposted by David WelkerDavid Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Benny Johnson probably played a role in queueing up Eric Schmitt’s hilarious faceplant today in the Senate. You can always count on Benny to be humiliatingly wrong about everything. Remember when he tried to claim that Nazis who harassed TPUSA were actually leftists and he was gonna unmask them? 26315
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Autogolpe is absolutely in my impeachment drinking game vocab list 000
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This guy understands the Chicago Way…too bad his bosses did not seize the urgency and push legal limits to meet the peril 010
David Welker @davidskywelker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Both teams limping into 3 nights in the Bronx. No #99 changes things bigly. If Tolle pitches well, the free swingers stop swinging easy balls & actually take a few walks = maybe a chance tonight. Win Game 1 all NYC doomers boo and hex the home team could mean quick escape to round 2. #RedSoxNation 000