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David Rothschild

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 53m
Bush spent over a year lying to US, pressuring corporate media & other elites into line, before he started his stupid quagmire in Iraq Trump has not even bothered to lie to US about why we attacked Iran and what we plausible hope to gain: he simply demands that we all sacrifice $1,000s/year for him
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3h
Skipped from 1770’s to 1960’s? Send me to fight the rebels who want to own slaves, send me to fight the autocrats who want to carve up the free world, send me to fight the Nazis.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 11h
You & me knew Trump was going to quickly deport hard-working law-abiding immigrants & impose onerous tariffs on US, but NYT & Corporate Media relentlessly promoted Latinos were aligning with Trump because they believed he was going to slash inflation & protect good immigrants, never correcting them.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is wild to be reminded that the Pope is American, and roots for the White Sox.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Side note to story is that Axios was *collaborating with* Schmitt today..
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Real Americans know the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and Iowa Hawkeyes basketball teams.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Way too little discussion about fact Republican Elite (1) live in twisted fantasy information echochamber run by Musk & Murdoch & Mercer & other right-wing billionaires that destroys their sense of reality & incentive to govern (2) are absurd people without decency, shame, love for neighbor or US.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For decades we have been saying: maybe Democrats should run ads that simply quote Republicans saying horrible things about their own constituents. But Democratic consultants convinced Democrats that that would be too effective. So, this is validating to watch. Also, always hated false civility.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, HEY! What is going on here?!" RIP Mr. Belding. newschannel9.com/news/local/c...
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Chattanooga native Dennis Haskins, 'Saved by the Bell' principal, dies at 75
Chattanooga native and actor Dennis Haskins, best known as Principal Richard Belding on “Saved by the Bell,” has died at age 75, according to his friend and car
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Turns out The Cornell Daily's strategy of speaking truth to power is way more positively impactful than NYT & Corporate Media's strategy of using power to crush truth.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When you end up in both treatment groups.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
According to Corporate Media, the rapid success of Don Jr. & Eric's new defense contractors, while their father is president and starting absurd wars, is about 1/1000 as important as Hunter Biden selling a few pieces of art.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
80 y/o Neil Young playing "Are There Any More Real Cowboys? with 93 y/o Willie Nelson. Country music used to be about love, solidarity, nature, hard-work, family & neighbors & country. Lots of chatter online about some pop country song, it does not have this soul. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXcP...
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Willie Nelson & Neil Young live 9/24/2026 TD Pavilion at Highmark Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA
YouTube video by Matt Frazier
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In 2024 NYT & Corporate Media were laser focused on the need to expel university students & fire presidents for too much free speech. In 2025 NYT & Corporate Media quietly watched aa Trump ended free speech in universities, deported students, and defunded research.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYT had no problem saying Biden was too old, he had to be forced out, for 6 straight months until they made it happen. But for Trump, they only condemn his crimes against US in riddles.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
(1) Great reporting, as always, @willbunch.bsky.social (2) So thankful @jaketapper.bsky.social is on 4 year no-news diet as he backpacks through remotest corners of world. As a hard-hitting truth-to-power journalist, obsessed with presidential mental fitness, he would have taken this all very hard.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In short: Giving US explosive diarrhea & measles is one of the key campaign promises that Trump has followed through with exactly as advertised.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump's war in Iran & his absurd corruption are both betrayals of what Trump sold US as a candidate. War on immigration, aimed at legal immigrants, went much further than he promised. But, tariffs (driving up cost) and undermining regulation (giving US diarrhea) is exactly as advertised.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Article actually brings up fun/interesting question. How much money do you think there is out there for an economist to come out one day & say (despite knowing these are absurd & dangerous lies): "tariffs are great for manufacturing! war in Iran, and wars on immigrants, will eventually make US rich!
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I wish NYT had as much disdain for Trump as they have for their core consumers: Emanuel has no influence on 2026 or 2028, despite the backing of NYT.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ProPublica brakes more important stories about Trump than all of Corporate Media combined.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump's policies possibly benefit upwards of 0.5% of US (i.e., those people who benefit from his corruption)? Direct costs associated with tariffs & anti-immigration purges are so high & dispersed as to make it basically impossible that 80%+ are not clearly worse off due to Trump's policies.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Job 37:11–12 – "He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them. At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them." Proverbs 16:9 – "In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps."
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But, Trump & his team read the NYT and the Media & Political Elite who could have check Trump read the NYT, and NYT has constantly sane-washed, normalized, and validated the worst excesses of Trump. They refuse to clearly condemn him and his policies. Giving everyone permission to let this carry on.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Baker has created a very consistent narrative over the last 2 years of President Trump as an American strongman, tough and powerful. If you parse the articles you can get that it is actually bad for US, but the header, pictures, ledes paint a picture of fighter.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If the Republicans get destroyed in the midterms, will Corporate Media still pretend that Trump has a mandate to do insanely horrible & unpopular things that he never discussed prior to his narrow 2024 election? Yes, of course. Will Corporate Media call on him to moderate, look left? Hahaha, no.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Phew! I was so sad & worried & confused for the few days when those intrepid "journalists" were unable to drink (and amplify) Trump's firehose of lies & hate, and forced to possible consider real reporting on what Trump is doing. So thankful that nightmare is behind US <sarcasm emoji>
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Weird that serious conversation around Latinos & Trump for last few years focused almost entirely on their polling, and what that polling represented, not on fact that Trump has policy of terrorizing Latinos that continues to tear apart many of lives, while generally crushing freedom & opportunity.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ossoff did not get Media & Political Elite memo that Republicans are not responsible for their own words or actions (let alone someone else's), while Democrats are personally responsibility for anything from most extreme Oberlin first-year (or random streamer). Maybe time to update those rules?
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If the goal was to inform the American people on actions & impact of President on US, they could do a much better job if they did not prioritize his steady stream of lies & hate. Ending access to White House would be the best thing that ever happened to journalism of covering the presidency.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Shalom Aleichem שלום עליכם Peace be unto you, ministeri​​​​ng Angels ... May your coming be in peace ... Bless​ me with peace ... May your departure be in peace ... For the Lord will guard your coming & going from now and for all time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=913j...
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Shalom Aleichem - שלום עליכם
YouTube video by Maayan Band
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lets. Do. This.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
World according to Media & Political Elite When Republicans win Big: they have mandate, charge righward! When Republicans win Small: they have mandate, charge rightward! When Democrats win Small: they need to unite US by looking right. When Democrats win Big: they need to unite US by looking right.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Taxes on Working Families (tariffs), War on Iran, War on Immigrants, Slashing Federal Services, Corruption. Trump's key policies are terrible for all of US. As Trump becomes toxic (and increasingly detached from reality), his Media & Political Elite protection fades, his approval can fall harder.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New Paper: "Algorithmic systems, human agency and the future of platform research" with Homa Hosseinmardi, Upasana Dutta, @duncanjwatts.bsky.social in Nature Computational Science www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Algorithmic systems, human agency and the future of platform research - Nature Computational Science
While there are widespread concerns about the potential negative societal impacts of algorithm-driven systems, a more balanced approach to understanding online content consumption and engagement that ...
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
time to play everyone's favorite game, Is the Trump Regime doing something baffling: stupid, corrupt, and/or cruel?
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT: you should all praise us for this new "investigative" piece where we admit to something about Trump everyone already knew (and we had been vigorously denying for Trump and will never follow-up on) ProPublica: this is what real investigative journalism looks like, and it is so powerful
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Agenda Setting News Companies, owned by: (7) Right-Wing Billionaires: FoxNews, WSJ, NYP, CBS, CNN, WaPo, LAT (2) Corporations Trump threatens into submission: ABC, NBC (1) 5th generation owner who hates Democrats (and women & Muslims): NYT
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Media & Political Elite tell Jewish Americans they should worry about this gentle soul (because he is Muslim) BUT we should not worry that person funding Republican Party debates if Jews are white while funding a new-Nazi party in Germany (because he is rich & powerful). I choose reality (& love).
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Avinu Malkeinu sung by Barbara Streisand www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YON... I hope everyone had an easy & meaningful fast, that we wake up tomorrow with renewed energy to spread love, peace, justice, freedom, opportunity May (many years from now) we all be inscribed in the book of lives well lived.
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BARBRA STREISAND - AVINU MALKEINU
YouTube video by Sasha Charan
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Avinu Malkeinu, a prayer repeated across the High Holy Days, creates a strange juxtaposition: we reflect & pray to G-d for ourselves (reflect inward on our own faults, sins, things we wish we had done, and seek mercy for those trespasses)... 1/x
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Step 1: host invites degenerate liar to come onto show Step 2: host asks a question, lets degenerate liar lie for a few minutes Step 3: host pushes back on a few of the lies Step 4: host feels great about mild push back, degenerate liar feels great about the lies Rest of US: our Elites are absurd
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I do all of my banking online, haven not visited a branch in at least a decade, but when the bank has something really, really important to tell me: they mail a letter to my home without alerting me online in any way.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump saying we urgently need well stocked sniper nests overlooking the nation’s main location for political protest should ring alarm bells.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Get that it is a legal strategy for Trump to take our money & heritage in the name of the military: but building a sniper nest on the National Mall really feels like a threat to free assembly & speech, as if the only obvious use would be strike down people protesting Trump’s regime.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Trump says …” A full-grown adult whose full-time job it is to cover politics wrote this absurd piece of Republican propaganda for the NYT.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We cannot let them pardon themselves out of crimes against humanity.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
White House Correspondence Association just honored Trump for his vicious attacks on free speech, and free press in particular, yet he shockingly decided to attack them even more. No one could have seen this coming.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I disagree with AG Sulzberger and NYT: If you are good news source under an authoritarian regime, the regime should hate (not love) you. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: The Story of America, Told in 15 Million First Drafts of History
The Times has witnessed the country’s transformation. It will keep its eyes open.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
AG Sulzberger (5th gen owner of NYT): "[Trump] still relies on us, still takes questions from us and still quotes us when convenient. Indeed, during a visit to The Times, he told my colleagues and me that he thinks of us as 'a great, great American jewel, a world jewel.'" Success: Trump loves NYT!
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