David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Today's Jeopardy question: Because Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, estimated at more than five times that of the United States. Today's Jeopardy answer: Why are we starting a war with Venezuela, starting with blowing up boats, followed by a huge naval and Marine build-up? 031
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 23/10/2025I'm starting to think we should elect people based on their internet history. Here's a hint - the more anti-X they are, the more their porn viewing is of X. If X is LQBTQ+, the internet history is chock-full of gay porn. And if it's child porn, well, let's not even talk about it. 000
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 23/10/2025If you think of Trump, not as President, not as reality TV star, not real estate magnate, but as the person he is, a person with an IQ in the low 80s who was born to unimaginable wealth and never told he was wrong, everything he does or says falls into place. 150
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 19/10/2025For those who understand the rule of law, this should terrify you: The United States Supreme Court is about to decide that a statute is constitutional until, in the majority's personal opinions, it has outlived its usefulness - then it's unconstitutional. 065
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 19/09/2025I am coming to the most fatalistic, depressing, & inescapable conclusion of my political life. A majority of Americans truly believe the US should be white, Christian, & of Western European descent, & everybody else is just a guest, tolerated only with good behavior (behavior acceptable to them). 031
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 09/09/2025If the People can no longer turn to the law, where must the People turn? The People must rebel.* *This is the worst possible, yet only, answer. And I'm twisted in knots looking for another one. 180
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Mayors of cities about to be invaded by Trump's ICE and National Guard invasion (which has nothing to do with crime rates and everything to do with performative politics) should do the following: ... 194
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 29/08/2025On painting The Wall black: Mexican scientists are already working on a way to defeat this ingenious wall. In fact, they are already testing some of their experimental devices in the US. If you see a roofing truck it might actually be Mexican scientists. 130
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Imagine if half the cars on the road had Mexican flag window stickers. The racist bully bastards wearing masks and ICE vests would devolve in mumbling puddles of goo from the combination of over-stimulation and lack of satisfaction. Think of it as Bigot’s Blue Balls. Reposting until it's a movement. 132
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Who hurt you more today? 1. The homeless person living on the street, asking you for change? 2. The CEO who took the $1,000,000 in profit you helped generate and gave it himself as a bonus, instead of giving you a $2.00/hour raise? 327998
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 23/08/2025FWI (F'ing with ICE): Project "Bigot's Blue Balls" [Warning, this is a project for American-born white people only - I would never ask Black or Brown friends to take this risk.] 1. Put a Mexican flag bumper sticker on your car or truck. … 143
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 24/07/2025The Wall Street Journal is going to war against Trump. apple.news/A3o_MLmPfST6...apple.newsJustice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files — The Wall Street JournalBondi also told president at the meeting that Justice decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims 071
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 09/07/2025By the middle of his second term, Donald Trump‘s dementia and paranoia could no longer be concealed from those around him. It started with the death of Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, when his plane fell from the skies over the Pacific Ocean. 230
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 04/07/2025The President of the United States refers to bankers as “Shylocks.” Nothing to see here, right? Any Jew who thinks Trump is our friend is out of their dammed mind. 1122
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Congress is a criminal enterprise. Republican Votes for Budget After Dumping Medicaid-Related Stock - The New Republic 041
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The White House announces municipal water is to be replaced with Brawndo, the thirst quencher. 010
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The number of trans athletes at the elite level (Div. I college, Olympics, professional, etc.) is infinitesimal, and each sport's leading body sets rules on time, hormones, etc. But let's not talk about those. 140
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 22/06/2025A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award. This story is just horrifying.nytimes.comA White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award. 132
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 21/06/2025@jd-vance-1.bsky.social Would you kindly explain why our Department of Defense is celebrating Russian Flag Day? 222
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 21/06/2025@jd-vance-1.bsky.social Once again, assuming you are here to engage in good faith, please offer your thoughts on the following: 221
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 21/06/2025@jd-vance-1.bsky.social, I am going to make the assumption that you are here in good faith, and therefore ask for your response to the following: 100
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 15/06/2025The United States Department of Defense is celebrating Flag Day. Russian Flag Day. 140
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 14/06/2025TACO Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...nytimes.comTrump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries 040
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I know that this is not going to be a popular idea, but I don't think going to protests is productive. It simply give TACO Don the pictures he wants - even if non-violent, FOX News will mix images of protests with images of violence (even if from another time or even another country). 130
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 26/05/2025I teach negotiations at the graduate level. The present resident of the White House would not get an “F” in my class. I would have strongly suggested he drop it long before grades were due. 1240972
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Broken sauces, ice cream scoop mashed potatoes, overcooked veggies, and meat and fish that both spent at least five minutes longer under the heat than they deserved. It looks like what you get when the high school vo-tech cooking class caters the vo-tech shop class graduation. 061
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 24/05/2025His understanding of basic economics matches my golden doodle's understanding of internal combustion engines. 032
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Trump says talks with E.U. are “going nowhere,” threatens 50% tariff in June - NBC News 90 deals in 90 days is turning into hysterical threats, as Diaper Don learns he’s not the world emperor he imagines himself to be. When he’s done, our only trading partners will be Russia and a few Arab states. 051
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Dear Rural America, I hope this finds you well. I wanted to ask you something. Do you realize that cutting $8 billion from Medicaid means your local hospital, the only one within 50 miles, is going to close? I'd love to hear your thoughts on that. Sincerely, City Dwellers 183
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Short-Circuits With ‘White Genocide’ Rants - The Daily Beast If you’re still on X (née Twitter), you’re choosing to be part of a Nazi propaganda machine. 010
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Trump Officials Balk at RFK Jr.’s Attack on Pesticides - The Wall Street Journal Diaper Don doesn’t care off Kennedy hurts children, but he’ll step in if business profits might be at risk. 020
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 10/05/2025If this doesn’t break your brain then you’re not paying attention. 5530084
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Autism is not an illness. It is a term to describe a broad spectrum of social and mental capacity as compared to the norm. You might as well seek the cause of intelligence or artistic talent. www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...npr.orgRFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid infoThe National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data. 385
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Diaper Don announces the "framework" of a deal with the UK. The White House is desperate to create the impression of trade deals, even if they don't actually exist. 010
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 05/05/2025#Abortion We can’t stop the delivery of marijuana, fentanyl, or meth. Do we really think we can stop mail order mifepristone? Abortion will continue and abortion drugs will become readily available street drugs. 182
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 03/05/2025But for Diaper Don demonstrating what isolationist autocracy really looks like, elections in Canada and Australia almost certainly would have gone differently. Will his aggressive incompetence offer the end of the world’s rightward lurch? I hope so. 071
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 30/04/2025If the #AlienEnemiesAct is the basis for deportations, and the Alien Enemies Act requires that we be at war or suffering an invasion by a foreign government, then every actor, up to and including the President, can be prosecuted for #WarCrimes. ... 161
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I have enjoyed desserts around the world, from Michelin starred finery to carts on the street and I've had sweeter, richer, tastier, and more exciting, but there's something about a Girl Scout Thin Mint out of the freezer that just says "yes! that's exactly right." 021
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I just can’t. www.cbsnews.com/news/usda-wi...cbsnews.comUSDA withdraws a Biden-era effort to limit salmonella levels in raw poultryThe United States Department of Agriculture is withdrawing a rule proposed to help prevent salmonella poisoning from contaminated poultry. 063
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Every day today's #Republican Party goes more overtly #Nazi, and every day today's Republicans say, "More!" 5125
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Draft response to Ed Martin's demand that the New England Journal of Medicine answer his political questions. (link below) 26712171
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 26/04/2025A reminder for the MAGA toadying judges, including the federal magistrate who signed the absurd arrest warrant in Wisconsin, that a day will come when they must answer for what they did. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...encyclopedia.ushmm.orgSubsequent Nuremberg Proceedings, Case #3, The Justice CaseThe Justice Case was Case #3 of 12 Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings against leading German industrialists, military figures, SS perpetrators, and others. 0143
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 26/04/2025If #DeSantis truly believes climate change doesn't exist, why isn't the #Florida Department of Insurance bringing lawsuits against insurance companies for price gouging? www.newsweek.com/florida-resi...newsweek.comFlorida residents struggling to sell their homes—"Not getting any showings"Florida sellers are growing frustrated with the lack of buyers interested in their homes. 062
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 26/04/2025I would like to write about the utterly unlawful arrest of #JudgeDugan, but I can't. I'm so utterly blown away with grief for our nation, for the rule of law, that just thinking about writing it paralyzes me. 183
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Defendant moves to dismiss, as a judge can direct people in her courtroom to use whatever G-d damned door she wants. Respectfully submitted, /s/ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...nytimes.comWisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Arrested by FBI in Immigration DisputeJudge Hannah Dugan was arrested on suspicion that she “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from” an immigrant being pursued by the authorities, the F.B.I. director said. 050
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 25/04/2025The undersigned represents the #NEJM in response to your letter of April XX, 1025. Please direct all future communications to me. I will accept service on behalf of my client. No additional response will be provided. With all due respect, /s/ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h...nytimes.com‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical JournalThe New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter. 030
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 25/04/2025The Handmaid’s Tale was too optimistic. It didn’t take a fertility crisis and a second Civil War. It just took an election. 0457
David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Lest there be any doubt, this administration wants LGBTQ youth to die.motherjones.comHHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youthIn February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day. 052