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David Durant

@ddurant.bsky.social
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Librarian, avid reader, background in history, "Never-Trumper human scum." All opinions are entirely my own.

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 3h
just put North Carolina in the bag homie
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose his soul? But to be Imperial Viceroy of the Western Hemisphere? (apologies to A Man for All Seasons):
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I agree with this concern, but believe the best response is to have a Democratic victory so overwhelming that Trump's lies simply fall flat:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MAGA's core principle, above all others, is that white people like themselves are always and everywhere the real victims:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The phrase that comes to mind is "Streisand Effect:"
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don't think this response was helpful for his cause, in my opinion:
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 28/09/2026
Roy Cooper (D) leads Michael Whatley (R) by 8.9 points in our North Carolina Senate polling average, in a remarkably stable race. Cooper has cleared 50% in the average, leading 50.3% to 41.4%. That closely tracks our forecasted final margin of Cooper +8.7.
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sadly, Canadians have every right to feel this way:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This regime has unleashed such an onslaught of stupid ideas, what's one more?
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Perhaps the only really coherent policy objective of this regime: de-browning America:
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
Truly incredible how Trump has destroyed every single Republican talking point just in time for the midterms
Screenshot of an X post from the verified “Senate Republicans” account, @SenateGOP. The post reads: “Democrat socialists love to promise free stuff. But they never mention who pays for it.” Beneath the post is an X Community Note labeled “Readers added context.” The note states: “President Donald Trump has proposed several direct cash payouts and rebates funded by tariffs or budget cuts. None were provided.” It lists links from WBAL-TV, ABC7 Chicago, YouTube, and The New York Times as sources. At the bottom of the screenshot, the post is timestamped 4:06 PM on September 23, 2026, and shows 352,000 views.
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The party of militant ignorance and belligerent stupidity:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes, we know....
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Too late, Sir. Trump altered the deal. Pray he doesn’t alter it further.
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've also been remembering these signs lately. Two years ago they were practically everywhere. They aged poorly, as the young people say:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This take will truly age poorly, as the young people say:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
To be honest, that's extremely unfair to MacArthur, who despite all his many flaws stands head and shoulders above Trump and his clowns:
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Finally following my advice!
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More vile secret police tactics from Stephen Miller's white nationalist paramilitary thugs:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A nice thread on Trump's ever more disastrous poll numbers:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fox spends day after day, show after show, demonizing Mamdani as a dangerous communist un-American radical jihadist who wants to destroy America, then every 3 months Trump has a love fest with him and praises him for doing a great job.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A large number of the people counted in this were people who were killed as a result of Al Qaeda in Iraq igniting an Iraqi civil war based on sectarian tensions dating back to Saddam. Yes we invaded the country, and made critically poor decisions, but we were not the only actor involved.
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As long as it's Hunt for Red October vs. The Enemy Below in the final, I'm fine with either winning. Though Run Silent, Run Deep is a solid dark horse:
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'll eat my hat if hasan is even aware of AQI
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Truly a must-read thread. As an Iraq war veteran, let me just add that we were not the ones driving truck bombs into crowded marketplaces. That was AQI (now ISIS.)
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump regime's war on federal data has now extended as far as ruining ACS. The next proper administration will have its hands full fixing all the damage:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Legendary Mexican-American actor, devout Catholic, and the true Khan Noonien Singh:
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Here's hoping that @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social is correct:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump really has treated the Kennedy Center the way the mobsters in Goodfellas treated the restaurant they took over:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What are Temu Ernst Jünger and his pathetic band of freikorps wannabes even talking about?
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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Nothing is real until the votes are in, but, well… a kid can dream.
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The diehard MAGA cult, most of them at least, will remain slavishly loyal until the end. Hopefully, though, the people who voted for Trump because they thought he would magically make it 2019 again have learned their lesson:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
More good news, everyone:
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Imagine US policy in the Middle East plunging the world into energy crisis? IMAGINE?!
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They bought their tickets; now they get to enjoy the ride:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Secretary Dredd is compiling quite the track record:
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
CBO estimates that Iran War cost DoD $38B through August 1. That figure covers incremental DoD costs only; excludes routine costs already budgeted, costs borne by other agencies, and costs CBO was unable to estimate, such as damage to US bases and certain longer-term expenses
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Estimating the Cost of Combat Operations Against Iran
CBO assesses the Department of Defense's costs for the current armed conflict against Iran, as well as the conflict's economic and budgetary effects.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Instead of saying "the Kennedy Center board decided to close" we should note that "a group of Trump appointees including Laura Ingraham and Dan Scavino decided to shut it down"
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump: "The overall numbers beat the NFL." Midterm convention viewers: 3 million NFL viewers: 25 million www.cnn.com/2026/09/15/m...
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Trump said the GOP’s midterm convention outperformed the NFL. Ratings show otherwise | CNN Business
There were two big events on television last Wednesday night: President Donald Trump’s speech at the Republican Party’s midterm convention, and the NFL’s 2025-26 season kickoff game between the Seattl...
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
An excellent thread:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Making Measles Great Again. The result of putting a guy who once snorted cocaine off a public toilet seat in charge of public health:
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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
See guys? It's not that hard. Even Karl Rove can do it when the Republican candidate is awful enough. www.mediaite.com/media/news/k...
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Karl Rove Trashes ‘Bigot’ Republican — Reportedly Says He’s Voting for a Democrat for First Time in 30+ Years
Rove told the crowd at the member-only lunch that Republican Bo French was a “bigot” and that he could not support him.
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Even as the threat of Islamist terrorism has receded in the last decade, the Republican Party has gone from George W. Bush visiting a mosque after 9/11 to now embracing white nationalist gutter bigotry. All thanks to Trump and MAGA:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Unfortunately, this is for good reason in many cases. Trumpwellian censorship breeds cynicism:
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Rigging the census in the service of white nationalism, yet another assault on the credibility of federal data by this regime:
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Rule that I wrote about in July has now been released: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump administration proposes changes to census that could exclude millions
If adopted, the changes could exclude millions of residents from the decennial tally, reshaping congressional representation in the country.
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David Durant @ddurant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Treasury Secretary Dredd: I am the law (house):
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