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David Ivester

@divester.bsky.social
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Lawyer, husband, father, atheist, progressive, amateur genealogist and family archivist (aka pack rat), lover of life, learning, nature, history, animals, and more.

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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
In a display of pettiness, a pretend warrior presumes to “punish” a true patriot. Any real military officers puny Pete drags into this farce must be sick to their stomachs. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
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Hegseth Starts Proceedings Against Sen. Mark Kelly Over His Remarks
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
With his“garbage” rant, Trump revealed who and what he is: a racist. It remains for Americans to reveal who and what they are: Will they accept or even support Trump’s racism? Or will they repudiate it soundly enough to establish that such behavior is unacceptable? We’ll soon find out.
reuters.com
Trump 'garbage' rhetoric about Somalis draws cheers from administration, silence from Republicans and alarm from critics
Donald Trump's racial comments are growing increasingly bold, normalized and permissible, his critics say, as some of his allies and supporters no longer consider them out of bounds.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Recognizing that the so-called MAGA base comprises only about a quarter of the American electorate, it is heartening to observe that most Americans share the opposition to Trump and his corruption and lawlessness that animated last Saturday’s No Kings protests. The movement grows; more to come.
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Analysis: Republicans are ridiculing ‘No Kings.’ A striking new poll shows Americans aren’t laughing | CNN Politics
New polling reinforces how much the thrust of the “No Kings” message has resonated with much of the American public.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Leavitt says Democrats are "Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals". Too ludicrous to dignify with a rebuttal, her words at least reveal her delusions. Seems kinda quaint to recall the hissy fit Republicans threw when Hillary Clinton said some of them were "deplorable".
huffpost.com
Karoline Leavitt’s ‘Incredibly Dangerous’ Rant About Democrats Draws Instant Backlash
The Trump White House press secretary's remark was condemned as "grossly dark” and “f**king dangerous."
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Trump works himself up watching Fox News spew vitriol and half-truths--and then unleashes his anger on Americans or at least those he deems the enemy within.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Wealth inequality in America has worsened since the 1980s and now reaches obscene levels. Here is a graphic comparison of what Americans think is an “ideal” distribution of wealth, what they think is the “actual” distribution, and the actual distribution. www.facebook.com/678867796/vi...
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726K views · 16K reactions | Gordon Farrell on Reels
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Marc Elias explains how voter suppression works (in the most detail I’ve heard), points out signs of Trump’s plans to steal the 2026 election, and offers ways to resist. youtu.be/7PXQfDHr9Aw?...
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URGENT: Trump's Plan To Steal The 2026 Election Revealed
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
It is heartening to learn that Americans overwhelmingly reject resorting to political violence, and opinion polls suggesting otherwise are grossly misleading. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
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Why Support for Political Violence Is Not as High as It May Seem
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
She was tried before a jury of American citizens who heard and considered testimony and evidence before unanimously finding her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. That this Newsmax tool asserts this was just the doing of the media and DOJ tells me more about him than his nonsensical claims.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Thanks to trickle-down, Americans now experience the worst income and wealth inequality since the 1920s. Republicans propose to further transfer wealth from most Americans to the wealthiest few and skyrocket that inequality. If they pass the bill, ready yourself for some ugly times in America.
nytimes.com
Opinion | How Awful Is the Republican Megabill? Here Are Four of the Worst Parts.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The biggest liar of our time (BLOOT) boasted that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities had been “obliterated”--before anyone could really know that. When a Defense Intelligence Agency report later contradicted him, BLOOT screamed “scum” and “fake news”--as if he wasn't the one caught lying.
newrepublic.com
Trump Spends NATO Raging Over Reports His Iran Strikes Did Nothing
Donald Trump keeps insisting that his reckless strikes were a huge success.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Trump has sent our military to war without authorization by Congress and without offering a shred of evidence justifying his action. He took us to war on nothing more than his say so, which isn’t worth spit. That's not the American way.
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70andexhausted.bsky.social @70andexhausted.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Well played.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
AMERICANS ROARED! Millions of Americans voiced opposition to Trump at “No Kings” protests around the nation. Meanwhile, few attended Trump’s parade. While pitching it as honoring our military, he couldn’t hide that he hoped Americans’ high regard for our military would rub onto him. Didn't happen.
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No Kings protests vs Donald Trump’s military parade: Comparing the crowd sizes at each event
Calculating crowd size can be a challenge, and estimates for both Trump’s parade and ‘No Kings’ protests vary widely.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Grab some popcorn and watch while Bongino, Bondi, Patel, and others who peddled deep state conspiracy theories discover and disclose, now that they’re in charge, that all of it was bogus and face the wrath of their former whacky fans who cannot handle the truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...
nytimes.com
Once Champions of Fringe Causes, Now in a ‘Trap of Their Own Making’
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
DOGE is a dud—at least for cutting fraud, waste, and abuse. It has seen more “success” though in disruption and destruction: purging and intimidating federal employees, downsizing and hobbling government services, scratching Trump’s itch for revenge, and looting government data for Musk’s benefit.
theatlantic.com
The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Michael Roth finds "no comfort" in the Trump administration’s ostensible embrace of Jews on college campuses. "Jew hatred is real, but today’s anti-antisemitism isn’t a legitimate effort to fight it. It’s a cover for a wide range of agendas that have nothing to do with the welfare of Jewish people.”
nytimes.com
Opinion | Trump’s Crusade Against Antisemitism Is Extremely Bad for the Jews (Gift Article)
Antisemitism is real. But the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend.
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Now THAT’S some #GoodTrouble. #HandsOff
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Maureen “FusionFellow” @fusionfellow.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Santa Barbara! Thousands making a human sign! #handsoff
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 06/04/2025
Sign of the day…
Science keeps your dumb ass alive
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
They came after immigrants here illegally and then immigrants here legally. Now even a handful of US citizens have been detained, deported or otherwise swept up under the Trump administration’s intensifying crackdown. @marialuisapaul.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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As Trump cracks down on immigration, U.S. citizens are among those snared
Recent news reports of at least seven alleged cases have alarmed advocates and scholars who say they reveal the dangers of a system accelerating with few safeguards.
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is what kicking fascism’s ass looks like. #HandsOff
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/04/2025
The message is: crowd large. Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift. Events like this puncture that delusion.
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You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.
People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—and what they fear he will do next.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
San Francisco gets an A+ for presentation and form.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I hope the Park Service and other agencies archive all that Trump's minions erase and revise, so once he's gone, we can more readily push the "undo" button and restore all he would wish away.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/04/2025
People packed the streets across the U.S. on Saturday to protest against President Trump, his administration's cutbacks, financial turmoil and more. nyti.ms/43GRvS7
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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · 05/04/2025
#HANDSOFF #NYC
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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#HandsOff Cleveland.
Obama Lama Ding Dong and Trump kisses Putin’s ass signs at Cleveland #HandsOff protests.
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
These are the signs of the times — as demonstrated in today’s Hands Off! WE ARE THE OPPOSITION!!
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Thousands and thousands of people at Civic Center SF, @indivisible.org organizers doing a great job teaching people why confronting aggressive counter protesters ( I haven’t seen any) plays into the autocrat playbook
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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Cleveland #HandsOff protest. Two “GOOD TROUBLE” signs in homage to the late, great John Lewis.
Cleveland #HandsOff protest. Two “GOOD TROUBLE” signs in homage to the late, great John Lewis. Cleveland #HandsOff protest. Two “GOOD TROUBLE” signs in homage to the late, great Rep. John Lewis.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025
Wow. #HandsOff rally in St. Paul, Minnesota is massive!
Massive crowd at Hands Off rally in St. Paul, Minnesota
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Swalwell: This is what kicking the shit out of fascism looks like
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025
100,000+ people marched at the #HandsOff rally in New York!
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Gayle Kimball @gaylekimball.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com Chico, CA over a thousand protesters against the oligarchic bros reminding us about our democratic values.
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cheleyb.bsky.social @cheleyb.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com This was in little old San Ramon, Northern California, world! 1000+ strong and yet no print media showed to record the event. Guess they work for the man, right? How’s that working for you, guys? Let’s keep making GOOD TROUBLE, all.
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Sarah McK @smck1371.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Thousands peacefully protested in San Francisco @maddow.msnbc.com
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aboemi.bsky.social @aboemi.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com Over 4,000 of us at the San Jose, CA Hands Off Protest today.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Dumb and dangerous. Trump’s dismantling of the US government and its alliances diminishes the US around the world. Climate change, deleted from Trump’s military policies, is the reason the arctic and Greenland figures more and more in our national security--and all the more reason to value NATO.
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The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Hypocrisy still matters, even if exposure of the rank hypocrisy of Trump and his sort seems not to prompt correction, embarrassment, or even pause. Americans deserve better of their public political discourse—less “heads I win, tails you lose” tribalism and more integrity, honor, and honesty.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Brazen Hypocrisy Enters the Signal Group Chat (Gift Article)
In Trump world, the rules apply only to other people.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Welcome back.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
DOJ lawyers are subject to ethical rules too. When representing a client, like Trump, who plays fast and loose with facts and tends to unlawful behavior, they should be particularly careful in written and oral submissions to courts—lest they find themselves facing judicial sanctions. Capisce!
nytimes.com
With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law Firms (Gift Article)
A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Fox News and its ilk have been toxic to public understanding and discourse for decades--and now we have an electorate to show for it. www.facebook.com/reel/6380640...
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24K views · 490 reactions | Thad Reynolds | Facebook
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Judge Alsup noted OPM's cruelty: “[I]t is a sad day when our government would fire some good employee and say it was based on performance when they know good and well that's a lie" rendering the employee unable to get unemployment insurance and needing to disclose that firing to future employers.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Straight from the playbook of tyrants, Trump attacks lawyers to punish them for crossing him and deter others from trying. Not bothering to make complaints and prove misdeeds, he simply abuses his official powers to hobble lawyers serving his opponents. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting Perkins Coie (Gift Article)
The order against the firm, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign, represents an escalation of efforts to punish groups the president sees as aiding his enemies.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
In Trump’s fantasy world, he and Putin suffered through the “Russia hoax”, as he labels the fact that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. In this, he is plainly DELUSIONAL. World leaders—and the rest of us—can only wonder if this guy is right in the head. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
huffpost.com
Trump Reups Old Lie To Rewrite History Of Getting Russian Help To Win 2016 Election
Defending dictator Vladimir Putin, again, Trump renews his false claim that Russia did not help him become president. It did.
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David Ivester @divester.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
“Efficiency”? 21 DOGE staffers resign and publicly scorch DOGE’s incompetent efforts to dismantle critical public services. They warn that many of Musk's new recruits are political ideologues lacking necessary skills or experience to do what is asked of them. www.huffpost.com/entry/doge-s...
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DOGE Staffers Resign After Being Asked To Dismantle ‘Critical Public Services’
All who resigned had previously held senior roles at tech companies like Google and Amazon.
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