Reposted by David ScottKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Read the whole thread and pass it on. 12802282
Reposted by David ScottRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Years ago I wrote this essay, and the clamor for compromise and one-sided pandering marches on, and of course David Brooks is a standard-bearer in the parade. As Jamelle Bouie notes, what if they are Nazis?lithub.comRebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis HalfwayWhen Trump won the 2016 election—while losing the popular vote—the New York Times seemed obsessed with running features about what Trump voters were feeling and thinking. These pieces treated them … 522305563
Reposted by David ScottKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You couldn't have scripted a more fitting endgame for the Republican Party than the cult members desperately trying to distance themselves from the cult leader, with the cult leader being too narcissistic to let them go and dragging them down with his sweaty smothering embrace 361015142
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It clearly isn’t his intent, but his comments show over and over again that he has absolutely no ethical center. It’s cowardice and calculation all the way down. 000
Reposted by David ScottJoseph Britt @zathras5.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That’s about right. Paxton personally, though, also embodies qualities at the heart of Trump’s Republican Party: general lawlessness, financial corruption, overt racism, depraved personal morals and ostentatious religious posturing. Not being able to get away with all that is the end of Trumpism. 0223
Reposted by David Scottjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026a competitive texas is like a vicksburg level defeat for the GOP 402061138
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Does this mean Whatley’s blatantly racist Willie Horton type attack ads will stop? 010
Reposted by David ScottArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178125262683
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026 “sick, treasonous, and demented “ is very concise projection! 1120
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026 Jamelle Bouie wasn’t born when North Carolina elected proudly racist Jesse Helms to the Senate in 1972! And then kept him there for thirty years. 1300
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Excellent multi purpose use of “flabby” Mr. Bouie! 000
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just when good old Pitchbot thinks he’s staying ahead of the curve, the NYT raises its parody game to new levels! 030
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“Be careful what your advisers are telling you “ That’s Thom Tillis’s patented cop-out line! 050
Reposted by David ScottRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Wrote a thing about Gloria Steinem and how profoundly feminism changed and continues to change the world.meditationsinanemergency.comGloria Steinem Helped Transform the World for EveryoneTo become old is to be an immigrant from a country that no longer exists, and to live among peers who sometimes remember that country and among younger people who mostly don't know how different the p... 12482161
Reposted by David ScottKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The general response of "get a fucking life, losers" remains undefeated 1256789
Reposted by David ScottBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Amazon achieves enshittification inception; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/04/c... #Pluralistic 1/ 58029
Reposted by David ScottRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Thank you for so many strong essays, poems, ideas, stands, principles, examples, Wendell Berry. Thank you for loving the land, the country, the language. Thank you for living your principles. Quoted you in my talk yesterday, pulled these from my quotes collections.nytimes.comWendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim. 15701151
Reposted by David ScottAndrew Wender Cohen @awcohen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The Canadian PM said it better. 121
Reposted by David ScottAndrew Wender Cohen @awcohen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I repeat: the province was named after the lake, not the reverse. “Ontario“ means ”lake of shining waters” in Haudenosaunee. It’s been called that since before the US or Canada existed. 11510
Reposted by David ScottJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Canada's leaders are doing the necessary, hard, right thing. Team MAGA is doing the senseless, dishonorable, self-damaging thing. And no one in the GOP dares stand up to it—even those whose states are most harmed by this stupid "trade war" and disrespect to what was our closest ally. 431023234
Reposted by David ScottRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Geologists and evolutionary biologists do not have to debate creationists. Astronomers do not have to debate pre-Copernican theories of the heavens. Doctors do not have to debate anti-vax nuts. Climate scientists do not have to debate industry-funded deniers. All that goes for racists times ten. 13681169
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 16/08/2026“Basically, if you were a triceratops in Alberta, you had about two minutes before you got vaporized” is how one geologist put it to me. Elizabeth Kolbert , The Sixth Extinction 081
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 16/08/2026And in endorsing Blanche after condemning the J6 pardons, my Senator Thom Tillis has established himself as a hypocrite of truly historical magnitude. Even within a party composed entirely of hypocrites, his self serving, self flattering nonsense stands out. 011
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Sorry not to see the great Rebecca Solnit on this list! 000
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Thom will never blame Trump directly for anything. He just doesn’t have the courage. When he manages to say something honest about the culpability of J6ers, he feels compelled to immediately follow it with a stream of weasel words. 010
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 30/07/2026“Somebody” is doing a lot of work right there Thom! You are afraid to ever say his name in a critical context. 000
Reposted by David ScottElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways. 22680982174
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This is the message that Rebecca Solnit has so eloquently and persistently shared! Optimism and hope are two different things, and the future is not knowable. So all of us should just keep doing whatever our small part is in this struggle for democracy and human decency.knowable.so 060
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 16/07/2026My Senator Thom Tillis might steal “Endless Soundbites of Cowardice” for the title of his memoir! 081
Reposted by David Scotthappy voter @happyvoter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026VA LG's favorite Lincoln quote: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.” 095
Reposted by David ScottGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/07/2026After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government. Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized. 492287066969
Reposted by David ScottAlex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I want our next Dem president to bring back the WPA and just build infrastructure all across this country again. Build green energy, trains, housing, etc. We can have nice things (and nice bathrooms), but we have to invest in ourselves! 552760575
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 10/07/2026One could drive through the massive new housing development near where I live and not see a single structure 1/10 as pleasing to the eye as this. 0140
Reposted by David ScottIndivisible Chatham NC @indivisiblechatham.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Thanks to all who showed up in the sweltering heat to display their patriotism yesterday 🇺🇸💙 Please join us each Saturday from 11-12! 143
Reposted by David ScottSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Donald Trump doesn't own the White House. He didn't own the East Wing. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is not his, either. They are ours and his acts of destruction are attacks on all of us. 16755611488
Reposted by David ScottKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Fox made sure to note that there's a sizable population of immigrants from Cape Verde in Rhode Island and, honestly, I'd love to see that for each match. Remind Americans that we have connections to all these countries through immigration, collapse the distance and give us rooting interests. 622557331
Reposted by David ScottIndivisible Chatham NC @indivisiblechatham.bsky.social · 14/06/2026We hope you can join us tomorrow to protest against Trump’s corruption! 011
Reposted by David ScottIndivisible Chatham NC @indivisiblechatham.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Let’s gather against Trump’s corruption! June 14 is Trump’s birthday but he doesn’t own the day. Historic Courthouse, Pittsboro from 6-7PM on June 14, 2026 for a popup protest against Trump’s corruption. Please dress in black, bring a sign and an American Flag. No poles please! 021
Reposted by David ScottKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/06/2026If the president throws a tantrum when he's pressed about his lies about election fraud and walks away from the interview, your response should be to remind your viewers of all the ways in which those lies were dismissed by the courts. Not promise to give him a do over after he's had nap time. 11945161082
Reposted by David ScottDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Remembering my dad's dad, Norman Senior, who was killed on D-Day+2, June 1944, in the fight against fascism. 562924268
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Yes, my Senator Thom Tillis often uses weasel words and avoids at all costs calling out Trump by name. But the bar is low for the Republicans in Congress, and this statement is better than nothing! 020
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Before I even gave a reason for my call the Tillis staffer I spoke to this morning said “Is this about the slush fund or the ballroom ?”. They are clearly getting an earful from a lot of unhappy constituents! 040
David Scott @dmschatham.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Just called Tillis and Budd. Ring their phones off the hook! Tell them we refuse to have a single penny of our taxes going to a Trump Jan. 6 perpetrators slush fund. 010
Reposted by David ScottSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17/05/2026One nation, under daddy, the paradoxical feelings about whom we absolutely will not go to therapy to work through but will instead transmute into resentment and violence that we will inflict on those who we consider to be beneath us but whose power we also, deep down inside, tremblingly fear. 39615
