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David R. Evans, Ph.D.

@drdreforreal.bsky.social
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Liberal Arts Guy currently Provosting in Kurdistan; semi-former Early Modernist; collector of rescue animals; lover of traditional arts; 47, Wahoowa! Opinions my own.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ken Paxton offered plea deals to at least 10 students accused of raping their classmates.
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Power Vibe · by NoMAGA @powervibe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Abstention isn’t a neutral third option: it shrinks the electorate, giving the most disciplined and organized blocs more say over who wins—and who gets ignored afterward.
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Red Garnet @curiosa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Smith’s accusations against the GOP for not indicting Trump for the Jan 6 constitutional crisis and subsequent participants’ pardons are damning and should never be forgotten.
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Spitting tea with each Trump appointment concept @notmattbellamy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bonus fuckery: Sen. Eric Schmitt has openly been a white nationalist for about 13 months now. (I'm so old, I remember when then-US-Rep. Steve King [Iowa-4th D] lost his cmte assignments & GOP funding after advocating white nationalism on the House floor. He quit politics to run a neo-Nazi website.)
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
📺 HAPPENING NOW: The Senate will vote on Republicans' latest attempt to sneak a voter ID requirement through the chamber by attaching it to a congressional stock-trading ban. The last-ditch effort comes just as the Senate packs up for the campaign trail. Stream below👇
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kelly Loeffler's campaign took Leon Black's money two months after the Times exposed his Epstein payments. She now runs Trump's Small Business Administration. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-billiona...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Senator Dirtbag Schmitt-head, even Rupert Murdoch’s NY Post is mocking his “perjury gotcha” moment. This is the only thing he’ll ever be remembered for. nypost.com/2026/09/29/u...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories). This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov or other MoCs to cross-post over here -- not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it.
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This may be felony criminal theft and conversion of government property for political campaign purposes. 18 U.S.C. § 1641. It is a Hatch Act violation for any government employees who worked on it or used government resources to make it. It is blatantly unethical under numerous federal ethics provisions proscribing the use of government resources for political campaigns.
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The White House is currently airing this video as an ad during commercial breaks on Fox News. 

It looks and sounds like a political spot and includes a disclaimer stating that it is paid for by the U.S. government.

The soundtrack: as images of Trump flash across the screen,

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 22/09/2026
They kicked people off healthcare to pay for the war. bit.ly/4AjGDr0
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Vance-led task force set to remove 750K ObamaCare enrollees, citing fraud
The Trump administration is removing close to 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage due to allegedly fraudulent enrollment, Vice President Vance announced Tuesday.  The cancel…
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Communism has no place in America, the President declares the day before rolling out his new state television station.
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Communism directly opposes the United States
Constitution and American values.
While every Democrat voted against the largest tax cuts in American history and over 100 refuse to condemn socialism, President Trump will ensure that communism never has a place in America.
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PLACE IN AMERICABenny Johnson • • Follow
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TRUMP TV IS OFFICIALLY LIVE 24/7
The White House just launched "TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station" — a nonstop stream featuring President Trump's speeches, major announcements, past highlights and administration updates, refreshed in real time.
The launch comes amid Trump's escalating fight with
CNN, MS NOW and Politico, which have sued his administration after being barred from White House access.
Americans can now watch the White House's own selected footage and announcements DIRECTLY,
24/7.
The media landscape just changed in a BIG way. •*
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs: The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934. She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime. Be like Dorothy Thompson.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/09/2026
This is what corruption looks like. A Russian oligarch close to Putin spends hundreds of thousands of dollars bankrolling celebrations for the president’s son. And we’re supposed to believe it was just a generous wedding gift with no strings attached? #StopTrumpCorruption
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
Lots of folks are comparing McConnell’s vote today to Feinstein’s finals days in the senate. The main difference is that Feinstein was co-sponsoring legislation to expand voting rights, while McConnell voted to cut SNAP and end environmental protections.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
His wife called the Russian oligarch "our dear friend." His father said he'd never heard of him. House Oversight wants the records by September 28. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/congress-j...
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
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John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/09/2026
There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but a Russian oligarch bankrolling the wedding of the president’s son is the kind of story that should dominate headlines in any functioning political culture.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/09/2026
Back then, Bush and Giuliani were right when they affirmed that American Muslims are simply fellow Americans—and today’s Trump-radicalized GOP is wrong. It’s as simple as that.
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How the Right Came to Embrace Anti-Muslim Bigotry
After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, Republican leaders opposed anti-Muslim sentiment. But the right’s worst instincts won.
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The president doesn’t have some mysterious ability to do whatever he wants Republicans at every level choose not to stop him, even though they could Senate, House, appointees, local officials, candidates — all lined up, smiling for the camera, fully complicit
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Disappointing to wake up and find our economy and foreign policy is still in shambles despite the DC car race.
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Nora Paterson @norapaterson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The current government doesn’t have any actual negotiators.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/08/2026
Korean missiles hitting Kyiv as Trump calls Kim Jong-Un his friend
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is what happens when you purge your military of people who know what they’re doing
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 14/08/2026
Just a gobsmackingly bad answer that will propel this story deeper into scandal. And the central thesis is this: Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are incompetent and don’t give a flying f*** about our troops.
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The U.S. economy is strongest when industrial policy is consistent, rules‑based, and predictable rather than when a tyrant assigns who wins, loses based on what benefits him most
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Bruce Feldman @brucerfeldman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Clueless, corrupt, and contemptible to the core.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Phang: Each and every day after December 19th, 2025 has been a violation of the Epstein files transparency act. Now, to compound the problem for Blanche and the DOJ, you have violations of court orders.
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David R. Evans, Ph.D. @drdreforreal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I absolutely understand the need for presidential security, but this maneuver seems profoundly unethical.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hundreds of billions spent, Americans killed and grievously injured, vital weapon stockpiles nearly gone, no change in Iranian nuclear threat, Iran likely to reap hundreds of billions in fees to use for its terrorist puppets. Great work, Hegseth and Trump!
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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It's notable to me that amid all the coverage of Dems' past tweets and relative degree of association with Hasan Piker, there has been comparatively little coverage of the fact that Republicans are seemingly about to run Mike Lindell — Mike Lindell — for governor of Minnesota?
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Mike Lindell Has a Real Shot at Becoming Minnesota’s Republican Candidate for Governor
Mike Lindell’s Big Moment Amid the wall-to-wall coverage of Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Justice for Cricket. 🐕
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: New Mexico’s entire congressional delegation is demanding answers from Pete Hegseth after Pentagon GPS jamming was linked to a deadly medical plane crash that killed four people.
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New Mexico Delegation Demands Answers From Hegseth After Pentagon GPS Jamming Linked to Deadly Medical Plane Crash
Exclusive: Crash reportedly marks the first time Pentagon GPS jamming has caused or contributed to the crash of a civilian aircraft
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 06/08/2026
Listen to Senator Durbin. “It will be a shameful history for those who are empowering this man, Todd Blanche, to take his personal representation of this president to the highest possible level, if he becomes the next Attorney General.” Grow some spines you feckless Repubs!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“The Reflecting Pool mess is different from other Trump obsessions because it reveals just how immune to evidence and logic his beliefs have become, even when a trusted lieutenant wheels an entire box of supporting evidence into the Oval Office.”
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Reflecting Pool case was doomed to fail from the start. DOJ’s willingness to scapegoat an innocent man to indulge Trump’s lies of vandalism is shameful. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
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Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool
A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The two worst people on the planet working together would make a great horror movie, but also a greatly horrible reality.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/07/2026
From lettuce, blueberries, cheese, chicken, or frozen meals, the Trump administration’s cuts to the FDA, CDC, and USDA are putting your health and safety at risk. What happened to making America healthy again?
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How Trump admin cuts have compromised food safety
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting o...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 28/07/2026
It's astonishing that at this time in American history it is conceivable that the U.S. Supreme Court might help a convicted felon steal an election.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The Justice Department is supposed to answer to the law, not to one man. Putting Trump's own lawyer in charge ends that. Tell your senators no: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General
Contact Congress today!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/07/2026
Ossoff: "The price of admission to the president's service seems to be proof you're willing to lie for him. Maybe you saw Jay Clayton refuse again and again under oath to affirm Donald Trump's defeat in 2020, or Pete Hegseth ... There's something uniquely despicable about lying a nation into war"
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Well, well, well. In 2025, Brendan Carr’s wife “joined billionaire Peter Thiel’s data analytics firm, Palantir Technologies, as its head of global policy.” 4/28/25 … 1/ www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Image of Brendan CarrCarr graduated from Georgetown University, then earned his law degree at Catholic University, where he met his wife, Machalagh, who went on to serve as chief of staff for Kevin McCarthy when the California Republican was House speaker.They are among D.C.'s power couples. Earlier this year, she joined billionaire Peter Thiel's data analytics firm, Palantir Technologies, as its head of global policy.
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David R. Evans, Ph.D. @drdreforreal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Completely inexcusable, immoral, and every other bad thing.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The fact that the GOP has somehow hoodwinked both the voters and the media into believing this decades-long BS narrative that they are somehow "the party of fiscal responsibility" is absolutely astounding. #ResistTrump
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 24/07/2026
Everyone who’s ever contributed to Social Security deserves EVERY SINGLE PENNY of their earned benefits when they retire, become disabled, or lose a family breadwinner.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A constitutional right should not require a shopping list: passport, certified birth certificate, photo ID, copies, fees, transportation, and unpaid time off. Democracy is not pay-to-play. End the modern poll tax. #PayToVoteSaveAct
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Birth certificate. Passport. Photo ID. Processing fees. Travel costs. Lost wages. Republicans call it “election security.” Working Americans know a paywall when they see one. Voting should never require cash. #PayToVoteSaveAct
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