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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 22h

I'd be surprised if there are many men who could watch this and looking back not feel ashamed of their own behavior at times; of the times they stayed silent or chuckled uncomfortably at remarks directed at women. I know I wasn't able to do it as I watched.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From substack.com/@andycraig on the lesson of Rome, "How far the next [President] feels they can go depends on how thoroughly Trump is repudiated now, while it is still possible to make him a disgraced aberration rather than the new normal."

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Andy Craig | Substack

Senior editor at The UnPopulist.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"People get fed up with chaos and dysfunction, and Trump will not be the last to offer himself as the solution . . . How far the next one feels they can go depends on how thoroughly Trump is repudiated now, while it is still possible to make him a disgraced aberration rather than the new normal."

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Still unfathomable to me given the horrendous destruction of DOGE and how unfathomably heinous he continues to be on his social media duchy, that he can shovel cash to Republicans, go to a state dinner, and the press still doesn't treat him as remotely problematic as Hasan Piker.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

True-to-form NYT: "Ms. Collins, a moderate, is not close to Mr. Trump and has often sought to distance herself from some of his policies." But never when she was needed to keep those policies alive.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Brava, Kate for this (paraphrasing): Democrats for once in your lives stop acting like you're the class president. Just say it: Six fabulously wealthy guys want to become even more fabulously wealthy by destroying your jobs with AI and destroying your communities with data centers.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Look, Mary Peltola, Trump just gave you a gift. Maybe this time Dan Sullivan can answer whether he supports his President or not without cheating off of you.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Given the economic importance of Bombardier to Kansas, this is a nice gift from Trump to Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton. avbrief.com/president-tr...

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President Trump Wants to Ban Bombardier Unless It Moves to U.S. - AvBrief.com

Bombardier says it has a big presence in the U.S. already.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I hope the Miami Herald or ProPublica follows the money. Some people are going to reap the rewards of this $200 million diversion and it won’t be Florida commuters. avbrief.com/florida-dive...

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Florida Diverts Car Charger Money to 'Aerial Highway Network' - AvBrief.com

32 landing pads with chargers to be built.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"[T]he actual reporting of war and politics these days in most media outlets can be incredibly weak. . . reporting White House inspired narratives that have no basis in fact as actual events, and replacing rigor with herd behavior."

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"It is eventually slated to go to Mr. Trump’s presidential library, an unorthodox donation." It would have been helpful to point out that the library is a foundation run by a 3-person board of directors. Two of whom are Trump family members.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"After nearly thirty years, Susan Collins has given Mainers more excuses than independence."

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I hope that Senators Sanders, Murphy and Warren have privately communicated to Platner that he needs to end his candidacy or they will be compelled to speak out publicly against him.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Re what "fight" means: Every incumbent Democratic Senator up this year or 2028 who won’t vow to repeal the Senate's Rule 22 filibuster rule ought to be primaried.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Re what "fight" means. I'd like to see someone track where the incumbent Democratic Senators who are up this year stand on the Senate's Rule 22 filibuster rule. 1. Maintain the tool used to oppose civil rights legislation. 2. Repeal it 3. Endorse some modification that was appropriate 15 years ago

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The FAA told the pilots that *they* should contact the White House with their concerns. No, that was your duty, FAA! Did you evaluate the effects of the lighting on the approaches at DCA? Did you NOTAM a warning? JFC.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

“. . . the Constitution has few defenses against a majority of justices willing to ignore it or twist it to its exact opposite purpose.”

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"A Project 2029 that has nothing to say about either the Senate filibuster, or an ideologically captured Supreme Court, or extreme partisan gerrymandering — among other concerns — is not a Project 2029 worth the time or effort."

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Opinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

An approach I'd like to see: I think everyone in this room knows your comments are intended for an audience of one. That you're here trying to make sure you keep your job. So you're going to do that, but when all is said and done I'd like you to answer our requests for some factual information."

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Another killer line from Ossoff: “in Trump’s America the well-connected get stock tips & everybody else makes sacrifices."

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katekimball.bsky.social @katekimball.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

There is so much wrong and this is one more thing not getting enough attention. Even if a judge blocks this decision, it’s a reminder that there is nothing they won’t do for fossil fuels.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

As someone who helped write the last amendments to the Endangered Species Act 37 years ago, it is painful to see the scant attention being paid to a Trump administration decision to exempt from the Endangered Species Act oil and gas drilling and operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 02/03/2026

Dear Sen. Gallego: I raised $136,000 for your own Senate campaign. I've been a fan of much of what you've done so far. To say I'm disgusted with this endorsement is a massive understatement. Even if you weren't a fan of Gov. Mills, you could've just kept out of the Maine race entirely.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Through support, cowardice or indifference the Republican Party has destroyed a world order that had served us well over the last 80 years.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

"Either we rebuild the system and its people on purpose, or we wait for the next weak spot to show up the hard way." avbrief.com/2025-running...

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2025: Running Out of Slack—Connecting the Dots - AvBrief.com

Aviation is stretched in all aspects and the cracks are showing.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I'd consider it an enormous step forward in NYT reporting if they simply did 2 things: 1. Stopped granting the benefit of the doubt to Trump statements. A serial liar should be presumed to be lying. 2. Stopped laundering evidence. Report what Trump actually says, instead of resorting to euphemisms.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends. It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"[T]here's a lot that's left to be desired" on Trumps dealing with immigration issue. Ya think? Yeah, there's a lot left to be desired about hauling people out of their cars, kidnapping them, and deporting them all without due process.This is a leader of our opposition FFS.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad. "It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees... "Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer." www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

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Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard

The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.

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Congressman Eugene Vindman @repvindman.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office. He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people. Release the transcript.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping? Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki. Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊 youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8

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Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?

YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The press contact for FACE THE NATION is amanda.leonard@paramount.com if anyone wants to explain to them why people might care about a massive pedophile sex trafficking ring that apparently implicates the president and several other powerful men.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/11/2025

i want to put this in front of conservative pundits who defended this raid bsky.app/profile/raws...

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

it's fascinating that you can see when exactly the Reagan revolution happened

igure 3.3. Growth in Incomes at the Very Top, 1917–2006 (in 2006 Dollars)
Source: Emmanuel Saez’s computations from IRS income tax statistics, http://elsa.berkeley
.edu/~saez

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

JFC. Does @schumer.senate.gov not get that by caving, Democrats make it *harder,* not easier, to make the ACA subsidies expiring stick politically to Trump/GOP? This effort to shame Republicans in this context risks signaling to low-info voters that Rs are standing on conviction and Dems aren't.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

And we're all supposed to pretend that this show-vote is anything more than theater.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Along with a promised show-vote that the Dems know very well will not pass or become law.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

If Trump has been right about anything, it is that there is a deep rot in the upper echelons of American society, among people who have been put in positions of power and leadership. Trump understands that many of these people are weak, that their public commitment to civic principles can crumble under sustained pressure. In many cases, those folding have had ample resources to resist Trump’s shakedowns but haven’t been brave enough to do so. They are, in a word, chickenshit.

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @robrtdavsn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Memo to Democrats: If you are running for election or re-election in 2026, don't come seeking my support, money or vote unless you show me you understand the assignment is to fight like fucking hell against a tyrant of historic proportions who is corruptly and illegally dismantling our democracy.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

“The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism into which we’ve fallen.” www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...

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Let Them Eat AI-Generated Cake

Elon Musk and the coming twilight of the elites.

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