David Scott
@cbusdms.bsky.social
Officer of the court. Pro-truth & reality.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
"Donald Trump learns another lesson in the virtues of brazening it out. He is willing to shoot the hostage, and the Democrats are not"
www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
Dems Reward the Hostage-Taker
Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump’s maximum-pain shutdown tactics.
www.thebulwark.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Donald Trump learns another lesson in the virtues of brazening it out. He is willing to shoot the hostage, and the Democrats are not"
www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
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Democrats have given in on the health care issue, agreeing to end the shutdown without securing an extension of the expiring insurance subsidies that millions depend on.
This is a terrible mistake for Democrats and a sad day for the country.
This is a terrible mistake for Democrats and a sad day for the country.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Democrats have given in on the health care issue, agreeing to end the shutdown without securing an extension of the expiring insurance subsidies that millions depend on.
This is a terrible mistake for Democrats and a sad day for the country.
This is a terrible mistake for Democrats and a sad day for the country.
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Then why’d you cave?
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Then why’d you cave?
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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The politics of the shutdown:
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The politics of the shutdown:
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies
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The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
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Remember when some of us said the Democratic leadership would take all the wrong lessons from the blue tsunami and squander all the goodwill?
Here you go.
Here you go.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Remember when some of us said the Democratic leadership would take all the wrong lessons from the blue tsunami and squander all the goodwill?
Here you go.
Here you go.
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Newsom: "It's not about rule of law anymore. It's rule of Don. He's choosing which court decisions he agrees with. He's quite literally running an extortion racket. He's doing it with some of the most powerful corporate leaders. What does everything have in common? Tariffs. They're about leverage"
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Newsom: "It's not about rule of law anymore. It's rule of Don. He's choosing which court decisions he agrees with. He's quite literally running an extortion racket. He's doing it with some of the most powerful corporate leaders. What does everything have in common? Tariffs. They're about leverage"
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November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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This speech never gets old.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This speech never gets old.
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Trump's pick to oversee our public lands, former Rep. Steve Pearce, has a lifetime 4% LCV score thanks to an extensive anti-public lands and anti-environmental track record.
Public lands belong to us, not polluters.
A Big Oil ally has no business being in charge of our most treasured places.
Public lands belong to us, not polluters.
A Big Oil ally has no business being in charge of our most treasured places.
Trump nominates ex-New Mexico lawmaker to oversee public lands
President names Steve Pearce to lead agency that manages a quarter-billion acres, about 10% of land in US
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump's pick to oversee our public lands, former Rep. Steve Pearce, has a lifetime 4% LCV score thanks to an extensive anti-public lands and anti-environmental track record.
Public lands belong to us, not polluters.
A Big Oil ally has no business being in charge of our most treasured places.
Public lands belong to us, not polluters.
A Big Oil ally has no business being in charge of our most treasured places.
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JFC George - don’t accept the premise
Tariffs are taxes paid by consumers and businesses.
Frame the question the right way.
It’s not a damn true/false
Tariffs are taxes paid by consumers and businesses.
Frame the question the right way.
It’s not a damn true/false
STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump says we're taking in "trillions of dollars" from tariffs. Is that true?
BESSENT: Uh. Over the course of the next few years, we could take in trillions of dollars
S: Are you worried though that the president's focus on revenue is going to hurt you at SCOTUS?
B: Not at all
BESSENT: Uh. Over the course of the next few years, we could take in trillions of dollars
S: Are you worried though that the president's focus on revenue is going to hurt you at SCOTUS?
B: Not at all
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
JFC George - don’t accept the premise
Tariffs are taxes paid by consumers and businesses.
Frame the question the right way.
It’s not a damn true/false
Tariffs are taxes paid by consumers and businesses.
Frame the question the right way.
It’s not a damn true/false
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
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This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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One of the few positive aspects of this era in American history is that it's super-easy to identify the villains.
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One of the few positive aspects of this era in American history is that it's super-easy to identify the villains.
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The opulence, while parents go hungry to feed their children, is vulgar and a giant FUCK YOU to all Americans…
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The opulence, while parents go hungry to feed their children, is vulgar and a giant FUCK YOU to all Americans…
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Email from Ghislaine Maxwell to family after Trump had her transferred to a Club Fed facility, obtained by Dems on House Judiciary Committee.
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Email from Ghislaine Maxwell to family after Trump had her transferred to a Club Fed facility, obtained by Dems on House Judiciary Committee.
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."