Deep State Dave
@dcgomez1.bsky.social
Retired FBI agent and former BSU profiler. Naval Postgraduate School M.A. in Security Studies. Gonzaga PhD student researching authoritarian leadership. Colorful raconteur and cranky old man. Bull Moose conservative. Where have you gone Teddy Roosevelt?
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Deep State Dave
@dcgomez1.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Our job today and tomorrow is the same as it’s always been—to be good, to be wise, to stand up for what’s right, to resist what is wrong and evil. Nothing changes that. Nothing exempts us from that. Nothing prevents us from doing that.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
First world problems.
The starbucks peppermint mocha creamer isn't pepperminty enough
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
First world problems.
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In other words:
WE TOLD YOU THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
WE TOLD YOU THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
In 2019, President Trump pardoned war crimes charges against three U.S. military service members.
Trump's War Pardons Sabotaged the Military Justice System | American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/trumps-war-pardons-are-sabotaging-the-military-justice-system
Trump's War Pardons Sabotaged the Military Justice System | American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/trumps-war-pardons-are-sabotaging-the-military-justice-system
Trump's War Pardons Are Sabotaging the Military Justice System | ACLU
Victims of America's war crimes had little means of accountability. Now, even that is being eviscerated.
www.aclu.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In other words:
WE TOLD YOU THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
WE TOLD YOU THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
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As if?
The 28-point plan is written as if it was entirely done was drawn up by Putin
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As if?
Probably because to Cuomo they all look the same.
I should also point out that Cuomo confused one black MSNBC host for another here as he talked about diversity being a weakness.
Andrew Cuomo's closing message to New York voters: "Diversity can be a weakness"
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Probably because to Cuomo they all look the same.
He was asleep.
PM raises Gaza issue in “The Beast”, calls Trump a good listener - https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/10/28/pm-raises-gaza-issue-in-the-beast-calls-trump-a-good-listener
PM raises Gaza issue in “The Beast”, calls Trump a good listener
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has assured that he did not waver from Malaysia's stance of supporting Gaza when he spoke to United States President Donald Trump.
www.thestar.com.my
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
He was asleep.
Watching this lawsuit play out should be fun.
Texas suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant because of an unproven link to autism. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/...
Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims
This lawsuit comes a month after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism.
www.texastribune.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Watching this lawsuit play out should be fun.
October 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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And when questioned on it, just pull a Republican:
"Look, I don't know, I understand there are videos and people are asking questions, lots of questions, and I think the American people demand answers."
"Look, I don't know, I understand there are videos and people are asking questions, lots of questions, and I think the American people demand answers."
Democrats should just start insisting that they saw very real videos of people rioting at Mar-a-Lago -- overturning golf carts, setting fire to the brunch buffet, stabbing busboys with carving knives, whatever -- and calling on Trump to send the Illinois National Guard there to restore order.
October 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
And when questioned on it, just pull a Republican:
"Look, I don't know, I understand there are videos and people are asking questions, lots of questions, and I think the American people demand answers."
"Look, I don't know, I understand there are videos and people are asking questions, lots of questions, and I think the American people demand answers."
Ahh, but Trump and his auxiliaries believes it to be a “Noble Lie.” Which makes it OK.
Naw, that’s not true. Sometimes a lie is just a plain old lie. @queenofthinair.bsky.social
Naw, that’s not true. Sometimes a lie is just a plain old lie. @queenofthinair.bsky.social
Every word he says here is a lie. Every single word. But way too many people don’t care that he lies as he breathes. That’s a really bad thing that people don’t care. A people who do not care about being lied to like this deserve the tyranny they live under.
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ahh, but Trump and his auxiliaries believes it to be a “Noble Lie.” Which makes it OK.
Naw, that’s not true. Sometimes a lie is just a plain old lie. @queenofthinair.bsky.social
Naw, that’s not true. Sometimes a lie is just a plain old lie. @queenofthinair.bsky.social
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“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
Words of the day: Kantian deontology. I Kant say i truly understand it, but it’s going in my final paper. @queertasting.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Words of the day: Kantian deontology. I Kant say i truly understand it, but it’s going in my final paper. @queertasting.bsky.social
I’ve been away for a while. I hear that Bluesky is blowing up over something Ezra Klein said or did. C’mon people. This is Bluesky not Twitter. Keep it civil or go back to X.
September 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I’ve been away for a while. I hear that Bluesky is blowing up over something Ezra Klein said or did. C’mon people. This is Bluesky not Twitter. Keep it civil or go back to X.
I am afraid I have fallen down the rabbit hole of moral philosophy in my new class on Leadership Ethics. I have read the preface and first two sections of Kant’s Gounding for the Metaphyics of Morals at least 10 times in the past week. @queenofthinair.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I am afraid I have fallen down the rabbit hole of moral philosophy in my new class on Leadership Ethics. I have read the preface and first two sections of Kant’s Gounding for the Metaphyics of Morals at least 10 times in the past week. @queenofthinair.bsky.social
I can hear the conversation now: “Be all that you can be, the recruiter said. The guard will teach you a skill, the recruiter said. If you do deploy it will be right here at home where you will be helping people, the recruiter said.”
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I can hear the conversation now: “Be all that you can be, the recruiter said. The guard will teach you a skill, the recruiter said. If you do deploy it will be right here at home where you will be helping people, the recruiter said.”
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It’s important to see that Trump didn’t have to push these people too hard to become fully fascist thugs.
Rep. John McGuire on the FBI raiding John Bolton's home: "I'm glad they're going after him."
August 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It’s important to see that Trump didn’t have to push these people too hard to become fully fascist thugs.
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You should be mad about the FBI raiding John Bolton’s house not because you love John Bolton but because you’re opposed to Trump using the FBI to intimidate his critics
August 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
You should be mad about the FBI raiding John Bolton’s house not because you love John Bolton but because you’re opposed to Trump using the FBI to intimidate his critics
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This is like saying it's counterproductive for coaches to yell at their own players
It is so freaking counterproductive to yell at Dems every time the Republicans do shitty stuff.
Not a word about this from Democratic leaders today
August 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is like saying it's counterproductive for coaches to yell at their own players
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Ice agent struck by sandwich seeks counseling, says he can't even walk through deli without fearing for his life and has been diagnosed with BLTSD
August 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ice agent struck by sandwich seeks counseling, says he can't even walk through deli without fearing for his life and has been diagnosed with BLTSD
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I desperately hope anyone in command is proactively thinking about how to protect their people from moral injury.
#OnObedience #EthicsofCare
#OnObedience #EthicsofCare
August 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I desperately hope anyone in command is proactively thinking about how to protect their people from moral injury.
#OnObedience #EthicsofCare
#OnObedience #EthicsofCare
The Art of the Weasel! 🦦
This betrays both our allies and our national interest. God help us all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
Trump Bows to Putin’s Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fire, Deadlines or Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Art of the Weasel! 🦦
Is Scooter working for the State Department on their advance team now?
They are so incompetent
“Eight pages, that appear to have been produced by U.S. staff and left behind accidentally, shared precise locations and meeting times of the summit and phone numbers of U.S. government employees”
www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
August 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Is Scooter working for the State Department on their advance team now?