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David Sobotta

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Hoping to leave a world where my grandchildren can thrive. Believe history must be respected as well as honor, truth, and duty. Writer, former director at Apple, former cattleman, now herding tabby cats in NC as I preserve memories with photography & words

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 6h

Gift article wapo.st/4qcW8vN

Opinion | Trump’s war on ‘the enemy within’ keeps running into a legal buzzsaw

Lower courts are rejecting the president’s claims of rebellion to use the military on U.S. soil.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 17h

Time for another post, it has been awhile

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Reminders of the past

Pansies growing in front of our house When you live a rich life full of challenges and adventures, it is inevitable that as age catches up with you, a different light falls on the surrounding world…

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 21h

apnews.com/article/immi... use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 21h

We are down to three, any photo with four's an old one. ocracokewaves.me/2025/07/21/t...

Then There Were Three

At her peak, Maverick was named Field Commander for the Tabby Cat Alliance On Monday, July 21, 2025, Maverick, one of the most unique felines to ever be a member of our family passed over the rainb…

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 22h

Nothing less than Republican endorsed murder. Our traditions and laws dictate that everyone deserves a trial to determine guilt. Trump, Hegseth, and Republicans are nothing but murderers. No evidence has been presented.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 22h

From NY Times.

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Gulf Fritillary on a Zinnia at our former home on NC coast. Summer of 2020.

Orange butterfly with white spots on a pink Zinnia.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 1d

Boxed set of kitten, spring of 2020, Maverick and Merlin.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 1d

"Republican lawmakers should ask themselves whether in time they will come to regret allowing expansions in executive power. If the next president is a Democrat, he may wield these expansive powers against them." Cooperation with Democrats would help. Gift article
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Opinion | Congress Can Rein In Executive Power

Trump isn’t the first to overreach, and there’s bipartisan support for reform.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 1d

"Research published by The Lancet estimates that more than 14 million people could die as a result of American aid cuts alone — 4.5 million of them children younger than 5. This is a moral failure that will make the whole world less safe, less secure and less prosperous."-NYT

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 1d

The evil of this is incomprehensible.
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Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 1d

Sunset from Third St. Beach at Emerald Isle, NC. Maybe ten years ago.

David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 1d

Free post- Tough week. open.substack.com/pub/ocracoke...

A Victory Lap, Then Jail

Watch for the con

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 2d

Real peace in the Middle East? I would not be popping the champagne corks yet. Great to have the hostages released but a lot of things need to change for lasting peace. The big ones show no sign of changing so far. Gift article. wapo.st/48Lo43V

Opinion | Why the Gaza ceasefire won’t lead to lasting peace

“A new Middle East” will require sacrifices that Israelis and Palestinians show no sign of making.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 2d

Shipping paper makes for a new favorite spot for Goose.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 3d

Not peace prize for someone who uses the military against his own population and executes people without a trial by blowing them out of the water on the high seas. That's murder in my book. Gift article. wapo.st/3KJBRxL

Trump deploys tactics and language of war against perceived domestic threats

It represents a dramatic shift in the use of the military, which has been focused for most of American history on threats from abroad.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 3d

In December 2019 the marsh around our house was graced by over thirty great egrets. Without a drone there was no way to get them all in a picture because of how the marsh was spread out. I did get some pictures. They stayed two or three days and left us with our normal egret or two..

Egrets in the pines around our former home

Egrets lined up in the marsh behind our house.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 3d

We had some amazing ones including Frank 29X who visited the area for at least 12 years. www.crystalcoastlife.com/blog/thereis...

thereisonlyonefrank

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 3d

They're wonderful mushrooms. We used to pick them in the woods behind our farm in Nova Scotia.

David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 3d

The wild marsh where we lived on the Carolina coast. That's my kayak on the dock.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 3d

A favorite fall bloomer, Muhly grass.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 3d

Some favorite coastal birds.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 4d

Last night we still had not turned on the heat. My wife, Glendatwo was trying to convince Jester to give up her blanket. It did not happen. Even though the heat is running this Oct. 11 monring, Goose and Jester went back to bed after breakfast.

Two cats on blankets as a lady tries to convince on to give up the blanket.

Goose and Jester back to bed after breakfast this morning.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 4d

Tabby cats helping with lunch preparation.

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 4d

I have always said tRump likes to create problems and then take credit for solving them even when he makes them worst. Gift article.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | This Isn’t Crisis Response, It’s Crisis Construction

www.nytimes.com

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