Chris Davis of the Uptown Davises
@thepeskyfly.bsky.social
Writer. Alt-weekly vet. Honky Tonk singer. Memphis guy. Putting the left in “Elvis has left the building” since 1967.
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Trump’s Lawless Rampage Is Only Accelerating talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Trump’s Lawless Rampage Is Only Accelerating
The Unrelenting Boundlessness of Trump II In the past few weeks, Democrats’...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Trump’s Lawless Rampage Is Only Accelerating talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Big shoutout to all the heroes reading this book so I’m not compelled to.
At least 40% of the book is just tortured descriptions of her surroundings.
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Big shoutout to all the heroes reading this book so I’m not compelled to.
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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I think when you break it down microscopically like this, it becomes very clear that the second thing - the chatter - has FAR greater impact on your perception of the economy.
Which do remember more: all the stuff your friends are saying, or whether your groceries cost two dollars more or less?
Which do remember more: all the stuff your friends are saying, or whether your groceries cost two dollars more or less?
"I lost my job." "I got a raise." "I bought some milk today." - These are direct economic experiences.
"I'm hearing a lot of chatter from my friends about how expensive groceries are getting and how tight this is making their budgets..." - That's mediated information from outside sources.
"I'm hearing a lot of chatter from my friends about how expensive groceries are getting and how tight this is making their budgets..." - That's mediated information from outside sources.
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think when you break it down microscopically like this, it becomes very clear that the second thing - the chatter - has FAR greater impact on your perception of the economy.
Which do remember more: all the stuff your friends are saying, or whether your groceries cost two dollars more or less?
Which do remember more: all the stuff your friends are saying, or whether your groceries cost two dollars more or less?
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my most DC-survey-research-specific trait is that every time I see a response scale that includes the phrase "minor threat" I am mildly amused
("and is that very or somewhat fugazi")
("and is that very or somewhat fugazi")
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
my most DC-survey-research-specific trait is that every time I see a response scale that includes the phrase "minor threat" I am mildly amused
("and is that very or somewhat fugazi")
("and is that very or somewhat fugazi")
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Story coming on this...
Why is Donald Trump’s name now on the @usip.org building? Who put there? And when?
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Story coming on this...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Wow, an extraordinary generous offer from a Bolts reader:
Russ is offering to match any contribution you make to Bolts (just let him know)!
And he'll also throw in an additional $$ for each repost of his post, or each new follow @boltsmag.org gets. So at least smash those share or follow buttons!
Russ is offering to match any contribution you make to Bolts (just let him know)!
And he'll also throw in an additional $$ for each repost of his post, or each new follow @boltsmag.org gets. So at least smash those share or follow buttons!
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Breaking: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could have put U.S. troops and national security at risk with the Signal chat, the Pentagon’s top watchdog concludes. The Atlantic’s staff writers report:
Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
An inspector general report finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Breaking: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could have put U.S. troops and national security at risk with the Signal chat, the Pentagon’s top watchdog concludes. The Atlantic’s staff writers report:
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Good reminder that Trump was guilty of an egregious crime simply in Georgia, let alone the rest of the country, and should have served a significant stint in prison. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Last Big Case Against Trump Has Been Dropped
The U.S. justice and political systems have shown that they can’t hold the president and his allies to account for trying to steal the 2020 election.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Good reminder that Trump was guilty of an egregious crime simply in Georgia, let alone the rest of the country, and should have served a significant stint in prison. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Absolute Nazi shit.
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Absolute Nazi shit.
Nothing demonstrates a manly, warrior ethos like throwing your admiral under the bus.
One way you can tell the warrior ethos stuff is bullshit is that someone with an actual ethos wouldn't be afraid of being held responsible for his actions.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Nothing demonstrates a manly, warrior ethos like throwing your admiral under the bus.
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One way you can tell the warrior ethos stuff is bullshit is that someone with an actual ethos wouldn't be afraid of being held responsible for his actions.
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
One way you can tell the warrior ethos stuff is bullshit is that someone with an actual ethos wouldn't be afraid of being held responsible for his actions.
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Due to outdated privacy laws, the Trump administration can easily turn powerful surveillance tools against anyone and everyone, with scant safeguards. Now, ICE says that it plans to make this risk a reality for the swath of Americans who oppose the president’s agenda. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Due to outdated privacy laws, the Trump administration can easily turn powerful surveillance tools against anyone and everyone, with scant safeguards. Now, ICE says that it plans to make this risk a reality for the swath of Americans who oppose the president’s agenda. bit.ly/3Kq348R
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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It’s also notable that TPUSA employs rabid Islamophobes like this person. Imagine what the Trump admin would do to a university if they allowed an organization that said this about Jews and pork to establish themselves on campus.
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s also notable that TPUSA employs rabid Islamophobes like this person. Imagine what the Trump admin would do to a university if they allowed an organization that said this about Jews and pork to establish themselves on campus.
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issuing correction on previous orders of mine, regarding an alleged narco boat. you do not, under any circumstances, gotta “kill everybody"
This is great, now Team Trump is acknowledging that illegal orders were given to kill survivors of the initial strike, the only question is who gave them? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth denies he gave orders to ‘kill everybody’ on alleged ‘narco-boat’
Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
issuing correction on previous orders of mine, regarding an alleged narco boat. you do not, under any circumstances, gotta “kill everybody"
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Headline writers: You have one job
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Headline writers: You have one job
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It has been painfully obvious for *decades* that far-right wanted force US to listen to far-right speech while making other speech illegal, but our insanely stupid & short-sighted & hateful Elite joined them in pretending their anti-free-speech agenda was actually free-speech.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It has been painfully obvious for *decades* that far-right wanted force US to listen to far-right speech while making other speech illegal, but our insanely stupid & short-sighted & hateful Elite joined them in pretending their anti-free-speech agenda was actually free-speech.
@profanity.accountant please account my gol danged profanity.
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
@profanity.accountant please account my gol danged profanity.
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...his name is Gentry Beach???
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
...his name is Gentry Beach???
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Where we see confirmed that what is being described as an American peace plan was written by Russians and learn that Witkoff advises the Kremlin on how to fool Trump
Read a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president
Putin Advisers Discuss Plans for Dealing With Trump: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
bloom.bg
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Where we see confirmed that what is being described as an American peace plan was written by Russians and learn that Witkoff advises the Kremlin on how to fool Trump
Nazi doing his Nazi thing.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Nazi doing his Nazi thing.
This guy is everything bad about Tennessee in one neat package.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) faced backlash after he took to social media to air his grievances about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City.
'Sad sack' GOP lawmaker mocked for airing 'petty' Thanksgiving parade grievances
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) faced backlash after he took to social media to air his grievances about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City."Would it kill y'all @Macys to have some Country Music as part of the Parade?" Burchett whined in a Thursday morning post on X."Is there anything you ...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This guy is everything bad about Tennessee in one neat package.
WTF!
JD Vance loves nothing more than telling insane lies about this nation’s history
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
WTF!
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened