David Thornton (Pilot Pundit)
@captainkudzu.bsky.social
Conservative Christian NeverTrumper. Cofounder of TheRacketNews.com. Full-time professional pilot. Hiker, runner.
The murders of the National Guardsmen in DC are abhorrent. The violence was absolutely not justified, but let’s keep two things in mind:
1. We don’t currently know the motive
2. The NG should never have been deployed to DC in the first place, and the time limit was long past
1. We don’t currently know the motive
2. The NG should never have been deployed to DC in the first place, and the time limit was long past
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The murders of the National Guardsmen in DC are abhorrent. The violence was absolutely not justified, but let’s keep two things in mind:
1. We don’t currently know the motive
2. The NG should never have been deployed to DC in the first place, and the time limit was long past
1. We don’t currently know the motive
2. The NG should never have been deployed to DC in the first place, and the time limit was long past
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Really good stuff on community notes and fact checking from our friend @captainkudzu.bsky.social ordinary-times.com/2025/11/26/n...
Notes on Community Notes - Ordinary Times
I signed up for Twitter and Facebook/Meta fact-checking programs back in the spring. I was approved. So how well does this new system work?
ordinary-times.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Really good stuff on community notes and fact checking from our friend @captainkudzu.bsky.social ordinary-times.com/2025/11/26/n...
Unmasking foreign accounts is definitely the most (and one of the few) positive changes the Elon Musk regime has made.
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Unmasking foreign accounts is definitely the most (and one of the few) positive changes the Elon Musk regime has made.
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American Mood right now.
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
American Mood right now.
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Things like the Comey non-indictment are what you get when you pick loyalists for jobs instead of hiring the best people.
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Things like the Comey non-indictment are what you get when you pick loyalists for jobs instead of hiring the best people.
Just spitballing here, but I wonder if the person who seems deathly afraid of having the Epstein files released and who was president at the time might have had something to do with Epstein's death.
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Just spitballing here, but I wonder if the person who seems deathly afraid of having the Epstein files released and who was president at the time might have had something to do with Epstein's death.
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This is a statement I received from a Epstein survivor who is a Jane Doe.
Share it widely.
Share it widely.
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is a statement I received from a Epstein survivor who is a Jane Doe.
Share it widely.
Share it widely.
Good talk from Andrew. We had our first experience with this when my MIL passed from Alzheimer’s last spring.
US health system works okay until you get to point where you have catastrophic illness and can’t work.
US health system works okay until you get to point where you have catastrophic illness and can’t work.
ICYMI @HeardTellShow
A grown folk talk about 63m Americans doing caregiving & home healthcare w/host @four4thefire who has been away doing just that
iTunes t.co/AD5dHUYPzJ
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5dkc...
YouTube youtu.be/ncH6_xyn54s
SubStack heardtell.substack.com/p/me-and-63-...
A grown folk talk about 63m Americans doing caregiving & home healthcare w/host @four4thefire who has been away doing just that
iTunes t.co/AD5dHUYPzJ
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5dkc...
YouTube youtu.be/ncH6_xyn54s
SubStack heardtell.substack.com/p/me-and-63-...
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Good talk from Andrew. We had our first experience with this when my MIL passed from Alzheimer’s last spring.
US health system works okay until you get to point where you have catastrophic illness and can’t work.
US health system works okay until you get to point where you have catastrophic illness and can’t work.
Even if the Epstein files are never released, the sheer intensity of Trump’s freak out at the possibility of their release and the lengths he goes to in keeping them secret is a good indication of what he thinks they contain… and/or a guilty conscience.
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Even if the Epstein files are never released, the sheer intensity of Trump’s freak out at the possibility of their release and the lengths he goes to in keeping them secret is a good indication of what he thinks they contain… and/or a guilty conscience.
Correlation isn’t necessarily causation, but this matches perfectly with the rise of Trump and MAGA’s corruption of the church.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Correlation isn’t necessarily causation, but this matches perfectly with the rise of Trump and MAGA’s corruption of the church.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
The aurora borealis is visible in Georgia again tonight! Very faint but visible to the naked eye.
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The aurora borealis is visible in Georgia again tonight! Very faint but visible to the naked eye.
The Democrats-in-disarray folks would do well to remember 2013 when Republicans were in disarray after a failed shutdown. Less than a year later, GOP won Senate and expanded House majority in landslide midterm win.
And both sides should figure out shutdowns don’t work.
And both sides should figure out shutdowns don’t work.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Democrats-in-disarray folks would do well to remember 2013 when Republicans were in disarray after a failed shutdown. Less than a year later, GOP won Senate and expanded House majority in landslide midterm win.
And both sides should figure out shutdowns don’t work.
And both sides should figure out shutdowns don’t work.
A wordle milestone today
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November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A wordle milestone today
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The end of the shutdown looks different when you realize that Trump and the Republicans weren’t being punished. Federal employees, military personnel, SNAP recipients, and airline travelers were.
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The end of the shutdown looks different when you realize that Trump and the Republicans weren’t being punished. Federal employees, military personnel, SNAP recipients, and airline travelers were.
The shutdown needs to end. GOP may see this as a victory but it will be pyrrhic one. Voters are not going to be happy with rising insurance premiums (or with Dems) but elections have consequences and country saw fit to put the gvt into MAGA hands.
Hopefully America will never repeat that mistake.
Hopefully America will never repeat that mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The shutdown needs to end. GOP may see this as a victory but it will be pyrrhic one. Voters are not going to be happy with rising insurance premiums (or with Dems) but elections have consequences and country saw fit to put the gvt into MAGA hands.
Hopefully America will never repeat that mistake.
Hopefully America will never repeat that mistake.
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
Am I my brother's keeper? Genesis 1:49
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Am I my brother's keeper? Genesis 1:49
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
Am I my brother's keeper? Genesis 1:49
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Am I my brother's keeper? Genesis 1:49
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
If you doubt that food prices are up, I just paid $50 for 10 pounds of ground beef at Sam’s. The same pack cost $5 less last March and $10 less in May 2024. (I looked back at old transactions in the app.)
Aldi had similar prices, especially allowing for more fat in the meat.
Aldi had similar prices, especially allowing for more fat in the meat.
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you doubt that food prices are up, I just paid $50 for 10 pounds of ground beef at Sam’s. The same pack cost $5 less last March and $10 less in May 2024. (I looked back at old transactions in the app.)
Aldi had similar prices, especially allowing for more fat in the meat.
Aldi had similar prices, especially allowing for more fat in the meat.
Fall has fell, mainly in my driveway. 77 today, down to 28 Sunday night. Welcome to the South.
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Fall has fell, mainly in my driveway. 77 today, down to 28 Sunday night. Welcome to the South.
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Christians (defined as *genuine* believers in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord) *CANNOT* support this.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Christians (defined as *genuine* believers in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord) *CANNOT* support this.
Fall was in the air today at Amicalola Falls in Georgia. Peak colors and beautiful weather (until the rain started)!
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Fall was in the air today at Amicalola Falls in Georgia. Peak colors and beautiful weather (until the rain started)!
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
My big emotion after seeing this week’s election results? Relief.
Tuesday night’s elections can reassure those who are concerned about free and fair elections. If anything, this week’s results prove that Donald Trump and MAGA do not control American electoral institutions. At least, not yet.
https://www.theracketnews.com/p/i-told-you-so-7a9
https://www.theracketnews.com/p/i-told-you-so-7a9
I told you so.
The backlash is here.
www.theracketnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My big emotion after seeing this week’s election results? Relief.
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The corporate propaganda machine colluding with the Trump propaganda machine to lie to the American people about Thanksgiving.
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The corporate propaganda machine colluding with the Trump propaganda machine to lie to the American people about Thanksgiving.