Dave Burhenn
@daveburhenn.bsky.social
Lawyer, Los Angeleno, antiquarian, double Wolverine (Go Blue!), lover of fine music, architecture, Chicago, ships, planes, trains, cars; West Michigan native. Also, I have an unnatural interest in the dreadnought era Royal Navy.
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Dave Burhenn
@daveburhenn.bsky.social
· Nov 14
The orangey building in my profile is Schloss Rastatt, built in that town by Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden. Oma grew up there before emigrating to Ohio.
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The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
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He’s always thinking about new ways to improve the lives of average Americans.
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
He’s always thinking about new ways to improve the lives of average Americans.
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“Don’t ever do that“
@sulliview.bsky.social with a timeless reminder about journalism standards & practices re “Situations involving the best-selling author Michael Wolff, a former New York Times reporter named Landon Thomas Jr., & political writer Olivia Nuzzi…”
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
@sulliview.bsky.social with a timeless reminder about journalism standards & practices re “Situations involving the best-selling author Michael Wolff, a former New York Times reporter named Landon Thomas Jr., & political writer Olivia Nuzzi…”
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“Don’t ever do that“
@sulliview.bsky.social with a timeless reminder about journalism standards & practices re “Situations involving the best-selling author Michael Wolff, a former New York Times reporter named Landon Thomas Jr., & political writer Olivia Nuzzi…”
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
@sulliview.bsky.social with a timeless reminder about journalism standards & practices re “Situations involving the best-selling author Michael Wolff, a former New York Times reporter named Landon Thomas Jr., & political writer Olivia Nuzzi…”
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
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I don't know what to do with a society after choosing to do this to people. America has chosen to torture based purely on racial animus while the people who voted for it find literally any excuse to ignore the moral costs.
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I don't know what to do with a society after choosing to do this to people. America has chosen to torture based purely on racial animus while the people who voted for it find literally any excuse to ignore the moral costs.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Bring out the unAmerican gimp
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Bring out the unAmerican gimp
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This excellent WSJ annotation of the Molotov/Ribbentrop … sorry, Witkoff/Dmitriev … “peace deal” for Ukraine shows how ridiculously vague and utterly unworkable this thing is
Free link
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Free link
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine, Annotated
Here’s a breakdown of some of the key points in the plan and how Ukraine and its European allies might respond.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This excellent WSJ annotation of the Molotov/Ribbentrop … sorry, Witkoff/Dmitriev … “peace deal” for Ukraine shows how ridiculously vague and utterly unworkable this thing is
Free link
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Free link
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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It was TRANSLATED by the US from Russian into English, not authored by the US.
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It was TRANSLATED by the US from Russian into English, not authored by the US.
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This isn’t a “peace plan.” It’s a blueprint for Ukraine’s capitulation. If implemented, it would turn this pro-Western, democratic nation, which has been courageously resisting Russian aggression since 2014, into a Kremlin colony. wapo.st/3XcRot6
Opinion | Ukraine needs Russia’s frozen $200 billion immediately, Europe
With Trump seeking Kyiv’s capitulation to Russia, now is the moment for decisive European action.
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This isn’t a “peace plan.” It’s a blueprint for Ukraine’s capitulation. If implemented, it would turn this pro-Western, democratic nation, which has been courageously resisting Russian aggression since 2014, into a Kremlin colony. wapo.st/3XcRot6
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‼️ Friends, this is very important. Please share to whoever this may concern, especially if you are in the United States.
Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.
Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‼️ Friends, this is very important. Please share to whoever this may concern, especially if you are in the United States.
Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.
Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.
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In today's Laurels/Darts, I interview Jessica Schulberg, the Huffpost reporter who has extensively covered an unjust Oklahoma death-penalty case.
She was at the penitentiary when the the convict was spared -- exactly 2 minutes before he was scheduled to die.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
She was at the penitentiary when the the convict was spared -- exactly 2 minutes before he was scheduled to die.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In today's Laurels/Darts, I interview Jessica Schulberg, the Huffpost reporter who has extensively covered an unjust Oklahoma death-penalty case.
She was at the penitentiary when the the convict was spared -- exactly 2 minutes before he was scheduled to die.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
She was at the penitentiary when the the convict was spared -- exactly 2 minutes before he was scheduled to die.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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SCOOP: Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting Trump’s DOJ
wapo.st/485rAFz
wapo.st/485rAFz
Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S.
The statement from a Costa Rican official conflicts with what the Trump administration told a federal judge about its attempts to deport the undocumented immigrant
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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omg such a image
guy looked like a make a wish kid meeting Mamdani
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
omg such a image
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A Thursday in U.S. courts
1) "This Court has grave concerns about the government’s apparent willingness to disregard this Court’s orders, even after previous admonition."
- Judge Stephanie. Gallagher, Trump appointee, Nov. 20, 2025
1) "This Court has grave concerns about the government’s apparent willingness to disregard this Court’s orders, even after previous admonition."
- Judge Stephanie. Gallagher, Trump appointee, Nov. 20, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A Thursday in U.S. courts
1) "This Court has grave concerns about the government’s apparent willingness to disregard this Court’s orders, even after previous admonition."
- Judge Stephanie. Gallagher, Trump appointee, Nov. 20, 2025
1) "This Court has grave concerns about the government’s apparent willingness to disregard this Court’s orders, even after previous admonition."
- Judge Stephanie. Gallagher, Trump appointee, Nov. 20, 2025
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nothing to see here just ICE agents hanging out at the RI Superior Court buildings in Providence, threatening a judge on the state's highest trial court with violence if he doesn't hand over his own intern
![screenshot of the article linked in the post retweeted below, which reads:
"The intern was reportedly shaken, so [RI Superior Court judge] McBurney offered to drive him home. ICE agents then surrounded the judge's car and demanded everyone exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zlgvaiqs442byp37twfwdjiy/bafkreih22ac7ookam5eu4vjslo3hhv5h3yc2hmkfelat2o7uapweeo2y7q@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
nothing to see here just ICE agents hanging out at the RI Superior Court buildings in Providence, threatening a judge on the state's highest trial court with violence if he doesn't hand over his own intern
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"The overwhelming sense I got from watching the president was just trying to count the number of lies, and I ran out of fingers and toes. He lied and said that prices are coming down. He lied when he said prices were at an all-time high under President Biden. They're at an all-time high right now."
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"The overwhelming sense I got from watching the president was just trying to count the number of lies, and I ran out of fingers and toes. He lied and said that prices are coming down. He lied when he said prices were at an all-time high under President Biden. They're at an all-time high right now."
Crimson reporters doing the job that their professional peers are not.
What a lucky lady.
In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding, Lawrence H. Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, went to financier Jeffrey E. Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean during their honeymoon.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Crimson reporters doing the job that their professional peers are not.
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Nobody wants this shit. Nobody.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nobody wants this shit. Nobody.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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I went to a zoom training tonight for doing school patrols to protect parents & kids from ICE who are showing up at local schools.
I cannot believe we live in a country where we as citizens have to patrol elementary schools.
I cried. And was equally inspired by my neighbors.
I cannot believe we live in a country where we as citizens have to patrol elementary schools.
I cried. And was equally inspired by my neighbors.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I went to a zoom training tonight for doing school patrols to protect parents & kids from ICE who are showing up at local schools.
I cannot believe we live in a country where we as citizens have to patrol elementary schools.
I cried. And was equally inspired by my neighbors.
I cannot believe we live in a country where we as citizens have to patrol elementary schools.
I cried. And was equally inspired by my neighbors.
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
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This is one of the most disturbing stories I’ve read in a very long time: Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social @propublica.org and Andy Mannix @startribune.com
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social @propublica.org and Andy Mannix @startribune.com
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This is one of the most disturbing stories I’ve read in a very long time: Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social @propublica.org and Andy Mannix @startribune.com
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social @propublica.org and Andy Mannix @startribune.com
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NEW: This Michigan coal plant was supposed to retire in May. The DOE has now ordered it to stay open through the winter.
Trump cites ‘emergency’ to keep Michigan coal plant online into winter
The Energy Department’s orders to keep the J.H. Campbell plant running are driving up costs and pollution. States and advocates are challenging the move…
www.canarymedia.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
NEW: This Michigan coal plant was supposed to retire in May. The DOE has now ordered it to stay open through the winter.
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People have done a massive disservice to Ukraine and Europe by pretending Trump might do the right thing and help Ukraine. It raised hopes in a fantasy and kept people from facing reality. Trump is with Putin and all Europeans need to face that squarely.
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
People have done a massive disservice to Ukraine and Europe by pretending Trump might do the right thing and help Ukraine. It raised hopes in a fantasy and kept people from facing reality. Trump is with Putin and all Europeans need to face that squarely.