Dave Gottfried
@davegottfried.bsky.social
Stand alone market trader and Artist.. Berkeley,CA
"It's too late for Do Not Obey in Advance"
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"It's too late for Do Not Obey in Advance"
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Ishmael clinging to Queequeg’s floating coffin was still actively trying to kill Moby Dick, says subordinate white whale
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Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Ishmael clinging to Queequeg’s floating coffin was still actively trying to kill Moby Dick, says subordinate white whale
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The Trump administration is expected to announce a major weakening of automaker fuel economy standards tomorrow. The result is likely to be US automakers pulling even further back from their electrification plans, and those same automakers falling even further behind Chinese automakers on EV tech.
Trump Expected to Significantly Weaken Fuel Economy Rules
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Trump administration is expected to announce a major weakening of automaker fuel economy standards tomorrow. The result is likely to be US automakers pulling even further back from their electrification plans, and those same automakers falling even further behind Chinese automakers on EV tech.
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Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
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All of this is horrific, but it should be said that women in jails and prisons in every state are routinely denied care, incarcerated while pregnant, give birth in their jail cell etc.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Miscarriages, infections, neglect: The pregnant women detained by ICE
Until last year, Congress required reports on the pregnant, postpartum or nursing women in ICE custody, including ‘detailed justification’ for their detention. This requirement no longer exists, Kelly...
www.independent.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
All of this is horrific, but it should be said that women in jails and prisons in every state are routinely denied care, incarcerated while pregnant, give birth in their jail cell etc.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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This tallies with what a senior DEA international division officer told me: "When we're absolutely certain that a ship is carrying drugs, we turn out to be right roughly half the time."
December 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This tallies with what a senior DEA international division officer told me: "When we're absolutely certain that a ship is carrying drugs, we turn out to be right roughly half the time."
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Let’s learn about the REAL villain..
If you want to know what is wrong w US journalism, both wapo and nyt have front page stories on Olivia Nuzzi today.
NYT has two.
In one day the two papers of record have more ink on Olivia sexting RFK than either has produced on Leonard Leo in 15 years.
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NYT has two.
In one day the two papers of record have more ink on Olivia sexting RFK than either has produced on Leonard Leo in 15 years.
thcarter123.substack.com/p/leonard-le...
Leonard Leo & the Stained Glass Curtain He’s Hiding Behind
“Pay no attention to the roly poly bat faced boy behind the altar”
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December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Let’s learn about the REAL villain..
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Sure, Republicans & the rogue nazi Trump Administration are great stewards of the people’s government.
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Sure, Republicans & the rogue nazi Trump Administration are great stewards of the people’s government.
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
@senatebudget.bsky.social
@senatepress.bsky.social
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Alarm raised as experts suspect 'sloppy code' used to overhaul sensitive govt websites
Alarm raised as experts suspect 'sloppy code' used to overhaul sensitive govt websites
Attempting to meet Donald Trump’s July 2026 deadline to refashion government websites where private information is shared, the National Design Studio is creating websites that have all the appearances of leaving gaping security holes, experts warned Monday.According to a report from NOTUS, the presi...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Sure, Republicans & the rogue nazi Trump Administration are great stewards of the people’s government.
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
@senatebudget.bsky.social
@senatepress.bsky.social
@commerce.senate.gov
Sure, Republicans & the rogue nazi Trump Administration are great stewards of the people’s government.
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
@senatebudget.bsky.social
@senatepress.bsky.social
@commerce.senate.gov
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If Hegseth was watching the whole thing LIVE, why not stop the second strike on survivors—a move that he knew was illegal under U.S. and international law?
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If Hegseth was watching the whole thing LIVE, why not stop the second strike on survivors—a move that he knew was illegal under U.S. and international law?
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“It ain’t like we’ve never seen blood before” is the energy we all need to be bringing right now.
(Arrested Development, “Revolution.”)
(Arrested Development, “Revolution.”)
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“It ain’t like we’ve never seen blood before” is the energy we all need to be bringing right now.
(Arrested Development, “Revolution.”)
(Arrested Development, “Revolution.”)
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When a man shot and injured two members of the National Guard, Trump didn’t hesitate. He called it “a crime against our entire nation.” Strong words. Swift condemnation. Fire, fury, outrage.
November 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
When a man shot and injured two members of the National Guard, Trump didn’t hesitate. He called it “a crime against our entire nation.” Strong words. Swift condemnation. Fire, fury, outrage.
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Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
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Trumpism: an approach to governing that dismisses collective matters as issues of individual responsibility (e.g. vaccines), while also punishing individual actions by imposing collective responsibility (see below).
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Trumpism: an approach to governing that dismisses collective matters as issues of individual responsibility (e.g. vaccines), while also punishing individual actions by imposing collective responsibility (see below).
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Just to be clear: armed government agents are allowed to wear masks, balaclavas, and glasses that completely hide their identities as they disappear people off streets and out of public places, but students can't wear masks while protesting even in approved "time, manner, and place".
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Just to be clear: armed government agents are allowed to wear masks, balaclavas, and glasses that completely hide their identities as they disappear people off streets and out of public places, but students can't wear masks while protesting even in approved "time, manner, and place".
Just as I said earlier.
And nobody should be fooled about which Americans will profit
www.politico.eu/article/stev...
And nobody should be fooled about which Americans will profit
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‘Witkoff needs a psychiatrist’: Europeans fume at Trump’s plan to profit from frozen Russian assets
Diplomats and officials react with outrage to new details of the U.S. peace plan, warning it could wreck their efforts to help Ukraine survive the war.
www.politico.eu
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Just as I said earlier.
And nobody should be fooled about which Americans will profit
www.politico.eu/article/stev...
And nobody should be fooled about which Americans will profit
www.politico.eu/article/stev...
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Wait until all the MAGA gals and pals turn out to be pure Putin bots. LOL
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Wait until all the MAGA gals and pals turn out to be pure Putin bots. LOL
1) A friend living in Colombia asked me what's up with Trump and Venezuela? I said that if you see all foreign policy as part of a deal or shakedown that benefits Trump then everything everywhere makes sense. Venezuela has oil. He is willing to "talk" to Maduro. What is the real deal negotiated by
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
1) A friend living in Colombia asked me what's up with Trump and Venezuela? I said that if you see all foreign policy as part of a deal or shakedown that benefits Trump then everything everywhere makes sense. Venezuela has oil. He is willing to "talk" to Maduro. What is the real deal negotiated by
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November 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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USAID represented 0.3% of the federal budget.
Anybody who thinks thousands of agonizing deaths is a fine price to pay for saving a fractional amount of government spending is unworthy of being listened to, let alone being given political power www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
A conversation with Atul Gawande about the human toll of the dismantling of foreign aid.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
USAID represented 0.3% of the federal budget.
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There’s a solution for guys like this
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
There’s a solution for guys like this
Look at how cheap influence is. money in politics is the chief source of our inability to achieve more positive social outcomes.
These are enormous industries trying to buy influence for what is to them a pittance.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
These are enormous industries trying to buy influence for what is to them a pittance.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump’s broadside against health insurers is a cautionary tale for industry
Insurance companies challenged GOP orthodoxy on Obamacare. It’s not going well.
www.politico.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Look at how cheap influence is. money in politics is the chief source of our inability to achieve more positive social outcomes.
These are enormous industries trying to buy influence for what is to them a pittance.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
These are enormous industries trying to buy influence for what is to them a pittance.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
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Trump PAID El Salvador for this!
Trump paid with US government funds with absolutely no authority to transfer funds to El Salvador!
Why should we believe he has not transferred US government funds to OTHERS?
Realistically, what would constrain him?
#usdemocracy
Trump paid with US government funds with absolutely no authority to transfer funds to El Salvador!
Why should we believe he has not transferred US government funds to OTHERS?
Realistically, what would constrain him?
#usdemocracy
Daily beatings. Sexual abuse. Denial of food and water. Isolation from the outside world.
Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador for four months describe the torture they suffered after being forcibly removed from the U.S.
Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador for four months describe the torture they suffered after being forcibly removed from the U.S.
“You Have Arrived in Hell”: Venezuelans Sent By U.S. to El Salvador Faced Torture, Sexual Abuse
252 Venezuelan immigrants in the United States were flown to El Salvador in the dead of night and indefinitely imprisoned at the Salvadoran mega-prison CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center. The det...
www.democracynow.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Trump PAID El Salvador for this!
Trump paid with US government funds with absolutely no authority to transfer funds to El Salvador!
Why should we believe he has not transferred US government funds to OTHERS?
Realistically, what would constrain him?
#usdemocracy
Trump paid with US government funds with absolutely no authority to transfer funds to El Salvador!
Why should we believe he has not transferred US government funds to OTHERS?
Realistically, what would constrain him?
#usdemocracy
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Trump had the prosecutors who were trying the guy who tried to assassinate Obama locked out of their offices! 🤯👇🏼
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Trump had the prosecutors who were trying the guy who tried to assassinate Obama locked out of their offices! 🤯👇🏼
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I am spending Saturday night writing about all the people Trump is targeting with politically motivated criminal investigations and prosecutions. Legacy media has largely whitewashed these stories with both sides coverage. Subscribe to Democracy Docket now, because I never will. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I am spending Saturday night writing about all the people Trump is targeting with politically motivated criminal investigations and prosecutions. Legacy media has largely whitewashed these stories with both sides coverage. Subscribe to Democracy Docket now, because I never will. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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🧵An Indiana University Lecturer in Social work was removed from her class on diversity for suggesting that "Make America Great Again" was on the spectrum of white supremacy. A student complained to Trump ally, Sen Jim Banks who contacted the dean who removed the lecturer.
Academic freedom? Ha.
Academic freedom? Ha.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🧵An Indiana University Lecturer in Social work was removed from her class on diversity for suggesting that "Make America Great Again" was on the spectrum of white supremacy. A student complained to Trump ally, Sen Jim Banks who contacted the dean who removed the lecturer.
Academic freedom? Ha.
Academic freedom? Ha.