David Robert Newman
@davidnewman.bsky.social
Avid picture maker, reluctant scribe, recovering engineer, accidental politician.
Personal account, personal opinions.
Personal account, personal opinions.
Reposting, in case this wasn’t already abundantly clear before today.
Worst US attorney generals
1. Pam Bondi
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2. John Mitchell
3. A. Mitchell Palmer
4. Alberto Gonzalez
5. Jeff Sessions
6. William Barr
7. Edwin Meese
8. Robert F. Kennedy
(I admire later-life RFK for other reasons but not his record on civil liberties.)
Attn: @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.app
1. Pam Bondi
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2. John Mitchell
3. A. Mitchell Palmer
4. Alberto Gonzalez
5. Jeff Sessions
6. William Barr
7. Edwin Meese
8. Robert F. Kennedy
(I admire later-life RFK for other reasons but not his record on civil liberties.)
Attn: @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.app
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Reposting, in case this wasn’t already abundantly clear before today.
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Republicans are moving quickly to pass a bill requiring voters to show proof of citizenship both to register and at the polls ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — a move that experts warn could disenfranchise millions of Americans. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls
In the past few weeks, passing the legislation has been a unifying rally cry for Republicans, a welcome distraction from the party’s cratering public opinion polls.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Republicans are moving quickly to pass a bill requiring voters to show proof of citizenship both to register and at the polls ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — a move that experts warn could disenfranchise millions of Americans. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Different president, different ape. But this isn’t a post about today’s distraction from the Epstein files. (1/5)
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Different president, different ape. But this isn’t a post about today’s distraction from the Epstein files. (1/5)
Measles vaccination levels among kindergartners nationwide are currently below herd immunity, according to the CDC.
Trump voters did this.
Trump voters did this.
A decade later, measles returns to Disneyland
Vaccination levels among kindergartners are currently below herd immunity.
www.sfgate.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Measles vaccination levels among kindergartners nationwide are currently below herd immunity, according to the CDC.
Trump voters did this.
Trump voters did this.
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ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
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Feb. 1, 1960, 4 NC A&T students sat-in at the “whites only” counter at Woolworths in Greensboro. Their defiance ignited a movement led to the birth of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Young people fuel movements. It is inspiring to see that today they still do.
#BlackHistoryMonth
Young people fuel movements. It is inspiring to see that today they still do.
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 1, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Feb. 1, 1960, 4 NC A&T students sat-in at the “whites only” counter at Woolworths in Greensboro. Their defiance ignited a movement led to the birth of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Young people fuel movements. It is inspiring to see that today they still do.
#BlackHistoryMonth
Young people fuel movements. It is inspiring to see that today they still do.
#BlackHistoryMonth
Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old whom ICE used as bait to draw his father Adrian Arias out of his house, is now back in Minneapolis.
ICE imprisoned father and son under harsh conditions in Texas, even though the family came here legally and followed the legal process to apply for citizenship. (1/2)
ICE imprisoned father and son under harsh conditions in Texas, even though the family came here legally and followed the legal process to apply for citizenship. (1/2)
February 1, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old whom ICE used as bait to draw his father Adrian Arias out of his house, is now back in Minneapolis.
ICE imprisoned father and son under harsh conditions in Texas, even though the family came here legally and followed the legal process to apply for citizenship. (1/2)
ICE imprisoned father and son under harsh conditions in Texas, even though the family came here legally and followed the legal process to apply for citizenship. (1/2)
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'If we're going to honor the fight in Minnesota & reject Trump’s authoritarianism, it’s not enough to require ICE wear body cameras when they’re shooting us. We must reimagine the systems that got us here'
get their asses Council Member @mollycoleman.bsky.social
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
get their asses Council Member @mollycoleman.bsky.social
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
“The People of Minnesota Are Stronger Than the Federal Government That Seeks to Break Us”
The legal system empowered Trump’s ICE rampage. It is people who have the power to stop it.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
'If we're going to honor the fight in Minnesota & reject Trump’s authoritarianism, it’s not enough to require ICE wear body cameras when they’re shooting us. We must reimagine the systems that got us here'
get their asses Council Member @mollycoleman.bsky.social
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
get their asses Council Member @mollycoleman.bsky.social
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Firing Miller/Noem/Bovino is necessary, but not sufficient.
We need trials. We need accountability.
And we need to address the real problem: The people who put this malignant narcissist in office. (1/2)
We need trials. We need accountability.
And we need to address the real problem: The people who put this malignant narcissist in office. (1/2)
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Firing Miller/Noem/Bovino is necessary, but not sufficient.
We need trials. We need accountability.
And we need to address the real problem: The people who put this malignant narcissist in office. (1/2)
We need trials. We need accountability.
And we need to address the real problem: The people who put this malignant narcissist in office. (1/2)
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The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
Someone should make doormats with the Fourth Amendment printed on them.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
apnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Someone should make doormats with the Fourth Amendment printed on them.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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No! The criticism of the Dems isn't that they never win elections, it's that they don't use power to solve the problems that got us here. Elite impunity, concentration of wealth, the unitary executive. Winning is only step 1
New - Chuck Schumer to haters: “The answer to these critics is to win. If we win back the Senate, that will answer every question"
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: Schumer lauds recruits as Democrats see Senate within reach
The minority leader took an Al Davis-style approach as he sat down with Semafor: “The answer to these critics is to win.”
www.semafor.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
No! The criticism of the Dems isn't that they never win elections, it's that they don't use power to solve the problems that got us here. Elite impunity, concentration of wealth, the unitary executive. Winning is only step 1
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
We celebrated the New Year. We just didn’t know it’s 1938.
Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:33 AM
We celebrated the New Year. We just didn’t know it’s 1938.
Renee Nicole Good. Wife, mom, poet.
Not a terrorist.
Not a terrorist.
January 8, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Renee Nicole Good. Wife, mom, poet.
Not a terrorist.
Not a terrorist.
In some very real ways, the coup succeeded. The inciter and ringleader of the insurrection is now president. The people who killed and maimed police officers are now pardoned. (1/4)
#j6 #insurrection
#j6 #insurrection
J6ers: Where Are They Now?
Catching up with notorious insurrection offenders a year after Trump’s pardon spree
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:06 AM
In some very real ways, the coup succeeded. The inciter and ringleader of the insurrection is now president. The people who killed and maimed police officers are now pardoned. (1/4)
#j6 #insurrection
#j6 #insurrection
Worst US attorney generals
1. Pam Bondi
.
.
.
.
.
.
2. John Mitchell
3. A. Mitchell Palmer
4. Alberto Gonzalez
5. Jeff Sessions
6. William Barr
7. Edwin Meese
8. Robert F. Kennedy
(I admire later-life RFK for other reasons but not his record on civil liberties.)
Attn: @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.app
1. Pam Bondi
.
.
.
.
.
.
2. John Mitchell
3. A. Mitchell Palmer
4. Alberto Gonzalez
5. Jeff Sessions
6. William Barr
7. Edwin Meese
8. Robert F. Kennedy
(I admire later-life RFK for other reasons but not his record on civil liberties.)
Attn: @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.app
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Worst US attorney generals
1. Pam Bondi
.
.
.
.
.
.
2. John Mitchell
3. A. Mitchell Palmer
4. Alberto Gonzalez
5. Jeff Sessions
6. William Barr
7. Edwin Meese
8. Robert F. Kennedy
(I admire later-life RFK for other reasons but not his record on civil liberties.)
Attn: @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.app
1. Pam Bondi
.
.
.
.
.
.
2. John Mitchell
3. A. Mitchell Palmer
4. Alberto Gonzalez
5. Jeff Sessions
6. William Barr
7. Edwin Meese
8. Robert F. Kennedy
(I admire later-life RFK for other reasons but not his record on civil liberties.)
Attn: @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.app
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Glad you enjoyed it. I'd like federal leaders to end the MID for higher-income taxpayers and use to revenue to subsidize affordable housing (build more, give renters a tax credit, etc.) or enact other policies to help fix the housing affordability crisis.
January 5, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Glad you enjoyed it. I'd like federal leaders to end the MID for higher-income taxpayers and use to revenue to subsidize affordable housing (build more, give renters a tax credit, etc.) or enact other policies to help fix the housing affordability crisis.
@mecheledickerson.bsky.social Enjoyed your interview on Fast Politics.
Could use a clarification on one point you raised: In calling for an end to the mortgage payment tax deduction, are you saying the government could apply the added revenue to fund more affordable housing to buy? Thanks!
Could use a clarification on one point you raised: In calling for an end to the mortgage payment tax deduction, are you saying the government could apply the added revenue to fund more affordable housing to buy? Thanks!
January 5, 2026 at 10:31 PM
@mecheledickerson.bsky.social Enjoyed your interview on Fast Politics.
Could use a clarification on one point you raised: In calling for an end to the mortgage payment tax deduction, are you saying the government could apply the added revenue to fund more affordable housing to buy? Thanks!
Could use a clarification on one point you raised: In calling for an end to the mortgage payment tax deduction, are you saying the government could apply the added revenue to fund more affordable housing to buy? Thanks!
From an old friend:
“As you may remember I was born in an oil camp in Venezuela. My father worked for Exxon and taught me what little I know about oil production. While it is true that Venezuela has enormous petroleum reserves, the majority of the crude is difficult to extract and refine. (1/3)
“As you may remember I was born in an oil camp in Venezuela. My father worked for Exxon and taught me what little I know about oil production. While it is true that Venezuela has enormous petroleum reserves, the majority of the crude is difficult to extract and refine. (1/3)
January 4, 2026 at 3:23 AM
From an old friend:
“As you may remember I was born in an oil camp in Venezuela. My father worked for Exxon and taught me what little I know about oil production. While it is true that Venezuela has enormous petroleum reserves, the majority of the crude is difficult to extract and refine. (1/3)
“As you may remember I was born in an oil camp in Venezuela. My father worked for Exxon and taught me what little I know about oil production. While it is true that Venezuela has enormous petroleum reserves, the majority of the crude is difficult to extract and refine. (1/3)
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“What if Bush had even worse reasons to invade a country and was a Pedophile?”
January 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM
“What if Bush had even worse reasons to invade a country and was a Pedophile?”
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Reposted by David Robert Newman
The Trump administration ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Colorado to stay open on Tuesday, a day before it was set to be retired. https://cnn.it/49yB1xE
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Trump administration ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Colorado to stay open on Tuesday, a day before it was set to be retired. https://cnn.it/49yB1xE
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"we're trying to shut down science that produces results we don't like, it's a very worrisome trend. And we have seen this other times in history, and it never really ended well."
White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
The Trump administration says it plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, which is the nation’s premier atmospheric science center. The center was founded in 1960 a...
www.pbs.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"we're trying to shut down science that produces results we don't like, it's a very worrisome trend. And we have seen this other times in history, and it never really ended well."