davidpurnell.bsky.social
@davidpurnell.bsky.social
mechanical engineer (retired)
defender of American democracy
independent voter NC-11
Translation: Don't worry about the weak jobs report. I'll fire the Labor Statistics Chief and put someone in who will lie for me.
August 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Sen. Murkowski:"This was one of the hardest votes I have taken during my time in the Senate."
MAGA wolf in sheep's clothing voted twice for Trump and his Bill. As long as America is a representative democracy, that is what counts.
July 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Demonstrators protest massive cuts in the VA on the National Mall, 6 Jun 2025, the 81st anniversary of D-day, when Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
- Winston Churchill
"Suckers and losers"
- Donald J Trump
June 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
No one should be surprised that Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" don't make economic sense:
Bankruptcy #1: The Trump Taj Mahal, 1991
Bankruptcy #2: Trump Plaza Hotel, 1992
Bankruptcy #3: Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts, 2004
Bankruptcy #4: Trump Entertainment Resorts, 2009
April 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Brian Glenn correspondent for a right-wing cable channel to Zelensky at the WH Feb. 2025: “Why don’t you wear a suit?”

Zelensky: "I will wear a costume after this war will finish."

Winston Churchill at the WH Jan. 1942.
March 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Replying on X to my trumpy GOP Representive in Congress who posts there:
March 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We are living the biggest scandal since Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre, Oct. 20, 1973. Congress found the remedy in 1974, with the support of the judiciary and the public. For now, the judiciary is holding, but the congress has collapsed. Will we find the remedy with the new congress next year?
February 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Can anyone stop Elmo's teenage flying monkeys?
February 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM