Davis Bates
@davisbates.bsky.social
Pro: Nature, Dogs, Arsenal, Bikes, Banjos, Bourbon, & Justice.
Anti: Bigotry, Capitalism, Imperialism, & Fascism.
He/Him. @lcv.org
Anti: Bigotry, Capitalism, Imperialism, & Fascism.
He/Him. @lcv.org
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Thanksgiving in Trump’s America.
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Thanksgiving in Trump’s America.
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Violating the First Amendment to hide the record of all their violations of the Fourth Amendment.
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Violating the First Amendment to hide the record of all their violations of the Fourth Amendment.
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Trump officials advising Russia on how to manipulate the easily manipulated US President ... Then Russia letting Corporate Media know about Trump officials conversations with Russia presumably as a tactic in Russia using kompromat to get Trump officials to do their bidding.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Trump officials advising Russia on how to manipulate the easily manipulated US President ... Then Russia letting Corporate Media know about Trump officials conversations with Russia presumably as a tactic in Russia using kompromat to get Trump officials to do their bidding.
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hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
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The entire debate about whether Democrats should moderate or focus on economic vs identity issues is moot if the media is just going to report that they're doing SJW Shit irregardless
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The entire debate about whether Democrats should moderate or focus on economic vs identity issues is moot if the media is just going to report that they're doing SJW Shit irregardless
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician who was the key vote to confirm RFK Jr., should go on TV to announce his resignation, not to serve as a smokescreen for RFK Jr.'s assault on the nation's health.
TAPPER: Dr Cassidy, RFK Jr lied to you
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician who was the key vote to confirm RFK Jr., should go on TV to announce his resignation, not to serve as a smokescreen for RFK Jr.'s assault on the nation's health.
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This is the world Republicans want.
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is the world Republicans want.
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this man is the Shohei Ohtani of being hospitalized and getting arrested.
"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
this man is the Shohei Ohtani of being hospitalized and getting arrested.
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Today on Volts: the subset of cleantech known as "electrotech" -- solar, batteries, heat pumps, etc. -- is marching toward inevitable victory, not because it's low-emissions (though it is), but because it's more efficient & cheaper. I discuss the good news with @kingsmillbond.bsky.social.
Clean electrification is inevitable
Kingsmill Bond explains why the global march of "electrotech" has moved beyond the reach of US political interference.
www.volts.wtf
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Today on Volts: the subset of cleantech known as "electrotech" -- solar, batteries, heat pumps, etc. -- is marching toward inevitable victory, not because it's low-emissions (though it is), but because it's more efficient & cheaper. I discuss the good news with @kingsmillbond.bsky.social.
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This is very cool. Often food pantries need to spend their money making sure everyone has the basics to keep them fed and healthy, but not on the spices and flavors that make an enjoyable meal. www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/don...
Donate a Holiday Spice Set • Give the Gift of Flavor | Burlap & Barrel
Help make someone's holiday meal special. When you purchase a single jar, 3-pack, or 6-pack of our equitably sourced spices, we’ll donate that exact set to a New York food pantry supporting families i...
www.burlapandbarrel.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is very cool. Often food pantries need to spend their money making sure everyone has the basics to keep them fed and healthy, but not on the spices and flavors that make an enjoyable meal. www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/don...
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The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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new from me this am for @zeteo.com
How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
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How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
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How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
Is this what we’ve become, at this failing stage of the grand American democratic experiment?
zeteo.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
new from me this am for @zeteo.com
How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
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morning, fam, I wrote about this here culture of elite impunity we're all living in
newrepublic.com/post/203455/...
newrepublic.com/post/203455/...
Epstein, Trump, and the Era of Elite Impunity
Democrats don’t need to pick and choose among the administration’s many sins. They all tell the same grim story.
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
morning, fam, I wrote about this here culture of elite impunity we're all living in
newrepublic.com/post/203455/...
newrepublic.com/post/203455/...
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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Wrote about the time when Trump said some Democrats should be executed, whenever that was.
So, we’re just moving on from the sedition-execution thing?
It's quite tidy how the whole thing worked out, in a way. Democratic members of Congress, recognizing that President Trump would be more than happy to dispatch the military to aid his political object...
www.pbump.net
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wrote about the time when Trump said some Democrats should be executed, whenever that was.
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No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
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Why not Jan. 6?
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Why not Jan. 6?
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Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
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trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
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Centrist Dems 🤝 MAGA WH staff
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Centrist Dems 🤝 MAGA WH staff
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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The politics here aren't hard. Walk out, go volunteer at a food pantry, say you'd rather do something to help people than participate in dumb votes that help nobody.
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The politics here aren't hard. Walk out, go volunteer at a food pantry, say you'd rather do something to help people than participate in dumb votes that help nobody.
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Too many Dems see these votes as some masterful Republican trap they can't get out of when they're really an easy opportunity to highlight the dumb crap Republicans are spending their time on instead of addressing the cost of healthcare and groceries.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Too many Dems see these votes as some masterful Republican trap they can't get out of when they're really an easy opportunity to highlight the dumb crap Republicans are spending their time on instead of addressing the cost of healthcare and groceries.
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"Dems deprioritized oversight. Garland did not investigate Trump right out the gate, and Biden did not call on him to prioritize the coup ringleaders..."
"What greater abdication of that duty could there be than turning a blind eye after watching the U.S. democracy narrowly dodge a fatal blow?"
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"What greater abdication of that duty could there be than turning a blind eye after watching the U.S. democracy narrowly dodge a fatal blow?"
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Republicans first got into bed with Trump out of fanaticism and hyperpartisanship. But over the course of his first failed term, staying the course became incumbent, because he committed and facilitated a lot of crime. Now it’s MUCH worse. www.offmessage.net/p/maga-disar...
MAGA Disarray And The Accumulated Debt Of Corruption
They'd bring America down rather than face accountability, but accountability is not optional.
www.offmessage.net
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"Dems deprioritized oversight. Garland did not investigate Trump right out the gate, and Biden did not call on him to prioritize the coup ringleaders..."
"What greater abdication of that duty could there be than turning a blind eye after watching the U.S. democracy narrowly dodge a fatal blow?"
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"What greater abdication of that duty could there be than turning a blind eye after watching the U.S. democracy narrowly dodge a fatal blow?"
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Democrats, the day after Republicans share threats to kill Democrats: "We should side with Republicans"
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Democrats, the day after Republicans share threats to kill Democrats: "We should side with Republicans"