David Caldwell
@factsmustwin.bsky.social
Dad. Coder. Campaign Manager. Los Angeles LGBT Center alum. America's Test Kitchen superfan. Celtics watcher, with my Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Against lies and debunked beliefs. Avid door-knocker, probably have talked with more voters than you have
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DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
January 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
If we can defend this land from Russia and China and Denmark can't, and that's why we need it, ...
1. Article 5 is dead. We're already legally obligated to defend it against Russia and China!
2. We could just declare we'll defend it on Denmark's behalf.
This is all just so nonsensical.
1. Article 5 is dead. We're already legally obligated to defend it against Russia and China!
2. We could just declare we'll defend it on Denmark's behalf.
This is all just so nonsensical.
Trump just placed a tariff on most of the EU of 10% that will increase to 25% in June unless they agree to sell him Greenland.
This is mad king shit.
This is mad king shit.
January 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
If we can defend this land from Russia and China and Denmark can't, and that's why we need it, ...
1. Article 5 is dead. We're already legally obligated to defend it against Russia and China!
2. We could just declare we'll defend it on Denmark's behalf.
This is all just so nonsensical.
1. Article 5 is dead. We're already legally obligated to defend it against Russia and China!
2. We could just declare we'll defend it on Denmark's behalf.
This is all just so nonsensical.
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After the Nazis lost, most of their grassroots supporters did some combination of 1. adopting a victimized posture, "I suffered from the Allied attacks," 2. being quiet without changing beliefs, 3. scapegoating other Nazis for failure but continuing to venerate Hitler.
Road ahead ain't pretty.
Road ahead ain't pretty.
January 17, 2026 at 12:37 AM
After the Nazis lost, most of their grassroots supporters did some combination of 1. adopting a victimized posture, "I suffered from the Allied attacks," 2. being quiet without changing beliefs, 3. scapegoating other Nazis for failure but continuing to venerate Hitler.
Road ahead ain't pretty.
Road ahead ain't pretty.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
You can criticize them 2 minutes before you vote for them, as far as I'm concerned.
We've had enough tribalism. We need to be able to discuss when someone on our team does something wrong.
And it's also wrong that it's apostasy to point out when someone on the other team does something right!
We've had enough tribalism. We need to be able to discuss when someone on our team does something wrong.
And it's also wrong that it's apostasy to point out when someone on the other team does something right!
PSA: I have voted for, donated to, and advocated for every Democratic nominee in every national and state election since I turned 18 and will continue to do so.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
You can criticize them 2 minutes before you vote for them, as far as I'm concerned.
We've had enough tribalism. We need to be able to discuss when someone on our team does something wrong.
And it's also wrong that it's apostasy to point out when someone on the other team does something right!
We've had enough tribalism. We need to be able to discuss when someone on our team does something wrong.
And it's also wrong that it's apostasy to point out when someone on the other team does something right!
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ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
Enjoyed the BBC's 2005 adaptation of Bleak House a great deal. Just watching Frankenstein (2025) and pretty much as soon as her started talking, I said "is that Tulkinghorn?"
Charles Dance is really, really good at this stuff. And has barely aged in 20 years!
Charles Dance is really, really good at this stuff. And has barely aged in 20 years!
January 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Enjoyed the BBC's 2005 adaptation of Bleak House a great deal. Just watching Frankenstein (2025) and pretty much as soon as her started talking, I said "is that Tulkinghorn?"
Charles Dance is really, really good at this stuff. And has barely aged in 20 years!
Charles Dance is really, really good at this stuff. And has barely aged in 20 years!
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So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them
January 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them
I guess @politico.com has decided we're just going to report neutrally on the competing claims about January 6 without noting that one side's claims are completely false.
Republicans point fingers at Democrats, Biden at first Jan. 6 committee hearing
GOP members of the panel asked why it took five years for authorities to apprehend a suspect in the related pipe bomb case.
www.politico.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I guess @politico.com has decided we're just going to report neutrally on the competing claims about January 6 without noting that one side's claims are completely false.
Worth reading in full.
Two people who have been very sober, mainstream voices with unmatched, real, lived experience in this political system.
They don't discuss compromise, even though that was fundamental to the eat both of them approached their careers.
Fighting is all that's left.
Two people who have been very sober, mainstream voices with unmatched, real, lived experience in this political system.
They don't discuss compromise, even though that was fundamental to the eat both of them approached their careers.
Fighting is all that's left.
The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:
January 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Worth reading in full.
Two people who have been very sober, mainstream voices with unmatched, real, lived experience in this political system.
They don't discuss compromise, even though that was fundamental to the eat both of them approached their careers.
Fighting is all that's left.
Two people who have been very sober, mainstream voices with unmatched, real, lived experience in this political system.
They don't discuss compromise, even though that was fundamental to the eat both of them approached their careers.
Fighting is all that's left.
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Quite honestly, people have been beaten and even killed by ICE for less resistance than Miller puts up here.
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Jimmy Kimmel just unearthed footage of Stephen Miller from high
YouTube video by Democratic Wins Media
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Quite honestly, people have been beaten and even killed by ICE for less resistance than Miller puts up here.
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Today’s “living in my brain rent-free” paragraph www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/b...
January 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Today’s “living in my brain rent-free” paragraph www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/b...
We are literally threatening to attack a country in the Middle East if it cracks down on protesters while simultaneously murdering our own protestors and blaming them for getting murdered.
Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
We are literally threatening to attack a country in the Middle East if it cracks down on protesters while simultaneously murdering our own protestors and blaming them for getting murdered.
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Important thought. I took this advice.
You don’t have to watch that video either. You know what happened. You know why it happened. That is enough.
January 10, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Important thought. I took this advice.
I feel rage. But what can we do? Build local infrastructure. Prepare your community to resist.
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 4:09 AM
I feel rage. But what can we do? Build local infrastructure. Prepare your community to resist.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
It is irresponsible to lead with what federal authorities say.
You're making yourself a vector for the spread of disinformation and propaganda.
Be truth-seekers, not mouthpieces.
You're making yourself a vector for the spread of disinformation and propaganda.
Be truth-seekers, not mouthpieces.
Federal authorities say an ICE agent, “fearing for his his life” killed a protester during a confrontation Wednesday in south Minneapolis. A presence of federal law enforcement has sparked protesting near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue.
Live updates: ICE says agent, ‘fearing for his life’, kills protester in south Minneapolis
Witnesses reported a person was shot in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, amid a large presence of federal law enforcement officers. It was not immediately clear who may have been shot, or who m...
www.mprnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
It is irresponsible to lead with what federal authorities say.
You're making yourself a vector for the spread of disinformation and propaganda.
Be truth-seekers, not mouthpieces.
You're making yourself a vector for the spread of disinformation and propaganda.
Be truth-seekers, not mouthpieces.
Oh, society cares about sexual violence. But many members of society care only about sexual violence directed at their own families.
This anxiety has been used to fuel anti-gay (what if they "recruit" my kid?) and anti-trans (bathrooms!) panic for decades.
This anxiety has been used to fuel anti-gay (what if they "recruit" my kid?) and anti-trans (bathrooms!) panic for decades.
maybe I'm just jaded from spending my entire adult life watching sexual abuse committed with impunity, but i dont think X will suffer any consequences.
society likes to pretend it cares about sexual violence, but actually doesn't.
society likes to pretend it cares about sexual violence, but actually doesn't.
X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
January 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Oh, society cares about sexual violence. But many members of society care only about sexual violence directed at their own families.
This anxiety has been used to fuel anti-gay (what if they "recruit" my kid?) and anti-trans (bathrooms!) panic for decades.
This anxiety has been used to fuel anti-gay (what if they "recruit" my kid?) and anti-trans (bathrooms!) panic for decades.
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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
Someone should go to jail.
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Someone should go to jail.
I would like to announce that my team and I are now running Billings, Montana. Don't expect big changes at first, but we're going to do a hell of a job.
January 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I would like to announce that my team and I are now running Billings, Montana. Don't expect big changes at first, but we're going to do a hell of a job.