David Litt

Opinion | Trump’s Charlie Kirk Eulogy Divided America

Terrific piece by @davidlitt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

Parts of President Trump’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk were very carefully written. That’s what made them so alarming. My latest for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

Crackdowns Can Backfire. President Mugshot Should Know Who could understand the power of being the persecuted underdog better than the president who won’t stop claiming he’s the persecuted underdog?

Wrote for @thedailybeast.bsky.social about why Trump’s crackdown might backfire - and what all of us can do to help make that happen. (It starts with cancelling your Disney+ and Hulu subscription until Kimmel’s back on the air.) www.thedailybeast.com/crackdowns-c...

Absolutely, but part of the problem here is that Disney only feels financial pressure from one direction. (Fwiw, I don’t think it was responsible of Kimmel, or anyone else, to speculate about the shooter’s motives. But that doesn’t justify the White House’s brazen attack on free speech.)

I’m cancelling my Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions. I look forward to resuming them when Disney reverses course and puts Kimmel back on the air.

Judge Decides Fate of Commissioners Who Refused GOP Nominees “I think I have the right … to vote my conscience,” Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said regarding the county Board of Elections.

BREAKING: In Atlanta, GOP operatives are trying to strong-arm Fulton County into installing two far-right activists on Georgia’s LARGEST elections board

Both have ties to the national voter suppression machine & a record of undermining confidence in our elections

This can't fly under the radar

Tune in to #AnHonorableProfession to learn from @davidlitt.bsky.social on the difference between common ground and neutral ground, and to hear from his recent book, It’s Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground 🎧 buff.ly/pb4IwHh

Trump has flooded the zone with autocratic acts

But we @democracydefendersfund.org are pushing back with rule of law shock & awe like our 7 FOIAs for the Trump-Epstein files

We have more than 100 legal matters and we aren’t slowing down as I explained @msnbc.com

“It's really hard to find a winner and that goes back to the idea of a Trump tax. We are all paying for his ego, we’re all paying for his political power trips.” ‪@davidlitt.bsky.social‬ on President Trump’s erratic and volatile stewardship of the U.S. economy.

Trump firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because his tariffs are killing jobs is the ultimate “this scale must be defective” of economic policy.

One of my fav THE BACK ROOM chats bc it's about the good, bad & ugly of life & how to surf thru it & ride the wave to happiness. Author @davidlitt.bsky.social & I discuss his terrific new book, a blueprint for finding common ground in our toxic political landscape podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

TONIGHT: Democrats invoke rarely used federal law to force DOJ to release ‘Epstein files’-White House announces trade deal with South Korea-Senate panel advances bill banning congressional stock trading

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Author & former White House speechwriter @davidlitt.bsky.social joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social, reacting to Trump's labeling of Barack Obama as "treasonous".

LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean

Former Obama Speechwriter Shares Life Lessons From Surfing David Litt, a New York Times bestselling author who served a speechwriter for former President Barack Obama, joins TODAY to talk about the life lessons he learned from surfing which he chronicles in h...

IT’S ONLY DROWNING on the Today Show! Including some embarrassing surf related mix ups and plenty of wipeout footage. www.today.com/video/david-...

Thanks - I hope you like it. When you’re finished let me know what you think! (Unless you don’t like it in which case take the secret to your grave thx)

“You can see him grasping at straws” @davidlitt.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s absurd, baseless claim that former President Obama stole the 2016 election.

‘I Want to Clear My Name’: Deported Migrant Takes First Step to Sue the U.S.

The U.S. government cannot disappear people without due process and leave them languishing in CECOT

That’s why we at @democracydefendersfund.org, with LULAC, have filed on behalf of Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel

This kind of conduct has nothing to do with the American Constitution or our values

I had a conversation with @davidlitt.bsky.social yesterday that I think is really important for anyone looking for hope about how we get through this particular political moment.

We covered surfing, bad faith, fear and common ground.

Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’

The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...

He could’ve just gone to the Hallmark store and gotten a card with Garfield on it, and signed his name on Garfield’s crotch like a normal person. But he had to make it weird.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

“Elon is God… in the MAGA Coalition.”

Obama’s former speechwriter David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss how Elon Musk’s party could affect the democratic vote.

Watch the full interview on zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026 CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.

Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.

The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

An UNPRECEDENTED 75 former Federal judges signed on to a letter opposing Bove’s nomination

The Senate must listen to the experts. The rule of law is at stake. I explained @msnbc.com

“[Democrats] are just giving people candidates they don't want.”

Obama’s former speechwriter @davidlitt.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that the Democratic Party overlooks Zohran Mamdani’s charisma.

Watch the full video:
zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...

New episode of Lowlights is LIVE🚨🌊This week @davidlitt.bsky.social joins us to talk Obama speeches, surfing fails, & his new book It’s Only Drowning.

📺 Full convo on @lowlightspodcast.bsky.social w/ hosts Gevin Reynolds & Dave Cavell
🔗 Watch it here: youtu.be/UtnmUXxEtWA

New episode of Lowlights TOMORROW AT 11AM ET🚨 @davidlitt.bsky.social joins us to talk speech fails, surf fails, surviving the pandemic & his new book "It's Only Drowning."

📺 Full convo tmw on @lowlightspodcast.bsky.social w/ hosts Gevin Reynolds & Dave Cavell

I hope they animate all the live actions because why not

Prominent lawyers join press freedom fight to thwart Paramount settlement with Trump Prominent attorneys Abbe Lowell and Norm Eisen joined the Freedom of the Press Foundation's campaign to thwart efforts by Paramount to reach a settlement with President Trump over his "60 Minutes" law...

Paramount has settled Trump’s frivolous suit, apparently to gain FCC approval for a big transaction

This isn’t just capitulation—it’s a sale of journalistic integrity that invites more legal attacks on the free press

We must fight this dangerous precedent

This is how you do it and huge credit to Selzer and @thefireorg.bsky.social for having more courage, patriotism, and legal skill than Paramount and its lawyers. The First Amendment is worth fighting for.