David Castor

David Castor

@k7el.bsky.social

Retired electrical power engineer living on the Olympic Peninsula. Sailing, woodworking, dogs.

568 Followers 1,130 Following 2,072 Posts Joined Dec 2023
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In Case of Emergency: The Dubious Legality of Trump Allies' Draft EO Conservative activists say that declaring a national emergency would allow Trump to assert sweeping authority over elections. They're wrong.

A draft executive order circulated by some conservative activists claims that if President Trump declared a national emergency, it would grant him sweeping authority over elections. @annabower.bsky.social and @mollyroberts.bsky.social investigate the legality of the order.

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10 hours ago

Death threats just because I spoke the truth about what Trump is doing

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13 hours ago
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WaPo Deputy Opinion Editor is just straight up lying about Mamdani's estate tax proposal (in both tweets and an op-ed).

The bill contains a $1.75 million primary residence exemption, exempts retirement accounts, and the 50% marginal rate doesn’t kick in until $30 million.

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14 hours ago

Must have been a shocking discovery.

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15 hours ago

Get off Twitter and delete your accounts. It’s unsafe. My account got stolen and it could happen to you too

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1 day ago
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

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1 day ago
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The Morrill Fire in Nebraska has killed 1 and consumed 549,000 acres with 0% containment. This is more than 10% of the entire area burned by U.S. wildfires in 2025, and makes it one of the 20 largest fires in U.S. history. Sunday forecast is grim: High Wind Warning, 25-35 mph winds, gusting to 50.

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1 day ago

All this was a choice. I can’t get over how all of this was a choice. A plurality of American voters saw corruption, bigotry, pandemic, economic crisis, coup attempt, and criminal conviction, then opted for more.

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1 day ago

Pennsylvania Dems tried that with Fetterman…

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It’s crazy that he is negotiating on behalf of the U.S. at all. He has no government appointment and no one elected him and he has no business being in those meetings even without the grift

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2 days ago

Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.

Jared Kushner holds no government position at all. He is not a Senate-confirmed political appointee & his "special peace envoy" job is completely fake. This is wildly illegal & unconstitutional nepotistic corruption. Stop normalizing it in the papers.

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1 day ago

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1 day ago

Clearly the worst. The worst President and the worst person to be President.

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"I ASSUMED the US Military had an active plan to open the Strait." How can people who are paid to understand geopolitics be so bafflingly naive?

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1 day ago

LBJ was actually concerned about the loss of life during Vietnam. Trump is incapable of concern about anyone or anything except himself.

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I look forward to seeing Jared Kushner go to prison for a long time.

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2 days ago

He’s running.

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2 days ago
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Pentagon’s Boat Bombings Are Illegal, Human Rights Panel Is Told

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

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2 days ago

BROKERING THE DEAL is when my brain melted, if you want to know.

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2 days ago

Shut up and dribble.

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2 days ago

I thought we had run out of targets?

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2 days ago
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Utah measles outbreak speeds up but there are few changes to daily life Health officials in the outbreak's epicenter are relying on social media and talk radio to reach residents. Many aren't listening.

“Measles in Utah is raging through unvaccinated children in several communities”.

“Since measles began spreading in Utah last summer, state health officials have barely acknowledged it”.

“We’re trying to find ways of tweaking the message”

“Few seem to be listening”.

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2 days ago

Stuff.

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2 days ago

The latter, I think.

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2 days ago

Do Katie and Cory share the same galaxy-brains?

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2 days ago

Well-paid consultants.

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2 days ago

How many generals have resigned?

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2 days ago

We’re not helping Ukraine.

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2 days ago

Picky picky.

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2 days ago

Even if it was good policy, no one will believe that Democrats would do this. It’s lose-lose.

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