David Pratt

"Despair is the first step toward repair." Treeline by Ben Rawlence. One of the most profound books I have ever read.

Boycott Target stores.

Haven’t been in a Target store for months due to their reversal on supporting diversity. Now, their not taking a position on ICE swarming their stores means my boycott is permanent. Boycotts and voting are levers the average citizen can pull in these challenging times.

If 50 shows are all “must see” that is a hefty time commitment. No time for reading, exercise…eating, sleeping. Oh my.

A man ate at the same Florida restaurant every day for a decade. When he stopped showing up, the chef went looking for him. Charlie Hicks ate his lunch and dinner at the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola, Florida, every day for 10 years. When he suddenly stopped showing up, the chef went looking for him, and ultimately saved his ...

The older I get, stories like this one make me cry. www.cbsnews.com/news/shrimp-...

Stepson called. Said more than 20 victims. He is barricaded in a dorm room.

Real story behind ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’; debut 50 years ago in DC club - WTOP News “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — was the song that made John Denver a star. Here’s the story behind the tune inspired by a D.C.-area road.

And Country Roads was inspired by Clopper Road in Maryland and the songwriters had never been to West Virginia. wtop.com/dc/2020/12/r...

Trump Labor Dept promotes Aryan workforce in creepy Nazi-style ad campaign Trump U.S. Department of Labor promotes Aryan workforce in creepy Nazi-style ad campaign on Instagram

Where is the mainstream media on this Nazi playbook propaganda? boingboing.net/2025/10/27/t...

A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?

Well when a nation commits genocide, it will take more than a little PR to "bounce back." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/w...

YouTube video by Vlad Vexler The 4 Key Pillars of Russian Propaganda

youtube.com/shorts/n7WaP... short summary of how Russian propaganda works.

DHS deploys white nationalist, anti-immigrant graphics to recruit The Department of Homeland Security’s deportation efforts under Trump have energized and validated some hate groups.

"Despite its association with anti-immigrant thought leaders and white nationalist killers, right-wing lawmakers have readily adopted “invasion” as a buzzword."

www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

Colleges need to hang together or they will hang separately. They can outlast this administration.

This hits hard.

You have such grace and dignity. So sorry this is happening to you.

Opinion | We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention (Gift Article) The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.

Who can help them? We need our representatives in Congress to stand on the steps of the capital and the Supreme Court with a bullhorn and demand that the rule of law be followed.

We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...

This is unbelievable. I hope there are colleges and other universities in Ohio that will fight this law. Instead of torching their programs and their reputation.

Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.

Larry David eviscerates the odious Bill Maher who was recently a guest of Donald Trump, with whom he bonded over their common antipathy for "wokeness" and college kids, and their shared love for Netanyahu www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

YouTube video by TED This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social Thank you for your latest TED talk. Speaking truth to power. I hope people and institutions stand up and fight authoritarianism and the #broligarchy. youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...

Boar on the floor

The big law firm, big tech companies, and Ivy Leagues capitulating to Rump reminds me of this scene from Succession. Also: “We must hang together or hang separately.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

The average college student today How things have changed

One more log on the fire: the decline of the capabilities of college students to learn anything.

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Market Sentiment on Substack Here's Ronald Reagan on Tariffs:

Reagan on the danger of tarrifs.

substack.com/@marketsenti...

Who knew Milchick spent hours and hours of his work life practicing in the Choreography & Merriment department?

@kaine.senate.gov Don’t vote for cloture on the CR. Schumer sucks. Time for new leadership in the Democratic Party.

You can make whatever campaign promises you want, but budgets don’t lie.

This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.

Democratic Party leaders are appeasers, geezers, and cowards. We need new ones to rise up and defend Democracy.

People need to stop leaving their offices if they are challenging being “fired.” Possession is 9/10s of the law. People will bring you food and water.

Dear Friends in the Federal Workforce,

Federal labor and collective bargaining laws do not give a Special Government Employee outside your chain of command the authority to force your resignation by tweet.

AFGE recommends you consult your supervisor and union. ⬇️

You have rights.

That’s it? Say something about Trump switching sides to do the bidding of a dictator. “Mistakes were made.” Get mad!

We need more of our representatives to act courageously. Speak up. Stand up to tyranny.

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.

"This is something that does not belong to the president or the White House. It belongs to the American people.”

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Just listened and agree we need an EU Atlantic Treaty Organization counter Putin and Trump. Worried about Ukraine's ability to keep fighting with this sudden betrayal of NATO by the stupidest man to ever sit in the Oval Office. Ukraine the Latest folks need to create BlueSky accounts.