David Mack

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NY Times bestselling author of f/sf, professional Star Trek nerd, caretaker of a cat clowder. fka DavidAlanMack on birdsite/X. Agent: Lucienne Diver, Knight Agency. Member of WGA & SFWA. he/him

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We would all prefer the structural engineer who would make the building fireproof, but I’m still going to vote for the fireman over the fire.

Look, I've voted in every midterm and presidential election since 1990, the first year I was eligible. I wish there was a president I wanted to vote for this year, but I sure as hell want to vote against Project 2025.

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Please note the wildly incorrect polling in France. No matter what the cacophony of pundits keep saying, polls are not predictive, and are never the end of the story. Organizing, volunteering, engaging in conversation, and direct action are effective tools. Let's use them here too.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

My sweet Winifred stayed still long enough for me to snag a rare closeup:

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The crisis is in your own board room, of your own making. Now write as many articles about the GOP's Project 2025, Trump's criminal convictions, his incoherent ranting in his public speeches, and the whole Epstein pedophilia ring, not to mention the prospect of replacing the president with a king.

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So voting is better than *not* voting when it comes to getting what you want? Huh.

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Things seem bleak but it’s probably a bad sign for Republicans that people have started mentioning their actual goals and political blueprint and their response is “how fucking dare you??”

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“Although the Biden admin seems to have run extremely well for 3.5 years, with a strong cabinet, few scandals, a thriving economy & major legislative accomplishments, the punditocracy has suggested we should ignore this record & decide on the basis of the 90-minute debate” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Why is the pundit class so desparate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnitwww.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

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This is really good. Rebecca Solnit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnitwww.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

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The mainstream media spent two weeks trying to make The Story about Biden's age instead made The Story about how they're betraying democracy for ratings. Come for the king, best not miss.

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We need more, but credit where due: both The Nation (June 2024 issue) and Boston Review have run a breakdown of the Project 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” document. Media Matters, too. Lots of good work going on digesting this. www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins... www.mediamatters.org/project-2025

Where are the columnists who are experts in specific fields, breaking down what the Heritage Foundation + Trump want to do to each individual federal agency? E.g. I read the section dedicated to our intelligence agencies, and had to stop, since I was starting to feel a little nauseous.

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Just this morning I brought up Project 2025 with a woman who is well-educated, fairly politically savvy, and a staunch Democrat. She had never heard of it. When I gave her a precis, she was HORRIFIED.

This is super important work. And it looks like it's actually having an effect. Normal people learn about Project 2025 and are scared as shitless as they should be. The Nation, The New Republic, Rolling Stone, Boston Review and others are doing the work that NYT and WaPo are neglecting.

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Re: what I said yesterday - credit where credit is due to @rbreich.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We should all be terrified of Trump’s Project 2025 | Robert Reichwww.theguardian.com The presumptive Republican nominee has promised to give rightwing evangelical Christians what they want – and more

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A hill I will die on: all white-collar crimes are violent crimes. It's just that the violence is removed from the perpetrator because the perpetrator is wealthy.

Holy. Shit. They're literally saying Trump's felonies aren't that bad compared to the "real felonies". Bear in mind, they're ignoring J6 and "gimme 12000 votes" call and the stolen docs. We joke, but this is literally Newsmax copy.

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THIS. The "there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats" people need to read this and vote blue. They. Have. Different. Policies. They "opt out" of feeding poor students. Democrats enable feeding poor students. Voting blue means a material difference in people's LIVES.

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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The discourse around biden needing more sleep is fully insane. Does no one remember "Executive Time," the thing Trump spent the majority(!) of his schedule on where he would just watch TV and tweet? Dude was categorically unable to fulfill any of the demands of the office and the press barely cared

This is what voting GOP causes. Vote Democratic if you want your kids not to starve.

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Well France apparently just collabed between everyone else to kick a far right party out of the chance to take power, it can be done if enough people want it to be, folks

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When we fight the fascists, we win. Too many Democratic candidates refuse to fight. Stop telling us to vote and fight for us!

“The 823,685 signatures send a loud and clear message: Arizonans want politicians and judges out of our private and personal health care decisions.” www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...

Extremists will never quit trying to outlaw abortion, and Arizona voters know itwww.azcentral.com Opinion: Arizona voters have already sent a strong message to anti-abortion advocates: We see through your scare tactics.

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if we can’t beat a movement that is openly calling for an end to recreational sex

So, so many times so, so many people said that abortion for conservatives was never about When Life Begins. Otherwise, why didn’t cons ever oppose IVF? For conservatives, opposing abortion is always, always about punishing women for having sex.

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I had a chat with the conservative mom of a friend today. We talked about a bunch of stuff and I learned several interesting things, among them, that religious conservatives are often PRO-CHOICE AND THINK THE SUPREME COURT IS INSANE. Run on Dobbs. Run on justices and court reform. Do it.

Organizers got enough signatures to put a measure protecting abortion on the ballot in Arkansas. In *Arkansas*. They had *no national support*. Ignore the pundits melting down over not being treated as Very Special Boys. Dobbs has fundamentally changed elections. Everything they know is wrong.

Arkansas abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measurewww.nbcnews.com A measure to enshrine abortion rights in the ruby red state’s constitution is now one step closer to making the November ballot — but major obstacles remain.

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Biden fumbled his debate and everyone shits their pants. Trump tried to overthrow the fucking government.

I'm 3,300 words into the ms of a new original fantasy novel I’m writing on spec. My plan is to finish four solid chapters and then send it to my agent… …he said, as if he wasn't constantly distracted by the impending collapse of American democracy and the rise of a virulent strain of theo-fascism.

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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless

I want every reporter & Democrat who has declared Biden unfit because of his debate performance to spend 90 minutes on TV with a shouting serial liar who steamrolls them with Gish Gallops & never gets fact-checked, and then rebut his 5-minute tirades in 1 minute each with their mic at half volume.

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Just a reminder that Michelle Wolf nailed it at the White House Correspondents Dinner. NYT, I’m looking in your direction especially.

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If they’re comfortable killing other people, they will eventually be comfortable killing you. You can learn that lesson the easy way or the hard way.

“Trump might well redefine it”? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? Every time Biden pauses for breath you use it as a chance to attack his fitness, but a RAVING MADMAN who promises DICTATORSHIP and POLITICAL REVENGE KILLINGS "might redefine" BEING A FELON? Get fucked, New York Times.

News Analysis: When Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies, the U.S. was confronted with a historical novelty: a felon who once held the highest office in the land. Will the label actually tarnish Trump, as it has so many people over the centuries?

A Mark of Shame for 900 Years. Until Now?www.nytimes.com “Felon” carries an ancient stigma — one that falls on millions of Americans today. Trump might well redefine it.

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A Mark of Shame for 900 Years. Until Now?www.nytimes.com “Felon” carries an ancient stigma — one that falls on millions of Americans today. Trump might well redefine it.

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The real steal

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I wrote about how the several key Supreme Court decisions are bolstering Project 2025 -- the authoritarian playbook for a Trump second term. I hope you read, consider and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...

How the Supreme Court Bolstered Project 2025www.democracydocket.com From Marc | The Supreme Court has recently become a witting or unwitting facilitator of Project 2025’s dystopian agenda for the future.