Managing Editor, Internet NextDraft.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mmcasxsxes2wNow we know what even Pam Bondi wouldn't do.20 May 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcasxsxes2whttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mmapwto33c2gTrump’s remarkable hold on the GOP will likely cost them in the general election. But it is horrifying nonetheless.20 May 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmapwto33c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mm7vdvz52s2vDid James Talarico just win the Senate race in Texas? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-endorses-ken-paxton-sen-john-cornyn-ahead-texas-republican-senat-rcna34589819 May 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7vdvz52s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mm6cfcfcfk2gWhat would happen if you gave a criminal defendant and his attorney control of the most powerful government in the world? In America, that was a rhetorical question for about 250 years. https://open.substack.com/pub/managingeditor/p/the-commander-in-thief https://open.substack.com/pub/managingeditor/p/the-commander-in-thief?r=fhv5&utm_medium=ios19 May 2026 02:03 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6cfcfcfk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mlwajvwnyc2uAll that indie creativity has been sucked into giant database farms, where it gets regurgitated as bulleted outlines. The internet empowered. AI is overpowering. https://managingeditor.substack.com/p/the-machine-rages-back15 May 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwajvwnyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mltm6vtxzc26https://managingeditor.substack.com/p/the-don-in-china?selection=bfbe079c-1008-4dc5-8639-13aefa87e58d14 May 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltm6vtxzc26https://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mlrc37kyu22qThe next season of Survivor should be filmed on a cruise ship.13 May 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrc37kyu22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mlp74g3z4c2oWorst case scenario for a social media attention addict. Re-runs.13 May 2026 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlp74g3z4c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mlmfbm67xc2fThe midterms are shaping up to be a race between Trump's sucking and Scotus's cheating.11 May 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmfbm67xc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mlmb7xipps2tIt's not complicated. From self-dealing, to international backroom deals, to rigging elections, to expensive wars, to pardons for sale, to ballrooms and statues and everything else... Tie the administration's corruption to the economic hardship individuals are feeling. Over and over and over.11 May 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmb7xipps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mlf6ad5x4s2sAt this point. I only watch Giants games to interrupt the Tom Steyer ads.09 May 2026 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf6ad5x4s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mlexdj3wos2aInstead of buying all tha crypto, they should have bought a ballroom. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlexdj3wos2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mlehpxghk22nTired: My dog ate my homework. Wired: My homework was kidnapped and held for ransom. https://managingeditor.substack.com/p/a-blank-canvas08 May 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlehpxghk22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3ml7o4g2ayc2dWe should just call the Ballroom a "room" because the president’s sycophants have proven there are no balls left in Washington.06 May 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7o4g2ayc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3ml5jxop7i223I don't want psychopharmaceutical advice from a guy whose acting out of a running list of symptoms makes it seem like he’s trying to turn the DSM into a one-man show. https://managingeditor.substack.com/p/psychotropic-thunder-8fd06 May 2026 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5jxop7i223https://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mkvh722ulc2pThe Trump Doctrine: Weak on enemies. Hard on allies. Worst on fellow Americans.02 May 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvh722ulc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mkq576o4l22wFuggedabout eighty-six. 6-3 is the most dangerous number in America. https://managingeditor.substack.com/p/you-do-the-math30 Apr 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq576o4l22whttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mkm4q7qad22iFortunately, all those seashells are about to get washed away by a blue wave.29 Apr 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkm4q7qad22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mklzcia6y22m29 Apr 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklzcia6y22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mkli4fpvas2pThe idea of anyone in this administration calling anyone else’s words offensive represents an act of projection of such magnitude it makes Artemis II look like a backyard stomp rocket. https://managingeditor.substack.com/p/the-projection-erection28 Apr 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkli4fpvas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mklgz57x7s2hA picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, all thousand are, “Shit.”28 Apr 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklgz57x7s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mkj5kgg2xs2yGuys, they’ve gone along with a war with no strategy, destroying democracy, advancing climate change, surging inflation, abandoning science, bringing back measles, abandoning allies, attacking the Pope, and pretending to be Jesus. You thought they were gonna draw the line at supporting the ballroom.27 Apr 2026 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkj5kgg2xs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mkifsvk2lk2fTrump's rhetoric is a thousand times more violent than anything Kimmel has ever said. And Trump isn't joking.27 Apr 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkifsvk2lk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mkejivibhc2qIt was an event filled with media and Trump is one breaking all the major news about the story. Irony survives again.26 Apr 2026 02:36 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkejivibhc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mkefyvw2b22qTrump’s reaction to the security incident in DC is the tagline for his entire presidency: “LET THE SHOW GO ON.”26 Apr 2026 01:33 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkefyvw2b22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davepell.bsky.social/post/3mkeckuenpk2qJournalists and the officials destroying democracy got all dressed up to celebrate the co-creation of another season of the Trump Show.26 Apr 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:detwm2xf5vup2tzfa5obfhnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeckuenpk2q