David Cross
Husband, father, grandpa, retired prof; Wendell Berry is my muse. Fighting the long retreat as best I can.
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- Reposted by David CrossAirline bookings to the U.S. in advance of the World Cup are soft, calling into question whether the high-profile tournament will deliver the boon U.S. tourism officials are expecting.
- Reposted by David CrossKeep on Biking, Portland! Check out part two of our latest video series encouraging Portlanders to keep on biking in the colder, darker, winter months. Stay tuned! Tomorrow, we’ll share the final installment of this three-part bike story. (Hint: It might involve some clowns 🤡)
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- Reposted by David CrossBlumenthal: ICE and CBP are out of control. The practices of this agency have to be completely overhauled. It’s like a corporation in bankruptcy—either dissolved or reorganized. They’re morally bankrupt, legally bankrupt, and politically bankrupt.
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- Reposted by David CrossI hope folks are planning for all levels of election fuckary, because they are going to try everything to win. Any state that has its election results tampered with should succeed from the Union. Because if the President is going to steal elections, that union is already broken.
- Reposted by David CrossMaybe we need to take a different approach: who in this administration is *not* in the Epstein files?
- Reposted by David CrossOnce again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
- Reposted by David CrossAs Mandelson case exposes the risks of using US company Palantir for health data, how Nicola Sturgeon’s government made sure it didn’t happen in Scotland two years ago talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/06/a...
- Reposted by David CrossNEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
- Reposted by David CrossThis is really suspicious. They’re up to something. Link to thread: x.com/mattberg33/s...
- Reposted by David CrossHappy Friday! We made it through the week! After a long stretch we had a beautiful pre-show this morning at sunrise with some wonderful designs and colors. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
- Reposted by David CrossA new paper in Science suggests that primates (a bonobo male) can engage in "secondary representation" or "pretense", similar to children drinking pretend tea at a tea party. whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/06/c...
- Reposted by David CrossEpstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.
- Reposted by David CrossIn the last hour, dozens of GOP lawmakers began to denounce Trump's racist meme. Minutes ago, the White House capitulated and deleted the post. If those same lawmakers showed that same level of moral clarity when it comes to the Constitution & fair elections, the White House would capitulate. /1
- Reposted by David CrossMamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
- Reposted by David CrossAs Spec’l elections fall to D’s in ‘safe’ R seats & Nov midterms loom closer, the panicked drumbeat of “election fraud” from the White House grows daily TACO will do anything to control the midterms. We need to be prepared…reach out to the 89M that didn’t vote in 2024; we need them activated! 🤜🤛
- Reposted by David CrossTHE MOST SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS THREAT TO AMERICA IS THE PRESIDENT AND "HIS" GOVERNMENT.
- Reposted by David CrossFinneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
- Reposted by David CrossFuck this deplorable human being, and fuck you the Americans who voted for him. Sickening...
- Reposted by David CrossToday’s Black History Month focus: Eunice Hunton Carter. Harlem attorney. Relentless investigator. One of the first Black women prosecutors in New York. And she helped take down Lucky Luciano, years before “organized crime” was a TV genre. history.nycourts.gov/about_period...
- Reposted by David CrossChild at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
- Reposted by David CrossAre they going to also "blame a staffer" for Obama permanently living, 24/7, rent-free in his head? #pathetic
- Reposted by David CrossNew in PN: Why Delia Ramirez thinks DHS needs to be dismantled "We have to ask ourselves, fundamentally, why would we ever want to give them more money to keep doing what they’re doing?"
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- Reposted by David CrossSwear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left. It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
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- Reposted by David CrossKristi Noem is an absolute disgrace. And if Mike Johnson is too big of a coward to impeach her, we will!
- Reposted by David CrossI hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
- Reposted by David CrossI say it again and again...the Repugnican party must be totally obliterated in the upcoming elections, so that there will never be even the remotest possibility that a shitshow like this can ever happen again. Vote as if your very existence depends on it ... BECAUSE IT DOES!!!
- Reposted by David CrossWhen the Seahawks needed a critical catch in the NFC Championship game they turned to... the best WR in LA Rams history. Before Super Bowl LX, I wrote about Yakima's own Cooper Kupp and his journey from 0-star recruit to EWU legend to Super Bowl MVP to Seahawk. www.inlander.com/culture/east...
- Reposted by David Cross1. Kristen Stewart buying and renovating the Highland Theater is incredible 2. Kristen Stewart's photo shoot for AD announcing the news is everything
- Reposted by David CrossThis speaks volumes about the so-called “Christians” who host this event. Disgusting.
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- Reposted by David CrossHad lunch today outside at someone's house and I knew they had lots of flowers, so I brought my camera just in case some Hummingbirds were hanging out! #Birds #Nature #Photography
- Reposted by David CrossNo progress in Poland to ease the strict abortion ban because of anti-choice politics or reluctance in the gov't - but five years after Poland's top court gutted abortion rights, access to legal abortion has expanded a bit – only for women who learned to work within a system designed to say ‘no’.
- Reposted by David CrossWatch lawless ICE thugs now start every paper with claim that they were an "escape risk"! Illiterate, Ignorant, untrained KKK/ProudBoy/3%er are NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT!! And have no business being on the street until they are taught legal procedures!! We The People teach!! apnews.com/article/immi...
- Reposted by David CrossThanks to @arlingtondems.bsky.social for having us at their membership meeting tonight to outline the critical work we are doing to stand up for our immigrant neighbors and keep our communities safe and joyful! We’re ready to keep taking peaceful action every single day.
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- Reposted by David CrossAt this point, some leaked videos might help.
- Reposted by David CrossI need all my doomer friends to get a grip. At a minimum, use conditional language, like ”He will try to do X.” Stop giving away your power as an American. This country got through a revolution, a civil war, a couple of world wars and a shit ton of other badness. We will get through this too. 1/2
- Reposted by David CrossI never understood how people of faith could vote for this degenerate scumbag.
- Reposted by David Crossthe Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
- Reposted by David CrossTower of Life — Klaus Klinger in Düsseldorf, Germany Street Art mural on building #StreetArt #art #murals
- Reposted by David CrossThat's a type of spider crab that's called a decorator, or masking crab. These crabs have spiky carapaces and they pull stuff like algae or anemones off a rock then hold them on their backs until it sticks there. I'd see them on top of reefs where they tried to crouch lower when I swam by.
- Reposted by David Cross"More guns in moments of fear do not make us safer. They increase the risk of harm for the very people we’re trying to protect." Newtown Action Alliance #NoMoreGuns
- Reposted by David CrossThe enemy is attacking the Kyiv region again. Peaceful settlements in our region are under attack by drones from the terrorist country.
