After filming federal agents in her community, Elinor Hilton faced threats from agents saying they'd come to her house & put her on a watchlist. Read @davidlitt.bsky.social 's coverage of our case on behalf of Hilton and why it matters for every American seeking to bear witness to gov abuses.
If a politician’s words aren’t clear enough to be taken literally, it’s dangerous to take them seriously.
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"This is 'catch and kill' but for a media organization...we're seeing people buy up media organizations to dismantle them knowing that the president is going to think that that's a favor."
@davidlitt.bsky.social and @stephruhle.bsky.social discuss the massive layoffs at the Washington Post.
"It's the idea that your prices are going up, that you are doing worse than ever, while the richest people in human history are doing better than ever."
@davidlitt.bsky.social and @stephruhle.bsky.social discuss how Democrats should be talking about the economy on the #Nightcap.
Agreed - and I think his new crowd work free special is quite impressive. Glad you like the piece!
In Opinion
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
"Thank, Obama: my Hopey Changey White House years (a speechwriter's memoir) by David Litt
I just finished #reading this #book: #ThanksObama by #DavidLitt.
Kinda grabbed this on a whim while looking for a different book by him. This was a fun read & a nice reminder of better times. I'm looking forward to reading other books by @davidlitt.bsky.social.
#Obama #Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious
Parts of President Trump’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk were very carefully written. That’s what made them so alarming. My latest for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
Wrote for @thedailybeast.bsky.social about why Trump’s crackdown might backfire - and what all of us can do to help make that happen. (It starts with cancelling your Disney+ and Hulu subscription until Kimmel’s back on the air.) www.thedailybeast.com/crackdowns-c...
Absolutely, but part of the problem here is that Disney only feels financial pressure from one direction. (Fwiw, I don’t think it was responsible of Kimmel, or anyone else, to speculate about the shooter’s motives. But that doesn’t justify the White House’s brazen attack on free speech.)
I’m cancelling my Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions. I look forward to resuming them when Disney reverses course and puts Kimmel back on the air.
BREAKING: In Atlanta, GOP operatives are trying to strong-arm Fulton County into installing two far-right activists on Georgia’s LARGEST elections board
Both have ties to the national voter suppression machine & a record of undermining confidence in our elections
This can't fly under the radar
Tune in to #AnHonorableProfession to learn from @davidlitt.bsky.social on the difference between common ground and neutral ground, and to hear from his recent book, It’s Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground 🎧 buff.ly/pb4IwHh
Trump has flooded the zone with autocratic acts
But we @democracydefendersfund.org are pushing back with rule of law shock & awe like our 7 FOIAs for the Trump-Epstein files
We have more than 100 legal matters and we aren’t slowing down as I explained @msnbc.com
“It's really hard to find a winner and that goes back to the idea of a Trump tax. We are all paying for his ego, we’re all paying for his political power trips.” @davidlitt.bsky.social on President Trump’s erratic and volatile stewardship of the U.S. economy.
Trump firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because his tariffs are killing jobs is the ultimate “this scale must be defective” of economic policy.
One of my fav THE BACK ROOM chats bc it's about the good, bad & ugly of life & how to surf thru it & ride the wave to happiness. Author @davidlitt.bsky.social & I discuss his terrific new book, a blueprint for finding common ground in our toxic political landscape podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
TONIGHT: Democrats invoke rarely used federal law to force DOJ to release ‘Epstein files’-White House announces trade deal with South Korea-Senate panel advances bill banning congressional stock trading
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Author & former White House speechwriter @davidlitt.bsky.social joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social, reacting to Trump's labeling of Barack Obama as "treasonous".
LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean
IT’S ONLY DROWNING on the Today Show! Including some embarrassing surf related mix ups and plenty of wipeout footage. www.today.com/video/david-...
Thanks - I hope you like it. When you’re finished let me know what you think! (Unless you don’t like it in which case take the secret to your grave thx)
“You can see him grasping at straws” @davidlitt.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s absurd, baseless claim that former President Obama stole the 2016 election.
The U.S. government cannot disappear people without due process and leave them languishing in CECOT
That’s why we at @democracydefendersfund.org, with LULAC, have filed on behalf of Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel
This kind of conduct has nothing to do with the American Constitution or our values
I had a conversation with @davidlitt.bsky.social yesterday that I think is really important for anyone looking for hope about how we get through this particular political moment.
We covered surfing, bad faith, fear and common ground.
The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
He could’ve just gone to the Hallmark store and gotten a card with Garfield on it, and signed his name on Garfield’s crotch like a normal person. But he had to make it weird.
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
“Elon is God… in the MAGA Coalition.”
Obama’s former speechwriter David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss how Elon Musk’s party could affect the democratic vote.
Watch the full interview on zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/elon-is-go...
