Dave Calder
@ldsfn.bsky.social
Candidate for Utah House District 11 Posts about Utah, Science, Democracy and other things of interest USAF Veteran Occasional photos Deseret Magazine: “Dave — who looks like the quintessential vacationing dad”
“At least 53 people have died in immigration detention facilities since President Trump took office last year, according to a New York Times analysis of news releases from the federal government.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/n...
Family Demands Answers About Death of Immigrant Held at Detention Center (Gift Article)
Edwin Lopez-Cornejo’s relatives said that federal officials who oversee Delaney Hall in Newark had refused to provide his medical records.
nytimes.com
Seems Uber, faced with over 4,000 lawsuits, finds it more cost effective to blame victims and dig into the victim’s childhood traumas than invest in better screening of Uber’s drivers.
@l8in.bsky.social · 12h agoAnd she asked Ms. Doe what she had been wearing. “Can you describe the dress?” Ms. Silverberg said. “Were you wearing heels or boots or flats?” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
😭 An Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died. Mr. #EdwinJovanneyLopezConejo, of El Salvador who was being held at the troubled federal detention center in Newark died during the weekend, according to Mayor Ras Bareka and Senator Andy Kim. Developing Story www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...
Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say (Gift Article)
The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.
nytimes.com
This evening I will be at a town hall meeting at the Layton City Library with congressional candidate Peter Crosby, House District 16 candidate Abigail Treasure, and myself - candidate for UT House District 11! Please join us, especially if you live in Northern Utah.
@davisdemocrats.bsky.social · 3d ago@petercrosby.bsky.social will be at the Layton library tomorrow evening with @ldsfn.bsky.social and Abigail Treasure. Come join us!
“The vast majority of the surveillance targets identified by The Post are women”
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 3d agoNew: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
wapo.st
"Civil War is no name for a war waged by slaveholding traitors against the United States to hold Black Americans in human bondage. Now, 165 years since the war’s first shots, we should be honest about how we hold its memory." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
nytimes.com
The Trump administration, with the Supreme Courts blessing and congressional acquiescence has become a law unto itself.
Persimmon@cpep.bsky.social · 4d ago“Other countries have more than we do,” Mr. Trump proclaimed as he sat with the Finnish leader, “and we’re buying the finest icebreakers in the world.” There is a reason Russia needs more icebreakers than the US but Trump is incapable of reason beyond who has the most.
Susan Perlman@naldrichsibley2.bsky.social · 4d agoTrump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
Fox News reporter dies inside after Oliver turns the table on child exploitation
Its just surreal with less than 100 days to go the GOP has committed themselves to continuing a war that is increasingly unpopular even within their own base and polls rapidly disintegrating
Trump administration making sh*t up in preparation to try to disrupt the midterms.
Trump's claims of 250,000 non-U.S. citizens on voter rolls leave some states baffled
Trump officials say they found 250,000 noncitizens on voter rolls in just four states. Those states don't know where the numbers came from, and some worry what the claims may portend for the midterms.
npr.org
The Deseret News’ pretense that Rand Paul was operating in good faith is laughable.
Dave Calder@ldsfn.bsky.social · 5d agoDeseret News piles on with the conspiracy theorists.
Presumably 3 out of 3 MAGA already voted for a GOP candidate found liable by a jury for sexual abuse.
2 in 3 MAGA voters say they’d support GOP candidate accused of sexual assault: Poll
More than half of MAGA voters say they would support a Republican candidate accused of sexual assault, according to a new poll. In a recent Politico poll, 66 percent of MAGA voters who cast their b…
thehill.com
Police earlier took her in for the alleged dousing offense but never charged her. I cannot see how National guard troops had any authority for their assault.
@altssp.bsky.social · 6d agoTrump is a guy who withholds FEMA aid from states when a state has two senators in the Democratic Party and electorally it voted for Harris - regardless that there are people who voted for him who need that aid. So I don’t see this happening while he’s still president:
Dave Calder@ldsfn.bsky.social · 6d ago“If the United States continues to be caught in a cycle of bombardment followed by tepid diplomatic engagement with Iran’s authoritarian Islamic regime, the price may be the alienation of the single greatest ally America has in the region: the Iranian people.”
“If the United States continues to be caught in a cycle of bombardment followed by tepid diplomatic engagement with Iran’s authoritarian Islamic regime, the price may be the alienation of the single greatest ally America has in the region: the Iranian people.”
Opinion: What true victory looks like in the Iran war
As Americans know well, there is a dangerous gap between destroying an enemy’s capabilities and achieving a lasting victory.
deseret.com
Only one third of the stockpile left and the US is still worse off than the day before Trump launched his foolish war.
Iran war has consumed nearly 67% of US Patriot interceptor stockpile, report says
In less than six months of war with Iran, the U.S. has used nearly two-thirds of its Patriot interceptor inventory, according to a new analysis.
stripes.com
I've updated my project Transgender Study Guide. It's a growing source of evidence-based information about transgender people, providing links to specific studies and other helpful resources Friend link - stribs.medium.com/transgender-...
Transgender Study Guide
A growing source of evidence-based information about transgender people, providing links to specific studies and other helpful resources
stribs.medium.com
While AI data centers are increasingly turning to closed-loop cooling systems so they use less water, those systems occasionally need to be flushed — and the water can become polluted with PFAS, also known as forever chemicals.
Yet another data center planned near the Great Salt Lake. Utahns speak out against this one, too.
The project is supported by the Utah Inland Port Authority. It will include a 500-megawatt data center and a truck stop.
sltrib.com
I see we’ve reached the “oh fuck we’re tanking in the polls… uhh… what about COVID. We should bring that back up.” point of MAGA desperation
