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Alan Snyder

@alansnyder.bsky.social
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History professor at Christian universities for 35 years. Author of 6 books. Most recent ones on C. S. Lewis, who has been my research and writing focus for the past decade.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 8h
A delusional wannabe autocrat who believes he is an autocrat.
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David Thornton (Pilot Pundit) @captainkudzu.bsky.social · 12h
This is from the same crowd that was complaining about Jack Smith’s (legitimate) investigation of congressional links to January 6 just last week. Apparently investigation of congressmen is cool now. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. home
Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, executed the search.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16h
Trump's DHS raids Rep. Omar's home because of paperwork filled out by her late father in 1995. The Trumpists are desperate. But loyalists at powerful agencies of the executive branch will obey orders. Desperation is dangerous. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Why does Trump criticize Zelensky and not Putin? Because Trump thinks that criticizing Zelensky is punching down, while criticizing Putin is punching up. And Trump always punches down.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
“President Zelenskyy could’ve solved the war” — Trump (The one person with the power to immediately end the war is Putin, the aggressor)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We are becoming more like our ally Russia every day under the Trump Regime. Vote his Republican enablers and supporters out of office next month. Our Republic is being shredded and our credibility all over the world is completely gone.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We all knew this was where we were headed the day Trump was elected. And the pro-Ukraine Republicans in Congress who claim they didn’t are either lying or stupid. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I know most of BlueSky disagrees, but I think you can support the death penalty for particularly heinous crimes and still oppose turning it into cheap public entertainment.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Zelenskyy approval rating: 54% Trump approval rating: 32%
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If I were an American president losing a war to Iran, I wouldn't work to boost the economy of an American adversary that has been helping Iran kill Americans. Just sayin'.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"We said to him, 'You can do whatever you want to Russia, don't hit the refineries' ... And what does he do? He goes and hits the diesel fuel. He can do whatever he wants, but he can't do that." Trump would be much less angry if Ukraine had, say, bombed a building full of schoolchildren.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Russia has shortages, long lines, and imposed limits. Ukraine has knocked out about 1/2 (!) of Russia's refining capacity. And they're going to export a million tons of diesel? Yes, Trump is again siding with Russia against Ukraine, Europe, law, and democracy. But that won't make fuel appear.
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Moscow Gas Stations Reimpose Fuel Limits as ‘Second Wave’ of Shortages Hits Russia - The Moscow Times
Fuel purchase restrictions are beginning to make a comeback in some regions as persistent shortages continue to dog the domestic market following months of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries, i...
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Alan Godwin @alangodwin52.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Some corrupt leaders use money to gain power. Some gain power to make money. The most corrupt do both.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In case you were wondering, they STILL haven't managed to fix the Reflecting Pool, six months after work began
Livestream image taken from the Washington Monument, showing the Reflecting Pool still empty
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So the Department of Defense is openly promoting QAnon symbolism:
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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 08/10/2026
As a political science professor, I can confidently say: If I asked a student to define "socialism" on an exam and they wrote that, they would get an F
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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The missing pages of the Das Kapital have been found
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rubio in Greece: “the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional. We felt embarrassed that our achievements set us apart... so we tore down our monuments…” Nazi, Soviet, and Confederate are the monuments the West tore down. Contra Rubio, defeating them is the achievement.
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Alan Godwin @alangodwin52.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“I can do whatever I want, if I want.” Donald J. Trump, October 7, 2026. There’s the problem.
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Diane Langberg, PhD @dianelangberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
God regards sin—not loss of reputation or loss of an organization—as the worst thing in the world. He wants those places that bear His name to be holy in the secret places. Only then are they truly His.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The archdiocese of St Louis has become the eighth American diocese to sue the Trump administration over its repression against Catholics. The gravamen this time focuses on the fact that Markwayne Mullin refuses access of priests to ICE facilities to hear confessions and deliver the sacrament.
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Archdiocese sues Trump administration over sacramental access to detainees
The lawsuit says priests are restricted to four-hour weekly visits and are separated from detainees by a glass partition
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If leading Democrats were close with Yarvin, then there would be multiple news cycles about how they refuse to denounce him. But Yarvin is only friends with the MAGA Vice President, so crickets…
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"If the person is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter. "Only if the person is illegally in the United States may the stop lead to further immigration proceedings." -- Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, 9/8/2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Fox Business commercial offers a roll of 25 Trump dollar coins for $49 😆 You do the math
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Enten details how Trump has lost 44 points of support of support among naturalized citizens in the last two years
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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Here’s one way to think of Paxton — he possesses all of Donald Trump’s corruption and none of Trump’s charisma." My dispatch from the most important Senate race in America: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/o...
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Opinion | The ‘God Gap’ Is Narrowing in Texas
It may not be enough for James Talarico to win. But might it also be a sign of a change to come?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it?
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Kind of like the Trump capitulation in miniature. Even people who find them abhorrent still end up toeing the line.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump is corruptly misappropriating taxpayer funds to pay for political ads. And rather than object, his GOP allies in Congress shrink in fear. Gift link: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Campaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorials
The White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount.
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John A. Daly @johndalybooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I just believe in the peaceful transfer of power. You lose an election, you suck it up, you congratulate... I said this person should not lead our country." —Asa Hutchinson, on why he ran for president in 2024 From this week's #ReaganCaucus Podcast: www.reagancaucusaction.org/p/asa-hutchi...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I guess he missed Hegseth’s speech at Quantico this week.
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation has found that while Jared Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, including its largest arms manufacturer. cnn.it/4AIwBQs
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So now there is no accountability whatsoever, and he consistently acts like it. And why wouldn't he?
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Republican Senate rationalized their failure to impeach him in 2021 because, they said, he would be accountable to legal prosecution. Then the Republican Supreme Court ruled, no, he's not, the only legal accountability was through impeachment.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looks like Trump’s new “steel plant” in IA, announced to shore up support in midterms from people his policies have crushed, where he said construction has already begun, is nowhere close to happening and contingent on Iowans giving tax breaks & incentives to a company in India.
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Politico @politico.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether ICE’s unprecedented mandatory detention policy — which lower courts have rejected more than 20,000 times — is legal.
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Supreme Court will rule on Trump’s ICE detention policy
Lower courts have overwhelmingly rejected ICE’s novel view of its detention authority.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wonder why Trump and Republicans are promoting this industry so heavily and are allowing them to operate free from any guardrails or regulation?
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey you, Europe, You know how we started a war without telling you, failed badly, and hurt all our economies? No, after we tariffed you, lectured you that Russia isn’t a threat, and demanded territory. Okay. So. Weaken yourself to rescue us or we’ll hurt our own economy more and you’ll be sorry.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Amidst a failing war the US started, the SecDef chose to focus on measuring military members’ hormones, and injecting testosterone into personnel whose hormone levels he dislikes. He also fixates on PT while losing an air war. If you said this to someone a few years ago, they wouldn’t believe you.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
Jack Smith praised honest Republican officials who had stood up to Trump’s corrupt pressure. The committee’s senators, listening to Smith’s remarks, could have chosen to identify with the honest Republicans he cited as models.
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Jack Smith and the Republican Smear Squad
If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"If Warren G. Harding had kept his hands off Teapot Dome, gas would be under two dollars a gallon."
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
grandpa is talking crazy about the TV again
Why does FoxNews always put Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Jessica Tarlov, and every Democrat on, saying bad things about the Republican Party and, of course, me? I actually think they get more airtime than Pro Republicans. This is why MAGA, and REAL Patriots, will never like Fox! They repeat a completely negative narrative, on and on it goes, and then we get a quick retort. It’s truly amazing that I won all three Elections. The opposition is enormous, but the fight goes on! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mentions on Fox shows of the very newsworthy confrontation between Schmitt and Jack Smith: Ingraham (7-8pm): 0 Watters (8-9): 0 Hannity (9-10): 0 Gutfeld (10-11): 0 Fox & Friends this AM: 0
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies
Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/09/2026
Exclusive: Donald Trump supports a new plan to offer Russia sanctions relief in exchange for the release of political prisoners—a move likely to outrage Ukraine, Europe, and even some of his allies in Congress, @shustry.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/pV4oxIGu
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adrian @crawf34.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
bill clinton made my electric bill skyrocket this year
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