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@billconnell163.bsky.social
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Historian, author of After Moctezuma Oklahoma U Press 2011, writing about 18th century Mexican crime and murder. AAUP advocacy chapter vice president.

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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 17h
I saw a great defensive play by Rousseau - that kick was good if he didn’t block it.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He punishes those they fear or hate. He has destroyed what took a generation or two to build - and it will take generations to restore the credibility of the US on a global stage. All to give a handful of billionaires some tax breaks and to loot the treasury.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They are not teams and should not be thought of that way. Republicans are doing damage to all of us economically and are making the world less safe by ratcheting up the possibility of a major war. The rule of law is eroded daily by the feckless congress and spineless who want a dictator provided
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The point being made here is that there are people walking among us who thought he was a better choice, perhaps you’re one of them, and that was obviously wrong at the time and made more obvious since he started to “ govern”. It seems hard but it’s not.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We already convicted people for seditious conspiracy and they were pardoned by the “president” an unindicted co-conspirator. We would have this were it not for garland and his slow walk of the special prosecutor appointment and Judge Cannon.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Can we say this in a way that protects all people? This was attempted murder by the arresting officer and then abuse in custody. Officer-involved shootings should be rare - not a normalized part of their day-to-day. Don’t give them a pass on some overreach - it’s all vile and dishonorable.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yes but can you imagine the work had we had Jimi to speak as he matured. We lost so much because of the potential for what he could have offered the world alive beyond his music.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Someone in the park service is panning for the bulldozers that will be needed to remove this atrocious “arch” on 22 January 2029. What a colossal waste to feed the ego of a malignant narcissist
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wonder if he could say what he voted for yesterday today. If he cannot he didn’t really vote
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One day we will be rid of the coal and natural gas fired power plants. That day cannot come soon enough.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It also has something to do with the kind of people who are in congress. Mamdani, even if given $100k from oil, would still act in the interests of the people who elected him - I realize he’s a mayor. But that would also be true of others if they just had the moral and ethical principles he has.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He thinks he’s a master strategist who can and has made peace. He is never told the truth because he’s spiteful and vindictive. He’s just an incompetent fool who cannot stand actual reality where he’s a buffoon surrounded by amoral incompetents looking for easy money through his corruption
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If the Dems win the senate it won’t matter if he has an opportunity - the McConnell rule. The Supreme Court under Roberts is hyperpolitical - maybe it always was - but it shouldn’t be and there are ways to make it apolitical. Start with the nomination process. Take the pres and sen out of it
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The press has done us all a great disservice by trying to coddle the dictator wannabe. Make him scream every day - it’s so easy to bait him. He believes what the sycophants tell him. Make him lash out. He looks weak and Scared.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s what happens when the government fires all the regulators and those who enforce policy and the law - it’s sickening the corruption
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s all slop masquerading as slick. It will out. AI will fail
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
That would be a challenge. It I bet you could make it happen.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dear leader’s presence at 9/11/2001 is now our official history - may we glory in its radiance and be honored to be in his air for all eternity. Start behaving and obey. War is Peace, freedom is slavery.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Furthermore they don’t burn fossil fuels and are thus better (even if coal fired power plants are supplying your house electricity) for the environment and public health.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Do you not have electricity At home?
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Or $35,000 is not a large expenditure for you. Tax them so they have to pay that $35,000 to make your life more affordable not the current regime
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just like any garden variety dictator wannabe. Will be fun to watch him fall.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In thousands of miles I have only needed a helmet 2 times. Glad I had it both times.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
the resistance will find a way to disable or turn these fascistic tools of terror - all of it is wasteful and unnecessary and cruel for the sake of cruelty.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
He can’t. He’s obviously being kept alive on a vent and feeding tube. Nothing can be done in the absense of a living will or medical power of attorney as long as his money lasts and he can pay for the care.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If you think about the ugly suburban environment with all its neon and flashing lights and realize it is only that way to catch the eye of people speeding by at 50mph it becomes clear what cars cost us in aesthetic beauty. Bikes and walkable spaces are what makes urban environments interesting.
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Galen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Oligarchs need to be taxed back to humility.
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Destruction of East India Company Gives US Lawmakers a Blueprint for Confronting Big Tech: Historian | Common Dreams
Historian warns of unchecked power in Big Tech firms, drawing parallels to British East India Company. US lawmakers urged to rein in tech giants.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This, it seems, is designed to provide rationale to explain the midterm shenanigans - he’s unpopular and not on the ballot for the true believers but the people didn’t want investigations and tribunals. But we do.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
He so not worth listening to ever. We went to war to distract from Epstein. Period. The problem was solved in 2015 by Obama. Dear leader broke it and then made it worse. Defending it is an admission he doesn’t care about the truth just the talking points to defend the indefensible
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Donceles street in Mexico City is full of them. More chaos though
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Like all underlings who have served the master, dear leader, his main qualification was his nonthreatening incompetence. We are both fortunate and cursed as a result. Dictator wannabes like the current one are all the same and they are intimidated by competence.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
SNL helped to elect trump with Dana Carvey’s false and disingenuous depiction of Biden - I will never forgive them
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Democracy dies when we elect people who do what they are told.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If the opposition was not complicit these would be the basis for articles of impeachment. Dems should be forcing republicans to defend his corruption on the house and senate floor every day.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Don’t worry, the red meat is just the problem this week. It’ll get everything as they continue to deregulate.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If an agent of our enemies had been sent to cause the decline of the USA they would do exactly what the current US administration is doing. The American people are not the enemy of Canada. But we’re stuck with hostile leadership and feckless opposition.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Articles of impeachment - make republicans vote against it.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
How many modern people actually run out of fuel in their cars?
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
They elected tuberville in Alabama so she’s probably going to get the job. He too is ill informed about most things. All they need is a vote in the senate not a competent independent thinker. She’ll do what she’s told and not squawk or make much trouble.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Watch some flds polygamy documentaries and it all starts to make sense. He’s her Warren jeffs.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
He is a great success by the only measure he cares about - his wealth. That he’s a clown and working against our collective interests in favor of his own is probably not something he even thinks about. He’s just a grifter
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The UN charter which is legally binding as a treaty forbids the annexation of territory explicitly. One for for the impeachment hearings in February.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
That’s the trillion we give to insurance companies for no value ad and a syphoning off of dollars that should go to care
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There is a lot of bad Spanish-language “news” that blatantly supports authoritarianism and the right - Univision has done well to counter it and hunter is doing great work speaking directly to a constituency the Dems take for granted and shouldn’t
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Who cares what any of these clowns has to say about anything - interesting that they are this worried they about a senate candidate from once reliably red Georgia though.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Check his donor base. Find his actual constituency. It’s not hard.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We are effectively seeing the end of the French enlightenment that gave us democracy and civil rights pushed by the very same class of people who were defeated 250 years ago. I guess it’s let them eat cake again.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It’s going to take a few decades of constant good will and demilitarization to restore 1/4 of the standing and legitimacy the US had under Obama. It’s disgusting we have let this happen 2 times.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Yes, but not unusual or newsworthy. Our best strategy is to ignore him, isolate him, and find common ground with the those in power who can help. We must return to diplomats and experts to make strategy. Adv for dictators must have a cost. Making us chase his lunacy is his strategy.
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billconnell163.bsky.social @billconnell163.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Kim Jung un’s justice system beat Otto warmbeir to the point of death. He is allying himself with a monster who murdered a us college student.
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