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Robert S. McElvaine

@blistwriter.bsky.social
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Writer, historian, liberal activist, feminist, awake,”traveler. Believer in the ideals of America. NOT GOING BACK.

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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is infuriating.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
@ebharrington.bsky.social Thought you might like this idea I had last night.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My latest essay points out that an alliance with Stalin was necessary to defeat Hitler. An alliance with Graham Platner to help defeat Trump is not comfortable, but it is not REMOTELY as objectionable. The choice before Maine voters is clear.. open.substack.com/pub/robertsm...
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Existential Battles Require Strange Bedfellows
We allied with Stalin to defeat Hitler; An alliance with Graham Platner to help defeat Trump is not comfortable, but it is not REMOTELY as objectionable. Just Do It.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Priceless.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
For more, see my “Musings & Amusings” on Substack. robertsmcelvaine.Substack.com
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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A story from the ancient Greek historian Herodotus came to my mind on Tuesday, after Trump “truthed” that “a whole civilization will be destroyed tonight, never to be brought back again.” The civiliza...
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Peter Magyar’s election is an earthquake for MAGA. He says Orban’s regime paid for CPAC events in Hungary, that is a “crime,” and he’s ending the practice. CPAC conferences in the U.S. & Hungary are key ideological events for the far-right. Now they’ll have to pay for it on their own in Hungary.
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Newly-Elected Hungarian PM Says Orbán Was Paying CPAC, Calls It a ‘Crime’ That ‘Will Have to Be Investigated’
Péter Magyar, the Hungarian Prime Minister-Elect, announced that outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government had been paying CPAC, but he would put an immediate end to that -- and even went so f...
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Here’s an instructive — I would say "sobering," but the faux masculine jerks running this war are beyond being sobered — comparison I compiled with the assistance of AI, mainly from Gallup polls, of public support at the outset of all the American wars since scientific polling began nine decades ago
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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The Speech Every 2026 Candidate Needs to Watch
Moral clarity is rare in politics. But David Jolly shows us how it's done.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America." - Donald J. Trump, December 16, 2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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Absolutely.
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 08/12/2025
Melinda French Gates slams billionaires who aren't giving away enough - Business Insider Yes! apple.news/Avx_Wl6f7ST2...
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Melinda French Gates slams billionaires who aren't giving away enough — Business Insider
Melinda French Gates said billionaires are not giving away enough of their money. She said those who have benefited from businesses in the US should give back
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
As Der Führer says, "Nobody's seen numbers like this before!" Among independents, Trump is underwater by a jaw-dropping 54% and, on his handling of the economy, by 61%. Yes, the midterms are eleven months away, but these numbers indicate a blue tsunami of unprecedented proportions.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns... My lead essay on Lincoln Square today suggests the message Democrats should unite on: “We care about people; Republicans couldn’t care less about you.” And call it “THE BIG BEAUTIFUL-FOR-BILLIONAIRES BILL.
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Democrats Didn't Cave. They Saved People from Needless Suffering.
The Democratic message should be clear: We care about people's pain. Republicans couldn’t care less.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Damn him! I always loved doing math problems with Roman numerals!
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Question for today: Do you think affordability is real problem or a "con job"?
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Trump’s care-less attitude towards people’s suffering made the Democrats’ decision on the shutdown agonizing. The most important thing is for Democrats not to blame one another but come together and focus on Trump and the Republicans' complete irresponsibility. open.substack.com/pub/robertsm...
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The Democratic Message Should Be Clear: We Care about people suffering; Republicans Couldn’t Care Less
We did not “CAVE” We SAVED Americans from suffering needlessly.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
If you believe this, look in a mirror. What you will see is a cult member.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Totally sick. Misogyny is the gateway drug to all other hatreds, and we need to stop hate at its roots.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
A representation of what happened last Tuesday. Democracy won everywhere. But all those dark clouds remain ominous.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
This week, the magnitude of the Trumpocalypse became even more obvious—at least for those who have a fourth grade knowledge of mathematics, My essay today gives some examples of MAGAMath: open.substack.com/pub/robertsm...
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Ain’t that MAGAmerica Somthin’ to See?
MAGAMath: $1 Trillion for the “man” who has killed hundreds of thousands; 1,500% price cuts; Americans to lose 393 pounds apiece!
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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ToOldForThisShit (@livelysue)
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Here it is. Trump’s birthday letter with his drawing to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Mike Luckovich jis one of our greatest cartoonists, this is a classic.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
I also like comparing I’ll Duce with I’ll Douche.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Yep.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
#AlaskaMeeting
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
May the worst men both lose.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The cover of Rupert Murdoch's NY rag today. The messages write themselves: "TRUMP DECLARES WAR ON CHRISTMAS—REPUBLICANS GO ALONG" " “TRUMP SAYS LITTLE GIRLS SHOULD HAVE LESS SO BILLIONAIRES CAN HAVE MORE!"
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
My essay contrasting FDR's first hundred days 92 years ago with Trump's this year is the lead story on Lincoln Square: www.lincolnsquare.media/p/100-days-o...
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The Destroyer of the United States—people are beginning to realize.
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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Robert S. McElvaine @blistwriter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
My latest essay is on the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution at Lexington & Concord & how it relates to where we are today. #AmericanRevolution250 #Trump open.substack.com/pub/robertsm...
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