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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 13/09/2026

This is who they are. There is no "meeting in the middle" with people like this.

Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 31/08/2026

While I don't expect doing the following to make any difference, I like the idea of flooding Google with these kinds of change requests. This is from a newsletter by @rbreich.bsky.social

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 11/08/2026

Because of a threat against Air Force One, 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘆𝘀, putting innocent people at risk, while Trump hid in a different plane with a different call sign. Trump knowingly put others at risk, while he hid. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Trump hid in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports say

The US president was reportedly part of a ruse where reporters were falsely told he was with them on Air Force One leaving a Nato summit in Turkey.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Odd, how Republicans are so angry at the *pretend* notion that Dr. Fauci undermined our health but are not even slightly interested in RFK Jr’s *actual* undermining of our health.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 03/04/2026

Bondi, that awful excuse for a human being, is out as Attorney General—because, apparently, she wasn't effective enough at being awful. She tried her hardest to be the shittiest A.G. ever, but, evidently, she wasn't truly horrible enough for Trump. What a fucked up timeline we're living through.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Palantir Technologies raked in $1.5 BILLION in income last year — including from lucrative taxpayer-funded DHS contracts — and paid ZERO federal income tax. It's fast becoming the most dangerous and least accountable corporation in America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88

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The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?

The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 07/03/2026

In case you need more convincing that this administration is full of grifters and corrupt opportunists, here's a good @propublica.org summary. link.propublica.net/view/6764c19...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Like clockwork.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 04/03/2026

Callous motherfucker... "Sadly, there will likely be more, before it ends. That's the way it is," President Donald Trump said of deaths. www.npr.org/2026/03/04/g...

Trump, as Lord Farquad from Shrek, saying, "Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I am willing to make."

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 26/02/2026

I canceled my @actblueorg.bsky.social account, for 2 reasons. (1) As noted in several recent articles (e.g., readsludge.com/2025/11/06/t...), ActBlue continues to allow bad behavior. (2) I'm tired of being flooded with emails just because I donated to a few campaigns via ActBlue. Do better, ActBlue.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 25/02/2026

@theactionnetwork.bsky.social, maybe stop spamming me with emails. I donated once, through your network, and you've flooded me with emails ever since. I have to unsub from each one individually. Your strategy has backfired: I'm adding email-filtering rules for emails sent via your org. Great job.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 23/02/2026

If they have your data, they 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 sell it—especially when revenue starts to drop, as has been happening at BetterHelp. They used personal information to sell ads. And, as gateway to a conglomeration of therapists, BetterHelp presumably has a 𝘭𝘰𝘵 of personal information. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

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BetterHelp Customers Will Begin Receiving Notices About Refunds Related to a 2023 Privacy Settlement with FTC

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 09/12/2025

I cannot recommend this podcast highly enough. If you're not already listening to it, you really should be.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 18/11/2025

Utterly predictable and utterly horrific.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This is a longstanding, thoroughly disproven lie. Vance is carving out a little niche for himself as the guy who tells vicious, racist lies about non-white people to massage the egos of white nationalists. And the *specific* lies he tells reveal he’s well versed in white nationalist propaganda.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 06/08/2025

It's so tempting to homebrew "Velvet Embrace." #dnd #D&D #oglaf

Oglaf cartoon depicting hilariously disgusting D&D spell. Search for: Oglaf Conjuration V,S,M

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 05/08/2025

Conversation in a D&D game tonight: Me: What's the D&D equivalent of a Geiger counter, anyway? Other player: A Gygax counter. The DM understandably awarded inspiration (after everyone stopped laughing).

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

FEMA will no longer to door-to-door to assist you in a disaster, but ICE will go door-to-door to kidnap you and turn your life into a disaster. America has its priorities, y'all!

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A good moment to re-up this.

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

If you had a 15 year old who said this to you and seemed to believe it, you’d be up all night panicking about what it’s going to cost you in tutors to get them into the 2nd-to-last ranked public university in your state.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 27/06/2025

Well... This, and straight up bigotry.

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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 26/06/2025

These are the consequences when you put a vaccine conspiracist in charge of making sure Americans can get safe and effective vaccines. This is a disgrace. abcnews.go.com/Health/exper...

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Experts warn RFK Jr. is unraveling the system that kept vaccines safe

Secretary Kennedy has long held many vaccine-skeptic views.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 17/06/2025

"In an industry full of grifters & companies hell-bent on making the internet worse, it is hard to think of a … worse actor than Meta, whose platforms have been fully overrun with viral AI slop, AI-powered disinformation, AI scams, AI nudify apps, & AI influencers…" www.404media.co/meta-invents...

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Meta Invents New Way to Humiliate Users With Feed of People's Chats With AI

In an industry full of grifters and companies hell-bent on making the internet worse, it is hard to think of a worse actor than Meta, or a worse product that the AI Discover feed.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 17/06/2025

I'm firmly convinced, after seeing far too many of YouTube's awful and insipid ads, that being a "creative" whose job is to create such ads must be an utterly soul-destroying experience.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 16/06/2025

100%. Also, if you aren't listening to @socialistdogmom.bsky.social's "Weird Little Guys" podcast, you really should be. It's extremely valuable in understanding how we got to this awful place.

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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 16/06/2025

It’s so funny how every time one of these guys ruins their life doing violence for the fascist cause all their heroes are like “actually he’s a trans communist and a federal agent.”

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 15/06/2025

I attended the No Kings protest in West Chester, PA. About 90 minutes before I arrived, this apparently happened: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/06/15/v... I don't know whether the guy with all the ammo is MAGA, though it seems likely. There are a lot of violent cult members, and some of them are local.

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Video purports to show man being arrested near No Kings West Chester rally

The video shows officers seizing numerous items from under the man’s coat at High and Gay streets just prior to the rally on Saturday, then they took him away.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency. The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 15/06/2025

The most mind-boggling thing I heard at a No Kings protest today was a 40-something white woman who yelled, "God save the King!" as she drove by. It really is tribal; actual thinking does not enter into it AT ALL. But I did see a fellow protestor holding this sign, which made my day.

Protestor holding a sign showing Hitler killing himself, with the caption "Follow your leader"

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

my soul left my body watching the fox news feed glitching out as the tanks roll past the president’s observation stand and the announcer’s voice echoes across the mostly empty streets, “special thanks to our sponsor, palantir”

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 04/06/2025

Alex Jones, who spent years ranting about shadowy government mass surveillance technology, is now stanning for Palantir

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Jones Responds To The Palantir Hysteria & Lays Out What's Really Happening

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...

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Opinion | Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 07/05/2025

What's worse than the endless emails exhorting me to fill out a survey? One that tells me filling out the survey will "only take 10 to 15 minutes of your time."

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 07/05/2025

I taught myself calligraphy when I was 14. I'm, by no means, a typographer, but I am a bit of a type nerd, due to decades of doing calligraphy. @timesnewboman.com's YouTube channel, which I have only just discovered, is a true delight for any type or design nerd: www.youtube.com/@LinusBoman/...

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Linus Boman

You don't have to be a designer to be design curious. Every day, we're surrounded by logos, letters, and designs that people either love or loathe. This channel explores the designers and stories behi...

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 02/05/2025

Exactly. I don't know what the big deal is, either. Someone else's gender identity doesn't affect you at all. If it does, there's something wrong with you, not them.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 02/05/2025

At the May Day protest I attended, one person had a sign with image. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Note: I'm NOT saying everyone at Tesla deserves to be tarred with the same brush as Musk. But, by his actions, Musk is certainly doing a bang-up job of tarnishing Tesla's image.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 24/04/2025

The cruelty is the point.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 24/04/2025

The cruelty is the point. An "AI workshop" for the children of GSA employees whose jobs are threatened by AI. This is beyond mere tone-deafness. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/on-take-yo...

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On Take Your Child to Work Day, DOGE-led GSA is hosting an AI workshop for kids of federal employees threatened with layoffs

From the 'you can't make this stuff up' dept.

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 07/04/2025

My retirement investments are down more than $60,000 since this Trumpian idiocy began. Does everyone feel like we're winning yet?

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 13/03/2025

If you support this administration's horrific immigrant round-ups, I ask that you do two things. 1. Watch the attached video. 2. Block me. Please. (Seriously, fuck off.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hpg...

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ICE Detention: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Brian Clapper @bmc.clapper.org · 06/03/2025

Huh. Not a trans person. Not a drag queen. Not a "libtard". Nope, as usual, it's a white Christian male, active in a non-denominational evangelical church — which, probabilistically, identifies him as Republican. Yet another right-wing, Bible-banging, child molester. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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