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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

No, because I can't think of a single Republican who hasn't bent the knee to Trump. I also don't think the GOP is a "conservative" or "center-right" party anymore; I think it's a horseshoe (right+left) populist cult of personality, not really even a party now.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Leo shelved plans to visit America. Some officials saw their reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

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The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy

The Free Press has documented a closed-door Pentagon meeting in which a senior Trump official lectured Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador on American military supremacy.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The President of the U.S. The man with the nuclear codes. And people are just going to pretend this is ok. In a functioning society, he would be removed from office within hours by his own party.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

And yet she’s still covering up the most incriminating parts (most likely) of the Epstein files. We weren’t allowed to talk about it when the Dow was at 50,000. Is now a good time?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/02/2026

It’s the Jeffrey Epstein War

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We have a federal administration led by idiots and criminals.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This is our government.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

And to vote against Harris. We are a bored, decadent nation, and we wanted a show, not a minority woman with actual plans for governing. The voters got bored with the show that replaced White House Apprentice, so they brought it back.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

No. I thought Americans would stop before sacrificing the health of their children on the altar of their resentment.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Shocking only Donald Trump, Trump’s grand summit with Putin accomplished nothing but to help Putin, while embarrassing the US on our own soil on the world stage and harming our allies.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

The irony is not lost on many in Washington that Trump says spitting on a DC cop is justification for hitting/punching back "hard" when he pardoned hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted those same cops — and said attacks on them that day were "minor."

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Remember all the members of the media who spent 2024 downplaying concerns that Trump would rule as an autocrat. "This will go further" Yeah, we know. That was always the plan.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

This is insane. And as dictatorial a power grab as we’ve ever seen in US history. Most of all, though, it’s also just unneeded. Crime is at a generational low in DC.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

How many little kids right now meant to grow up to become scientists, academics, artists, may never get the same inspiration we did just by turning on TV for free, because we used to agreed as a society that was worthwhile to offer everyone

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Because you got a nice office and a pension and people bring you coffee and drive you around and do whatever you tell them to do and you don’t have to live at home among the people you claim to represent, who you probably don’t very much like to begin with

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.

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Bill Shields @bshieldsjr.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A true honor to welcome, and be in conversation with, @libradunn1.bsky.social for #ASPA2025. With public service under attack, there’s no better model to show us how to stand our ground.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Having written a kind of first draft of that history myself, voters have even more to answer for

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Some have disappointed, some have bad policy, some made big mistakes. But I’ve never in my life been ashamed of American leaders. Until today.

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 15/02/2025

Americans don't do history. That's why we don't need a Department of Education anymore. Knowing facts is boring. Watching TikTok videos is more fun.

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.

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ASPANational @aspanational.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Today's #ASPA2025 bulletin is out and we have *amazing* news to announce! Check it out and get excited - and then get registered! www.icontact-archive...

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ASPANational @aspanational.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

ASPA calls on its members and partners to remain steadfast and firm in their calling to public service and their commitment to serve the greater good. Find our statement on our website: www.aspanet.org/ASPA/About-A...

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

For all federal employees: Before you are locked out of your systems, ensure you have copies of unclassified performance appraisals, awards & other relevant personnel docs. If you have access to your office, grab your more important personal items sooner rather than later.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

From a bored and affluent middle class who wanted another season of reality TV.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I am so goddamn mad. A friend who’s been FISHING BODIES OUT OF THE POTOMAC appears to be in the Trump purges today.

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