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Charlie Close

@charlieclose.bsky.social
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Writer. Very short stories. Progressive politics. Progressive rock. Progress. Michigan USA. My very short stories can be found at @summergrstories.bsky.social.

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ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 5h
Miss you buddy, 2028 can't come soon enough.
Patterned terrazzo floor inside the soaring lobby of the post modern James R Thompson Center in Chicago.
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 11h
My Minnesota friends have already seen this, but I keep thinking about it and want more people outside our state to, too.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 8h
@slotkin.senate.gov You we’re just in Hungary. Is this what you saw and does this principle apply to MAGA in the US? I think it should. Your recent speech addressed accountability but not with this intensity. This is what we need. — A Michigander from Genesee County
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 11h
This is the lesson that the Biden admin failed to learn and that UK Labour is also flailing about horribly at:
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 8h
"Local community activists and faith leaders from Louisiana and beyond marched and prayed Thursday at the fenced-off barracks and trailers at the airpark site where the Trump Administration is preparing to open a privately-run facility to hold children..." religionnews.com/2026/10/02/a...
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As ICE readies Louisiana facility for children and families, faith leaders hold vigil
ALEXANDRIA, La. (RNS and Verite News) — Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations, the facility — which will hold unaccompanied minors and families — is situated beside an air...
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h
"The doctrine that the strong shall dominate the weak is the doctrine of our enemies. And we reject it." -- FDR
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A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 14h
A very short story.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Queer people have voted for Democrats at a higher percentage than any other group beside Black people, so deriding us as "inconsistent" while calling our rights "marginal" does nothing but tip your hand as to whom you think are worthy of being fought for.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If we lived in a world in which workers and other stakeholders had a say in how the company they work for is run, and strong government regulations that shaped markets on behalf of consumers, new technologies could be beneficial. The problem is never the tech—it’s always the oligarchy.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A very short story.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.
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Mike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro Times
Mike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 29/09/2026
Third Way are weathervanes and this is what it feels like to have the wind at your back again
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/09/2026
In Denmark, 96% of private individual vehicle sales are electric these days. 86% of total (fleets are slightly slower).
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Of course, the vile Trump regime sides with bigoted parents over vulnerable kids.
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We actually don't hate this administration enough
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A very short story.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s not remotely hard to do this. And yet ….
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And phone banks! Michigan is where it’s at.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yes. And in the US.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We can do it here in the United States too.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I should also add that when the movie got to showing people burning Teslas and vandalizing dealerships, the theater of mostly older folks in Santa Monica started applauding. I think it is possible Trump and Musk turned libs over 50 into John Brown.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A very short story.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
centrist's sell this as an easy win—get a lot more votes with small concessions, rhetorical moderation, maybe a shift on women's sports my argument is you'll keep making concessions, until you end up in a very ugly place, & never see that political pay off newrepublic.com/article/2155...
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Centrists Won’t Tell You Where “Moderating” on Trans Rights Ends Up
The recent example of the U.K. Labour Party shows that “compromising” rarely stops at some acceptable midpoint.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A very short story.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/09/2026
Agree with this & I'd broaden it: as income inequality increases, the affluent class increasingly strains to free itself of public services. Those services suffer & the flywheel accelerates. Only way to stop is to say, for certain things, no: you have to use the same shit as us.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When I look at a Newsom, I see a Starmer. And if I were trans, 1 trillion times more. So I get the concern. But we have a Democratic Party as a whole that's more for trans rights than it has ever been. And we could have the most pro-trans rights House ever in 2027.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Senator Slotkin, you and other senators, Democrats and Republicans, helped to create this situation. The Chinese are making EVs, the cars of the future. I have seen many statements from you about the danger of Chinese EVs, but none about going on offense with Michigan EVs.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A very short story.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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David Lovejoy @philadlj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
dems catering to transphobes for votes should by all rights be a CRAZY and RIDICULOUS position there's NO difference between the phrase 'no gender ideology' and 'no civil rights for certain groups'
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/09/2026
If you're in Ohio, do not vote for Marcy Kaptur. She needs to lose. It's just anti trans ad after anti trans ad.
A screen capture from a political advertisement featuring politician Marcy Kaptur speaking indoors while wearing glasses, a necklace, and a dark blue jacket. Text on the left side reads "MARCY KAPTUR" above the slogan "NO GENDER IDEOLOGY IN SCHOOLS" in bold white and blue lettering.
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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I think a large undervote that ended Kaptur's career would be an effective and relatively low-cost signal to stop this nonsense.
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
El-Sayed arguing for the full protection of trans rights. Dem leaders, this is how you do it.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026
"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
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Charlie Close @charlieclose.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A very short story.
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Jon Pennington @jonpennington.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One thing I noticed is that rank-and-file Dems will punish anti-trans positions in Dem primaries (Moulton in MA, Vindman in FL), but there are also Dems who are hiding anti-trans positions until after the primary (Talarico, Kaptur). Is there a memo circulating w/ Dems to account for this?
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you don't mind, I'm going to do a little political organizing here. If this gets to, say, ten million hearts, the message could have a discernible effect on defeating fascism before it devours us. Pls forward.
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