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Chris Lombardi

@chrisblue.bsky.social
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Bronx-born Philadelphian. #Journalist. #Author of 'brilliant but disturbing' books, including I AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE and JEHANNE DARC. #Disabled from 40 yrs of MS.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2h
The funniest thing about this is every Special Forces operator of the last generation — the exact kind of “warfighter” Hegseth purports to idolize — has the world’s most massive beard. That’s entirely the look of today’s supersoldiers.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 3h
Generational damage being done right now
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Strahan Cadell 🇨🇦🇻🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @quincunctial.bsky.social · 4h
Luckey claims that the next domain of warfare will not be land, sea, air, or space but beneath the earth’s surface, with military excavators moving through the earth’s crust. Gingrich started the concept of “medbeds.” Musk was supposed to have factory on Mars years ago.
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 4h
You want an example of focusing on culture war bullshit instead of warfighting, THIS is it. Hegseth isn't worried about the fact that he's set US policy goals in the Gulf back literal decades, no, he's too busy monitoring soldiers' testosterone levels and reveling in what slurs he gets to use.
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Spes Semper™️ @spessemper.bsky.social · 4h
Western civilization as a four-stop MAGA bus tour: Jerusalem. Athens. Rome. Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 1776: “all men are created equal.” Slavery: legal. Women: voteless. That’s the trouble with history: it keeps ruining the merchandise. - Spes Semper #WesternCivilization #Philadelphia1776 #Irony
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Rob Mullens @rjmullens.bsky.social · 4h
They’re going to try and rename it the United Christian States of America soon aren’t they, with their white christofascist military crusading abroad and patrolling the streets at home
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Not Really A Cat @youpersuade.bsky.social · 4h
More than one student of western civilization has been banned from lecturing at West Point due to their awareness of the danger this administration poses.
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Eric Lee @ericleeacts.bsky.social · 4h
These are the pillars of White Christian Nationalism. This is the white Christian myth they’ve been perpetuating in the hallowed halls of “conservative” institutions like Hillsdale College.
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Dolorosa Santos @dolorosasantos.bsky.social · 4h
How about THE CONSTITUTION? That's what would impress me, a military filled with soldiers ready willing and able to DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION FROM ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. You know, a Military which would throw a fascist prick like Hegseth into Gitmo.
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Christy B @bchristyb.bsky.social · 4h
Ummm.. I don’t mean to be an alarmist here but this is the sitting SecDef calling for people who understand the “faith of Jerusalem” in the United States of America military. Christo-fascists are always the scariest fascists.
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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 3h
Philadelphia protests
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 4h
Imagine Lloyd Austin saying this. You can't.
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Curt Milam @curtismilam.bsky.social · 4h
what could go wrong... also, immediately after the midterm elections congress needs to impeach Hegseth...it's a matter of national security
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 4h
Men keep saying they would intervene if they witnessed or knew something awful was happening to women. Yet Gisele Pelicot’s case proves that untrue. Cornell 7 proves that untrue. A rape chat with 60 million views says otherwise.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h
And this morning the 11th Circuit has moved up oral argument in the case arguing for release of Vol. 2 of Jack Smith’s report to Nov 3. What’s in the water in Atlanta?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Hegseth: "Enter a new core of cadets. To meet this critical need we are partnering with a new crop of premier higher ed institutions, including LSU, Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University, and Hillsdale College."
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5h
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 4h
Trumps regime are Nationalist. Inherently creates an "us versus them" mentality, which can lead to prejudice, discrimination, and hostility against minorities. They demand absolute loyalty, treating criticism of the government as unpatriotic or treasonous. benjaminsledge.medium.com/christian-na...
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Christian Nationalism Is On the Rise and a Growing Cancer
A look into the word “evangelical” and their identity politics
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h
Hegseth: "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10h
i dont think people deluded themselves really…they were told by republicans that “mass deportation” was criminals and the media didnt fact check and democrats moved right on the issue there was no alternative offered to mass deportation, no one even argued against it
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 4h
really don't love that nobody considers "tranny" a slur anymore
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Hegseth: "Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds: Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich"
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h
"Since September 2025, the campaign has carried out 70 known strikes, killing more than 230 people in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, but it has become overshadowed by President Trump’s war in Iran."
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Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes (Gift Article)
The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 5h
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Hegseth criticizes generals who "clung to the woke department" and says "they no longer work here"
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Anonymous Bureaucrat @charlesdeguava.bsky.social · 5h
Going to keep banging my drum that two of the Trump era‘s biggest problems, abuses of immigration enforcement and abuses of the executive power, are tied together, and constriction of the latter is a potential selling point/added bonus, to getting the former
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Yohan @yohangee.bsky.social · 5h
Notice that he doesn't get to the part where he actually discriminates by passing over deserving African Americans & women for promotions.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9h
this would genuinely hit much better if he hadn't chosen to throw trans kids under the bus
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 5h
Dozens of federal immigration employees stayed in sensitive positions despite security concerns, inspector general reports
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Dozens of federal immigration employees stayed in sensitive positions despite security concerns, inspector general reports
Homeland Security Department officials pushed back on the report, contending that “[i]t is simply incorrect to suggest that these employees occupied national security positions for years without appro...
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Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee · 7h
Bill Gates is in more than 100 photos from the Epstein files see them all here epstein.photos/search/peopl...
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Photos of Bill Gates · Epstein Network
Photos of Bill Gates — 101 images on Epstein Network.
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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 7h
(2/3) Deportation flights to Venezuela occurred 2x per week from Aug. to Dec. 2025. Between Jan. and Jun. 2026, flights occurred 3x per week, and since Sep. 16, 2026, flights have occurred 2x per week on Wednesdays.
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Eric Garment @ericgarment.bsky.social · 7h
here's a look at the state of the phillies bullpen heading into today's game
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 8h
At NOON PST TODAY Pete Hegseth is addressing the military and will outline an aggressive reform agenda, including doubling down on cuts to general and flag officer positions. WATCH live C-SPAN Event Page PBS News Hour YouTube Stream @andertoon.bsky.social
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jmanley61.bsky.social @jmanley61.bsky.social · 7h
He's gonna do it again, January 2027. They're gearing up for it by adding 5000 new ice agents with little to no traning by Dec. Hegseth purging military of anyone who would push back and say no to illegal orders. New members of congress won't be seated In january and his rogue army will lead the way
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 7h
DOJ's complaint about at least seven fed. judges in Minnesota for talking to the NYTimes about the Trump administration's mismanagement of immigration enforcement complains of these ten truthful statements on the ground that some immigration cases are pending appeal. www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...
A list of ten statements the judges made in this NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/minnesota-judge-trump-immigration.html
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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 11h
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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 13h
thinking about Shakespeare's sonnets about immortality and realizing how weird it is that the AI cult believes in the idea of preserving human consciousnesses while actively destroying the only technology we currently have to do that: Art
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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 12h
The opposite of surprising www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Right-Wing Groups Are Making Money Off John Fetterman
After losing his Democratic fundraisers, the Pennsylvania senator found a new firm with MAGA-world ties.
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
“We changed the conduct of an entire army,” Zarbiv has claimed, referring to bottom-up efforts by reservists and contractors to ensure that demolitions were central to the tactics of every IDF division and brigade that rotated through Gaza in 2024-25:
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 18h
And here is a thread linking to articles that describe how, within the IDF, to-the-foundations earthmover demolitions became the norm in Gaza. It wasn’t because of orders from IDF high command, really—it was a highly successful bottom-up revolution by the extremist reservists who had the earthmovers
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SteveFromSC @bigsteven.bsky.social · 13h
The timing couldn’t have been better. Axios releases a piece just glazing him as Vance’s VP pick; just as he actively lights himself on fire and becomes a meme.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) on X
Trump weakened Title IX protections when he was in office the first time. Biden sought to reverse them. Courts overruled him and Trump’s Title IX changes were then reinstated.
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JJ @jupiterjudie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Power bill going up?
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Steve @bsky.vitriol.net · 29/09/2026
I don't usually root for Philadelphia teams, but I hope the Phillies beat the Atlanta Hawks.
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