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Cynical Scotsman

@cynicalscotsman.bsky.social
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Married dad of 2 girls (with all the learned perspectives as a result). Allllmost retired, consulting as a business operations analyst until then. Future Washingtonian by way of NorCal. I call 'em like I see 'em. I super-like dogs & all other animals.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1h
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
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Your Mom @mountains206.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
There’s a special place in hell for rightwing disinformation purveyors who terrorize small businesses like this one. Nick Shirley is a lying piece of shit. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Seattle grocery fights back against right-wing influencer after viral video
After Nick Shirley posted a video accusing Lam’s grocery of fraud, the store has been fighting to clear its name against an onslaught of social media hate.
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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
😆 as it should be! Trump is a GLOBAL laughingstock.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
📌This naked statue of Trump, The Orange Plague, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg is exactly how you handle this deviant, who uses his office to celebrate himself, and crush others. He needs to know that THIS is how he will be remembered when he finally takes his last gasp.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is the interview Trump’s FCC doesn’t want you to see. We’re not just going up against the most corrupt politician in Texas. We’re going up against this entire corrupt system.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 08/09/2026
Trump angered ranchers with unpopular trade policies; now he wants to buy back their support by allowing the killing of endangered wolves. This compounds a terrible decision to end the recovery program that was rebuilding populations of these iconic species. We will fight it.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 07/09/2026
Americans risk exposure to anti-parasite drugs and banned antibiotics in chunks of years-old, potentially rotten meat after a controversial friend of Melania Trump's was invited for a meeting at the White House, according to a new analysis.
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Mounting 'mystery meat' threats linked by expert to surprising source — Melania Trump
Americans risk exposure to anti-parasite drugs and banned antibiotics in chunks of years-old, potentially rotten meat after a controversial friend of Melania Trump's was invited for a meeting at the White House, according to a new analysis. Eric Schlosser, the author of “Fast Food Nation," penned an...
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I need some real solidarity. On Friday, I published this article about why Zuckerberg should resign. It’s being throttled on Meta products and I’ve had several attempts to hijack my fb acct. Please repost this article, esp on your Meta accounts. #ZuckMustGo www.theguardian.com/technology/c...
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It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta | Joan Donovan
The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlement
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
With wolf hunting season beginning in just a few weeks, and Montana recently approving regulations allowing up to 300 wolves to be killed during the upcoming season, this is a timely reminder: wolves are not trophies. (1/2)
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If you run social media for a university, department or scholarly association and you’re still patronizing Twitter, you’re actively helping the reactionaries working for your destruction.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 15/08/2026
The only possible use of national guard in DC is to back up a second coup attempt on Jan 6, 2029. They are just standing around on the streets doing nothing until then.
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rebelmiriam.bsky.social @rebelmiriam.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
“Canada since Mark Carney became Prime Minister in March, 2025, has outperformed everyone in America, the Eurozone and anywhere else in the world.”
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Brendan Fischer @brendanfischer.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Howard Lutnick gave Trump's PAC $3M of stock in Vivek Ramaswamy's Roivant Sciences on Oct 21. A month later, Trump tapped Lutnick to lead Commerce, and named Ramaswamy to DOGE. Interesting snapshot of how a handful of interconnected billionaires funded Trump's campaign and will run his government.
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Mango’s mom @mango4334.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#ohio
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Popular Information @popular.info · 06/08/2026
Popular Information uncovered a network of fake news websites fully controlled by One Nation, a dark money group that works in concert with the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC of Senate Republicans. One Nation has directly contributed over $70 million to the SLF this political cycle.
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Senate Republicans launch network of fake news sites
One Nation, the Senate GOP's primary dark money group, is producing propaganda masquerading as journalism.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Cynical Scotsman @cynicalscotsman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Why trumpy not wear wedding ring?
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
There’s so many lies & so much destructive policy destroying American higher education right now coming from the far right authoritarian party. It would really help a lot if the national media did not exacerbate the problem by continually adopting their frames & printing lies about college, too:
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This book is legit great. Cathartic. Necessary. Beautiful and terrible. Character driven and believable near-future eco-fiction masterpiece.
When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift. Had a wolf on the cover.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 26/06/2026
Roger Stone registered as a foreign agent for the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi earlier this week efile.fara.gov/docs/7742-Re...
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please enjoy this compilation of rescue dogs enthusiastically picking out their stuffie toys! 🧸 You’re welcome 😇 🥹🥹🥹 #Pinks HT: Fetcherdog linktr.ee/FetcherDog?u...
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
wh...why would you drive over the reflecting pool
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STAT @statnews.com · 23/06/2026
Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...
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Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?
Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.
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Cynical Scotsman @cynicalscotsman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Semi-regular #djt trump media stock price update: It's currently struggling to hold $8/share. The rubes invested at $94/share in 2021.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“I don’t know why the President of the US behaves like this toward his allies. It’s not the first time. It is disappointing that he does not show the same determination with the enemies of the West and the US, whose leaders he instead treats with far greater indulgence.” - Italy PM Giorgia Meloni
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/06/2026
Trump is in a one-sided war with former President Obama, and with the latest MoU with Iran, it just emphasizes just how obsessed he still is with the former president. Today's latest from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4oALmPE
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 17/06/2026
BREAKING: In a SHAMEFUL display, The Atlantic reports that Gen. Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. the first Black four-star general in American history has had his portrait quietly removed from the Pentagon. Another casualty in the Trump Administration's war on anything labeled "DEI."
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 17/06/2026
Donald Trump, the developer: Tear down a historic building for a project that the public didn’t want or approve. Triple the initial price tag. Make taxpayers foot the bill after promising they wouldn’t.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
When you're the least popular person at a party . . .
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Trump just announced a US-Iran deal is being signed tomorrow — Wild timing, because there’s a detail floating around that deserves more attention if true… Maybe we should take notes 👀 Iran reportedly brought in senior psychologists to help them negotiate with Trump.
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Iran takes eyebrow-raising step believing Trump is 'legitimately mentally ill': journalist
Story by Alexander Willis

President Donald Trump looks on as he speaks to the members of the media, after attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals, at John F.
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Amid the ongoing peace talks between Washington and Tehran, Iranian negotiators have recently enlisted the help of "senior psychologists" to help them navigate what they believe to be a pressing issue involving President Donald Trump, investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill claimed Friday, citing Iranian sources.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Fox has dedicated just 22 seconds to the latest Consumer Price Index report, marking the highest annual inflation rate in over 3 years.
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Fox News buries the worst inflation report in three years
Fox News has dedicated just 22 seconds to the latest Consumer Price Index report, marking the highest annual inflation rate in over 3 years.
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The News Tribune @thenewstribune.com · 08/06/2026
It’s among the first events at the revamped Heritage Park in downtown Sumner. Get lunch from the food truck and enjoy at a new cafe table.
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New park, new food trucks. Find a fresh lunch in downtown Sumner every Wednesday
It’s among the first events at the revamped Heritage Park in downtown Sumner. Get lunch from the food truck and enjoy at a new cafe table.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Lmao
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Reader, the trump approved, Elon Musk DOGE project is to blame for the screwworm outbreak. Musk eliminated funding for the very program that worked to stop the parasite from spreading.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Rubio: I have never seen Trump fall asleep. Lieu: I’m going to show you a video that shows you just lied to congress. Here is a video of him asleep while you are talking.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
@marcelias.bsky.social @altssa.altgov.info ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This says everything there is to say about this vulgar, stupid sad excuse for a man.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/05/2026
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion. It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make. (Published May 2025)
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The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Striking video of a Russian missile hitting a Ukrainian city. The missile looks big and fast (an oreshnik?), the explosion is large, and appears to be in a civilian area. Russia firing at civilian targets is a sign of weakness. If they could defeat the Ukrainian military in the field, they would.
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Cynical Scotsman @cynicalscotsman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
DJT Trump Media stock hit all-time lows today below $8/share.
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Feminist Proper Gander @dappergander.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If the GOP can pass a law making it illegal to leave their state to have an abortion, we can make it illegal for billionaires to leave a state to lower their taxes
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
When white supremacists described the first black politicians winning elections in the South during Reconstruction, they too called it a "reign of terror" that innocent white people had to suffer under. Black leaders! Elected to federal office! Can you imagine the indignity?!
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The Daily Show’s ‘Say Something Normal’, the only game show where you win for saying something normal.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New from me @notus.com: Internally, FBI agents are now referring to a "payback squad" based in NY or DC. Its remit? Targeting former government officials. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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FBI Created ‘Payback Squad’ to Handle Political Cases, Sources Say
Investigators are eyeing cases similar to the recent criminal prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, one current government official told NOTUS.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Nothing to worry about, just a hand-picked FBI team that handles politically motivated investigations of the president's enemies. Destroying democracy and the rule of law. Happening right in front of us.
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The way the Oregonian, the governor, and other electeds are pushing narratives that we must unquestioningly give a billionaire millions of tax payer dollars for the Moda center without evidence is astounding. I’ve never clutched pearls but this level of fiscal irresponsibility is getting me there!
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
i am fine spending my tax dollars on schools and roads and medicine and the like. i would prefer not to spend my tax dollars on a new stadium while my teacher friends go on furlough. Oregon is in financial crisis. $200 million for a nicer stadium is idiotic.
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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The “lesser evil” AI company is now contributing to the ILLNESS and DEATH of Memphis residents while the administration is simultaneously stripping them of voter rights and representation. It’s hard to believe this admin is anything other than an ethnostare project. Learn more about Memphis
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We Went to the Town Elon Musk Is Poisoning
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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