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Dan Kohanski

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Long-time computer programmer, also a retired Foreign Service Officer. Most recently the author of A God of Our Invention: How Religion Shaped the Western World (Apocryphile Press, 2023); Kirkus Reviews says "Get it!"

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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Congress Must Investigate, and If Necessary, Impeach Trump www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Congress Must Investigate, and If Necessary, Impeach Trump
Congress has the power to impeach, and upon conviction remove, officers of the executive branch and members of the federal judiciary. This is as much a political as it is a prosecutorial action (which...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The one problem with the press pool refusing to cover trump until CNN - and MS NOW and Poltico - are reinstated is that we will no longer have pictures of trump falling asleep all the time.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Do NOT use Votesafe [dot] Org www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Do NOT use Votesafe [dot] Org
The chicanery never ever ends. Elon Musk has set up what looks like a legit website to help you protect your right to vote, but it’s a scam. From Democratic Underground: Elon Musk is running a fake…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
SCOTUS May Restrict Mail-In Ballots for its Self-Preservation www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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SCOTUS May Restrict Mail-In Ballots for its Self-Preservation
We all know why trump wants mail-in voting to be as limited as possible – he needs every tool of voter suppression he can get in order to avoid being called to account for his actions by a…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Midterms Must be All About trump www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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The Midterms Must be All About trump
While there are still some primaries yet to come, the midterm election slate is taking shape. So let’s look at the general election strategy. It is almost an axiom of politics that the party in power…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Captain Has Turned Off the Seat-Belt Sign. You are Now Free to Preach About the Plane www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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The Captain Has Turned Off the Seat-Belt Sign. You are Now Free to Preach About the Plane
The Washington Post had a disturbing story up yesterday (now posted to MSN, so I got around the paywall): Preachers are turning planes into their pulpits: Sometimes it’s just conversations with seat…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This is Not a Second Gilded Age. It's a Brass Age. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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This is Not a Second Gilded Age. It’s a Brass Age.
It is often said that we are now living in a Second Gilded Age. The Gilded Age dates from around 1870 to the early 20th century, though I think it could be argued that it didn’t really end until the…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Trump Wants to Punish the US for Not Loving Him Enough www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump Wants to Punish the US for Not Loving Him Enough
Paul Krugman has one of his usual insightful columns this morning: Trump Has Given Up / No longer interested in governing, he is filled with rage and obsessed with revenge. Krugman’s focus is on trump...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Trump Now Thinks the Iran War is "Boring" www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump Now Thinks the Iran War is “Boring”
Remember Iran? The country trump said must never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon? The one he threatened to bomb back into the stone age? The war he said he had to focus on so much he couldn’t…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Latest CA Poll Has Me Leaning Toward Steyer www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Latest CA Poll Has Me Leaning Toward Steyer
Ok, fellow Californians – one last shot at the polls. (I think this is the last poll before Tuesday, but I can’t promise that.) Emerson College has just released the results of its May 27-28 polling…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Trump's National Prayer "Event" Is Leading to a Religious War www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump’s National Prayer “Event” Is Leading to a Religious War
The United States has never experienced a real religious war. We’ve had lots of religious fights, some very bloody. During the Civil War, God was invoked by both sides (go read the Battle Hymn of the…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Jazz in New York City
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
El Pais is reporting that with 53% of the vote counted in Hungary, Tisza (Magyar) is on track to hold 136 seats in the National Assembly. 133 is a 2/3 majority. Magyar says Orban has already called him to concede.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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Trump Threatens Iran with Hell in God's Name (in 48 Hours)
Trump is now projecting his inner Hegseth: Trump Warns Iran ‘All Hell’ Is Coming Said Trump, on Truth Social: “Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is r...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Trump Has Already Won
No, not in the sense that he won the war with Iran. The US is likely to lose there, much as we lost in Vietnam, and for much the same reason — asymmetrical warfare, which Trump does not understand. No...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Time to Start Using the "Epstein Class" [Updated]
The Epstein wildfire now consuming the country (Trump’s efforts at shouting “squirrel!” notwithstanding) got its start because of his long-time connection to Trump combined with Trump’s bungled denial...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Europe, if you're listening, I hope you've got the Epstein files!
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Physician's Sworn Affidavit Says Alex Pretti Was Shot in the BACK
A physician (a practicing pediatrician) who witnessed much of the ICE shooting of Alex Pretti this morning and who was — after some argument — allowed to treat him at the scene has filed a sworn affid...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Fake Photo Shows European Leaders Sitting with a Map of the US including Greenland and Canada
If there is one truism about Trump, it is that he has no bottom. Last August, he held an Oval Office meeting with European leaders. Yesterday just before midnight, Trump posted a photo of that meeting...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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World War III Will Be Another World War I
History does not repeat itself — but sometimes it seems to. More to the point, past events offer lessons and warnings to the present generation, if we know our history. Case in point: the leadup to Wo...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
People are asking what is now to stop Xi from invading Taiwan, or Russia for occupying the Baltics, now that Trump has set the precedent by kidnapping Maduro. My question is, what is to stop a consortium of countries from arresting Trump for destroying international law - and also for corruption?
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
That one person, on his own, can drag us into war reminds me of World War I, where the rulers of Germany, Austria, and Russia were solely responsible for the decision to go to war. Britain and France OTOH had to get political approval. We should bear in mind that all three rulers lost the war.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
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CNN Analyzes Trump's 25 Biggest Lies
Only 25? Well, as CNN admits, “It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be.” The story — Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025 — is interesting for at least two reasons. F...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
You keep it a ballroom. Don't you realize he's making room for a THRONE room? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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White House expands East Wing demolition as critics decry Trump overreach
More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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B-52s Sent to Buzz the Coast of Venezuela: Next Step, Invasion? And: SOUTHCOM Steps Down
B-52’s are the powerhouse of the US Air Force. It is, according to the Air Force, “a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions. The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic s...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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Via Belarus, Putin Threatens Nuclear War if US Gives Missiles to Kyiv
Ukrainian president Zelenskyy is scheduled to meet Trump Friday at the White House. This comes after Trump shifted from backing Putin to backing Ukraine — Trump’s abrupt Ukraine shift exposes fresh fr...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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ICE Tear-Gassed Chicago Police, Is Accused of Making False 911 Calls
Newsweek says the tear-gassing was unintentional: ICE Accidentally Tear Gases Chicago Police During Clash With Protesters Chicago Police Department officers were caught in clouds of tear gas during cl...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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World Leaders are Laughing at Trump
The Mango Mussolini likes to claim — boast — that after years of being disrespected under Obama and Biden, the United States is, under his “leadership,” once again respected in the world. The world be...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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Want to Know if Trump Has Dementia? Don't Ask Google
Curious about whether Trump is exhibiting signs of dementia? Don’t bother using Google. Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia: Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the ...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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Trump Threatens Mass Firings If Dems Don't Cave on CR
Trump has just upped the ante on the showdown: If the Dems don’t give in and pass the CR with no subsidies for the ACA, Trump will start a mass firing — permanent firing — of huge numbers of federal w...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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I'm Looking Forward to Being Left Behind
Well, folks, it’s here. The day we’ve all been waiting for — the rapture, when all those right-wing religious nuts will finally (!) get the fuck out of our lives. The Rapture Was Predicted to Happen T...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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Cancel Culture Comes for Disney - And It May Be Working
The firestorm over ABC/Disney’s capitulation to Trump maifoso Brendan Carr’s demand to suspend Jimmy Kimmel (or he’ll do it the hard way by going after ABC’s license) has sparked lots and lots of outr...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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Trump Now Threatening Broadcasters if They Commit Lèse-majesté
In olden days, there was something called lèse-majesté: [A]ny offense against a sovereign power or its ruler, from treason to a simple breach of etiquette, but lèse-majesté has also acquired a more li...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Trump Blows Up Another Venezuelan Boat
The Muddled Excrescence is at it again: U.S. strikes a second Venezuela boat, killing three, Trump says. The U.S. military struck a boat for the second time this month, President Trump said on Monday,...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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Trump's Navy Boards a Tuna Boat in Venezuelan Waters
Reuters: Venezuela says the U.S. intercepted and boarded a Venezuelan tuna vessel in a "hostile" manner The Venezuelan government announced on Saturday that a U.S. destroyer intercepted, boarded and o...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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Some Thoughts on the Reactions to the Charlie Kirk Killing
I’ve been following a number of diaries and comments here since the news about Charlie Kirk being shot and killed, including some about it’s inappropriate to be gleeful or to gloat, no matter how nast...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
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Trump Got Booed - A Lot. And the Media Reported It - A Lot [Update w/ More Media]
The USTA (United States Tennis Association) asked broadcasters not to “showcase” the crowd’s responses to Trump’s appearance today at the men’s tennis final. [I]n an email to broadcasters, including S...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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Trump Sends F35 Warplanes to Puerto Rico
The F35 is America’s most advanced warplane. One of its anticipated functions is to be able to win against China’s warplanes and defenses, if and when that war comes to pass. In other words, it’s mean...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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How to Succeed at Secession Without Really Trying
We are a divided nation, the product of decades of the “divide-and-conquer” strategy employed by the GOP, the religious right, the oligarchs, and seized upon by Trump, all in the service of accumulati...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
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The Profound Stupidity of Donald Trump
The Muddled Mussolini likes to portray himself as having achieved (and continuing to achieve) things that no mere mortal could ever have done. In one sense, he is right: he is the stupidest, most igno...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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Breaking: CBS Reports Jodi Ernst Will Not Seek Election in 2026
Jodi Ernst (R-IA), whose most recent claim to infamy was her casually cruel response to a constituent’s question — “We’re all going to die someday” — is being reported as telling friends that “someday...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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CDC Official Accuses Admin of Deliberately Hurting Americans
Dr. Demetre C. Daskalakis is the CDC’s director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Make that “was” the director, because as of close of business today, he has resigned f...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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MAGA Idiot Tells Taylor Swift to "Submit to Your Husband"
Trump and the MAGA world have always been terrified of Taylor Swift. She is powerful. She is known all over the world. She is the biggest hit in show business. She is rich. And she did it all by her o...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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Felon and Sec'y Brainworm Plan to Ban Covid Vaccine as New Variants Appear
Covid is like the flu, now; there’s a new variant every year (often more than one), which means new vaccines, which vaccine manufacturers have become pretty good at developing and the FDA has been ver...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
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European Leaders Joining Trump-Zelenskyy Meet to Keep Things Civil
The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Trump in the Oval Office, it degenerated into a shouting match, with Vance openly berating the Ukrainian leader for, among other things, ...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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Even Trump's Own AI is Calling Him a Liar
It’s really really sad when your own personal AI on your own personal social media platform won’t back up your lies. New chatbot on Trump’s Truth Social platform keeps contradicting him Truth Search A...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
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Smithsonian Now Says It Will Admit Trump Was Impeached.
Yesterday we learned that the Smithsonian the “nation’s attic” — had removed Trump from its exhibit on presidential impeachments in late July. Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in Ame...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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Tsunami Advisories for US & Canada West Coast After 8.8 in Kamchatka, Warnings in Alaska, Hawaii
There was an 8.8 (some say 8.7) earthquake off Kamchatka peninsula around 4:25 PM Pacific time. Tsunami warnings have been issued for the entire west coast of the US. Tsunami watch issued for Californ...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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Thou Shalt Not Mock the Mango Mussolini [w/ South Park Update]
(Also known as the Mangled Mousselini). Thou shalt not laugh at the Leader, nor make fun of the fuehrer. Thou shalt not compare him to a chimp, a chump, a cheat, or a coward. Neither shalt thou giggle...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Maurene Comey, Scapegoat - But Goats Can Kick Back
Trump’s sudden firing of veteran prosecutor Maurene Comey has only added fuel to the fire threatening to consume the Sex Predator-in-Chief. But there is a so-far little noticed side to the story that ...
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