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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My “A Short History of Nazi-Satanism,” the first comprehensive overview of Nazi-Satanism, is finally out! Runs from the 1970s alliances b/t the Church of Satan & neo-Nazi groups thru today’s Order of Nine Angles and NVE. Link for PDF download. (captcha req) escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57...

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Benny Johnson probably played a role in queueing up Eric Schmitt’s hilarious faceplant today in the Senate. You can always count on Benny to be humiliatingly wrong about everything. Remember when he tried to claim that Nazis who harassed TPUSA were actually leftists and he was gonna unmask them?

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I managed to catch the close pass J pod made at Lime Kiln lighthouse today. Enjoy! #srkw #orcas #sanjuanisland #folks

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don't think people really understand how 9/11 brought us Trump. The one thing that authoritarians can do to increase the levels of authoritarianism in society generally is to drum up as much fear as possible. 9/11 was the opportunity, and they did not miss. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

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The Fear-Anger-Authoritarianism Connection

The challenge to civilized persons is to acknowledge the worth of as many people as possible, even complete strangers or those who hold viewpoints quite different from their own.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

They’re always so shocked when the leopards eat their faces. x.com/nero/status/...

Milo tweet, 6/5/25: “ There is one concrete thing we must insist on this administration delivering. It matters a lot more than debts measured in imaginary money. We have got to deport millions and millions and millions of people. Without that, nothing else matters.”

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The AI crap is inescapable. I give up. There is no Beartooth Range in Idaho. They’re in Montana. And they look nothing like this.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It was 20 years ago this month that I posted my first video to YouTube. I was an early adopter; at the time it was still a somewhat obscure website. youtu.be/s5ZSvTfYYJQ

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Orca Song

YouTube video by David Neiwert

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I have been enjoying my big garden this summer.

Anna’s hummingbird feeding from a lobelia tupa flower.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I remember first encountering the Society of St. Pius X when writing about Mel Gibson’s absurdly antisemitic The Passion two decades ago. The hate generated by the bastions of white supremacy never dies out. dneiwert.blogspot.com/2004/02/mel-...

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Talk about a war on history and memory.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I made some tweaks to the new edition of 'Strawberry Days' to honor the permanent installation of the 'Never Again Is Now' mural on the Bellevue College campus. Hoping to have some events around its republication soon, after being out of print for 15 years. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strawberry...

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Strawberry Days: The Rise and Fall of a Japanese-American Community

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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

“A poor Black man with intellectual limitations was forced to rely on a defense attorney who openly aligned himself with a terrorist organization best known for murderous violence against people who looked like his client.” amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/06...

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OP-ED: Imprisoned Black man, his KKK-linked attorney, and what justice really looks like

A poor Black man with intellectual limitations was forced to rely on a defense attorney who openly aligned himself with a terrorist organization.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It’s increasingly unlikely that we will survive this presidency.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that the ”centrist” pundits telling Democrats to compromise on abortion are the same former progressives (see, besides Jilani, Greenwald and Lee Fang) who regularly criticize antifascists and soft pedal white nationalists.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This is just brilliant. There’s probably no greater single threat to democracy posed by the MAGA phenomenon than the epistemological crisis inherent in the completely groundless claims of election fraud. In no small part because it provides them cover for engaging in such fraud themselves.

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Lynn: Let's storm the Bastille @auberon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Oh look, Elon's name coming up in a another story about his involvement with nazis, but his heil hitler (x3) was totally misconstrued

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, mothafucka.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Trump wouldn't need immunity from his SCOTUS for criminal behavior it he weren't engaging in criminal behavior. Trump wouldn't need immunity from his DOJ for tax fraud it he weren't engaging in fraud. Trump wouldn't need Florida's AG Pam Bondi to ignore consumer fraud if he hadn't engaged in it.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

the trump official — who led the siege & occupation of Minneapolis — admitting to having an ongoing dialogue/rapport with Martin Sellner, a straight-up Nazi who influenced the Christchurch shooter, while speaking at a conference about remigration (read: ethnic cleansing) is a pretty big deal!

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

They didn't die while serving in the military, but they died protecting our freedoms from those who would destroy them, nonetheless. Remembering these heroes on this Memorial Day.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

So very sad today: My friend and former colleague Anthony Bolante passed away from complications due to a stroke. He was a prince among men: kind, generous, unbelievably talented. He radiated positive energy. www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news...

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Award-winning Business Journal photographer Anthony Bolante dies at 58 - Puget Sound Business Journal

Anthony Bolante, an award-winning photojournalist who became one of the most recognizable members of the Seattle-area media, died Thursday due to complications following a stroke. He was 58.

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Lazlo Toth @popeye2.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I encourage those who are able to contribute to @bhennrich.bsky.social , who is opposing Gluesenkampf in the primary.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I stoutly supported @gluesenkampperez.house.gov in the 2022 and 2024 elections, as she was a bulwark against far-right ideologue Joe Kent. I have peeled back to neutral non-support as she has moved rightward. But now she is my enemy and I will work for her defeat. open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

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8 Congressional Democrats Vote To Defund Schools That Support Trans People

This is the largest defection of Congressional Democrats on a standalone bill targeting trans people in the modern anti-trans panic.

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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Grandparents who fought in WW2 and who will deliver an ass-kicking for any kind of Nazi talk.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Yup, just confirming that I am never going back.

Elon Musk tweet: “Hitler was a socialist, therefore all socialists are Hitler”

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Decades of "the left" refusing to make clear argument, counseled not to turn off "the middle" got us here. Every time I do a presentation I get asked: polling found that moderates like it better when we (insert milquetoast skirting of argument and truth) so for which audience is your guidance?

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singlecatlady23.bsky.social @singlecatlady23.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A little explainer about making 'Strawberry Days' available again. open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...

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What I've been up to ...

Resurrecting a book I published over 20 years ago

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

After being out of print for the past decade, my book about the incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II -- and moreover about anti-immigrant racism and the foundations of modern suburbia -- is now available again through Barnes and Noble Press. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strawberry...

Book cover: Strawberry Days: The Rise and Fall of a Japanese American Community

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Trump’s War on History includes creating utterly wrong maps for the America 250 commemoration. Literally nothing is right in this map.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

J.D. Vance is the ol’ political kiss of death.

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

New: I wrote about how the SPLC let union breaking and fear of MAGA drive it away from its own civil rights principles. After I spoke up about Gaza, the SPLC disciplined me and terminated my employment—leading to a discrimination settlement: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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What Happened to the SPLC—and Me

Union breaking, Gaza, and fear of MAGA turned the SPLC into an organization that abandoned its own civil rights principles.

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

@leahsottile.bsky.social's latest story on what meets the definition of terrorism and what does not in this moment is worth your time.

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What a bombing in Nevada reveals about the nation’s appetite for violence - High Country News

There is no definition of domestic terrorism. And the reason why is complicated.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/03/2026

Thousands & thousands of words about how people view liberals & liberal policies and -- unless I missed it -- not a single, solitary word about media or the information environment. Just remarkable. Like performance art or something.

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There isn't always a "long arc" of morality

Progressives should beware the idea that history will deliver them inevitable victories.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Anyone remember when Republicans couldn’t stop mocking John Fetterman after his stroke? And how the only people defending him were Democrats? It’s obvious that Fetterman himself has no such recollection—and no integrity. From Nov. 2022: youtu.be/0l47iAEgjeA

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Tucker Carlson primes his audience to believe that if Dems win, it will be fraudulent

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

In other words, a very precise case of right-wing projection. The Nativists have, since the 1990s, falsely accused immigrants of committing fraud by taking welfare and generally getting benefits without paying into the system. In reality, they pay $97 billion annually for which they receive nada.

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*Starry-Eyed*JGC @jgcocanada.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

@letsgomathias.bsky.social's "To Catch a Fascist" made it on the New Yorker's Notable Books of 2026 list! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Shows the cover of "To Catch A Fascist", by Christopher Mathias, one of the New Yorker's Notable Books of 2026

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 13/03/2026

The leader of the violent neo-Nazi group whose members were the "victims" in this San Diego case was a donor to and supporter of the DA, Summer Stephan, who owes her career to the (literal) neo-Nazi former chairman of the San Diego GOP, Tony Krvaric (whose sons were both Patriot Front recruits).

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Cyril Mychalejko @cmychalejko.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The War on History: Fighting Back in Bellevue | The (suburban Seattle) college's mural installation depicting the city's history as an immigrant Japanese Community is a long-overdue racial reckoning with our white-supremacist forebears, writes @davidneiwert.bsky.social. READ: tinyurl.com/ytb9256k

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A mural on the Bellevue College campus depicting the city’s heritage as an immigrant community became a center of controversy in 2020 when an administrator censored references to the city’s white-supremacist past. Now it’s coming back as a permanent installation. open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...

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The War on History: Fighting Back in Bellevue

College's mural installation depicting city's history as an immigrant Japanese Community is a long-overdue racial reckoning with our white-supremacist forebears.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Randomly sharing a 2023 visit by a Bigg’s orca and her calf to the west side of San Juan Island at sunset. #killerwhales #SJI

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Bo Gritz died quietly and mostly forgotten last week. But the legacy of his deeply fascist action-hero ethos--especially the militia movement he led, which eventually morphed into MAGA--not only lives on, but now dominates our world. davidneiwert.substack.com/p/the-far-ri...

The far right's bullshitting heroes: Before there was Trump, there was Bo Gritz

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

“In fascist society, everyone is educated to be a hero.” — Umberto Eco

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Somewhere in doggy heaven, Cricket is smiling.

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