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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Who's the woman in red in this picture?

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For those in doubt, here's the Palestinian flag.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Why is incoherence so often mistaken for genius, as if we should assume that something that sounds like gibberish must actually be over my head. It's a kind of stoner "far-out" logic.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“It’s hard to overstate the scale of the crime 🇮🇱 is committing in Gaza… Only public outrage can stop this…” Tucker Carlson on reports Trump plans to spend American taxpayer money to send more giant bombs to Israel, as Americans are crushed by high prices caused by his pointless war.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wendell Berry wrote this about bad teachers at a military high school, but we can see its other, immediate applicability. "Take a simpleton and give him power and confront him with intelligence—and you have a tyrant."

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The more transparent he gets, the more venal and stupid he proves himself to be.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Everywhere we turn the collection of corrupt incompetents in the Trump admin is screwing up something new - Bessent the bond market, Lutnick trade relations, Hegseth the military, RFK Jr public health, Rollins Ag policy - one thing after another systematically wrecking America.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"Stoner" by John Edward Williams is another great, great novel about a professor.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ossoff said that Trump "wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.” Is this salacious, as so many MAGAs (and some Democrats) have insisted? No. It is not. Trump clearly does want "to travel with Natalie."

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Fellow teachers—and everyone else—take not.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but, rather, that nobody believes anything any longer. And with such people you can then do what you please." - Hannah Arendt

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"Totalitarianism replaces all first rate talents with crackpots and fools." - Hannah Arendt

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Who knew “The Big Lie” could get this big—and over and over again?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oh look, the “fiscal conservatives” are running the government again.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - President Eisenhower (1953)

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Ignorance is no sin until, accompanied by stupidity, it refuses to learn.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I have a four-year-old granddaughter. I was already appalled by the killing, but the daughter in Bluey pajamas made me fully break down.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

All he needs to say is "I don't know the details of this incident, but ICE agents should always be wearing body cams while in the field."

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This is not shame. It's political maneuvering, which will not last very long.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

You're right of course, but I despair that it's necessary to repeat the obvious—again and again and again.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Each of use could add a volume to this new genre.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It takes a real sly fox of a bleeding heart to care about the physical well-being, the mental health, the civil rights and, yes, the very life of a mother.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I love Elie Mystal! There are 3 things I know he can't abide: cruelty, racism, and bullshit. And therefore he can't abide Trump or the 6 Republicans of The Supreme Court.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

He lied to Congress. He lied to the American people. He OK'd breaking and entering solely to advance his own power. He was caught paying off criminals and mouthing racial and antisemitic slurs—all on tape. I can see why Vance thinks that's all in the course of a day's work for POTUS.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I have never seen Bob Costa lob up more empty questions or accept more specious, glib answers than in today's CBS Sunday Morning interview with JD Vance. Brought to you, of course, by the Ellison network—the newest MAGA network.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

This summation of the Trump administration's movement towards a fascist takeover of the country is the most frightening perspective I've seen yet—and it's by two reasonable, moderate veterans of the House of Representatives. robertreich.substack.com/p/warning-tr...

robertreich.substack.com

Warning: Trump's Rolling Coup Is Already Underway

And what must be done to stop it

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

It's a tautology. Trump says, "I'm 100% with MAGA," which makes sense because MAGA is, by definition, composed only of Trump supporters.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

They may indict if the DOJ tells them enough lies—as is their habit now.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I’m a retired teacher, loved Harlem Shuffle, and read Rex Parker every day. I feel as if I’m celebrating with you.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I'm an REI member and, to support the employees' union, have joined in the boycott of the company's 2026 anniversary sale, going on now. If you're also a member, or an REI customer, please do the same. www.ourrei.com/boycott

ourrei.com

Pledge to Boycott REI

Learn why co-op members are boycotting REI after years of broken promises and anti-worker, anti-democratic behavior.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Trump isn’t the problem. He is the result of the problem: the racism, ignorance, and selfishness of many people in the United States.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Just to clarify, once again …. We would like to obliterate the influence not of Christians but of Christian Nationalists.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Always good to hear arguments about beauty and style from someone as stylish as he is.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

And if she quits her job, there won’t be any home for her to stay in. Then she might wish she hadn’t been babied at all.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Another step in The Great Uglification

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

She's also having some difficulty understanding her husband's character.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Horrific. Every feeling human being should be outraged by what Israel is doing in southern Lebanon, destroying it like Gaza. Instead, with this rare and important exception, it’s not even on the radar. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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How Israel Is Using the Same Tactics in Lebanon That It Did in Gaza

Satellite images, photos and videos show the scope of widespread demolitions in southern Lebanon.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

by my tally we are now spending ~$2B to companies to NOT build more energy infrastructure. in the middle of an energy crisis

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Unruly guests at New York's Chumley's speakeasy were tossed out the door at 86 Bedford St. Others were "86-ed" out that door when cops raided through the front door. [Wikipedia: Chumley's] None of those customers were killed.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The only reason to watch an interview with Blanche is to see how hard the interviewer pushes back on his bullshit.

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Del Shortliffe @dbshort.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Hmmm... I wonder why those sources didn't want their names revealed.

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