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Fighting mad progressive who posts about the danger to democracy of oligarchs, racism, antisemitism, bigotry, & Christofascism.

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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 15h
Paywall lifted. This is very encouraging! And, WTH is wrong with GOP leadership in backing candidates who are so clearly inferior in character, intelligence, and policy platforms? I love this reason for Democrats' advantages and edge politically! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Democrats May Have Found the Recipe for Flipping Red-State Senate Seats (Gift Article)
Five new Times/Siena polls continue a run of strong results for Democrats in states that President Trump won easily in 2024.
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/s...
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On Breakroom Chronicles, Safeway Workers Serve Nostalgia During Their Lunch Break (Gift Article)
The viral social media account Breakroom Chronicles, created by two Safeway employees who lip-sync ’80s and ’90s pop favorites, is bringing campy joy to millions.
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Paywall lifted for you. It's hard to choose, but fun to learn about each of the leading candidates. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/s...
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Fat Bear Week Is Back. Meet Some of Our Favorite Contenders. (Gift Article)
Call them fat. Call them corpulent. Call them rotund. The bears are back in town and bigger than ever.
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Mark Sunshine @marksunshine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I don't know why the #Republicans didn't run with my proposed promotional graphic? #GOP #convention
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 10/09/2026
US midterms: 'The danger is not so much massive electoral fraud as a deliberately engineered fog of doubt'
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US midterms: 'The danger is not so much massive electoral fraud as a deliberately engineered fog of doubt'
Worried about losing his majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate in the November 3 midterm elections, US President Donald Trump has ramped up efforts to undermine the electoral process, warns lawyer Reed Brody.
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🇺🇲📎Gigi Alexander 🇺🇦 Democracy Defender! 🌊 ❤️America.🌈 @gigialexander123.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump Lied Again
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Please read, heed, and share widely. January 3, 2027 - The Final Battle for America’s Democracy judgeluttig327269.substack.com/p/january-3-...
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January 3, 2027 - The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
House Republicans are poised to claim that the midterm elections were stolen from them when they meet on January 3 to decide which Members-elect will be seated in the 120th Congress
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/g...
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In Finland, a Velvety Bed for Old Souls (Gift Article)
Tom Simons spent years on the island of Molandet, near Helsinki, before he was inspired to create a garden from moss and lichen.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social As emotional as you all at 2:43 p.m. Alex Witt, especially to her peers - - now Ankush, tearful - - a trusted presence in the millions she can't even imagine whose lives she's kept company w/ for years, like Colbert leaving - - now Morgan Fairchild! Salud, Alex Witt! 🍷
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Ronnie H 🇺🇸 @ronicats.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
substack.com/@kaitjustice... One of the best ways you can support me and what I’m doing is by using my resources! Being involved in your own communities helps us all and if you are able to, you can support me in the process. We are so much louder together!
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Kait Justice (@kaitjustice)
One of the best ways you can support me and what I’m doing is by using my resources! Being involved in your own communities helps us all and if you are able to, you can support me in the process. We a...
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What’s happening to the New School is an increasingly common story across all of higher education, hit by a perfect storm of financial and political pressures. Yet whatever the source of the troubles, faculty, staff, and students have paid the price.
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What’s Left of The New School? - Dissent Magazine
Leadership at the iconic progressive university has declared war on its own workforce, fired tenured professors, and shuttered whole departments. But what’s happening to the school is an increasingly common story across all of higher education.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is a blank check for a lawless, dangerous white supremacist organization to show up at any polling place at any time and just mumble something about "we're looking for a guy" as they chase off—with the deliberate implication and specter of violence—as many nonwhite registered voters as they can
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Trump homeland security chief says ICE agents could be sent to polling places - AOL
Markwayne Mullin says officers could be deployed ‘if there is a threat to that polling place or we’re serving a warrant’
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IcyDragon @icydragon142.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The new director of the CDC and Prevention ordered agency officials to challenge 2 measles deaths reported by PA, shunning the agency’s normal procedure of accepting data shared by states and amplifying comments made by her boss, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/h...
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C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths (Gift Article)
Questioning a state’s investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues.
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IcyDragon @icydragon142.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This afternoon, the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to build his White House ballroom. The court ruled 5-4 that preservationists who filed to prevent the plans lacked legal grounds because the proposal would not directly hurt them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/b...
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Supreme Court Allows White House Ballroom Construction to Continue (Gift Article)
Also, a principal helped save 900 children in Nepal. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/08/2026
Spotted outside The Penthouse Nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Chris Helgren.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
From the newsletter..... - On the importance of voting early - Pete Hegseth is a dangerous clown and needs to go - Trump's turning of Venezuela into a colony and stealing their oil is not OK - Russian sanction bill heads to the House. We can make it better 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-import...
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The Importance Of Voting Early, Pete Hegseth Is A Dangerous Clown And Needs To Go, Trump Has Made Venezuela A “Neo-Colony” And It’s Not OK
Bobby Pulido (TX-15), one of our very best candidates of the cycle, joins us live today at 2pm ET. Going to be a good one!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Democrats very enthusiastic about voting in November... Republicans, not so much.
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
First good laugh of the day!
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Craig Bruce 💚💙 @craigbruce68.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I was assigned to JAG during the last leg of my military career. I can tell you, without a doubt, military officers (all the way up the chain) are in violation of the UCMJ. It is every military person’s sworn responsibility to report illegal orders and not follow them. Complete failure.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Donald Trump singularly won the American Revolution and freed us from British. Courtesy @thegoodliars.bsky.social
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
50501 Rising Star & candidate Jeromie Whalen (D), who is running for Congress in MA-1 on Tuesday, talks about Medicare-for-All while grilling his opponent, Rep Richard Neal on his blatant corruption. Go Jeromie!
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Read this thread and share widely. Please.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trump’s obscene corruption is therefore a symptom of what is broken in our politics and in our economic and social system. Revealing his abuses and holding him accountable is therefore essential to our hopes of restoring equity, decency, opportunity and the rule of law in our society.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trump, empowered by SCOTUS, entered office convinced he could do insider trading, sell pardons and favors, take bribes, steal and openly flout the law. Now, with the prospect of investigations looming, he is growing ever more fearful that he miscalculated.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is a stain on this nation. Especially on the Trump administration of course—but also on every member of Congress who’s failing to step forward to end this. I hope they can sleep at night. Actually, I hope they can’t. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
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Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/u...
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Before Nepal’s Floods, Hindu Pilgrims Sought the Divine at Mount Kailash (Gift Article)
For many, the trek to Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to find spiritual awakening.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
That *Rep. Jim Clyburn* is announcing his support for SCOTUS expansion is huge.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Can America ever regain its honor? Has Trump succeeded in permanently trashing our nation’s reputation? www.americaamerica.news/p/can-americ...
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Can America Ever Regain Its Honor?
A Saturday Prompt
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I was told by MAGA that NYC wasn’t going to prosecute crimes because of a “Commie mayor.” www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/c...
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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Kane (Minkmoding) @kanexan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It is significantly better to live in a world where the US’ soft power and influence is spent on giving vaccines and blood plasma to other countries to build good will, instead of what is essentially violent harassment and exploitation of everyone who has ever even remotely trusted us for anything.
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Anon @realtime-mike.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
News speak … Misappropriated =“stole” Misinformation =”lies” Unprecedented = “illegal” Downsizing = “firing people” Regime change = “invasion” Rendition = “kidnapping” Voter integrity = “suppression” Dark money = ”bribes” Enhanced screening = “profiling” Collateral damage = “dead civilians”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It’s not “an oil deal with Venezuela.” It’s Trump kidnapping an autocrat, refusing to hold elections, then leaving the remainder of the regime in place but only if they allow him to pillage their natural resources, which they are doing to remain in power oppressing the people.
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Jon Potts @jabberwocky65.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Wordle 1,871 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😄
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trump's wind power grift is slowly being revealed. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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$900 million from a canceled wind deal will benefit a Trump donor
The Trump administration’s latest deal to abandon offshore wind projects and boost investment in fossil fuels is set to deliver a windfall to a private equity firm run by one of President Donald Trump...
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🔥 @MapQuest ftw 🙌🏽
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Forbes @forbes.com · 27/08/2026
Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday at age 80, demonstrated her expertise in managing and communicating about a crisis. She also leaves behind several leadership lessons for business executives.
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Dolly Parton’s 10 Leadership Lessons For Business Executives
Dolly Parton’s carer offers business leaders lessons about authenticity, judgment , delegation, values, influence, and building a lasting legacy
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 27/08/2026
I was today days old when I learned Dolly Parton covered Collective Soul’s “Shine” alongside Nickel Creek and the dobro player from Alison Krauss & Union Station. She won a Grammy for it. Blew me away. youtu.be/plUD6vN80dg?...
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Dolly Parton - Shine (Official)
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/08/2026
Several Trump administration initiatives unveiled this week to restrict legal immigration — including a worldwide immigrant visa appointment pause and the cancellation of tourism and business visas — will harm the economy and workforce, experts say.
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Trump visa restrictions will worsen strains on the economy, experts say
Several Trump administration moves to restrict legal immigration, including a pause in visa appointments and the cancellation of tourism and business visas, will harm the economy and workforce, expert...
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