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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Into every life, at least a little sunshine must fall. 😁 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/u...

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Judge Blocks National Parks From Removing ‘Negative’ Signs

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

(1). TO SOCCER/FOOTBALL FANS AROUND THE WORLD: As you probably know, the United States is co-hosting the World Cup with Canada and Mexico the summer. I recommend you NOT attend any events in the USA.

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I am getting no likes or comments on my posts. I suspect BlueSky's algorithm thinks I am saying things that might get it in trouble with the Trumpocracy. Please 'like' or just put an 'x' in the comments so I can see whether I am on BlueSky's naughty list.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

(1). I congratulate President Donald J. Trump on his fully successful raid on Venezuela. Everybody has stopped talking about the millions of Epstein papers showing that he repeatedly raped girls. Meanwhile, as to Venezuela, fundamentally nothing has changed.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

<1> Today must be a day of mourning for the rest of my life. January 6 is the day when DJT crossed the line and sent an armed mob to overturn the Constitution and overthrow Congress with murderous violence. There was a brief glimmer of hope that Republicans in Congress would act ...

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

President Trump has started a war with Venezuela. How very quaint of Congress to think they have any control of that decision. Ultimately, they have only the right to remove him as President, and that will never happen because at most a handful of Republicans would support it.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

<1>..World War II taught Americans a hard but vital lesson: authoritarianism is dangerous and must be actively resisted. The generation that internalized that truth has largely passed away. As a result, millions of people will die, in America and around the world

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

(1). The Democrats voting to end the shutdown are not doing that for money, or power, or glory. The shutdown is hurting the poor and the sick. Republicans have the luxury of caring nothing for them, so had no incentive to meet the demands to restore funding for the Affordable Care Act.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

At its core, White Christian Nationalism is what much of the MAGA movement is about. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

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Nick Fuentes’s Rise Puts MAGA Movement in a ‘Time of Choosing’

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I have seen many claims that to be successful, the Democratic Party must change to be more in agreement with the writer's values. Instead, it makes sense to me widen the tent. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...

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Opinion | This Is the Way You Beat Trump — and Trumpism

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

In ~10 months the Trumpocracy has bigly progressed Trump's wish to become dictator like his idols, Putin and Xi. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?

Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

<1> It is somehow comforting to know that the policies of our Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency require prompt and humane treatment of persons detained. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks

Guardian analysis finds ICE increasingly keeps people in holding rooms with little oversight, as some facilities see a 600% rise in detention length

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

<1> The destruction of the East Wing of the White House is the perfect metaphor for what two thirds of eligible American voters did this country by electing Donald Trump as President of the United States of America (either by voting for him or by failing to vote against him).

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

<1>I was born in 1949. America had lots of injustice, but most Americans had learned (at a terrible cost) that nazism and fascism are evil. Most of the people who had learned that lesson are now dead. For Americans alive today, all the of that was just another boring hour in some history class.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

This tells us much about the young people swelling the ranks of Republicans. ‘This is so vile’: Young Republicans face backlash after racist chats leaked www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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‘This is so vile’: Young Republicans face backlash after racist chats leaked

Politico documented the use of slurs, including the N-word and a homophobic term, and antisemitic comments in chats

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Here is a thoughtful article about why the Trumpocracy may fail in turning America into a dictatorship. But, no guarantees. (gift article from The New York times) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

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Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Ever since SCOTUS ruled that, basically, no criminal laws apply to Trump (as long as he does it in the Oval Office and claims he's acting as President), it has been clear to me that SCOTUS supports our having a tyrannical President, and the Founders be damned. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse

As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power – with disastrous consequences

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

<1> I visited Moldova briefly last year, at the end of my visit to Ukraine. In America where we seem to be teetering on losing our democracy, it warms my heart to see that Moldova voted to remain free of Russian domination despite lies and threats.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

(1) The world is such a weird place. Per a recent poll, Americans are much less worried about the end of American Democracy than they were in 2022. Back then I felt very confident that we had saved democracy by voting Trump out of office. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

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Poll: Fears about the future of U.S. democracy fall, despite recent controversies

Since 2022, Americans seem to have shied away from dire predictions about civil war and the end of democracy.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

<1> I am disappointed that CNN is reporting statements from the White House as fact. OK, report that they said something, but no more than that, because most of their statements are lies. E.g., the Trumpocracy is normalizing American troops occupying American cities. www.cnn.com/2025/10/01/p...

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White House views Portland protests as opening to pursue Trump’s crime crackdown | CNN Politics

When President Donald Trump announced he was sending troops to “protect war-ravaged” Portland, his administration cited the need to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities from persiste...

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I am restarting my Disney+ subscription that I canceled when they "suspended" Jimmy Kimmel. We maximize our power when we use the carrot as well as the stick. Bringing him back is costly for Disney. They are being attacked by MAGAs, the FCC, and right-wing local station networks ...

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Trump wants TV Stations critical of him to lose their license. Standard "Dictatorship for Dummies" tactics. And like any good mob boss, he never orders what he wants, he just "suggests." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Trump suggests FCC should consider revoking TV licenses over negative coverage of him

President Trump said overwhelming negative coverage about him by TV networks should be grounds for the FCC to revoke their broadcast licenses.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I just terminated my Disney+ / Hulu account. (gift article from The New York Times)https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/arts/television/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-reactions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m08.xKcp.pJIgnt0lMHHg&smid=bs-share

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Reactions to ABC’s Pulling of ‘Kimmel’ Reflect America’s Partisan Divide

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I celebrate that Charlie Kirk is dead. He effectively spread hate, lies and bigotry; America and the world are better without him. I am posting this only because J.D. is calling for a pogrom against people who celebrate Charlie Kirk's death. www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...

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Vance says those who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death should face consequences as he ramps up criticism of the left | CNN Politics

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday doubled down on his criticism of the left in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, saying the First Amendment does not protect those who allegedly celebrated K...

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Thought experiment: TEAM ONE: Woke liberals, LGBT+, & undocumented immigrants. TEAM TWO: MAGAs. What percent of TEAM ONE would give water to someone on TEAM TWO who desperately needed it? What percent of TEAM TWO would do that for someone on TEAM ONE? I'd bet on TEAM ONE.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Trump promised that America would be "feared and respected again." Apparently ... not. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously

At parades and in the halls of global power, America has been sidelined.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Reportedly many young men were influenced to vote for the liar candidate by a liar podcaster. ... ... Joe Rogan claims study shows Earth cooling... ... (NOT!) ... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Joe Rogan claims study shows Earth cooling – but report’s authors say he’s wrong

Scientists say ‘old-school denier nonsense’ isn’t helpful as podcaster repeatedly airs false claim on his show

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I'd wondered what happened to Dan Rather after his retirement. Turns out he didn't, and is now posting his stories at "substack.com". His essay (below) seems right on. open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

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Culture Crash

You can put him in a tux, but that won’t make him cultured

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

<1> There is something particularly sickening, and yet clever, about the Trumpocracy offering burial with full military honors to an insurrectionist killed during 1/6 invasion of the Capital. Nobody could be less deserving of this honor.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

(1) I just read that "Trump’s highest approval rating is among those 65 years old and older, with nearly half, 48 percent, saying they 'strongly or somewhat' approve of his work as president."

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

(1). How "Great" is the time MAGAs want to take America? Back to the time of miscegenation laws when it was illegal to marry someone of a different race? (declared unconstitutional by SCOTUS in 1967). The time when married women could not enter into a contract without her husband's consent?

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Is anyone considering whether the Democratic Party platform should just be that we will reverse all the harm DJT has done? Eliminate the tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans, restore our national institutions, bring down the national debt, embrace our allies, rein in ICE thugs, etc.?

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

A friend suggested replacing "f*ck" with "Tr*mp" in conversations. I've tried it and it works well. People immediately understand the meaning. Apparently people in Scotland might agree. www.thenational.scot/news/2534018...

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The National's front page as Donald Trump set to arrive in Scotland

The National's front page on Friday, 'Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland', pays tribute to Donald Trump as he looks set to begin his five-day…

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Apparently we should all donate to Media Matters. I'm going to go do that now. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...

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Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

<1> Instead of raging against other Democrats, we should rally together in support of repealing the terrible provisions in the "Big Hideous Bill", including cuts to MediCare, tax cuts for billionaires, and billions for ICE thugs to brutally abuse immigrants who are good residents of America.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I am proud and grateful to be a Californian. There are many in the LGBT community with PTSD after hateful rejection by their family or church who they believed would love and support them forever. www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/07/16/c...

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California to provide LGBTQ suicide prevention hotline after Trump administration axes it

The Trevor Project’s 2024 national survey on the mental health of LGBTQ young people found that 39% of LGBTQ+ youth had seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including rou…

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

<1> lt is an old trick of the post-Reagan Republicans to do what they can to make government institutions run badly so that many will conclude that our tax dollars are wasted. Most people who rage at "Congress" should be directing their anger at Republicans.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

<1> Today, on the Fourth of July, I feel only sadness for America. Institutions developed to help America and the world have been destroyed. Millions of Americans will lose sustenance and health care benefits because they were conned. Millions worldwide will die as we leave them without vaccines.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

As always, the President's decision was driven by what he thought would make him look good. Considerable cost and effort then were needed to compensate for his tactical incompetence (i.e. big mouth). www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

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Shifting Views and Misdirection: How Trump Decided to Strike Iran

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The Secretary of Defense announced the bombing of Iran as “It was an incredible and overwhelming success." I just want to add that I am surprised that Trump & his sycophants are still using" incredible" as a superlative, since indeed almost everything they say is not credible.

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doned.bsky.social @doned.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Hope for the future: the 2024 election had several elements that seem to me to have been unique, including the shift in younger voters to Republican. Here's some reason to see that element as having been transitory: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The Myth of the Gen Z Red Wave

The best available evidence suggests that the youth-vote shift in 2024 was more a one-off event than an ideological realignment.

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