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Max Gerling

@drmaxg.bsky.social
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North Dakota born and raised. Fulbright Scholar. Professor Emeritus Eastern Illinois University. Blue in red state Florida.

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penboyasgod.bsky.social @penboyasgod.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
And, there you have it…👇 Trump has fucked up, BIGLY! Enjoy. 😎✨
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Laura @laura-gerling.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Pete Hegseth says that the press is making him look bad. It's not. He's making himself look bad. unsolicitedcom.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/w...
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What Makes You Look Bad
You stand here to speak to the American peopledirect, unfiltered, unspun,no reporters between you,no cameras catching youat the wrong angle. You have banned the wrong angles. Soldiers died.You know…
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kiwiguy1.bsky.social @kiwiguy1.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The party of Christian values:
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Could you end up in an #ICE detention hellhole? Could your kids? This administration is trying to expand detention facilities for ICE to the point where it's over double the size of our entire federal detention system. Featuring rotten food,foul water, lack of medical attention, abuse, & torture.
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Laura @laura-gerling.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
In case you're interested in political poetry the link to my current events page is below. A lot of satire, as well as witness poetry, and flash poetry. Please feel free to share anything you wish! unsolicitedcom.wordpress.com/current-even...
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Current Events
Laura’s current event poetry serves as both documentation and commentary, capturing significant political and social moments through verse. She transforms breaking news and contemporary issue…
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Ailani 🌺 Brown Eye Girl @browneyegirlhi.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Dis 👇🏼 Letter from Obamas.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 25/01/2026
“Please get the truth out about our son.” Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/01/2026
These videos aren’t rage bait. They’re receipts. And that’s why they’re so desperate to discredit them. Keep sharing the videos and check out my Substack for more. open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
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We Must Bear Witness
The Videos Matter
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Leigh Harrison Helberg @leighhelberg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alex was not a threat. He was a kind and selfless everyday hero.
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Oralè Resisters General Strike How many Americans Must die for rights! General Strike Now! Shut her down! #GeneralStrike #USDemocracy #NoKings
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Are y’all paying attention? I mean really paying attention? 🗣️They want access to voting information or they’re going to keep terrorizing Minnesota. thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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Bondi outlines terms for Walz to ‘restore the rule of law’ in Minnesota after fatal shooting: Reports
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday outlined terms to “restore the rule of law” in Minnesota, just hours after a second person was fatally shot by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. “You…
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
“We have a nice little database, & now you’re considered domestic terrorists” says an ICE agent after photographing a civilian who was videotaping them. Posted today by Brian Allen on X. h/t @allenanalysis.bsky.social
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Laura @laura-gerling.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Documentary poem for Alex Jeffrey Pretti, ICU nurse killed by Border Patrol on Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, January 24, 2026. He was helping people. unsolicitedcom.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/h... #DocumentaryPoetry #AlexPretti #Minneapolis #WitnessPoetry #Resistance #Poetry
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Helping Shouldn’t be a Death Sentence
In Memory of Alex Jeffrey Pettiand dedicated to his family “The gentleman I was standing next towas focused on helping peoplewho were coming into Nicollet Avenueunderstand that they needed to…
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Laura @laura-gerling.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Vehicles abandoned across Minneapolis after ICE raids - registered, insured, inspected, empty. Documentary poetry as witness to what's happening right now. unsolicitedcom.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/g... #DocumentaryPoetry #FlashPoetry #ImmigrationJustice #WitnessPoetry
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Ghost Cars
Brilliant flashers pulsing in the bitter cold night.Down the block, another. Across the river, three more.They weren’t abandoned. They are witnesses of inhuman treatment.Witness. Registered. …
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Laura @laura-gerling.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
When the world's worst actors become credible critics, perhaps we've become what we once condemned. unsolicitedcom.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/t... #PoliticalSatire #DocumentaryPoetry #ImmigrationPoetry #Irony #ResistancePoetry #HumanRights #Authoritarianism #AmericanPolitics #PoetryAsWitness
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Turning the Turning Tables
Iran called up the other day,Said they’re concerned about our wayOf handling folks who march and shout:The tear gas, guns, the sorting out. Russia phoned to say they’re worriedAbout our…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107. 12 days of work in 107 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
If only there were a Nobel prize for narcissism ….
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/10/2025
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
More of this, please
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Pritzker Calls For Trump's Removal, AOC Torches GOP Cowards, and Brendan Carr Gets Protested For Trying To Silence Jimmy Kimmel
Great news for us that's terrible for the Trump regime
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers: “It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2025
ICE denies using excessive force in Broadview, Illinois. Never mind the videos…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Mike Johnson said this kind of rhetoric is highly inflammatory and incites people.
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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
JD Vance: “Charlie Kirk never said Black women do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously. He never uttered those words.” Charlie Kirk: “Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson — you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously.”
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Runs with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Maybe we all should be wearing tin foil hats🤷.
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Paul Lander @paullander.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Can’t wait for Cheryl Hines in the Marvelous Mrs Measles.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/08/2025
We found the waste, fraud, and abuse…
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Kat 🕊️ @smith83k.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center #Pinks apnews.com/article/flor...
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Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center
A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to construction of an immigration detention center — built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — as attorneys argue whe...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
BOOM! Just passed 7,000! Help us get to 7,500 tonight: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Fully investigate the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case
Contact Congress today!
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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
#Pinks #ProudBlue
The future of humanity will depend on how well the majority of us understand and apply the principles of science, empathy and critical thinking.
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💙💙~Patty~💙💙 @pattyger.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Happy Friday Night 🥳🎉🍾 @justdrive.bsky.social @marinedreamer11.bsky.social @hairtye.bsky.social @dougek.bsky.social @sugarbearchi74.bsky.social @dmacchio.bsky.social @misslizzy.bsky.social @journeyled1.bsky.social @pattyger.bsky.social @sassysister27.bsky.social @ronnie-xxiii.bsky.social
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 15 JULY 2025 MOSES MIKE WANTS PAM BONDI IN FRONT OF CONGRESS THIS VILE DISGUSTING CREATURE MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ALL OF THEM Republican, Democrat, and Royalty MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE Release the Epstein Files
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Why I can't sleep: The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 stripped Jews of German citizenship. If one parent was a Jew, they & their children were no longer German citizens, even if the other parent was German. Today SCOTUS basically said they're ok with that rule here! For at least a generation, RIP America.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
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Rob Nelson @porschejunkie.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
@heatherborn.bsky.social Thanks 🙏🏻 for sharing my post about the new Melissa Memorial.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The Government Accountability Office found that the Trump admin broke the law when it withheld funding for the nation's libraries. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
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Watchdog Finds Trump Administration Broke Law by Withholding Library Funds
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The Asshole-in-Chief.
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Coko @coko.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Back to the assignment 😁 Happy President Barack Obama Appreciation Day! 💙
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contrails —— ✈️ @contrails.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Obama is the best of ‘em!
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Kash Patel is blatantly lying about these staged assassinations. They are clearly trying to cover it up...
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Kamala was right...Hillary was right....ANITA HILL WAS FRIGGIN RIGHT..........
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
EXCLUSIVE: We dug up a video of Donald Trump trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Sen. Tammy Duckworth said Trump's “accepting a bribe, which is unconstitutional and illegal ... gonna cost taxpayers another billion dollars at a time when he wants to cut funding for Medicaid. It's simply unacceptable.” More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/protest-er...
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Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher @eileenforco.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
My name is Eileen Laubacher and I’m running to defeat Lauren Boebert because I took an oath to defend our Constitution against all threats, foreign and domestic – even when those threats are sitting members of Congress.
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manuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Way to go, Mr Hanks!!!!
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concerned4300.bsky.social @concerned4300.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
get some posters printed and put them all over DC and outside Mar a Lago
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
If members of the press are worried they didn’t give enough coverage to the cognitive decline of a sitting president, they have an amazing opportunity to make up for it right now.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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