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emduwel.bsky.social

@emduwel.bsky.social
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Artist, educator, one-time scholar & sometime activist. Snack on politics. Anthro-literary lens.

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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oops. Did Iran out-maneuver us with a low-investment half-gambit, no less? Send a couple of guys, no real arms or bomb-making materials. No igniters. Ouch!
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What now? This might have ignited a war. But for the fact Russia and US are over-extended and the US is no longer a reliable NATO partner?
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‘We are not scared,’ says top EU diplomat after Russian strike on passenger train
Kaja Kallas calls drone attack that narrowly missed Boris Johnson and David Petraeus ‘a message to the western world’
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Mr. Postman should be arrested and tried for conspiring to commit felony interference in the delivery of the mail, along with that little crime of sedition.
nytimes.com
Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Australian strips off shirt, smashes glass & chokes café mgr who translates for him at police HQ - a “striking illustration of the paradox of today’s Vietnam, which has eagerly welcomed foreigners..but remains a communist state that prioritizes social order and control.” Uh NYT, so does Switzerland.
nytimes.com
When Misbehaving Foreigners Meet Communist Policing
Vietnam is grappling with a surge in visitors, testing its Soviet-style criminal justice system as it tries to supercharge its economy through tourism.
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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The CAR ranks—per the US State Department’s own assessment—dead last on the human development index. This is hardly a safe refuge for those fleeing violent persecution in their home countries. We have become a grotesque nation.
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Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Dipping toe into roiling waters, but not seeing counter-arguments. Fifield worked for Heritage Fdtn. & ran ‘Ladies for Kavanaugh’ (ooh, a real rapist). As one who teaches vets with PTSD, I believe him. A lot of working class people do too. No, few other oystermen or candidates have his abilities.
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Graham Platner: The Personal is Not Political
Destroying dynamic progressive candidates for minor indiscretions is not feminism. It's stupid. And it's doing the bidding of Republicans and corporate Democrats.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Obviously he is the legatee that failed…
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Housing Official Who Attacked Democrats Invokes a Disputed Family Legacy
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Racism and misogyny the new guiding principles of defense…
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Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
And there goes the possibility for dialectic .. as in does pedantry in fact build compassion, understanding, connection? Should books open up vistas or lock down doors? Was looking for kids’ books in a great indie bookstore. Tossed aside most. The messages were apt but the words were lead weights.
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How a Throwaway Line Turned Writers Against a Cheerleader for Children’s Books
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
For whom is this op ed written? Not progressives. This bright light confuses the DNC with breakout Dems running real-people campaigns. It’s as if he just emerged from a time capsule. More NYT ed board shenanigans? Implying we don’t know what we’re up to?
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Opinion | Democrats Don’t Have to Campaign on Climate Change Anymore
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Finally question his strategy? Twice now Dem stanchions handed presidency to DjT by shafting progressives, propping up neoliberalism, sacrificing worker base & pretending burbs count—in order to appease their $B donors.
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Mills Exit Is a Blow to Schumer as Democrats Question His Strategy
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Counting minutes until the next NYT oped on how the Dems lack vision. To be sure we do—it’s just not the one they want to hear described. Calling out their secret friend after all gives them the willies. (Hint it starts with neo and ends with ism, and has nothing to do with being socially liberal.)
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Yes, I care about our soldiers. I have taught many. But we are at war, a war we should never have started. A war that has already killed thousands. A war being run and lost by monsters. Suddenly our entire press pivots to reporting as if the only story is the safe rescue of two airmen.
nytimes.com
Downed U.S. Air Force Officer Rescued Deep Inside in Iran, Trump Says
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
If they rule for Trump (and likelihood is high), a possible outcome will be that refugees will believe they have no other recourse than to enter the US illegally to qualify for refugee status. Which Core Civic will no doubt celebrate.
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Supreme Court Seems Open to Trump Request to Block Asylum Seekers at Border
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
One’s 20s. One can feel as adrift as a tiny plankton caught in the ocean’s swells. This is also the result of a 3-decade process of rendering middle-class life much more unattainable. I’d say go invent the world anew. Danger tho is wars are made to handle too many young on the loose.
nytimes.com
Opinion | ‘It Feels Like There’s No Jobs’: 12 Gen Z Voters on the U.S. Economy (Gift Article)
The group discusses the labor market, work and how A.I. and hustle culture are influencing their lives.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The ghouls are unleashed—and, yes, of course Pakistani officials feel the US has given them “the green light.”
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Afghan Officials Say Hundreds Dead in Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Depravity of entitled takes bold new turn. A pedophilia victim’s story is stolen to launch bestseller aimed at promoting a new drug-fueled therapy for un-repressing memories, in which the thieving author is 1) Invested in related clinics & drug production; 2) Seeking to overturn related drug laws.
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Lawsuit Accuses Writer of Using Classmate’s Story in Best-Selling Memoir
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
“Done everything right?” What fkg nonsense — torture is never justifiable. It is never justifiable to traumatize blameless people based on their ethnicity or skin color—just to prove how this nation considers their lives valueless. Only as Minn. proves, real Americans do not. We show up.
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They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Confusion reigns for non-lawyer here. I thought Congress has the power of the purse. Period. Meaning “a surge in funding” from the pig pootiful pill was still Congress’s to approve and, well, fund. His lawyers think it’s a private trough.
nytimes.com
Judge Allows Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The irony of asserting we need Greenland in order to secure our borders against Russian threat—when we have a Kremlin puppet in the White House…
This is the logic of spheres of influence, an echo of the Monroe Doctrine, now visible in legislation proposed last week by a member of Congress that frames Greenland’s annexation in national security terms tied to China and Russia. The same logic is reflected in the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy, released in December, which makes America’s sovereignty and strategic interests a priority over multilateral norms and collective security. See https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/greenland-trump-europe.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Greenland can take lessons…
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Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers
China is practicing vast maneuvers that could be used to disrupt U.S. naval movement, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Oh we so won! China Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World’s Markets
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China Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World’s Markets
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
It’s not April 1st, but every day is a brand-new fool’s day
politico.eu
France delays G7 to avoid clash with White House cage fighting on Trump’s birthday
French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said the new schedule is “the result of our consultations with G7 partners.”
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
NYT is unable to abandon position that “Machado…led a successful election campaign against Mr. Maduro in 2024 and had the greatest popular legitimacy to lead the nation” although a CIA analysis suggests otherwise? Not 1st time NYT backs right over left in Latin Am either—despite deadly history.
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Why Trump Refused to Back Venezuela’s Machado: Fears of Chaos, and Fraying Ties
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Bibi has been promoting Hamas from its inception (in effort to destroy 2 state option). And Hamas has inflicted harm not equal to, but not insubstantial on everyone in its orbit (its own & Israelis). I cannot understand this latest willful act of immiseration however as anything but pure evil.
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Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
DeSantis is an idiot. Of the one-eyed one-dimensional island-unto-himself kind. The Odyssey is a fantastic boyhood romp. The Iliad was revered by Greeks for imparting life’s key teachings. New College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
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New College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
In the first place, unlike presidential appointees career diplomats are often regional experts schooled in global affairs. In the second, embassies famously (or infamously) are the mother ships of spies. So we lose the ability to gather and act on knowledge. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
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Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The South (with western friends) rises again. But seriously — what after all were the precipitating events that led to the Civil War? Back then tried to bring in pro-slavery stares to tip congressional balance in their favor. Today trying every trick to do the same. bit.ly/497PD5P
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Official Says 11 States Open to Stopping Residents From Voting at DOJ’s Request
The DOJ’s effort “should frighten everybody across the political spectrum,” said an election expert.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 20/12/2025
As the fascist Project 2025 promised, RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recs for most childhood vaccines, leaving it "to doctors and parents." RFK's anti-vaccine policies will result in predictable outbreaks & resurgences of deadly diseases. We will all suffer the consequences. This is Structural Eugenics.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
All good boys, girls & beings of whatever ilk deserve favor. Now we get to guess why this nice favor was bestowed. I say campaign schmampaign .. she hitched her boat to an all-screws-loose Titanic. (BTW Stefanik once helped my upstate NY-born mother. So did RFK Jr & his Pace clinic. Go figure.)
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Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
If you love Rob Reiner, focus on what is good and right. And offer up a prayer for the afflicting sorrow. But do not give that piece of putrid crud crap an iota more of your time. Help move the world forward—not back.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Who can’t be reminded of the Nazi round ups, the Velodrome d’Hiver? What kind of monster have we become? Officials Target Youth Immigration Program, Speeding Up Deportations www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/n...
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Officials Target Youth Immigration Program, Speeding Up Deportations
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
What it means to be a Russian agent? “The NSS does not merely ‘shift priorities.’ It flips 75 years of American policy on its head and declares political war on Europe’s democratic institutions while elevating the far-right parties in Europe that Russia has been cultivating for more than a decade.”
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We're the Bad Guys Now
Once the U.S. was concerned about Russian interference in our elections. Now we're promising to do the same thing to European countries on Russia's behalf
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
It is one thing for Denmark to pussyfoot around US threats & another for NYT. Leaving out shocking degree to which we’ve teamed up with Russia (whose economy btw is failing). Plus Bannon & friends hard work pushing European neo-Nazism with idea of dismantling the EU.
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Danish Intelligence Report Raises Concerns About U.S.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Brilliant piece .. helps clarify why a former Zero Unit member might very well, one day, blow a gasket.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
What could constitute a more blatant effort to overturn an election? From pressuring GA’s top election official to find votes to blasting media with false reports to tampering with voting machines and intimidating witnesses, it’s not clear what more DJT & allies needed to do to warrant indictment.
nytimes.com
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Discovering and falling in love with pockets of the country .. new citizens out flexing their rights, friend and neighbors out honking their horns
charlotteobserver.com
‘Why just me?’ Charlotte man says Border Patrol broke pickup window, stole keys
“Are you an illegal immigrant?” the man said an officer asked. He replied that he didn’t have to answer and asked why he was singled out.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
“I could have easily not gotten the story and…said, you’re a fucking pedophile and I can’t see you anymore. “But in order to get the story, … the story of Donald Trump’s relationship with this pedophile, a story that certainly many of the journalists now criticizing me have chosen not to pick up.”
open.substack.com
The Journalist, The Murderer, and The Epstein Files
Michael Wolff got the story
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Agog any serious artist can consider representing US at this year's Venice Biennale (even if we are usually a pretty craven lot). Little chance Mexico-based Alma Allen's work can (or aspires to) counteract the toxicity of this regime. Is it to his credit that we'll be spared Curtis Yarvin?
hyperallergic.com
Curtis Yarvin’s Venice Biennale Proposal Proves the Far-Right Can’t Do Art
Not content to help disintegrate democracy here at home, the cheugy shit-poster is seeking to create a new low cultural watermark in a city known for its rising tides.
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
This hurts but here is a bit of glinting light on a stormy sea. In 2001, legions of Muslim men were rounded up, held, aggressively interrogated, persecuted .. and except for a few news reports, everyone stayed mum. No excuse but different times & circumstances. Question: Do we care more now?
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
So the good news is he is wiping out the talent, which could hurt his plans for a putsch. The downside is perhaps they are the generals with scruples? Their firings too will intimidate the rest. Who hopefully won’t delay coming to their senses, as did the good Prussian officers of the 20 July plot.
nytimes.com
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Celebrating, but had to sniff out NYT back-handed compliment.“The Mamdani campaign gave a lonely generation something to bond over. ‘Addicted to their screens, strapped for cash, spiritually unmoored and socially stunted by the pandemic, young New Yorkers needed a reason to get out of the house.”
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
With electricity and communications down across Jamaica, it’s impossible to know the extent of harm—but they’re saying as hurricanes go, it is one of the worst.
nytimes.com
Hurricane Melissa Has Arrived in Cuba
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Thinking of Sally Mann’s Civil War battlefield photos. Wondering if we will find our way back .. no, not to some gilded non-existent past, but maybe to that one unnoticed moment when more of us were decent. www.sallymann.com/new-gallery-3
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Battlefields — Sally Mann
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Just incase you wondered what democracy demo looks like…
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From the washingtondc community on Reddit: An Excavator demolishing the East Wing of the Whitehouse Yesterday, A National Historic Landmark
Posted by Spacecowboy78 - 252 votes and 86 comments
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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A Surgical Team Was About To Harvest This Man’s Organs — Until His Doctor Intervened - KFF Health News
A 22-year-old was shot in the head in St. Louis. As a surgical team prepared him for organ harvesting, his neurosurgeon raced to the operating room to stop it, saying that his patient had a chance at ...
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
How many diehard NYT readers are sick to death of their unrelenring anti-left bias. Dems not willing to kill off healthcare affordability for millions are to blame? Really? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
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Democrats See No Need to Capitulate, Nor Republicans to Cut a Deal
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Did Baudrillard & De Lillo get this one right? We hear about disassociated groypers & edge lords socializing in shooter games & trading memes in irony-clad echo chambers. Language is alienating as signifiers are freed from signified. Until someone wakes up with a plan, involving a ladder & a gun.
kenklippenstein.com
The ICE Shooter’s Motive
Joshua Jahn's friends speak
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emduwel.bsky.social @emduwel.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Was the shooter an extreme-right Groyper (which his meme use suggests but the NYT does not address)? OR was this revenge on behalf of his trans beloved? OR why bother seeking rational answers in irrational times? For Gov. Cox however why make claims without proof? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
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Kirk Shooting Suspect Held ‘Leftist Ideology,’ Utah Governor Says
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