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Trump sues IRS. T's DOJ settles with T's IRS for a $1.8 Billion. A smoke screen to obscure what he really wants - the IRS settlement that IRS will never audit Trump family's taxes. Thanks stupid people for voting for this.

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Seth Andrews @sethandrews.com · 10/06/2026
The good folks at Calgary's "We Can Reason" event let me borrow the podium for this fascinating (and often humorous) topic. I hope you enjoy! youtu.be/lZSFOKKQWZU?...
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Dyed & Risen: The Strange Story of White Jesus
YouTube video by TheThinkingAtheist
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Seth Andrews @sethandrews.com · 01/06/2026
Knowing when/how to take the next exit is more art than science, but after 36 years taking calls, I trust my instincts. This comment made my morning.
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@mrdeity.bsky.social A seven minute real estate parody, using religion apologetics attempting to wedge itself into perceived gaps in knowledge that are shrinking daily, due to science studying the fabric of reality. HILARIOUS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHzb... Thanks Mr. Deity.
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Mr. Deity and the Gaps
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Turning Point Ghost Chapters www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF1Y...
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Something strange is happening at Turning Point...
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@mrdeity.bsky.social A seven minute real estate parody, using religion apologetics attempting to wedge itself into perceived gaps in knowledge that are shrinking daily, due to science studying the fabric of reality. HILARIOUS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHzb... Thanks Mr. Deity.
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Mr. Deity and the Gaps
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Science Magazine @science.org · 25/04/2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. scim.ag/4cxQWhl
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Trump fires NSF's oversight board
Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful & difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.” ― Philippe Geluck
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
British TV station airs marathon of Trump’s lies as president arrives in UK for state visit. Channel 4 requires you to be in the UK to view, so, if you are not in the UK use a VPN!
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
@ericswalwell.bsky.social Trump is likely to illegally overrule our 2026 vote. We must be prepared to stop him. What can we do? Do you want to wait for the courts to decide? Our courts do not have enforcement power. Expect the worst and be prepared!
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
@andrewlseidel.bsky.social Trump is likely to illegally overrule our 2026 vote. We must be prepared to stop him. What can we do? Do you want to wait for the courts to decide? Our courts do not have enforcement power. Expect the worst and be prepared!
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social We need a creative person to photoshop Trump in a wheelchair, diaper, drooling, and air tubes in his nose (ala Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad). Please help :-)
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
@harryshannon.bsky.social We need a creative person to photoshop Trump in a wheelchair, diaper, drooling, and air tubes in his nose (ala Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad). Please help :-)
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social We should have the California State Police or Highway Patrol escort Senator Alex Padilla to protect him. The home land security wimps will back down.
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We should have the California State Police or Highway Patrol escort Senator Alex Padilla to protect him. The home land security wimps will back down. Let Gov. Newsom know.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
People so often overlook the importance of good penmanship.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 29/05/2025
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 17/05/2025
A Christian university defrauded students out of millions. The Biden admin fined them $37.7M. The Trump admin just rescinded the penalty. No apology. No oversight. Just political favoritism. Read more 👇 www.friendlyatheist.com/p/trump-admi...
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Trump admin drops $37.7M fine against Christian school that lied about tuition
Grand Canyon University misled students about the costs of its doctoral programs. Now it's off the hook.
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Secretary Noem wouldn’t even look at the doctored evidence Trump used to deport a Maryland man to a death camp. If they’ll lie to justify that, they’ll lie to lock anyone up. We’re not going away. We’re bringing the truth to light.
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Trump’s team is threatening to ARREST members of Congress for conducting oversight. That’s not democracy — that’s dictatorship. We’re not backing down and neither will you. We’ll speak up, show up, and peacefully protest to protect our rights.
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Australians show their critical thinking skills in voting against trump influence. Come on U.S., you can do better.
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
How do you learn to think critically? Don't start with an assertion and cherry pick poor evidence to support that assertion. Start instead with all relevant evidence and work up to a conclusion IF WARRANTED.
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Seth Andrews @sethandrews.com · 26/04/2025
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Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
If Trump's FBI is arresting judges in courthouses, why would you think you're safe? They're disappearing people without due process and imprisoning them in foreign camps, without due process how can you think you're safe? Nobody is safe in Trump's America.
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
We need science, not prayers.
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
98% of Republicans in congress claim to be Christian and at the same time they claim being persecuted. Republicans make up another non-existent emergency to distract ignorant voters from real issues.
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 12/04/2025
If your co-worker hung a rainbow flag and you felt religiously attacked, Marco Rubio wants to hear from you. The State Department's new task force is next-level gaslighting. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/see-someth...
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See something, snitch something: The State Department’s "anti-Christian bias" witch hunt begins
Under Republican leadership, Christians are the only ones worth protecting
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 17/04/2025
Arkansas Republicans just gave Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders the power to fire the entire State Library Board—because they wouldn't ban enough books. Christian Nationalist Jason Rapert says his "mission was accomplished." www.friendlyatheist.com/p/arkansas-r...
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Arkansas Republicans just fired the state's Library Board to please one Christian Nationalist
Jason Rapert’s year-long crusade against public libraries has finally paid off
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 18/04/2025
Religious groups don’t have a constitutional right to bribe kids with candy to attend Bible class during school. Public schools must protect students from coercive proselytizing — not facilitate it.
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Seth Andrews @sethandrews.com · 18/04/2025
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Why are our tax dollars being wasted for frivolous and unwanted visits to Greenland? apnews.com/video/us-off...
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US official cars seen departing Nuuk, Greenland amid relief at change in itinerary for Vance's visit
US official cars were seen departing Greenland's capital of Nuuk on Thursday after Vice President JD Vance and his wife suddenly changed their itinerary for a planned visit to the island, reducing the...
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Harry Shannon @harryshannon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
How can unqualified Trump and minions sow so much chaos? I think Hugh Everett's Many Worlds assertion, seems more likely to me now. I just figure I split to one of the many unfortunate worlds. Make-those Assholes Go Away (MAGA).
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I have experience with protecting classified data. I received security training twice a year on how to conduct meetings and handle data. Seeing the clown car disclosure texting the Yemen attack and them acting like "there's nothing to see here", pisses me off. Anyone doing so should be fired/arrest.
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Harry Shannon @harryshannon.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Some things never change.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Large portions of our citizenry will never know that our top defense officials just mistakenly texted attack plans to a journalist over a commercial messaging app. Fox News page right now.
Fox News web page with multiple pro-Trump stories, not a mention of the texting fiasco Second screen. “Europe issues travel warning about having to follow biology in the US”, etcThird page. Very excited about Bill Maher’s upcoming visit with TrumpFourth page. Lifestyle: Jeff Bezos and his wife
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 24/03/2025
Oh my god, we live in the dumbest timeline. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Indivisible ATL @indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Call your Georgia congressperson and tell them to vote “NO” on SB 36—the “religious freedom act” is really a “freedom to discriminate against folks who don’t follow my religious beliefs” act. Gay couples could be refused as adoptive parents... landlords could refuse to rent to unmarried folks... Ugh
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Washington Area Secular Humanists @wash1989.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
From a $133 “seed” to a $1,000 Easter offering (with a Waterford Crystal Cross thrown in), White’s pitch is classic televangelist scam artistry — just with the added legitimacy of a White House connection.
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Fight Idiocracy @fightdumbingdownus.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Get familiar with the new Social Security application rules and how they will harm people. Help the disabled and others who need to interact with system. Volunteer, explain, give access help online, provide transportation to local office. Don't let this administration kill off the most vulnerable.
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FFRF Action Fund @ffrfaction.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Medical care should be based on science, not personal religious beliefs. This bill puts lives at risk by letting doctors play God instead of doing their jobs. Patients deserve care—not discrimination.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The anticipatory swiftness with which certain organizations go along with attacks on diversity and rewritings of history suggests that maybe some of the folks in power think that these are genuinely good changes.
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 13/02/2025
Some good news: North Dakota's House has shot down a proposal to force every classroom to display the Ten Commandments. The bill failed in the House 38-53. ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-...
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HB 1145 - Overview | North Dakota Legislative Branch
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 15/02/2025
I'll be going live in a bit to talk about the past week in church/state separation! So much to discuss! Hope to see you then. youtube.com/live/eGkuvvF...
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LIVE: Friendly Atheist News Roundup 2/14/2025
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thethinkingatheist.com @thethinkingatheist.com · 16/02/2025
We start in four hours. www.youtube.com/live/svVMWSd...
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Bring Us Your BEST Case for God!! Call Matt Dillahunty & Seth Andrews | Sunday Show 02.16.25
YouTube video by The Line
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Seth Andrews @sethandrews.com · 17/02/2025
None of this is normal. Or excusable. Or safe. Yet here we are.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
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Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Here's a thing I worry about... the fallout from all these cuts—to nuclear safety, to air traffic safety, to food safety and stopping the bird flu—one of them will end up being our Reichstag fire. It'll be the excuse for Trump to declare a national emergency and really move against all opposition.
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 19/02/2025
The good news is that the United States has a relatively low percentage of religious nationalists. The bad news is that it sure as hell doesn’t feel like it. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/survey-fin...
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Survey finds low levels of "Religious Nationalism" in America. Why doesn't it feel that way?
The Pew Research Center survey shows a major discrepancy between our people and our Republican-controlled government
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
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Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
#TBT to when I got to hang with the inimitable @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social — America's Best Christian ™️ — and hear a kind endorsement of The Founding Myth. #ThrowbackThursday
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