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Also, Mills was an infinitely better choice than Platner.

I'm a no on the genocide question right now, but I am willing to give it a fair look when all of the dust finally settles.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 4h

Correct, but when young people's voter turnout rate is that bad, they really don't have a leg to stand on when it comes to the issue of age in politics. Plus, younger politicians aren't always better than older ones. Sometimes, they're worse.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 5h

It pains me to give kudos to Susan Collins, but she's actually right. If voter turnout was consistently 75-80+ percent, I might be more willing to consider age limits and term limits.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 18h

росомахи!

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18h

Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦 Fuck Trump. Fuck Putin.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 20h

We already have term limits and age limits at the federal level. They're called elections.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 23h

Well, in fairness, the advisors suck too.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Is this a bigger indictment of the American education system or parenting in the United States?

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump's a "rooster." Need more be said.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

2002? Maybe 1902 :) But yes, as conservative, I want schools controlled by the towns and cities they’re in, not by some centralized, federal entity far away. Every time you think about centralizing power, just remember what Donald Trump would do with that.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is the vice president's guy, no? This should be every headline, it should lead every newscast and EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE ASKED ABOUT IT.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think it's more than fair to write these folks off as skid marks on the underpants of society

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When you endorse conspiracy theories, you ride with Putin.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Can we charge these people with genocide? According to their logic, yes.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Well, Kamala ate Trump for breakfast and we all know how that election turned out.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Green Party is the Kremlin party. But the DSA is bad too. If they ditched the IC, dumped their most ridiculous domestic positions, and gave us more Landers and less DACs, I'd be willing to at least reevaluate my position.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Well, if we judge DSA and the far Left by the actual results of their actions, I think it's safe to say they're in the tank for Bibi and Trump.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In fairness, Israel and other U.S. partners in the Middle East have never been U.S. proxies. If the Middle East is known for one thing, it's tough negotiators who get as much, if not more, than they give.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm actually remembering at least some of those attacks were motivated by Western support for Iraq and freeing imprisoned terrorists. Of course, the Iranian attacks in Western Europe I am most familiar with had nothing to do with Israel or the Iran-Iraq War.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think we would have ended up with Hezbollah or a similar movement in Lebanon even if Israel hadn't invaded in 1982. Plus, if we're looking for an event that was absolutely essential to Hezbollah's formation, I'd say look no further than the 1979 revolution.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Iran's ties to Lebanese Shi'ites predate the formation of Israel. Ditto for Shia marginalization in Lebanon and Iranian imperialism.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This guy gives new meaning to the term "bag nasty."

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete Hegseth is among the biggest insults I can think of to patriotism and the American military.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You do you realize you just platformed an Assadist, right?

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You can rightly argue that the Israelis have disregarded a certain bit of advice about fighting monsters, but it's indisputable the monsters exist.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The existence of IRI-stans, Assadists, Putinites, and actual anti-Semites in the pro-Palestine tent is actually well documented. Anyhow, good luck.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What's partisan about facts? Failing to "police your own" is kind of a big deal when it comes to political movements. The pro-Palestine movement, like many other political movements, has failed that test.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Correct, but that movement has made a lot of stupid statements. And that's before we get into the bad-faith actors and creeps in that tent.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Exhibit 12451 of why the pro-Palestine/anti-Israel movement can't be taken seriously. But since we're taking things back that far, it's worth remembering the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem supported Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Do we need to delve into Erdogan and Turkey's record on the Kurds?

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well, Assad also made Mubarak look like a saint. And believe me, that took some real doing.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well, Assad's thugs also got quite a bit of training and guidance from the Stasi and the KGB. What could possibly go wrong when a regime takes cues from the two most murderous ideologies of the 20th century?

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Assadist with A POS blood type says what?

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Example 12984 of how politics as therapy is a complete and utter disaster.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The handful of Western reporters actually on the ground in Afghanistan also cast major doubt on whether the "Arab Afghans" were ever U.S. allies.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

No point arguing with a "rooster."

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Piker is an Assadist. Need more be said?

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When people get left behind by a rapidly changing world, they tend to lose status. Plus, I'd say nostalgia is, in a sense, very much about updating priors.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'd actually say that has more to do with lack of purpose and loss or lack of status, especially in the West. Of course, when the choice is complete chaos or iron-fisted authoritarianism, authoritiarianism doesn't look nearly as bad.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Well, what I generally heard from Russians who were actually old enough to remember the USSR was the superpower status, iron-fisted order, and stability. Of course, Communism was also the state religion of the USSR for 70+ years.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's worth remembering nostalgia can be a helluva drug. Plus, I'd like to know how many of those who feel worse off actually lived through Communism as adults.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well, I'd say even that's an exaggeration. W deserves quite a bit of criticism for what he actually did do, but the stability argument seems to ignore the fact that authoritarian states, particularly those facing the unique challenges of the Middle East, aren't exactly bastions of stability.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Looks like the Piker stans' credibility on Gaza just hit negative 10000.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Also, AQI's predecessors already existed, and Saddam did a lot to ensure AQI would have plenty of weapons and a fertile recruiting ground.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's also worth reminding everyone who Iraq's neighbors were.

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Fred @fredp82.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well, the Piker crowd screwed Democrats in 2024. Why would anyone expect things to different this go round?

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