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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I can see it's time to remind people that I was calling Trump a fascist years ago. But you are not living under fascism. You have all the tools of democracy at your disposal. Use them. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Donald Trump’s Fascist Romp

After the former president described American citizens as “the enemy within,” Glenn Youngkin reveals his own complicity.

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

It’s partially voters like this that got us here. I’m an independent and I’m definitely voting blue next election

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 07/11/2025

When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose. Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show

Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Here's what I think is happening in Poland. Thank you all for being patient. Gifted. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Russia’s Reckless Provocation

Whether by accident or malice, the Russians are risking a wider war in Europe.

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

And I’m not talking about out of pocket expense. Base price. It’s different under Medicare. How is this not gouging the government?

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

How is it that a prescription I had under my husband’s medical insurance costs $111 and suddenly costs $400 under Medicare ?

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Stan R. Mitchell @stanrmitchell.com · 11/03/2025

So good. 👏👏

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

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Shadow's Mom @doglady1725.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 03/03/2025

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

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We're not done yet | 18F

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.

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Brian J. Karem @briankarem.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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It Was an Ambush

Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.

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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This is one of the most shameful things I've seen in my life. Zelensky and the Ukrainian people are fighting for their lives, and MAGA is all up in its feelings because no one is allowed to disrespect Trump. He can be grotesque, but everyone else has to genuflect. Pathetic.

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The naïveté of Trump voters is truly astounding

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

But he’s still the evangelical’s pick 🤷‍♀️

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Drunk on power and ketamine

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 21/02/2025

Today's front page of The New York Post.

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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

t's not just that Trump has a flawed strategic vision (lots of presidents have had flawed strategies), it's also that he's full of malice and spite towards Ukraine. So he will lie and lie and lie. This is a Russian propagandist's dream:

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Telling the Ukrainians they shouldn’t have started the war is some real high-level assholery.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

If Elon Musk were a regular guy with 13 kids from 4 women while living off government money, Fox News would call him a deadbeat. But since he’s a Trump-supporting billionaire, he’s a ‘visionary.’

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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

This is true, and the more you learn about the scandals in the church that have long been ignored, enabled, and concealed, the more you realize it’s long been true.

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I had to get a thorough background check for a security clearance when I was just an airman in the Air Force and you’re telling me the man potentially in charge of all the armed forces doesn’t have to? That’s bull***t

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Background checks for cabinet nominees should not be optional

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Tim Keller said that? Disappointing 🫤

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Seems really unfair. He should have to answer for his actions-the same as us regular citizens 🫤

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A bluejay at my feeder eating all the peanuts and suet balls

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

So tired of evangelical women being told that it’s up to them to be responsible men’s bad behavior. If he’s going to cheat, more sex won’t stop him. If he’s going to look at porn, nudes from the wife isn’t going to stop him

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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Swedish Chef/Rapper’s Delight…

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Northern flicker at my feeder this morning

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

First line in her bio is “the other place is getting so toxic” Really? Sure you didn’t contribute to that? Anyway I preemptively blocked her

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julierideout.bsky.social @julierideout.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Formally deactivated my Twitter account. I’ll miss what it used to be, but not what it’s become

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