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Kirk Swearingen

@ksweari.bsky.social
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Independent journalist (University of Missouri-Columbia) whose work has appeared on Medium and Salon.com.

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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I just published The Biggest Republican Lie kirkswearingen.medium.com/the-biggest-...
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The Biggest Republican Lie
It is not Trump’s ceaseless bullshit about election fraud.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I just published Twain Had the South’s Number kirkswearingen.medium.com/twain-had-th...
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Twain Had the South’s Number
Might the Republican South get over their bromance with the Confederacy, and Trump, and help save the Union?
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@redirect.bsky.app kirkswearingen.medium.com/the-ai-scamm...
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The AI Scammers
Is insider AI doomerism the latest right-wing grift?
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
LLMs are real, AI is fake by @doctorow doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
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LLMs are real, AI is fake
No, it didn’t “go rogue.”
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I just published America’s Shift from Johnny Appleseed to Donnie Discordseed kirkswearingen.medium.com/americas-shi...
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America’s Shift from Johnny Appleseed to Donnie Discordseed
From a true American folk hero to America’s tragedy.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
nytimes.com
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Making America Grotesque Again
The MAGA movement wants to make the United States as unappealing as possible to everyone, at home and abroad.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
@redirect.bsky.app kirkswearingen.medium.com/trumps-other...
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Trump’s Other Departments of War
It’s not just Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense that’s geared up for chaotic, incompetent warfare.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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All Is Not Lost, Children
Cynicism is what authoritarians count on — so, listen to your music and never, ever give in.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
steady.substack.com/p/trump-in-r...
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Trump in Retreat
Forced there by his inability to see beyond his nose
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I just published Failed Businessman and President kirkswearingen.medium.com/failed-busin...
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Failed Businessman and President
Donald Trump could never run a legitimate business — or administration.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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America Ended the Slave Patrols. Trump Is Bringing Them Back.
The uniforms have changed. The technology has evolved. But the mission remains the same: protect power through fear and intimidation…
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Bindweed Trump
As bindweed pulls down all that’s good in our gardens, Trump pulls down what’s great about our country.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
One has to admire the unflagging pluck of Penzey’s!
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I just published Immigration Is Our Strength — with Some Prominent Exceptions medium.com/p/immigratio...
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Immigration Is Our Strength — with Some Prominent Exceptions
Turns out, the “worst of the worst” are in the White House.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Let’s fix America with grammar
In the MAGAsphere, sloppy language leads to foolish thoughts, and much worse
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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SCOTUS keeps papering over the antiquated Second Amendment
The Court's conservative majority turns to “history and traditions” to ignore the obvious — again
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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The Populist Revolution Now Underway
A guide to the perplexed
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
kirkswearingen.medium.com/lets-fix-ame...
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Let’s Fix America With Grammar
In the MAGAsphere, sloppy language leads to foolish thoughts, and much worse.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
www.salon.com/2026/06/19/t...
salon.com
The new Obama Presidential Center ramps up Trump's jealousy - Salon.com
The Iran war loss cements the current president’s failed legacy
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Picked up: share.google/Fl4tmSlGI14U...
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Donald Trump and his GOP allies are the real voter fraud - Salon.com
For Trump and his base, losing can only be the result of a conspiracy — and evidence is beside the point
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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The Fraud on Voting in America
Trump, Vance, and Johnson push the absurdity that no evidence of voter fraud is the evidence.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Are Today’s “Evil, Heartless Bastards” Rebuilding the Confederacy?
How white nationalism, anti-immigrant fear mongering, and open racism are reviving the politics that once tore America apart…
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"There are things that the current three branches of government are simply not equipped to do, especially when it comes to policing their own misconduct." www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/why-we-nee...
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Why We Need a Fourth Branch of Government
Politicians policing themselves isn’t working. Time for someone else to step in.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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What Shall We Call MAGA’s Perverse Christianity?
Trump’s thought police are investigating anyone who criticizes Christianity, but what if it isn’t Christianity at all?
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
www.salon.com/2026/05/23/d...
salon.com
Donald Trump needs artificial intelligence. He lacks the other kind - Salon.com
This longtime con man was doing deepfakes long before that was a thing. He's a bot in human form
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A fascist paradigm by @doctorow medium.com/p/a-fascist-...
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A fascist paradigm
The change that changed everything.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Deepfake Don
No one is more in need of artificial intelligence than the Conman in Chief.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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They Want the Culture
Donald Trump and Leonard Leo don’t want to control the judiciary only — they’re out for everything.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
As an ever more demented mobster, in the guise of a world leader, brags that he will end a civilization by committing war crimes, let us remember that Republicans had several chances in his first, still inconceivable, term to put him out of business as a politician. www.salon.com/2020/08/26/l...
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Last call for the 25th Amendment? Trump's Cabinet won't depose him — but they should - Salon.com
Trump's cabinet members have one last chance to save the republic and redeem themselves. Of course they won't
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
UPDATE: After sending billions to Kushner and Trump, Saudis lobby to escalate Iran War open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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UPDATE: After sending billions to Kushner and Trump, Saudis lobby to escalate Iran War
“I’m not going to start a war,” President Trump pledged during his November 2024 victory speech.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Buy Civilization
Do what you can to support the things you value.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Picked up by Salon. www.salon.com/2026/03/08/t...
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Trump's misguided "Christian" war is anything but - Salon.com
Some commanders claim the Iran war is serving Christ. Haven't they noticed the fake Christian in the White House?
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
kirkswearingen.medium.com/the-man-chil...
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The Man-Child Leading This “Christian” War Is No Christian
Hard-right believers blind themselves to the fact that Donald Trump is an apex sinner
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I just published Can We Keep Psychos from Running for Public Office? medium.com/p/can-we-kee...
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Can We Keep Psychos from Running for Public Office?
You want us to prove we have the right to vote? How about you prove you’re not a sociopath?
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
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Sunday Pages: "This Was Their Finest Hour"
A speech by Winston Churchill
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport)
This is the meme of the Obamas I’m sharing. How about you?
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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The Civics of Shakespeare
Let’s teach our children how to better sniff out society’s villains
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Never assume change isn’t possible. From the author of “Enshittification.” doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
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All laws are local
And no law knows how evitable it is.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The Washington Post Is in Free Fall—and There’s One Person to Blame newrepublic.com/article/2061... via @newrepublic.com
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The Washington Post Is in Free Fall—and There’s One Person to Blame
Today’s layoffs at this once great newspaper were nowhere near inevitable. But Jeff Bezos was never committed to the paper’s best traditions.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Nice to see this get pick up. www.salon.com/2026/01/31/t...
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Trump's second term: Jan. 6 on a grand scale - Salon.com
What we saw at the US Capitol five years ago was merely a trial run for the chaos and violence of 2026
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The Democratic Party ought to hire Reich and his creative team: youtu.be/AcefFTXUcxU?...
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Did Trump Keep ANY of His Campaign Promises?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I just published The MAGA Insurrection Writ Large medium.com/p/the-maga-i...
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The MAGA Insurrection Writ Large
Trump takes his Revenge and Retribution Tour global
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
kirkswearingen.medium.com/the-unmanly-...
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The Unmanly, Un-American Patriots
The Trumpian Party gaslights the public about manliness and patriotism, while destroying everything good that America has stood for
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Always Stand Against Misogyny, Always Stand Against Tyranny open.substack.com/pub/jill/p/a...
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Always Stand Against Misogyny, Always Stand Against Tyranny
Autocrats universally repress women. Iranians are demanding freedom.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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The Ignominious Death of Drill, Baby, Drill
U.S. economic and foreign policy is now based on Trump’s crude delusions
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Judge, Jury, and Executioners kirkswearingen.medium.com/judge-jury-a...
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Judge, Jury, and Executioners
The untrained ICE agents who shot a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis are precisely what we get with this government of the worst people.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
kirkswearingen.medium.com/judge-jury-a...
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Judge, Jury, and Executioners
The untrained ICE agents who shot a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis are precisely what we get with this government of the worst people.
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
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Opinion | Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended
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Kirk Swearingen @ksweari.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
www.salon.com/2025/12/28/f...
salon.com
For Trump, everything's a "hoax." It's pure projection - Salon.com
Both impeachments, the Epstein scandal, COVID, climate change — it's all a "hoax." Is Trump telling us something?
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