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So, just to be clear, the Republican president in the 1980s was able to leap over state government, and empower localities and county government, because he is a magic dragon who could make state government cease to exist

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Well, which is it? Did they take away local rule, or give back too much of it? You know, the states have state and city governments that you can vote for. I know some Democrats are occasionally surprised to learn this

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"disempowering local rule?" That's...not a thing that happened. If anything, Reaganism gave back *too* much power to states, in the name of smaller government

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Yes, I should’ve shared your view on politics back when you were hyperventilating about George Bush being a fascist; that would’ve made you happy but it would’ve made both you and me wrong

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Posting this with a lack of awareness that using the word irresponsibly for 50 years helped get us here

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Sandy Lyle @sandylyle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Whatever it's called, it is very bad, and we're in deep shit. And we need everyone of good will to work together to get out of it.

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idaho-guy.bsky.social @idaho-guy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not at all. I stated so in my reply. The topic was fascism and Tom seemed to imply that since the Dems had been in power they could have done something to prevent this from happening. They supported neo-liberalism, a contributing factor, but they could not have prevented the GOP’s fascist turn.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why? You really think the rot in the system is limited to one party? That Dems don’t have their own factions that have authoritarian streaks in them? That Dems haven’t shown disdain for basic rights in their history?

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idaho-guy.bsky.social @idaho-guy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hmmm, yes Democrats, from Clinton, followed neo-liberal economic policies. And it’s true those policies have been perverted to aid the concentration of wealth and power which can be a contributing factor to fascism. Buuut to suggest that Dems are at fault for the current fascist trend is a stretch.

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Small Theories @smalltheories.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The frog analogy gets complicated when the frogs keep taking turns as head chef.

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Michael J Faber @chargingrino.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Some of these people firmly believe that Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden were basically just clones of Reagan. To them, Nancy Pelosi is just a female Newt Gingrich, Chuck Schumer=Mitch McConnell, and Elizabeth Warren is more or less the same as Rand Paul. The political fringes are nuts.

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Mr. Day @senordia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Live depiction of thousands of bluesky people thinking of a way to work the fairness doctrine into the conversation.

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Nathan Fielder: Deep Thought Moment

ALT: Nathan Fielder: Deep Thought Moment

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Lizard @lizardky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How could they, without the Fairness Doctrine? (PS: Sarcasm.)

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newmexicoflyfisher.bsky.social @newmexicoflyfisher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

These people who keep saying Reagan was the root of all evil drive me nuts. I believe there was a guy named Bill Clinton who was POTUS for 8 years after Reagan and HW Bush.

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I Feel Like I'm Taking Crazy Pills Meme

ALT: I Feel Like I'm Taking Crazy Pills Meme

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The secret to all this was that after Reagan, Democrats never again held power at any level of government

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think the Los Angeles thing was just a garbled stupid thing that came out differently than he intended, but Jill is right in general that his jokes are not really jokes

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If you think Trump’s “musings” and “jokes” are not worth headlines, no matter how shocking or offensive they may be, then you haven’t been paying attention. The past decade and past week show they're too dangerous too ignore. My new piece at @contrariannews.org www.contrariannews.org/p/dont-dismi...

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Don’t Dismiss Trump’s Los Angeles-San Diego Comment as a ‘Joke’

No normal American would say those words. A president shouldn’t even think them.

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Lord of Crime @lord-of-crime.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That's what I think many of those older conservatists didn't account for: they were laser focused on seeing slippery slopes in one direction (the left) that they ignored the slope that was forming on their side, leaving them understandably shocked and horrified when rock bottom began to materialize.

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tucker, of course, is simply asking questions, even as he toys with Holocaust Denial, and defends Adolph Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939. Is the former Fox News host going to places where even neo-Nazis have feared to tread? Apparently, he is. charliesykes.substack.com/p/is-it-okay...

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Is it Okay to Call Tucker a Nazi Now?

“I'm actually not a secret Nazi… I'm someone who tries to think clearly about cause and effect.” —Tucker Carlson, moments after he suggested that Britain would have been better off if Hitler had won W...

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Maku Atherton @makuatherton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah, that REALLY makes it sound worse than it is. 😨

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Who you gonna believe, the lying liar or your own eyes? 👀

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Once again: There is no "rig the elections" or "cancel the elections" button in the Oval Office. Trump and his allies will continue to attack democracy in multiple ways. People will continue to fight back. Mostly democracy is winning, but the losses are real and matter.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This. This is important. They’re hoping fear will hold us back because they don’t have the numbers. But it will make us stronger. It will bring people out.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Downside: The US now has government goon squads, and deploys them to try to intimidate voters into voting the way the president wants. Upside: They don’t have nearly enough goons. Not even close. They’re hoping fear will make up for that big shortfall, but it won’t.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,”

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

he's afraid. and he doesn't know what else to do other than bluster and blame his way to complete and total implosion. fuck this asshole with a cactus sideways.

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PATHETIC: Speaker Johnson and his caucus of cowardly Republicans canceled their last day of work before an eight-week recess to avoid voting on impeaching Pete Hegseth until after the midterms. Make sure to send them a letter in support of Hegseth's impeachment here: bit.ly/4iyfx9o

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deboh45241.bsky.social @deboh45241.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I mourn the loss of the innocent who died (or were injured) from the attack on Oct 7. But I also mourn the loss of the innocent in Gaza, both from the evilness of Hamas but also the actions of the Israeli government. All of loss of innocent lives should be mourned equally.

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Today is a day to mourn. The loss of innocent life. Today is a day to only mourn. Those not mourning today, those protesting Israel today, those celebrating today, those “resisting” today, those shouting “genocide” today? They’ve lost the plot, they’ve lost their humanity. Today. October 7th, 2023

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i agree that there is no one else with the juice that Trump had. he is a unique cultural phenomenon that has been living in our TV sets for 15 years as a supposed "businessman". his remarkable strength was in branding. that's how he floated through life despite failure after failure.

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A lot of people reject EITHER Antisemitism or Anti-Muslim Bigotry. There are losers who embrace both forms of hate. We need to reject them both. Or stop pretending that we’re better than people who hate either or both.

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Think about how much control you as an American citizen have over the everyday actions taken by our own government. So why do you blame Jewish Americans for things being done by a country that they don’t live in and aren’t citizens of? Again, where is the logic? It doesn’t make sense.

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

On the other side, a lot of people have issues with actions and policies of the current government of Israel. You know what Bibi Netanyahu DOESN’T do at any point in time? He doesn’t call America to ask Jacob from State Farm what he thinks he should do on any given day about any issue.

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(The second worst terrorist attack in U.S. history was committed by a white guy from New York. But you’re not afraid of every dude who has a Timothy McVeigh-style buzz cut and likes guns. Apply that same logic. And anyone of any professed faith can be radicalized. Heard of Christian Identity?)

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“I don’t like terrorists” says a bigot as they explain their hatred of Muslims. The worst terrorist attack in American history was committed by 19 terrorists from other countries. This country is home to 4.5 million Muslim Americans who had absolutely nothing to do with it. It’s irrational.

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And the inability some people have to understand that giant groups of people who belong to the same gigantic group of humans as someone they disagree with or fear are not the same person seems extremely childlike. As is the belief that some random dude controls anything bigger than themselves.

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And my jaw always drops when, in America in 2026, some people are freaked out at the fact that some Americans are Muslims. Who do American things like go to the grocery store. Or run for office. “What’s their agenda?” Moron, they either want to buy food or fix potholes. Run!

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From the time I was a child, I never understood the hatred of Jewish people. Like conceptually. I abhorred hating people based on the color of their skin. But at least I understood the basic concept. I didn’t even know that a fair percentage of my Jewish friends were Jewish until they told me.

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It doesn’t seem like there are enough people in society who despise BOTH Antisemitism and anti-Muslim bigotry. Like, why is it hard for some people to not be a jackass to either group? You don’t have to pick a side to hate. You really don’t.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's Trump so who cares. I get it. But here's why it bothers me. We don't need more fuel poured on the fire. We don't need Americans thinking that Trump wants them nuked when that is so obviously NOT what he was saying. It is only further coarsening the discourse, if that's possible.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Lord knows I don't want to be in the position of defending the Orange Menace, but it is blatantly obvious that he was saying last night that paying higher gas prices is a small price to pay to keep Iran (his argument) from obtaining a nuke and attacking an American city such as LA or San Diego.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is deeply weird. Can’t help but be reminded of the Nazi obsession with classical art and architecture.

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🙏 keep up the good fight dear Ukie. We are in this together. And we are winning. Lots to repair on the flip side tho. Fight for every inch of democracy ❤️ 🇺🇦 🇺🇸

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Hmm. It’s late. So I won’t be able to get into the complexities of the maga movement. Yes we should worry about what comes next. But Trump was a very unique force in American politics for many reasons. MAGA is nowhere near as large as many think it is. And we have many reforms in the hopper.

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