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Mike @banditdekard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Going to have to treat this administration like a RICO case. Arrest everyone involved in the making and release of these videos. Down to the interns. Then flip them up the chain of command. And no, "my boss told me to break the law and do fascism" isn't a defense.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Swing Voters Want Kitchen-Table Populism, Not a Sermon
A new survey of 6,100 voters finds that persuadable voters respond to plain talk about rent, groceries, and corruption — and tune out when Democrats lecture them about who’s dividing them.
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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25 Years After 9/11, the Zombie War on Terror Stumbles On
Nobody seems to care anymore about the fears and threats that originally motivated the war on terror. Yet 25 years after September 11, 2001, that war continues to infect American life at home and abro...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Israel is betting on Islamophobia to save its standing in the West
Netanyahu’s government is using anti-Muslim fear to rally a Western right increasingly receptive to its message.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is it. Will they outnumber us or will we outnumber them? Teach your children well.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"Artificial intelligence is not just a market product or a scientific achievement. It is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy." connect the dots! Dr. McMillan Cottom has homework! go to the library, host a reading group, organize your neighbors www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
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Opinion | A Reading List for Our Age of A.I. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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The Left Is Rising, So Centrist Dems Are Cynically Woke Again
The Democratic establishment said it was getting rid of the grating, cynical style of wokeness it blamed for its 2024 loss to Donald Trump. Then the Left began winning primaries, and those same Democr...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Trump’s Authoritarian Architecture Begs for an Alternative
Donald Trump’s victory arch is so ugly and uninspired, so befitting his cynical, corrupt, tacky presidency, that it might actually offer us an opportunity to seriously consider something more befittin...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Pretty sure this has got more to do with Ukraine showing its willingness to do the Trump regime's bidding against Iran. With nutjobs like her, it's always Israel first. apnews.com/article/laur...
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Exclusive: In a Ukrainian bomb shelter, Laura Loomer explains shift on Russia’s war
Laura Loomer became infamous for spreading conspiracy theories online. Now, as she travels across Ukraine to see the damage inflicted by Russia in its yearslong war, she wants to admit that she fell f...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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DSA’s Haters Hate Democracy
What is the dastardly conspiracy that the Democratic Socialists of America stands accused of by defenders of the status quo? That sinister, underhanded, authoritarian tactic of running on popular poli...
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🦋 Still Standing 🦋 @imstillstanding.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Well…isn’t this a little gem. @jenpsaki.bsky.social did you know about this?
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This is Nazi sh*t. apnews.com/article/iran...
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Trump says US will destroy a bridge or power plant for each Iranian attack in the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. will destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Waging War on the Left Within the Democratic Party Won’t Work
Is it a good idea to destroy the rising socialist current within the Democratic Party, as many centrist pundits are now counseling? Just ask the Labour Party, who waged war on Jeremy Corbyn and the Le...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Right-Wing Populism Did Not Kill Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism’s defining feature was always the insulation of capital from democratic control. Trumpism’s break with free trade has changed the rhetoric. But the underlying economic order remains inta...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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The Case for Nationalizing Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has been built by robbing the collective work of humanity. The public built AI — we should own it, not a handful of billionaires.
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Confronting the Palestine Exception of the American Historical Association
Statement by US Scholars Speak:
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Dialog Claims It Was Hacked. A Misconfigured Website Left Its Members Exposed
The private events group, cofounded by Peter Thiel, says a “criminal” hacker is behind a breach that exposed members’ personal details. WIRED found no evidence a break-in was needed to access the file...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times
After the politically incisive late-night host said his final goodnight last week, Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed offered a grim look at where TV is heading
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Raúl Castro’s Indictment Is a Pretext for War
Washington has spent decades protecting Cuban exile terrorists while criminalizing Cuba’s response to them. The indictment of Raúl Castro is the latest chapter in that story — and a pretext for someth...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Let’s Compare Hasan Piker’s Comments to Elite Centrists’
Statements far more reprehensible than anything Hasan Piker has said are regularly written and spoken by prominent liberals in respectable outlets. But because war and Islamophobia are acceptable in e...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Interesting that a perceived threat to Israel's whack job Christian nationalist support in the US is what prompts a vigorous investigation and not actual war crimes. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Israeli army to launch criminal investigation after soldier strikes Jesus statue in Lebanon
Netanyahu says ‘harsh disciplinary action’ will be taken after IDF confirms sledgehammer photo is authentic
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Stop Asking If Israel Has a Right to Exist
The question “Does Israel have a right to exist?” isn’t a real inquiry about the rights of nations. It’s a manipulation of discourse, a litmus test that forces Palestinians to offer theoretical assura...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
So now the neocons are sorry for the mess they enabled. 😑
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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A Post-Order World
As US power declines, it is destroying the norms and institutions that once organized its international projection of authority. While the US is losing its leadership role, no single power is replacin...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
¡Viva España! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran
Refusal to allow use of bases in Rota and Morón follows Pedro Sánchez’s condemnation of US-Israeli action
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Trump’s War on Iran Makes a Mockery of American Democracy
Iran poses no remotely plausible threat to the United States, the Constitution prohibits presidents from going to war without congressional approval, and only 21% of Americans support Donald Trump’s a...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
ICE "should be abolished, but also it should be prosecuted" - Democratic Rep. @sethmoulton.bsky.social, from the centrist wing of the party, tells me he wants his party leadership to go further than just reforming ICE. Doing that is "no longer believable." Full interview: zeteo.com/p/moulton-ic...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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Ehud Barak Had a Very Close Friendship With Jeffrey Epstein
The recent release of more Epstein files only provide more evidence about just how close former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein were to each other, despite ...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"Why Is the Media Not Touching Jeffrey Epstein’s Clear Connection to Israel?" They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset, writes Prem Thakker for Zeteo.
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Why Is the Media Not Touching Jeffrey Epstein’s Clear Connection to Israel?
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Perfection
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Democrats Aren’t Reining in ICE. Here’s How They Could.
ICE is out of control. Democrats have numerous ways to restrain the agency, from barring ICE from domestic spying and terminating its contracts with tech companies to creating and fully funding an ind...
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Imperialism's boomerang: www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
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ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Trump administration has a Nazi problem | Mehdi Hasan
Think I’m exaggerating? Consider the copious amounts of evidence
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
They're bored of peace. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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White House announces Gaza ‘board of peace’ with Tony Blair, Jared Kushner and Marco Rubio
Body chaired by Trump tasked with overseeing reconstruction of Gaza and transitional administration
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It should be revoked. She's clearly using it as a transactional political tool. Disgusting. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Venezuela's Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during their meeting
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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ICE Has Become a Rogue Paramilitary
It’s time we see ICE as it already sees itself: a domestic army dispatched by the Trump administration to terrorize vulnerable people and violently intimidate political enemies into submission.
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Der amerikanisch Vortrupp www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
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Jill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
"Let her absence roar." With the unending graciousness of the Poet, Amanda Gorman has given you a phrase. Use this, don't co-opt others. Let her absence roar, indeed.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 08/01/2026
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands. Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 09/01/2026
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
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marksrq1971.bsky.social @marksrq1971.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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ICE Shot a Woman Dead — Then Lied About What Happened
Renee Good’s death wasn’t an accident or self-defense. It was the predictable result of a militarized deportation force operating with impunity on American streets.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
ICE is a "rogue organization" and it should be "disbanded," says Democratic Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social in an interview with me today, for 'Mehdi Unfiltered', reacting to the shocking killing in Minneapolis. Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/joaquin-ca...
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