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Fletcher McClellan

@mcclelef.bsky.social
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Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Elizabethtown College; contributor, LancasterOnline/LNP; Philadelphia sports fan, scars to prove it; views my own; facultysites.etown.edu/mcclelef

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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICYMI…
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To the surprise of no one…White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers
The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration.
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born2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jim Henson was born on this day in 1936.
Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks', but the man and woman at the counter of the diner are now Fozzie and Miss Piggy. The guy with his back to us is now Bert, but Bert is being operated by Frank Oz, who is crouched down in front of the counter. The waiter/server is now Jim Henson who is looking intently at Kermit, and Kermit, who is occupying half of Jim's right arm, is looking intently at Jim. The diner is now called "JIMMYS".
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Rob Friedman @pitchingninja.com · 22/09/2026
Jason Benetti gets absolutely roasted by his own production crew with the camera cut after his Austro-Turkish War reference. 🤣
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My latest for the LNP/LancasterOnline... lancasteronline.com/opinion/colu...
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President Trump abandons the base that’s never abandoned him [column]
One of Donald Trump’s most famous pronouncements occurred Jan. 23, 2016, during his first Republican presidential campaign, when he told supporters at a rally in Iowa: “They say I have
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
RIP, Dallas Cowboys' 2026 season. #ETTD
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How is ICE making record arrests? I found the answer in Pa. coal country, where cops lured by a promise of federal $$$ have embraced ICE's 287(g) and are throwing up checkpoints, raiding job sites, arresting 100s, and terrorizing their communities My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/penn...
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In Pa. coal country, local police join with ICE to bring arrests, fear | Will Bunch
Pa.'s Schuylkill County is the new face of Trump's mass deportation, as local cops lured by federal cash bust scores of migrants.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Once you notice this, it's the most obvious double standard in the political press. Democrats have to answer for the smallest voice even if it has no actual tie to them, but Republicans never have to answer for the insanely racist billionaire donor driving their entire party.
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Nicole Rifkin @nicolerifkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
thank you the new yorker and françoise for having me do this cover for the late, great dolly parton
dolly parton new yorker cover
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My latest for the LNP...cue The Mamas and the Papas lancasteronline.com/opinion/colu...
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Pennsylvania dreaming: Democrats seek a trifecta in Harrisburg [column]
Democrats are looking forward to a big victory in the midterm elections this November.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
16yr old Saxophonist DAVID BOWIE posing for his band — The Konrads — in 1963.
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Basil Rathbone
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/08/2026
Spiteful AIPAC Spends $30 Million On Loud Bird Perched Outside Abdul El-Sayed’s Window theonion.com/spiteful-aipac-spends-…
Spiteful AIPAC Spends $30 Million On Loud Bird Perched Outside Abdul El-Sayed’s Window
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
When he's not being smuggled out of Air Force One in a catering truck, he's being protected by anti-missile systems and barbed wire as he does the vital work of golfing.
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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This belongs in a museum.
The final poster for COYOTE VS. ACME, with Wile E. Coyote pushing a round bomb the size of a boulder up a mountain as the sun either rises or sets behind him. At the top right of the frame, the Road Runner looks on, indifferent to his suffering.
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Exactly
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Same with the Phils tonight
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
How Emily Wilson’s Takedown of ‘The Odyssey’ Ignited a Debate www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/a...
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Emily Wilson’s Pan of ‘The Odyssey’ Ignites a Debate Among Classicists and Commenters
Wilson, whose 2017 translation of Homer’s Greek classic influenced the director Christopher Nolan, panned his screenplay for the movie version in an essay for The London Review of Books.
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litzz11 @litzz11.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
WHAT THE FUCK IS HE TALKING ABOUT! Once they're built there's like 3 jobs at a data center, 4 if you include the guy who's gonna mow the lawn outside. Jesus but we are ruled by the stupidest people.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/07/2026
Teacher Required To Provide Own Salary theonion.com/teacher-required-to-pr…
Teacher Required To Provide Own Salary
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I just had a gyro. Here's what Christopher Nolan gets wrong about Greek culture.
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“What are you without racism? Are you any good? Are you still strong? You still smart? You still like yourself?”- Toni Morrison
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
My latest for LNP… lancasteronline.com/opinion/colu...
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Everything everywhere all at once: Trump’s illusionary presidency [column]
If it seems to you as if Donald Trump has been everywhere all the time since his second inaugural 18 months ago, you’re not wrong.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You have to show picture ID to buy cocaine. Why shouldn't you have to show it to vote?
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I'm sorry that Lindsey Graham died. But I'm glad that I collected on my Polymarket bet that a Senator would die on July 11.
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Like clockwork
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
we really need to go back to calling these people weirdos
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Didntcmecumin69 @didntcmecumin69.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Such a great album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJkf...
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David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Full Album)
YouTube video by The Pulse Music
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My DARS (deaths above replacement Senate) model predicts that between one and three more senators will die between now and November. And I tell you the best place in Oconee County to get pulled pork with mustard sauce. All that and more in the next Silver Bulletin.
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Ashleigh @vinylgeek.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
41 years ago today Live Aid #OTD #LiveAid
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Some might call it an opportunity for Bluesky
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My new hero…The Mystery of New York City’s Highest-Paid Plumber www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/n...
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The Mystery of New York City’s Highest-Paid Plumber
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The Trump Curse strikes again.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Sums up his presidency nicely
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PCNiles 🦋 @pcniles.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Who says? Not so fast. Texans are pretty fed up with self-serving lying Repugnantans.
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Chris Frantz @chrisfrantz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Good Morning From The Drummer, My Friends.
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Woody Guthrie- This Land Is Your Land
YouTube video by rutaloot
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 250th! My essay is included in this thoughtful collection from LNP/LancasterOnline: lancasteronline.com/opinion/colu...
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Lancaster County residents reflect on the US on the 250th anniversary of its founding [column]
For America’s semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of this nation and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, we asked Lancaster County leaders and thinkers to answer these questions: “W...
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Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
They handed him a red card last night
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate
Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top
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Nate 'The Belated' Carney @inapproprinate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"Kathy I'm lost" I said though I knew she was sleeping I'm empty and aching and I don't know why Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike They've all come to look for America
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Simon & Garfunkel - America (Audio)
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Anita 🎬🎥📺🎶📚 @gemini53.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=MLlo... #DavidsMonthOfMusic June 30 - with today, yesterday or tomorrow in the title Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers #musicsky 🎵
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The Chambers Brothers "Time Has Come Today" on The Ed Sullivan Show
YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
On Birthright Citizenship: “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” -Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕
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John Foley @2008philz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Through 77 games… 2026 Phillies: 42-35 2008 Phillies: 42-35 1980 Phillies: 42-35
Phillies
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A trail of destruction. Imagine their reaction if Obama had done even one of these things.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"You're an author? Would I know anything you've written?" "Have you heard of the book Eat Pray Love?" "Oh wow. I have, actually!" "Well, one of my books was printed in a typeface not totally dissimilar to the one in that."
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
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