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Retired Psychotherapist, Social Services Executive and blogger. My parents kept me home from school, at 10, to watch the Army/McCarthy Hearing and I've been committed to the Left since. My internet writings: elephanttail.wordpress.com DM's=Blocks

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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This post shows us the way we can confront MAGA and win! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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What Happens When the Bullies Back Down?
Donald Trump is what every schoolyard bully wanted to be when they grew up. Not President, no. That’s a dream for the popular kids. Or the policy geeks who debate the Ninth Amendment with the teacher ...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Fhe way back from American fascism: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Is the Berkeley Professor Steven Fish right?
I heard a podcast from a UC Berkeley guy with a book that came out last year, but boy he makes some good points, I think! The podcast is here, but here’s a summary, via AI (I know!): Here's a detailed...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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"It's All an F-ing Miracle"
I’m a long-time member of the Kos Community. I’m as horrified by the gleeful havoc the Trump nihilists are wreaking on this country as anyone. But I had a clarifying moment this past weekend I wanted ...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Simply put: MAGA equals racism! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Stop telling us it’s not about that
Deny the truth to yourselves all you want people, but stop telling us Black folks that what’s going on today, what won the 2024 election is not white supremacy. You keep talking about how maga have th...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
We on the Left have a small percentage of idiots attacking our own. AOC is the best of us. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Apparently, AOC is now the enemy
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s office in the Bronx was vandalized early on Monday by masked protesters claiming to support Palestinian rights. They defaced her image by splattering red paint ...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The links in the piece are invaluable if you want to understand why most republicans have gone fascist: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Thom Hartmann asked a question: Why is the GOP ruining America? Here's my reply FWIW.
Thom Hartmann has a post detailing at length many of the ways Trump and the Republican Party are actively destroying America. He concluded by asking why are they doing this? This is my reply. I’ve wri...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Now is the time to talk politics and the Texas flood: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK2g...
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Texas Floods
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
ICE are acting as NAZIs for Trump
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Today if you're a Republican, you are a fascist: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Diary of an angry liberal: Being that guy
Being That Guy I am considering becoming that guy. You know, the RWNJ who spouts his ignorant political opinions as if anybody’s interested. My ignorant opinion will be how fucked and fascist the Repu...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Civilian Resistance's time has come! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Guess we're on track for the Bell Riots
Weird that it’s not in the news anywhere, even local news, though.
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Important discussion of our country’s version of Free Speech and how it’s destroying us: open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
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We're Free Speeching Ourselves To Death
The Right to Free Speech has become the Right To Lie and Its Killing Our Democracy
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The America MAGA wants......do you? x.com/NickKnudsenU...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Our Mainstream Media fails us by its' reporting on the G& Summit and the Grifter's clown show: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Let’s Not Be Hoodwinked Again by the Media on Trump’s G7 Debacle
The Media’s Silence on Trump’s G7 Embarrassment I’m up far too early, listening to the news—and once again, the media is dancing around the truth. Donald Trump was laughed out of the G7. Full stop. He...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Time for the country to wake the fuck up!
Time for the country to wake the fuck up!
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
They may be in power, but the lack of enthusiasm tells another tale.....................
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
More than one million Russian troops are dead. SLAVA UKRAINI ! PEREMOHA(Victory) !!
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I'm every day people! youtu.be/YUUhDoCx8zc?...
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Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People (Official Video)
YouTube video by SlyATFamilyStoneVEVO
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Getting our message right by not using academic terms for the problems we want to solve. i.e. "poor people" rather than "economically disadvantaged" www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Yes, progressive buzzwords are killing us
Progressives are facing plenty of real challenges during Trump 2.0, but losing voters because we sound like academic robots shouldn’t be one of them. The Washington Post ...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
We can't win the battle by ignoring the heart of our problem, which is the GOP advantage in money and media........ www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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The problem of agency, or, the Dems' other messaging problem: a response to Kos.
Greetings all! Long time lurker, first time poster here. After reading Kos’ last two screeds about the messaging problems within the Democratic Party and liberal/progressive circles in general, I was ...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A simple statement of eternal truth:
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
In my 80th year a thought occurred to me. I see more evidence each day that a human would have to live to the age of 200, before they might attain a modicum of wisdom. Every day I learn stuff I never knew. I’m just smart enough now to know just how much I have to learn, to know anything.
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The Orange Clown's idiocy saves Canada. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Thanks Donald Trump…For Getting Mark Carney Elected Prime Minister of Canada.
Back in November of 2024, things were looking pretty bleak for Canada. For almost a year, the Conservative Party of Canada, led by Trump mini-me Pierre Polievre, were way ahead in the polls. A massive...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Why should American Jews, vote for a man who said a mob chanting "Jews will not replace us!", had many "good" Americans within it. Of course they shouldn't! Yet many American Jews dumbly supported an American traitor.
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Illegal deportations violate Constitutional "Due Process" laws. Without the government respecting "Due Process" we are all slaves, beholden to the Administration, or being punished by it. Government respecting "Due Process" is the basis of our freedom. Make Them respect "Due Process"! NOW!
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Progressive Atheists Will Not Be Silenced By Your Religious Privilege.
It’s all a matter of ideas, and God is just one idea I don’t accept. It’s not important. I am not going out and be immoral or commit crimes because I don’t believe in God. I don’t even think about it....
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This is the Resistance I've been dreaming about www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Going Viral: An actual plan for the Democratic Party - and everyone else who's ready to take action
The post below is going viral. It’s been attributed to Liz Cheney, apparently by mistake, but it appears it was actually written by a Dr. Pru Lee. I’ve taken the liberty of formatting it to make it mo...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
One of the best political commentators around: www.facebook.com/reel/2050917...
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320K views · 10K reactions | Nine roads to the same dead end.. #psychology #sociology | Erika Jordan
Nine roads to the same dead end.. #psychology #sociology.
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This is the man some idiots elected: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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HE REALLY IS THAT STUPID
The President of the United States is a fucking moron. I do not know why more media and Democrats do not call him out for his belief on trade deficits. The reason he keeps repeating that other nations...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A "Blue Wave" is good, but a Democratic Party fighting the power of Oligarchs and Corporations is much, much better! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Blue Wave? Same old song and dance.... Unless we address the problems within the Democratic Party
The turnout and results in WI the other night IS something to be excited about. �And it already has people predicting a 2026 Blue Wave. �I read Kos’s article and it left me feeling …�meh. �And ...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
For all those who support Hamas thinking it's a valid political organization: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Hamas kills
www.thefp.com/... https://www.thefp.com/p/family-of-murdered-gaza-protester-speaks-out?utm_medium=email ICYMI: Our Exclusive Interview with the Family of a Murdered Gaza Protester Hours after he publi...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A Democrat fighting Fascism! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Still Think Democrats Aren't Doing Anything? Introducing Katherine Clark
None of the Democrats I’ve highlighted in this series have been part of the leadership group. I’ve chosen to focus instead on those less well known to voters and readers on Daily Kos. I’ve decided to ...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
A simple message to all of us who are resisting the Trump NAZIs:
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
My parent's kept me up after bedtime so I could watch Murrow's broadcast. They also kept me home from school so I could watch the Army/McCarthy hearings. We are in similar times, with a President who is a NAZI Traitor. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Not the first time the GOP has gone mad
Wacko right-wing news spewing hate and conspiracy theories, the rest of the media intimidated into silence, countless people forced out of jobs because they supported ‘liberal causes’, a Congress and ...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Fuck the Billionaires! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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AOC and Sanders are drawing massive crowds—and making Musk nervous
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have drawn massive crowds in the American West as a part of Sanders’ “Fighting�Oligarchy” tour—and it’s starting to ...
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Luv-wins @luv-wins.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Cry me a river you royal putz! Leave US alone!!!
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I wrote this 8 years ago, at the beginning of the first Trump travesty, yet it resonates just as well today. To save ourselves from Fascism, we must understand the mindset of our enemies: elephanttail.wordpress.com/2017/06/24/o...
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Our “Virtuous” Rich
“Donald Trump, addressing criticism that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and others in his Cabinet are too rich, said at an Iowa rally Wednesday that he doesn’t want poor people in charge of t…
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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Dear Elon Musk, Radical leftists are not burning your Teslas, pissed off people around the world are because we all hate you. Sincerely, The entire world
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Resist! Resist! Resist! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Will the Dem Establishment Ever Get It?
This is the tone deaf BS that the Schumer/Clinton/Durbin/Jeffries/Biden wing of the party keeps doing. They are not speaking out and standing up for democracy by direct action. They are not getting ou...
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Yes. It's also revolutionary. The Tesla Tea Party. We've not yet arrived at the moment we throw the Swastikars into Boston Harbor. Not YET. 🤣🤣🤣 #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory #TeslaTeaParty
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
At this point it is apparent that Musk is intent on destroying our nation. We fight back by not buying Teslas and making Tesla owners/outlets a source of derision. As Musk is trying to destroy us, let us destroy his source of wealth! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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The Tesla Takedown
Elon Musk knows a lot about apartheid. After all, he lived under that system until he emigrated from South Africa to Canada and then America. He went to Canada first because it was unlikely that Ameri...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Schumer has betrayed our Country! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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COWARDS
The amount of anger I feel tonight came as a surprise to me. In my heart, I knew this party would cave to fascism. I knew they would pick the comfort of imagining that politics could be normal over th...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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No DOGE Blank Check Federal Funding CR: Senate Vote Friday ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (03/13/25): Senate Republicans are playing chicken with their Democrat colleagues by teeing up a Friday vote for the House passed CR. Democrats …
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Schumer Sucks!
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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American farmers FAFO
Yet another FAFO story. This time, it’s about American farmers who FAFO. But those Trump voters have NO excuse: they already FAFO in 2018 and never recovered their market share. But the allure of Puti...
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Primary these fools because they're not ready to fight Fascism! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Dems calling Trump "my president, your president"
I agree that these Dems must be primaried. And right now getting tremendous pressure from within the party and from their constituents. This is outrageous. Is this why the Dems are not stopping Trump?...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Protecting our freedom from the NAZI attacks: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Timothy Snyder Gives Some Excellent Advice About What We Can Do Now
Timothy Snyder, Yale professor and the author of On Tyranny, gave a Zoom talk last night to the organization Red, Wine, and Blue, and he had some very good ideas for how to fight back in these terribl...
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miconoclast13 @miconoclast13.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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Cartoon: The president is speaking
A cartoon by Clay Bennett.
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Gary Glynn @big-sky-1889.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This is about destruction of the US government so the tech bros can privatize everything. They are doing what the Confederates, the Kaiser, the Nazis, and the Russians couldn't do. Bring America to its knees. The only solution is massive public resistance to this. #Resist #FightBack
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