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Don't like EQUALITY in the USA? Take it up with the Founding Fathers. Sometimes SOCIALISM is We the People, bulk buying. Pro medical privacy. PS: Jesus was a liberal.

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NorthByNW @northbynw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Republican Playbook: Break America, Blame Democrats, Then Promise to Save It open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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The Republican Playbook: Break America, Blame Democrats, Then Promise to Save It
Create the crisis, make working Americans suffer, reward the billionaires, blame Democrats for the wreckage, then campaign as the only people who can fix it.
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NorthByNW @northbynw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@msnbc.com Bummer, 3x trying to buy a membership via Paypal but the msnow window won't progress to 'confirmation' after giving my creds to Paypal and authorizing. Frustrating! Are the billionaires that control all systems making sure we can't sign up?😖
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
WaPo Exclusive: More American service members have died during the Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly. Five of the officials said there have been at least 22 military fatalities — four more than what appears in the Pentagon's public database.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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NorthByNW @northbynw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Sex, Money, and Revenge: What Happens When a Country Becomes One Man’s Property
When one man turns prosecutors, tax collectors, billionaires, and elections into weapons of personal power, democracy itself becomes the next thing he owns…
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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Tom Nichols about today’s Republicans: “They don’t want to deal with the consequences that will come to them for speaking up; even though they are the majority party, Article I power under the Constitution. It’s shameful cowardice.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social is an author, commentator, 5X undefeated Jeopardy! champion, and Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. Nichols profiles James A. Garfield, who defied his era to champion Black civil rights more forcefully than any president until Lyndon Johnson. #WeAreAmerica250
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The Gregory Brothers @gregorybrothers.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"Sorry, you can either afford to live or fight forever wars,,, can't do both"
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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“It pains me as an American to say this because as an American I’ve been used to countries that love us, hate us, criticize us. I am not used to being an American when the reaction of other nations is to pity us, and that feels a little uncomfortable.”—Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Tom Nichols about Trump’s speech: “It is pretty laughable when the president said: ‘we are not trying to reduce confidence in our elections’—that’s exactly what they were trying to do.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The BBC has requested that Donald Trump hand over his phone records from Jan. 6 as part of his defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster.
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BBC requests Trump’s diary and phone logs in editing scandal lawsuit
The US president is demanding $10bn in damages from the BBC
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NorthByNW @northbynw.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
New cards for 2026 www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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New cards for 2026
A cartoon by Brian McFadden.
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Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"On the surface it looks as if we got nothing." @brma64.bsky.social and @stephruhle.bsky.social break down the reported deal being discussed by the U.S. and Iran.
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Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
@realerinbrockovich.bsky.social says she has been "stunned" by the number of AI data centers that have been reported since she started tracking them, many without input from the surrounding communities. "At the local level: NDAs, left in the dark, not included in the conversation."
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"Trump has unabashedly embraced the aesthetic—the je ne sais quoi—of a certain kind of gay man. In another life, the 79-year-old could be a classic aging gay, 'sitting at a bar, making bitchy comments to everyone who comes in.'" www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The King of Queens
President Trump loves “handsome” men, especially the muscular ones.
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NorthByNW @northbynw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
@stuartpstevens.bsky.social Stuart please post your excellent 'Dear John Cornyn' piece - at least as a link to Lincoln Square? Your Youtube posts and writings are something that I can show my Republican father about why Trump betrays everything the party ever stood for.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“The last night I was a pediatric resident, a child came in with Hib and promptly died by the next day. I didn’t work for 50 years to have everything destroyed by one man.” -Dr. Kathryn Edwards, Vanderbilt University This is what RFK Jr. and the anti-vaxxers have wrought.
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A deadly bacterial disease is returning, doctors warn, as vaccination rates fall
Hib once killed 1,000 children a year, permanently disabling many more. Doctors who've never seen the disease say the comeback is changing the way they practice medicine.
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E.J. Dionne @ejdionne.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Election ballots helpfully inform voters who is a Republican & who is a Democrat. Our campaign finance system is now so corrupt that we may soon have to add “Sponsored by A.I.” or “Sponsored by crypto.” Policy making on A.I. & crypto shouldn’t be for sale. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...
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Opinion | The New Moneyed Interests: Crypto and A.I.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/03/2026
For months, families lived in fear, children were separated from parents, and two of our neighbors were killed by federal agents. I’m establishing a council to document the impact of Metro Surge and create a public record of the harm Minnesotans endured. We will not forget.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
“Everywhere I went in New York people openly loathed the very sight of me. So naturally I concluded that the entire city had gone crazy and I left. There was no other possible explanation.”
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The Wall Street Journal published this one week ago.
Opinion: iran war will lower energy prices 
by Peter Navarro
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
mind-boggling to me that i still have yet to see a single democrat utter the phrase “every republican president of your lifetime has destroyed the economy and started a war”
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Jacob Weindling @jakeweindling.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Can you imagine if every recession except for one going back to the 1950s happened under Democratic presidents? The GOP would have already put that in schoolbooks, yet I don't think I've ever heard a Democrat bring this fact up.
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NorthByNW @northbynw.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Really enjoyed the Strategy Session with guest, Mehdi Hassan of Zeteo - zeteo.com - and it's the anniversary edition! 🎉 action.lincolnsquare.media/anniversary?...
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Lincoln Square Anniversary Registration
I just signed up for Lincoln Square's One Year Anniversary virtual events. Want to join me?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/03/2026
Oscar well deserved
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
"Go to Las Vegas with @mckaycoppins.bsky.social ," the bosses told me. "Okay, then" I said. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training for three years before the office was disestablished last year. I owned the policy on professional military education for all five services. I have listened to Secretary Hegseth's announcement. I have thoughts. 🧵
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
When the President decides photojournalists can’t take pictures at Sec’y Hegseth’s Iran briefings, it’s not a small thing. We’re connecting the dots to the larger efforts to erode our 1st Amendment rights, just when we need them the most. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The Fate of the First Amendment
The Defense Department announced is barring press photographers from the briefings it holds on the war in Iran.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Enrique Tarrio and other Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Trump pardoned them. Tarrio and his men planned the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Tarrio even claimed credit for it, messaging others: “Make no mistake…We did this…” Now he’s meeting with Sec. Rubio.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio meets with Secretary Rubio
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections. snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...
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The Desire for Terror
And the defense of democracy
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Not just any white hat. It comes from “The Trump Store." You can find it there for $55 & plenty of other stuff & links to Trump Hotels, Trump Golf, etc. Apparently, to Trump, nothing says great opportunity for pushing merchandise like bringing home fallen soldiers. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Busy days ahead for our new Fraud Czar, JD Vance.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/02/2026
triple yikes
CNN graphic showing Trump's approval falling by between 15 and 19 points over the last year with Latinos, under 45, and independents
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
if you missed the trump presser here’s a quick recap
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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
After the Supreme Court ruling, @JBPritzker writes a letter to Trump asking him to pay back the costs of the tariffs to people in his state: "On behalf of the people of Illinois, I demand a refund of $1,700 for every family in Illinois." Includes a mock invoice:
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“You're thinking of the $175 billion in tariff money all wrong. As if I had the money back in a safe. The money's not here. Your money's in the White House ballroom, the renaming of the Department of Defense, the $10 billion transfer to the Board of Peace, and a hundred other unauthorized actions.”
It’s a Wonderful Life bank run scene.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Trump says he worries about "nuclear" as the world's biggest problem, but he's letting the last major arms treaty - one even the Russians want - lapse. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The End of the Nuclear-Arms-Control Era
The last significant treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn’t putting anything in its place.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This is sad, but good: Artists are refusing to normalize this idiocy, and instead of just commanding performances - which they can't do - the Trump people are closing it down and slinking away.
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The White House Military Office Coast Guard aide was on “Football” duty tonight for Emperor Trump’s return to Washington, DC, from Palm Beach. The ~45-lb. satchel follows Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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NorthByNW @northbynw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A loving father gets surprised with tickets to the championship game in Seattle! So great to have something positive to post... 🥹😎👍 www.msn.com/en-us/sports...
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
‘In August, Trump had boasted about a photo that Putin sent to him on the heels of the Alaska summit: “I’m going to sign this for him,” Trump said. “I was sent one, and I thought you all would like to see it.”’ www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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White House hangs photos of Trump with Putin and Xi in newly remodeled Palm Room
President Donald Trump’s administration is bolstering its military presence in the Middle East amid tensions with Iran. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate. Follow fo...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.” newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
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NorthByNW @northbynw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
WH - Stephen Miller - strikes bill amendment that says US CITIZENS CANNOT BE ARRESTED / DEPORTED?? 🤔
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Trump's pardons wiped out financial crimes that came with hundreds of millions of dollars in punishments: Over half of Trump's 88 individual pardons are for white-collar offenses, with money laundering, bank fraud and wire fraud among the most frequent crimes the president has wiped clean.
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Trump's pardons forgive financial crimes that came with hundreds of millions in punishments
The president’s second-term pardons have wiped clean dozens of financial crimes and significantly more fines and restitution than in past administrations.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Jayapal: Did your investigation find that Donald Trump attempted to manufacture fraudulent slates of electors in 7 states that he lost? Smith: Yes. Jayapal: Did he pressure state officials to ignore true vote counts in those states? Smith: Yes.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Jack Smith on Trump pardoning J6ers: "I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
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NorthByNW @northbynw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Using taxpayer money, of course...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Greenland embraces a new MAGA hat: 'Make America Go Away.' www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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Greenland embraces the new MAGA hat: ‘Make America Go Away’
Thousands of people turned out across Denmark and Greenland to protest Trump’s efforts to seize the island
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Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander @goodlander.house.gov · 15/01/2026
No matter the threats, I'm not backing down. I took an oath to our Constitution, and I intend to keep it.
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