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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Yes. newrepublic.com/article/2161... By Neil Abrams (7-Oct-2026): "... Nonviolent rebellion—the strategic use of protests, strikes, and similar methods—has paralyzed authoritarian regimes and forced despots from power the world over. It can work in America too. ..." bsky.app/profile/jbf1...

newrepublic.com

If Trump Steals an Election, Here’s What to Do

Nonviolent rebellion has proven again and again to be the most effective way of ousting even a determined autocrat.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

From ( nancywoods.substack.com/p/smells-lik... 10-Oct-2026)"... Caveat Emptorium: “Based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries.” Lots of Russian refineries have gone the way of the dodo bird ... energy analysts are speculating that there’s no way Russia can deliver that much diesel."

nancywoods.substack.com

Smells Like Treason Spirit

October 10. 2026

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

17-Oct-2026 www.nokings.org#map Ezra Levin/Indivisible: "...“Do you think you can take out a fascist just by voting, just by organizing? You think that’s how this works?” Yes, that’s how this works. If they can do it in Hungary, we can do it here." bsky.app/profile/acyn... Exactly! "Too big to rig"

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have different links for Snyder ( @timothysnyder.bsky.social snyder ) and Tarlov ( @jessicatarlov.bsky.social ) "Disagreement and Persuasion with Jessica Tarlov" youtu.be/uMx1E3tBIgs snyder.substack.com/p/disagreeme... bsky.app/profile/solo...

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Disagreement and Persuasion with Jessica Tarlov

YouTube video by Timothy Snyder

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not Canadian, but I follow Prof. Snyder. Watched first 20 min. "...mistake [of Democrats is assuming] there is a status quo that maybe we could go back to ... The status quo is objectively unacceptable, but also most people hate it." youtu.be/uMx1E3tBIgs (quote at 17:42) bsky.app/profile/solo...

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Disagreement and Persuasion with Jessica Tarlov

YouTube video by Timothy Snyder

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A really good line from liberalisheverythingleftunsaid.substack.com/p/on-karma-r... "Accountability is karma with its sleeves rolled up."

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks for the "alt text" to this "Hey Democrats" post.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I found this post of this image, which already has alt text. bsky.app/profile/funn... (image link: cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_ful... ) There were several others, including this one ( bsky.app/profile/simp... ) that has a link to PoursTea on Reddit.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lawbreakers stand trial. Convictions carry consequences. Your friends included. We're not electing weakness. We want justice. We want order. We want decency back. Don't waste it." /3end

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We're about to hand you Congress and a lot of state races. Understand why. It's not so you can go high when they go low. It's not to forgive and forget. It's not for another round of centrist, corporate-owned politics. We want the rule of law enforced. We want corruption stopped. /2of3

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This image needs "alt text". Based on some of the text, I suspect this comes from Threads: www.threads.com/@brandon.k.p... I suggest "brandon.k.pollard Hey Democrats. /1of3

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

True. We can make a long list of mistakes where we prioritized returning to normalcy over accountability. It never works; we need to try more accountability and less accommodation. Being polite is fine, good even, but we must also be firm.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yes! I agree that "What should Democrats do if they win?" by Jamelle Bouie ( youtu.be/NmYspr5wakI ) is great. His focus on accountability and holding the Trump administration responsible is correct. The mandate is for accountability. I even agree that Tammy Duckworth is wrong to try for compromise.

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What should Democrats do if they win?

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The whole speech by Sikorski is worth listening to (6 minutes or so). youtu.be/SzlhO20QpGw bsky.app/profile/paul...

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“You Cannot Win,” Poland's Sikorski Directly Answers Lavrov, Warns Russia at UN | AC1N

YouTube video by DRM News

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Excellent speech by Polish FM Radosław Sikorski about the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the UN: “You can still kill many people, but you cannot win. Sergei [Sergey Lavrov], tell your boss: enough is enough,” Sikorski said, addressing Lavrov at the UN Security Council bsky.app/profile/real...

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Or maybe that Boston Globe article ( www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/16/a... ) is really by Chris Vognar ( @chrisvognar.bsky.social ) Globe Staff, Updated September 16, 2026, 2:52 p.m. The Abraham confusion was due to my use of Firefox's text mode.

bostonglobe.com

Robert Kraft barring Macklemore from performing at Gillette Stadium is a misuse of power. And it’s already backfired. - The Boston Globe

It shouldn’t take a political science student to see that this is an egregious misuse of power.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yes. The "Streisand Effect" ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisa... ) is real. Found this ( www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/16/a... ) by Yvonne Abraham titled "Robert Kraft's actions towards Macklemore create a Streisand effect". "The Macklemore/Robert Kraft/Ed Sheeran brouhaha ..."

bostonglobe.com

Robert Kraft barring Macklemore from performing at Gillette Stadium is a misuse of power. And it’s already backfired. - The Boston Globe

It shouldn’t take a political science student to see that this is an egregious misuse of power.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thanks for the threadreaderapp link ( threadreaderapp.com/thread/20972... ) to excellent threads from Clément Molin, who is only on X.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This line "Amodei [CEO of Anthropic] isn’t just trying to protect humanity from rogue #AI, he is also trying to protect humanity from Donald Trump." is best in a good 14-Sep-2026 post by Paul Krugman ( paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-maga-p... ). bsky.app/profile/rach...

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

By Kira Rudik dated 16-Jul-2026 titled "Russia’s Empire Is Starting to Fall—the “Good Russians” Know It" opinion in Newsweek. www.newsweek.com/russias-empi...

newsweek.com

Russia's empire is starting to fall—the "good Russians" know it | Opinion

As someone who lives in Kyiv under almost nightly missile and drone attacks, let me tell you something.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

... Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.*

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. ...

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

... Either we have hope within us or we don’t; it’s a dimension of the soul; it’s not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the world or estimate of the situation. Hope is not prognostication. ...

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Here is more of the quote from Havel: "The kind of hope I often think about (especially in situations that are particularly hopeless, such as prison) I understand above all as a state of mind, not a state of the world. ...

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

... In Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities (Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2016).

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thanks for the link on Hope to fore.yale.edu/blogs/entry/... . Cite: "*Vaclav Havel, “The kind of hope I often think about” in Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvizdala, trans and intro. by Paul Wilson (New York: Vintage Books, 1990), 181. ...

fore.yale.edu

Vaclav Havel on Hope | Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I think this is from "Fight the Fire" substack by Sam Bellamy, specifically "Milo and the Tate brothers would like your pity": fightthefire.substack.com/p/milo-and-t...

fightthefire.substack.com

Milo and the Tate brothers would like your pity

My, my, the casualties of the face-eating leopards are certainly starting to pile up

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sorry; if it is not clear this quote is from GDAEman ( @gdaeman.bsky.social ). Thanks.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I liked this quote from the Substack transcript: "[50 years ago] We basically stopped imposing progressive taxes that limited the growth of enormous fortunes. And sure enough, as the tax barriers to accumulation of excessive wealth went away, excessive wealth began to concentrate."

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Also some good points on tax cheating here (and a youtu.bu link to Paul Krugman's piece on cheatistocracy). "It's time to plan seriously for taxing wealth and auditing rampant tax evasion in 2029 when we rid our nation of the fraudsters." youtu.be/VUU6jUZKkm0?...

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From Kakistocracy to Cheatistocracy

YouTube video by Paul Krugman

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thanks for the teaser to this Paul Krugman piece ( paulkrugman.substack.com/p/from-kakis... with transcript ) and also thanks for the Alt Text.

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From Kakistocracy to Cheatistocracy

Rewarding the most dishonest

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Yes. All Hakeem Jeffries should have told Jared Kushner is "Lawyer up. Accountability is coming." What Kushner knows about affordability could be written in large block letters on a small post-it note; there was no need to talk about it. Kushner will need the best lawyers money can buy.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

... Ramsey County and the Minnesota Legislature should [also listen to St. Paul residents]." The Flock Camera issue was brought to me attention by a friend living in St. Paul. I only lived there for a summer, many decades ago.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

... like "Effectiveness Cannot Be the Only Standard. A technology can be useful and still be too intrusive." and "St. Paul’s unanimous vote was not a declaration that crime victims do not matter or that technology has no place in policing. ...

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Okay; here is [most] of what Charlotte actually proposed: “Taiwan is our ally on the front lines against the totalitarian overreach of China. They are central to global security. They are central to the global economy. They are central to our national security. We will never fail [...] Taiwan.”

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Very good post ("Darline Graham Doesn’t Know Shit About Taiwan" charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/darline-gr... ). Clymer's proposed answer was *much* better (but too long to include). Even "Taiwan is our critical ally and we will defend it fully" would have been better than what she actually said.

charlotteclymer.substack.com

Darline Graham Doesn’t Know Shit About Taiwan

And she should. She really should.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Paul Warburg talks ( youtu.be/DKFQNYkq8ww 30:21) about history of the Kuril Islands and Japan's claim. He points out (near the end of the video) that China's access to the Pacific Ocean might be what is driving Putin at this time to antagonize Japan. Makes sense to me. bsky.app/profile/mse-...

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Japan Just Suddenly Became Russia’s Worst Nightmare

YouTube video by Paul Warburg

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Maybe the authority to tax is even more important than voting. From paulkrugman.substack.com/p/vanessa-wi... "Williamson: ... Historically, this is a very deep story. Taxation and representation really do develop together. This goes back all the way to 1215 with the Magna Carta, when King John ..."

paulkrugman.substack.com

Vanessa Williamson on Taxes and Democracy

What tax history teaches us about this dire moment

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

paulkrugman.substack.com

Vanessa Williamson on Taxes and Democracy

What tax history teaches us about this dire moment

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Yes! Voting is even more important than protesting. Overwhelming turnout is needed: "too big to rig". We should learn about voting from Hungary. bsky.app/profile/drpr...

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

From www.cnn.com/2026/08/13/a... I see these details: "Japan asserts territorial rights to the four southernmost islands of the chain, which it calls the Northern Territories." and "“The Northern Territories, including Etorofu (Iturup) Island, are Japan’s inherent territory ...” Motegi said ..."

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Japan should have re-occupied disputed Kuril Islands and welcomed Putin's visit. Though, it "might" involve a detour to The Hague. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... and www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... including this quote "Japan joined the ICC in 2007 and is a strong supporter of the court. ..."

theglobeandmail.com

Putin sparks outrage in Japan after visit to disputed Kuril Islands

Relations between Moscow and Tokyo have waxed and waned over the years, but the Kurils have always been a sticking point

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A good interview ( youtu.be/t8yFT1neP64 ) between Anna & Jake. Thanks for the link for Jake Broe ( @realjakebroe.bsky.social ), I already followed Anna from Ukraine ( @annafromukraine.bsky.social ), but didn't have a link for Jake.

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JAKE BROE IN UKRAINE INTERVIEW: FEDOROV, LAURA LOOMER, NAFO

YouTube video by Anna from Ukraine

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Thanks for the Sam Seder link ( @samseder.bsky.social ). I already follow Molly Jong-Fast ( @mollyjongfast.bsky.social ), but didn't have the Sam link.

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Worth checking out the whole interview: "Trump's Presidency Has now FAILED On Every Front w/ Sam Seder" in Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6t5... "... [Molly]: ... I think we should be talking about it is how angry voters are because voters are really mad. ..."

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Trump's Presidency Is Now IN REAL TROUBLE w/ Sam Seder

YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast

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Ted🐸❌️👑 @otandaka.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Disappointed to learn that Kat Abughazaleh lost her March 17th, 2026 primary for Congress from IL-09. I learned (7-Aug-2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6t5... ) that she was defeated ( www.politico.com/news/2026/03... ) by Daniel Biss (29.4% vs 26.3%), a jewish anti-AIPAC candidate: so not terrible.

politico.com

AIPAC attacks fall flat as Democrat Daniel Biss wins Illinois House primary

The suburban Chicago mayor, who has criticized Israel, will succeed retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky.

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