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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 5h

My Detroit Lions are currently 2-2. My fantasy football team is 2-2. I'm not happy with either. I'll leave it at that. #Gridiron #OnePride #DetroitLions #Lions

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Under Pres. Obama there was overall an 11% reduction to the U.S. military due to sequestration and shifting geopolitical landscapes as operations in Afghanistan and Iraq wound down. This included a reduction in the number of generals and admirals. Hegseth is an ideological goon and political asshat.

thehill.com

GOP senators, blindsided by Hegseth, demand notice, transparency

Key Republican senators say they were blindsided by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announced 20 percent reduction of the U.S. military’s general and admirals, and they’re voicing concerns a…

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

2/ derelicts have injected so much chaos and stupidity into our national security apparatus that our enemies won't have to do very much to further weaken us. He and his morons have purged thousands, now, with the experience and knowledge to keep us from harm. Its like they're on somebody's payroll.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

1/ So much turmoil and upheaval in our federal agencies and departments we all should be concerned for our safety. We've incompetent sycophants in charge of the Pentagon, the FBI, Homeland Security, NSC, the Department of Justice... And a corrupt, unfit dictator wannabe for president... TFG and his

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Well, shit. Sass Jordan passed away Friday. A good live act. Saw her the first time circa 1992 at St. Andrews Hall as support for the Arc Angels. Heckuva' a belter. RIP.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you think of MAGA as a collective of the functionally stupid and TFG as the leader of the stupid, its almost too easy to dismiss, but yes, they've cognitive biases and bad impulses and they've rejected objective critical thinking so they are indeed stupid. However, they're also WILLING FASCISTS.

newrepublic.com

Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This week's listens: Sick Of It All/Death To Tyrants/2006 Pro-Pain/Prophets Of Doom/2005 Hanoi Rocks/All Those Wasted Years...Live At The Marquee/1991 (reissue) Duke Robillard/Guitar Groove-A-Rama/2007 Eric Johanson/The Deep And The Dirty/20023

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

2/ If the Dems can secure majorities in both chambers, they can pursue investigations and hold hearings, reprioritize the federal budget, block or amend TFG's favored legislation, and fend off judicial appointments and cabinet postings. Simply put, we flip congressional majorities, its a good start.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

1/ Forget the polling and the predictions. If you want change and a concerted push forward from the carnage that is TFG, our country needs unassailable Democratic wins. Without losing any of their own seats, the Democratic Party must still win no fewer than five in the House and five in the Senate.

wsj.com

These ‘Double Haters’ Have Lost Faith in Both Parties—and Could Decide the Midterms

The rising tide of voter disenchantment stands to benefit Democrats in this year’s midterm contests.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hegseth's religiosity aligns with Christian nationalism which should be scary af for our military. There may not be any atheists in the foxhole, but whatever relationship you have with your God is yours as is the absence of it. Both the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause say as much.

salon.com

Hegseth puts on the "full armor of God" and sets up a sacred "direct line" - Salon.com

His religious affairs office reports directly to him, allowing for "spiritual readiness" of the military

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

3/ armaments and munitions, the loss of 73 aircraft, 72 naval vessels, and 180+ other military equipment and assets alongside a daily cost of nearly $1 billion to maintain operations... Its a war of choice led by an unfit POTUS and an incompetent SECDEF with no metrics for victory or exit strategy.

washingtonmonthly.com

The Disintegration of the U.S. Military Under Trump and Beyond

Russia’s woes in Ukraine reflect its autocracy, corruption, and dismal choices. Sounds like the Pentagon under Pete Hegseth.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

2/ unsafe, and jeopardizes both our national security and ability to fight wars on multiple fronts. More, the quagmire that is our war with Iran has resulted in, unofficially, 22 of our military dead and more than 825 wounded and, officially, 40+ billion in damages to U.S. bases, a 50% depletion of

youtube.com

'Putin is laughing at this': Iraq War Vet calls Hegseth's speech a 'SNL cold open'

YouTube video by MS NOW

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

1/ More than 25 military and civilian leaders have been fired, forced out, or retired since that swinging dick peon Hegseth became SECDEF. 80+ have been displaced, demoted, or sidelined and 45+ others have had their promotions blocked. This loss of expertise and institutional knowledge is rash,

washingtonpost.com

Hegseth to cut more generals, admirals in bid to remake military’s top ranks

The defense secretary is expected to announce that the number of top officers will be reduced by as much as 20 percent, officials said.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

TFG's annual financial disclosure numbered 927 pages. Obama's and Biden's each fewer than 12. His family empire and their inner circles are money-grubbing parasites leveraging American interests, here and abroad, to further line their pockets. They should be prosecuted as a criminal organization...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The new TIME interview with TFG should give any normal person enough discomfort and worry that restless nights of sleep become common. Many of us recognize he's an ignorant, corrupt, power mad authoritarian wannabe and in our gut we knew as much when he'd descended that golden elevator in June 2015.

time.com

Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript

The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The level of ignorance and disrespect shown by TFG's administration towards our environment and those precious spaces which belong to the American people is indisputably without measure. Not unlike razing an active and cherished church with historical, architectural, and cultural significance...

outsideonline.com

The Border Wall Just “Decapitated” a 7,000-Year-Old Arizona Carving Created Before Stonehenge and Egypt’s Pyramids

A newly dated 272-foot rock carving in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was severely damaged by border contractors, exposing a growing threat to public lands, outdoor access, and sacred Indigeno...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Every November election races tighten or separate, margins blur, numbers flip, events or news revelations inject sudden volatility, predictive models go sideways, and polling data doesn't matter. Turnout is an absolute must and if you're voting Democratic or anti-Trump, you gotta' show... #Democracy

wsj.com

What Democratic Voters Actually Think of the Party, the DSA and the Midterms

WSJ’s Eliza Collins spoke with a group of Democratic voters about the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America and who should lead the party in 2028.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

TFG has been bragging how well he and his MAGA Republicans have been governing our nation, that this is the "best" our country has ever been... But, they do a poor job of getting the word out. That unfair perceptions are a PR problem... Which actually means their lies don't stand like they once had.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bernstine is filth and ample evidence why no ballot should ever have an empty line. Democrats didn't put up a candidate, Bernstine won the primary as a write-in, and then the seat in November as a candidate for both parties... Draft a candidate if you must because "unopposed" is some stupid shit.

rawstory.com

Pro-Trump Republican disrupts event by 'spewing hateful, vile' slurs at Black Dem

A Pennsylvania Republican aligned with President Donald Trump disrupted a Democratic fundraiser by calling a gay Black Democratic lawmaker a slur and falsely claiming he has AIDS, a witness said.State...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Twice these past few days I've seen TFG's "golden age of America" ad. It is one of three paid for by U.S. taxpayers like you and I. These are not "public service announcements"... They are MAGA indoctrinated junk... Campaign propaganda for TFG... Sickening. Demeaning. Insulting...

usatoday.com

Trump using Homeland Security funds to pay for TV ads before midterms

The Trump administration is using Homeland Security money to air pro-Trump ads on TV before the midterms, according to documents and lawmakers.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

3/ While there are similarities between the United States and Canada in their treatment of Indigenous Peoples, efforts to pacify, subjugate, eradicate, or assimilate didn't stop at some territorial border drawn by the white colonialists of either nation. The murderous brutalities are sadly entwined.

wilsoncenter.org

Reckoning and Reparation: Canada Navigates Past Mistreatment of Indigenous Populations

Canada and the United States differ in their approaches to Indigenous reconciliation at the policy, legal, and social levels. Canada Institute Intern Rose Skylstad explores these historical difference...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

2/ The theme this year is "Honouring Truth with Action" which marks the 10th anniversary of "The Secret Path", a collaboration of Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire depicting the story of Chanie Wenjack, a young Ojibwe who died in 1966 trying to escape from one of Canada's repressive residential schools.

youtube.com

Gord Downie's The Secret Path

YouTube video by CBC Arts

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1/ I listen to 3-4 Ontario rock stations when I'm not cranking a cd and each September 30th its "A Day to Listen" when 400+ Canadian radio stations recognize their National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and broadcast the voices, conversations, histories, and stories of the Indigenous Peoples.

youtube.com

Survivors gather on Parliament Hill for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

YouTube video by CBC News

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2/ they're entitled dirtbags and corrupt piggies. They are, in fact, volenti non fit injuria because in their conceited opinion, no harm is done. National monuments, heritage sites, historical landmarks, public lands, federal parks... When contemptibly ignorant, its all havoc and obliterations...

nbcnews.com

Trump’s border wall construction cut into an ancient ground carving older than Stonehenge

The Las Playas Intaglio carving of a huge fish is at least 2,000 years older than the first Egyptian pyramid, according to researchers’ estimations.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1/ When comparing TFG and his MAGA Republicans to the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Asian Longhorned Beetles, and Emerald Ash Borer, these highly devastating insects are poseurs. These bugs are incredibly destructive because its their nature. TFG and MAGA Republicans are willful destroyers because

theguardian.com

US senator blocks bill to ban Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center without Congress’s approval

Mike Lee objected to the safeguard against the demolition of any presidential memorial Congress designates

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It probably doesn't need saying, Sen. Booker covered it pretty well, but the majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans (e.g. Kennedy, Cruz, Lee, Blackburn, Schmitt) are ass-sniffing enablers attempting to please an orange-y audience of one. Theirs is a betrayal of their office and oath.

mediaite.com

Cory Booker Goes Absolutely Berserk on Ted Cruz, Republicans: ‘This Hearing Is a Farce’

Senator Cory Booker spit fire at Senator Ted Cruz and Republicans as a whole for 10 straight minutes as former special counsel Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

2/ with his first term in our White House. And then further still, vote for any Republican who has steadfastly supported him, his cabinet, and his proxies in spite of all the incompetence, all the corruption, and all the executive orders and federal policies that have savaged the American people.

nbcnews.com

Midterms 2026: Congress Polls and More

Get the latest 2026 midterm election polling numbers ahead of November. Track the road to a Congress majority, battleground polls and which states could flip

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1/ It is unfathomable to me anyone would vote for a presidential candidate who felt entitled to grab any woman (or girl) "...by the p---y..." And then continue to vote for him a second or third time after the chaos, cruelty, and dysfunction most ostensibly sane, intelligent people would associate

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It is a nightmarish absurdity the United States should side with Russia against a UN vote condemning its invasion of Ukraine. I'm starting to believe either TFG is somehow a willing Putin asset or that his admiration for Vlad is a twisted personal obsession.

idahopublicpress.com

US Joins Russia in UN Vote Against Condemning Ukraine Invasion – Idaho Public Press

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2/ parasitic contagion that has not only infected conservative principles, but those issues and policies long associated as ideological bedrock. The Republican Party no longer has fealty to the Constitution nor loyalty to the American people. It has instead become a palpable threat to democracy.

washingtonexaminer.com

The Right doesn't need to remake itself. It just needs courage

The civil war raging on the Right is not likely to die down soon. The rot? White nationalism, antisemitism, racism, and authoritarian tendencies.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1/ Since the end of WW2, the United States has been unreservedly the chief proponent for democracy and undeniably the Leader of the Free World, but with a tyrannical wannabe for president, it has abdicated these roles. Moreover, TFG's morally impoverished, fringe-y movement has proven for the GOP a

salon.com

Donald Trump abdicates as leader of the free world

The president's UN address showed he has ceded that position to Canada's Mark Carney

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TFG is ignorant, vain, corrupt, unhinged, and vengeful. He's a wannabe dictator who should never have been POTUS. Not ever fucking ever. He's recklessly fractured the world order and severely damaged our role in it. He's like an arsonist. With hostages. And we're responsible for this insane mess...

nymag.com

The New World Order Is Here

Our allies are tired of the U.S. pushing them around.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spent yesterday in Stratford ONT to see Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Festival Theatre. An impressive performance and the set designs and costuming breathtaking. Turned out to be near perfect weather as well. Drove mostly country roads to get there and back so a thoroughly relaxed day...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Shit. Rose Tattoo frontman Angry Anderson passed away. Their 1982 album Scarred For Life is a fave of mine and "We Can't Be Beaten" just a ripper of a song. RIP.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you kept a ledger of which commentators, pundits, and streamers were the most soulless pieces-of-shit week-to-week, its an even bet Megyn Kelly would be competing for that top spot on the tally sheet consecutive weeks. You'd expect the fringe-y Laura Loomer and Candace Owens, but Kelly... Fuck.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm not questioning their athletic abilities or the like, but knuckle-dragging chest-thumpers like Jake and Logan Paul should understand well enough they're in no position to "motivate" our troops unless they've been them and done that and they aren't and they haven't. What a dumbass DoD PR move...

dagens.com

Trump's influencer bros ripped over tone-deaf military stunt: "They should enlist" | Dagens.com

Commentators from across the political spectrum blasted the brothers for acting tough while letting others do the actual fighting.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Every time TFG wants to put something on the fast track, with as little oversight and regulation as possible, it becomes an issue of "national security", his vanity projects included. Authoritarians always want tributes to themselves, a reimagining where they, alone, are the center of the universe.

apnews.com

Trump says his planned arch would become a 'military complex' able to host drones and snipers

President Donald Trump says the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers ...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As a teen I'd read D.F. Jones' "Colossus" (adapted for the movies as The Forbin Project) and Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" alongside "supercomputer" science-fiction by James Blish and Isaac Asimov so though I possess a Luddite gene I do wish I could be as sanguine as Obama...

realclearpolitics.com

Obama: There's A "Non-Zero Chance" AI Could Decide Humans Are "Not Necessary"

Former President Barack Obama discusses the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and warns that AI systems could potentially decide humans are unnecessary. FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I do...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Possibly the truest remark this past week: "...the Trump scheme is to lie and repeat it incessantly and for the MAGA cult it becomes truth despite what they see with their own eyes." -Moe Davis, retired USAF colonel and former administrative law judge #DefendDemocracy #Protect1A #VoteBlue2026

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This week's listens: Corrosion Of Conformity-Good Man/Baad Man-2026 The Black Keys-Peaches!-2026 Them Evils-Rollin' Stoned And Livin' Free-2018 Neurosis-An Undying Love For A Burning World-2026 Mastodon-Marrow Deep-2026

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

2/ of them. TFG and his cadre of the incompetent and the unfit is tragically as far away from who we should be as a country as a Mars landing, but here we are, trying to reclaim democracy from corrupt agents of chaos and dysfunction and longstanding enemies. In this fight, we must become implacable.

newyorker.com

Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy

Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1/ Often you'll hear those who follow politics and current events say about our missteps and failures as a nation, "That's not who we are!". While we are not always the best version of ourselves, we have been at times guilty of heinous crimes and terrible miscalculations. And right now, this one

rollingstone.com

Trump Is Dismantling the World America Built

Donald Trump and the MAGA movement have destroyed the global order, opening the door for nations like China and Russia to fill the leadership void.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

2/ Into that vacuum steps a realigning European union and a Canada pivoting to a larger role on the international stage as our United States retreats from its once dominant role and meaningful world engagement... Competing powers are not only taking our lunch, we're practically handing it to them...

natoassociation.ca

Canada’s Pivot from Washington to Europe and What This Recalibration Means for NATO

Rachel Potter examines Canada's accelerating defence integration with the European Union, arguing that the durability of instruments like SAFE and Canada's bilateral agreements with countries like Pol...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1/ America has ceded its role in the world. No longer a global aspiration for democratic change nor the uncontested leader of the Free World (and NATO), we've faltered miserably and become an untrustworthy ally. We're not even the preeminent military superpower capable of fighting multiple wars...

euperspectives.eu

As Canada cools to US while rearming, Europe assumes central role - EU Perspectives

Canada is reshaping defence ties toward Europe via Sweden, Poland and EU industrial frameworks, distancing from the US.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Because TFG can't take two steps without infuriating an ally, my number of yard signs in support of those nations we've offended with his ignorance and cheap bullying are beginning to add up... Ukraine, Canada, Greenland, Iceland... At this rate I should have a seat at the United Nations...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

TFG obfuscates, lies, and advances misinformation like many of us take a breath. He is without principles or values. An ignorant, impulsive, corrupt, powermonger dangerously unqualified for office and traitorous to our Constitution.He is unfit, unwell, and sociopathic... Defend the First Amendment!

ms.now

MS NOW journalists denied entry to White House on day after Trump bans them in First Amendment test

The move could pose another First Amendment test for the Trump administration, which has faced legal challenges over efforts to restrict press access based on an outlet’s coverage.

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