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Dave Hill, Portrait Artist “ My country, wrong, then wronger.”

@painter44.bsky.social
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Previously a college teacher worldwide, I draw and paint every day. This is not a world where the wise are heeded and the good are appreciated, but it could be.

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Liz McFie @lizmcfie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Even despotism does not produce its worst effects, so long as individuality exists under it; and whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called, and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men. - John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I often think about how the rise of the neo-fascist right corresponds to the declining numbers of WW2 vets around to slug them right in the face.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Question du Jour .........actually it's probably a rhetorical question
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Dave Hill, Portrait Artist “ My country, wrong, then wronger.” @painter44.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don’t you feel sorry for poor CNN and Politico? Sold out years ago yet still getting picked on and persecuted? Trying to please Idiot Amin renders you as pathetic as he is. Pitiless plunderer vs pitiful press.
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Cranky Cracker @timmyturmoil.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The FBI is raping the dogs. They're raping the cats.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
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Dave Hill, Portrait Artist “ My country, wrong, then wronger.” @painter44.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Two more WTF’s of the day. David Stockman with RFK jr, and the Orange Oaf takes us back to Cordell Hull’s 19th century Tennessee. Again.
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Dave Hill, Portrait Artist “ My country, wrong, then wronger.” @painter44.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Starting to get a sneaking suspicion that “bad hombre” stuff was 1500% pure projection.
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Tommy Shelby: Oh, I Do Bad Things
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Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hey if any friends with writing/publishing/creativity newsletters want to share my upcoming class, I would be very grateful! This is a one-woman operation and the only way I reach new writers is word of mouth jaimegreen.net/classes
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Andi Watson @andicomics.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Everything I have published so far this year. Sold separately and in a bundle. The bundle is 10% cheaper than buying separately. On sale in my store andiwatson.bigcartel.com Ship worldwide.
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Dave Hill, Portrait Artist “ My country, wrong, then wronger.” @painter44.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s one thing to vote somebody in who turns out to be petty and vindictive,but altogether another to vote them in BECAUSE they’re petty,vindictive,unscrupulous,cruel,hypocritical,stupid, sadistic and insane.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This Administration really does want to turn off American history and turn it on again. Rather like American Libertarianism, which treats current property ownership as sacred and absolute while ignoring its history which would utterly condemn it on Libertarian grounds.
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 10/09/2026
This World Suicide Prevention Day is a reminder to check in on loved ones, prioritize your well-being, and remember that it's okay to ask for help. If you or someone you know is struggling, you can call or text 988Lifeline at 9-8-8 anytime for free, confidential support.
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Dave Hill, Portrait Artist “ My country, wrong, then wronger.” @painter44.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Too bad the pathologically unscrupulous individual behind Tesla did not snag the Fisker model name Karma. But ooh watch it happen anyway. Sux to be that!
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Taylor Swift - Karma Music Video: Golden Light
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Dave Hill, Portrait Artist “ My country, wrong, then wronger.” @painter44.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ever been called lost and blind by readily taxable churchpests? Not adequately crediting them for the current trauma we are enduring, really does point at us being deaf dumb and blind. Jenna Ellis in the Morning? That’s more than just hilarious. It’s biblically perverse.
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Dave Hill, Portrait Artist “ My country, wrong, then wronger.” @painter44.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The abominable snowjob man,color of rust and corrosive as hell,lit up all the gaslights and he’s going for broke.There’ll be cleanup on aisle 47 like the world has never seen.
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Pray For You Pray
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Imagine living in a time where any time you want to buy something nice you need to check first if they are fascist appeasers, slave labourers, environment killers or complicit in disinformation. Just joking you don’t need to imagine, you’re living in it.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Logic is an enemy and truth is a menace.” The late great ROD SERLING with a warning from 1961. THE TWILIGHT ZONE
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There would be something so fitting if Trump’s political career came to an end in a bunker.
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Dave Hill, Portrait Artist “ My country, wrong, then wronger.” @painter44.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We the people have always endured false dilemmas but this latest one is on another level. Either adore a low IQ rickety vulgar malignant felonious rampaging psychopathic dozing lying pedofile or you’re a no good commie.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 21/08/2026
I'm sorry but it's clearly newsworthy that the President's decisions are being unduly influenced by a mentally unstable obsessive no one voted for who has attached themselves to him in an effort to live out weird fantasies they've had for decades. Something has to be done about Stephen Miller.
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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Ok, team, rent is due again and our neighbors still need help. As a result I’m gonna try a thing: buy art for Mutual Aid. Between now and April 15, I will donate 100% of the proceeds from photo print sales to the SENA neighborhood rent fund. You can find the store here: www.rileybruce.com/Shop
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It seems emblematic of a certain Trumpish attitude: such belief in one’s own omnipotence that there’s never a contingency plan in case of failure except bluff, bluster, and blame someone else.
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 07/08/2026
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
10 years ago today
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"We've got a great percentage of our population that, to our great shame, either cannot or, equally unfortunate, will not read. And that portion of our public is growing. Those people are suckers for the demagogue." ~ Walter Cronkite
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Dr. Seuss Bot @dr-seuss-bot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“Grab him!” they shouted. “And cage the big dope! Lasso his stomach with ten miles of rope! Tie the knots tight so he’ll never shake loose! Then dunk that dumb speck in the beezle-nut juice!”
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Dr. Seuss Bot @dr-seuss-bot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
He plays lots of bad tricks. Don’t you let him come near. You know what he did The last time he was here.”
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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
First-degree burn from the crowd that looks like melted action figures drawn from memory
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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Decision Desk HQ projects Fred Wellman wins the MO US House 2 Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 11:21 PM EDT
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givedogsthevote.bsky.social @givedogsthevote.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Y'all. Take a doom break and scroll his shop. Puffins! ❤️ www.carlbovis.com/shop-3
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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Donald McCarthy @void-d00m.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Politics is only brought into disrepute when we allow a comically inadequate character to challenge a hardworking, decent patriot like Count Binface.
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Elizabeth @lizard714.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Republicans have been gutting education for decades. This is what becomes of an ignorant society. How do you wake up a person who is too dumb (w/ a b) to know they are dumb?
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Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I’ve got only four slots left on my January 23-February 4 Kenya trip. If you are considering, don’t delay! Email me at hollyabf@azebrawithoutstripes.com Full details (one correction to this, you can now pay by credit card): drive.google.com/file/d/1dqjB...
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 30/07/2026
Stupid empire x.com/reutersafric...
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Dave Hill, Portrait Artist “ My country, wrong, then wronger.” @painter44.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
30 yr old wiki quote from Moscow Mitch🙄 McConnell said that the Republicans had known that Packwood's seat would very likely fall to the Democrats if Packwood were forced out.…he and his fellow Republicans felt that it came down to a choice of "retain the Senate seat or retain our honor".[33]
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* There Are Bot @diogeneslamp.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Well ya see, somewhere a transgender was swimming. So I had to give the nuclear codes to a rapist criminal
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
hey does anyone know where i can read a profile of some dumb asshole that fell for a reality show hosts bull shit and it took a decade for them to realize theyd been duped? oh every day in every major publication? awesome thanks
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Guys who demand “historically accurate” Odyssey when faced with historically accurate US history
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
WHAT THEY SAY: "You have Trump Derangement Syndrome." WHAT THEY MEAN: "He raped children and I don't care."
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Rep. Mai Xiong @maixiong.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
These actions betray our values as a nation built by immigrants and a responsibility to support those fleeing persecution —often due to U.S. policies and military interventions.
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Rep. Mai Xiong @maixiong.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Instead of fixing real issues, the Right and MAGA Republicans choose to stoke fear, scapegoat vulnerable populations, and erode America’s role as a beacon of hope.
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Monty Boa @montyboa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
... said the impartial but hopeful recipient of the funds. BTW: The greatest threat our nation faces is actually a crime syndicate masquerading as a political party and replacing competent professionals with incompetent, anti-science zealots led by a mobster. (See: Iran War, COVID excess deaths)
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Henry Giroux @girouxh.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Hi Everyone, thought you might be interested in my latest article on corruption in Trump’s America, which has become i a spectacle, a mode of governance, and a public pedagogy that legitimates greed, cruelty, and lawlessness. www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/29/g... Best, Henry
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Gangster Capitalism and Corruption in Trump’s America
Corruption has never been far from the center of American politics. Some of the most notorious scandals stretch from the cronyism of Warren G. Harding to the abuses of power exposed during the Waterga...
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