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Patrick Baker

@pbjmbaker.bsky.social
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US expat living in Ecuador. Son of immigrant ancestors. Semiretired technology consultant. Father, husband, traveler, cat dad to El Señor Jorge, and musician. Don’t ask me for money! 🔵✡️DEI🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️BLM🫶 🚫 DMs, crypto, MAGÅts, porn. 🚫 profile info=🚫 follow.

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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Excellent piece by @paulwaldman.bsky.social “to be Musk or Zuckerberg or any of these guys is to go through your days in a state of perpetual frustration because the unwashed masses won’t shut up about how terrible you are. And it drives them nuts.” paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-billio...
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The Billionaires Have Met Free Speech, and They Are Not Pleased
When they say they believe in a broad principle almost anyone would agree with, that’s when they’re lying.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
According to several people involved, the Trump administration initially floated an idea that would have virtually shut down mail voting: requiring all ballots to be delivered exclusively through certified mail.
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵On Feb. 26, 1931, the INS under the orders of Herbert Hoover deported up to 1.8 million people to Mexico. An investigation in 2004 revealed 60% were U.S. citizens. Pull up a seat🪑. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.history.com/articles/the...
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The Long History of Anti-Latino Discrimination in America | HISTORY
School segregation, lynchings and mass deportations of Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens are just some of the injustices...
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yep.
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Tea Time
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump is raging at news orgs for refusing to cover his reception of Xi after he banned three from the White House. The real lesson here: When institutions join together to resist his abuses of power it actually works, sending him into a helpless fury. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2158...
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Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel
Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works.
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rogue AI strikes again! substack.com/@contrarian/...
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The Contrarian (@contrarian)
Tom the Dancing Bug — Elon Musk and His Doge Pals in ‘Rogue Won’ By Ruben Bolling
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Folks, if you don’t have a plan to vote out the fascist enabling Republicans in the midterms, you need to make one. Ethnic cleansing by the white nationalist Trump regime is happening on our watch. youtube.com/shorts/EHrOt...
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Judge Stands Up To The Office Of Remigration
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The personification of evil.
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The president and Republicans have become useful idiots in coward Putin’s shadow war on the US and Europe. Vote out Republicans. All of them. Get Russia TF out of our elections. Arm Ukraine so they can drive Russia back into their failed nation’s borders. youtube.com/shorts/LZkVT...
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A Twilight War to Weaken the U.S.
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Maybe f’ing president better.” youtube.com/shorts/yY8w4...
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Jon Stewart on Trump banning news outlets from the White House: "Maybe f**king president better!"
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In case you ever wondered, Vlad the Naziki is a f’ing coward. youtube.com/shorts/K4u7o...
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Meditation 1: On Cowardice
YouTube video by Timothy Snyder
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Washington State to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is 0-25. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
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🚨 United States of America v. Hobbs
Learn more.
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Calvin C @cals-a-dem1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Reading #Books #Read 💚💙👏🏾👏🏾😎👍🏾👊🏾
Wanda Sykes - “Until a drag queen walks into a school and beats 8 kids to death with a copy of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird,’ I think you’re focusing on the wrong shit.”
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The US should not be supporting Russia in their war of aggression against Ukraine. Especially because of the president’s war of choice against Iran. youtube.com/shorts/UhkYQ...
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Dispatch from Kyiv, Ukraine.
YouTube video by Timothy Snyder
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🧵 Today, we're going to delve into the remarkable story of James Forten—a Revolutionary War veteran and former P.O.W. He became one of the most influential Black abolitionists in early American history. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just a reminder: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar voted 100% of the time along the Republican party line. She stood with Trump on everything. Vote for @erodforcongress.bsky.social and send her packing. #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory congressvotetracker.org/legislators/...
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Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar Voting Record · R of FL
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) voting record: key 119th Congress roll calls, party loyalty, attendance, and major-issue votes. Sourced from Congress.gov.
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Share a tv show that raised you.
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Star Trek Star Trek Tos
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Blowhard Donald Trump is all talk, & most of that is lies. Iran war failed. Russia-Ukraine war was not solved on Day 1. The US has become a “laughing stock” across the planet, & his fascist experiment has failed. Great discussion with @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📷 The main gate of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp, which was the main SS guard post & watchtower. Photo: www.instagram.com/terresdunord.terr… ▶ In this short video, you can see the view of the site from the main gate tower: youtube.com/shorts/WuvSAZwE9_o
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 The Catcher Race Riot of 1923 began and ended the same as they all did—a Black man accused of a crime and all hell breaks loose. Many of you—including myself, never heard of this one. Pull up a 🪑my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Star Wars
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Trump is a world historical villain” and a corrupt POS. Marc Andreesen is the personification of Dr. Evil, in deed and appearance. Peter Thiel raves about the Antichrist that he is. Elon is just an asshole.
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Rotten systems attract rotten people.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court REJECTS Department of Justice effort to restore U.S. Postal Service mail-in voting rule. A huge victory for voting rights and free and fair elections. A defeat for Trump and his scheme to rig the elections. www.democracydocket.com/cases/trump-...
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🚨 State of California et al v. United States Postal Service et al
Learn more here.
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notthesameone2.bsky.social @notthesameone2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🐾5-y/o Lucky Charm arrived a wiggly stray late Aug. Listed for pulling toward kenneled dogs & jumping up on staff. Snuggly, engaging, good leash-walker, exuberant. Earned best possible behavior, social w/ staff, neutral passing strangers & dogs on walks. Foster by 9/15: nycacc.app#/browse/263370
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NFW would I do that or respect anyone who did. youtube.com/shorts/9sWZv...
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cult of personality
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In the 1930s Great Depression, a violent splinter group broke away from the Ku Klux Klan. They called themselves The Black Legion — America’s hidden white supremacist army. Pull up a seat🪑 my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Shana Tovah to all who celebrate.
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💋SassyAss💋Sister🔥🔱ValkyrieQueen🔱❤️‍🔥🥷Resistance Fighter👊 📎 @sassysister27.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
❤️ Hi, I’m Cobby! I was surrendered bc of landlord & neighbor issues. My owner says I’m a social, affectionate & playful boy who can be lazy at times, but very loyal & loving. I’ve been very fearful & anxious in here, especially when being leashed. NE Coast Free2foster Queens 206300 🙏Pls Share me!
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When I post the truth about America's racist and violent history, I'm told to stop living in the past. They are the same people who cheer Trump's rollback of DEI initiatives, women's rights, and voting rights. So, who really has a desire to live in the past? *sips*🔥☕️
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Pawpaw would have to remove his Klan hood first so he could give JD a verbal beating about Usha.
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The president is absolutely clueless about how international trade actually works. His tariff moves are absolute failures, and only hurting the US, and continue to trash our standing among other free world nations. Great discussion with @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social.
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Patrick Baker @pbjmbaker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Renewables are the future, whether this president and the oil gas industry likes it or not. youtube.com/shorts/VHwVo...
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Rep. Dave Min: "We should be leading the future, not subsidizing the horse and buggy."
YouTube video by Rep. Dave Min
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Sandy @sandy174.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
AUGGIE needs a hero! He just turned 9, he needs a patient, loving, calm home. He's loyal, full of love. He enjoys walks. Cat tolerant, dog selective. Please contact the shelter if youre interested. Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter (516) 785-5220 3320 Beltagh Avenue Wantagh, NY, 11793 🩵👇🩵👇🩵👇🩵👇🩵
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yes. The difference is that the connection between "mass deportation of ethnic minorities is racist" and "black suffrage is communism" is that one of these statements is correct and the other is stupid. If you read a book sometime you can find out why! bsky.app/profile/ohhe...
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Calvin C @cals-a-dem1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#GoodMorning good people!! #CorruptAndComplicitGOP #Resist #VoteBlue #FoodForThought 💚💙☕️☕️👏🏾👏🏾😎👍🏾👊🏾💙💚
Honey, if democrats truly were rigging the vote, we’d have universal health care, gun control, a democratic Supreme Court, high speed rail networks, AI regulations, and affordable college by now.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ Attica Uprising—REVISITED 🧵 Fifty-five years ago today, the Attica Prison Uprising begins. For many, it is a story of resistance. We're going to do a deep dive and meet the men who led it. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont) www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/12/a...
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Why ‘Attica Day’ Still Matters
For decades, New York prisoners have refused meals on Sept. 13 to mark the end of the 1971 Attica prison uprising. Inside a ritual in decline.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 The 1930 Watsonville Anti‑Filipino Riots is another forgotten chapter of American history. The violence that took place was disgusting. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Jan. 19, 1930 | White Mobs Attack Filipino Farmworkers in Watsonville, California
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Calvin C @cals-a-dem1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#GoodMorning good people!! #CorruptAndComplicitGOP #Resist #VoteBlue 💚💙☕️☕️👏🏾👏🏾😎👍🏾👊🏾
“Please don’t JUST blame trump for where we are now. Name all those who have lied for him, upheld him, covered for him, put false religion around him, and enabled him…Anyone who didn’t speak up bears the blame.” - Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Democrats requested a federal court in Washington, D.C., expedite their bid to block President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting order, citing a new level of urgency as the first ballots in the 2026 general election go out Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Democrats ask court to fast-track bid to block Trump order as 1st ballots head to voters
Democrats said the U.S. Postal Service rule to implement Trump's executive order "presents an immediate, existential threat to mail voting throughout the country."
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
3 September 1944 | The last transport of Jews left #Westerbork camp in the German-occupied #Netherlands to the #Auschwitz camp. 1,019 people were deported, among them Anne Frank, her sister Margot and their parents Otto and Edith. #AnneFrank
Vintage black and white photo of four individuals standing together outdoors, the Frank family. Two adults on the right and in the middle wear elegant hats and coats, with girls next to them, also dressed formally.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"I don’t think the GOP fully grasp how badly they are f---ing up right now"~Trump It's always everyone else's fault but his. They are distancing themselves from his fat ass—too late, though. *sips* ☕️ #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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Trump Posts Rant Saying GOP ‘Sleepwalking Toward A Midterm Reckoning’
Republicans have publicly criticized Trump’s new tariffs on Canadian goods and relaxed restrictions on Beef imports.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨 IMPORTANT🧵❗️🚨 Please make a plan NOW! While it may be a physical challenge for many of you with disabilities, please try to drop your ballot off at your board of election office, or vote in person. Do not rely on a court decision! 🗳 #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New from me this morning.👇 What the whistleblower and others see as a serious flaw in the system is — I am virtually certain — viewed by the White House as one of its primary virtues. newsletters.democracydocket.com/t-rump-wante...
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Trump wanted a machine for mass disenfranchisement. The Postal Service built it.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 School integration was never easy; but what happened in Mansfield, TX was ridiculous. In 1956, the White community refused to allow three Black students to enroll at Mansfield HS, despite a federal court order. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Reupping my post on what Whiskey Pete did after being told on August 14 by top brass that he has lost the Empire in Iran. This is a loathsome post. It is also an ASTOUNDING use of SecDef's time while he is busy losing a war. emptywheel.net/2026/08/31/t...
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Three Days after Learning He Had Lost the Empire, Whiskey Pete Hegseth Campaigned To Be President - emptywheel
In response to being warned that the military is dangerously overstretched, Whiskey Pete Hegseth has offered little but trolling and culture wars.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Trump claims the US is getting 30 ships a day through the Strait of Hormuz, which is probably a lie, as no ship tracker shows that. But even so: the US military is spending resources every day to get to 1/4 of prewar shipping traffic? That’s Trump’s brag?!? Highlights how badly his war has failed.
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Trump says Hormuz is in good shape with ~30 ships transiting nightly
Trump described the Strait of Hormuz as in "extremely good shape" with a lot of oil flowing. Approximately 30 ships are transiting the strait nightly with Navy assistance. Trump said any Iran strikes ...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
At some point those of us in the pro-democracy movement need to stop worrying about Donald Trump and Republicans attacking us over false claims of voter fraud. Instead we need to take steps to protect and expand voting rights and let Trump call us names.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
31 August 1926 | A Polish Jew, Dawid Wiśnia, was born in Sochaczew. Deported to Auschwitz in December 1942 from the ghetto in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. No. 83526 In 1944 he escaped from a transport to Dachau. He joined the US Army & emigrated to the US. He became a cantor. He passed away in 2021.
Three people discussing at a panel, seated at a table with microphones, in front of a wall displaying many framed photographs. There is an audience in the foreground, listening attentively.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trump, empowered by SCOTUS, entered office convinced he could do insider trading, sell pardons and favors, take bribes, steal and openly flout the law. Now, with the prospect of investigations looming, he is growing ever more fearful that he miscalculated.
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