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Phil Lipari

@phil-lipari.bsky.social
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Pharmacology researcher neurodegenerative disease and oncology background. Pro science. Film music lover. Science Fiction and anime fan. Progressive, anti-fascist.

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 9h
they really caught this guy demonstrating concern for human lives, which is something Republicans are 100% against
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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 15h
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 15h
Using public funds for “government-sponsored propaganda” is likely “an impeachable offense.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Analysis: Trump stirs new storm by posing as strongman in taxpayer-funded video | CNN Politics
It’s Donald Trump as he wants America to see him.
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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Anime’s boom finally pays off — for some
A labor shortage, rising standards and a global audience are reshaping the industry — but not everyone is benefiting equally.
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 28/09/2026
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. hartmannreport.com/p/the-republ...
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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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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Coming in October to @pbs.org : www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
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Evolution
Trace the epic journey of animal life, from a single cell to the amazing variety alive today.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's a cult of personality. robertreich.substack.com/p/maga-repub...
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The MAGA Factor
What separates Trump voters who consider themselves MAGA from Trump voters who do not?
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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Israeli-Hamas Conflict is a logical result of 50 years of failed military policies. Israel has been killing Palestinians and stealing their land for decades.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In so many ways it feels like Trump is doing a speed run of Bush’s second term and I should remind you that Bush fucked up so badly that a country built on the back of slavery and Jim Crow said “yeah sure, let’s try the black guy, it’s really that bad.”
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 26/09/2026
The literature about changes in nor’easters due to climate change is clear about two things: 1) more intense precipitation due to a warmer atmosphere, and 2) more extensive coastal flooding due to higher sea levels
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Maxima @maxima-infinity.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." Christopher Reeve (1952-2004) was born on this date.
Chris as Superman in B&W w/ the NYC skyline behind.
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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Don the Don's Truth Social is not truth but opinion, lies & propaganda. These three are destroying the international rules based order the USA helped found post WWII to try & prevent those very wars. Untruths to rewrite history to revive a Russian empire, greater Israel & the US of Trump, fascism.
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic - 🤖 ELON MUSK AND HIS DOGE PALS vs. GIANT A.I. ROBOTS!! - Brought to you by the Inner Hive, including long-time member B.T. Robinson and new member Terry Kimber (bit.ly/theInnerHive) - READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Nick Anderson by Nick Anderson for September 25, 2026 | GoComics
Read Nick Anderson—a comic strip by creator Nick Anderson—for today, September 25, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Steve Abbott, Collins’s reelection campaign manager, claimed that Navatek’s research in 2019 benefited the UMaine, who used it to launch a new boat last month. “This most recent boat has no Navatek connection, and UMaine has not worked with Navatek since 2021” Collins is a corrupt ass lying bitch
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It adds up when you realize who controls the narrative.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I can’t put into words how evil this is. People are dying at the hands of ICE in the street, and behind the walls of detention centers, moms are losing their babies. This is why ICE oversight is necessary—to keep exposing this unimaginable cruelty. Trump needs to answer for this.
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Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As I told @gregsargent.bsky.social, Congress should demand answers from those responsible for diverting taxpayer funding intended to protect people from persecution to some of the world’s worst authoritarians, for purposes which clearly violate human rights.
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Michael's Movie Group @michaelcinemagroup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#filmsky Hitchcock used to say that a thriller is only as good as its villains. Freeline Media critic @mikeymcfilms.bsky.social looks back at some of his favorite films featuring perhaps the greatest (if nastiest) villains of all time: the Nazis! Read on! freelinemediaorlando.com/mike-at-the-...
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Mike At The Movies: The Fifth Column | Freeline Media
Mike At The Movies: The Fifth Column. Freeline Media looks back at the greatest movie villains of all - The Nazis! Read on.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
EXACTLY 👇 THIS.......
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judge grants TRO for CNN, MSNBC NOW, Politico: “the Court is skeptical—at least on this record—that Defendants’ interest in safeguarding national security is the actual motivation for, or is even advanced by, the revocation of Plaintiffs’ hard passes.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
U.S. government has an agency called the “Office of Remigration” = Office of Ethnic Cleansing. Truly horrifying. newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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victor6568.bsky.social @victor6568.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Corruption is a serious threat to any country, especially when people are fighting and sacrificing their lives for freedom. We need transparency, accountability, and the truth not corruption or abuse of power. Let the facts be investigated, and let justice speak. 🇺🇦🫡
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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Nick Anderson by Nick Anderson for September 23, 2026 | GoComics
Read Nick Anderson—a comic strip by creator Nick Anderson—for today, September 23, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We go through the indictment of a defense contractor that helped ProPublica come up with a story that looks really bad for Maine Senator Susan Collins & assess the evidnece joycevance.substack.com/p/a-bad-tues...
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A Bad Tuesday in Maine if Your Name is Susan Collins
And a new order in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files case
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 22, 2026 | GoComics
Read Pearls Before Swine—a comic strip by creator Stephan Pastis—for today, September 22, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
new toon: large language muddle www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Large language muddle
A cartoon by Tom Tomorrow.
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Michael Jochum @notjustadrummer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The Death Throes of Democracy
Let Your Voices Be Heard
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Resistenza @resistenza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More corruption.
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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'd say yes but what do I know. Look at the evidence Robert Reich presents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
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Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He wants his name on everything except the consequences.
Social media post:
Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin
Why does Trump want his name to appear
on everything?
Isn't 38,000 times in the Epstein files
enough for him?
8:27 AM . 19 Sep 26
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Jim Hightower @jimhightower.com · 22/09/2026
Trump says Democrats want to blow up Mount Rushmore. Tim Scott says they want to rip our hearts out. The GOP is reviving McCarthyism. Full commentary: jimhightower.substack.com/p/gop-leader...
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Anne C. Serling @anneserling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"In every country in which there has been a loss of freedom, where does it begin? It begins in news media, in public print, in books, and on the proscenium. That's where they attack you first right there. That's the bread basket." —Rod Serling
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Kelly has ordered the government to RESPOND to the CNN/MSNOW/Politico TRO by TOMORROW, and a hearing is set on the Temporary Restraining Order motion for WEDNESDAY at 3:30 PM.
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is not normal. It’s straight out of an authoritarian playbook. We change this come November. #Midterms 🌊
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Maxima @maxima-infinity.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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