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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 11h

Hey everyone! Listen up! Pay attention!!

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If Joe Biden got one word out of place, Jake Tapper would write a book about it. If you’re tired of the double standard- try independent media. It’s free. It’s award-winning. It has swearing. substack.com/@muellershew...

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Headlines for October 6, 2026

The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“What’s different and scarier now is that the Justice Department’s leadership is working together to validate the president’s election lies from the top down. Turning fiction into fact is now part of the job description.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o...

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Opinion | Trump Is Getting Desperate. It Shows.

The Justice Department is trawling to find perpetrators on whom to pin conspiracies. Ordinary citizens are being ensnared.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:

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Who paid for this?

Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

‘Big’ fish from little pond learns about life in the BIG pond.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

‘deflection’ doing all of the ‘lifting’ here …

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He’s not altogether wrong. It won’t “go back to what it was.” Rather, it will become something better, sturdier, more responsive to our needs. And it will be better protected against idiots like him.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There probably were 99, originally. Luther, known for having too much to say – if Lutheran sermons are any measure, likely ran out of paper.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Someone needs to nail that indulgence to a door.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"My poll numbers are great. All you have to do is look at the crowds we're drawing."

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Never invite a hungry lion to an interview, even if he told you he already had lunch.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

‘boxed out’ perhaps? I’d expect better word choices from someone with his background and education.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This time both the cinnamon and the added sugar were last-minute decisions so they were folded in with nuts and fruit during stretch and folds.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As a con law/federal courts scholar, it wasn't always true that when the first Monday of October rolled around I'd feel dread and gloom. But it's been that way for a long time, at least since Bush v Gore.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Even a dead body could see that they are HIGHLY political ads.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 05/10/2026

this cycle we might get blue iowa better known as bliowa (gov + sen), blalaska (gov + sen), blexas (gov + sen), blohio (gov + sen), and blansas (sen)

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Congratulations! I wish you all the best. You’re gonna be up in some of my old stompin’ grounds (50-ish years ago).

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Loaf fresh from the oven (it’s still cracklin’!). #Sourdough cinnamon cranberry walnut bread. It is 65% home-milled whole grain wheat (red and white) at about 75% hydration. Looking forward to toasting this baby.

Image shows a loaf of home-baked bread, fresh from the oven.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026

I wonder if they miss the days when they had diesel so cheap they could run massive trucker caravans against democrats.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

NEW: The Supreme Court on Monday reversed two pro-voter decisions in cases related to Washington’s legislative redistricting, sending them back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of the Court’s decision earlier this year in Louisiana v. Callais. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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With Voting Rights Act gutted, Supreme Court vacates discrimination finding against Washington map

The Supreme Court sent two redistricting cases out of Washington back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of its Louisiana v. Callais decision, which gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Ac...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026

Schumer is on board with blocking Trump SCOTUS nominees over the next 2 years - but we have to capture the Senate (plus one to overcome Fetterman)

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Excellent essay. We all have a take on polarization but I feel compelled to agree with Mason and her argument that polarization is the symptom in much the same way a fever is symptomatic of both a problem and an immune system reaction to that problem. Don’t treat the symptom! Fix the problem.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’ve two favorites, no longer banned. Even today, owning a copy of either raises some eyebrows. Voltaire for the joy of it; Miller for the introspection and observations.

Image is one of many possible covers for Voltaire’s Candide. My copy in high school, well hidden from my mother (or so I believed) was was a slim red leather volume with gold stamped designs and gilt-edged pages. It FELT decadent.

Image is a copy of Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer. The plain cover belies the rich, dense, sensually heady but always gritty writing found between the boards. A definitely formative read for someone in their late teens.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Reminds me of my childhood, growing up in Los Alamos and the surrounding area. Thank you.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am so done with his surprise announcements … but I’m glad you’re there to help us understand what’s going on as best you can. Thank you.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It was, in fact. He’s hedging his bets. It’ll be $50 on Tuesday.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For perspective, it is impossible to imagine a similarly well known member of the Trump administration interacting with members of the public like this

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I must give credit: this is from The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper, by Roland Allen (@zibaldoni.bsky.social). Excellent book, by the way.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OBTW, I came across an example of gamming that predated Moby Dick by at least a century and a half:

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Apparently the yacht sailed (unwittingly) into a large pod moving at ‘cross purposes’ to them.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I passed your recommendation on to Laurie. She’s always looking for a good read. I’ve recommended your book as well.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: In my lawsuit, the FBI has admitted to having NINE Epstein files redaction training videos. TWO of them instructed agents to flag files with Trump’s name for supervisory review. I will cover at NOON PT here: youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...

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LIVE: FBI’s Trump-Epstein Training Videos Finally DISCOVERED…

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I thought Middlemarch was in my head for some reason other than George Eliot and narrative theory. When it happens is fine for me. I’m reading stuff I have stacked up and thought I’d poke my nose into Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. Was intrigued by it years ago via Robert D. Kaplan.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What shall we do for our next book? Keeping in mind, of course, that you’re actively writing one.

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m sure it’s an accident, Brendan! plus, it’s just aesthetics… like how much do symbols really matter? [opens any book about semiotics, propaganda, or fascism] …. Oooohhhhh…

Hitler speech on stage at Reichstag with giant vertical banners on both sides

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026

these fucking ghouls should never know a day of peace for the rest of their lives

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I pushed it out on FB as well. Why are we not connected there? We ought to be.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Re Jamelle Bouie’s video in an earlier comment, Spencer Cox is a living example of the kind of individual Mason associates with wanting to ‘treat the symptom’ rather than ‘fix the problem’. Cox sees polarization as a reason to return to the past (White, Xtian, Male dominated). We ain’t going back!

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I found the idea that ‘polarization’ is a symptom and not ‘the problem’ particularly compelling. And, the radical idea that ‘fixing polarization’ is NOT the solution was clarified by the well-supported argument that polarization is analogous to a systemic immune response. VERY well argued.

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MJdowntheshore @mjdowntheshore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Down with the patriarchy.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Looks VERY familiar … VERY aggressive. VERY ‘war-like’. VERY … dare I say it? … fascist. Must be a loser’s eagle.

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