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Richard E Frankel

@refrankel.bsky.social
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Professor of German History comparing antisemitism in Germany and the US, late 19th, early 20th century. And yes, it’s painfully relevant to the 21st. richardefrankel.com

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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 7h
Super Sweetener
Two Splenda packets.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 7h
From now on the medical procedure will be called Super Insemination.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 8h
I’m now calling artificial turf Super Turf.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 8h
Believable. Unfortunately.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 16h
Enabling Trump in his destruction of American democracy?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 16h
To be fair, once you’ve announced a new steel plant, what else is there to do… you know?
newrepublic.com
Trump, 80, Promptly Falls Asleep After Announcing New Steel Plant
Donald Trump struggled to stay awake during the Oval Office press conference.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If they can take away the rights of one group, they can take away the rights of any group. And they will.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nazi Germany? Stalin’s Russia? Pussycats compared to Canada!!
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tax ‘em until they can only afford one yacht.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump looking to lock down the “I-want-to-destroy-the-planet-and-pay-more-for-gas-to-do-it” demographic.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s like Sun-Tzu said, “When you’re getting your ass kicked in a war against a third-rate power, pause a month or two, and then after the midterm congressional election resume the bombing that’s proven completely futile.”
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He probably thinks a Hormuz Strait is a poker hand.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s like Sun-Tzu said: “While getting one’s ass kicked in a war, start another.”
cbsnews.com
U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Führer has spoken.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Führer is never wrong.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“I am the way and the truth and the life.” —Jesus “I am the walrus.” —John Lennon “I am the one who knocks.” —Walter White “I am the code.” —Donald Trump
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
To be fair, why would anyone expect anything more from a barely literate mediocre college football coach?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why the hell does Gerald Ford get his name on a theater??? What the hell did he ever do as president?? I want my name on there, too!!!
ms.now
Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
❤️😊
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Beyond his disgusting antisemitism, there’s this part about Trump’s attitude toward safety in his buildings: “No sprinklers were present on Brassner’s floor. Trump and other high-rise developers had successfully lobbied against being required to install sprinklers in older buildings, citing costs.”
forward.com
Trump Called Him A ‘Crazy Jew.’ He Died In A Trump Tower Condo He Couldn’t Escape.
After a fire in Trump Tower killed one resident on Saturday, President Trump praised the local fire department for quelling the blaze – but had nothing to
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In the last years of the Weimar Republic one of the surest signs that democracy was dying was the growing number of decrees issued through the president’s Article 48 powers and the decreasing number of laws passed by the Reichstag. As a German historian it’s been hard not to notice the similarities.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: Mentally Unstable Violent Sociopath/President of the United States Publicly Considers Murdering More Than 93 Million People
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Because betting with money you don’t have worked out so well in the 1920s.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stupid, cruel, and spineless is no way to go through life, Oz.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In case anyone in the world forgot that Donald Trump is a total nut job, he’s in New York to kindly remind them.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: Mentally Unstable Violent Sociopath/President of the United States Publicly Considers Murdering More Than 93 Million People
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Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now on YouTube: Shari Rabin (Oberlin College) examines the dilemmas facing Southern Jews at the onset of secession. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsej...
youtube.com
Southern Jews and the U.S. Civil War
YouTube video by Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wanted to invite you all to my lecture next week at @greshamcollege.bsky.social gres.hm/queer-shoah
gres.hm
Where is Queer Love in the Shoah History?
Where are the stories of great queer love in the Shoah? There are almost none. Anna Hájková explains why the history of same-sex desire in the Shoah, that is, queerness among Jews persecuted by the Na...
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s funny because he’s a Nazi couchfucker.
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Miriam Breß @milimutz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ich freue mich auch weiterhin über Vortragseinladungen und die Möglichkeit, meine Dissertation zur Praxis der „Schutzhaft” 1933/34 vorzustellen. Zeitlich bin ich flexibel... www.beck-shop.de/bress-erzieh...
beck-shop.de
Breß, Miriam | 'Erziehung zur Volksgemeinschaft'
Breß, Miriam, 'Erziehung zur Volksgemeinschaft', 2025, Buch, Universitäts-/Akademieschriften, 978-3-406-10796-2. Bücher schnell und portofrei innerhalb Deutschlands.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Apartheid billionaire Nazi Republican is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Nazi Republican Party wants to keep it that way.
nbcnews.com
Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mistake.”
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s funny because he’s a Nazi couchfucker.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m gonna really go out on a limb here and say that nobody is working on a deal for potash from Belarus and there will ultimately never be a deal for potash from Belarus. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And you know all those other issues that impact other people? Fuck ‘em!
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Dementia-addled malignant narcissist/president of the United States considers committing genocide
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Or those who commit rape, or those who embezzle money from children’s cancer charities, or those demonize and foment hatred of minorities, or those who cut government funding to help the less fortunate while giving tax cuts to the wealthy….
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In a totally normal and in no way completely batshit crazy rant by a dementia-addled moron, Trump says his D.C. arch would be a ‘military complex’ housing drones and snipers
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He’s right!!! I mean, who would be crazy enough to attack a country that possesses a heavily armed triumphal arch??
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump to Miller: Can we do that?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Whiskey Pete runs stairs in Texas and murders more than a hundred schoolchildren in Iran.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump also says he’s qualified to be president. So there’s that.
apple.news
Trump says Donald Trump Jr. repaid Russian oligarch for wedding party — ABC News
The president and the Trump Organization haven't provided evidence that he did.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So now they’re gonna have to report Trump’s lies and batshit crazy delusions second-hand.
cnbc.com
Trump says he's banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from White House
Trump, who often accuses mainstream media outlets of writing "fake news," said on Truth Social that those outlets shouldn't be allowed to "FICTION and LIES."
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Apparently the @washingtonpost.com is looking to add a humor section to the paper.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well, I mean… if somebody sent him a meme….
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Benjamin Carter Hett @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have a cover for my book! Coming in spring 2027.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It hasn’t changed since the last time he told this story—whichever option he chooses is fine with me.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Man who drinks only distilled water, or rainwater, and only pure-grain alcohol says his department’s gonna look into chemtrails.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Active Agent of Russian President Vladimir Putin Weighs Drastic Cut To U.S. Forces in Europe of 25,000 or More
nbcnews.com
Trump administration weighs drastic cut to U.S. forces in Europe of 25,000 or more
The potentially drastic drawdown of 25,000 or more U.S. troops comes amid warnings from NATO allies about a growing threat posed by Russia.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Man who drinks only distilled water, or rainwater, and only pure-grain alcohol says his department’s gonna look into chemtrails.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In case you were wondering what it sounds like when the president’s an idiot.
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