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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 · 31m
Richard Frankel says Democrats totally ignore Rahm Emanuel and bring Trump and the Republicans to justice with every tool available
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 1h
Because he needs the money? 🤔
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Noëmie Duhaut @duhaut.bsky.social · 2h
⏰ Last call: CfP closes Friday 9 Oct!
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 23h
What the hell is he doing at a Hawks game??!!
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
20 million people in the audience with another 10 million who couldn’t get in!!! That’s 75 million people!!!!
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Jolly Nazi says black is white, up is down, and 2+2=5.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tuberville thinks there are 44 hours in a day.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Where does Trump find such funny guys?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dementia-addled dotard whose uncle once took a leak in the men’s room at MIT doesn’t know how many people make up twins.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I thought the real battle was hormonal.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Who said Trump’s not funny?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How about we drop a ten-ton concrete block on her head from five stories up?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When you absolutely, positively just have to kill people.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His uncle once took a leak in the men’s room at MIT and that makes Donnie a genius.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Stephen Miller: Mission nearly accomplished.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not Holiday Inns. Dachaus.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They have no shame.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Goddamn!! I mean, you destroy democracy and bring back Jim Crow and all of a sudden you’re persona non grata at your summer retreat!!
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sleepy Nazi 😴
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Because few things say “Tough, iron-hard leadership,” quite as strongly as 😴😴😴😴😴😴💤💤💤💤💤💤💤
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can think of a few places I’d like to send him.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I know Whiskey Pete truly loves this country because he wears an American flag pocket square.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Whiskey Pete trying out some material for his future career in standup.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I know he loves America because there’s a big American flag behind him.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I guess Nazi America isn’t such an appealing vacation spot… 🤔
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why can’t Joe Biden open the Strait of Hormuz??!!
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Medicare fraudster says what about health insurance?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wo sind die Schmisse?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It requires an empty cranium?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Super Sweetener
Two Splenda packets.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From now on the medical procedure will be called Super Insemination.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m now calling artificial turf Super Turf.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Believable. Unfortunately.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republican Senator Foghorn Leghorn. Definitely not one of Louisiana’s finest.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I guess the poorly educated aren’t loving him back.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Enabling Trump in his destruction of American democracy?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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
I still prefer coffee.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Does that number include what he’s done to the English language?
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I believe the technical term is “Bantustan.”
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Opposition to huge tax cuts for the wealthy? Chinese pay-ops. Support for proven vaccines and evidence-based science and public health policies? Chinese psy-ops. Opposition to a triumphal arch and a ballroom armed to the teeth with snipers and drones? Chinese psy-ops.
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So when did you start working for the ChiComms, Drew?
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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 · 28/09/2026
Actually the _most_ useless is “Trump says…” but this is a close second.
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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 · 27/09/2026
JAMIESON GREER: I can. I can say anything my Führer wants me to say.
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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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