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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Got an email from the Prez today. If he wants to send me $90, I’ll take it, but he’s still a crooked outer-borough low-life grifter with no class. No amount of gold paint splashed on the White House will change that.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Unwanted garden visitor this afternoon. Being irresistibly cute is a good defense.

Bunny underneath a pot of mums in a backyard garden.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Borrowed from another platform:

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

@barbmcquade.bsky.social is a smart former Federal prosecutor. Her book is worth your time.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This is a page from Omer Aziz’s new book, “Shadows of the Republic: The Rebirth of Fascism in America and How to Defeat It for Good.” No one is talking about how the Obama coalition dissipated. A terrible missed opportunity, in my view.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

You really should read this book.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This week’s New Yorker cover.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

@amyactonoh.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social I emailed Gov. DeWine and asked him to endorse your candidacy. I think he has nothing left to lose, and he could be remembered as a statesman.

Email to Gov. DeWine of Ohio asking him to endorse Amy Acton for governonr.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

This headline tells you all you need to know about the current occupant of the White House — or, as Joe Biden used to call him, “the other guy.”

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

It looks like this to me, too. We are weaker and the world is worse off because of this narcissistic, demented fool and the utter corruption of the party that supports him.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"...the United States has allowed many of its wealthiest individuals to quietly secede from the country that benefits them financially...in a sense, to relocate to a tax-free version of American life -- a wealth island of sorts." You'd think a a book about taxes would be boring. This one isn't.

Cover of "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy," by Ray D. Madoff.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This book should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand how we got to where we are now. It started long before Citizens United, and it's only gotten worse since.

Cover of book "Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America" by David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Columbus, Indiana this afternoon.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Today's my 77th birthday, and rescuing food was a great way to spend part of the day. @last-mile-food.bsky.social in Cincinnati has rescued over 5 million pounds this year alone. If you live in any city using the FoodRescueHero.com app, please consider joining as a volunteer. The need is great.

Me with my car's rear hatch opened to show rescued food

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

You have to read this book by @hartmannreport.com. It’s the definitive analysis, in my view, of how we got to where we are today.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Read this book. It will blow your hair back.

Cover of “The Fort Bragg Cartel,” a book by Seth Harp.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Just as relevant now as it was in 2019 when it was published.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I got this email on July 3, just before the Orange King signed the big ugly bill into law. My understanding is that the final bill does NOT eliminate Federal income tax on Social Security earnings, despite DJT's claims to the contrary. A lying government can't be trusted, of course.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Cincinnati #nokings as far as the eye can see. Our police are here in large numbers but seem devoted to keeping things smooth.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

My favorite #nokings Cincinnati sign so far.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Cincinnati getting ready 30 minutes before the official start #nokings

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

@kenmartin.bsky.social This is not how an opposition party is supposed to act. Why in f*ck’s sake are Senate Dems supporting a Trump corruption bill? I’ll support individual candidates with $ if I can, but DNC/DSCC/DCCC are not worthy of my trust.

List of 16 Democratic Senators support a bill that would allow more Trump cryptocurrency personal enrichment.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

One of my favorite signs from today’s Cincinnati march.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

A strong caution about this: April 20 is when DJT hears about whether martial law is needed. Expect agents provocateurs at these rallies. Violence could be the excuse DJT needs. Be vigilant. Don’t be provoked no matter what. Nonviolence on our part is a necessity.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Personally, I like this one from Cincinnati.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The problem in a nutshell, brilliantly explained by Emily Flake in a New Yorker cartoon. This post of mine, by Flake's standard, is completely ineffective as a resistance strategy. She's right. I hope those huge Bernie/AOC rallies lead to serious organizing.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

My local grocery store (southwest Ohio) this morning. I guess renaming the Gulf of Mexico has really helped lower consumer prices! And if we conquer Greenland -- a well-known egg-laying powerhouse -- we might get eggs for free! Make America great again? Maybe not so much.

Grocery price tag showing 1 dozen large eggs at $5.79.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

How ‘bout them apples? My head is spinning so fast I swear it could fly right off. Ground News, the source here, reports on what it uses as its own sources, including those sources’ political tilts.

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Bob Fried @robertfried.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This should in no way be construed as support for DOGE or Musk, but government inefficiency is a real thing. This book offers an interesting perspective on the problem and some ways to fix it.

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