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RoyG

@royg1863.bsky.social
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Historian, writer, Cubs fan, cat dad. I also have a human child. The avatar is a version of Romo Lampkin, a fictional character with whom I identify greatly. I love art, books, games, and staring at the sky.

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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom... #baseball
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Trump sued Capital One to prove they closed his accounts over politics. The bank’s answer, filed Friday: it was the anti-money-laundering desk. Months of review. Three hundred accounts. He pulled that thread himself.
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
A statement from WIRED leadership.
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Crawly @crawlyscubs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It is with a heavy heart that one of the most legendary #Cubs fans has passed away. Jim Anixter aka “The Pink Hat Guy” died yesterday. A season ticket holder for 60 years, Jim was always seen in his trademark pink hat in the first row behind home plate. #RIP
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Susanbeth5781 @susanpatrick1.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
#Vote
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The racist video posted by the President is perhaps the most egregiously racist thing shown in the White House since Woodrow Wilson screened Birth of a Nation there in 1915. Here's an article from Denver's Black newspaper in 1915 calling for Americans to denounce such racist imagery.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Donald Trump's Black History Month Proclamation #BlackHistoryMonth open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Donald Trump's Black History Month Proclamation
Watch now | Over night President Donald Trump released his proclamation for Black History Month on Truth Social in the form of a racist video that depicts former president Barack Obama and his wife as...
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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
On 28th January 1971, David Bowie arrived in America for the first time…wearing this dress. He was detained by security for over an hour. These photos were taken in LA in February, by John Mendelsohn. During this trip he met Andy Warhol for the first time. #Bowieforever
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
How many lies can Gym Jordan tell in an opening monologue? Let's find out ...
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
And Gym Jordan is lying right out of the gate.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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WATCH LIVE: Jack Smith testifies publicly about his Trump investigations
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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ChercheBuddy @cherchebuddy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Hey everybody, they're tear gassing teenagers at Roosevelt Video from my nephew
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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I just couldn’t resist this! I love her!
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Jessica McCabe 😎🤣🤣
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
More of this !!
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Video of scene after shooting of National Guard in DC
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Bornabrit1 @lindarothwell.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I stand with Mark Kelly.
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Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A bedtime laugh……
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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
@stevevladeck.bsky.social, Georgetown Law Professor and SCOTUS expert on why Justice Jackson’s move last night was strategically smart. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
This feels like someone telling me not to go to a party because I will most definitely have a good time.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 30/10/2025
With SNAP benefits going to shit because of rich assholes and corruption running rampant through politics I'd like to point your attention to a Clinton. No, not one of those Clintons. This Clinton. Clifford Clinton.
Clifford Clinton - 1937
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ... 'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
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Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The shirts under her jackets are made of asbestos.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Cartoon: The Gospel of Cruelty According to Mike Johnson

Angelic Mike Johnson says, "Blessed are the Meek.

Evil Mike Johnson replies, "...For they shall starve quietly."
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
You think things are bad now, just you wait until 2026 when the real shit hits a fan in turbo mode.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Dr. Jane Goodall
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Blondie played herself.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
RIP, Col. Hardy.
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George Hardy, one of the last original Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100: "A true American hero"
Lt. Col. George Hardy enlisted in the Air Force in 1944 and was the youngest Red Tail fighter pilot to fly a combat sortie over Europe.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Baptist minister: It is up to us to stop Christian nationalism
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Democrats, you don’t have to make your good communicators president! You can just put them in leadership positions. Stop letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I very much doubt it was a one-off. The truly condemning part is that they weren't originally even investigating Homan. He just sorta showed up as part of a separate investigation and only became involved because of his open willingness to accept the bribe. That's not a first-timer's behavior.
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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
People walking to Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009 in the bitter cold, full of hope for a better future. Sound up. 🔊
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Agree with Mayor Pete.......
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Rep. Thomas Massie noted while interrogating Kash Patel that a Hollywood producer worth at least "100 million" dollars was named in FBI interviews regarding Epstein. As of last year, Woody Allen's net worth is estimated at 140 million. Just sayin'.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Refusing to confess is not the same as denial. I haven't heard that he is saying anything at all, which, if he has even a moderately competent lawyer, is exactly what he should do, particularly given that the prosecution has already tipped its hand about seeking a death sentence.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Into the West youtu.be/UoVaK2NXmJA?...
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Into the West - Annie Lennox lyrics video from The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King
YouTube video by Teresa Chow
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Don't threaten me with a good time.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
For a historical example, this is what happened to Thomas Paine. When he was useful, he was applauded, but when he wrote uncomfortable truths, he was left to rot. Washington, Burke, and Robespierre all befriended and benefited from him and, later, wanted him dead.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
According to a thread on Reddit the person on the right with the hole in the knees of his jeans was the one claiming to have been dragged. WARNING: Video shows the person who died being manhandled by ICE agents. A short video and thread is here: www.reddit.com/r/illinois/c...
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From the illinois community on Reddit: ICE causes crash, focuses on arresting injured person instead of providing aid
Explore this post and more from the illinois community
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Some people hate it when you interrupt their ill founded narrative...with critical thinking. That's exactly why we have to continue doing so. Propaganda hates meeting critical thinking.
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Trump is unusually unpopular and has always been unusually unpopular, and most of his agenda - policy and anti-democracy - is unpopular. The people who do love him are mostly the most intense partisans, who are going to like any GOP president, and are no more special than any other group of voters.
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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
We thought the social fabric was coming apart in 1968, too. You cannot think clearly or act wisely or strategically through the fog of a highly charged moment. Too often we have the experience and miss the meaning.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I didn't recognize the name, so I appreciate the additional info. That would explains some of why this was written the way it was.
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RoyG @royg1863.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Yeah, this confused me too. I do not wish to cast aspersions on the author, but this feels like it was written from the point of view of someone who feels everything began the moment their own political consciousness was formed. "Socialism" has been a bugaboo in the US since the 19th century.
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