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Keith Laughlin

@spike2069.bsky.social
134 followers 76 following 197 posts

Retired after 40 years of policy advocacy in Washington, DC. Interests include politics, US roots music between 1920 & 1969 and the Detroit Tigers.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Meesh@liskeard1.bsky.social @liskeard1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🇨🇦🍁 BREAKING: During his speech today, Donald Trump recounted helping save Titanic victims: “I saved more people than anybody, many people, the best people. I said, ‘Turn left, Captain. Very simple. Very easy.’ He didn’t listen. I know icebergs. Nobody knows icebergs better than me.”
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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bluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
True that! #music #activism
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Oh, honey . . . You place your children in the custody of priests, pastors, and youth pastors, a demographic proven most likely to molest children. You are *not* protecting and nurturing your children—you're endangering them. And shamelessly lying about Islam and feminism isn't going to change that.
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Keith Laughlin @spike2069.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just got a text from Ken Paxton: "One of my least favorite things is asking for money, but I'm desperate. Talarico is flooding TV. We must do this."
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The vandalism and desecration of the White House isn't just vanity and it's not trivial. It's caesarism, as in literally what Julius Caesar did to the symbolic architecture of civic republicanism. Our national iconography matters and allowing the disfiguring of it to persist is a substantive harm.
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Sam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.
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The pundits have completely lost the plot
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
If Jared Kushner paid €110m to buy an island in Albania that has no fresh water from a guy who did not own it, it would help explain why his negotiations with Iran on behalf of the US have not been entirely successful
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Keith Laughlin @spike2069.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Exactly.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Musk and Zuck and Thiel and Altman and the rest are some of the unhappiest people to ever live, and they all seem willing to destroy the world in their search for just a moment of contentment. Not great for the rest of us.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The massive Orban defeat should prompt Dems to align themselves more firmly with anti-fascist and pro-democracy forces abroad. There's a powerful link to be drawn between the celebrations in Budapest and the confrontations with ICE in Minneapolis. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2090...
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Trump’s Humiliation in Orbán Defeat Stunner Is Only Just Beginning
For Viktor Orbán’s epic loss in Hungary to have real meaning in America, Democrats and liberals need to proclaim themselves part of the global anti-authoritarian movement.
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Keith Laughlin @spike2069.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Regardless of the cost, Trump's ballroom must be torn down as soon as a Democrat is sworn in as president. If we can spend $1 billion+ per day to bomb iran, we can find the money to repair his vandelism. In fact, the entire White House must be restored to its state before his second inauguration.
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Black Panther🍁💪🦫🇨🇦 @blackpanther25.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙮📖 'Kakistocracy'
Photo of the worst government in the history of the united states
Definition of Kakistocracy
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Keith Laughlin @spike2069.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Just as a thought experiment, would the Republican Party prefer to have the votes of those who benefit from high gas prices or those who are forced to pay the higher price at the pump?
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Keith Laughlin @spike2069.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The part of this story that no one is talking about yet is that Trump has done everything in his power to increase U.S. dependence on petroleum. We should be trying to insulate our economy from disruptions in the Middle East.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 05/03/2026
Turns out lawlessness is not a winning strategy. See you at Nuremberg 2.0
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Trump illegally imposed billions in tariffs (taxes) on U.S. corporations. Much of those costs were passed onto consumers. The corporations might get their money back. You never will.
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
As much as possible Democrats need to make it clear that they will challenge every corrupt deal, try to abrogate every contract that furthers blatantly unjust & illegal policies, & cancel every vanity project & expansion of authoritarianism, so that businesses will not facilitate Trumpist governance
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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
BREAKING: DOJ to investigate Supreme Court for mortgage fraud.
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 20/02/2026
The Supreme Court:
Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM.
BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 19/02/2026
Josh Marshall: Corporations moved decisively in 2025 to get on the MAGA bandwagon. But there's a major public backlash brewing against Trump, and those companies will have to bear some consequences.
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CEOs Joined Trump’s Corruption. It Will Soon Be Time for Consequences.
I mentioned the other day that the insider D.C. sheets are helpful...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Might have been better to say nothing rather than do a Susan Collins imitation.
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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I was watching this two days ago and musing to myself about what big distraction might land this weekend.
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Great Googly Moogly @mutiny32.com · 29/12/2025
This is what I've been saying. You have to fight this by destroying his legacy. And doing it with prejudice. There needs to be spectacle made of the destruction.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Bulldoze the ballroom.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
What a lede on this story: Man who complained about narrowing a road in order to protect pedestrians, so much that the city eventually reversed the change, then kills a woman on that very road with his car www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
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America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This a GREAT idea
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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