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Steven Axelrod

@stevenaxelrod.bsky.social
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Scholar of poetry & culture. Pro-democracy. Author: books on Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell. Co-editor: New Anthology of American Poetry and Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary Poetry. "Tell all the truth but tell it slant." --Emily Dickinson

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Richard, Toad the Just, Earl of Sausagetoad 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🌊 @richardlordtoad.bsky.social · 16h
They all knew, but sucked-up anyway...
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 21h
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Sal Gentile @salgentile.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
if you took a dementia test and thought it was an IQ test you failed both the dementia test and the IQ test
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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 15h
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 17h
Meischa Zimmerman was eight months pregnant when they came to arrest her over a missed court date and a $3,596 bill. Her doctor is a senator now. His lawyer tried to get her ad pulled. She’s in today’s edition. So are his forms. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-has-...
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 6h
I've seen Repub Steve Hilton's lesbian ad, and it IS creepy. Also exploitative and desperate. NYT: “I’ve never done anything like this before,” the first young woman says. The other woman tells her to close her eyes... Cut to their laps, where it turns out they’re casting a vote for Mr. Hilton.
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 14h
"If you vote for Trump, your future is secure." People in LA and San Diego ain't feelin it much today bro.
Social media post:
Airas @Airaswe 
If you vote for Trump, your future is secure. If you
vote for people like Obama, you are voting for
Osama bin Laden. The decision is yours.
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Pretty sure Obama killed Osama.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 11h
That treasonous traitor and insurrectionist said it again tonight? In normal times, he'd be removed from squatting in the People's House. Please Vote! 🗳
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 10h
Of course if Trump's teenage fantasy about the obliteration of southern California were about some red state instead, it would be met by horror and outrage on the right.
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 10h
Nothing instills patriotism more than your president and his followers enjoying a good fantasy of your town being blown to smithereens.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 22h
Agreed 👇
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 14h
Sure sounds liked our awesome president wants to see Los Angeles and San Diego obliterated. My question is what happened to San Francisco? For decades that was the city our Republican friends enjoyed kicking around. Oh, Trump has probably invested in something there.
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 14h
He can't let this alone. He thinks hating CA will win him the election. It's the destruction he wants. Trump: "Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. You want to see some bad things happen?"
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TheGirlThat @kimberlyjo.bsky.social · 14h
Trump treasoning again
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John Scott G @johnscottg.com · 14h
Americans are very different from Republicans. #VoteBlue to end the GOP shit show.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 14h
First, "Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges." Sounds minor--a few mistaken claims. Then, days later, "Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory." Sounds a whole lot worse--20 specific defamations. (Both on CNN)
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 17h
Makes sense. Daily Beast: President Donald Trump’s nasty habit of sticking up for men accused of sexual assault illuminates his fears about facing discipline for his own alleged misdeeds, argues political expert David Rothkopf.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pretty Awesome 👍
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Boom bitch 💥
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h
"The film’s Renée Good stand-in enters, slamming her Subaru into the ICE van. Described with the subtlety of a brick as 'MELANIE (40), a fat blue-hair,' the woman, blasting NPR, revs up again and fatally hits ICE agent 'Juan' with her car." So subtle.
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The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.
Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026
A federal judge dismissed a noncitizen voting case, stressing that only states — not the federal government — can decide who is qualified to vote. The decision could impact the future of proof-of-citizenship laws, a pillar of Trump’s crusade to restrict voting: demdock.com/4hydGAl
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 19h
MAGA is surprised Trump didn't do it first.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21h
Psycho. He’s an absolute psycho.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 22h
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 19h
It's time to end capital punishment in ordinary cases like Christa Pike's. (There may still be a need in a genocide.) AP: Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution Lawyers seek to block Texas man’s execution, citing failed execution of Christa Pike
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dem candidates for governor underfunded in key states: Florida, Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Wisconsin and Nevada disq.us/t/5anajkn
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Erik Halvorsen @erikhalvorsen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We can help with that blue26.org/state
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State Legislative
Links on this page allow you to easily donate to multiple Democrats running for state legislative seats in every state! Competitive District pages list Democrats running in districts which have a par...
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jrriver.bsky.social @jrriver.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Megalomaniac malignant narcissist with scrambled dementia-brains. Republicans need to get rid of him now! Wait! They’re making too much money now to do it.
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 20h
Corruption in the highest places: Don Jr. and Eric win billions. ABC, Mediate, Oct 7: An ABC News investigation details how defense and technology companies backed by Trump's sons Donald and Eric secured or have been promised over $6 billion in government business. The latest deal came yesterday.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h
This is the funniest shit of all time… wait for it…😂
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 22h
The $1Billion Question. Another huge challenge for our precarious democracy. AP: Republicans are entering the final month of the midterm campaign increasingly anxious that the $1 billion at their disposal may not be enough... The cash advantage is driven largely by the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
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Berserker Coach @berserkercoach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BOOM!! Argh, Collins is just the WORST. Good news Mainers! The roads on which you *would* drive the car you can't afford to buy gas for- to get food you can't afford - that you'd cook -in the home you'd heat if you could afford electricity or gas, &... Well, anyway, the roads will be ice free!
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Glenn D Stockard @gdstockard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Susan Collins said she voted for 3 justices, Jackson, Sotomayor, and Kagen, who were nominated by a Democratic SENATOR! Senators DON'T NOMINATE Supreme Court Justices! She doesn't know what she is saying and should be retired.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 07/10/2026
Donald Trump encouraged Iran to attack 130,000 active-duty military members in San Diego. He is sick.
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes? (h/t Chico Marx in Duck Soup) AP: White House aide: Trump did not call for attacks on US cities but explained how he’s preventing them
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Cat meow 📎 X 👑 @granma11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution. @witwarrior.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Let them take out" is a definite choice of words by Trump, referring to the destruction of two blue cities in the hated state of California. However much it's argued that the phrase was misunderstood, the fact remains that 'let them' implies permission, encouragement, suggestion, invitation to act.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Georgia’s economy is 40X larger than Lebanon’s, yet they have shorter life expectancy. That should break every one of our hearts. Republicans keep blocking Medicaid expansion while families go without care. Remember who made that choice when you vote. #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
First time in years that I've seen the Democratic Party receive a FAVORABLE rating on a national poll. Sep 26-Oct 1 Centerline Research & Strategy REPUBLICAN PARTY FAVORABILITY Unfavorable +14 DEMOCRATIC PARTY FAVORABILITY Favorable +1 (FiftyPlusOne Polls)
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mommalovescoffee.bsky.social @mommalovescoffee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov Can we do something about a president calling for us to be obliterated?? Or do we “send a strongly worded letter”? This is BEYOND THE PALE
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Steven Axelrod @stevenaxelrod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
25th Amendment won't work, given this VP and Cabinet. Co-host Sunny Hostin went even further, suggesting the comments warrant Trump’s removal from office. “We’re talking about 10 million Americans,” she said. “I think it’s time to start taking seriously ... the 25th Amendment.” (Daily Beast)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all.
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