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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Thanks! Switched over about a year ago or so. It was a bit rough upfront with the major costs to front, but it's worked out fine in the end

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

After a couple of days of emailing with Ghost support, www.bugbeardispatch.com is back up! I still have no idea why or how it broke in the first place, but expect a new newsletter soon

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The Bugbear Dispatch

A Newsletter about Navigating Modern American Moral Panic

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Hm, thanks, I probably just killed what was directing it. I'll look for updated things about how to point to Ghost sites

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

By the way, I know I've neglected it for way too long, and to all my readers and subscribers, I am sorry. I've been working on some health issues, both physical and mental. Today I wanted to get back to writing, and now my website is borked. I hope I can get this sorted soon

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I mean, I know that's what it says, but the domain was purchased through and is managed by WordPress. I did just check and it said the CNAME settings weren't the default and I switched them back to default. Hopefully that'll fix it, but I don't know how they got off of default ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Okay, apparently it's WordPress, and on their domain management page it says it's fine?

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Thanks. I have never really thought about that... Gonna have to poke around.

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

So, The Bugbear Dispatch seems to be down, and I'm not at all sure why. The domain www.bugbeardispatch.com is active and paid for. I bought it and maintain it via WordPress. Other sites on Ghost seem to be working. Wondering if anyone can help me with this problem? I'd be grateful!

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 09/07/2026

Feel free to browse our back catalogue for more!!! www.theflytrapmedia.com

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The Flytrap

Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 09/07/2026

Looking for something to read while you procrastinate? 👀 We got you. Here's a thread of what we've published recently. 🧵

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ToplessTopics.org @toplesstopics.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Was listening a bit to the @hartmannreport.com on the radio enroute to my psyche appointment and the amount of middle aged men calling in to disparage the accuser against Platner, saying "it's fishy" "why didn't she lock the door"(???) Etc is sickening but unsurprising.

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Island of Reil @islandofreil.northsky.social · 06/07/2026

@katmabu.bsky.social, you might appreciate this essay: bsky.app/profile/theb...

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Political Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

5. The Faith-Based Militia: When is Terrorism ‘Christian’? by @fredclarkson.bsky.social — bit.ly/4p8OSkE 6. The Patriot and Armed Militia Movements by Chip Berlet and @matthewnlyons.bsky.social — bit.ly/4vhJjBQ

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Political Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Articles mentioned: 1. County Capture by @cgallaher.bsky.social and Priya Dixit — bit.ly/PEW24CountyC... 2. In a Disturbing Trend, Far-Right Candidates are Getting Crucial Support from Militia Groups and Churches by @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social — bit.ly/4wv9QN5

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Political Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

For years, PRA has examined how far-right militias advance a White nationalist authoritarian agenda. Assembled here are several articles to help you better understand how these militias are deepening authoritarianism in the U.S. Learn more here: politicalresearch.org/research/law....

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Julie Anne Smith @defendthesheep.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I have been in touch with Scarlettah this week. This is part of what she told me this morning that she wants people to know, besides the fact that she is surrounded by love and support:

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Island of Reil @islandofreil.northsky.social · 04/07/2026

Chrissy’s whole piece is on point, but these paragraphs deserve special emphasis:

The Declaration is often cited as a key example of the Enlightenment ideals espoused, often hypocritically, by the founding fathers. Even those who recognize the hypocrisy, like many prominent Democrats, often refer to the Declaration as setting very special aspirational ideals, as if the country’s leadership over centuries should get credit simply for ostensible good intentions, or cite the Declaration explicitly as an example of “American exceptionalism,” when this notion of national supremacy is in itself corrosive of democracy.

Like hero worship of the founding fathers, the rhetoric of exceptionalism and “national greatness” should have no place in a healthy, democratic country, and therefore should be eschewed by any supposedly democratic party. But our feckless Democratic Party leaders can’t seem to help themselves from letting the fascist Republicans frame national discourse. Often they actually seem to like the same frames.

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

It’s an uphill struggle getting people to accept that Christians can be bad people. But the even harder truth that people urgently need to grasp in this time of Christofascism is that for some understandings of Christianity, to be a GOOD Christian is to be a BAD person. Denial makes things worse

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 22/05/2023

This is all to say that rich people are both creepy and bad at science.

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McJulie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Anyway, if you want a good basic grounding in what evangelicals do/believe, especially as it pertains to politics, I would recommend three books: Jesus and John Wayne by @kkdumez.bsky.social , Wild Faith by @swordsjew.bsky.social and Empty the Pews edited by @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social

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Kathryn Joyce @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Grieving the loss of Ryan Stollar—a kind, brave & deeply intelligent advocate for the overlooked children of fundamentalism, who I met reporting on the movement he helped begin. As the right re-embraces the harmful ideologies Ryan did so much to deconstruct, I'll miss his clear moral voice.

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The Homeschool Apostates - The American Prospect

They were raised to carry the fundamentalist banner forward and redeem America. But now the Joshua Generation is rebelling.

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I'm stuck with her as my rep and she is the WORST

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Really appreciate the discussion and engagement in this thread

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I completely agree. I'm a trained historian myself, one of the academy's throwaway PhDs. Always, always, always contextualize

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thank you! We love our subscribers! 🥰

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I hear what you're saying; I also think when you're fighting against a strong ethos of hero worshipping jingoism, the "heroes" need to be taken down a few pegs. Hero worship is a load-bearing part of the toxic system we're caught up in--to my mind that necessitates attacking some individuals

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I have been meaning to read it. I should prioritize that

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It if you haven’t read @agordonreed.bsky.social books on Jefferson, I find her perspective very measured and interesting. She wrote the book on Sally!

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The amount to which I have grown to understand early US history was just driven by what we would now call greedy developers….

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

His stupid debts from ruinous colonizing land speculation ventures. I have approximately zero respect for Jefferson

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Adams was against slavery and also laughed in Abigail’s face when she said “remember the ladies.” Etc etc

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

But Franklin pulled the founding era equivalent of a Biden "my good friend Jesse Helms" and didn't use his considerable power to vigorously fight for abolition or a just system. He loved him some capitalism

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The vast majority of white Americans were not wealthy enough to "own" people. That's not to excuse them from doing harm, just to say that's one way in which the founding fathers' power was extraordinary. There were also abolitionists in their age. Franklin himself had come to espouse abolitionism

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Here's why I don't completely agree with your thoughtful read. Yes, we all participate in a cruel, exploitative system. But the thing is, we don't all have the same amount of power. Many founders kept enslaved people and actively shaped the systemic horror that keeps metastasizing

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johnmark @johnmark.org · 01/07/2026

Hot damn - this is a banger from @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social - your must read for the day

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This gets at a real problem I've been struggling to describe. What if Donald Trump isn't an anomaly, but an immune response? We say the Framers' wanted to avoid someone like him, but here we are, because of their (mainly) undemocratic nature. Trump is their America reasserting itself.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 01/07/2026

I did the art on this piece btw

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Doug Garrison @dhgarrison.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

When you recognize that a small group of wealthy, slaveholding white men established a system of government upon the structures of settler colonialism, patriarchy, and racial capitalism that was designed explicitly to protect and sustain their power and status, a lot of things fall into place.

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Josh Caress @joshcaress.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It’s really heartening to see the number of people thinking and writing about these things as we contend with America 250. I really think we are widening the “pool of available stories,” and I’d love to see more in the comments. Here’s my own contribution from a couple weeks ago:

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America 250: A Reckoning

Mythologizing ourselves to cover atrocities

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