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Demotikos. Fair warning: I have zero tolerance or sympathy for autocrats or oligarchs. My views on them may be “extreme.” Check out my Substack for longer essays: “Radical Democracy Now.”

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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 6h
It’s a little darker than i first thought: That pneumonic plague (a close relative of bubonic plague) apparently is a weaponized variety that broke containment at Siberian lab. Great time to have Trump & Co in charge, eh? www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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‘covid’ - 26? Pneumonic plague escapes Russian lab
200 contacts in Siberia have been quarantined. Now the health cutbacks may have become clearer at HHS, CDC, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). By weakening US public health...
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 6h
Mamdani shows us again why he’s one of the very few relevant politicians in 🇺🇸 today. Hell, it’s an insult to call him/them “politicians”. “Leaders” is more apt. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Mamdani calls for AI regulation ‘at every single level’
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani shared his thoughts on artificial intelligence.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 7h
Oh ffs. RFK, Jr is looking at it “bigly” and thinking: Nothing raw milk, chin-ups & shirtless blue jeans can’t handle. What’d I say: Military defeat, economic collapse/bankruptcy, environmental and health disasters - all lining up & you got yourself revolution. It’s all happening.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 7h
More accurate to say the GOP is a “drag” on the GOP. And while we’re on the subject, we should note the GOP is a “drag” on the USA. Democracy. Humanity. All life on Earth. That would about cover it.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 9h
Wouldnt be the first time the Jewish state tore itself apart. I seem to recall something about Judaea splitting into kingdoms of Israel & Judah. Infighting that doomed the Hasmoneans. Or likewise the First Revolt. You’d think the ultra-orthodox would know. open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse
U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just gross? Just capitalism, baby!
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If he’s “thinking about it” and suggesting “he could do it,” it’s like all the other trial balloons he sends up before he actually acts. With Pass-out Pete already mobilizing, signs are clear he’ll do it, either before, or after, votes. Are we ready? www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Won’t Rule Out Declaring State Of Emergency Before Midterms
“I could use it. A lot of people think I should use it sometimes,” Trump said of invoking the Insurrection Act.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jesus, this is a pretty harrowing - and epic - tale (why show Netanyahu though?) This was a badass group of passenger: quick thinking, quick acting, capable, cool, and pretty organized. It's still a wonder they were able to save the plane, passengers, and crew. www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
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Pilot Stabs Fellow Pilot On Flight To Israel Before Passengers Intervene To Stop Attack
As a plane carrying passengers from the flight landed Wednesday evening in Israel, to cheers at the airport, it was not clear what motivated the attack.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good piece on shit Nigel Farage & what he’s up to w/ the UK “foiled terror attack”. Oligarchs’ modus operandi is same in🇺🇸🇬🇧, delivered by same vehicles (eg, slanted media). Amazing Farage still vertical after his Brexit lies. Oh, and vultures are good critters. nickcohen.substack.com/p/fake-news-...
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Fake-news Farage gives vultures a bad name
Fairford and the dictator’s playbook
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I never thought in a million years that the president and First Lady of the United States would be targeting me personally and trying to hurt me and my kids. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
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Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.
Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to frighten into submission.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Death? No. Embarrassment? Probably not. Nausea - as in the feeling they have going into mid-terms bootlicking for a deranged, grifting, felonious fascist? Yeah, probably. But there’s no bottom to this treasonous GOP. And they’re not leaving peaceably. deanblundell.substack.com/p/jack-smith...
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Jack Smith’s Senate Hearing Just Cemented The Death Of MAGA
Kennedy brought up the tooth fairy. Schmitt crashed and burned. Hawley lewft after embarassing himself, and Jack Smith holds the keys to locking MAGA in a closet forever.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇹🇼's days of peace, even independence, may end in next 12 months. 🇨🇳 is ready to go - & Trump's accommodating (stalling big arms sale to 🇹🇼, while offering 🇺🇸 arms to 🇨🇳 ffs). Even if 🇺🇸 wanted to support 🇹🇼 - a big IF - it's shot its wad at Iran, weakening position in the W Pacific. youtu.be/D_7UmJw6ibM
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All Signs Point to WAR: China. vs. Taiwan Countdown Has Begun
YouTube video by The Military Show
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SCROTUS five are at it again. Wonder what we’d see beneath those robes, looking up from the ground? www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Supreme Court conservatives ensure midterm chaos
Here comes the Supreme Court’s faithful conservatives, riding to President Donald Trump’s rescue. They’re eager to remind us all that democracy doesn’t matter, laws don’t matter, the balance of powers...
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ah yes, “centrist Dems.” What we mean is “establishment Dems.” And what the article says is wealthy Dem donors are telling their “bought” Dems to scupper AOC before the people can even have a choice. That’s how the Oligarchy rolls. Still think 🇺🇸 is a democracy? www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
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Democrats Are Suddenly Shunning AOC, Report Says. Here’s Why.
The progressive star is reportedly facing an alarming development among Democrats as she weighs a 2028 presidential bid.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And now Mainers get to shit-can her - if they’ve got the gumption. Seems like they do this time. Finally.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m a sucker for history, anthropology, ecology - so of course, civilizational colllapse. Jared Diamond’s Collapse was a grim read. So’s what I know of the Bronze Age collapse, the end of Teotihuacan & Classical Maya sites, the Dark Ages. We face worse. johnwalter25.substack.com/p/the-eight-...
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The Eight Stages of Civilizational Collapse
I’ve been watching things fall apart for a while now.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My latest essay now up. It may seem esoteric but I believe the claim of Socrates' innocence & greatness is one of the foundation myths of our oligarchic systems. I want to destroy that myth & the elitist thinking, political systems that proceed from it. patrick626028.substack.com/p/expunging-...
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Expunging Democracy’s “Original Sin” – The Trial and Execution of Socrates: Part 1
Synopsis:
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I see that some user (Enix?) added me to a "bots list" and blocked me. I find it silly and incredibly sad that someone thinks I'm a "bot"! How many bots post long essays distinguishing democracy vs oligarchy on their Substack? Seriously. Disagree with me. Despise me. But don't call me a "bot"!
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gotta say this one warms my heart. Especially Dean’s cooment about Michiganders having cousins in Windsor or Sarnia (Ontario). I’m from Michigan and I’ve got cousins in Sarnia, etc. So yeah, 💯 on shit-canning these morons who crap on family. deanblundell.substack.com/p/michigan-b...
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Michigan Bank Boss Fakes a MAGA “Lake America” Sweatshirt On A Trip To Canada, Loses a Real Job Before She Got Home
A credit union CEO used ChatGPT to mock Canada before vacationing in Canada. Her board did the math and fired her before the vacation was over. LOL.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I've finished another essay on my "Radical Democracy Now" Substack, entitled "Expunging Democracy’s 'Original Sin' – The Trial and Execution of Socrates: Part 1". It should be up tomorrow. It's a long read but it gets at the root of how we came to be ruled by oligarchs. I hope you'll read it.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
By those standards, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, were “quintessentially American.” I think Bari doesn’t know what it is to be American. If she’s right, then I guess we might need to reassess what it means ourselves.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I now realize why oligarchy, including “representative democracy,” is so susceptible to fascism & authoritarianism. It is premised on the fundamental idea of rule by “the few”; presumably those best suited to rule. Once you accept that premise, how easy it is to arrive at the “one” most fit.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I see things like this and I know the Earth is beautiful and we humans can be too. If only we could get rid of ugly, ugly “elites” who we’ve allowed to ruin it ever since 1787, all on errant premise they were “better” than us regular citizens. They’ve had 2.5 centuries; have they proven their case?
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ain’t no “curious” about Bari at all: She, like Thiel, is full-on fascist. Of course, as a Jew and a woman, she’ll only be allowed associate member status by the Aryan boys. Such a useful idiot. I guess the pay’s good.
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I keep saying this: MEN have NO COMPARABLE PHYSICAL RESTRICTION. And in Southern states where racism is practically required from elected officials? Black women ALWAYS suffer more! (Abbott ordered state agencies to hide data during COVID too, so we couldn't see deaths and debilities from it.)
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AU government unhappy it got hacked by its contractor, OpenAI. Even less happy OpenAI didn't advise it of the hack for 3 months - and then advised via email to a public inbox. Don't want to be treated with contempt? Don't be so bloody contemptible! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia launches investigation after OpenAI agent hacked healthcare database
Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Love this woman’s video - and not just because she looks just like my junior high crush - but some plain, righteous indignation. Only quibble: It’s not “government works FOR us”; it must be “government IS us”! Democracy = Citizens rule. Oh, & vote Collins the fuck out of Senate & into prison.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the furry community”? youtu.be/mMLFCPx4sEE?...
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Tommy Tuberville says ‘furries’ have infiltrated the airline industry
YouTube video by Daily Kos
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The only thing more dangerous than a cornered rat, is a crazy cornered rat. And Krugman’s right: 🇺🇸 the Dems win in 2028 (if) will likely be unsalvageable. It’s going to take leadership, sacrifice, discipline, the likes of which 🇺🇸 hasn’t seen in generations. Odds? www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-k...
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Paul Krugman Makes Chilling Prediction About 'Sundowning' Trump
The famed economist said one outcome will make the president even more dangerous.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a helluva long read & is Oliver Stonesque in its twists, turns, and switchbacks. Is it genuine or conspiracy theorist madness? I don’t know, but a lot of threads knot up at Bill Barr’s Torridon law firm. And the 29 Epstein men w/ secret deals. kaitjustice.substack.com/p/epstein-do...
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Is the Barr Family Blocking The Epstein Investigation Because It Would Expose What's Being Built Right Now?
Three threads, fifty years, a 1973 Sci-Fi novel and the architecture of a sovereign class that answers to no one.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With Trump’s invitation to Putin to attend G20 meeting fresh in minds, time for another look into his role as 🇷🇺 FSB (fka KGB) asset. Hope the other 19 decline to attend. They need to buck up “bigly”. michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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Trump and KGB: How It All Began. Part 1 in a Series
How the Czech StB and Soviet KGB First Became Interested in Trump in the 1970s and 1980s
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Should we hold our breath waiting for local officials, law enforcement to apprehend, arrest the ICE agent pending outcome of an investigation? Will local, state government deliver satety or peace for their citizens? We'll be waiting a long, long time. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-sh...
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ICE Agent Shoots And Wounds Man In Austin, Texas, Officials Say
The man is hospitalized in serious but stable condition after being shot once in the torso, according to Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Looks like oligarchy can't/won't stop fascists. It's almost like the "liberal" establishment, so keen to quash anything smacking of majoritarian, populist power has no answer to the authoritarian "populist" charlatans. Another win for "representative democracy". www.huffpost.com/entry/german...
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Merz Vows To Press Ahead With Reforms After Historic German State Election Defeat
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has faced a major electoral setback in two state elections including a historic defeat for his party.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is brilliant - reminds me of the old joke about Carter, Nixon, Bob Packwood, and Joe Biden on the Titanic. Starts with Carter yelling "women and children first" and goes on from there, each politician adding their own "special sauce" to the dish.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've been posting a lot of Dean Blundell's substacks here recently. He's getting a following elsewhere it appears. Carney, meet Trump. Smart, meet stupid. Future, meet past. Winner, meet loser. Leader, meet grifter. To paraphrase Hannibal, "America, I see thy fate." www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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It’s over. The old relationship between Canada and the United States is dead.
“On Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen stood up in Strasbourg and proposed making Canada the European Union’s first associate member. On Thursday, Mark Carney fronted the European Parliament for a…
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We all know what the blessed event is … and we don’t care how it happens, only that it happens yesterday!
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Identified in February. Arrested, prosecuted, brought to justice … when? Oh, right … never. Thanks “representative government”! You “represented” the shit out of Alex Pretti, Renee Nicole Good, and countless others murdered, wounded, assaulted, kidnapped by Trump’s regime.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Bezos doesn’t give a shit about the Post, its subscribers, the news, truth, humanity, the Earth, or Trump’s insults. The only thing he cares about is money and the power it buys. That’s what an oligarch is. That’s what an oligarch has always been.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He’s mad as a hatter! No fooling. If it’s not mercury poisoning, it’s late stage syphilis eating his brain. Any doubts as to who’s really running the Shite House shitshow? Looking at you, Russell Vought, Steven Miller.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So simple it’s infantile. Will America, world ever grow up?
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ride a metro train or tram in Melbourne VIC, Australia sometime: You’d be amazed how many riders are reading honest-to-gosh books! The physical things w/ paper! It’s a refreshing sight for sore eyes.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good question! Not sure we’re gonna like the answer - which seems to be “as many as he wants” (thanks oligarchy).
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I still reject idea the 🇺🇸 Republic (or any so-called “representative democracy”) is genuinely a Democracy. Republics are Oligarchy, pure & simple. I support rough justice for corruption in office. But I don’t think oligarchs will allow it. It’s up to the People. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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America Lost Trust in Its Government. Now Comes the Dangerous Part.
A new Economist/YouGov poll of registered voters that just came out this week found that the top two words that Americans across the board endorse to describe Donald Trump are “corrupt” (53%
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Much too little, much too late! Where the fuck were you for the last 20 months while your community was being terrorized? I can muster a tiny respect for those who hold to their principles, even while their ship is sinking; none for weasels & rats like Salazar. www.huffpost.com/entry/florid...
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Florida Republican Lawmaker Torches Trump Over Immigration Crackdown
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar said Hispanic voters who helped Trump win the White House in 2024 “feel betrayed today.”
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Gosh, he’s smart! Oh, and his wife’s ugly (GOP god says so).
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I was a bit older than a teen, but loved the Dixie Chicks loud & proud progressivism! More of these ladies - and less of those awful trad wife types.
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I saw this and almost shit myself laughing. Big boy can’t win the war he started w/ Iran and now wants to threaten 🇨🇦 & EU? Bring it on, Loser www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Suggests EU Allowing Canada As Associate Member Could Be A 'Hostile Act'
Trump suggests that the European Union allowing Canada to become an associate member could be a “hostile act.”
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Trump/Musk DOGE grift was even more expensive than previously estimated - $10B spent to make the government work worse. Kind of exemplifies the whole business model of these corrupt, sociopathic grifters and narcissists. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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We Finally Know How Much DOGE Really Cost — And It's A LOT More Than We Knew
One Democrat called Trump’s cuts to the federal workforce “the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse.”
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Well this is good news! Thanks Trump, MAGA! So much winning. www.tickaroo.com/e/GVLg45kUDg...
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Sept. 15: Kash Patel's grilling … and more!
Oil cargoes begin getting canceledReuters:Saudi Arabia has cut oil shipments to Europe after drone attacks damaged its key export pipeline to the Red Sea, trade sources ‌told Reuters, prompting top cu...
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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is so fucked up. Is there no bottom to the 🇺🇸 regime.
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