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X-crement refugee. Non-profit leader. Pro-democracy and anti-Fascist. Proudly humanist, slightly Taoist and piously anti-MAGAvangelical. Father, husband, sportsman, occasional artist, and concerned citizen. Trying to transcend politics, yet failing.

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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Paid early access to Trump's posts raises insider trading questions
President Trump is selling early access to his social media posts. Truth Social launched a subscription service giving a first look at posts from the president. The price tag is reportedly up to $100,...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
How Trump’s claims of vandalism at the renovated Reflecting Pool crumbled www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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How Trump’s claims of vandalism at the renovated Reflecting Pool crumbled
Standing on the basin of the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool in early May, President Donald Trump promised to fix the leaks and other problems that had long plagued one of the capital’s most recogn...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Judge slams the Justice Department as he ‘reluctantly’ dismisses final January 6 riot case | CNN Politics
A federal judge slammed the Justice Department as he “reluctantly” dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against leaders and members of the Oath Keepers in the final January 6 US Capitol riot case.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Trump corrupts everything he touches. www.facebook.com/share/v/1EKk...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The very meaning of a boondoggle. news.sky.com/story/trumps...
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Trump has admitted defeat on Iran war after historic blunder
Donald Trump has arrived for this week's G7 summit in France keen to celebrate his peace deal with Iran. But the agreement has only proved this war was one of America's greatest strategic blunders.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The government belongs to the People. It's not a private entity beholden to an owner, as Trump would have it. What it does is the People's business & it must be accountable. Enforcing silence violates the 1st Amend - and the idea of a free democracy. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Trump administration proposes NDAs for all federal workers
The Trump administration is planning a government-wide nondisclosure agreement that would bar federal workers from sharing a wide array of “confidential government information,” according to a draft n...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Trump’s immigration crackdown could cost up to $479bn in lost taxes over 10 years
Proposed IRS data sharing with immigration authorities and ICE raids have made filing risky for those who are undocumented
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
These were her last words - and the words spoken by her executioner. Both have been described by others as "devoted Christians", as if this provides context by which they & their actions leading up to this should be understood. It begs the question...Who was exhibiting the more Christ-like behavior?
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
When a staggeringly high percentage of the loudest MAGA accounts are based in places like Russia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Turkey, you know that it's largely an adversarial foreign operation that's fueled this destructive movement. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
One of Trump's evangelical spiritual advisors was found guilty of sexually abusing a 12 year old. www.keranews.org/news/2025-10...
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From the beginning: A timeline of Robert Morris' legal issues
From sexual abuse that began in the 1980s to his guilty plea more than 30 years later, this is a timeline of everything that happened in Robert Morris' legal saga.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
They're all suspect. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Talk about weaponization of the "Justice Department". And talk about deflection. He's both a criminal and scared.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
With the complete obedience of the cuckolded GOP and the stolen and corrupt Supreme Court, Trump has decimated the Separation of Powers envisioned by the Founding Fathers.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
North Carolina Republican leaders are autocrats and racists. Is there any other conclusion? They certainly put party and allegiance to Trump ahead of democracy. If a state had a soul, the North Carolina GOP would have sold it to the devil for political power. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged
North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Santos lied to voters, stole money by falsely charging people's credit cards for "donations", and embezzled a Gofundme he falsely set up to support a vet's ill dog. But Trump pardoned and erased restitution him after saying Santos always voted Republican. Pure MAGA. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Former Rep. George Santos says he will pay restitution only if he's required by law
The former congressman had been ordered to pay about $374,000 in restitution. President Donald Trump commuted his sentence last week.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
If you want to see what abuse of power and the weaponization of government and law enforcement looks like, pay attention to what is happening in the Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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Trump-appointed prosecutor ousts 2 more top attorneys from Virginia office: Sources
Sources familiar with the matter said their firings were tied to the prosecutors' resistance to bringing charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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sldet.bsky.social @sldet.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
"Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as “epic.” Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.”
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
An US Flag with a swastica was displayed in Ohio GOP Rep Dave Taylor's office. It was in the cubicle of one of his staff. He says it the symbol is "obscured" and "not visible to the naked eye". Funny, but I can recognize a false flag when I see it. You be the judge. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Trump continues to corrupt the DOJ, subvert the Rule of Law, and abuse his power on order to seek retribution on his perceived enemies. www.rawstory.com/amp/todd-gil...
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'Evidence be damned!' Analysts stunned by explosive report on why Trump axed prosecutor
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Obamacare and Biden's Infrastructure Act, among other major Dem legislative acts, have disproportionately benefited Red States. When asked, Biden agreed and said it was because they needed it. The contrast to Trump couldn't be more obvious. www.bbc.com/news/article... www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/b...
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Red states are big winners of Biden’s landmark laws | CNN Business
Last month, battery recycling company Redwood Materials broke ground on a $3.5 billion battery plant in South Carolina that is expected to create 1,500 new jobs.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
What a pleasant surprise when even a MAGA outlet has a little integrity and respect for the 1st Amendment. www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...
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Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business
The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Trump is trying to extort poor countries to do things that are morally reprehensible. "Naturally, this proposal, which we considered indecent at the time, runs completely contrary to the principle of dignity" www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Burkina Faso refuses to take deportees as US stops issuing visas - BBC News
The West African nation's foreign minister asks if the decision led to the US suspending issuing visas.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
You mean, Trump lied about his ties to Project 2025? You don't say. people.com/trump-touts-...
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Trump Touts His Administration's Ties to Project 2025 After Claiming He Had 'No Idea' Who Was Behind It on the Campaign Trail
President Donald Trump shared a post raving about Project 2025 architect Russ Vought after previously claiming that he did not know who was behind the far-right, Christian nationalist blueprint for th...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Trump’s cherry-picked claims on political violence ignore his own rhetoric www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Trump’s cherry-picked claims on political violence ignore his own rhetoric
Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s plea for people to stop turning Charlie Kirk’s assassination into a political food fight appear to have fallen on deaf ears among many on the right.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Trump, Kennedy, and their cabal of clowns are blatantly putting politics and conspiracy above public health and science. Zero surprise. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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The meeting that sparked Monarez’s dismissal
Here are the steps the Health and Human Services secretary took during his push to fire Susan Monarez.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/08/2025
She's also the only child rapist in history to be moved to a minimum security camp with potential work release one week after meeting with the Deputy Attorney General.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/07/2025
Gerrymandering: the art of mathematically disproving majority rule.
Gerrymandering: when data science meets moral bankruptcy.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The brazen corruption of the Trump family has become so normalized that the media hardly pays attention. www.instagram.com/reel/DLAgVtB...
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Holy shit, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell corrected the orange felon’s lies on live television without hesitation. This is how you do it.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The same ones who said "no mask mandates!" are the same ones who support masked law enforcement. Basically, they prefer an unaccountable secret police force to a society that errs on the side of protecting the most vulnerable. More evidence that it was never about freedom. It was always about hate.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Trump pardoned a Jan 6 insurrectionist who later plotted to murder federal agents who investigated his crimes. He was also discovered to have child porn on his computer. Trump has awesome judgement, eh? www.wbir.com/article/news...
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Government, defense clash over proper punishment for Maryville man who plotted to attack, murder law officers
The government also says child sex abuse material was found on his computer. The defense wants to strike the memo which contains that allegation.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This MAGA murderer was a "devout Christian" and inspired by Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The attacks on Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota: what we know
Melissa Hortman killed and John Hoffman wounded in two separate attacks carried out, police say, by same suspect
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
David Brooks speaks for a lot of us. I do feel shame, especially as I travel abroad and speak with foreigners about the US. But I do also feel grief for what we've lost as a nation. www.instagram.com/reel/DGw9dpE...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The Trump's are opening a corruption club called the Executive Branch, where, for $500,000, you can buy access to the Trump family and the top echelon of the administration. It is corruption in the wide open - and MAGA doesn't even get it. www.instagram.com/reel/DJAFp_w...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Look foreign gift horses in the mouth. www.instagram.com/reel/DJnXu0S...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Trump's envious fawning for the trappings of foreign royalty is beneath the dignity of the USA. It also illustrates dramatically just how shallow and materialistic he is and how vulnerable he is to both flattery and bribery. www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
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Trump marvels at wealth of his Arab hosts while he eyes White House and Air Force One upgrades
Donald Trump is the most powerful and famous person on the planet, at the helm of the biggest economy and the strongest military.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Trump is planning to accept a $400 million plane from the royal family of Qatar and then convert this gift to his personal use after his term. Qatar will receive his favor in return - and maybe a Trump golf course. It is overt bribery and corruption on the largest scale. We've become a kleptocracy.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Prescient words from someone surprising. Unfortunately, things didn't quite "pass" as he hoped they might. www.instagram.com/reel/DI2QjLG...
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Chris Hauck @chrishauck.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pope Francis met JD Vance yesterday and today the Pope is dead. Perhaps Vance is really just that toxic.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Signalgate was bad and it keeps getting worse. The sheer carelessness and hubris of this is mind boggling. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Hegseth shared information ahead of Yemen strikes in a Signal chat with wife and brother
The news comes about a month after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was mistakenly added to a separate Signal chat with national security leaders.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Good for Harvard. Now other colleges should follow suit to combat this attack on the First Amendment and intellectual freedom. www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/u...
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Trump administration announces freeze in $2.2 billion for Harvard after university rejects request for policy changes | CNN
[Breaking news update, published at 8:04 p.m. ET]
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I don't use this word lightly, but the Trump administration has acted with evil intent toward migrants it has deported to El Salvador. They have knowingly condemned these people to life sentences of torture and have done so without giving them any right to habeas corpus. www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/p...
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported. In a tense hearing, DOJ wouldn’t say where he is. What happens next? | CNN Politics
Less than a day after the Supreme Court said the Trump administration had to “facilitate” the return of a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, the case appeared headed for even murkier waters.
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Trump's cabinet members are now wearing golden lapel pins depicting Donald Trump. Just more evidence that it's a cult. www.instagram.com/reel/DIUD3IM...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
If Kash Patel can lie so easily and with such a straight face about something so simple, can he be trusted at all? www.instagram.com/reel/DFdlPJR...
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The Deep State... of Resistance @transcendentalist.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Peter Navarro = "Ron Vara". Trump's tariffs = Smoot-Hawley. It's looking bleak. www.facebook.com/share/r/16CX...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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