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Writer, editor, historian, commentator, philosopher, podcaster and poet; I like soccer & literature too....AV Editor & Contributing Editor for @LiberalCurrents.com & contributing writer all over. Signal: TRN.42 linktr.ee/T.Richard.Nelson

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tbt to today when we dressed as peanut the squirrel and ms rachel but our friend's stream had more of a grown ups discussing misogyny vibe
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
“…Therefore we need not expect to have better states until we have better men; till then all changes will leave every essential thing un-changed.”
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 08/10/2026
👋 @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social @aselrod.bsky.social @radtranslib.bsky.social @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Absolutely sick. Barbarism. Justice must be done.
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
LIVE: Christa Pike’s Lawyers Appear Before Tennessee Judge After Failed Execution www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Christa Pike Live Updates: Judge to Hear From Her Lawyers After Failed Execution (Gift Article)
Lawyers for Ms. Pike, a condemned murderer who survived two doses of an execution drug last week, want access to their client and the preservation of evidence.
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lmfaooooo
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Speaking of Lyndon LaRouche and Cultural Marxism lol @ajawoods.bsky.social @halftheanswer.bsky.social @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social
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Lyndon LaRouche and the Cultural Marxism Conspiracy (with A. J. A. Woods)
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 03/10/2026
"Trump just has been really fixated on building things." www.youtube.com/shorts/NAAaX...
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What Is Trump DOING To The DC Area?
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NEW: Eight days after Peter Thiel called Pope Leo XIV a “useful idiot” for China, an executive at Thiel’s Palantir mocked the pope by dressing him in a company hoodie.
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Palantir Executive Mocks Pope Leo XIV as Silicon Valley Splits Over Him
The stunt came eight days after Palantir’s co-founder called the pope a “useful idiot” for China. Not everyone in tech laughed, and some of the pope’s sharpest defenders came from inside the industry.
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Stephanie Mencimer @smencimer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I was in Utah last month when Gov. Spencer Cox's new book on political depolarization came out. He wasn't doing any promo events in the state--off doing the Daily Show. So I spoke to some locals who explained why the self-described peacemaker is pretty polarizing at home. youtube.com/shorts/-eAA9...
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Book-Banning Utah Governor: Buy My Book!
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hope everyone is having a lovely day, although I fear this an impossible wish
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Magic Bus (Original Stereo Version)
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
1) Alito revealing this now is an attempt to rally Republicans in Trump states where Dems lead for Senate. 2) He’s the most partisan R on the court—highly likely he steps down in the lame duck if Dems take the Senate. 3) Doing number 2) makes court expansion even more likely if Dems win in 2028
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 02/10/2026
"We have the National Guard here, and they don't do anything. … They're not in any high-crime area in DC. They're in all the tourist areas. They hang out in front of this expensive French restaurant across from my house. … And it costs $3 million a day to keep them here."
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Everything's 'National Security' in Trump's Washington (Half the Answer #106, with Stephanie Mencimer)
Donald Trump is changing the landscape of D.C., from East Potomac Park to the Kennedy Center to the 'Arc de Trump.'
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 03/10/2026
You're not angry enough at these murderous assholes.
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Emily M*y @decadentwest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump: I'm going to crash the economy These guys: yes please sir! Trump: crashes the economy These guys: not like that sir!
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
My investigators have confirmed the Trump administration is hiding interview documents it conducted with some of Epstein’s banks, and there could be more. There’s no limit to how far Scott Bessent, Kash Patel and Todd Blanche will go to continue this cover up.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
imagine telling the pope “you’re not even an AI influencer” like that’s a sick burn
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I spoke w @smencimer.bsky.social of @motherjones.com on @halftheanswer.bsky.social about all the “renovations” occurring in DC. We got into the troops there too. What’s an arch or ballroom got to do with national security? They are, allegedly, connected, as per prez.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 02/10/2026
Half the Answer #106: Donald Trump is changing the landscape of Washington, and everything he touches turns to plaster and adhesive gold-colored filigree. All the while, D.C. is still under occupation by National Guard out-of-towners. Mother Jones reporter Stephanie Mencimer tells us what it's like.
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Everything's 'National Security' in Trump's Washington (Half the Answer #106, with Stephanie Mencimer)
Donald Trump is changing the landscape of D.C., from East Potomac Park to the Kennedy Center to the 'Arc de Trump.'
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Unprecedented corruption & constitutional crimes. Again, it all should have ended in 2017, when he began openly monetizing the presidency at his hotel two blocks from the White House. We are not a serious country.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
Breaking news: The family of Renée Good has sued the U.S. and officials for her death. “Renee’s death was not an accident,” lawyers for Good’s family said, adding its aim was to “silence anyone who dared to raise their voice in protest.”
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Renée Good’s family sues Trump officials, saying death was ‘not an accident’
The death of the mother of three sparked protests and scrutiny over how federal officers are using force against both immigrants and protesters.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Important; it’s an immigration judge, who unlike federal judges are under the direct supervision of the Administration, which has been pushing out judges they feel are unduly biased towards immigrants.
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There is not a word in the english language which exists to describe the amount of cringe this is
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
our country is a death cult.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
remember how michael tracey (human worm) reacted when graham platner was found out? @marisakabas.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social and i remember! it was fucking disgusting
Michael Tracey @mtracey

Good luck being a heterosexual male Democratic candidate anymore with even a whiff of anything but the most pristine romantic/dating history, because wherever you might fall on the party's ideological spectrum, the minute you hit national notoriety, the knives are coming out hard
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One weird trick for getting Democrats to take bold, decisive action: Manufacture a sex crime

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Everyone must accept that American political affairs will be fundamentally dictated by a constant parade of rape claims — always and everywhere, rape rape rape — but also, you must not ever think too critically about it, or you will be declared as complicit in the constant raping
4:40 PM • Jul 8, 2026 • 21.6K ViewsMichael Tracey
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The defenestration of Platner is one for the ages.
Received the highest Dem primary vote in Maine history less than a month ago. Then, BOOM: skeevy PR operatives get everyone to scream RAPE!!!! — and switch off their brains — and now Party chieftains get to pick their own nominee
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/09/2026
IT'S OFFICIAL. The progressive members of the Chicago City Council (looking at you, @andrefor40th.bsky.social) stopped ICE's cruelest, most notorious charter airline, Omni Air International. news.wttw.com/2026/09/28/f...
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Firm Set to Buy Chicago’s Parking Meters Sells Airline That Carried Out Deportations
More than a dozen progressive members of the City Council said they would not vote in favor of the deal unless the firm sold Omni Air, threatening the completion of the deal involving the city’s 36,00...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026
"nearly 18 per cent of people aged 15 years or older in Canada will meet the clinical criteria for an alcohol-use disorder in their lifetime." www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
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Alcohol is Canada’s biggest drug problem. So why aren’t people getting help? | CBC Radio
Research shows alcohol causes more harm overall than any other drug in Canada. Some doctors and other advocates say people struggling with alcohol aren’t getting treatment options that are backed by s...
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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There is something so vulgar about the kind of conservative who came from a modest background, but strives to climb the same social hierarchies that once disadvantaged him by endlessly and shamelessly flattering those he now insists are our social betters.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026
What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/09/2026
Look at this map when you hear the orange folk talk about what smol beans they are and how they’ll hardly even be noticed quietly marching to their church and they don’t understand why everyone’s so mad about a wittle pawade…If that were so, they’d go the way they’ve gone for the last 27 years.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 27/09/2026
"Obama tried to freeze Fox out" is a complete lie and it's incredible that Jake Tapper feels the need to both-sides this
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Never heard this song and absolutely don’t care
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wait a minute, where the number for trans athletes competing in high school? bsky.app/profile/dand...
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All of their public statements are own goals bc they are so detached from reality that they don’t even realize they’re describing insane, horrifying futures for millions and billions of humans and living beings across the earth.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
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Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Animals suffer from Russia’s war too. Mars, a stray dog from Zhytomyr, hides under a bench, trembling during an air raid alert. 📹: mal_mar_22 / Threads
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Typical. President can’t save himself or his party bc he’s already lost and can’t bear to admit it. The suffering continues on all fronts.
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
He's deteriorating MUCH too slowly for my taste. Rapid decomposition into a moldering skeleton on camera, like one might see in a Hammer film, would be more satisfying.
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Come for the @ryanlcooper.com hot takes, stay for @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social providing vaccine information for the children. You’re telling me regular people are more worried about access to healthcare than new SALT deductions?! New @halftheanswer.bsky.social!!!
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
yes i snuck a pirates of the caribbean reference into the summary. what are u going to do about it
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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 24/09/2026
If you enjoy reading our stuff at Liberal Currents and haven't checked out a podcast, Caitlin and Trent are a big part of what we do, and you have a hundred episodes to binge
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 24/09/2026
Half the Answer #105: Donald Trump appears to be deteriorating…in every way possible. Physically, mentally, internationally, grammatically—somehow, orange man worsening, while word salads, IVs, and naps are great again. Ryan Cooper of the American Prospect helps us think through what it means.
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Orange Man Deteriorating: What It Means for 2026 and 2028 (Half the Answer #105, with Ryan Cooper)
Word salads, IVs, and naps are great again.
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Pablo Torre @pablo.show · 24/09/2026
Good morning: youtu.be/uh7s2jr0b48?...
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We Investigated the Christian "Scam" Fronted by Tim Tebow | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
oh my god that’s so many
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Even as Netanyahu calls Mamdani an antisemite it’s good to be reminded that American Jews feel safer w Mamdani than do w Netanyahu
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If I were representing the nation of Iran I simply would prefer negotiating with actual diplomats towards a shared aim or goal than with two real estate grifters
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Come for the @ryanlcooper.com hot takes, stay for @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social providing vaccine information for the children. You’re telling me regular people are more worried about access to healthcare than new SALT deductions?! New @halftheanswer.bsky.social!!!
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