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PhD Sociology emeritus. Believe in curbing all gods. Detest MOB takeover of US Gov, purge Fascists.

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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Final Battle for America’s Democracy newrepublic.com/article/2151... via @newrepublic.com
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The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.
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Not ANotSee @exxitter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#Germany #AfD #Trump #Musk #Nazis German cartoon depicting Trump and Musk celebrating AfD's victory
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
“Only AfD can save Germany!”
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TheCatMan @bigbrohem.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The far-right AFD Party got a major win in Germany's election on Sunday, leading some to suggest Elon Musk's support for the party played a role in its success" Suggest? The wealthiest person the planet, a bonafide sociopath, has shown us he's also a proud Nazi.
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AfD scores major election win in Germany, party thanks Elon Musk | RISING
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/08/2026
Russia has discovered a new purpose for drones, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu writes: “Instead of avoiding civilians, Russian operators can now target them, as if they were playing a video game”:
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The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
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Nancy Lynn @luvarizona.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
7/16/26, Alex Wagner on Deadline White House suggested that hegseth should use his testosterone test on todd Blanche & Jay Clayton cabinet nominees facing intense scrutiny for their perceived deference to the trump & struggles to answer baseline questions regarding the 2020 election KUDOS TO ALEX👍👍
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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“It pains me as an American to say this because as an American I’ve been used to countries that love us, hate us, criticize us. I am not used to being an American when the reaction of other nations is to pity us, and that feels a little uncomfortable.”—Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
And related to this -- there once was a period when you could actually be seen as *too* openly racist for Republicans. Now they're all worried they're not being racist enough, that they're leaving themselves open to a primary challenge by a literal Klansman campaigning in a hood.
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Blanche, GTFO! www.againstallenemies.net/p/blanche-gt...
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Blanche, GTFO!
"I'm His Lawyer...WAS His Lawyer..."
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It should be a #FrontPage story that POTUS called for pulling licenses of NBC & ABC for not collaborating with him. Trump-aligned networks CBS/Fox (Ellison and Murdoch) collaborated by knowingly broadcasting POTUS’ speech known in advance to contain lies. Credit to NBC and ABC execs.
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Live broadcasting POTUS's election propaganda scorecard:
X ABC Disney
V CBS Ellison
V FOX Murdoch
X NBC
Trump-aligned media doing its part.
9:32 PM • Jul 16, 2026 @
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MrBeanThePug65 @mrbeanthepug65.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Lord have mercy. Tim Scott is just embarrassing himself. Timmy? Lindsey Graham didn't care about you. Stop slathering praise on a stupid DEAD simp, who cared less about you. Get your head out of your a$$.
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Stan Marsh: That Is The Lamest Thing I've Ever Heard
ALT: Stan Marsh: That Is The Lamest Thing I've Ever Heard
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Don’t forget that Lindsey Graham played a key role in Trump’s effort to delegitimize the Russia investigation and dismiss the Trump-Russia scandal as a hoax and witch hunt, thus serving as a useful idiot for Putin. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How Lindsey Graham, eager to serve Trump, became a useful idiot for Putin
It's an important piece of the late Republican senator's legacy.
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Republicans knew who Trump was. This video makes that clear. They flipped because Trump has kompromat on them. Some left office rather than do what Lindsey Graham and others have done. Remember Paul Ryan? Sure don't hear a peep outta him anymore. www.facebook.com/reel/6206534...
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243K views · 4.2K reactions | John Smith Marketing on Reels
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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
President Trump slammed New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman after she questioned his physical and cognitive fitness during an appearance on MS Now, warning that she will “pay the price.” thehill.com/homenews/596...
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Trump rips Haberman, says she’ll ‘pay the price’ over health reporting
President Trump slammed New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman after she questioned his physical and cognitive fitness during an appearance on MS Now, warning that she will “pay the price” when …
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Trump went on the Sunday show circuit to exploit the death of his friend to promote a voter suppression bill that would enable Trump to consolidate power for himself... Perhaps he could have at least waited until Graham was in the ground before propping up his corpse for his own benefit."
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The Secret Reason that Trump Trampled on Lindsey Graham’s Memory
Guest article by Brian Tyler Cohen
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/07/2026
*sarcasm
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Far-right extremists kidnapped a sitting member of Congress and threatened him with US-made weapons.
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US Democrat Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit
U.S. Democratic lawmaker Ro Khanna said he was detained by Israeli settlers armed with U.S.-made rifles during a West Bank visit this week that ​he cast as an unfiltered look at the human toll of Isra...
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Read this. It’s a big deal. www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/m...
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Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit | CNN
Democratic lawmaker Ro Khanna said he was detained by Israeli settlers armed with US-made rifles during a West Bank visit this week that he cast as an unfiltered look at the human toll of Israeli occu...
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Tuning Fork @tuningfork.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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**°•.FAFO.•°** @fafo-ez-one.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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russiaSuX @denbelblack.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
So who is actually in charge in the US? trump swaggers in and claims he is "da boss" and then the ejaculator hegseth shrieks EU is incompetent. Asking for Ukraine.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/06/2026
"War has instead done what it usually does: empowered the powerful, rallied the faithful, and allowed an apparatus of repression to present its imperatives in terms of national security" Read Laura Secor on the abandonment of the Iranian people www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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The Betrayal of the Iranian People
The world has not reckoned with the violence visited on Iranians in 2026.
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David Clark @david-k-clark.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The beaches of Normandy were stormed to liberate Europe from people like Hegseth.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
It is amazing to watch Hegseth shit his pants at Normandy, while he knows deep down that what the Allies saved Europe from then, was racist trash like him
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Tuning Fork @tuningfork.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
About these rumors! Is it true that there will be a cage fight between Joe Rogan and Pete Hegseth? And what’s this about Lee Greenwood singing his famous lines “proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free” from inside that cage, S. Miller's idea to hype the ICE Detention policies??? 🧐
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
WATCH — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social : “Trump entered office worth $2.3 billion and is now worth $6.5 billion… Decisions are made based on what's good for the president's own companies, not Americans… for example — why did the Saudis invest $2 BILLION in Kushner’s companies?”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The US and it's peer group of nutty climate deniers: Russia, Iran and Israel.
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Shawn Eli @elistrums.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I've been to Nashville, and if you like music, it's a blast. But if they are doing this crap, we should boycott Tennessee and not spend our tourist money there. The same goes for Louisiana and Florida. They rely heavily on tourism. We need a healthy GOP to maintain our democracy. They are failing.
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Federalist No. 69 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 @mexi-dutch.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
As long as people like Marsha Blackburn, Andy Ogles and corrupt legislators like Camron Sexton remain in office, I will continue to boycott the state of Tennessee. Join me in canceling travel plans for conventions & conferences. Sorry Nashville. Love you, but not going to spend my money there…
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Chef @chefdejour.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
American Patriots Boycott Voter Suppression Tennessee Iconic brands like Jack Daniel's (Lynchburg) Bush’s Beans (Chestnut Hill) Little Debbie/McKee Foods (Collegedale) Goo Goo Cluster (Nashville).... Please add to and please pass it on.
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Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We should all boycott Tennessee. Cancel that trip to Nashville. Stop buying Jack Daniels. Boycott FedEx, Autozone, and Dollar General.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
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On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/05/2026
"You cannot celebrate European civilization while simultaneously attacking the legal and political order invented here, or while openly seeking to undermine the institutions that protect pluralism and dissent" An answer to Vance and Rubio: www.erstestiftung.org/en/a-speech-...
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A Speech to Europe 2026 »The European Moment« - ERSTE Foundation
In her speech »The European Moment«, Anne Applebaum warns of global threats to democracy and the EU and calls for greater European sovereignty and cohesion.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I can remember my Dad telling me stories about Johnny Cash who knew how to shake things up. We need that kind of energy again.
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Tuning Fork @tuningfork.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Many reasons a shallow blood-lust militarist like Hegseth would fear a figure like Mark Kelly. Imagine the nightmares the MAGA ORCS, Project 2025 White Christian nationalists, and the megalomaniacal techno-oligarchs have for someone who exudes dignity, political morality, and non-divisiveness.
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Hillbilly Holler @gregorydeanpappas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
He was at the scene of the crime in FL in 2000, and changed the course of history. He is now unleashed to lock in White Privilege and Minority rule. Striking down the Voting rights act is equivalent to Dred Scott and will result in civil unrest in red states that may lead to violence.
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Tuning Fork @tuningfork.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The painful history the US (mainly African Americans) went through to secure the Voting Rights Act set back 60 years. Roberts' explanation EMPTY! The Rightist Court knows that DE JURE (ruling) protects and expands DE FACTO) (institutional racism). SCOTUS brings back Reconstruction 2.0 + JIM CROW.
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Tuning Fork @tuningfork.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
While US Military assets were being significantly damaged Hegseth was showing Trump and the media visuals of US bombing Iranian assets. The American public was kept in the dark while the Hegseth-Pentagon "news" featured rah-rah war-video humor porn. www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/w...
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Majority of US military sites in Middle East damaged by Iran, CNN investigation reveals | CNN
At least 16 American military sites have been damaged in Iranian strikes, making up the majority of US positions in the Middle East, a new CNN investigation can reveal. The damage includes high-value ...
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The man with the nuclear codes
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026
More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.
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Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future
The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A bombshell new report reveals that top military officials have kept Trump out of the room during Iran war operations because they fear his erratic behavior will put troops in harm’s way. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I don't know if you saw, but JD Vance was in Georgia this week.
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Tuning Fork @tuningfork.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Indeed. The perfect stand-in for the post-Trump forces behind Project 2025 and the smash and break politics of the cabal you note.
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Tuning Fork @tuningfork.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
So much for the Thiel-lap dog and his conversion (sic) to Catholicism. Vance is too sucked in to the techno-oligarch $$$ to hide his moral vacuousness and his increasingly obvious fraudulence. From "hillbilly elegy" to cosplay Alter Boy. What a lost puppy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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JD Vance defends Trump amid spat with Pope Leo: ‘Stick to matters of morality’
Catholic vice-president effectively tells Leo to stay in his lane after pope criticized the White House over the Iran war
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/04/2026
Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power
Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Imagine being a moderate Republican and getting outflanked on decency, morality, and basic humanity by these four nutters
Four headlines in which Marjorite Taylor Greene, Tucker Carolson, Piers Morgan, and Alex Jones condemn Trump for his genocidal threats to Iran.
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Tuning Fork @tuningfork.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Question: General Cain made a fool by Trump's braggadocios mouth. Trump's psychopathological megalomaniacal mind, joined with Hegseth's twisted messianic wet dream, itching to unleash War Crimes. Will Cain be smart and block Trump's push? Or is he going to piss on his Oath to the Constitution?
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"Our country is simultaneously taking these wild swings directed by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth with no apparent foresight about what kinds of consequences those swings will bring, while also Trump and Hegseth are fundamentally destabilizing the U.S. military itself."
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