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YES PLEASE!!! And thank you! He is the best.

ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 02/09/2026

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Our co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor testified before Congress today on behalf of the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to erect a statue of Paine on the National Mall. On the 250th anniversary of "Common Sense" and the US, let's honor one of our most freethinking founders. 🇺🇸 💫

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Oh my god that is so funny. I live here but have never seen this happen on bluesky. Clearly I do not follow enough MSP people.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

RIGHT! This post just screams, "I have less courage in my entire body than the average retired boomer grandma has in her pinky finger."

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This shit is stupid and people need to stop it. The evidence we have of the government committing violence against civilians is people, ordinary people, immediately showing up in way increased numbers, madder than hell.

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Stephen England @stephenengland.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is why the "no, we actually have to take Russian concerns about NATO expansion seriously" crowd shouldn't be taken seriously. I once sat beside one of them--in Istanbul--as he mansplained Russia's concerns to a local. They, justly, looked at him as though he'd grown a second head.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/09/2026

ah, a military defined by Merit

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I think anyone who is okay with their actions leading to the apocalypse should not wield state power but that's just me.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yep, came here to say this. This is *very* weird grouping. Anyone who doesn't read closely could accurately describe the climate between the two countries as "unfriendly." Very different.

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we have immigrant concentration camps, diarrhea lettuce, zillion dollar gas, suicidal soldiers, measles resurgence, national park land sold to the highest bidder and teachers crowdfunding school supplies, but the real problems facing our country are a muslim senate candidate and an influencer

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Winter @winterbedwyr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This alone is resignation worthy.

Winter @winterbedwyr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm beginning to come around to the idea that bullies getting decked is sometimes good for the character of the country.

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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Your ever-regular reminder that Republicans in Congress fully support what Hegseth and the president are doing to the American military. It’s disgraceful and disqualifying

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 31/08/2026

I relate to his exasperation, having had the increasingly common experience of people--often whole groups of people--arguing with me about something with great confidence only to find out that none of them have ever read/watched the thing in question. Never again.

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in 1989 francis fukuyama invented the clickbait title and has been punished for his sins ever since

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026

in john roberts’ constitution, congress does not exist and the power of the purse belongs to the president, who is an elected dictator embodying the authentic Will of the People

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I think there's a perversion of the meaning of "liberalism" happening here. It doesn't mean "debate." Like. The defining myth of being an American is that when faced with a tyrant you go to war with your tyrannical government (albeit as a last resort). We have the 2nd amendment FFS.

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I sort of miss the days when it was people lining up to tell Americans that they weren't the first democracy/republic actually (as if none of us know this) instead of playing a sort of No True Scotsman game with the definition of "democracy." It's all very dumb.

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From Orwell's "What is Science?" essay. It's funny to see echoes of the science/humanities "debate" back in 1945. The correct answer is and always has been that we need a well rounded education for a well rounded and informed citizenry.

Orwell argues that scientific education alone will do little good, and indeed may even do harm, without literature and history.