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@wmfstien.bsky.social
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Twitter Refugee, Tweetsmith. Eclectic interests from cultural & social anthropology, to histories, to political economics, to Science & Theology* *e.g. Good Gov’mt: Matthew 25:31-46 Peace to People of Good Will

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h
I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all. He is a danger to the entire world. He must be impeached.
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 2h
My #Msg2POTUS > (202) 446-1111 < Mr President U are doing a great job for your friends, Putin & Xi, by destroying America’s leadership position in the world & our strategic military alliances, while weakening our military readiness, depleting our munitions stockpiles & risking World War III.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 3h
Donald Trump is using the U.S. treasury and our tax dollars like it’s his personal piggy bank. And just like he squandered hundreds of millions given to him by dear old dad, he’s squandering our money now.
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 4h
Mississippi in Play? No doubt Scott Colum is a strong candidate up against a Trump Windbag Dittohead! > www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Mississippi Democrats dare to wonder whether Senate seat is in reach
A Democrat hasn’t won a Senate race in the state since 1982, but a young district attorney has a message for party officials and donors: “If we try, we win these voters.”
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14h
Not “mind-boggling.” Trump has made our once-beloved country an unwelcoming place and an unsafe place for foreign visitors.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Ossoff: "You played earlier the tape of Mike Collins, a sitting member of Congress and the Republican candidate for senate in Georgia, supporting the deployment of federal troops to polling places in Georgia this fall. Folks, this is a 5 alarm fire."
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 13h
Voter Fraud? NO Ballot Rejection! > www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A few noncitizen votes are a scandal. But thousands of rejected ballots are business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h
See what I mean when I say the system is rigged?
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 15h
SAD > www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee’s Lone Woman on Death Row
Christa Pike tortured and murdered a classmate in 1995. She had been set to die on Wednesday, the first woman executed in the state in 200 years, until a lower court paused the execution.
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 17h
This Pakistani Journalist’s story shows the end game IF Trump has a docile Congress… Plan to VOTE VOTE EARLY VOTE Election Day > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Pakistan's battle over Imran Khan
Podcast Episode · The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · September 30 · 37m
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h
The U.S. has withdrawn its last troops from Iraq, 23 years after a Republican president launched a war of choice based on lies that cost trillions of dollars, killed hundreds of thousands of people, and unleashed regional chaos. History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I stand with Jack👏👍
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump Rambles & Rants re AI, now SI as/ Executive Order; & over arrests at the joint US/RAF base in the UK. > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 
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Sky News speaks to Trump at the White House - on AI, and RAF Fairford
Podcast Episode · TRUMP100 · September 29 · 13m
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s increasingly impossible to talk about AI without Anthropomorphism. > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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'They Are Scheming' with Alex Bores
Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · September 22 · 59m
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lawfare: The Trials of the Trump Administration Fri 25Sept26 > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, September 25
Podcast Episode · The Lawfare Podcast · September 28 · 1h 33m
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Iran War is Trump’s Wag the Dog War to distract U.S. from the Epstein Files! May 2027 bring Oversight & Accountability!!! #VoteBlue 
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Freedom Lover @fre-edo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An ode to Donald John Trump…
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Timeline Cleanse 🎶🎼🎶 Richard Wagner 'Overture de Lohengrin' ⚜️🎶⚜️🎼⚜️🎶⚜️
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If immigrants do the jobs that most WHITE Americans don't do any more, all get deported. Which, they paid close to $100 billion but don't claim. While the Ultra Rich paid hardly nothing but gotten billions from the government. What do you think will happen to this country?? It will collapse‼️
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#MedicareForAllNOW
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You’ve likely seen the news: The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. Almost as troubling: Plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision’s importance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This week at Democracy Docket: The Supreme Court boosted Trump’s voter suppression. Legacy media shrugged
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. And plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision's importance.
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@theonion.com BREAKING: Today Donald Trump signed an Executive Order revoking the Statue of Liberty’s TPS. Madame Liberty has until October 12 to self deport; or a warrant will be issued for her arrest. 
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump and Xi sitting in a tree K I S S I N G > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Trump meets Xi in DC - who’s the bigger superpower now?
Podcast Episode · TRUMP100 · September 25 · 38m
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CALL: Sen. Roger Marshall > (202) 224-4774 < Ask him why his lawyers had 81 of his patients arrested for failing to pay up?* While many more had their wages garnished & charged 18% on their debt. M/W Marshall voted to cut ACA & Medicaide; seeking privatization! *> www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
God, I never thought China’s UN talking points would sound more reasonable than some US positions. M/W Soldiers on their knees smoothing out wrinkles auger’s ill for U.S. policy* as Trump seems poised to throw Taiwan under the bus. *or has it changed? > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Trump's Saturday Morning is a Disaster
Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · September 26 · 23m
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
James Clyburn interview reminds me of a Trump45 Tweet: drip Party B4 Country Drip, drip Party B4 Country Drip, Drip, Drip Party B4 Country A Strean Everyone 4 Themselves > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 
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‘A Lot of Confusion’
Podcast Episode · The Weeknight · September 26 · 43m
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
James Clyburn interview reminds me of a Trump45 Tweet: drip Party B4 Vountry Drip, drip Party B4 Country Drip, Drip, Drip Party B4 Country A Strean Everyone 4 Themselves > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 
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‘A Lot of Confusion’
Podcast Episode · The Weeknight · September 26 · 43m
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 26/09/2026
"Xi has succeeded in positioning Beijing as the new 'center of gravity' in diplomacy," one former U.S. official told Newsweek.
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Trump faces biggest TACO test yet—but Xi faces dangers too
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sad, War accelerates advances in weapons & medicine. God Bless Ukraine
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
The Chinese Communist Party got access to sensitive components of U.S. F-35 stealth fighters. The U.S. got 2 pandas.
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good 1st Amendment Discussion & Analysis > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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MS NOW, CNN journalists denied entry to White House event
Podcast Episode · The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi · September 25 · 42m
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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World Peace @jaozxy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The UN Secretary-General is right: international law is being cast aside for transactional politics. We need a return to human rights and a rules-based global order ⚖️ www.google.com/goto?url=CAE...
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UN News Today 22 September 2026
Guterres calls for a UN strong enough to build world as it should be 130,000 now displaced by Yemen violence UNHCRNicaragua: democracy ‘dismantled’, political opponents disappeared: OHCHR
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@schwartzforcongress.com I remember when Trump 45 started acting erratically & breaking norms, GOP said the Red Line to a Constitutional Crisis would be IF DJT refused to obey Court Orders. 47s DOJ has often acted in contempt; & now the White House! WHERE IS THE REPUBLICAN OUTRAGE??? (202) 224-3121
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@cspanwj.bsky.social @cspan.bsky.social Yes, Biden slipped when he speculated that Putin would only take part of Ukraine; but Biden surely knew that in ~August 2016 Konstantin Kilimnik gave Paul Manafort Putin's demands for peace with Ukraine. M/W This 2016 Demand was same Putin Demand in Alaska!
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@c-span.bsky.social @cspanwj.bsky.social I remember when Trump 45 started acting erratically & breaking norms, GOP said the Red Line to a Constitutional Crisis would be IF DJT refused to obey Court Orders. 47s DOJ is often acting in contempt; & now the WH is… WHERE IS THE REPUBLICAN OUTRAGE???
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Contempt of Court!
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Call your Senator and tell them to vote “NO” on Dr. Heidi Overton 🚫
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@cspanwj.bsky.social @c-span.bsky.social Re: AI IF AI’s training model is everything that is on the Internet, THEN AI is exposed to, and learns from every crooked nefarious thing we humans put on the Internet. The result being, AI is not immoral; AI is amoral!
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To: Sen. Susan Collins Re: Navatek Defense U ask Why anyone should believe a convicted felon? Why ma’am do U vote 95% of the time at the direction of a convicted felon??? & Why do U continue to employ staff, e.g. your Finance Director, who at minimum took HUGE Donations knowing they were ILLEGAL???
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 23/09/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE agents after working in the U.S. for 35 years. His sons, Ronaldo and Lorenzo Jr., testified before Congress and reminded us that this rogue agency MUST be held accountable for its horrific actions.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mohamad Safa UN The war in Lebanon has reached a point where it can no longer be described as anything other than genocide. Don't be fooled by current leaders statements at the UN General Assembly calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza and Lebanon. If they really wanted to end it, they would
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
2: Sen. Susan Collins, Do we now know why Senators Cornyn & Tillis did backflips so U could vote NO? Did he &, I presume, DJT know about the FBI investigation & the Kompromat in the files, c.f, Epstein files? > share.google/KG4TgycEtoS9...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump Kicks Over 750,000 from ACA, Obamacare; Alleging Fraud. > www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud
Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion.
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@c-span.bsky.social @cspanwj.bsky.social @schwartzforcongress.com Is a Gov’mt financed official Trump TV feed soon replace the Network Pool coverage? > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Has Donald Trump just begun state-run television in America?
Podcast Episode · TRUMP100 · September 22 · 25m
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wmfstien.bsky.social @wmfstien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Is a Gov’mt financed official Trump TV feed soon replace the Network Pool coverage? > podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Has Donald Trump just begun state-run television in America?
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