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FRagoczy

@fragoczy.bsky.social

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Devotee of Dune, IDIC, LotR, Sam Vimes, Zhuge Liang, Xu Bing, Churchill, Rumi, Bumper Sticker Wisdom, Intellectual Cross-fertilization, and 3am Coffee talk. Eisenhower Republican & Bernie Sanders Progressive. Generalist Former Expat INTJ

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h

"A century ago, this sort of thing went by the name gunboat diplomacy."

@markhertling.bsky.social on the moving of the USS Gerald Ford to the Caribbean, America's new quasi-war, and what it means:

The Mixed Messages of Sending USS Gerald Ford to the Caribbean

The move raises questions of power, prudence, and proportionality.

www.thebulwark.com

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www.politifact.com/article/2025...

Amid shutdown, fact-checking statements about food stamps

About 42 million people receive SNAP benefits, popularly known as food stamps. People could lose their benefits if the federal government shutdown continues.

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FRagoczy @fragoczy.bsky.social · 2h

"They came here illegally!"

Beloved, you voted for a convicted felon and adjudicated r8pist.
You don't care about the law.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

Stop trying to sweeten the deal, Andrew. I'm already voting for Zohran!

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FRagoczy @fragoczy.bsky.social · 2h

The Americans you know and love will be back. I am so sorry we're being such assh***s. Canada deserves better and we know that.

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🇨🇦 Liam Clicks 🇨🇦 @liamclicks.bsky.social · 1d

#Canadasky - buy canadian the economy you save may be your own.

THERE SHOULD BE NO DOUBT THE US IS A HOSTILE AND BAD FAITH TRADING ALLY.
WE WILL NEITHER FORGET NOR FORGIVE

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4h

Contest every race. Have a candidate in every race on every ballot in every county in every state.

Run even if you know you can’t win. Run because you know you can’t win.

No seat uncontested. Bring the fight to every ballot.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Corporate media is in a bad place.

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FRagoczy @fragoczy.bsky.social · 2h

Arizona Dept. of Education to propose removing DEI from teaching standards

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Arizona Dept. of Education to propose removing DEI from teaching standards

Arizona education leaders are set to make a proposal to end DEI language and policies in the state’s public education.

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www.thebulwark.com/p/totally-br...

Totally Brazen. Comically Corrupt. Painfully Dumb.

Trump’s mask-off economic doctrine is on full display: Riches for friends, pain for enemies. Is it any wonder business leaders are falling in line?

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2d

#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes the first African American general in the U.S. Army. Throughout his 50-year career in a segregated military, he served as a symbol of perseverance and a powerful advocate for the integration of African American soldiers. /1

Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. watches a Signal Corps crew in action, France, August 1944. Photo credit: U.S. Army/Interim Archives/Getty Images/

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Dorsey @joeyzazah.bsky.social · 2d

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www.filmsforaction.org/articles/how...

How “Anti-Establishment” Conspiracies End Up Serving the Establishment | Tim Hjersted

I’ll be honest: my favorite conspiracy theories are the ones that sound anti-establishment, rebellious, and free-thinking — but in practice, they do the establishment’s work for them. The ones that ge...

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FRagoczy @fragoczy.bsky.social · 1d

Heather Cox Richardson speculated that it was a kind of revenge for the No Kings protest.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I have said this on multiple occasions, but it won’t be the Epstein list that removes him from power.

It will be the economic pain.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 2d

Many Arizonans who lived through Joe Arpaio’s 287(g)-fueled immigration-enforcement effort more than a decade ago see parallels between what happened in Maricopa County and what’s now playing out across the country as local officers join forces with ICE. @azluminaria.org

This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County was one of the first testing grounds for ICE’s 287(g) program, which lets local police enforce immigration laws. Many Arizonans say those abuses parallel what...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rand Paul: "In the one instance you're killed on sight. On the other instance, if you're captured, we just say, 'Oh well, we're gonna send you back to your country.' It doesn't make any sense."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t really think the framers intended for a president to have the power to slap a tariff on products from a particular country because he didn’t like a TV commercial they ran about him, but I suppose it is presently up to the Supreme Ct to decide how far the Mad King can go.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

While we’re on the subject of Ronald Reagan.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.

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OpalEidolon @opaleidolon.bsky.social · 6d

What do the Polish prime minister, Native and Indigenous peoples on most continents, and Zelenskyy have in common? They all know the kind of ‘lasting peace’ that comes from ceding land to greedy, wealthy white men.

Just don’t.

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OpalEidolon @opaleidolon.bsky.social · 6d

Spread the word. Make it happen.

WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 7d

It's a start.

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