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Frank D’Elia

@frankd7.bsky.social

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“Necessitous Men Are Not Free Men” Refugee from Truth Social 2, aka Xitter

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 17d

“…if it weren't for liberals, we'd be living in a dark, evil country…What has conservatism given America? A stable social order? A peaceful homelife? Respect for law and order?Hell, no.It hasn't given us anything we didn't have and it wants to take away our freedoms”

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

Mainstream media not covering this news. #alaska #hurricane

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Jeff Turner 🦋🌈🦋🌈@loveneverhate @loveneverhate.bsky.social · 10d

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Jeff Turner 🦋🌈🦋🌈@loveneverhate @loveneverhate.bsky.social · 10d

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 2h

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com goes OFF on the fact that a Trump staffer, Michael Bartels, *still has a job* working for the regime despite participating in the "I Love Hitler" group chat w/other vile Young Rs. While Trump vilifies others for simply asking Qs of his liars.
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Lawrence: Trump admin. staffer reportedly in an 'I love Hitler' chat hasn't been fired by Trump yet

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Sean @titaniumman91.bsky.social · 2d

You should read a history of him that wasn't written by bitter Southerners or politically connected Union generals he embarrassed.

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 3h

A follow-up: Biden forgave $189B in student loans.
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/16/b... Student debt still climbed to $1.64T www.cnbc.com/2025/02/03/s... “““We’re going to continue to see that until we solve the root cause of the student loan crisis…And the root cause is the cost of higher education.””

Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 3h

“America has made an
…economic bet that is at…totally dependent on Chinese rare earth exports.The circumstances that brought us here long predate Trump & are rooted in decades-long failures to retain our technological know-how and channel it into industrial production.”
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Why China Can Collapse the U.S. With One Decree

China holds a virtual monopoly over a product needed to produce the only thing holding up our economy right now. And it’s preparing to use that leverage.

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Michael Pacholek @michaelpacholek.bsky.social · 7h

And Nixon in 1968.

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purplepolitics1.bsky.social @purplepolitics1.bsky.social · 7h

Reagan did the same thing in 1980

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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 7h

Wait - so there was a peace deal in place under Biden, but Netanyahu met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago (tinyurl.com/4fn64wah) and scuttled it to give them both a political win?

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘?

Nobel?? More like the Hague.

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Odonata🪷🌍🕊️ @odonato77.bsky.social · 7h

And exactly what’s different in this ceasefire than what former Pres Biden put on the table which ever1 was going to agree to over a year ago to prevent all the deaths & suffering, before Trump pressured Netanyahu to not take the deal so that Harris loses election. Seems relevant, no @cnn.com?!

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Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 5h

It turns out that what Todd Gilbert meant by "that escalated quickly" is that he was unwilling to support a grand jury investigation into the origins of the Trump/Russia case. I'm surprised and impressed that Gilbert took this stand. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Serendipity @serendipityinfl.bsky.social · 5h

Wait ..so Jack Smith flew from The Hague broke into Mar-a-Loco planted documents and then flew back to the Netherlands and waited for a year for a job offer

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ALT: a woman is smiling in a hulu ad

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

So this imbecile is admitting that the documents were classified, but existed at Mar-a-Lago *before* Jack Smith's involvement? Apparently, stupidity is genetic.

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Allan Paterson #FBPE FB99% #UBI #YNWA 🐟 @allangpaterson.bsky.social · 21h

Solar power is now the world’s cheapest energy source!
www.dpaonthenet.net/article/2180...

Solar power is now the world’s cheapest energy source

<a href="/products/185/Electronic-Components">Solar energy</a> is now so cost-effective that, in the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper tha...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6h

And here's a link to a letter from the IDS editors about the firing of the student newspaper director.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6h

Here's a link to the full story
www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid dispute over student newspaper's content

The director of student media was fired after he pushed back against a university directive over what gets printed in the Indiana Daily Student.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6h

By reporting on how the new trustees have changed policies in ways that take power away from faculty and push more power to university administrators. 4/

And so much more...
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Updated IU policy shifts faculty academic decision-making power toward administrators

A new policy changes the role of IU faculty on campus.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6h

By reporting on the governor's dismissal of Indiana University's elected Trustees, who he then replaced with his own appointees. 3/

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‘Culture of fear’: Dismissed trustee Vivian Winston calls for change at IU

Indiana University's independent student newspaper.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6h

By reporting on the Indiana University faculty's overwhelming no-confidence vote in the (still serving) university president. 2/

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‘A vote is not a temper tantrum’: No confidence movement comes from years of tension

Faculty will decide whether to vote no confidence in Whitten and other administrators Tuesday.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6h

It doesn't surprise me that Indiana University is going after the student newspaper. The IDS has played a key role in holding the university administration accountable.

Including by reporting on the administration's investigation and intimidation of faculty 1/

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The pursuit of light and truth

Law Professor Steve Sanders’s battle with IU over reporting on presidential search process

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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Indiana University fires IDS
adviser amid push to control
student newspaper's content

The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 4h

The Mills campaign is the worst. Multiple texts and emails within minutes of each other. It verges on abusive.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 6h

This is no more lawful than if Iran / North Korea / whoever blew up a couple American yachts in the Mediterranean for suspected drug trafficking. On the legal spectrum it sits in the middle of a Venn diagram between overt acts of military aggression, state-sponsored terrorism, and simple murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 11h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 4h

I’ve been inundated with requests. I responded that each time they send a request, I’m donating to Platner, then stop, report it as spam, and block.

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