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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15d

I see they have called in the famous and eccentric detective.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 15d

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15d

Trump’s “message”: I am a king and I douse you all in shit.

I say go ahead and amplify it.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15d

Well, at least you know where they stand.

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jmeek.bsky.social @jmeek.bsky.social · Oct 1

Mad King Donald I.
The Ballroom is his Neuschwanstein.

jmeek.bsky.social @jmeek.bsky.social · Oct 1

Oh, no. No. It's The Ballroom.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Oct 1

I'm not trying to suggest it.
I'm flat-out saying it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 1

Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b

LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Oct 1

RIP Jane Goodall 🙏

Her Trump description:

"I see the same sort of behavior as a male chimpanzee will show when he’s competing for dominance with another"

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 22

If you want to understand the failure of our media, since Kirk’s murder Republicans have fanned out across the media for interviews, all claiming Dems calling Trump ‘fascist’ causes violence. And not a single interviewer has pushed back with: ‘But Trump called Harris a fascist!’

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jmeek.bsky.social @jmeek.bsky.social · Sep 12

Not surprisingly, too ignorant to know the Reichstag fire was perhaps the most notorious false-flag operation of history.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Sep 11

We don’t even know who did this or why. We imagine that we can guess, but history is replete with examples of why even entirely logical guesses could be wrong. We should stop drawing conclusions until we have actual facts we can base them on.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Sep 7

Besides the internal contradiction, this is a historically dumb statement. The eradication of smallpox? Of cholera? Yellow fever? This man is a moron.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 7

FOX: What would say is the last great success that our govt public health agencies have had?

RFK Jr: I don't think there have been successes

(Kennedy said days ago that Trump should get a Nobel for Operation Warp Speed)

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Sep 7

The media's attitude is that the country is evenly split between sane and insane people, so we need to hear both sides.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Sep 7

Well said.

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · Sep 5

one of the most insufferable things the NYT does is run a story and then spend half of the page talking about itself and its reporters

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · Sep 5

I received a pair of interesting documents last week from a FOIA request, wherein Los Alamos scientists in 1947 and 1949 tried to answer the question: “How many nukes would it take to make the atmosphere dangerously radioactive?”

You can read the reports here: doomsdaymachines.net/p/irradiatin...

Irradiating the planet

Los Alamos scientists calculate the limits of radioactivity, 1947-1949

doomsdaymachines.net

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Sep 4

WHY DOES ICE NEED SNIPERS?

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Scoop: A sudden no-bid ICE contract for specialized sniper training has gone to a decorated former Marine who is also the brother of a GOP lawmaker.

Reached by WIRED, he says there was no hookup; 20 years in a reconnaissance unit and even more as an instructor simply left him uniquely qualified.

US Congressman’s Brother Lands No-Bid Contract to Train DHS Snipers

DHS says retired Marine sniper Dan LaLota's firm is uniquely qualified to meet the government’s needs. LaLota tells WIRED his brother, GOP congressman Nick LaLota, played no role in the contract.

www.wired.com

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Sep 4

On the one hand, everything seems like part of a cataclysmic slide into authoritarianism.

On the other, everything also seems like a desperate, last ditch attempt to make us forget the Epstein files for another 24 hours.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Sep 5

I think the fact that SCOTUS doesn’t think we’re in a constitutional crisis is a big part of the constitutional crisis.

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · Sep 5

Justice Amy Coney Barrett tonight: "I don't think that we are currently in a constitutional crisis."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Justice Amy Coney Barrett says country is not in a 'constitutional crisis'

Speaking to Free Press founder Bari Weiss to promote her new book, the conservative justice said the American people should trust the Supreme Court.

www.nbcnews.com

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jmeek.bsky.social @jmeek.bsky.social · Sep 2

There are areas in which we must return production to the U.S. for national defense. If this costs more than importation, the U.S. public must pay that cost either through tariffs or direct subsidies. Subsidies would probably be better than tariffs imposed also on non-strategic goods.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fascism ended in annihilation and surrender in WW2, but please go on.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Oath Keepers are in the fact Oath Breakers. Formed to prevent an unconstitutional slide into tyranny, they are in fact helping to make it happen.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Aug 28

As a former "traditional GOP" person myself, that's probably the most delusional sentence I've read in a while.

Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · Aug 27

"She may not turn the party around, but in the current crisis, she can play a strong, visible and independent role in preserving and promoting the traditional GOP." www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/27/o...

Opinion: History calls on Susan Collins to rebuild the traditional Republican Party

"She may not turn the party around, but in the current crisis, she can play a strong, visible and independent role in preserving and promoting the traditional GOP."

www.bangordailynews.com

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jmeek.bsky.social @jmeek.bsky.social · Aug 28

Perhaps he'll have it occupied by the National Guard.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Aug 27

You start to understand what it was like when German elites uttered nary a peep at the removal of Jews from civil service and academic positions.

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rogergathmann @rogergathmann.bsky.social · Aug 26

It was wild when we discovered Clarence Thomas was on the take during the Biden administration and the Democrats did ... nothing. No impeachment,no hearings, nothing from the doj, nothing from Biden. Just another station on our way to non-democracy - a bipartisan effort!

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