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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 19h

Harris holds power in the Dem party.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 20h

He was judged by his time! They thought he was a POS!! bsky.app/profile/joew...

Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 20h

“You need to judge Christopher Columbus by the standards of his time.”

Well, he was arrested and stripped of his titles in 1499 for his tyrannical crimes. So by the standards of the 15th century, he was a monster.

Debunking apologia for Columbus's crimes, here:
www.joewrote.com/p/repost-chr...

REPOST: Christopher Columbus was a Monster in His Own Time

Life Tip: don't celebrate mass murderers.

www.joewrote.com

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 20h

“You need to judge Christopher Columbus by the standards of his time.”

Well, he was arrested and stripped of his titles in 1499 for his tyrannical crimes. So by the standards of the 15th century, he was a monster.

Debunking apologia for Columbus's crimes, here:
www.joewrote.com/p/repost-chr...

REPOST: Christopher Columbus was a Monster in His Own Time

Life Tip: don't celebrate mass murderers.

www.joewrote.com

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 20h

There are many pro-Palestine protests against Trump and Republicans every week. Just because you don't see them doesn't mean it's not happening. www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 23h

Once again, Israelis are ‘hostages’ and Palestinians are ‘prisoners.’

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 23h

It feels like Schumer is running her to prove the Democrats' critics wrong. I doubt it will work, but even trying shows how far removed they are from reality.

Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 1d

She’s running for office, so that’s a good reason to protest. Who said Trump isn’t complicit?

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 1d

Chappel Roan for say “F—k ICE” and Neera Tanden is madder about it than Trump.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 1d

To call attention to her complicity in an ongoing genocide, and hopefully keep future genocidaires from power.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 1d

Until the Democrats stop pushing people out of their coalition, they’ll continue to lose: www.joewrote.com/p/centrism-s...

Centrists Shrank the Democratic Tent. Only the Left Can Expand It.

Motivated by their personal agenda, establishment Democrats pushed voters away in 2024. To repair that damage, the party needs a left-wing agenda.

www.joewrote.com

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 1d

Kamala Harris to anti-genocide protestors: “You want to talk about legacy? Let’s talk about the legacy of mass deportations, of not voting, and Donald Trump.”

Harris’s book recognized her Palestine position cost her precious votes. But she doesn’t seem to know that.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 2d

‘Kidnapped from his tank’

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 3d

Dan Rather, not a fan of Bari Weiss.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 3d

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado is allied with Netanyahu's Likud Party and addressed a European far-right conference that called for a "Reconquista" against "Islam and wokism."

I worry this will tarnish other respected Nobel winners and nominees, such as Henry Kissinger and Hitler.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 3d

Bari Weiss at CBS won't help Israel. Americans are pissed that the media tried to hide a genocide and favored Palestinians instead. More condescending hasbara will only accelerate that trend, not reverse it.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 3d

Bari Weiss has arrived at CBS.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 4d

Israelis are hostages, Palestinians are prisoners.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 4d

The data leader at “The Argument” magazine blocked me for…. arguing with him.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 4d

At the behest of the Zionist lobby, Late Night with Stephen Colbert wanted to play a "thumbs up/thumbs down" game with Zohran Mamdani about the Gaza genocide.

Jaw-dropping inhumanity.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 4d

It's difficult to celebrate the pending ceasefire when it's likely Israel will break it (as they did with the January agreement), and if they don't, Trump/Bibi will still cleanse Palestine to build a Temu casino.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

TRUMP: “Gaza’s gonna be slowly re-done. You have tremendous wealth in that part of the world.”

Sure sounds like that giant real estate deal coming together, like he (and Smotrich) have openly said. Anyone wanna bet Trump’s family gets a nice piece of the action?

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 5d

King

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 5d

Axios is reporting that 77-year-old Governor Janet Mills is joining Maine's Senate race. If elected, Mills will serve until she's 84. That's two years older than Biden is today.

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 5d

To win elections, Democrats need to expand the coalitional tent and bring in voters who were alienated in 2024. That can only be done by moving left.

More here: www.joewrote.com/p/centrism-s...

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 5d

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 6d

Laura Ingraham made Stephen Miller watch AOC roasting him live on air 🤣

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