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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · Dec 4

My pinned tweet on X-witter for 4 years:

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 7h

Mike Johnson isn't Christian.
He proves that every day.
But he IS a numerologist.
He fears 218.

Swear-in Rep. elect Adelita Grijalva!

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1h

⁨The blatantly political videos being forced on airports across the country are not only an abuse of taxpayer dollars, but they violate the law.

I'm joining @SenBlumenthal and @SenJackReed to demand DHS take down these videos immediately.⁩

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 1m

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a woman with long black hair covering her mouth with her hands

ALT: a woman with long black hair covering her mouth with her hands

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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 3m

Eric Swalwell had something to say.

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Peppa Pax Pippa 🕊️☮️✌🏼 @peppapaxpippa.bsky.social · 18h

I'M TIRED OF "LIBERAL" BEING USED AS AN INSULT.
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU THE VOTE.
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU EQUALITY.
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU FREE SPEECH
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU YOUR INALIENABLE RIGHTS.
LIBERALISM IS THE ENEMY OF TYRANTS, AND I'LL BE FOREVER PROUD TO DEFEND IT.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 39m

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James Baldwin Shows We Have More to Learn About Liberty for All | Online Library of Liberty

James Baldwin was one of the greatest American writers, a civil rights activist, and someone who stood up for Black liberty. He was not a libertarian, but those interested in liberty should take heed ...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 6m

A core difference between her and a GOP politician. AOC wants the same things for the deplorables that she desires for her voters.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

AOC: I don't care if someone likes me or not. That will never change the fact that I'm going to fight for them to have health care. I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 8m

A newer kind of darkness, invariably, with elements of the old.

[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 10m

Maga Mike Johnson has accepted Donald Trump as his personal lord and savior while masquerading as a Christian.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1h

Welch: Mike Johnson-If he's a big Christian, he should be fighting for the marginalized, fighting for the poor. But instead he weaponizes his faith to lure voters in and then dicks him over every chance he gets.

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 11m

Standard vetting practice.

[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 12m

Not an ideal time to fly domestically, said a former airline pilot friend.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 50m

We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.

Make it make sense.

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 14m

Yes. That said, Indian news sources are also reporting that India will not purchase Russian oil anymore.

[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 16m

Their factional disunity is equal to or greater than their fragility.

[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 18m

Well, well, well...

⚠️ NEW: Israeli Defense Minister Israel #Katz said the #IDF has been instructed to prepare a plan to resume fighting against #Hamas if necessary.

IDF preparing plan to resume fighting if necessary: Israeli defense minister

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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 6h

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 33m

Indeed. We have entered a newer kind of darkness in a novel political era unforeseen during the Cold War.

[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 40m

Trump said Wednesday that he had authorized the #CIA to conduct operations in #Venezuela, markedly escalating U.S. pressure on President Nicolás #Maduro.

Trump declined to say whether he had authorized the CIA to #overthrow Maduro, a step some of his top national security aides have urged.

Trump says he has authorized covert CIA action in Venezuela

The CIA has surged personnel to the Caribbean and Central America as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on drug cartels in the region, people familiar with the matter say.

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 43m

Brown University President Christina Paxson said she had refused to sign her Ivy League school onto a Trump administration memo, making Brown the second school to refute the offer sent to nine elite universities.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 46m

Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social sounds the alarm about the Republican attack on the voting rights act

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Sher Bear｡‧˚ʚ🧸ɞ˚‧｡ @sassafrassva.bsky.social · 49m

Repubs aren't trying to win non base voters over anymore! They are calling the "no kings" movement the "hate America rally".

I suggest as many of us as possible take an American flag to the protest Sat.

Patriots don't continue to undermine democracy! Let's show the world who the real patriots are!

the american flag is waving in the wind

Alt: the american flag is waving in the wind

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