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Hollywood icon warns Trump he will face consequences for 'monstrous things he's done'

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Hollywood icon warns Trump he will face consequences for 'monstrous things he's done'

Hollywood star Robert De Niro railed against the Trump administration Sunday in an appearance on MSNBC, calling White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller a “Nazi,” while warning that President ...

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Trump pushed Zelenskyy in vulgar 'shouting match' to cede land or be 'destroyed': report

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Trump pushed Zelenskyy in vulgar 'shouting match' to cede land or be 'destroyed': report

In a private meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, President Donald Trump urged him to concede a significant amount of territory to Russia or face destruction, a meeting that...

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 2h

The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Hochul or Trump — It’s Wall Street truthout.org/articles/the...

The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Hochul or Trump — It’s Wall Street

Wall Street destroyed NYC’s social welfare economy in 1975. Can mass movements stop it from defeating Mamdani’s agenda?

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 5h

'Bright red flag': Yale professor highlights 'blaring alarm bell' on new military strike

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'Bright red flag': Yale professor highlights 'blaring alarm bell' on new military strike

Donald Trump's administration just stepped in it with its latest military strike, according to a Yale professor.Margaret M. Donovan, Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, appeared on M...

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 5h

Trump is preparing a coup — the evidence is clear if you know where to look

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Trump is preparing a coup — the evidence is clear if you know where to look

Is the U.S. military already in the early stages of a Trump-led coup against our Constitution?Inside the Pentagon, loyalty is being elevated above law as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quietly removes...

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 5h

Sunday thought: In Solidarity
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Sunday thought: In Solidarity

The connection between No Kings Day 2.0 and victory

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 6h

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How Trump gutted the team meant to build America’s energy future

The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations had over $25 billion to help companies scale novel low-carbon technologies. Trump is working to erase it.

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 22h

'A confession': Onlookers stunned by new Trump military move that 'makes no sense'

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'A confession': Onlookers stunned by new Trump military move that 'makes no sense'

Donald Trump's administration on Saturday shocked observers with a decision not to arrest two suspected peddlers of fentanyl.Trump over the weekend took the time to brag about a military strike, sayin...

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 22h

Office Hours: Should Dems fight fire with fire?
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Office Hours: Should Dems fight fire with fire?

If so, where does it end?

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 1d

West Bank Death Toll Amid Genocide Tops 1,000 as Israeli Forces Kill Child truthout.org/articles/wes...

Israeli Forces and Settlers Have Killed Over 1,000 Palestinians in West Bank Amid Genocide

Israeli forces shot and killed fourth grader Mohammad Bahjat Al-Hallaq while he was playing soccer with friends.

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 1d

Writer Who Survived ADX Supermax Prison Describes How It “Entombs” People truthout.org/articles/wri...

Writer Who Survived ADX Supermax Prison Describes How It “Entombs” People

Having survived the most restrictive supermax prison in the country on a trumped-up charge, Eric King tells what he saw.

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 1d

The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Hochul or Trump — It’s Wall Street truthout.org/articles/the...

The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Hochul or Trump — It’s Wall Street

Wall Street destroyed NYC’s social welfare economy in 1975. Can mass movements stop it from defeating Mamdani’s agenda?

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 1d

Leaked memo shows bizarre weather conspiracy theory being taken seriously by government

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Leaked memo shows bizarre weather conspiracy theory being taken seriously by government

While plowing a wheat field in rural Washington state in the 1990s, William Wallace spotted a gray plane overhead that he believed was releasing chemicals to make him sick. The rancher began to suspec...

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 1d

Leaked memo shows bizarre weather conspiracy theory being taken seriously by government

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Leaked memo shows bizarre weather conspiracy theory being taken seriously by government

While plowing a wheat field in rural Washington state in the 1990s, William Wallace spotted a gray plane overhead that he believed was releasing chemicals to make him sick. The rancher began to suspec...

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 1d

Raging Trump demands House Republican be 'thrown out of office'

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Raging Trump demands House Republican be 'thrown out of office'

President Donald Trump took a shot at another rogue Republican on Friday who has proven to be a thorn in his side, calling Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) "weak and pathetic" and demanding he be "thrown out...

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'Turn the screws': Newly revealed emails show abuse Epstein aimed at huge financial backer

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'Turn the screws': Newly revealed emails show abuse Epstein aimed at huge financial backer

A slate of emails collected by the New York Times reveals a period of grinding stress between Jeffrey Epstein and his biggest financial supporter, billionaire Leon Black.The chairman of the board of A...

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'Turn the screws': Newly revealed emails show abuse Epstein aimed at huge financial backer

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'Turn the screws': Newly revealed emails show abuse Epstein aimed at huge financial backer

A slate of emails collected by the New York Times reveals a period of grinding stress between Jeffrey Epstein and his biggest financial supporter, billionaire Leon Black.The chairman of the board of A...

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Dems know damn well how to beat Trump — it's not with scaremongering like this

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Dems know damn well how to beat Trump — it's not with scaremongering like this

As I was finally kicking my feet up and settling into a football game Monday night, to get lost in some meaningless diversion from the relentless madness overrunning America, my phone buzzed.Good God,...

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John Bolton & Abuses of the Espionage Act consortiumnews.com/2025/10/17/j...

John Bolton & Abuses of the Espionage Act

Chip Gibbons says the Trump administration should not be using the Espionage Act against Bolton, who himself used the overly broad, archaic law as a tool for political persecution. By Chip Gibbon...

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Trump’s Military Occupation of America consortiumnews.com/2025/10/17/t...

Trump's Military Occupation of America

Nick Turse covers the U.S. president's push in the direction of a genuine police state as he deploys armed forces in U.S. cities and proclaims he is waging a "war from within." By Nick Turse TomDi...

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Trump Admits Complicity in Genocide consortiumnews.com/2025/10/17/t...

Trump Admits Complicity in Genocide

In his speech to the Knesset, Trump told Netanyahu: "We make the best weapons in the world, and we’ve got a lot of them. And we’ve given a lot to Israel ... [And] you used them well," writes Marjorie ...

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The GOP should heed this unlikely messenger — it warns of what's coming for them

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The GOP should heed this unlikely messenger — it warns of what's coming for them

It’s tempting to believe the Democrats are winning the shutdown fight. After all, if Marjorie Taylor Greene, she of Jewish space laser fame, is now the voice of reason, something is surely going their...

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 1d

This Nazi philosopher's playbook explains everything Donald Trump does

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This Nazi philosopher's playbook explains everything Donald Trump does

The endgame for Donald Trump, JD Vance, Kristi Noem, and Pam Bondi is coming into clearer focus, and it’s nearly a one-for-one, step-by-step implementation of Nazi jurist/philosopher Carl Schmitt’s id...

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings
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No Kings

People are protesting.

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 1d

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Measuring the mean plane of the distant Kuiper belt

ABSTRACT. In the absence of any unseen planetary-mass bodies in the outer Solar system, the mean plane of the distant Kuiper belt should be the same as the

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