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El Çid
@trentrichardnelson.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, historian, commentator, philosopher, podcaster and poet; I like soccer & literature too....AV Editor & Contributing Editor for @LiberalCurrents.com & contributing writer all over. Signal: TRN.42 https://linktr.ee/T.Richard.Nelson
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · Jun 22
“…Therefore we need not expect to have better states until we have better men; till then all changes will leave every essential thing un-changed.”
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 9h
Abrego Garcia's motion to compel discovery: www.courtlistener.com/docket/70476...
Compel – #159 in United States v. Abrego Garcia (M.D. Tenn., 3:25-cr-00115) – CourtListener.com
Compel
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 20h
Yep when Trump says he loves coal miners he means the guys who own mines — as always the little guy was good for conning out of a vote and after that the mass grave.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h
ICE is a black hole
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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 11h
Nick Fuentes is a psychotic fascist who openly admires Hitler, denies the Holocaust, and says that rape is "so not a big deal." But you'd never know any of that by reading this simpering GQ profile, which treats him as a kind of edgy internet curiosity rather than a deranged Nazi.
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GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 15h
Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...
Is Nick Fuentes Winning Over Women on the Left?
There are the Tumblr “Nickstorians” and sincere fanfics. But are young, liberal, possibly irony-poisoned women fetishizing or even falling for the hard-right streamer with the “groyper” following? Wri...
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 14h
Horrifying, but predictable; inevitable under this administration even
Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report
Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 15h
Wednesday is gonna be a rough day:

The Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in a pair of cases that threaten what little remains of the federal government’s ability to protect voters from racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/louis...
Louisiana v Callais: The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act
In Louisiana v Callais, John Roberts will have the chance to finish his decades-long war on. voting rights.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 17h
HIRING HITS ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 2009 — CNBC
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Toxidrone @toxidrone.bsky.social · 2d
Good interview with @diplomatofnight.com on the ceasefire and what comes next
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 2d
Half the Answer #40: Caitlin and Trent are joined by Layla al-Sheikh to discuss that Israel deal and the history of past proposals and solutions. www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
Half the Answer #40: Palestine in Context: The New Israel-Palestine Deal
Trent and Caitlin are joined by Layla al-Sheikh to discuss that Israel deal and the history of past proposals and solutions. Half the Answer can be heard on Spotify, on Apple, on YouTube, on Amazon, ...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16h
Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h
Why is this a story? Why is this a bad story for Mamdani as opposed to the cops in the NYPD who shirk at democratic accountability, which seems like a more pressing problem? Why not interview cops excited about Mamdani? Why is CBS running slanted Free Press content w spelling errors already?
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 18h
CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

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Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports
The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d
You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d
Read my words. Ty.
Arrests and Protests at the Broadview ICE Facility
The Department of Homeland Security says that eleven people were arrested Saturday at a protest outside of the Broadview ICE facility.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d
Per Al Jazeera sources, the remaining 13 hostages will be released at 10am local time/3am ET within the area of Khan Yunis in Southern Gaza.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d
"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

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Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center
A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 2d
Half the Answer #40: Caitlin and Trent are joined by Layla al-Sheikh to discuss that Israel deal and the history of past proposals and solutions. www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
Half the Answer #40: Palestine in Context: The New Israel-Palestine Deal
Trent and Caitlin are joined by Layla al-Sheikh to discuss that Israel deal and the history of past proposals and solutions. Half the Answer can be heard on Spotify, on Apple, on YouTube, on Amazon, ...
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 2d
Neon Liberalism #47: If you remember anything from high school civics, it's the phrases "separation of powers" and "checks and balances." That separation and those checks are under the greatest attack we've seen in our lifetimes. But why does that matter? How does it affect the character of society?
Neon Liberalism #47: Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Limited Government
If you remember anything from high school civics, it's the phrases "separation of powers" and "checks and balances." That separation and those checks are under the greatest attack we've seen in our li...
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 2d
"Mass Shootings, MedBeds, Media Mistakes and Misconceptions": @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social with @jsweetli.bsky.social, on our Half the Answer podcast www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
Half the Answer #38: Mass Shootings, MedBeds, Media Mistakes and Misconceptions
Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist Jacqueline Sweet about how violence is framed in media as political, the rush to score points for one side or the other, inconsistent standards for free speech a...
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 2d
Well deserved to be sure.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 3d
You may have noticed I’ve been writing every week at @liberalcurrents.com lately. Well, @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com and I can make it official: it’s a weekly column.

You can catch me there every Thursday (unless someone thinks we should change the day)

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Alan Elrod - Liberal Currents
Alan Elrod is the president & CEO of the Pulaski Institution, an Arkansas-based think tank. He is also a columnist and Contributing Editor at Liberal Currents and an adjunct instructor at Arkansas St...
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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 2d
Happy Saturday to all who celebrate
Buddy Guy in 1969 with Jack Bruce and Buddy Miles
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 2d
The RU defense industry is implementing long term efforts to increase T-90 tank production and recreate RU’s pre-war tank reserves, indicating that RU intends to present a long term military threat to NATO. (1/5)

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 11, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar101125
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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 2d
that lawyer was me.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 2d
The stupidest fucking people are running the country. They're cruel and heartless, but they're also just really stupid.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 2d
The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d
On other days, Illinois state police separated the handful of pro ICE protesters that have showed up to Broadview. Not tonight.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 3d
"Denmark collects 43 percent of its GDP in taxes per year. The United States collects a scant 25 percent. Making up the difference would require broad-based tax increases amounting to $5 trillion per year." www.liberalcurrents.com/billionaires...
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d
New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”
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