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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 2h

He's probably considering the 40 states you have that support child-marriage. There's a lot of American pedophiles who would feel offended if this info was released. . .

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 2h

It's become quite obvious that Trump & Co. can indeed disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress. They've succeed at this multiple times. On the other hand. . .Americans don't seem able to stop them.

Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 3h

It's become increasingly obvious that a portion of your Dems are in on the pro-fascist movement; thus the inaction. That's why they're so pissy at folks like Sanders, AOC, Mamdani, etc; they represent a left-wing movement, that isn't them.

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 3h

“Journalism is printing something that someone does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” - George Orwell

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3h

Reporters walked out of the Pentagon on Wednesday after news outlets refused to sign new press rules laid out by Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense. The new rules raise the prospect of punishment for simply requesting information on matters of public interest. Read more: nyti.ms/48sfl6q

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

"News organizations including the Guardian, the Associated Press, the New York Times, Reuters, Politico, the Washington Post, the Atlantic and many others – even right-leaning Newsmax and the Washington Times – are rejecting the demand." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pete Hegseth’s attempt to gag journalism is a resounding failure | Margaret Sullivan

Hegseth wants journalists to only publish ‘explicitly authorized’ information. That is not how the free press works

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 3h

Your pedophile president's dementia is showing again. . .

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 3h

Congress is too busy protecting pedophiles. Those 40 states that support child-marriage have been cast in a whole new light now.

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 3h

So, why do UK officers found guilty of crimes get protected with code names?

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 4h

And then there's the simple fact that countries with more than two parties, do have more political engagement. Sorry, but reality is not on your side on this point.

Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 4h

(Side note: team sports have very effectively learned how to monetize this.)

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 4h

And that cognitive response, is what reduces a population's motive to do exactly what you're talking about; become educated, and learn, and engage.
So. . . yes, it really does matter.

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 4h

Look into what happens to our cognition when we're presented with a binary choice, as opposed to three or more. With binary choices our logical faculties decrease, and our emotive responses increase.
Tribal-polarization.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5h

clicked this to check it was not, in fact, The Onion. It's not.

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 5h

Neo-Confederacy planning moves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 5h

Rephrase it as 'the flow of new customers and workers' and watch the acolytes of growth-based economics change their tune.
"Oh, but of course we want growth. More people buying our stuff, more people working for us."

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 5h

But hey, food producers and grocers are making tidy profits, so it's all good. . . .🙄

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THIS is THE WAY !!

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 14h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · 13h

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 13h

The strong man has a taste for underage girls. 🙄

Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 13h

The fact that Congressional orgies are a thing that can be tracked and said to be increasing in frequency. . . 😬

Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 14h

That would be more a matter of Bluesky's numbers going up, than X's going down though.

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 14h

Does that also apply in dictatorships that aren't above using violence on non-violent protestors. . . ? 😬

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 14h

Dox them. Make a list of names, put their comments next to the names, and then support their freedom of speech by spreading that list far and wide. No legal, or employment action taken. . . just awareness of what they said.

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 15h

Penalties are unlikely. That seems to be the mantra from POTUS all the way down to ICE when it comes to criminal behavior.

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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social · 15h

Again, reread back. My point was that committing to a strategy beforehand, especially announcing that commitment, is foolishness.