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Autistic Episcopalian Marxist Mystic Geek. Member of DSA 🖖 (He/Him/His)
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Eric the Red 🌹✝️ @eric13red.bsky.social · Mar 25
My latest on reflecting like Augustine on our current Imperial collapse, discussing Christian nationalism, bad theology, and our Lenten journey towards making and building a better world on Earth as it is in Heaven.
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carsonhollis.bsky.social
Yearly share.
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?

KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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jsweetli.bsky.social
Wait so there are Peter Thiel-backed landlocked seasteading libertarian cities that the current Honduras govt wants to get rid of that Roger Stone has been advocating for that JOH also supports? And Stone has also been advocating for JOH 's pardon?

www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...
The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
eric13red.bsky.social
It's a shame France never got the chance to hang Charles Huntzinger who inexplicably opened the proverbial door that let the Blitzkreig into France. Guy died in a plane crash in 1941 as Vichy Defense Minister
bakerdphd.bsky.social Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d
I read up on the aftermath of Vichy France, in part, to better understand how a country attempts to hold collaborators accountable
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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prchovanec.bsky.social
What the hell is this "kulturkampf" shit from the Department of Labor? Don't they have actual jobs to do?
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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xeynon.bsky.social
Lincoln was not a fan of the equivalent of MAGAs in his day.
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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aelkus.bsky.social
we have a Schrodinger's King. On the one hand, his pronouncements mean nothing because his word is meaningless. However, the fact his word is meaningless is forbidden for the press to use as a weapon against him
rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 1d
Right. This is normally a prelude to imminent war. But no one knows if the us president is serious or had a bad breakfast or is making an insane joke or had a stroke or whatever.
jamalgreene.bsky.social Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 1d
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Right Wing Jews: "Man-dami is antisemitic, he hates Jews, he needs to work directly with us!"

Also Ring Wing Jews: "No, not like that!!"
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
eric13red.bsky.social
"You gotta blocka the ICE"
taliajane.bsky.social talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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dudesrock.bsky.social
Democrats are going to campaign on doing the Venezuela war smarter
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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ddayen.bsky.social
The last time these right wingers took control of any part of Venezuela they funneled $30 billion out of the Treasury and immiserated the country.
prospect.org/2025/11/26/3...
The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela - The American Prospect
How Juan Guaidó sucked a weary nation dry, and primed it for the current U.S.-led assault
prospect.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
there’s this accompanying fantasy, too, that if we can just remove Trump then everything people imagine the rule of law consists of will be a) repaired b) normal c) fine or all of the above
mskellymhayes.bsky.social Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
eric13red.bsky.social
"I heard a voice say to me, 'If you build it, he will come.'"
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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johnbrooks.bsky.social
Well has he considered letting A.I. do it?
hpsc24.bsky.social Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 17d
“Tech oligarchs will pass the blame to the poor, as they grift every last cent until collapse. I don’t want to run. Everyone else is dumb & weak.” - Hart ‘28 Dem Pursuing.com 🇺🇸🙏
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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utopianparallax.bsky.social
It's impossible to overstate how much this is THE singular fixation driving all of the AI hype.
dennycarter.bsky.social Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 2d
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
“A big part of the high stock prices is not a reflection of high future growth,” he said. Rather, it is a sign that A.I. is expected to boost productivity and shrink employment. “The firms all think they’re going to shed a lot of labor, and that’s why the profits will be high,” he said. And while the construction of data centers to power artificial intelligence is fueling economic growth now, these centers, once built, employ skeleton staffs.
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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hammancheez.bsky.social
no different to a U boat sinking a ship then surfacing to machine gun survivors in the water

no different
cmewing.bsky.social Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 1d
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 AM
eric13red.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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wiglet1981.bsky.social
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
Pope stands holding a baseball bat on a plane
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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darren32359.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Black Friday is when the media whips people into a frenzy, then does stories where they scold these horrible frenzied people.
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
eric13red.bsky.social
Tired: Die Hard is a Christmas movie

Wired: The Godfather, Part 1 is a Christmas and a Thanksgiving movie
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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pikeshorse.bsky.social
While I was looking for this year’s stand-in for our broken wise man, this floating multi-phased Kirk popped up
The floating multi phased Kirk in a space suit action figure from the Star Trek TOS episode the Tholian Web
November 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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kimagogo.bsky.social
The common denominator: They have something to offer him
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
Trump’s stated justification for every single one of his despicable pardons of multiple drug traffickers, wealthy fraudsters, people who beat up cops, cronies, violent criminals, and politically connected Republicans is always the same: “I heard they were treated very unfairly.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
eric13red.bsky.social
The geopolitical version of "If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem."
ericcolumbus.bsky.social Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d
TRUMP: If you’re trafficking drugs to the U.S. via the Caribbean I will kill you.

ALSO TRUMP: If you’re doing time because you helped traffic 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S. via Honduras you get a “Full and Complete Pardon.”

www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump + If Tito Astura wins for President of Honduras, because the United States has so much confidence in him, his Policies, and what he will do for the Great People of Honduras, we will be very supportive. If he doesn't win, the United States will not be throwing good money after bad, because a wrong Leader can only bring catastrophic results to a country, no matter which country it is. Tito will be a Great President, and the United States will work closely with him in order to ensure the success, with all of its potential, of Honduras! Additionaly, I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly. This cannot be allowed to happen, especially now, after Tito Asfura wins the Election, when Honduras will be on its way to Great Political and Financial Success. VOTE FOR TITO ASFURA FOR PRESIDENT, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ ON YOUR UPCOMING PARDON. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE HONDURAS GREAT AGAIN! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP 3.15k ReTruths 13k Likes 11/28/25, 4:18 PM PRESS RELEASE Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Convicted in Manhattan Federal Court of Conspiring to Import Cocaine into the United States and Related Firearms Offenses Friday, March 8, 2024 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Hernández Conspired with Some of the Largest Drug Traffickers in the World to Transport Tons of Cocaine through Honduras to the United States According to court documents, from at least in or about 2004, up to and including in or about 2022, Hernández, the former two-term president of Honduras and former president of the Honduran National Congress, was at the center of one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world. Hernández abused his position and authority in Honduras to facilitate the importation of tons of cocaine into the United States. In exchange, Hernández received millions of dollars in drug money from some of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking organizations in Honduras, Mexico, and elsewhere, and used those bribes to fuel his rise in Honduran politics. Throughout his time in office, Hernández publicly promoted legislation and the efforts he purported to undertake in support of anti-narcotics measures in Honduras. At the same time, he protected and enriched the drug traffickers in his inner circle and those who provided him with cocaine-fueled bribes that allowed him to obtain and stay in power in Honduras. For example, Hernández selectively upheld extraditions by using his executive power to support extraditions to the United States of certain drug traffickers who threatened his grip on power, and promising drug traffickers who paid him and followed his instructions that they would remain in Honduras. In addition, Hernández and his co-conspirators abused Honduran institutions, including the Honduran National Police and Honduran Army, to protect and grow their conspiracy. Among other things, members of the conspiracy used heavily armed Honduran National Police officers to protect their cocaine loads as they transited through Honduras. Members of the conspiracy also turned to violence and murder to protect and grow their drug trafficking enterprise, attacking and murdering rival traffickers and those who threatened their grip on the Honduran cocaine trade. In total, Hernández and his co-conspirators trafficked over more than 400 tons of U.S.-bound cocaine through Honduras during Hernández's tenure in the Honduran government. Hernández was convicted of three counts: (i) conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison; (ii) using and carrying machineguns and destructive devices during, and possessing machineguns in furtherance of, the cocaine-importation conspiracy, which carries a mandatory consecutive prison term of 30 years; and (iii) conspiring to use and carry machineguns and destructive devices during, and possessing machineguns in furtherance of, the cocaine-importation conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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tamarakama.bsky.social
Today I learned the same actor played these two characters in Star Trek TOS and the movie Star Trek V The Final Frontier 😲🖖🏻💜
Rex Holman's two characters in Star Trek
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM