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Frank D’Elia

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“Necessitous Men Are Not Free Men” Refugee from Truth Social 2, aka Xitter

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 16d

“…if it weren't for liberals, we'd be living in a dark, evil country…What has conservatism given America? A stable social order? A peaceful homelife? Respect for law and order?Hell, no.It hasn't given us anything we didn't have and it wants to take away our freedoms”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17h

Supermarket chain Publix announced it will now allow customers to openly carry firearms inside its Florida stores. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/p...

Publix to allow open carry in Florida stores, prompting mixed reactions from shoppers

Under Florida law, businesses and private property owners can choose whether to allow or ban open carry on their premises.

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TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 4h

He was a shitty freeholder, too.

His treatment/betrayal of public employees as governor I will never be able to forgive.

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Barbara @bbcrankyb4covfefe.bsky.social · 4h

He was a shitty Governor. Bridgegate. Beachgate. Shitty to public employees. A bully to the press. The thing is that he was a great federal prosecutor. His mistake was putting Charles Kushner in jail though. That's why he is in Trump's sights.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 6h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 3h

www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...

The Supreme Court has given Trump early wins. Now, it has to explain why.

From tariffs to the 14th Amendment, the new Supreme Court term is full of cases that will determine whether President Trump’s expansive view of presidential power is constitutional.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 12h

There’s been an active cover-up since the mid-2000s to conceal the Epstein Files.

The damning info from the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility’s investigation & report into allegations of professional misconduct by the federal prosecutors, including Alex Acosta.

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YIKES! DOJ BUSTED in Epstein COVER-UP as GOP STALLS RELEASE

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 3h

Let me guess: don’t pay them or underpay them and threaten to call ICE on them if they protest.

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Joseph Wang @lenticulus.bsky.social · 10h

Farming expert explains how ICE raids are connected to exploitation farm labor.

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ICE Raids Are Only Half The Story

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 18h

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 12h

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Dylan Irvine @dylanjirvine.bsky.social · 9h

Given the topic of my PhD (groundwater and temperature) I can't believe I've never thought about this. Abandoned onshore gas wells and geothermal energy... So smart (assuming sufficient temps, etc.). 🧪 theconversation.com/geothermal-e...

Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells

The Earth’s own heat can be brought up from underground and used as a source of energy that emits almost no greenhouse gases and can operate 24/7 almost anywhere on the planet.

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 13h

Legal AF Meidastouch: The Convicted FElon's regime has given the green light for ICE to violently attack Veterans who are protesting against the regime. Sorry, these are war crimes. The courts are trying to stop this, but in a previous post Project 2025, they don't care about courts.

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 4h

OAN today bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 6h

Right Inciting Violence on Live TV 10/13/25
💥 On Antifa: "Why can't we just send the PROUD BOYS in there and take care of business the easy way- without the cops, without the military, just go in there and let him go at it!" twp.ai/9PXNaI

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

Solidarity is the only way

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 4h

If a deportee turns up with a missing heart, we’ll know what happened.

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 2d

Hi, doctor here. "Cardiac Age" is not a thing.

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 4h

Come on. Guy who rides around in a golf cart every chance he gets and bitches about having to walk up an escalator has the heart of a twenty year-old. Also 6’3” and 220.

Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 4h

“Trump…used federal bankruptcy laws to (his)advantage. While investors and creditors lost a lot of their money,Trump was highly compensated for his day-to-day work, earned fees during the property transfers,and slashed his personal debts.” - leaving others holding the bag
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How Trump Leveraged Other People’s Money to Make Bankruptcy Work for Him: A Timeline | ABI

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 2d

Running a government like a business, meaning I fuck everything up and then bail out with a golden parachute.

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 6h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 4h

A psychological phenomenon first described by the psychologist Leon Festinger of cognitive dissonance fame and his co-authors in “ When Prophecy Fails”
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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · Aug 17

You and other scientists like you who debunk misinformation are struggling with a psychological phenomenon Leon Festinger and his coauthors Henry Riecken and Stanley Schachter described in their 1955 book “When Prophecy Fails”.

CHAPTER I Unfulfilled Prophecies
and Disappointed Messiahs
A MAN with a conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you
disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he
questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your
point.
W e have all experienced the futility of trying to change a
strong conviction, especially if the convinced person has some
investment in his belief. W e are familiar with the variety of in-
genious defenses with which people protect their convictions,
managing to keep them unscathed through the most devastating
attacks.
But man’s resourcefulness goes beyond simply protecting a
belief. Suppose an individual believes something with his whole
heart; suppose further that he has a commitment to this belief,
that he has taken irrevocable actions because of it; finally, suppose
that he is presented with evidence, unequivocal and undeniable
evidence, that his belief is wrong: what will happen? The indi-
vidual will frequently emerge, not only unshaken, but even more
convinced of the truth of his beliefs than ever before. Indeed, he
may even show a new fervor about convincing and converting
other people to his view.
How and why does such a response to contradictory evidence
come about? This is the question on which this book focuses. W e
hope that, by the end of the volume, we will have provided an
adequate answer to the question, an answer documented by data.
Let us begin by stating the conditions under which we would
expect to observe increased fervor following the disconfirmation
of a belief. There are five such conditions.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 2d

"Here's a mountain of scientific, peer-reviewed studies about gender being a social construct."

"Nope."

"Here are historical records going back before Jesus walked the earth."

"It's a recent lie."

"... Here's one animated gif from 4chan on Hannity."

"Oh. My. God."

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