Mark R. Edwards
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Mark R. Edwards
@markredwards.bsky.social
· May 17
Fascism and the English Language
Fascism and the English Language “A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. ...
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Best Twitter riposte of the day. Leavitt really is a junior high school level Goebbels.
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Best Twitter riposte of the day. Leavitt really is a junior high school level Goebbels.
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Amen
December 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Amen
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Northwestern’s leaders will likely try to justify their choice to appease fascist extortion with some BS about needing to help researchers get federal funds that were illegally withheld, so it’s important to note that virtually all of the researchers said not to.
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Northwestern’s leaders will likely try to justify their choice to appease fascist extortion with some BS about needing to help researchers get federal funds that were illegally withheld, so it’s important to note that virtually all of the researchers said not to.
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Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
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❌ NDCs are not meeting the urgency or scale of the climate crisis
IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social's recent report with @climatecrisisag.bsky.social provides ten key recommendations on how to embed climate action at the centre of industrial strategy.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/FsJj6tk
IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social's recent report with @climatecrisisag.bsky.social provides ten key recommendations on how to embed climate action at the centre of industrial strategy.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/FsJj6tk
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
❌ NDCs are not meeting the urgency or scale of the climate crisis
IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social's recent report with @climatecrisisag.bsky.social provides ten key recommendations on how to embed climate action at the centre of industrial strategy.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/FsJj6tk
IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social's recent report with @climatecrisisag.bsky.social provides ten key recommendations on how to embed climate action at the centre of industrial strategy.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/FsJj6tk
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🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT🚨
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT🚨
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
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This is why we #AintBuyingIt. Credit @womensmarch.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is why we #AintBuyingIt. Credit @womensmarch.com
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Home Depot on defense for their horrific enabling of ICE crimes. That means Ain't Buying It boycott is already working and it's not even Thanksgiving yet!
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
Home Depot speaks out about ICE involvement as boycott calls grow
The retailer's premises have become a key target of immigration enforcement activities in recent months.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Home Depot on defense for their horrific enabling of ICE crimes. That means Ain't Buying It boycott is already working and it's not even Thanksgiving yet!
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
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Whoever said that Trump looks like a Make A Wish kid meeting Zohran nailed it
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Whoever said that Trump looks like a Make A Wish kid meeting Zohran nailed it
So disturbing 🤬
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
So disturbing 🤬
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Looks like being anti-black, anti-LGBTQIA+, and getting rid of DEI weren’t good business decisions after all.
#FAFO#values
#consumerpower
#protestswork
#FAFO#values
#consumerpower
#protestswork
BREAKING 🚨: Target
$TGT has now plunged to its lowest price in more than 6 years 📉📉
$TGT has now plunged to its lowest price in more than 6 years 📉📉
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Looks like being anti-black, anti-LGBTQIA+, and getting rid of DEI weren’t good business decisions after all.
#FAFO#values
#consumerpower
#protestswork
#FAFO#values
#consumerpower
#protestswork
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The women who were victims of Epstein should not be afraid of these "powerful men." These "powerful men," should be scared shitless..of these victims. Why? Because the victims represent ALL of us, and ALL of us...don't spend so much of 1/100th of a second...fearful. We're f*cking pissed.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The women who were victims of Epstein should not be afraid of these "powerful men." These "powerful men," should be scared shitless..of these victims. Why? Because the victims represent ALL of us, and ALL of us...don't spend so much of 1/100th of a second...fearful. We're f*cking pissed.
It’s doable Los Angeles
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It’s doable Los Angeles
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the “five administrations” part really hits. playing political football with Epstein like it’s a gotcha on Trump does such an injustice to how long this network of abusers has been protected by secrecy
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
the “five administrations” part really hits. playing political football with Epstein like it’s a gotcha on Trump does such an injustice to how long this network of abusers has been protected by secrecy
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BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
And I knew it was you Schumer. You broke our hearts.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
And I knew it was you Schumer. You broke our hearts.
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"What if, hear me out, we aligned with & helped pass the agenda of the people voters just rejected Tuesday and sports fans are booing?"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"What if, hear me out, we aligned with & helped pass the agenda of the people voters just rejected Tuesday and sports fans are booing?"
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FWIW, social democracies like Norway, Sweden etc have big businesses. They have billionaires.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
FWIW, social democracies like Norway, Sweden etc have big businesses. They have billionaires.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
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Between what came before and what happened tonight, Dems ought to treat encounters with CBS reporters as presumptively hostile and untrustworthy. A small thing, but there’s no way out of this disaster if the party continues helplessly submitting to unequal treatment from ~all mediating institutions.
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Between what came before and what happened tonight, Dems ought to treat encounters with CBS reporters as presumptively hostile and untrustworthy. A small thing, but there’s no way out of this disaster if the party continues helplessly submitting to unequal treatment from ~all mediating institutions.
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"Don't Stream Fascism." This is a regime of the bullies, for the billionaires blasting propagnda at us through all possible means. We must withhold our views & our coins from corporations that aid, abet & spread their hate:
indivisible.org/cancel-spotify #cancelspotify
indivisible.org/cancel-spotify #cancelspotify
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
indivisible.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"Don't Stream Fascism." This is a regime of the bullies, for the billionaires blasting propagnda at us through all possible means. We must withhold our views & our coins from corporations that aid, abet & spread their hate:
indivisible.org/cancel-spotify #cancelspotify
indivisible.org/cancel-spotify #cancelspotify
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Could we mount a trick or treat for SNAP ala olden days trick or treat for UNICEF effort? Have kids collect coins as they're grabbing candy to donate to local food banks?
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Could we mount a trick or treat for SNAP ala olden days trick or treat for UNICEF effort? Have kids collect coins as they're grabbing candy to donate to local food banks?
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"What role do local law enforcement agencies have in immigration? Under what circumstances must they work with Federal authorities?"
LWV San Luis Obispo zoom information meeting open to the public @lwvc.bsky.social
lwvslo.org/content.aspx...
LWV San Luis Obispo zoom information meeting open to the public @lwvc.bsky.social
lwvslo.org/content.aspx...
Understanding Local Law Enforcement & Immigration Issues - Events - League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County
lwvslo.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"What role do local law enforcement agencies have in immigration? Under what circumstances must they work with Federal authorities?"
LWV San Luis Obispo zoom information meeting open to the public @lwvc.bsky.social
lwvslo.org/content.aspx...
LWV San Luis Obispo zoom information meeting open to the public @lwvc.bsky.social
lwvslo.org/content.aspx...
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Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.