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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 5h

First, it staves off apathy, cynicism, and despair.

Second, it demonstrates to those who might use violence against innocent civilians that they would be doing so against grannies, kids, neighbors.

Third, it shows allies and partners that the America they need is alive.

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 6h

Here is my question, and it’s an earnest one I promise: whose mind will it change and to what end?

I don’t have any answers about what we need to do. But like, we did protests in 2017, and 2020. Among the biggest in NATIONAL HISTORY. Voting in my opinion has a much more direct effect than this.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 8h

The numbers I am seeing, and the breadth of people and places with basically no arrests and so forth, seem to me an unqualified political loss for them. It is a show of strength rather than the fight itself, but you can’t downplay it.

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Christopher Farnsworth @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social · 15h

#giftlink William Gibson, Lisa Simpson and More on Their Favorite Pinch of Pynchon www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...

William Gibson, Lisa Simpson and More on Their Favorite Pinch of Pynchon

www.nytimes.com

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percolating.bsky.social @percolating.bsky.social · 14h

What do you recommend as far as a great book or books about Mr. Franklin?

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 15h

I'm going to talk about the Hutchinson Letters Affair, because it's an important episode that's not often taught in schools, and I think it's instructive.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 3d

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Bob McMichael, 63, and his wife, Leslie, 62, are retired and make about $42,000 a year. They currently pay $51 a month for their ACA plan. Late last month, they got a notice that their monthly premium would increase to $2,232 next year without the subsidies.

Idaho kicks off Affordable Care Act open enrollment as premiums are set to rise nationwide

About 25,000 Idahoans are likely to drop their coverage for next year when enhanced subsidies expire.

www.nbcnews.com

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 18h

what did *you* think ACAB meant?

Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 6d

police are gangs that we all collectively pretend answer to elected officials because the truth is scary

i'm not even properly an anarchist but i thought we all knew this

Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 7d

sorry, who’s the ultimate authority of state police again?

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 19h

Solidarity with my American friends on No Kings Day.
Here’s Umberto Eco’s famous checklist for signs of fascism.
Trump’s racing through it like it’s a Bingo card but I hope you can stop him in his tracks.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

goddamn is there anything Wikipedia editors can’t do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

www.nytimes.com

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is allowing the state police to do what they’re doing because the moment he calls them off it would be used as pretext for the Insurrection Act.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick: ‘Consider football: the rough & tumble of our national game is nothing new for the West Midlands. Growing up in the eighties, my Dad took me to more than a few matches at Villa Park in the away end.The language, chants, and antics were - at times - less than well-mannered.’
Reality:

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percolating.bsky.social @percolating.bsky.social · 1d

I recall that. For a short window, that guy was bad ass.

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RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 1d

Friday Night Football!

Interesting FBS match-ups (ET)

7:00—LOU @ #2 MIA—ESPN
8:00—#25 NEB @ MINN—FOX
9:00—SJSU @ USU—CBSSN
10:30—UNC @ CAL—ESPN

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

‘Someday this war’s gonna end’
‘When Colonel?’
‘Just let me ask ChatGPT’

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 2d

When you name people, there is no turning back.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

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Joshua Aslan 👁️🌐 @joshuaaslan.bsky.social · 2d

a man and two women are posing for a picture with the caption buc nasty

ALT: a man and two women are posing for a picture with the caption buc nasty

media.tenor.com

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 2d

If this is true, it is significant not just in itself but because it was long said Francis intended to do it, but he didn't.

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

open.substack.com

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percolating.bsky.social @percolating.bsky.social · 2d

Same.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d

The dodgers have held the brewers to three total runs through three games.

They’re on the verge of sweeping the brewers even with Shohei Ohtani doing nothing.

Man, I don’t know.

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percolating.bsky.social @percolating.bsky.social · 2d

I admire its purity lol

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 2d

Age is never a disqualification. When there's a candidate of a certain age you have to assess their limitations, if they're realistic about them, and if they will put what talents they still possess to their strongest use. Granted it doesn't happen much.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 2d

Sanders is a good practical politician. People who have to work with him respect this. He knows he's old, and he knows he's not going to be president. But he's still got his marbles, and he knows what he's good at. So he's spent a long time building an infrastructure to allow his people to succeed.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 2d

Some of the best Democratic politicians are old; some of the worst are young. The establishment/center-left is addressing the youth argument by running blah young people. So time to move on from talking about age alone. newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Not All Old Candidates Are Joe Biden, and Not All Young Ones Are Great

All things being equal, sure, Democrats ought to lean toward younger candidates. But there are many times when all things aren’t equal.

newrepublic.com

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Patrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 2d

Week 7 Rankings are live. Ranks and analysis for all the top plays at QB, RB, WR, TE, K and DEF

2025 Week 7 Fantasy Football Rankings: QB

Ranking and evaluating all of Week 7's top plays at quarterback.

www.nbcsports.com

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Ronald Ziegler @ronziegler.bsky.social · 2d

If you say that President Nixon's poker winnings 1941-45 amount to nearly $200,000 today, then I believe you. It is not my concern. It is not President Nixon's concern as he continues to work towards a lasting architecture of peace. chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-gov...

Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million via gambling, 2024 tax returns show

The governor and first lady MK Pritzker more than tripled their income in 2024 to $10.7 million, according to documents released by his campaign. A good chunk of that came at a casino.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Angela Lansbury 100th birthday.
Seen here in Ready Player One (1993)

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 2d

The fellow was equitable about it. He said she was clearly drunk and everyone else he met was nice.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s America: Brewers fan caught on video threatening to call ICE on Dodger fan because she was mad her team was losing. The man is a US citizen and military veteran: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/ar...

Brewers 'Karen' fired for racist rant at war veteran in Dodgers game

One month after the infamous 'Phillies Karen' broke the internet, another female MLB spectator has earned the same unflattering tag after her racist rant towards a US citizen and war veteran.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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