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Peter Fotopoulos

@peterfotopoulos.bsky.social

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Bane of Morons; Colonel of Truth. Writer, photographer, Stoic, cynic, SPAM haiku poet, ex-NRA competitive shooter, occasional media pundit, former commodity futures broker. Investigated by the Secret Service. Awaiting the Apocalypse.

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Peter Fotopoulos @peterfotopoulos.bsky.social · 8d

"And what is good, Phaedrus,
And what is not good—
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?"

— Plato, The Phaedrus

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Peter Fotopoulos @peterfotopoulos.bsky.social · 2h

Most Americans have little or no knowledge of the staggering brutality being inflicted upon refugees in Sudan. This is worse than Gaza and Ukraine, yet it gets only minimal coverage by the corporate media. Watch this horrifying segment from the October 31st edition of PBS Newshour.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9h

this is insane.

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Peter Fotopoulos @peterfotopoulos.bsky.social · 6h

This is the best educational and entertaining history of Halloween you will ever hear. There's no transcript, but it's well worth listening to.

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The Dance of the Dead (2021) : Throughline

Long before it was a sugary moviefest, the Halloween we know was called Samhain. The Celts of ancient Ireland believed Samhain was a night when the barrier between worlds was thin, the dead could cros...

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 13h

@neguse.house.gov gives a lesson on how to reframe a journalist’s stupid question about #SNAP! 💪🏼

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 4d

Host: An investigation showed that ICE has detained more than 170 US citizens in recent raids. Videos show federal agents tackling people and even telling a group of Latinos, including a US citizen, they have no rights.

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Peter Fotopoulos @peterfotopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

Noem is an idiot and liar. She had zero understanding of habeus corpus when asked to define it during a Senate hearing.

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🦋🇺🇸 The Baracky 🇺🇸🦋 @thebaracky.bsky.social · 2d

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Peter Fotopoulos @peterfotopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

I heard on NPR this morning it would take more than two years for the Department of Energy to prepare for any tests involving the actual detonation of a nuclear warhead.
So much for the Mad Orange King's wet dreams of tests with photo-op nuclear explosions being conducted "immediately."

Peter Fotopoulos @peterfotopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

Climate change is a lost cause. Nothing that could actually make a difference will be done in time to prevent the imminent runaway warming feedback loop and global catastrophe. We are entering the F-zone on this timeline. Buckle-up.

Peter Fotopoulos @peterfotopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

Will U.S. soybean farmers who've been screwed by the Mendacious Mango Moron's ill-advised tariffs twice now receive another $16 billion bailout like the last time this happened?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

This. Also:

1. Our nuclear modernization started under Obama.

2. The only significant nuclear expansion under Trump was the low-yield W76 mod 2 submarine launched ballistic missile.

3. Testing nukes is fucking stupid. We don’t need to do it.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2d

None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

This is relevant again today. The directive just went out. Keep in mind, it’s illegal for the president to use the military as police without invoking the insurrection act.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 12

That’s interesting. Last time I heard the phrase “Quick Reaction Force” was during the January 6 investigations when the Oath Keepers stashed an arsenal at a Virginia hotel. Gift link: wapo.st/46UGmic

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

I found it easier to understand Speake Mike Johnson once I realized he's not just a "flawed Christian."

He is the new Roy Cohn, another duplicitous closet case always eager to advance the agendas of genuinely awful people.

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Peter Fotopoulos @peterfotopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

Someone like Anonymous needs to hack the activity log for the app Mike Johnson his son use — Covenant Eyes — to control their insatiable lust for porn.

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Speaker Mike Johnson's use of "Covenant Eyes" is even worse than it looks

The Christian "shameware" app was bad enough. The way Mike Johnson uses it raises even more questions.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto

She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card

Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.

She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.

It’s retaliation & it’s wrong

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Peter Fotopoulos @peterfotopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

He — or they, his flying monkeys, if he's incapacitated or dead by then — will not allow the midterm elections to flip the house. The Mad Orange King will have dead bodies of American citizens killed by our military before he will relinquish power.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty remarkable that World Central Kitchen, known for its humanitarian relief efforts around the world, is setting up aid centers for furloughed federal workers in DC

World Central Kitchen | First Alert: WCK Relief Team Serving Meals to Federal Workers During Government Shutdown

World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is serving hot meals to furloughed federal workers in Washington, D.C., as the U.S. government shutdown nears its fourth week.

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Peter Fotopoulos @peterfotopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

Human excrement George Santos is the epitome of trumpism. It's fitting that Santos, who stole from a veteran's charity drive, among his many crimes, was pardoned by our lowlife president, who was fined $2 million for stealing from his charity, which was forced to close.