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Phil Klinkner
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · Mar 31
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How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends
Though the 22nd Amendment prohibits Trump from being elected president again, it does not prohibit him from serving as president beyond Jan. 20, 2029. A scholar of politics and history explains.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 7h
Be careful. Nothing gets Blueskiers revved up more than "Trump is dying" gossip.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 9h
Only in Times Square are people in Sesame Street and animal costumes violent terrorists.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 10h
Even sharper reaction than in Trump's first term.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 11h
Pretty much a direct copy
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 11h
Lots of woke ideas too.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 13h
But he had a beard, so there's no place for him in Pete Hegseth's army.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 14h
This looks pretty good.
Death by Lightning | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 15h
"Sincerity, if you can fake that, you've got it made."
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 15h
"Siri, give me an example of what Hadley Cantril meant when he said that Americans were 'ideologically conservative, operationally liberal.'"
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h
“I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district." trib.al/zTN18Tp
MTG Turns Against Republicans in Shocking Flip on Government Shutdown
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks Democrats have a point on the Obamacare fight at the center of the government shutdown.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 1d
"Does the sun rise in the east or in the west? Depends on the narrator"
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 2d
Me watching the John Candy documentary.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 4d
It seems clear that The Atlantic has replaced Tom Nichols with AI Tom Nichols. This is the result. It sounds like Tom but only an AI bot would come up with something this silly.
Politicians Aren’t Cool Enough to Curse This Much
Political leaders once watched their language. Now they delight in using obscenity.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 4d
Remember, the sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 4d
There are lots of people in Oregon outside of Portland who think it's a hellscape and are feeding that impression to Trump. Same with people in downstate Illinois and Chicago.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 4d
Trump take freedom of speech
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 4d
Well, if out-parties can drive down the approval rating of the in-party president, then Democrats are doing a terrific job.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 4d
"Green Lanternism" is @brendannyhan.bsky.social's great term for the idea that a president can accomplish anything as long as he tries hard enough. The new version is "Bluesky Lanternism" which is the idea around here that Democrats can accomplish anything they want if only they try hard enough..
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 5d
ICE is literally shooting priests like it's 1905 or some shit
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d
Here’s video of the incident
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 7d
Tom thinks it’s not fascism until he gets arrrested.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 10d
Just another woke liberal.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 10d
“Infantry wins battles, logistics win wars.”

Gen. John J. Pershing
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 10d
Seriously. Lots of scholarship on WWII pointing out that democracies can’t expect civilians to adopt the war-fighting ethos of Germany and Japan.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 10d
A related FYI, in WWII US soldiers were rationed 22 sheets of toilet paper per day while British soldiers got 3 ("one up, one down, and one to polish")
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 10d
In WWII, one side exalted the "warrior ethos" and the other side built a giant bureaucracy that made its soldiers as comfortable as possible and used firepower over human lives. Guess which side won?
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 10d
Two sides of the same token.