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Tom Nichols

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

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Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 4d

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?
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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 12m

“words mean what I want them to mean”

Luke Côté @locutusof.bsky.social · 13m

Tom, holocaust has a very simple definition. Slaughter on a mass scale.

So the fact you think there has only been holocaust 1.0 and no other events can use the word is a bit odd.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 19m

I’m not mocking them, I’m mocking the people who really, really wanted to portray this as holocaust 2.0

deboh45241.bsky.social @deboh45241.bsky.social · 26m

Mocking the killing of innocent people is really not a good look.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20m

I agree

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21m

One mistake at a time

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21m

I would unfollow a guy like that

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 30m

I’m back home, but I was in Toronto for a few days

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 32m

One of the blissful things about being in Canada was the lack of pharmaceutical ads. It’s amazing how many other products exist in the world- chocolate! Laundry detergent! - that you can hear about if you’re not being told about medullary thyroid cancer

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 41m

He’s talking here about people who say America is now a fascist country, and while I might quibble with “greatest ally, I’ll say: definitely helping the MAGA movement in multiple ways.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21h

You’re MAGA’s greatest ally whether you know it or not

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 46m

Words like genocide, just like words like terrorism, are not based in vibes

Graham The Man @graham006.bsky.social · 48m

Tom the way the Israelis have treated Palestinians from the creation of modern Israel has "felt" like a slow genocide.... Maybe address that instead of focusing on strict definitions?

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 47m

Which brings me to Led Zeppelin

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 49m

That is not how the Holocaust ended

anfield77.bsky.social @anfield77.bsky.social · 50m

You forgot the tens of thousands of dead children and women. Innocence, every single one of them. Did WWII end with a cease fire, aid conveys and prisoner swaps? I guess the Holocaust wasn’t genocide in your book.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 50m

No, I’m reminding people that they were using words foolishly

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 50m

I did not say the proof was up to the UN.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 55m

You can almost sense the disappointment

Paul Topping @paultopping.bsky.social · 55m

Begging the question: Is it still genocide if the perpetrator takes a few days off?

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 55m

So we went from “genocide“ to “not great people“

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 56m

I’m watching the news

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

Biden-to-Trump voter on National Guard deployment in American cities: "I was in the Army and I didn't sign up for that. I signed up to fight enemies of the United States, and my fellow Americans are not my enemy."

@eggerdc.bsky.social joins @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on this week's Focus Group:

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1h

Cease-fire, aid convoys, prisoner exchanges…
Weirdest genocide ever.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21h

My mentions are full of lefties telling me that the US is a hopelessly fascist country full of selfish people who would sell out democracy for a cheeseburger and I’ll kindly invite all of you to walk into the ocean

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11h

No big deal! Just correcting.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11h

The black ones are the bomb

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11h

I wouldn’t read too much into that

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11h

You do, apparently

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11h

Nope. I appreciate the faith that I helped make it, but please correct your posts :)

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11h

Takes a professional to pull that off