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Christmas Underground
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The Bluesky presence of the eponymous website. We are the War on Christmas (music). *Elon is a tool.* www.christmasunderground.com
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · Nov 11
If for some reason you just found me, and don’t know me already… I write about great #Christmas songs by small bands that deserve to be heard. I try not to rehash the old stuff you know, and really hate little drummer boy… and facism.
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 1d
Always… but I go in fits and spurts until sept/oct… when I get serious
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 1d
Who is out there trying to put their mix together already?…
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 1d
Agreed. Really lovely
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d
literally no need for this

the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems.

I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.
unraveledpress.com unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d
State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d
OXNARD, CA: Trump’s ICE goons ram into a citizen’s car, arrest him… and claim he rammed into them.

Whaddya know — Video shows they lied.

More: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2d
The leaked Young Republicans’ group chats— filled with endorsements of rape and praise for Hitler—have brought condemnation from some Republicans. J. D. Vance had a different, and more telling, response, Jonathan Chait argues:
Vance’s Telling Defense of a Racist Group Chat
How a trove of bigoted and violent texts among young Republicans indicates the future of the party.
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 2d
Australia, Japan, Canada, S Korea etc (and the middle income countries) should be talking to the EU about turning the EMA into the global medicines agency that we help fund asap because these people are insane and will kill millions.
barbarasobel.bsky.social Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 4d
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 2d
We’re not a serious country anymore.
adamweinstein.bsky.social Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 2d
So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
In response to HuffPost’s query about who suggested Budapest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “Your mom did,” and White House communications director Steven Cheung replied: “Your mom.”
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 2d
So good. Have that DVD!
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 2d
Travelling back to 2021 to listen to a wonderful COVID-era #Christmas song whose qualities are pretty damn timeless.
#christmasmusic #altchristmas

Devon "Staying Home..." (2021)
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Devon “Staying Home…” (2021)
Self ReleasedBuy: Bandcamp It’s quickly coming up on November — that time when we all start to expect new songs to drop. There have been a few here and there, sneaking onto records (like the excell…
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 2d
Popped it on last night and was transported to my twenties :) I remember seeing them on their first tour at the Mercury Lounge - his backing band looked they may have been ripped from the High School marching band. It was so great.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d
Dismantling the VRA is their plan. An all out attack on black/brown representation that would give Republicans a hammer-lock on power.

A potentially 20-plus house seat shift. Pay attention.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 3d
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d
OMG! Clearly, a message from radical anarchists who want violence because they hate America!!!

(Republicans are shameless liars addicted to fictional talking points.)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d
The Golden Age of Corruption.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 3d
Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 3d
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Better Watch Out @shamatha.bsky.social · Nov 3
21st Century Alt.Xmas
Exploring the current extraordinary boom in alternative Christmas music. (As we get closer to Christmas, I'll describe how this is really just coming full circle.)
21st Century Xmas
Since the turn of the century there's been an explosion of secular, Splenda-free Christmas music. Most of it is terrible, but luckily there are plenty of exceptions. Over the next few weeks I'll shar…
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Better Watch Out @shamatha.bsky.social · 3d
Jon Bell’s 3-song EP from 2022 has one sweetly swaying original, and surprisingly original takes on a couple of songs you’ve heard before.
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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Jon Bell - Christmas on My Mind Jon Bell’s 3-song EP from 2022 has one sweetly swaying original, and surprisingly original takes on a couple of songs you’ve heard before.
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 2d
That first Beirut record… dude was 18-19, alone in his bedroom. Some additions in the studio… but… Astounding.
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 3d
Kevin. When the time is right, please check out my site. www.christmasunderground.com. Been making weirdo Xmas mixes for 20 years, some of which can be found there too. I was also a college DJ :)
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We are the War on Christmas (Music)
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 3d
So - when you see a cheap record on Amazon... it might not be cheap for other folks. I'm getting these price alerts on a record, only to see a normal price, $23. I changed my zip code to NYC, and there it is, $7. They have regional deals. You can't add it to your cart, then log in. It says NO. Wild.
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 3d
Good grief. I just saw on Juno records that they are reissuing... yet again... the Bright Eyes #Christmas record. Why? Why! Why.
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Christmas Underground @xmasunderground.bsky.social · 3d
Woohoo!
erinlsnyder.bsky.social Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Hey, Twitter refugees! Here's my starter pack of awesome Christmas nerds. Follow them now and thank yourself in December. Or sooner, really: these people are all awesome year round.
erinlsnyder.bsky.social Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · Nov 10
I'm putting together a starter pack for people obsessed with Christmas: authors who have written about the holiday, people with a year-round appreciation of Christmas movies, yuletide folklore/history buffs - you name it.

Recommendations appreciated!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d
Among the Education Department’s new appointees is Lindsey Burke, the lead author of Project 2025’s education section.

She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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