Charlie Close
@charlieclose.bsky.social
Writer. Very short stories. Progressive politics. Progressive rock. Progress. Michigan USA.
Is it a "disagreement" to say that Trump is a fascist and Mamdani is not? Or is it something more fundamental than that?
I get it that Mamdani doesn't want to pick a fight with Trump right now, but this is ridiculous.
I get it that Mamdani doesn't want to pick a fight with Trump right now, but this is ridiculous.
WELKER: You've also said that President Trump is a despot. Do you still believe President Trump is a threat to democracy?
MAMDANI: Everything I've said in the past I continue to believe. That's the thing that I think is important in our politics -- we don't shy away from where we have disagreements
MAMDANI: Everything I've said in the past I continue to believe. That's the thing that I think is important in our politics -- we don't shy away from where we have disagreements
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Is it a "disagreement" to say that Trump is a fascist and Mamdani is not? Or is it something more fundamental than that?
I get it that Mamdani doesn't want to pick a fight with Trump right now, but this is ridiculous.
I get it that Mamdani doesn't want to pick a fight with Trump right now, but this is ridiculous.
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I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
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📌 Should he have been detained? Absolutely NOT; however, the govt’s gross miscarriage of justice will not diminish my joy of watching this reunion. 🥹 1/2
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
📌 Should he have been detained? Absolutely NOT; however, the govt’s gross miscarriage of justice will not diminish my joy of watching this reunion. 🥹 1/2
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Remember to be kind to yourselves also. This is an incredibly stressful life we are living. Grace and kindness are necessary components to keep moving forward. 💗 CB
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Remember to be kind to yourselves also. This is an incredibly stressful life we are living. Grace and kindness are necessary components to keep moving forward. 💗 CB
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
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Racial profiling is all they do. Lawless.
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Racial profiling is all they do. Lawless.
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Today, after the Coast Guard lifted a ban on swastikas and nooses as symbols of hate, and after President Trump called for the execution of members of Congress, it is time for every American to decide. Who will you be?
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Today, after the Coast Guard lifted a ban on swastikas and nooses as symbols of hate, and after President Trump called for the execution of members of Congress, it is time for every American to decide. Who will you be?
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
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This is Republican Party fascism, arresting children at their school. A Heritage Foundation and Stephen Miller dream come true. Can you look without turning away?
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is Republican Party fascism, arresting children at their school. A Heritage Foundation and Stephen Miller dream come true. Can you look without turning away?
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every trans suicide is a murder
every trans murder is a policy consequence
and the bodies keep piling up as the elected officials who today tell us they care about us — ALL of them. — still label the hate against us as a “distraction”
sorry, the funeral i went to last week was not a distraction
every trans murder is a policy consequence
and the bodies keep piling up as the elected officials who today tell us they care about us — ALL of them. — still label the hate against us as a “distraction”
sorry, the funeral i went to last week was not a distraction
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
every trans suicide is a murder
every trans murder is a policy consequence
and the bodies keep piling up as the elected officials who today tell us they care about us — ALL of them. — still label the hate against us as a “distraction”
sorry, the funeral i went to last week was not a distraction
every trans murder is a policy consequence
and the bodies keep piling up as the elected officials who today tell us they care about us — ALL of them. — still label the hate against us as a “distraction”
sorry, the funeral i went to last week was not a distraction
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Losing the farm that’s been in the family for generations is unfortunate, but it’s a small price for a farmer to pay to make sure some trans kid they’ve never met in a town they’ve never heard of is denied the opportunity to play a sport they don’t care about.
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Losing the farm that’s been in the family for generations is unfortunate, but it’s a small price for a farmer to pay to make sure some trans kid they’ve never met in a town they’ve never heard of is denied the opportunity to play a sport they don’t care about.
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In Ternopil Olena Unolt, mother of two daughters, a hairdresser, was killed in the russian missile strike on the city on November 19, 2025.
Her daughters, Adriana (7th grade) and Eva (10th grade), are in intensive care in critical condition.
Her daughters, Adriana (7th grade) and Eva (10th grade), are in intensive care in critical condition.
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In Ternopil Olena Unolt, mother of two daughters, a hairdresser, was killed in the russian missile strike on the city on November 19, 2025.
Her daughters, Adriana (7th grade) and Eva (10th grade), are in intensive care in critical condition.
Her daughters, Adriana (7th grade) and Eva (10th grade), are in intensive care in critical condition.
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ICE in Charlotte. The guy in the headlock is a restaurant worker. Barbarians.
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
ICE in Charlotte. The guy in the headlock is a restaurant worker. Barbarians.
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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) where we mourn the trans lives lost to anti-trans violence, hate, prejudice, & discrimination. We honor & remember, recommitting to uplift & empower, working to end violence against the trans community. I stand in solidarity with the trans community!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🕯️
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) where we mourn the trans lives lost to anti-trans violence, hate, prejudice, & discrimination. We honor & remember, recommitting to uplift & empower, working to end violence against the trans community. I stand in solidarity with the trans community!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🕯️
Here we are. Senate and House members who served in the military and our intelligence services are calling on our service members to remember their oath to the Constitution and refuse illegal orders from our own government.
It's unbelievable. And it's necessary.
It's unbelievable. And it's necessary.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Here we are. Senate and House members who served in the military and our intelligence services are calling on our service members to remember their oath to the Constitution and refuse illegal orders from our own government.
It's unbelievable. And it's necessary.
It's unbelievable. And it's necessary.
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Today, we mark the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. I pause to reflect on the courage of those who made the ultimate sacrifice and the enduring promise of our democracy. Their lives remind us that freedom is earned, not given, and that our work to build a just, united nation carries on.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Today, we mark the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. I pause to reflect on the courage of those who made the ultimate sacrifice and the enduring promise of our democracy. Their lives remind us that freedom is earned, not given, and that our work to build a just, united nation carries on.
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Kansas City, Missouri
TESLA TAKEDOWN
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Wednesday November 19
Wednesday, December 3 & 17
Friday November 21,
Friday December 5, 12 & 19
Monday December 1, 8 & 15
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Wednesday November 19
Wednesday, December 3 & 17
Friday November 21,
Friday December 5, 12 & 19
Monday December 1, 8 & 15
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Fri Nov 21, Dec 5, Dec 12,
Dec 19, Jan 16, 2026
3 – 4:30pm CST
10111 State Line Rd
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November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kansas City, Missouri
TESLA TAKEDOWN
M-W-F
Wednesday November 19
Wednesday, December 3 & 17
Friday November 21,
Friday December 5, 12 & 19
Monday December 1, 8 & 15
TESLA TAKEDOWN
M-W-F
Wednesday November 19
Wednesday, December 3 & 17
Friday November 21,
Friday December 5, 12 & 19
Monday December 1, 8 & 15
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Just recorded a fantastic pod on the effort to finally create a regional energy market in the West. Seems like it's finally happening!
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Just recorded a fantastic pod on the effort to finally create a regional energy market in the West. Seems like it's finally happening!
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The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
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Whoa! This what Patriots look like: Veterans are now openly emploring active U.S. military members to not obey illegal orders from the fascist authoritarian Trump regime. When the reign of terror of the pedophile president ends, troops who obey illegal orders will be prosecuted.
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Whoa! This what Patriots look like: Veterans are now openly emploring active U.S. military members to not obey illegal orders from the fascist authoritarian Trump regime. When the reign of terror of the pedophile president ends, troops who obey illegal orders will be prosecuted.
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Greg Abbot called CAIR, the largest Muslim civil rights organization, a “terrorist organization” and said Muslims are a “threat to our freedom.”
The normalization of anti-Muslim hate speech is vile.
This bigot should have no place in elected office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
The normalization of anti-Muslim hate speech is vile.
This bigot should have no place in elected office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group a ‘Terrorist Organization’
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Greg Abbot called CAIR, the largest Muslim civil rights organization, a “terrorist organization” and said Muslims are a “threat to our freedom.”
The normalization of anti-Muslim hate speech is vile.
This bigot should have no place in elected office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
The normalization of anti-Muslim hate speech is vile.
This bigot should have no place in elected office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Bob Hope made a joke in the 1970s: “Why do people complain about the air in L.A.? Have they tasted it?”
Literally just lectured about this!
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
Oh, I don’t know. Our rivers no longer catch on fire and our air is far less poisonous than it used to be, even in smog bowls like Los Angeles. And I think those are good things.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Bob Hope made a joke in the 1970s: “Why do people complain about the air in L.A.? Have they tasted it?”