Fred Dews
@freddews.bsky.social
Genealogy / family history | Master Gunner | He/Him
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Sunday reading: What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition. Make MAGA un-American, finally.
steady.page
February 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Sunday reading: What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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South Carolina Lowers Another Confederate Flag 🗃️ #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
South Carolina Lowers Another Confederate Flag
The Confederate heritage community has been dealt another humiliating defeat. Last week a judge in South Carolina cleared the way for local officials in Spartanburg County to enforce zoning rules agai...
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
South Carolina Lowers Another Confederate Flag 🗃️ #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Wut?!? Reference to the hotel manager himself saying there was an "obstructed console" that covered up a key word in the Constitution that nobody noticed in the microfilm is hurting my brain because I don't understand the flow of reality in this story and the actual document is on full view in D.C.
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Wut?!? Reference to the hotel manager himself saying there was an "obstructed console" that covered up a key word in the Constitution that nobody noticed in the microfilm is hurting my brain because I don't understand the flow of reality in this story and the actual document is on full view in D.C.
I guess this is cool but I also just finished reading “The Every” by Dave Eggers and now I have doubts. IYKYK.
Finland is exceptional in measuring GHG emissions down to everyday consumption. I have an app where I see the climate impacts of my grocery shopping. North Karelia has full data on household emissions.
Nordic grid electricity is already low-carbon, so consumption choices in other domains matter.
Nordic grid electricity is already low-carbon, so consumption choices in other domains matter.
We have great emissions data from various state organisations on every sector, including demand-side GHGs, even down to the regions. yle.fi/a/74-20156241
February 14, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I guess this is cool but I also just finished reading “The Every” by Dave Eggers and now I have doubts. IYKYK.
Good piece.
His attacks on the midterms are real and dangerous… and aren’t going to work. Running down the case for an optimistic threat assessment @theunpopulist.net :
Worry, Don't Panic, Over Trump's Efforts to Subvert the Elections
America's system is quite foolproof but he can still try to delegitimize it
www.theunpopulist.net
February 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Good piece.
The Super Bowl halftime show performed mostly in Spanish took away this white man’s “whiteness.”
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
The Super Bowl halftime show performed mostly in Spanish took away this white man’s “whiteness.”
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Green Day is now a unit measurement when describing how much the NFL hates Trump.
To wit: They hate him 3 Green Days.
Work that into your own lexicon.
To wit: They hate him 3 Green Days.
Work that into your own lexicon.
February 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Green Day is now a unit measurement when describing how much the NFL hates Trump.
To wit: They hate him 3 Green Days.
Work that into your own lexicon.
To wit: They hate him 3 Green Days.
Work that into your own lexicon.
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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Superlatives fail. Best halftime performance ever?
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Superlatives fail. Best halftime performance ever?
Hmmm. How will it "illustrate the nation's immigration divide" exactly?
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Hmmm. How will it "illustrate the nation's immigration divide" exactly?
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"The transcript has to be verbatim."
"The transcript has to be verbatim."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
„Open the file on your device and mark it up. Gove it a try.“
„Open the file on your device and mark it up. Gove it a try.“
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Our music is by The Triangles."
"Our music is by The Triangles."
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"The transcript has to be verbatim."
"The transcript has to be verbatim."
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Wild story. A banger. Hits this former dungeon master on many levels.
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Wild story. A banger. Hits this former dungeon master on many levels.
"Prisencolinensinainciusol" by Adriano Celentano was played in the post-Parade of Nations banger of a dance number (starring Sabrina Impacciatore) and the NBC commentators didn't remark on it. An Italian classic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RObu...
Adriano Celentano - 'Prisencolinensinainciusol'
YouTube video by John Bow
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February 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"Prisencolinensinainciusol" by Adriano Celentano was played in the post-Parade of Nations banger of a dance number (starring Sabrina Impacciatore) and the NBC commentators didn't remark on it. An Italian classic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RObu...
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Everyone in the White House involved in any way with that vile, sickening racist Trump post must be fired immediately: everyone in the communications department, everyone in the press office, every deputy chief of staff, everyone involved up and down the line. Not one more tax dollar for this filth.
BREAKING: President Trump removes a racist video depicting the Obamas as apes. The White House initially defended the post, then blamed it on a staffer.
Trump shares racist video depicting the Obamas as monkeys
The White House defended Trump's post, saying it was "from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle."
nbcnews.to
February 6, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Everyone in the White House involved in any way with that vile, sickening racist Trump post must be fired immediately: everyone in the communications department, everyone in the press office, every deputy chief of staff, everyone involved up and down the line. Not one more tax dollar for this filth.
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Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
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"praying it was fake" what does that mean? It's literally right there on his truth social account and the White House press secretary defended it on the record?
Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, had this to say:
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"praying it was fake" what does that mean? It's literally right there on his truth social account and the White House press secretary defended it on the record?
mmmm not cool
Dr Oz: "Alabama has no OBGYNs in many of their counties, so they're doing something pretty cool. They're actually having robots do ultrasounds on these pregnant moms."
February 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
mmmm not cool
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For all the reasons you are thinking of (and maybe some you're not), this has been a HARD year for many people who live in Washington. That's making the decision to gut the parts of the Post (metro, sports) that cover the region as a place that people *live* extra hard to take.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
For all the reasons you are thinking of (and maybe some you're not), this has been a HARD year for many people who live in Washington. That's making the decision to gut the parts of the Post (metro, sports) that cover the region as a place that people *live* extra hard to take.
This is who runs this account.
February 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
This is who runs this account.
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the violence we are witnessing every day in Minneapolis and elsewhere has proven deeply unpopular. It is indecent, arbitrary and cruel. Its tactics violate our rights as Americans to protest our government. Its purpose violates our moral conscience as human beings.
Lies, violence and the American state
Trump abhors democracy because it allows ordinary Americans to reject his lies. Even worse for Trump, it allows us to reject him.
www.democracydocket.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:19 PM
the violence we are witnessing every day in Minneapolis and elsewhere has proven deeply unpopular. It is indecent, arbitrary and cruel. Its tactics violate our rights as Americans to protest our government. Its purpose violates our moral conscience as human beings.
Army Ranger veteran: "This has all of the signs from every fascist movement in history that we're going to lose the opportunity to resist."
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Army Ranger veteran: "This has all of the signs from every fascist movement in history that we're going to lose the opportunity to resist."
Such a good piece. "Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America."
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Such a good piece. "Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America."
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis