George Luft
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George Luft
@gluft3.bsky.social
Long-time twitter user. Looking for the new frontier. Data guy and bee keeper from Connecticut.
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TEN MONTHS IN:

The national debt is higher.

The trade deficit is wider.

The inflation rate has worsened.

The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When you die at the palace…

youtu.be/uNRvz5O9l2s?...
History of the World I - Mel Brooks at Caesars Palace
YouTube video by Beowoulf69
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November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’

George Orwell, Animal Farm
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I keep hearing @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social in my head to the tune of The Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale

The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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every blue governor must form well regulated volunteer militia's according to the 2nd amendment to defend their states and citizens from tyranny as the founders intended
it is our right and what must be done in response, no court has it's own troops to carry out their orders.
Chump's Military Dictatorship or
Martial Law, That's What We'll Be
Up Against, If He Gets His Way.....
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Coming soon to The Nerd Reich podcast...a rare cameo by Bernie the Anti-Fascist Fancy Rat!

Our new episode—an interview with Paulina Borsook, who saw tech fascism rising out of San Francisco 30 years ago—drops soon.

Subscribe on YouTube to get it first:
www.youtube.com/@TheNerdReic...
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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4. I encourage you to see the film.

But let me give you examples drawn from Orwell’s “The Prevention of Literature,” an essay that the documentary quotes frequently.

In this one, it’s like he describing the Republicans under Donald Trump:
October 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Pop Quiz!

Every American should know the basics of our Founding, don’t you agree?

The history, and the Constitution itself?

Well, to make sure you know it, and as part of my virtual Democracy Academy, let me give you a quick pop quiz.

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October 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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September 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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ICE seizes community leader at CT court check-in, immigrant groups say... https://go.ctcapitolreport.com/4gDodIh
September 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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After tracking the explicit merger of Trump and Christianity in the aftermath of Kirk's killing, I pulled a bunch of data on where the overlap already exists. www.pbump.net/o/the-critic...
The critical role Christianity plays in Trumpism
I remember being in Des Moines in August 2015 when Donald Trump made one of the first major appearances of his 2016 presidential bid: A stop at the Iowa State Fair. He emerged from a Trump-branded hel...
www.pbump.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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A progressive candidate like @katmabu.bsky.social being manhandled by ICE on the same day 95 Democrats including @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social votes to honor Charlie Kirk tells you volumes about who is on the right side of history
September 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Hey fam,

TC (of Grateful Dead fame, & all around great human) needs some help. I hope you’ll join me in sending it on the way. Donations, Go fund me boost, whatever you can doc would be greatly appreciated. Let’s show TC some love!

www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

#GratefulDead
#DeadAndCompany
Donate to Stand with Greg Martens to Support Tom Constanten, organized by Greg Martens
My name is Greg Martens... I am raising funds for Tom Constanten... her… Greg Martens needs your support for Stand with Greg Martens to Support Tom Constanten
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August 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The novelist Lauren Grodstein traveled to the country of Georgia in search of food and a story. She found a new understanding of how to stand up for democracy:
What I Learned From the Georgia Protests
A novelist traveled to the former Soviet republic in search of food and a story. She found a new understanding of how to stand up for democracy.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I’m not really a Wu-Tang guy, but I couldn’t resist.
September 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
September 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM