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@cliosfanboy.bsky.social
Mostly retired American history prof. Specialist on Woodrow Wilson and his Era. Dayton, Ohio native, Alum of Hanover College, Wright State, & Ohio University. Sigma Chi. Beer can collector. Balloon Juice Jackal and LGM fan. Yellow Dog Democrat
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I am a convert from Reagan Republican to Obama Democrat and can say that converts don't need coddling.
Our bitterness at our own gullibility is far worse than any insult you can muster.
And their vote isn't something you can manipulate; They will make their own decision regardless of your words.
Our bitterness at our own gullibility is far worse than any insult you can muster.
And their vote isn't something you can manipulate; They will make their own decision regardless of your words.
if people say the magic words "and thats why I'm voting for Democrats now" they're more than welcome but if "Trump betrayed us" is the set up for "and thats why I want a new equally bad Republican leader" fuck it.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I am a convert from Reagan Republican to Obama Democrat and can say that converts don't need coddling.
Our bitterness at our own gullibility is far worse than any insult you can muster.
And their vote isn't something you can manipulate; They will make their own decision regardless of your words.
Our bitterness at our own gullibility is far worse than any insult you can muster.
And their vote isn't something you can manipulate; They will make their own decision regardless of your words.
The republican has an action. No, you can not vote for mayor of NYC IF YOU LIVE IN KENTUCKY!!!!
Kentucky official reminds residents they can't vote for New York City mayor
Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams said his office has received calls about polls being closed in the state.
www.newsweek.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The republican has an action. No, you can not vote for mayor of NYC IF YOU LIVE IN KENTUCKY!!!!
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Yes! This is what I'm saying slightly differently - women's and girls' pain doesn't matter!
(@BeijingPalmer has had the best insight into this that I've seen.)
(@BeijingPalmer has had the best insight into this that I've seen.)
one of the underlying factors in all the Epstein stuff is that his correspondents - even the ones who likely did not participate in abuse themselves - are completely incapable of imagining his victims as people. he is real to them, the girls aren't.
I sometimes feel like they don’t want to end poverty or reduce inequality because they believe they’re entitled to a class of people they can prey upon
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Yes! This is what I'm saying slightly differently - women's and girls' pain doesn't matter!
(@BeijingPalmer has had the best insight into this that I've seen.)
(@BeijingPalmer has had the best insight into this that I've seen.)
I don't have nightmares still about showing up for a test I haven't prepared for, but I do dream, occasionally, that I have a term paper due in a few days, in a subject that's NOT my major, for a class I forgot to attend.
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I don't have nightmares still about showing up for a test I haven't prepared for, but I do dream, occasionally, that I have a term paper due in a few days, in a subject that's NOT my major, for a class I forgot to attend.
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Honest to God, I once said "This book will be on the exam, so you must read it" and a student handed me back a blank blue book that said only "You win"
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Honest to God, I once said "This book will be on the exam, so you must read it" and a student handed me back a blank blue book that said only "You win"
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Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
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Certainly 'revolt of the loser men' is a fair summary of some of the analyses of fascism round 1 (text is close of Lancelot Hogben's 'Havelock Ellis' (1939), as collected in his Dangerous Thoughts (1940: pp. 192-193)).
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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P.J. O'Rourke called it a "Loser Mutiny." And it's very gendered. Hence Trump gaining increasing #s of votes from men of color (incl the Proud Boys led by Enrique Tarrio) in the past 3 elections--a bizarre effect that should be impossible under any normal understanding of voters' self-interest.
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
P.J. O'Rourke called it a "Loser Mutiny." And it's very gendered. Hence Trump gaining increasing #s of votes from men of color (incl the Proud Boys led by Enrique Tarrio) in the past 3 elections--a bizarre effect that should be impossible under any normal understanding of voters' self-interest.
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With genuine shame, recent years in politics have given me my first taste for what it is to have moralised contempt for my opponents. Not hatred, not fear; contempt. There's some core element of the right wing coalition at the moment which seems to me best described as a revolt of the loser men...
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
With genuine shame, recent years in politics have given me my first taste for what it is to have moralised contempt for my opponents. Not hatred, not fear; contempt. There's some core element of the right wing coalition at the moment which seems to me best described as a revolt of the loser men...
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Yes yes JD, ibuprofen is part of the vast (((elite))) conspiracy to pollute your bodily essence. Very insightful, Mr. Yale law grad.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Yes yes JD, ibuprofen is part of the vast (((elite))) conspiracy to pollute your bodily essence. Very insightful, Mr. Yale law grad.
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Profound waste of resources and time. No one will stop being a fascist because you showed them Hitler was a hypocrite. All fascists are conscious hypocrites, they don’t care. All the public will take from this is that morality can be extrapolated from genital size and polygenic risk == diagnosis.
Exclusive: Adolf Hitler’s DNA has been sequenced by scientists
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Profound waste of resources and time. No one will stop being a fascist because you showed them Hitler was a hypocrite. All fascists are conscious hypocrites, they don’t care. All the public will take from this is that morality can be extrapolated from genital size and polygenic risk == diagnosis.
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This valuable @newyorker.com profile of Laura Loomer is a good example of why a certain kind of access journalism can be useful. Also? I hate rhetoric that dismisses fascist figures as "crazy." Mental illness is serious. But Loomer definitely seems genuinely unwell. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This valuable @newyorker.com profile of Laura Loomer is a good example of why a certain kind of access journalism can be useful. Also? I hate rhetoric that dismisses fascist figures as "crazy." Mental illness is serious. But Loomer definitely seems genuinely unwell. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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She does.
I always thought she had to have something on Trump to have as much influence as she has but after reading this it just seems that she's the kind of crazy he can relate to.
I always thought she had to have something on Trump to have as much influence as she has but after reading this it just seems that she's the kind of crazy he can relate to.
This valuable @newyorker.com profile of Laura Loomer is a good example of why a certain kind of access journalism can be useful. Also? I hate rhetoric that dismisses fascist figures as "crazy." Mental illness is serious. But Loomer definitely seems genuinely unwell. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
She does.
I always thought she had to have something on Trump to have as much influence as she has but after reading this it just seems that she's the kind of crazy he can relate to.
I always thought she had to have something on Trump to have as much influence as she has but after reading this it just seems that she's the kind of crazy he can relate to.
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
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Now on MSNBC: Epstein emails.
Now on CNN: Epstein emails.
Now on Fox: It's Pete Buttigieg's fault that air travel sucks.
The more you watch Fox, the less you know.
Now on CNN: Epstein emails.
Now on Fox: It's Pete Buttigieg's fault that air travel sucks.
The more you watch Fox, the less you know.
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Now on MSNBC: Epstein emails.
Now on CNN: Epstein emails.
Now on Fox: It's Pete Buttigieg's fault that air travel sucks.
The more you watch Fox, the less you know.
Now on CNN: Epstein emails.
Now on Fox: It's Pete Buttigieg's fault that air travel sucks.
The more you watch Fox, the less you know.
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This is the whole thing I dont get, like, these are kids and the press is casting it as tee-hee, how naughty
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is the whole thing I dont get, like, these are kids and the press is casting it as tee-hee, how naughty
"Empires burn because of small men who think they’re divine. It happened then. It’s happening again. And once more, the rest of us will be left to sift through the ashes, wondering how the world ended with a tweet instead of a trumpet." @snarkyfaith.bsky.social
When Empires Burn Themselves Down
Empires never collapse because of enemies at the gates but because of small men at the top. From Nero’s Rome to Trump’s America, history shows us what happens when delusion becomes divine and power be...
www.patheos.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Empires burn because of small men who think they’re divine. It happened then. It’s happening again. And once more, the rest of us will be left to sift through the ashes, wondering how the world ended with a tweet instead of a trumpet." @snarkyfaith.bsky.social
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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The Heritage Foundation should go hang out with the Taliban, they’re kindred spirits
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Heritage Foundation should go hang out with the Taliban, they’re kindred spirits
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"In a Western democracy, that's unheard of. It's every day in Russia and China."
Patel withdraws collaboration with Five Eyes in order to focus Trump's repression at home.
Patel withdraws collaboration with Five Eyes in order to focus Trump's repression at home.
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"In a Western democracy, that's unheard of. It's every day in Russia and China."
Patel withdraws collaboration with Five Eyes in order to focus Trump's repression at home.
Patel withdraws collaboration with Five Eyes in order to focus Trump's repression at home.
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For The Seattle Times, I spoke with the fabulous @travisbaldree.bsky.social about the latest installment in his "Legends & Lattes" series, "Brigands & Breadknives," out Nov. 11 from @torbooks.bsky.social!
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This Spokane author's book series is like a 'Hallmark fantasy' movie in writing
Spokane-based author and audiobook narrator Travis Baldree's new novel, “Brigands & Breadknives,” is a change of pace from the series' two previous books.
www.seattletimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For The Seattle Times, I spoke with the fabulous @travisbaldree.bsky.social about the latest installment in his "Legends & Lattes" series, "Brigands & Breadknives," out Nov. 11 from @torbooks.bsky.social!
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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🚨 I pledge to NEVER step foot in a Walmart again. If I cannot afford it or find it elsewhere, I do not need it. White people MUST take a stand. This openly hostile contempt for black people cannot be tolerated or dismissed. I am not waiting for a national strike - I am DONE. Who will join me?
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🚨 I pledge to NEVER step foot in a Walmart again. If I cannot afford it or find it elsewhere, I do not need it. White people MUST take a stand. This openly hostile contempt for black people cannot be tolerated or dismissed. I am not waiting for a national strike - I am DONE. Who will join me?
An evil woman
Davis’ petition to the Supreme Court argued it should overturn Obergefell v. Hodges for the same reasons it overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Kim Davis Fails (Again!) to Ruin Same-Sex Marriage
Davis’ petition to the Supreme Court argued it should overturn Obergefell v. Hodges for the same reasons it overturned Roe v. Wade.
www.jezebel.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
An evil woman