Dennis Goldstein
@densox.bsky.social
Retired. UCLA alumnus, University of MD grad school, Peace corps Volunteer (1965 - 1967, served in Nigeria). Political junkie and liberal. Go Red Sox.
It’s not gaslighting. It’s Hitler speak.
January 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
It’s not gaslighting. It’s Hitler speak.
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
Hitler: Poland
Trump: Venezuela.
Trump: Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Hitler: Poland
Trump: Venezuela.
Trump: Venezuela.
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White House renamed “The Trump Dump”.
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
White House renamed “The Trump Dump”.
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TOTAL BACKFIRE: Pulitzer Prize Board just turned the tables on Trump. In his defamation lawsuit, they’re demanding his tax returns, financial records, and even medical & prescription history if he’s claiming damages. (Law&Crime)
December 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
TOTAL BACKFIRE: Pulitzer Prize Board just turned the tables on Trump. In his defamation lawsuit, they’re demanding his tax returns, financial records, and even medical & prescription history if he’s claiming damages. (Law&Crime)
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Apps. "The ones I have line my phone like little prisons."
Simple, honest, beautiful. Nice use of the English language.
Simple, honest, beautiful. Nice use of the English language.
New article! On cemeteries, serendipity, and the battle against AI. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bell-fount...
Bell Fountain Retreat
Wandering a cemetery to dodge ghosts in the machine.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Apps. "The ones I have line my phone like little prisons."
Simple, honest, beautiful. Nice use of the English language.
Simple, honest, beautiful. Nice use of the English language.
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Journalists and media: stop bothsidesing attacks on childhood vaccines. We look to you to report what is happening and what the effects will be, not repeat the administration’s rhetoric. The effects will be more sickness and more death. That is not something to bothsides. Hold power accountable.
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Journalists and media: stop bothsidesing attacks on childhood vaccines. We look to you to report what is happening and what the effects will be, not repeat the administration’s rhetoric. The effects will be more sickness and more death. That is not something to bothsides. Hold power accountable.
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NEWS: The United States committed a war crime by killing individuals who clung onto the side of a boat in the Caribbean, posing no threat to the United States.
As someone who studied international law, Hegseth’s order to ‘Kill Them All’ was a denial of quarter.
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As someone who studied international law, Hegseth’s order to ‘Kill Them All’ was a denial of quarter.
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NEWS: Pete Hegseth Ordered "Kill Them All" as Two People Hung From the Side of a Boat Engulfed in Flames in Caribbean
Good afternoon, everyone.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
NEWS: The United States committed a war crime by killing individuals who clung onto the side of a boat in the Caribbean, posing no threat to the United States.
As someone who studied international law, Hegseth’s order to ‘Kill Them All’ was a denial of quarter.
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As someone who studied international law, Hegseth’s order to ‘Kill Them All’ was a denial of quarter.
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The Trump surrender of Ukraine descends into utter chaos. But “chaos” is too mellow a word: What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder. Words have a hard time keeping up with the story. But we’ll try. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Send in the Clowns
The Trump/Rubio Ukraine FUBAR
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Trump surrender of Ukraine descends into utter chaos. But “chaos” is too mellow a word: What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder. Words have a hard time keeping up with the story. But we’ll try. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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To the Coast Guard leadership signing off on this: You are trading your honor for political favor. By bowing to an administration that flirts with neo-Nazis, you are destroying the integrity of the service. If you can't define a swastika as hate, you aren’t fit to command. Period.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
To the Coast Guard leadership signing off on this: You are trading your honor for political favor. By bowing to an administration that flirts with neo-Nazis, you are destroying the integrity of the service. If you can't define a swastika as hate, you aren’t fit to command. Period.
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If this isn’t 25th amendment territory nothing is.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If this isn’t 25th amendment territory nothing is.
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Update: The President of the United States is a Nazi sympathizing pedophile who threatens to kill his political opponents and wants to suspend the Constitution.
He’s polling at 40%. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
He’s polling at 40%. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Update: The President of the United States is a Nazi sympathizing pedophile who threatens to kill his political opponents and wants to suspend the Constitution.
He’s polling at 40%. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
He’s polling at 40%. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Trump issues an order for the arrest and criminal prosecution of members of Congress who made a video reminding soldiers and sailors that they swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States and shouldn't implement illegal orders. Trump's conduct is unabashed fascism.
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Trump issues an order for the arrest and criminal prosecution of members of Congress who made a video reminding soldiers and sailors that they swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States and shouldn't implement illegal orders. Trump's conduct is unabashed fascism.
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Fox Business credulously reports that Saudi Arabia is pushing its investment into the US "to $1 trillion." The entire size of the Saudi economy is $1 trillion. How stupid are these people and/or how stupid do they think their viewers are?
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Fox Business credulously reports that Saudi Arabia is pushing its investment into the US "to $1 trillion." The entire size of the Saudi economy is $1 trillion. How stupid are these people and/or how stupid do they think their viewers are?
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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released emails suggesting that President Trump knew more about the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than he has acknowledged. And Republicans on the committee then released 23,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate after months of delays.
What Epstein’s Emails Allege About Trump’s Knowledge of His Conduct
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released emails suggesting that President Trump knew more about Jeffrey Epstein’s activities than he has acknowledged.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released emails suggesting that President Trump knew more about the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than he has acknowledged. And Republicans on the committee then released 23,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate after months of delays.
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The aging president raged about Illinois' “Miracle Mile,” threatening to deploy troops to Chicago over a shopping center that does not exist.
Confused Trump, 79, Demands Troop Deployment Over Fictional Mall
The aging president raged about the “Miracle Mile” and claimed it was “once considered one of our Nation’s BEST.”
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The aging president raged about Illinois' “Miracle Mile,” threatening to deploy troops to Chicago over a shopping center that does not exist.
Trump is a sadistic pig. Every one should continue to repost this.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump is a sadistic pig. Every one should continue to repost this.
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I've been to New York many times, last time 2015 for obvious reasons. I miss it. I can feel this article.
New article! I wrote about Mamdani's win and the NYC I once lived in and loved: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/when-i-lov...
When I Loved New York
Will Mamdani bring back the city I remember? Can anyone?
sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I've been to New York many times, last time 2015 for obvious reasons. I miss it. I can feel this article.
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Defying a court order so he can starve Americans
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Defying a court order so he can starve Americans
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While I don't like that a writer as great as Sarah Kendzior is needed, I'm glad she's doing what she does. Always spot-on, and this one even a bit more than her usual bullseye.
New article! On the shutdown, a nation treated as prey, and the meaning of leverage: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
While I don't like that a writer as great as Sarah Kendzior is needed, I'm glad she's doing what she does. Always spot-on, and this one even a bit more than her usual bullseye.
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"The story of Trump’s authoritarian takeover is primarily a story of what Trump and his executive branch apparatchiks have done. But it wouldn’t be happening without an extraordinary degree of complicity, collaboration, and cowardice of congressional Republicans."
www.thebulwark.com/p/regular-am...
www.thebulwark.com/p/regular-am...
Regular Americans Are About to Take It On The Chin
But Congress isn’t moved.
www.thebulwark.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"The story of Trump’s authoritarian takeover is primarily a story of what Trump and his executive branch apparatchiks have done. But it wouldn’t be happening without an extraordinary degree of complicity, collaboration, and cowardice of congressional Republicans."
www.thebulwark.com/p/regular-am...
www.thebulwark.com/p/regular-am...