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Michael Fenichel
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Social scientist, clinical psychologist, & observer of the ways people are thinking, acting, & communicating.

Past life: music, audio engineering/recording […]

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"Everything is under control..."
Enjoy the Weekend!

Tnx, JD
A cartoon/parody - imitation of a 1950's era advertisement for something, with a woman in an apron, stars behind her, beating some treat in a bowl (eggs nearby) Apparently responding to a child asking for the sweet: "*No, you can't have Greenland*... You haven't even finished your Venezuela yet."
January 10, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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⚠️ #truth

Gifted per the editor of The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/stephen-miller-trump-white-house/685516/?gift=4hw0kpXoznWlLknE4UqVGyf9MlpK8iRKpOugtgMxrJc

Meet the last voice Sir Stablegenius hears before he acts, rage-X’s, or sleeps.

The secret sauce of #hate - […]
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January 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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And in the end.... This!

A 'two-fer' today (and what a day!) from the 2x winner of a Pulitzer Prize (for editorial cartooning), the great & wise Mike Luckovich.

Even this #frog knows better than staying in heating water long enough to cook. ]

Do we? MAGA? […]

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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich "Uncle Sam" - USA avatar in black suit, red tie, and top hat with star & stripes - is in a saucepan over a high heat (flames). Air bubbles are rising from Sam, steam from the water... On the left side of the pan is (in scale with the pan) a tall stepladder which overlooks the staying-put Uncle Sam, steeping in the pot he's in, labeled 'TRUMPISM'. A frog sits atop the stepladder looking down at the nearly-cooked Uncle Sam, and exclaims: "SERIOUSLY?!"
January 9, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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#TrumpVirus #truth

The mad demons' "concept of a concept"
#liberty #ice #fascism #tyranny #law #democracy #lies #disinformation
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich 1-9-2026 3 ICE agents, with military assault weapons are standing in front of a fallen Lady Liberty, dead on her back with her torch nearby. Two masked ICE agents in the foreground are talking as a third off to the right is checking/fiddling with his weapon. Says the one in the middle, flak jacket labeled "ICE", says to the one nearby, about the now-dead Lady Liberty behind: "SHE WAS BRANDISHING A TORCH..."
January 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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Damn right: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/08/abolish-ice-before-they-kill-again-impeach-trump-noem-before-they-incite-more-murder/
Abolish ICE Before They Kill Again, Impeach Trump & Noem Before They Incite More Murder
Renee Nicole Good was a 37-year-old award-winning poet, a mother of a six-year-old, and a wife who had recently moved to Minneapolis. That all ended yesterday when a masked ICE agent murdered her in broad daylight, shooting her multiple times at close range in the head. She had stuffed animal toys in the glove box […]
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January 9, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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Eyes opening all around... Getting 'woke' to #truth and the tyranny of #TrumpVirus

https://x.com/MarcoFoster_/status/2009410102978101732?s=20

#truth #constitution #GQP #Jan6 #jesseventura
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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‼️

Politics Girl" is always sharp and insightful and passionate. But now...

"I am SCARED"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzcFi6oFhaI&t=219s

Dear <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#Trump, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#GQP, [#Project2025 et al ]

> Well, you did it. You "owned the libs". You also destroyed the world order, the rule of law, an American […]
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January 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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I love the graphic!

https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/colicky-rage-baby-still-big-mad-about?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

A bunch of #truth here (strong language too, be advised)

>> colicky rage-baby still Big Mad about that Nobel Prize

"what a self-sabotaging […]
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January 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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Jeopardy host Ken Jennings calls on Democrats to prosecute Trump admin 'at every level'

https://www.alternet.org/ken-jennings-prosecute-trump/

Good on ABC, for keeping #truth in nightly news & Kimmel on-air too.

With much credit to the power of #wethepeople (ABC/Disney, and beyond) when we […]
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January 8, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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#TrumpVirus #truth #horror #evil #ice

What about "America First"?
#economy #healthcare #epstein #peace
Cartoon by de Adder Two pickup trucks loaded with masked gunmen with weapons. On the left, a white truck with ISIS flag labelled "FOREIGN TERRORISTS" On the right, a black truck marked "ICE" in white on its door. Labelled "DOMESTIC TERRORISTS"
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@billyjoebowers/115856269310301800

🎯

#TrumpVirus #evil #cruelty #psychopathology #epstein
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January 8, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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So, here are we... January 7, only one week into 2026. The year when #democracy & #civilization are increasingly threatened by season 2 of #TrumpVirus.

#ice terrorizing & murdering people in the U.S., Trump selling stolen oil at market rate, Colombia, Cuba, Greenland on notice.... Putin & Xi […]
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January 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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FYI:

With Congress 'people' coming and going, amid a crumbling scaffold of Constitutional Democracy...

> George Conway has announced he is running for Congress! - in NY 12

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/06/george-conway-running-for-congress-new-york/88044040007/

Why?
> […]
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January 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Good news, bad news, & #truth from Bernie Sanders -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oWjBtBVoNY

On #venezuela, #TrumpVirus failures & priorities, and the need to address the problems of, to coin a phrase, America First. Not about #imperialism (or over-the-top insanity, seemingly "normalized") […]
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January 7, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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Heh. I do not even know where to begin!

#TrumpVirus #psychopathology

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Posted on X by IRon Filipkowski 1/6/2026 - 12:05PM - 78.4K Views Caption: The President of the United States today. Donald Trump is in a dark suit, white shirt, red tie, standing at a podium with Presidential Seal, and two flags. His eyes are closed, but he is holding up his two hands, as in his "YMCA dancing" stance, fists clenched. Or as Jim Carey cartooned him, like a baby in a high chair.
January 7, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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@PBSNewsHour

Brilliant. Important. Necessary.
Never forget -

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/5-years-later-the-fight-over-how-jan-6-is-remembered-continues

Thank you #pbs

#truth #Jan6 #sedition #TrumpVirus
#democracy #1stamendment #justice
5 years later, the fight over how Jan. 6 is remembered continues
In the five years since Jan. 6, there has been a widespread fight over the story of that day. Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins was inside the Capitol and witnessed the storming firsthand and reports on the half-decade battle over the narrative.
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January 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Happy New Year! Not off to a great start.
But happy to have #colbert back, if only for a few months until he's cancelled.

#contextandperspective #TrumpVirus

https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/Ce1wb4b39l_f936ZEKz9K82BF_AficoC/

Anything happen yet this year?
#epstein Files fully released? #Jan6 […]
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January 7, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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January 6 - A Day of Infamy

"Happy" #Jan6

#truth vs. #distraction - and #madness

👉 Why are we not seeing today's #news dominated by January 6 - #history and lessons?! No mention in U.S. broadcast #media I've seen so far today...

Only threats, invasions […]

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A RICO model: Pyramid of Guilt With the apex of culpability at the top (Trump), labelled level 6, the base of the pyramid (and cult) consists of "foot soldiers", who account for most arrests thus far. Level 2, is Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, etc, the more active soldiers of sedition; Level 3 is the "planners, funders and organizers" like Ginni Thomas, Alex Jones, Mike Lindell... Level 4, the big middle of the guilt piyramid (in green) is mostly CONGRESS: Scott Perry, Gym Jordan, Gaetz, Ghohmert, Loudermilk, Kevin McCarthy, Mo Brooks, Gosar, Biggs, MTG, Boebert, Ronny Jackson, Elise Stafanik, Ron Johnson, Josh Hawley,, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Tommy Tuberville, Chuck Grassley, Andy Harris... +2 Level 5, close to the top of the criminal enterprise, directly under Trump: Steve Bannon, Mike Flynn, Roger Stone, Rudy Guiliani, DJTJ, Jared Kushner, Mark Meadows, Fox friends, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Dan Scavino, Peter Navarro, Sidney Powell, Ivanka Trump, Rupert Murdoch, Federalist Society, Clarence Thomas, Louis DeJoy, Kash Patel, Ginni Thomas, Republican AGs, Koch Brothers, Stephen Miller ++ And at the top, where "the bucks stop", the thinnest part of the funnel/pyramid, Level 6, the ultimate crime boss, Donald J. Trump Cartoon by Bill Day: "DISTRACTION" A file folder labeled "EPSTEN FILE" is shown with a Sharpie, and a crossing out of the label (similar to Trump's well-known signature)
January 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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So much winning!
News cycles, no doubt.

Has anyone heard the words #epstein or #affordability today?

Are people noticing a raging madman/dictator threatening the whole world, he's coming for them because they have things "we need"?

Code red time. Bigly #psychopathology - a threat to #democracy.
Photo/graphic by Fenichel The Capitol Building with a banner around the rotunda, "TRUMP TOWER".
January 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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Word of the Day:

#megalomania

Alt 1. #magalomania - used In context of the grandiose and extremely disoriented actions of Sir #TrumpVirus and the #cult of followers who still deny #truth &/or believe #disinformation #media

#brainspurs #denial #malevolence […]

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megalomania / měg"a-lõ-mã'né-a, -măn'ya/ noun 1. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. 2. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions. 3. A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition « + More at Wordnik
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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An interesting take on #ai & #business models - within a larger context now, of a madman without brakes running amok globally, plundering and declaring 'We need it!" (Greenland Too._**.

> The 'Godfather of SaaS' says he replaced most of his sales team with AI agents: 'We're done with hiring […]
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January 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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Paroisse Notre-Dame des Blancs-Manteau

An 11th Century Parish in the heart of Paris (Le Marais), rebuilt 1685-1690.

Here is a 1749 wooden pulpit, with the carving on top of "St. Michael Overthrowing the Devil".

The stained glass here (20th century) depicts […]

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Photo by Fenichel: A chapel within the Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux, vertical frame. In the foreground are colorful candles. The center is filled with a huge, floor to ceiling monument, mostly marble, with the large sculpture of the "Crowned Virgin and Child". On the walls are paintings and inscriptions, in gold trim, and behind the statue (rear wall) there are 'classic' columns and ornamentation in gold. A lamp hangs from the ceiling. This is in the nave of the parish, with the venerable pulpit built in 1749. In the foreground, chairs, in the back left a little office. Top left is stained glass from the 20th Century but depicting King Louis IX (Saint Louis) founding the monastery in 1685. The sign at the steps into the parish: "NOTRE-DAME des BLANCS - MANTEAUX Attached to a stone column, above the lettering is a depiction of the church tower.
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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Ya think?

(MTG: "America First?")

Tnx, JD

#dictators #tyrants #TrumpVirus #xi #putin #netanyahu #warcrimes
Four smiling heads of state are seated at a bar (3 whiskey glasses before them) Left to right: Trump is smiling at also-smiling Putin next to him, the two pointing at each other, then is Xi, then Netanyahu at the far end. Trump (to Putin): "OK Ukraine is yours" Putin replies: "OK Venezuela is yours" Xi: "Can I have Taiwan then?" Netanyahu: "Gaza-Largo is going to be sweeeeet."
January 5, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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https://bsky.app/profile/markhamillofficial.bsky.social/post/3mbmrldecz22i

As Sir #TrumpVirus does endless illegal incursions & heads into numerous wars - unless he gets his Nobel Peace Prize -
#law continues to mean nothing, & #morality & #constitution aren't even 'concepts of concepts', in […]
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January 5, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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#TrumpVirus #truth

EVERY "deal" is a big deal - a big black hole of taking everything which he feels he is due. A 'big deal' in terms of taking every opportunity for fraud, grift, & now outright invasion of nearby allies.

Also his art of the 'deal': #greed […]

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X post (screenshot) Ron Fournier @ron_fournier Consultant. Ex-White House/politics reporter. Writing on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/convulsions Bestsellers “Love That Boy” & “Applebee’s America” - Media & News Company © Detroit, MI What you need to know: 1. It’s a war for oil. Full stop. 2. Trump, his family, and his friends will try to enrich themselves off it. 3. The GOP-led Congress has found another way to ignore its constitutional responsibilities. 4. It’s a far bigger deal than you think.
January 4, 2026 at 8:14 PM