Lucius Quinctius
@lucius-quinctius.bsky.social
These are the times when character and oaths truly matter.
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Long thread:
I've been thinking a lot about government service and what it means in light of Trump's nominees for some of the most powerful positions in our nation. It led me to examine the oaths each member of the government takes (one for both the executive and legislative branches and one for 1/
I've been thinking a lot about government service and what it means in light of Trump's nominees for some of the most powerful positions in our nation. It led me to examine the oaths each member of the government takes (one for both the executive and legislative branches and one for 1/
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Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
August 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
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Trump wants to deliberately escalate tensions. Don’t fall into his trap. Please do not give him what he wants. We cannot be silent in the face of Trump’s dictatorial moves. But we must not succumb to violence. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-time-for-non-violent-civil-disobedience
June 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump wants to deliberately escalate tensions. Don’t fall into his trap. Please do not give him what he wants. We cannot be silent in the face of Trump’s dictatorial moves. But we must not succumb to violence. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-time-for-non-violent-civil-disobedience
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Trump can’t stand to be humiliated. This is what's driving his dictatorial moves.
But he will overreach. He already has. And this overreach will ultimately be his undoing.
As long as we keep our heads — and engage in peaceful civil disobedience.
Be strong. Be safe.
But he will overreach. He already has. And this overreach will ultimately be his undoing.
As long as we keep our heads — and engage in peaceful civil disobedience.
Be strong. Be safe.
June 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trump can’t stand to be humiliated. This is what's driving his dictatorial moves.
But he will overreach. He already has. And this overreach will ultimately be his undoing.
As long as we keep our heads — and engage in peaceful civil disobedience.
Be strong. Be safe.
But he will overreach. He already has. And this overreach will ultimately be his undoing.
As long as we keep our heads — and engage in peaceful civil disobedience.
Be strong. Be safe.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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A thread. 🧵👇
On Christmas day, 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow—a father of six children, the oldest of which had been nearly paralyzed as his country fought a deadly civil war—wrote a poem seeking to capture the dynamic and dissonance in his own heart and the world he observed around him. 1/10
On Christmas day, 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow—a father of six children, the oldest of which had been nearly paralyzed as his country fought a deadly civil war—wrote a poem seeking to capture the dynamic and dissonance in his own heart and the world he observed around him. 1/10
December 24, 2024 at 3:29 PM
A thread. 🧵👇
On Christmas day, 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow—a father of six children, the oldest of which had been nearly paralyzed as his country fought a deadly civil war—wrote a poem seeking to capture the dynamic and dissonance in his own heart and the world he observed around him. 1/10
On Christmas day, 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow—a father of six children, the oldest of which had been nearly paralyzed as his country fought a deadly civil war—wrote a poem seeking to capture the dynamic and dissonance in his own heart and the world he observed around him. 1/10
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Merry Christmas to all
December 25, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Merry Christmas to all
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Evangelical leaders telling followers to back Trump fits "any reasonably Christian sense of what constitutes idolatry," writes @aselrod.bsky.social in Arc Digital.
"It is perverse, if not now uncommon, to conflate spiritual rectitude with adoration for the US or support for particular politicians."
"It is perverse, if not now uncommon, to conflate spiritual rectitude with adoration for the US or support for particular politicians."
For Christians, Political Power is the Golden Calf of Trumpism
Jonathan Skrmetti, Ryan Walters and the weapons of this world
www.arcdigital.media
December 21, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Evangelical leaders telling followers to back Trump fits "any reasonably Christian sense of what constitutes idolatry," writes @aselrod.bsky.social in Arc Digital.
"It is perverse, if not now uncommon, to conflate spiritual rectitude with adoration for the US or support for particular politicians."
"It is perverse, if not now uncommon, to conflate spiritual rectitude with adoration for the US or support for particular politicians."
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“The problem, though, is that business appears more efficient in large part because what it does is usually simpler than what the government does.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
Opinion | If DOGE Treats Government Like a Business, It Could Be a Disaster (Gift Article)
A lot of what the government does is hard to quantify and involves complicated tasks that inevitably require bureaucratic coordination and, yes, inefficiency.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:44 PM
“The problem, though, is that business appears more efficient in large part because what it does is usually simpler than what the government does.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
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The answer to “Biden has violated a norm by pardoning Hunter” isn’t “no he hasn’t violated that norm” or “it’s justified to violate that norm” but “BULLSHIT that’s a norm.” In fact, political pardons have been offered by both Republicans and Democrats.
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December 2, 2024 at 2:22 AM
The answer to “Biden has violated a norm by pardoning Hunter” isn’t “no he hasn’t violated that norm” or “it’s justified to violate that norm” but “BULLSHIT that’s a norm.” In fact, political pardons have been offered by both Republicans and Democrats.
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Long thread:
I've been thinking a lot about government service and what it means in light of Trump's nominees for some of the most powerful positions in our nation. It led me to examine the oaths each member of the government takes (one for both the executive and legislative branches and one for 1/
I've been thinking a lot about government service and what it means in light of Trump's nominees for some of the most powerful positions in our nation. It led me to examine the oaths each member of the government takes (one for both the executive and legislative branches and one for 1/
December 2, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Long thread:
I've been thinking a lot about government service and what it means in light of Trump's nominees for some of the most powerful positions in our nation. It led me to examine the oaths each member of the government takes (one for both the executive and legislative branches and one for 1/
I've been thinking a lot about government service and what it means in light of Trump's nominees for some of the most powerful positions in our nation. It led me to examine the oaths each member of the government takes (one for both the executive and legislative branches and one for 1/
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As a retired lawyer, this article gives me hope.
Let “them” understand that we are serious people.
We don’t play cult games.
We aren’t going anywhere.
Our work isn’t over until “they’re” gone.
wapo.st/3ZuOUrJ
Let “them” understand that we are serious people.
We don’t play cult games.
We aren’t going anywhere.
Our work isn’t over until “they’re” gone.
wapo.st/3ZuOUrJ
Opinion | Report from inside the ‘deep state’: We’re not going anywhere
Career Justice Department lawyers say they intend to outlast second Trump administration.
wapo.st
November 30, 2024 at 7:01 PM
As a retired lawyer, this article gives me hope.
Let “them” understand that we are serious people.
We don’t play cult games.
We aren’t going anywhere.
Our work isn’t over until “they’re” gone.
wapo.st/3ZuOUrJ
Let “them” understand that we are serious people.
We don’t play cult games.
We aren’t going anywhere.
Our work isn’t over until “they’re” gone.
wapo.st/3ZuOUrJ
Hey @economist.com ...why don't you have a post on this article on your bluesky site? Afraid of the feedback you'd get?
Fucking ghouls.
Fucking ghouls.
November 30, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Hey @economist.com ...why don't you have a post on this article on your bluesky site? Afraid of the feedback you'd get?
Fucking ghouls.
Fucking ghouls.
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Read this by @markhertling.bsky.social
Too many people have forgotten what it means to be an American, to live by American values. Some of us are too far gone and will never be back. But today the rest of us should read this - and remember.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Too many people have forgotten what it means to be an American, to live by American values. Some of us are too far gone and will never be back. But today the rest of us should read this - and remember.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
I Helped the Army Remember Its Values. I Wish I Could Do the Same for the Country.
The virtues we uphold define who we are as soldiers or civilians, individuals or a nation.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Read this by @markhertling.bsky.social
Too many people have forgotten what it means to be an American, to live by American values. Some of us are too far gone and will never be back. But today the rest of us should read this - and remember.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Too many people have forgotten what it means to be an American, to live by American values. Some of us are too far gone and will never be back. But today the rest of us should read this - and remember.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Since there’s a lot more people following me now, I’ve updated this with people you should be following instead of me for defense issues.
go.bsky.app/L8jnuau
go.bsky.app/L8jnuau
November 26, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Since there’s a lot more people following me now, I’ve updated this with people you should be following instead of me for defense issues.
go.bsky.app/L8jnuau
go.bsky.app/L8jnuau
Good read.
A View from the CT Foxhole: General Bryan Fenton, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command ctc.westpoint.edu/a-view-from-... #SOF
A View from the CT Foxhole: General Bryan Fenton, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
General Bryan P. Fenton is a career Special Forces (Green Beret) Officer. He currently serves as the 13th Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) where he oversees all Special Operation...
ctc.westpoint.edu
November 28, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Good read.
"But her statement — the day after she held a phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — did not make clear who had offered what."
November 28, 2024 at 6:16 PM
"But her statement — the day after she held a phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — did not make clear who had offered what."
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Here's a graphic explaining how the Big Lie was seeded and mobilized into the events of January 6, 2021 through a kind of "participatory disinformation" process. Trump's "war on drugs" refrain could catalyze a similar kind of participatory propaganda and mobilization cycle.
November 28, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Here's a graphic explaining how the Big Lie was seeded and mobilized into the events of January 6, 2021 through a kind of "participatory disinformation" process. Trump's "war on drugs" refrain could catalyze a similar kind of participatory propaganda and mobilization cycle.
I'd offer a third criterion: whether Iran chooses to recklessly rearm Hezbollah, instigating another bout of uncontrolled escalation.
Certainly Iranaian re-armamament & Israeli interdiction is going to happen, but how it happens will matter.
Certainly Iranaian re-armamament & Israeli interdiction is going to happen, but how it happens will matter.
Shaky Lebanon ceasefire rests on Netanyahu's restraint and Hezbollah's firepower - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/shaky-lebanon-ceasefire-rests-netanyahus-restraint-and-hezbollah-firepower
Shaky Lebanon ceasefire rests on Netanyahu's restraint and Hezbollah's firepower
US has codified Israel's ability to resume strikes on Lebanon to enforce a ceasefire with few checks on the military option
www.middleeasteye.net
November 28, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I'd offer a third criterion: whether Iran chooses to recklessly rearm Hezbollah, instigating another bout of uncontrolled escalation.
Certainly Iranaian re-armamament & Israeli interdiction is going to happen, but how it happens will matter.
Certainly Iranaian re-armamament & Israeli interdiction is going to happen, but how it happens will matter.
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A graphic depiction helps make clear that Trump has no “mandate.” One of the narrowest popular vote wins in history.
November 28, 2024 at 3:43 PM
A graphic depiction helps make clear that Trump has no “mandate.” One of the narrowest popular vote wins in history.
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Lebanon's parliament renews army chief's term in first session after ceasefire
Lebanon's parliament renews army chief's term in first session after ceasefire
Lebanon’s parliament has renewed the term of army chief Joseph Aoun, who is seen as a potential presidential candidate in next year’s vote.
apnews.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Lebanon's parliament renews army chief's term in first session after ceasefire
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Syrian rebels launch large-scale attack on government forces in Aleppo province
Syrian rebels launch large-scale attack on government forces in Aleppo province
Syrian government and opposition factions say Syrian armed groups have launched a large-scale attack on areas controlled by government forces, setting off fierce clashes for the second day.
apnews.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Syrian rebels launch large-scale attack on government forces in Aleppo province