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Retired guy in Alabama who detests the felonious president and his hanger-on henchmen. Also raging at afterword.substack.com. #RESIST! #SlavaUkraini! 🚫MAGA🚫DM🚫porn🚫crypto

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03.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 13399 πŸ” 4584 πŸ’¬ 382 πŸ“Œ 164
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These guys show up here regularly.

03.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Slava Ukraini! you sons of bitches.

26.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta steal this one, Alan. THANK YOU

25.02.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Warming Planet Makes Nor’easters & Other Storms More Intense: Climate Scientist Michael Mann As the Northeast United States contends with the aftermath of a historic bomb cyclone blizzard that blanketed the region, we speak to climate scientist Michael Mann about the causes and effects of…

Michael Mann says the historic Northeast blizzard isn’t a freak event. Warmer oceans are supercharging the strongest nor’easters. And as Trump guts FEMA and climate science, we’re less prepared for what’s coming.

25.02.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

MUST read.

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

24.02.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Age of Kleptocracy Geopolitical power, private gain.

"Rule-of-law democracies cannot afford to back down in the face of U.S. threats of retaliation."

Damn, never thought I'd read a sentence like that in my lifetime. An important essay:

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

20.02.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A few months ago, Trump said a surprise attack by the United States and Israel "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities. The coming attack is designed to obliterate your attention to news that the U.S. president raped children.

19.02.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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13.02.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 22440 πŸ” 9489 πŸ’¬ 940 πŸ“Œ 562
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Trump’s NATO Dilemma America can’t disengage from the alliance and also lead it.

No paywall.

www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

13.02.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely a fan, although I'm an old geezer and what I remember most is that my Mom, who liked popcorn and scary movies, said this was her favorite. I was born in 1954, so that's about right.

13.02.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One more time.

12.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
@afterword.substack.com

@afterword.substack.com

The Boys

11.02.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Health care workers want ICE out of hospitals, and blue states are responding | Alabama Reflector As the Trump administration intensifies its immigration crackdown, health care workers in multiple states say ICE is increasing its presence in health care facilities, deterring people from seeking me...

Health care workers want ICE out of hospitals, and blue states are responding alabamareflector.com/2026/02/09/r...

10.02.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oooooh, I needed that!

07.02.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein's Russia connections, explained Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk became the first high-ranking official to ask the question on everyone’s mind on Feb. 4 β€” Was convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein working with Russia? He added th...

I don't make pretense of being a regular reader of the Kyiv Independent, but this is some good journalism right here. The fires are burning everywhere, I realize, but this one matters too.

kyivindependent.com/was-jeffrey-...

06.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m a 71-year-old white guy – born, reared and residing today in Montgomery, Alabama – and I’m not the only Christian down this way who knows this is true. Keep the faith, yall.

05.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Neoroyalism’ and What It Says About Trump

While I appreciate intellectuals' efforts to understand this nightmare, maybe he's just a lying, cheating, spoiled SOB who needed his ass kicked several more times than it ever was in his gilded youth. The GOP loves him because he's a bigot.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

04.02.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social
I hadn't seen this until today. Timely reminder. Let's spread it around.

04.02.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
@afterword.substack.com

@afterword.substack.com

Damn right, Donald. We're coming for you.

30.01.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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30.01.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My beagle boys keep me going.

30.01.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

'In the face of all this impunity, it’s also important to remember the blood on Miller’s hands dripped from the chief executive’s tiny digits. The culpability for this nightmare is translucent rather than transparent only because it’s tinted orange.'
- a graph from my latest Substack column.

29.01.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Maybe this is here already. I just saw it. Credited to Seattle street artist Topsy.

29.01.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The World Will Come to Miss Western Hypocrisy An overtly transactional order spells trouble for everyone.

Good one.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

29.01.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Carnage of coercion β€˜Might makes right’ crowd is wrong, weak, and getting good people killed.

A new column. Always free to read.
afterword.substack.com/p/carnage-of...

29.01.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal

25.01.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 21216 πŸ” 4279 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 84

Republicans, have you no shame?

25.01.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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When an FBI agent took steps to investigate the death of Renee Good, he was shut down by Bondi. The agent resigned. I worry that today's killing may not be subject to a competent investigation either.

I watched what happened. I believe what I saw was ANOTHER murder by masked federal agents.

25.01.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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This one came to mind today with another Gestapo killing in America. Not quite a year since he said this.

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