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The Fifth Dentist

@fifthdentist.bsky.social

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Frederick, MD. Retiree. Proudly and fiercely anti-authoritarian. Regular guy with no fancy media credentials. Orioles and Ravens fan. Elvis enthusiast. Member of Bluesky Samizdat since December 4, 2024. I post occasional music videos to keep us all sane.

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · Jan 8

The Rwanda genocide of the early 1990s was fueled by misinformation on talk radio.

Just something to keep in mind as the trump crowd consolidates media control.

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 11m

Elvis sings the blues. And aces the assignment, as always.

Reconsider Baby

YouTube video by Elvis Presley - Topic

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 10h

The key to turning this country back around is to get over this weird fetish we have with law enforcement figures.

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 10h

The year the Mariners and Blue Jays came into existence (1977) was the first year I became a serious, study-the-boxscores-daily baseball fan.

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 11h

You know, Donald, the best way to get to heaven is by not being an asshole. Ever consider that?

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 11h

I hope Biden outlives Trump.

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 11h

May trump endure every bit as much pain and suffering as he has inflicted upon others.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 11h

It's also quackery. Shall we also go back to the four humors while we're at it?

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 11h

So is the Chicago police force wising up on who the real enemy is?

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 14h

I knew exactly why you thought that too before you explained why.

I'm old too.

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 14h

What was that adage, if everybody you deal with is an asshole, maybe you're the asshole?

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 14h

Most trump voters wanted all this. They just thought it wouldn't affect them.

Dr. Carlotta A. Berry #NoireSTEMinist 🤖 @drcaberry.bsky.social · 15h

I can't imagine what it must feel like to know you voted for this mess and you have to sit back and pretend like it is all okay and that you actually wanted to kidnap people off the streets, remove DOE special education, SNAP benefits, healthcare and welcomed in fascism.

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 14h

"Essay" is generous. It's an unhinged screed.

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 14h

Why are trump government agencies so thin-skinned about criticism?

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 17h

Not anymore he doesnt. 😁

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 17h

"I'm one of the good ones" is the essential (erroneous) belief of ANYBODY who supports the regime, whatever their identity.

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 17h

I have never used ChatGPT. Literally never.

Am I missing anything?

I sure don't feel like I am.

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 18h

Over the last twenty years or so, it's definitely been the Jets.

Watch them sign Jordan Love in 2035.

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 18h

Instead of taunting them for voting for this (which they most certainly did), I'd just ask them what they're going to about it.

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 18h

Both sides, both sides!

When the AI bubble pops, the country still won't be nearly as bankrupt as the legacy media is now.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

Help me out here. When did Biden take office? Who was the FBI director on January 6th? Who appointed that FBI director?

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 18h

Are the New York Jets the most ridiculable franchise in pro sports?

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 18h

JD Vance is cancer.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h

JD Vance indicates to NBC that Trump isn't opposed to invoking the Insurrection Act.

A key line from Vance: "The problem here is not the Insurrection Act or whether we actually invoke it or not."

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 19h

Nothing closet about it.

The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 21h

A lot of right-wingers have special-needs children. It's the kind of thing that doesn't discriminate.

We'll find out if right-wingers love their children enough to fight this, or not.

Trish K @tkaz99.bsky.social · 21h

They simply don't care.

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 21h

I'm a liberal because good liberal democratic governance results in better, freer lives for all, me included.

The idea of a common good that THEY benefit from as much as anyone is completely foreign to them.

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 21h

"My friends" "we don't believe"

This equivocating language is infuriating.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Jeffries on Fox News Sunday: "My friends on other aisle seem to think believe healthcare is an extraneous issue. We don't believe it's an extraneous issue. It's a central issue...the states most affected are all ones Trump won...so this is not a partisan fight. We're fighting for everyday Americans"