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Perry Anderson

@perryanderson1.bsky.social

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Retired engineer in Houston. Husband. Father. Twitter refugee. Blue team. Exvangelical. Never Trumper until one of us is gone. 🇺🇸▪️🎸▪️🌮 ▪️📽️

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Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · Aug 3

Dems needs leaders like Aragorn and we need them now.

a man with a beard and long hair says ride out with me

Alt: Aragorn saying "Ride out with me" from The Two Towers.

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Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 15h

Douthat's Lyme disease meds must be psychoactive.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 15h

No man knows the date or time but when it happens the first trumpet will sound.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 15h

This is journalistic malpractice.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 15h

How is it a good idea to make people sick to their stomach before they get on a plane?

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 16h

Nothing for Elon. Ever.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 16h

They want us stupid and compliant. They're going to be disappointed.

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Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 16h

This can't be tolerated.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 19h

America took a basic decency test in 2015 and failed it in spectacular fashion.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 19h

Musk should be impoverished for this at an absolute minimum.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 19h

One of the very best to ever do it.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 23h

A bearded man stole Hegseth's girlfriend once. Not sure if it was Sherman.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 1d

Intolerable.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is a mass murderer with the blood of thousands on his hands. He should suffer severe consequences for what he has done. We aren't a moral people if we allow being a billionaire to become a get out of jail free card.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 1d

Noem is nowhere near that cute.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 1d

We are doing everything we can except not increase the deficit.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 1d

Don't threaten me with a good time.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 1d

The man is proudly ineducable.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 2d

The Dem bashing sure gets tedious. Some on this app say everything would be great if only the Dems had done everything perfectly the last 10 years. Maybe true but the current mess is solely the fault of voters who voted Trump and voters who stayed home out of laziness or pique.

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Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 2d

End Tesla as partial punishment for Elon's murders.

Perry Anderson @perryanderson1.bsky.social · 2d

Shit comes out of filthy MAGA mouths. Damn them all to hell for what they've done to the world. #nevergiveup #neversurrender.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d

"For Democrats, this particular moment of cartoonish graft presents a huge opportunity to unify around an anti-corruption platform.…Their agenda must meet the moment and include game-changing initiatives that let voters know they recognize corruption is pervasive."
www.thebulwark.com/p/anti-corru...

How Anti-Corruption Can Be a Winning Issue for Democrats

It’s a powerful, unifying theme—and it’s tied to the crisis of democracy under Trump.

www.thebulwark.com

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