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Sanford Schram

@sandysfs.bsky.social

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The Trajectory of Trumpism: Racism, Fascism, Civil War and Beyond (Oxford, 2025).

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Sanford Schram @sandysfs.bsky.social · Jun 21

My new book should be available electronically in October: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

global.oup.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

For the first time, the Kennedy Center Awards were presented in the tiny Oval Office instead of the Kennedy Center For Performing Arts. Donald used his now-vulgar Oval Office for the ceremony to avoid the embarrassment of TV audiences seeing an almost empty theater.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 14h

Gramps here, lecturing leftists who say the Dems can't change that in 56 it was aligned with Southern segregationists (who got the VP noms), but by 64 with MLK, because of successful social movement organizing. Take the party over, leftists. Else you're not actually involved in US politics.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 17h

A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.

“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.

This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:

www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings

Silicon Valley radicalization escalates

www.thenerdreich.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21h

Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.

Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 21h

What an interesting coincidence.

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Trump's stupid FIFA peace participation trophy

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h

There are so many holes in DHS’s story it’s nuts. They say this woman was driving her boyfriend’s car, who they claim is undocumented.

ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.

Why is ICE harassing women?

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 1d

I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.

Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’

www.nytimes.com

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Friday 🫠

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 2d

The new National Security Strategy of the U.S. contains some pretty explicit white nationalism:

“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips

The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,

www.whitehouse.gov

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2d

New from me:

Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses

His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.

www.theatlantic.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

We worked super hard on this

youtu.be/wLz2BzCx1ZY

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Johnson: There's no gender division here at all in our conference. It's a meritocracy. And we've got great women doing great things. I'm their biggest champion, and that's what the record shows

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E.J. Fagan @ejfagan.com · 2d

Trump may have accidentally pardoned the pipe bomb guy?

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 2d

NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY.

buff.ly/hbjzh2q

Feds Bust into Jackson Heights Apartment Building In Pre-Dawn Raid

Dozens of agents wielding assault rifles took two middle-aged, Spanish-speaking people away in cuffs early Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead.

www.thecity.nyc

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MS NOW Reports @msnowreports.bsky.social · 2d

Epstein victims' attorney slams Maxwell's request for prison release: 'Ridiculous and insulting'
www.ms.now/chris-jansin...

Epstein victims' attorney slams Maxwell's request for prison release: 'Ridiculous and insulting'

According to a new court filing, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell will request for release from prison. Also, Maxwell's attorneys say releasing the grand jury files would cause her "...

www.ms.now

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 3d

"DACA recipients are being arrested despite deportation protection," writes Valerie Gonzalez for the @ap.

apnews.com/article/daca...

DACA recipients are being arrested despite deportation protection

An organization is tracking the growing number of arrests among people with temporary deportation protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

apnews.com

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 3d

Trump’s pardon for Henry Cuellar is part of a truly ridiculous pro-corruption pattern, spanning both of his terms.

The message to politicians convicted or accused of corruption couldn’t be clearer: You have a friend in the Oval Office. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Trump’s pardon for Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar fits a pro-corruption pattern

Trump appears to have a soft spot for politicians accused or convicted of corruption charges, regardless of party.

www.ms.now

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

Current US Policy:

If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.

They are lying to us.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

"This explains why the administration refuses to declassify the memo...If the public saw how flimsy the legal footing is, they’d see the president is using wartime powers he does not have to kill civilians he cannot legally target..." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...

NEWS: Leaked memo exposes flimsy legal basis for Trump boat strikes

DOJ's classified, "legal authorization" for the missile attacks is beginning to collapse.

open.substack.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Tom Emmer pushes racist lies on Fox: "80% of the crimes being committed in the Twin Cities and Minnesota are being committed by Somalis"

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.

Small businesses were the hardest hit.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 4d

Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?

That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 4d

as I was saying

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Sanford Schram @sandysfs.bsky.social · 5d

Democrat members?

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Cap'n Jack Fights Fascism @capnjackresists.bsky.social · 5d

28 yr-old who went to college on a softball scholarship and received a Bachelor's in Communication says the US Navy's own manual is wrong and that the murder of survivors from a wrecked vessel from a sovereign country we are not at war with is completely legal.