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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2h

Still true!

Trump can’t:

take away our anger
stop us from using our minds
stop us from reading & writing
hide his fraudulence
make us hate a free America
convince us our allies are our enemies
make us stop loving
stop us from using our collective power
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Can We Discuss What Trump Can't Do?

A Saturday Prompt

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10h

"As the federal government has become the prime source of our problems rather than a vehicle for finding answers: We should look well beyond Washington for ideas and answers that can help heal our broken land." www.americaamerica.news/p/can-music-...

Can Music Help Bridge America's Divide?

In a time of extreme division, The Louisville Orchestra forges some common ground in Kentucky—and points a way forward for our embattled nation

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WB @wwbee.bsky.social · 8h

Stay strong! March on! Get to the streets on October 18! Bring your friends, your flag 🇺🇸 and your outside voice.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10h

What a despicable little man who is lying through his teeth to try to incite violence against Americans who will be peacefully assembling to protest the Trump regime’s anti-democratic rule.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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timetocallbatman.bsky.social @timetocallbatman.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you thank you thank you for continuing to speak out.

Not only is Mike Johnson a LIAR, he's a CHEATER who thinks it's ok to NOT SWEAR IN a Southern Arizona ELECTED representative who's NOT REPUBLICAN.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10h

What a despicable little man who is lying through his teeth to try to incite violence against Americans who will be peacefully assembling to protest the Trump regime’s anti-democratic rule.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7h

Oh, sure, let's have Qatar set up its military bases on American soil--because we're all about America First, amirite?

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11h

I traveled to Kentucky to see for myself what conductor Teddy Abrams is doing there. My conclusion: In a time of extreme division, he and the Louisville Orchestra are forging common ground in rural communities—& pointing a way forward for our embattled nation.
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-music-...

Can Music Help Bridge America's Divide?

In a time of extreme division, The Louisville Orchestra forges some common ground in Kentucky—and points a way forward for our embattled nation

www.americaamerica.news

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7h

Oh, sure, let's have Qatar set up its military bases on American soil--because we're all about America First, amirite?

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7h

There’s America and then there’s Trump’s America (that depends on lying propagandists like these). You can hate what the latter is doing to America exactly as an expression of love for the former, our beloved country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10h

"As the federal government has become the prime source of our problems rather than a vehicle for finding answers: We should look well beyond Washington for ideas and answers that can help heal our broken land." www.americaamerica.news/p/can-music-...

Can Music Help Bridge America's Divide?

In a time of extreme division, The Louisville Orchestra forges some common ground in Kentucky—and points a way forward for our embattled nation

www.americaamerica.news

6 46 170

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10h

What a despicable little man who is lying through his teeth to try to incite violence against Americans who will be peacefully assembling to protest the Trump regime’s anti-democratic rule.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10h

The concerts are free.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10h

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise & resist. Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk & remind us freedom must never be taken for granted.”

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Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11h

Nice idea.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11h

I traveled to Kentucky to see for myself what conductor Teddy Abrams is doing there. My conclusion: In a time of extreme division, he and the Louisville Orchestra are forging common ground in rural communities—& pointing a way forward for our embattled nation.
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-music-...

Can Music Help Bridge America's Divide?

In a time of extreme division, The Louisville Orchestra forges some common ground in Kentucky—and points a way forward for our embattled nation

www.americaamerica.news

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

It’s hard to overstate how grotesque is the prosecution of Letitia James. I hope John Roberts—who unleashed this malignant, vengeful career criminal on our beloved country—is enjoying Trump’s utter abuse of power and trashing of justice and the rule of law.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 20h

Oh, no! You shouldn’t reveal the location of antifa’s HQ!

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"?

Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

I guess Kash Patel will not be investigating and Pam Bondi and Howard Lutnick will not be pushing the 25th?

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

Hi. I’d like to report a deranged and delusional man in the White House who’s inciting violence and represents a danger to public safety. Can law enforcement please handle this matter?

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 1d

People keep saying that Trump is prosecuting his political enemies but that’s not what this is.

She’s not a political enemy, she’s a prosecutor who charged and tried a criminal. The criminal got away and now has the power to exact revenge. A mobster ordering a hit. That’s all this is!

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

It’s hard to overstate how grotesque is the prosecution of Letitia James. I hope John Roberts—who unleashed this malignant, vengeful career criminal on our beloved country—is enjoying Trump’s utter abuse of power and trashing of justice and the rule of law.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

It’s hard to overstate how grotesque is the prosecution of Letitia James. I hope John Roberts—who unleashed this malignant, vengeful career criminal on our beloved country—is enjoying Trump’s utter abuse of power and trashing of justice and the rule of law.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

Have the Trump psychotics found the leader of antifa yet? Are they aware that Gen Eisenhower, that noted anti-fascist, is no longer with us and can’t be arrested? Perhaps they can dig up Winston Churchill & bring him to ICE HQ?

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who lived in NY in the ‘90s knew Trump was a con artist & a two-bit hustler who bankrupted businesses over and over. There’s a reason 9 out of 10 people in Manhattan didn’t vote for him. But Mark Burnett convinced millions of reality TV-watching Americans he was a successful businessman.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

Hi. I’d like to report a deranged and delusional man in the White House who’s inciting violence and represents a danger to public safety. Can law enforcement please handle this matter?

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

“They can trash the rule of law and the Constitution in their depraved commitment to create a dictatorship led by Trump. But we, the people should be neither afraid nor doubtful that their hostility to America will ultimately win.”
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Snapshot: Trump's Threats, Bondi's Disgrace, Miller's Madness

Got a Minute or Two? Mad Hattery and Other Outrages

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d

"Trump’s threats, Bondi’s attacks & Miller’s madness are the latest signs they'll do anything to expand their power & further dismantle our democratic system & the values principles, rules & laws that hold it together & inspire a functioning society." A video: www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-t...

Snapshot: Trump's Threats, Bondi's Disgrace, Miller's Madness

Got a Minute or Two? Mad Hattery and Other Outrages

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 3d

Pam Bondi’s defensive attacks against Senate Democrats questioning her was not the flex she thinks it was. All it did was vividly point out how she has abandoned Justice Dept. independence to serve the desires of her authoritarian boss.

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