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@barbararogan.bsky.social

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Author of 8 novels including A DANGEROUS FICTION, SUSPICION, and HINDSIGHT; co-author of two works of nonfiction. Editor, writing teacher, former literary agent, anti-Nazi.

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · Nov 16

Loved this NPR review of A DANGEROUS FICTION! "Barbara Rogan cleverly explores our capacity for self-deception and weaves it into an absorbing mystery that keeps its secret until the very end.” amzn.to/2eda9cJ

A Dangerous Fiction: A Mystery - Kindle edition by Rogan, Barbara. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

A Dangerous Fiction: A Mystery - Kindle edition by Rogan, Barbara. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Dangerous Fiction: A Mystery.

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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 2h

ANTIFA FLAG

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 2h

He has magic mirrors, the best magic mirrors.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d

Oh thank god I was waiting for this piece all day

Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 1d

Me and @markkrotov.bsky.social wrote about Laszlo Krasznahorkai and the Nobel Prize in Literature newrepublic.com/article/2015...

The Nobel Prize in Literature Is Boring Now

László Krasznahorkai, who was awarded the Prize on Thursday, is a brilliant novelist and consummate laureate. But has the Swedish Academy lost its sense of fun?

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 16h

Except ICE.

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 16h

Congratulations to the classy, intelligent, and patriotic President Obama on the anniversary of his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Also to María Corina Machado, this year's deserving winner. May Norway always uphold its high standards.

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 16h

You too can be an ICE agent! Consider the benefits.

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 16h

And we all hallucinated October 7? Yes, Bibi prolonged the war for his own benefit, against the will of Israelis; but its inception was triggered by Hamas atrocities. If you don't acknowledge that, the rest of your opinions are irrelevant.

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 1d

What a video compilation… “This network of antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as ISIS, Hezbollah, Hamas, all of them,” Kristi Noem actually says here, without her face sliding off

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

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

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 16h

I used to revere Chomsky during the protest against Vietnam. But his take on Israel and Palestine and Zionism was always so clueless that it cast a shadow over everything else he had to say.

barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 16h

To be fair, trump is battling rapid-onset dementia, with together with his narcissistic psychopathy makes it hard to focus on other people's problems. Plus he lost the Peace Prize so there's much less in it for him.

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Bhim Adhikari 🇳🇵 @bhimabish.bsky.social · 20h

The news has come out that Bipin Joshi, a Nepali student, is not one of the 20 living Hamas hostages. Since October 2023, Hamas had assured his family that he was alive.

The radical Islamic group Hamas is an enemy of Nepal and Nepali people! 🤬
#BipinJoshi #Hamas #Israel #Nepal

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 16h

So sorry to hear that our beloved wannabe Fuhrer didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize, because they gave it to someone who deserved it. In consolation, though, the smart money's on trump for Pedo of the Year.

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EvilBunny Pottymouth Resists The Cultists every day! @mrsquirrel.bsky.social · 17h

Trump to visit Walter Reed for ‘routine yearly checkup’ for second time in six months

🚨Will this be another cover-up of information about his rapidly declining mental health of will they finally tell us the truth? - EB

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Trump to visit Walter Reed for ‘routine yearly checkup’ for second time in six months

President Donald Trump went for another yearly check-up in April

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 17h

Useful if you ever have to deal with health insurance refusals.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Insurance companies can often be aggressive with their denials because “they don’t expect people to come back,” one health care advocate said.

The lesson is simple, another expert told us: “Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal. That’s all you have.”

By @deldeib.bsky.social

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Randy @ydnar024.bsky.social · 2d

I am a sporadic reader. I am halfway through A Dangerous Fiction. I am enjoying it. You must have been a good professor.

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, I'm so glad you're enjoying it!

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❀𝕀𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕞𝕒❀ @irmaspikeymama.bsky.social · 2d

#WellDoneChicago

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 1d

Please, trump bought her for $25,000. She's not only corrupt, she's cheap!

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Shannon 🦇💩🤪 GOOD TROUBLE 💙💙💙 @shannonmaebreen.bsky.social · 2d

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voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 2d

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Eric Phares @ewpthecollective.bsky.social · 2d

Trump and his gang of fascists have been setting the table so that they can invoke the Insurrection Act. Nobody that has stood up and spoken out is safe. We have all been declared terrorists and enemies of the state. Protect yourselves and your families.

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 2d

There's no case against Comey, as even the DOJ concluded, but they'll try him anyway just to punish him. I'm disgusted but not heartbroken.

All I can say is thank God Biden pardoned Fauci, or that American hero would also be persecuted by trump; and that would be unbearable.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 3d

@tmprowell.bsky.social, via X -

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