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"If objectivity means that I treat evil ideas the same as I treat just ones, I have no time for it." -Malcolm Foley https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2022/08/i-am-a-historian-on-presentism/

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blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · Aug 3

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

John Adams, Dec. 4, 1770

Drawing of a young man in a suit and wearing a gray wig. Portrait of John Adams, 1766, in the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 21h

“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.”

Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 7h

Thirty-one years ago, there was a slave auction reenacted at Colonial Williamsburg.

Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.

This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.

What Is Colonial Williamsburg For?

Telling the full story of the town’s past is an easy way to make a lot of people mad.

www.theatlantic.com

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blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 3h

Every day, more evidence.

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 9h

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 3h

You see it, I see it; MAGA: "Ha, ha! Lib tears!"

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 3h

Same job, different title maybe.

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Seen it all Before @seenitbefore.bsky.social · 8h

We're in a very bad place as a society when people are doxing the frog guy rather than the masked morons zip tying children.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 5h

I understand the optics here but this is also literally why Charles met his end in Whitehall, either Article I means what it says or it doesn't and the Constitution is dissolved

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 6h

So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period

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blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 4h

And most have active Facebook accounts.

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 6h

Thats still thirteen million and more people who think Trump's and RFK Jr's claims that Tylenol causes autism are definitely true.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 9h

Some good news: Most people don't trust Trump and RFK Jr.'s claims about autism.
Just four percent of respondents told a KFF poll they believed the claim was definitely true, while 30 percent said it was probably false and 35 percent said it was definitely false
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 9h

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 7h

A 15-year-old autistic, intellectually disabled, and often non-verbal boy in Houston has been held in ICE custody for the past week without his family knowing where he was.

I confirmed this video is real with local news reports:

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 8h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 5h

Star Chamber next?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23h

"She said to me after that - Samantha, 21 years old - all my life I've prepared for this moment. All my life, my mom, 53 years old, who was just going to get meat for a stew, has told me one day this could come."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Pod

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blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 10h

Fasc.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 20h

She looks like my kids' elementary school principal in that pic. A lesson here about books and covers.

blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 20h

The Hatch Act violation should be publicly investigated.

Need to point out that National Forests are administered by the United States Forest Service, they aren't National Parks and have a different mission even if they are next to a park and don't look very different.

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blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 20h

Laws are for others, not one's overlords.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 22h

To be fair, that's better than what Trump typically does to boatloads of people.

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blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 20h

Kavanaugh stop. Minor inconvenience to the little people. It's for their good.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 23h

there's really just zero motivation for Ds to negotiate when they're saying things like this. if they're just going to rule by recissision anyway, might as well make them admit they're gutting the fillibuster in order to destroy healthcare.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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blueontario.bsky.social @blueontario.bsky.social · 21h

The cruelty is the point.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21h

Why

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown

GOP leaders are seeking to keep pressure on Democrats to reopen the whole government.