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Trump Is Following in the Footsteps of a Failed English King newrepublic.com/article/2016... via @newrepublic.com

Trump Is Following in the Footsteps of a Failed English King

Our Founders’ designs were studiously informed by the mistakes of King Charles I. Our president seems to want to repeat them.

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brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 6h

Why It’s Pointless for Democrats to Negotiate a Shutdown Deal newrepublic.com/post/201612/... via @newrepublic.com

Why It’s Pointless for Democrats to Negotiate a Shutdown Deal

The most overlooked aspect of the current impasse is that it began a long time ago—and is rooted in a deep Trumpian dysfunction.

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brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 6h

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It newrepublic.com/post/201625/... via @newrepublic.com

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 1d

The Only Way Out Is Through buff.ly/BXn3v0Q

The Only Way Out Is Through

What Joe Biden’s endurance teaches us about America’s own capacity to heal.

jojofromjerz.substack.com

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brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty built a quiet life in the US - www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US

An agent shot Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, father of two, during a massive immigration sweep.

www.reuters.com

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 1d

I found this article for you: - www.investing.com/news/economy...

Why the F**K is Bessent Boy buying Argentinian Pesos for the US Treasury?
Someone please explain.

China slams Bessent’s remarks as spat deepens By Investing.com

China slams Bessent’s remarks as spat deepens

www.investing.com

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brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 1d

Trump officials say "substantial" federal worker layoffs have begun

Does Russ Vought look like the guy on the Bush Beans ads!

We will all be eating beans when Russ is done.

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 2d

Opinion: Putin is losing the war, so prepare for escalation - The Telegraph

Putin is dead in the water

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 2d

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says buff.ly/kaz1f7l

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 2d

Two Republican Governors Break With Trump Over Troop Deployments newrepublic.com/post/201610/... via @newrepublic.com

Two Republican Governors Break With Trump Over Troop Deployments

Republican governors are finally calling out Donald Trump for using the National Guard to take over American cities.

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brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans Start to Rebel Against Mike Johnson Over Shutdown buff.ly/HZsgizz

Mutiny on the good ship MAGA Mike!!!

Republicans Start to Rebel Against Mike Johnson Over Shutdown

The House speaker is losing control of his party.

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brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 2d

Why is the US House speaker refusing to seat an elected Democrat? | Moira Donegan buff.ly/CFcjDGX

MAGA Mike Johnson apparently does not believe in Democracy!

Why is the US House speaker refusing to seat an elected Democrat? | Moira Donegan

Adelita Grijalva won a landslide election for her Arizona seat. But Mike Johnson is defying the will of the voters

www.theguardian.com

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 2d

Photos of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado who has won the Nobel Peace Prize buff.ly/VCYU0T6

Photos of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado who has won the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition leader María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a unifying figure in Venezuela’s political opposition.

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brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 2d

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago's beloved chaplain, dies at 106 buff.ly/a2DkC46

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago's beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, has died at 106. The university announced her death on Thursday night.

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brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 2d

'It’s just disappointment’: Shutdown adds to farmers’ anxieties buff.ly/jXfUG22

'It’s just disappointment’: Shutdown adds to farmers’ anxieties

Producers are struggling under the weight of the loss of certain USDA services and lack of a bailout announcement.

www.politico.com

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 2d

Trump Is Following in the Footsteps of a Failed English King newrepublic.com/article/2016... via @newrepublic.com

Trump Is Following in the Footsteps of a Failed English King

Our Founders’ designs were studiously informed by the mistakes of King Charles I. Our president seems to want to repeat them.

newrepublic.com

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 3d

Russia's industrial titans furlough workers as its war economy stalls buff.ly/pWKd7p6

The Russian Recession has arrived!

www.reuters.com

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo invokes criticism of Trump's policies in first major document buff.ly/f2G9O2o

www.reuters.com

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 3d

Ted Cruz Targets Wikipedia Over ‘Ideological Bias’ buff.ly/ZnBN7kT

Hey Cancun Cruz-Why don't you go back to Cancun-and STAY THERE this time!!!

Ted Cruz Targets Wikipedia Over ‘Ideological Bias’

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal.

www.wired.com

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 3d

Trumpworld's Least Favorite Cabinet Secretaries buff.ly/pL0U8OD

Trumpworld's Least Favorite Cabinet Secretaries

“Worst, Bondi,” they begin. “2.) Bondi. 3.) Bondi. 4.) Bondi. 5.) HegsethRFKTulsiNoem.”

www.wired.com

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 3d

Military should only be used for external threats, more than half of Americans say buff.ly/kWwRcRY

Military should only be used for external threats, more than half of Americans say

Survey finds 58% backing restricting armed forces to external threats amid Trump deployments to US cities

www.theguardian.com

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 3d

Trumps Polluter Playground: Fossil Fuel Insiders & Ideologues Prop Up Dirty Energy & Derail Clean Power www.citizen.org/article/trum...

Trump's Polluter Playground: Fossil Fuel Insiders & Ideologues Prop Up Dirty Energy & Derail Clean Power - Public Citizen

www.citizen.org

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 3d

new analysis buff.ly/vVUvuzs

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 3d

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows buff.ly/vVUvuzs

Trump's Fossil Fuel Fans are dragging us into the past while polluting America and Americans!!!! Shame!!

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.theguardian.com

brucekb.bsky.social @brucekb.bsky.social · 3d

How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia buff.ly/jNjDRlj

How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia

Russia assumed time was on its side, but a new Ukrainian strategy is yielding surprising results.

www.theatlantic.com