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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · 2d

All of these people, if the moral arc of the universe is bending in the right direction will be held accountable at some point.

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · 2d

Now that the Republicans are all in power and having to govern any human being with a conscience is going to start getting tired of the performative distractions, they were doing before they were elected. They can’t blame anyone anymore other than themselves.

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · 2d

This is because as human beings facts come second to subconscious bias, and belief systems. Our behavior is based on how we feel. We act out in all kinds of ways counter to what is true. The Supreme Court is filled with people.

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · 6d

My wife keeps asking me should we sell our house and move out of the country? My response is, where would we move? If there comes a time that we really have to do that, it may be more difficult at that point to do it.

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · 6d

Not much has changed for most people in the United States to feel the authoritarian takeover is real. We come home watch Netflix make dinner as normal. Other than immigrants and fired federal workers. It’s going to take a significant amount of pain for the country to wake up and resist.

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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 10d

"Pete Hegseth is so intent on creating a tough military that having a smart one appears secondary," David Ignatius writes. https://wapo.st/4gV2Y58

Opinion | Trump and Hegseth’s backward-facing message to the generals

A preoccupation with “woke” culture and “enemies” won’t prepare the military for the high-tech demands of 21st-century war.

wapo.st

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Sep 11

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, and 2 + 2 = 5

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you!! Well said.

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 31

I didn’t see it till I was nine or 10 also and on a black-and-white television. Even in black-and-white it had an impression on me.

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is another problem about information in our social media society. You can frame the truth however you want. Popular government requires an “informed” electorate. If that goes, the whole experiment goes.

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 29

How long does it take for a Jenga tower to fall down as you begin to pull pieces out?

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 29

Titanic metaphors are perfect descriptions for what we’re going through.

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 29

Wow!!! That says it all…

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 22

@bencasselman.bsky.social important article on the real impact of Trump 2.0.

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 22

The damage he is doing to all of our institutions will take a generation or more to repair (legal, academic, economic, medical, statistical, military, research,…intelligence). We now live in a different America.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/b...

Trump’s Attacks on Institutions Threaten a Bulwark of Economic Strength

www.nytimes.com

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 22

The damage he is doing to all of our institutions will take a generation or more to repair (legal, academic, economic, medical, statistical, military, research,…intelligence). We now live in a different America.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/b...

Trump’s Attacks on Institutions Threaten a Bulwark of Economic Strength

www.nytimes.com

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 21

Democracy, as a concept is utilitarian to the right. MAGA supports democracy if it strengthens their worldview which they deem necessary for a healthy society. If democracy is enabling left and that creates Liberal policies that destroy the country then democracy is bad.

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 16

Just the type of person you want running the most powerful country and military in the world. Perfect!

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 15

Resistance needs to focus on Congress! We need to name names. Republicans in Congress need to be held accountable. The only way out is for Congress to step up. The country needs to mobilize to force Congress to do its job. A year and a half to wait for another election maybe be too late.

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 15

No one is safe!

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 15

@markzandi.bsky.social

That’s OK Trump will just change the numbers. There are no experts anymore and no “credible” data.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | This number is bad news for the economy

Low unemployment is great, but only if it’s due to lots of new jobs, not an evaporating labor force.

www.washingtonpost.com

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 15

That’s OK Trump will just change the numbers. There are no experts anymore and no more credible data.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | This number is bad news for the economy

Low unemployment is great, but only if it’s due to lots of new jobs, not an evaporating labor force.

www.washingtonpost.com

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 15

This is becoming a war on information. “Truth” is losing.

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Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 11

There will be a cost. It’s just how much.

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thank you @rhodesben.bsky.social for your brilliant contextual outline of how we got here and how we might imagine our future way out.

How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

Opinion | How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America

www.nytimes.com

Somewhere in Seattle @charlie62.bsky.social · Aug 8

Reality television authoritarianism

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