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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 15h

Who wants to watch the Cubs game Saturday at Cary's Lounge, 2251 West Devon? First pitch is 7:08PM.

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 17h

Trump 'betray's MAGA again and they will just keep supporting him.

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Trump admin sparks MAGA fury with Qatari Air Force base in US—"betrayed"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. has approved a Qatari Air Force base in Idaho.

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 19h

This week's 9 Circles of Hell! #AI Bubble, US Sinks Wrong Boat, #ICE Spying Plan, GOP #FakeNews, #IDF Killed 18K+ #Gaza Kids, #Israel Taps #terrorists to Run Gaza, #USC Sells IDF Bodies, @nytimes.com Israel Reports Violate Own Code, Trump's War on the Left

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Nine Circles of Hell! Friday, October 10: AI Bubble Set to Burst, Venezuelan Boat Attacked by US was Colombian, ICE Mass Surveillance Plan, GOP Sharing Fake News about US Cities, the 18,457 Gazan Kids...

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 1d

NEW BONUS PATREON EP!

Chuck needs your help to fix the world PLUS a 2002 talk on the Patriot Act causing ICE in Chicago with @rbretired.bsky.social's Chuck Michaels on "No Greater Threat, America After 9/11 and the Rise of a National Security. State."

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NEW PATREON POD! Help us Fix the Wolrd PLUS Bipartisan Support for ICE and the PATRIOT Act | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 1d

What if this is more than wishful thinking from @ericswalwell.bsky.social ?

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 1d

NEW! FREE! HELL!

@ashdawson.bsky.social on his writing at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social "The Costs of the Cloud: How much power does AI consume?"

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Episode 1863: AI's Environmental Footprint / Ashley Dawson

AI's Environmental Footprint

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 2d

FREE TO ALL! No membership needed.

ICYMI, Bronwen Everill, author of, "Africonomics" (@thenewpress.bsky.social) discussed ongoing #US #western #colonialism in #Africa.

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NEW EP: Western Colonialism in Africa Never Ended | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 3d

@bsky.app and @discord.com are the ONLY platforms that haven't shadow banned or throttled This is Hell! Due to limited exposure, listeners are unaware of our FREE TO ALL Patreon posts Monday-Wednesday which and our members-only content Thursday-Sunday.

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 4d

This week, western ignorance and AI's massive power drain.

Tuesday: Bronwen Everilll, author of, "Africonomics" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).

Wednesday: Ashley Dawson who posted @nybooks.com article, "The Costs of the Cloud."

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THIS WEEK IN HELL! Africonomics and the Cloud Destroying the World! | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 5d

This week's Question from Hell! is...

"In the unlikely event of your untimely demise, what would you hope would be engraved on the shell casings?"

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The person with our favorite gets their choice of TiH! merch.

Winner announced at end of show on Wednesday, October 8.

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 5d

If you want to know what kind of people join ICE, and why they act like white supremacist jagoffs, check out today's Sunday Funnies... and not so funny.

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'Sunday Funnies... and not so funny' for October 5, 2025: Sand Banksy, STFU Tortillas, ICE Agents' Shame, More ICE Jokes, Bowing to Snowflake Demands, US Media Covers for Israel, Disgusting Inequality...

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 6d

The Saturday Morning Post is up!

This week, Chuck realizes being the bitter blind broke gap-toothed host of This is Hell! may not be all that respectable in this day and age.

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Saturday Morning Post from Your Bitter Bline Broke Gap-Toothed Host, Saturday, October 4, 2025: An Invitation to Hell! | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 7d

This weekend Lumpen Radio, CKUW and KRFP:

@matthewboedy.bsky.social who was targeted by Professor Watchlist discusses his new book, "The Seven Mountains Mandate," on TPUSA and Charlie Kirk.

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Long-form interviews with writers, thinkers and workers from around the world and across the spectrum of experience.

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 7d

This weekend on WNUR and @bewaretheradio.bsky.social:

@matthewboedy.bsky.social on Charlie Kirk's "Mandate," @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on "Extractive Capitalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social), and a '22 talk w/ Donna Murch on "Assata Taught Me" (@haymarketbooks.org),

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 7d

From climate change worsening to Israeli secrecy and belligerence to Trump's authoritarianism, this morning's Nine Circles of Hell! has it all!

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Nine Circles of Hell!, Friday, October 3, 2025: Climate Change Worsens, Israel's Illegal Raid, U.S. Nazis Arm Israel, Australia Secretly Arms Israel, Ellison Vets Rubio for Israel Fealty, Trump's Unpr...

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 8d

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SNEAK PEEK at the Question from Hell! | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 8d

NEW BONUS PODCAST!

Chuck remembers lessons learned from bad decisions leading to his near death AND what guests taught us in September

Also, we begin a series of 2002-03 talks warning us the PATRIOT Act would lead to #ICE on the streets

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NEW BONUS PATREON POD: What We Learned in September PLUS Abolish the PATRIOT Act! | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 8d

NEW FREE EP! No membership required!

@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on "Extractive Capitalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social):

"This incredible inequality has to be protected through a whole series of unpopular authoritarian measures and through the force of the gun."

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NEW EP!: Capitalism Depends on Destruction! | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 9d

NEW FREE EP!

On the day it's published, @matthewboedy.bsky.social discussed Charlie Kirk and "The Seven Mountains Mandate."

Matthew's on Turning Point USA's “professor watchlist” after opposing concealed guns on college campuses.

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NEW EP! Charlie Kirk's Mythical Mandate | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 10d

Assata Shakur passed away in Cuba on September 25.

In 2022, historian Donna Murch joined us to discuss her book, "Assata Taught Me: Black Lives, Mass Incarceration, and State Violence" (@haymarketbooks.org).

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FREE! RIP Assata | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 11d

NEW FREE HELL THIS WEEK!

TUESDAY: @matthewboedy.bsky.social on "The Seven Mountains Mandate," (@wjkbooks.com) Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA.

WEDNESDAY:

@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on "Extractive Capitalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social).

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This Week in Hell! Charlie Kirk's Mandates and Extractive Capitalism | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 12d

Trump, Nazis, billionaires, genocide, a sign for our times and a kind reminder to celebrate the upcoming anniversary of Harper's Ferry.

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SUNDAY FUNNIES... and not so funny... for Sunday, September 28, 2025 | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 13d

What if we can stop this current nightmare by creating the future we want now?

This week, Chuck introduces prefigurative programming as a path toward direct democracy now.

Also, a 2005 talk with Peter Irons on "War Powers."

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Saturday Morning Post from Your Bitter Blind Broke Gap-Toothed Host: Prefigurative Programming and Direct Democracy Now! | This Is Hell!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 14d

This weekend on WNUR, Lumpen Radio, CKUW, KRFP and @bewaretheradio.bsky.social, we'll remind everyone why we should ALL be anti-fascist before it becomes a crime to NOT be a #fascist.

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 14d

NEW 9 Circles of Hell! -- the news that gives you fits in print:

Meta porn, water bottle danger, Microsoft Gaza spying, Flotilla attack, Trump's asylum war, ICE killing, immigration inhumanity and Wisconsin abortion pause.

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NINE CIRCLES OF HELL! Friday, September 26, 2025: Meta's Porn, Plastic Water, Microsoft's Gaza Spying, Drones Attack Food Aid, Trump's Asylum War, ICE Killing Questioned, Inhumane Immigrant Centers an...

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