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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 19h

Trump’s CBS “Confession” Should Be the Biggest Story in America
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Trump’s CBS “Confession” Should Be the Biggest Story in America

Imagine if Joe Biden admitted to selling pardons like this.

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 1d

Is Corruption the New American Dream — A Nation Rebuilt on the Gospel of the Grift?
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Is Corruption the New American Dream — A Nation Rebuilt on the Gospel of the Grift?

Where honesty is punished, power is bought, and every rule has a price, Trump’s turned the dream of opportunity into an industry of deception…

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 1d

Introduction: The End Begins with a Smile
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Introduction: The End Begins with a Smile

Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 4d

Will the 2028 Election Even Happen? Is There a Plot to Use the Insurrection Act to End Democracy?
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Will the 2028 Election Even Happen? Is There a Plot to Use the Insurrection Act to End Democracy?

From John Adams to Kent State to the Insurrection Act, history warns us what happens when power fears the people more than the enemy…

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 5d

Is the Algorithm the Single Greatest Threat to Humanity at this Moment?
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Is the Algorithm the Single Greatest Threat to Humanity at this Moment?

Algorithms are not tuned for what is best for society. They don’t follow the rules that hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution have built into our cultures, religions & political systems…

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 5d

What If Trump Is Weaker Than We Think—and America’s Finally Figuring It Out?
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What If Trump Is Weaker Than We Think—and America’s Finally Figuring It Out?

The strongman act is cracking, but as the cops, the crowds, and even the cult start to walk away, is this finally the moment his empire begins to fall?

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 7d

Is the Assault on Democracy Stronger than We Think — and Nearing Permanent Control?
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Is the Assault on Democracy Stronger than We Think — and Nearing Permanent Control?

Dark money, captured courts, and media empires are quietly doing what dictators once could only dream of...

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 7d

Trump’s Gold-Plated Desecration of the White House
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Trump’s Gold-Plated Desecration of the White House

The demolition of the East Wing isn’t just architecture — it’s the ultimate symbol of his ego and contempt for democracy.

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 7d

The speech North Carolina Republicans don't want us to hear
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The speech North Carolina Republicans don't want us to hear

Sen. Michael Garrett laid out how the recent gerrymandering is tied to rising authoritarianism.

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 7d

Is Corruption the New American Dream — A Nation Rebuilt on the Gospel of the Grift?
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Is Corruption the New American Dream — A Nation Rebuilt on the Gospel of the Grift?

Where honesty is punished, power is bought, and every rule has a price, Trump’s turned the dream of opportunity into an industry of deception…

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 10d

The Coup That Finally Worked: How Mike Johnson Succeeded Where the Insurrection Failed
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The Coup That Finally Worked: How Mike Johnson Succeeded Where the Insurrection Failed

Through procedural paralysis, the Speaker has done what violence could not: silence Congress and hand Donald Trump the powers of a king...

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 11d

What the Destruction of the Voting Rights Act Means for Our Country’s Future
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What the Destruction of the Voting Rights Act Means for Our Country’s Future

It’s part of a decades-long campaign to suppress voting rights

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 12d

Trump’s Elite Pedophile Protection Program: Who are they Protecting?
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Trump’s Elite Pedophile Protection Program: Who are they Protecting?

Amy Wallace says the FBI and DOJ have the list. Twenty abusers. Zero accountability. How long will we tolerate this cover-up?

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 12d

The East Wing, seeds of MAGA, and other thoughts
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The East Wing, seeds of MAGA, and other thoughts

Trumpism didn't emerge from a vacuum. It's been growing inside the GOP for decades.

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 12d

Trump: Is He the Thief in the Ballroom?
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Trump: Is He the Thief in the Ballroom?

The fight isn’t between left and right anymore: it’s between oligarchy and the people, between those who hoard power and those still brave enough to believe in democracy...

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 13d

Will Trump’s Fear Factory be his Greatest Weapon or His Ultimate Undoing?
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Will Trump’s Fear Factory be his Greatest Weapon or His Ultimate Undoing?

He’s learning what every would-be king learns: fear works only until people remember who they are…

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 14d

When the Chant Fades, Who Builds the Future?
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When the Chant Fades, Who Builds the Future?

The movements of the 1960s built lasting institutions. Today’s movements need more than moral clarity: they need leadership and coordination...

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 15d

FA Hayek vs. the Birth of Democratic Socialism
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FA Hayek vs. the Birth of Democratic Socialism

Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness"

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 16d

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Cartoon: Ass face

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Trump wants his face on US currency, no matter that it's ...

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 16d

Saturday Report in Cuteness 10/18/25...
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Saturday Report in Cuteness 10/18/25...

If you’ve ever had pets, you know how they bring us back to what matters...

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 16d

We Rise for America: An Open Letter to Speaker Johnson
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We Rise for America: An Open Letter to Speaker Johnson

Fascism rises when people stay silent. Join the No Kings movement for democracy—organize, speak out, and build people-powered resistance before it’s too late.

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 17d

When Loyalty Becomes Law: Is Our Military Already in on a Coup?
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When Loyalty Becomes Law: Is Our Military Already in on a Coup?

The Pentagon’s purge of its own legal advisers reveals how obedience is replacing principle, and why that’s the hallmark of authoritarian capture…

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 18d

Trump’s Very Own Basket of Deplorables
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Trump’s Very Own Basket of Deplorables

The president and his movement are dropping the fig leaf and declaring half the country the enemy. How can this go on?

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 18d

The GOP has made it clear: 'I love Hitler'
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The GOP has made it clear: 'I love Hitler'

While young Republicans openly embrace Nazis, Trump is moving to limit immigration to white people only, as the GOP is now a haven for white supremacists.

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ekxs.bsky.social @ekxs.bsky.social · 19d

Is This What the Next Generation of GOP Leaders Sounds Like? Don’t Look Away...
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Is This What the Next Generation of GOP Leaders Sounds Like? Don’t Look Away...

The leaked messages show what happens when cruelty becomes political culture…

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