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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · 2d

There are other novels that present an America that is terrifying those of us who live here, but “The Washington Decree” by Jussi Adler-Olsen goes the furthest, even if the President’s motivation differs from our reality. I hope those other writers make a stand, in force, for democracy.

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · 4d

And here’s the great Timothy Snyder, citing historical similarities between Miller & Stalin. So, good for you!

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Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 7d

Guess how many times Republicans have tried to negotiate with Democrats to save health care? None. Zero. Not once.

Republicans would rather shut down the government than lower health care costs.

Guess how many times Republicans have tried to negotiate with Democrats to save health care? Zero.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · 20d

It’s time for the 25th Amendment to be considered. He cannot distinguish the difference between a political rally of MAGA followers with limited access to accurate information and the UN. This is terrifying.

magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · 20d

Wikipedia has a list of current Sinclair stations.
Here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group - Wikipedia

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · 21d

Hey - drinking while pregnant is dangerous. No clue abt Tylenol - but fetal alcohol syndrome is very real. I get where (I think) you’re coming from, but be careful.

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · 26d

Any way to get lists of their advertisers?

magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · 29d

Prairie.

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Rob Husberg @artofrob.bsky.social · Sep 5

My Labor Day Storewide 25% Off Sale is going on now thru Sunday, September 7th!

Every item in the shop is discounted!

Find it all here:
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfRobHusberg

“The Yearning for Adventure”
Available as an original ink drawing and as a giclée art print

Hark! What was that?!
Our feline friend has heard mysterious noises emanating from out in the garden. Were the sounds an ‘it’ or a ‘them’? She thinks she sees shadowy shapes dart across the lawn and slither through the shrubbery. The poor cat is trapped indoors. All she wants is to leap through that window into a moonlit landscape of wild curiosity filled with unknown and unseen excitements - and perhaps an exploit or two of good old mischief.

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · Aug 8

My firm represents FBI Special Agent in Charge of Las Vegas Field Office Spencer Evans, a decorated 21 year veteran, who was just summarily fired by Dir #KashPatel. No due process. Fired because he followed COVID protocol instructions issued by Justice Dept back in 2021-22.

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · Jul 20

Did you miss the total irony in every single skit in the Colbert Report?!?!

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Rob Husberg @artofrob.bsky.social · Apr 12

“The Golden Hour”
ballpoint pen

Please visit my Etsy shop for more:
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfRobHusberg

A cat sits peacefully on the edge of a stone wall contemplating the slowly flowing waters of a canal at twilight. In the mid-ground, leafless trees line the canal, silhouetted by the setting sun. A tree with gracefully flowing branches is in the left foreground, framing the scene. Lighted lampposts run in a line along the far side of the canal. Behind the lampposts, a long grove of trees dimly glows beneath the sunset.

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Decisive Liberty on Substack

Visionary art - Andrew Scott

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · Jun 23

Exactly. I worked in the control room for one of the networks during the first Gulf war. When objections rose re: our downplaying the likely number of civilian casualties, we were slammed down and told “the war is popular,” and that “we don’t want to come across the way we did covering Viet Nam.”

magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · Jun 21

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Brunno Wallace on Substack

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · Jun 16

🧵I think it’s important to understand what disinformation like Sen. Mike Lee’s tweets are trying to do, psychologically/cognitively. In my disinfo class/Substack, I talk about how disinfo often uses “moral disengagement strategies” to manipulate people into accepting harmful conduct 1/

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 15

This is an egregiously shameful tweet from a US senator

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · Jun 14

file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/77/07/0EC1C234-142F-4BCD-A80C-A79296D6B411/IMG_1231.mov

Saint Paul, MN
HUGE turn out protesting the attack on our Dem party lawmakers.

magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · Jun 14

Here’s Saint Paul, MN file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/77/07/0EC1C234-142F-4BCD-A80C-A79296D6B411/IMG_1231.mov

magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · Jun 14

There were massive protests in Minnesota today! You said on air there were none.

magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · Jun 11

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LetsGetIntoIt2025 on Substack

A young woman just trying to go home to her apartment. She is in no way a threat. She’s not breaking any laws. She’s just walking down a public sidewalk to get home. Another young woman, SO BRAVE,...

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · Jun 11

Please be present at the capital this Saturday. Set up a powerful sound system, and speak. If you are there, we will be safe.

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Rob Husberg @artofrob.bsky.social · May 11

1) A reprise of my ‘Walk of the Town’ character from
2) “A Singular Sense of Style”, my giclée fine art print available in my Etsy shop.

Find it here:
theartofrobhusberg.etsy.com/listing/8274...

Was there ever such a stylish blackbird? (Based on the American Great-tailed Grackle.) Even Fred Astaire would be proud. Our handsome, tailored bird-about-town is featured in my print “A Singular Sense of Style”.

“A Singular Sense of Style"

This cat has seen (and chased) a lot of birds in her day, but never one like this. She's perplexed by this nonchalant, strutting blackbird who is clearly the "Walk of the Town". A certain je ne sais quoi, such élégance, oozes from this stylish avian. How could she eat such a singular creature? Quel dilemme!

*Available as a giclée fine art print

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · May 8

substack.com/@olivialake2...

Olivia Lake on Substack

The very idea that a Scottish MP is advocating for visas for vulnerable Americans to help us escape persecution from our own president is astonishing. She is also encouraging the EU to consider a spec...

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magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · May 3

Sir, is this stance doable in MN?!

magwims.bsky.social @magwims.bsky.social · Apr 30

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Essential reading. An America in crisis (economic/health/social/scientific/moral) deftly hands this scenario to Russia. If Ukraine is winding down, why is Russia intensifying its military recruitment?
This, right?

Russia Is Preparing For More

Developments Along the Northeastern Front

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