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Dad, Texan, humanist, skeptic, PhD in biophysics “I write because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention” -Orwell

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · Dec 4

Before the election, I was looking forward to possibly retiring this user name.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 7h

In or about 2017, Jack Posobiec told his followers that he “worked closely” w/ the Oath Keepers. (h/t @michaelehayden.bsky.social) More recently, he’s glorified Francisco Franco, Spain’s deceased murderous dictator. Naturally, Trump included him in his recent anti-“antifa” roundtable. Sound on. 1/

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 5h

Ok but we know at least parts of this book were written in the USA

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 21h

But without troops, how will we win the Battle of Portland?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Close-up photos .. revealed that Bondi had a folder containing screenshots of social media posts, bullet-pointed clapbacks ..” 🤡

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Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 1d

Gift article 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

www.nytimes.com

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1d

The NYT piece today links to Susanne Lohmann's research on protest in Dresden, which discusses how the painfully normal effect helps legitimize dissidence www.jstor.org/stable/2950679 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 2d

Someone should report this to the new White House Faith Office

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 3d

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Police: Man posing as ICE agent sexually assaults woman under threat of deportation in Prince George's County

The suspect flashed a badge and made a woman get into his car under the threat of deportation, the police department said.

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 3d

“the suspect approached her in the parking lot, flashed a badge and identified himself as an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) … the suspect told her to get into his car or face deportation. Inside the vehicle, the suspect sexually assaulted her”

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 3d

“police are asking anyone who has additional information about this man to give them a call”

*spits coffee*

But how would they know if they have additional info about him, since ICE won’t identify themselves?

And how can victims report it, if they’re afraid of deportation?

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 3d

Why would he even need to look at it?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

NEW: Trump considers a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. “I’ll have to take a look at it,” and also says Diddy has asked him for a pardon.

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 3d

😂

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 3d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 3d

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Police arrest Raleigh man accused of impersonating ICE officer and sexually assaulting woman

A Raleigh man, Carl Thomas Bennett, has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer to sexually assault a woman, threatening her with deportation if she refused.

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 3d

“Raleigh Police charged 37-year-old Carl Thomas Bennett with multiple sex crimes and say he threatened to deport the victim if she didn’t take part in sexual acts with him”

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Indigo Wendigo @obdurodon.bsky.social · 4d

Let's review the timeline.

(1) Goodstein ruled against Trump's illegal demand for voter info.

(2) Harmeet Dhillon at DoJ said "nothing will stop us" about the case.

(3) Stephen Miller called judges insurrectionists.

(4) A day later, Goodstein's house gets bombed.

This is stochastic terrorism.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 4d

MAGA in a nutshell

“We are the side that doesn’t go around shooting people … but stay out of the way & you won’t get shot”

Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 4d

A reminder that President Trump in his first term did at one point suggest the military would shoot American protestors

Protest, be loud, but don’t give him the excuse he’s looking for

Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 4d

A reminder that the current head of the FBI is an unhinged grifter

Yes he posted stuff like this

Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 6d

Wow

Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 6d

When I show MAGA this video of Mark Esper, Trump’s first term Sec of Defense, talking about how Trump wanted the military to shoot protestors

they often deny it bc they say it would be ludicrous to send “paratroops” to cities

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