B. R. Erdmann
@msnberd.bsky.social
Retired in Madison Wisconsin. Long-term Dem Voter, Support Indivisible and mental health legislation. Please, 👎No Porn, No Crypto, No BTC. If you have something to say or contribute, I will follow you. I write only if it adds to the conversation.
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John Sebastian, the songwriter of "Do You Believe in Magic," "Summer in the City," and that Welcome Back, Kotter song opens up about his life, his frustrations, and playing Woodstock in the new documentary 'I’ll Paint Rainbows All Over Your Blues.'
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John Sebastian Wants You to Know 'He Was There' in New Doc About the 'Zelig' of Rock
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December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
John Sebastian, the songwriter of "Do You Believe in Magic," "Summer in the City," and that Welcome Back, Kotter song opens up about his life, his frustrations, and playing Woodstock in the new documentary 'I’ll Paint Rainbows All Over Your Blues.'
Interview ↓
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Many Ukrainians “want, even now, to have a government that’s accountable to the public”—while American and Russian kleptocrats are looking to benefit only themselves, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes.
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Many Ukrainians “want, even now, to have a government that’s accountable to the public”—while American and Russian kleptocrats are looking to benefit only themselves, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes.
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This week I called up Cam Higby, a member of the new media MAGA Pentagon press corps to ask him about his decision to sign away his ability to do investigative journalism in exchange for access to press briefings. He shouted and called me names…
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This week I called up Cam Higby, a member of the new media MAGA Pentagon press corps to ask him about his decision to sign away his ability to do investigative journalism in exchange for access to press briefings. He shouted and called me names…
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NEW: This week, Democracy Docket exposed another Trump loyalist burrowed into DOJ working to seize state voter data. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court handed Trump a green light to rig the 2026 midterms in Texas. But pro-democracy advocates aren’t backing down
This Week at Democracy Docket: DOJ’s Latest Anti-Voting Lawyer — and SCOTUS Saves Trump Again
Read more here.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NEW: This week, Democracy Docket exposed another Trump loyalist burrowed into DOJ working to seize state voter data. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court handed Trump a green light to rig the 2026 midterms in Texas. But pro-democracy advocates aren’t backing down
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Rage bait is a worthy Word of the Year, Amogh Dimri argues. “Because the English language had previously failed to provide such an efficient term, we should be glad that the internet has come through”:
Rage Bait Is a Brilliant Word of the Year
In the free market of language, the most innovative and incisive words win.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Rage bait is a worthy Word of the Year, Amogh Dimri argues. “Because the English language had previously failed to provide such an efficient term, we should be glad that the internet has come through”:
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Abraham Lincoln said that an “electric cord” connects all our waves of immigrant generations to the founding principles of human equality and republican government. Commitment to these principles, not blood and soil, makes people Americans. www.uvu.edu/ccs/docs/lin...
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Abraham Lincoln said that an “electric cord” connects all our waves of immigrant generations to the founding principles of human equality and republican government. Commitment to these principles, not blood and soil, makes people Americans. www.uvu.edu/ccs/docs/lin...
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The Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution and the Gettysburg Address. Liberty and equality for all in a constitutional republic. Not blood and soil nationalism. America is not an ethnostate where your rights depend on ancestry.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution and the Gettysburg Address. Liberty and equality for all in a constitutional republic. Not blood and soil nationalism. America is not an ethnostate where your rights depend on ancestry.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sneers at decades of U.S. foreign policy, trashing past leaders and burying "utopian idealism" in a petty tirade that reeks of isolationist bile. #NationalSecurity
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sneers at decades of U.S. foreign policy, trashing past leaders and burying "utopian idealism" in a petty tirade that reeks of isolationist bile. #NationalSecurity
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NBC came out with a bombshell exclusive report on the Trump administration's controversial "double tap" boat strike, prompting experts to express shock.
'They were civilians': Experts pounce as new facts emerge about boat strike
NBC came out with a bombshell exclusive report on the Trump administration's controversial "double tap" boat strike, prompting experts to express shock.In a Saturday night article called "Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets," the outlet reported, "A...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NBC came out with a bombshell exclusive report on the Trump administration's controversial "double tap" boat strike, prompting experts to express shock.
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Right. The entire crux of the article is migrants coming across the southern border and mentioning Afghan refugees in this context is a huge non-sequitur. Especially since the program existed before Biden.
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Right. The entire crux of the article is migrants coming across the southern border and mentioning Afghan refugees in this context is a huge non-sequitur. Especially since the program existed before Biden.
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3) It’s possible that the Biden WH didn’t respond to it with any urgency for the same reason John Kerry didn’t respond to Swiftboating until it was too late: they just couldn’t believe such a nakedly cynical and cruel strategy could work, so why bother?
December 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
3) It’s possible that the Biden WH didn’t respond to it with any urgency for the same reason John Kerry didn’t respond to Swiftboating until it was too late: they just couldn’t believe such a nakedly cynical and cruel strategy could work, so why bother?
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Couple of takeaways:
1) Because Trump’s “solutions” had been so comically cruel and/or dumb the Biden WH ignored that there was actually a problem, at least politically.
2) The Texas and Florida campaign of busing migrants to “blue cities” was incredibly successful.
1) Because Trump’s “solutions” had been so comically cruel and/or dumb the Biden WH ignored that there was actually a problem, at least politically.
2) The Texas and Florida campaign of busing migrants to “blue cities” was incredibly successful.
December 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Couple of takeaways:
1) Because Trump’s “solutions” had been so comically cruel and/or dumb the Biden WH ignored that there was actually a problem, at least politically.
2) The Texas and Florida campaign of busing migrants to “blue cities” was incredibly successful.
1) Because Trump’s “solutions” had been so comically cruel and/or dumb the Biden WH ignored that there was actually a problem, at least politically.
2) The Texas and Florida campaign of busing migrants to “blue cities” was incredibly successful.
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I’ve been waiting for an article like this: what really happened at the border under Biden, and why?
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I’ve been waiting for an article like this: what really happened at the border under Biden, and why?
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
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BASH: Are agents stopping people because they look Somali?
HOMAN: No they're not. You can detain and question people based on reasonable suspicion.
BASH: Is that based on how they look?
HOMAN: No. Their appearance alone can't raise reasonable suspicion.
HOMAN: No they're not. You can detain and question people based on reasonable suspicion.
BASH: Is that based on how they look?
HOMAN: No. Their appearance alone can't raise reasonable suspicion.
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
BASH: Are agents stopping people because they look Somali?
HOMAN: No they're not. You can detain and question people based on reasonable suspicion.
BASH: Is that based on how they look?
HOMAN: No. Their appearance alone can't raise reasonable suspicion.
HOMAN: No they're not. You can detain and question people based on reasonable suspicion.
BASH: Is that based on how they look?
HOMAN: No. Their appearance alone can't raise reasonable suspicion.
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There are more of us than there are of them (Billionaires and other Uber Wealthy), yet we let them do it to us every time! Why do we never learn?
#Resist #altgov #TaxTheRich #BankruptTheBillionaires #FeedThePeople #UniversalHealthcare #UniversalEducation #ReduceCrimeFixIncomeInequality
#Resist #altgov #TaxTheRich #BankruptTheBillionaires #FeedThePeople #UniversalHealthcare #UniversalEducation #ReduceCrimeFixIncomeInequality
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There are more of us than there are of them (Billionaires and other Uber Wealthy), yet we let them do it to us every time! Why do we never learn?
#Resist #altgov #TaxTheRich #BankruptTheBillionaires #FeedThePeople #UniversalHealthcare #UniversalEducation #ReduceCrimeFixIncomeInequality
#Resist #altgov #TaxTheRich #BankruptTheBillionaires #FeedThePeople #UniversalHealthcare #UniversalEducation #ReduceCrimeFixIncomeInequality
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Always Remember: The President serves at the pleasure of Congress and not the other way around. It is the most powerful branch and if the federal government sucks, it’s the fault of the Congress and all the members in there.
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Re: *waves generally* allathis
Any US Rep can introduce articles of impeachment against exec branch officers, not just POTUS/VPOTUS.
It's murky and only one person has been impeached (US Grant's Secretary of War) but it's hard to see why these clowns shouldn't be burning time on defense
Any US Rep can introduce articles of impeachment against exec branch officers, not just POTUS/VPOTUS.
It's murky and only one person has been impeached (US Grant's Secretary of War) but it's hard to see why these clowns shouldn't be burning time on defense
March 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Re: *waves generally* allathis
Any US Rep can introduce articles of impeachment against exec branch officers, not just POTUS/VPOTUS.
It's murky and only one person has been impeached (US Grant's Secretary of War) but it's hard to see why these clowns shouldn't be burning time on defense
Any US Rep can introduce articles of impeachment against exec branch officers, not just POTUS/VPOTUS.
It's murky and only one person has been impeached (US Grant's Secretary of War) but it's hard to see why these clowns shouldn't be burning time on defense
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Today is my Cancerversary — 18 years of being cancer-free! Since then, I’ve dedicated my career to helping beat this deadly disease.
I'm especially proud of all of the progress we've made and will fight like hell to stop those who try to slow it down.
I'm especially proud of all of the progress we've made and will fight like hell to stop those who try to slow it down.
December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today is my Cancerversary — 18 years of being cancer-free! Since then, I’ve dedicated my career to helping beat this deadly disease.
I'm especially proud of all of the progress we've made and will fight like hell to stop those who try to slow it down.
I'm especially proud of all of the progress we've made and will fight like hell to stop those who try to slow it down.
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Damn, that makes me jealous too!
December 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Damn, that makes me jealous too!
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Ain’t it the truth 😉🥴
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ain’t it the truth 😉🥴
Read this thread to learn what the principal framer of the 14th amendment thought about birth right citizenship.
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Read this thread to learn what the principal framer of the 14th amendment thought about birth right citizenship.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
If you point people to obvious costs that are in range of their experiences, they can comprehend it. They don't readily comprehend "costs" outside their experience like defense spending, corporate tax breaks, etc
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“Chris Cuomo asked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez how we pay for Medicare for All, tuition free college, and the green new deal. It gives people sticker shock. Her answer:
People talk about the sticker s...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you point people to obvious costs that are in range of their experiences, they can comprehend it. They don't readily comprehend "costs" outside their experience like defense spending, corporate tax breaks, etc
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I just listened to Heather Cox Richardson's analysis of national defense strategy. It's frightening and reads like a declaration for a new Christian Nationalist Nation. It aligns us with Russia and against the rest of Europe.
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I just listened to Heather Cox Richardson's analysis of national defense strategy. It's frightening and reads like a declaration for a new Christian Nationalist Nation. It aligns us with Russia and against the rest of Europe.