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James R (Randy) Fromm

@randyfromm.bsky.social

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‘Retired’. Ex-Nuclear Nomad. Perennial student. Independent scholar of Rhetoric (ABD). Interests include Affect, Social Imaginaries, & ‘American’ Vigilantism. Cold War submarine veteran. Desert dwelling artisanal sourdough baker.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · Nov 25

Quote with who you’d be if you were in a fairytale.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Doug Coulson @dougcoulson.bsky.social · 1h

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize today. Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee: “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.” apnews.com/article/nobe...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 5h

I agree with the 76% of Americans with common sense who believe trump does NOT deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.

How about YOU? 🤚

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 8h

Every opportunity making the drive between Oswego and White Plains, I’d stop to buy supplies for my own bread escapades.

Now I order whole grain from Palouse and mill it myself with my KitchenAid milling attachment. Check them out.

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 8h

Years ago, when I was working at Indian Point, I found a mill somewhere along the drive on NY17. It was run by a wonderful, older couple who were looking to retire. They would close every October to focus on milling grain for the NYC Jewish community. Then they’d open back up in early November.

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 12h

Some of us even lived it!

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13h

There will be those who will once again council empty reconciliation with Republicans, on the grounds that “we need to be better than them.”

But here’s the thing: we ARE better than them. Much better than them. Everyone is far far far better than them. That’s why they all need to go to prison.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 13h

Everybody who pushed Democrats to be more aggressive after the insurrection was right. Listen to them next time (if there is a next time).

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 12h

Great work, Jon. Thank you, again, for your time and your clarity on this important issue.

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 16h

Norway stood up to Nazis before, even the children. Run-of-the-mill US fascists will be child's play for them.

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 16h

Who knew?!?

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 16h

Boy! Hamilton is REALLY riding that horse into the ground. He must be a charter member of the expired equine flogging society.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 16h

Hamilton: "The president's judgment is unreviewable."

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 16h

J. F. C.

The image is a cartoon. It shows two drug addled idiots with worms coming out of their ears. The idiot on the left is a caricature of RFK, Jr. The idiot on the right is a reasonably accurate depiction of the idiot that fancies himself the POTUS. The worms are labeled to indicate some of the fringe belief systems held as 'real' by the two idiots. For RFK, Jr., his one worm is labeled CONSPIRACIES. Fitting given the tripe he is uttering in the quoted post by Acyn. For the POTUS character, who says he has had his 'worms' for years, they are labeled RACISM, THE BIG LIE, CORRUPTION, FASCISM, CHEATING, and MISOGYNY.

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you, Jon. This level of coverage is a gift to us all.

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks for that!

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 17h

Soooo ... no limits on the 'on the streets' exercise of power? Just on time limits for the exercise of that power?

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 17h

Never ... EVER ... tell a judge what does or does not fall under their 'job description'.

Hamilton is courting [see what I did there?] disaster.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 18h

Perry has turned to 10 USC 12406, and she's asking how to define "rebellion."

Hamilton suggests Perry doesn't have to define the term.

Perry: "I think I do. … I really do think I should know what the words mean."

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 17h

Don't tell 'untruths' [can we call them what they are: lies?] to a judge ... EVER.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 18h

Hamilton brought up plans to send troops to the Dirksen Federal Courthouse at the request of Federal Protective Services.

Perry tells Hamilton she's been told that is "untrue. No one from the Federal Protective Service requested any National Guard troops."

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 18h

It's all in the ALT text.

a man in a suit and tie sitting in a chair

Alt: The image depicts a sane person reacting normally to the rhetorical flourishes of Pete Kegsbreath heaped on a heap of dog offal: he bangs his head on his desk because that hurts less than having to listen.

media.tenor.com

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James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 18h

Trump looks positively 'stirred' by Kegsbreath.

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 18h

"[P]reventing our children from getting life-saving vaccines simply because one party is frustrated that they are in the minority is unacceptable. Let us not lose sight of the fact that we all represent the people of New Mexico. We owe it to them to put politics aside [...]."

YEAH! Will they learn?

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 18h

Are you certain that TDS is not something from which YOU and the rest of the so-called 'cabinet' suffer? Have you done the 'studies' to check that?

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 18h

THAT is NOT the way SCIENCE (writ large) works, you numb-nutted piece of dog waste.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 21h

“Would like to” has been doing a lot of heavy lifting over the years, particularly on the part of the GOP.

James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.social · 21h

“Shoutout to Yearbooks.com for helping me find Pam Bondi's school picture.”

Just kidding … the image actually shows the most annoying character on the television program Little House in the Prairie. No, not Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s a picture of Nellie Olson. But it could be Pam B(l)ondi, too.