Bob Mann
@robertmannbooks.com
Emeritus professor at Louisiana State Univ; political historian; former Russell Long, John Breaux, Kathleen Blanco flunky; RobertMannBooks.com; My new book is: "You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis & the Biography of a Song." https://robertmann.substack.co
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I think everyone who follows me needs to read this. Most of y’all because it is a fabulous story and very well told, and the science communication folks because Aunt Sue is definitely anti vaccine MAHA by now. I don’t know how we reach people like this, but we need to figure it out.
My favorite holiday food story has to be @cryptidchicken.bsky.social’s Turkey Story www.tumblr.com/gallusrostro...
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💬 110 🔁 35625 ❤️ 38478 · The Turkey Story · So it’s 2001, and my family drives from fucking California and like three blizzards to get to Ohio for thanksgiving, becuase my grandparents are moving…
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November 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I think everyone who follows me needs to read this. Most of y’all because it is a fabulous story and very well told, and the science communication folks because Aunt Sue is definitely anti vaccine MAHA by now. I don’t know how we reach people like this, but we need to figure it out.
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
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Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
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Yet another delay while Republicans wait to see if a health care plan will fall from the sky.
White House healthcare proposal “delayed.”
(I know you’re all shocked.)
(I know you’re all shocked.)
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Yet another delay while Republicans wait to see if a health care plan will fall from the sky.
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I’m sure these two things have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with each other.
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’m sure these two things have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with each other.
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Probably a good idea for the enlisted personnel to read up a little bit about the Nuremberg trials. That didn't work out very well for some people.
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Probably a good idea for the enlisted personnel to read up a little bit about the Nuremberg trials. That didn't work out very well for some people.
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The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has purchased and protected the barn near Drew, MS, where Emmett Till was brutally beaten and murdered. It will be preserved not merely as a structure, but as sacred ground. Read our open letter here: www.emmett-till.org/barn
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has purchased and protected the barn near Drew, MS, where Emmett Till was brutally beaten and murdered. It will be preserved not merely as a structure, but as sacred ground. Read our open letter here: www.emmett-till.org/barn
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lmaoooooo the wheels are coming off the clown car
the best thing about this is that there are roughly 17 different reasons this prosecution could have been dismissed, they just landed on this one
the best thing about this is that there are roughly 17 different reasons this prosecution could have been dismissed, they just landed on this one
1/Judge Cameron Currie dismisses the Comey prosecution because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed US Atty.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
lmaoooooo the wheels are coming off the clown car
the best thing about this is that there are roughly 17 different reasons this prosecution could have been dismissed, they just landed on this one
the best thing about this is that there are roughly 17 different reasons this prosecution could have been dismissed, they just landed on this one
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BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
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Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
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Kudos to Kennedy's handlers for getting him a cover shoot -- praying with a rosary! -- at the same time he's at the center of a 🤢 cyber infidelity scandal. No notes.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Kudos to Kennedy's handlers for getting him a cover shoot -- praying with a rosary! -- at the same time he's at the center of a 🤢 cyber infidelity scandal. No notes.
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Just want to remind everyone that Mike Flynn told a crowd of rabid QAnon troglodytes in no uncertain terms that the military should conduct a coup in order to reinstall Trump as an unelected dictator, and he never once was subject to the penalties that the UCMJ demands for that sort of thing
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just want to remind everyone that Mike Flynn told a crowd of rabid QAnon troglodytes in no uncertain terms that the military should conduct a coup in order to reinstall Trump as an unelected dictator, and he never once was subject to the penalties that the UCMJ demands for that sort of thing
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If they want to prosecute Mark Kelly in a military court for proposing military personnel follow all lawful orders that should make for very good fun
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If they want to prosecute Mark Kelly in a military court for proposing military personnel follow all lawful orders that should make for very good fun
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There is a dawning realization, even within the Trumpian swamp of grift, that Kash Patel is turning out to be a clueless, ethically-tone deaf cretin. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Kash's Turn in the Barrel
Plus: MAGA's foreign troll farms
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November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
There is a dawning realization, even within the Trumpian swamp of grift, that Kash Patel is turning out to be a clueless, ethically-tone deaf cretin. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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But first they want to go to the White House Christmas party.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
But first they want to go to the White House Christmas party.
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The same people who think they are being censored when people don’t want to invite them to parties.
Lisa McClain refuses to unequivocally condemn threats of violence against Democratic members of Congress who Trump said should be put to death, and says, "there are consequences. You can have freedom of speech, but freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences."
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The same people who think they are being censored when people don’t want to invite them to parties.
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If Hakeem Jeffries becomes Speaker DURING 2026 I will laugh for seven thousand years
Then this today in Punchbowl. Republicans are angry that the White House is "treating them like garbage". You can't act like you aren't worthy of any respect and then complain that you don't get respected. They are reaping what they sowed. (2/2)
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If Hakeem Jeffries becomes Speaker DURING 2026 I will laugh for seven thousand years
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Then this today in Punchbowl. Republicans are angry that the White House is "treating them like garbage". You can't act like you aren't worthy of any respect and then complain that you don't get respected. They are reaping what they sowed. (2/2)
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Then this today in Punchbowl. Republicans are angry that the White House is "treating them like garbage". You can't act like you aren't worthy of any respect and then complain that you don't get respected. They are reaping what they sowed. (2/2)
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A story in two parts. At the start of the Trump administration I heard from Republican Senators that they knew the outlandish people Trump was sending up for confirmation were tests of the "if you roll on this, you'll roll on everything" variety. And they rolled (1/2)
TAPPER: Dr Cassidy, RFK Jr lied to you
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A story in two parts. At the start of the Trump administration I heard from Republican Senators that they knew the outlandish people Trump was sending up for confirmation were tests of the "if you roll on this, you'll roll on everything" variety. And they rolled (1/2)
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It appears Trump believes that two dollar a gallon gas will make you forget he used to have sex with a little girls.
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It appears Trump believes that two dollar a gallon gas will make you forget he used to have sex with a little girls.
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🔥🔥🔥 A 3 alarm fire for House Republicans following Marjorie Taylor Greene’s announced resignation, courtesy of @punchbowlnews.bsky.social:
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🔥🔥🔥 A 3 alarm fire for House Republicans following Marjorie Taylor Greene’s announced resignation, courtesy of @punchbowlnews.bsky.social:
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He’s always thinking about new ways to improve the lives of average Americans.
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
He’s always thinking about new ways to improve the lives of average Americans.
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🚨Teenager goes to lunch in the middle of his school day, gets stopped by ICE, tells ICE he is an American citizen and ICE responds with, “I don’t care.” He was arrested and taken to Portland’s detention center. He was later released. 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
🚨Teenager goes to lunch in the middle of his school day, gets stopped by ICE, tells ICE he is an American citizen and ICE responds with, “I don’t care.” He was arrested and taken to Portland’s detention center. He was later released. 1/2
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Read all of this. This is everything and everybody we were trying to warn about.
NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
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November 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Read all of this. This is everything and everybody we were trying to warn about.
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GOP Rep. McCaul says he would advise Ukraine not to sign Trump's current peace plan
"I would not advise Ukraine to sign" the 28-point plan, he said.
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"I would not advise Ukraine to sign" the 28-point plan, he said.
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GOP Rep. McCaul says he would advise Ukraine not to sign Trump's current peace plan
GOP Rep. McCaul said Sunday he would advise against Ukraine signing the peace proposal that President Donald Trump has offered to end its war with Russia.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
GOP Rep. McCaul says he would advise Ukraine not to sign Trump's current peace plan
"I would not advise Ukraine to sign" the 28-point plan, he said.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop...
"I would not advise Ukraine to sign" the 28-point plan, he said.
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