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The Local Crank
@thelocalcrank.bsky.social
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Cranky GenXer who hates this timeline. Former syndicated political columnist. Coloradoan #copolitics
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · Feb 19
A Reading List to explain how we got into this mess

Dreamland by Sam Quinones
The Most Dangerous Branch by David A. Kaplan
The Death of Expertise @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Nixonland, The Invisible Bridge @rickperlstein.bsky.social
Rise of the Warrior Cop @radleybalko.bsky.social
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 9h
I wish liberals were that organized!
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 11h
"I only stayed home because both sides are the same and Kamala would definitely 100% send troops into major cities. Jill Stein!"
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 12h
And also to pretend that it's somehow someone else's fault that all the people who didn't bother to vote didn't bother
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 12h
This is as good as you get with Stitt. I'm only surprised he didn't find some way to blame it all on Native Americans
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 13h
America needs a new constitution. The 1788 version has been irreparably broken.
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 14h
Before this is over they'll just start firing live rounds into crowds
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 14h
And if Platner loses that will prove the system is rigged?
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 16h
Are...they not familiar with pretty much the entire history of the papacy?
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 16h
Cheeto Mussolini only hires the best people
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 16h
And apparently the news has ticked off Cheeto Mussolini's personal muse:
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 16h
Agreed it is not the same thing. Knowing Cheeto Mussolini, it's probably some grift.
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 17h
Senile Florida man unable to properly work phone
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 18h
There are and have been for decades foreign military units based in America, like the German air force at Fort Bliss. But who the hell knows what this Administration means. If they said they sold California to China I wouldn't discount it out of hand
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 18h
The literal broken clock
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h
{ gift article } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 19h
He misspelled "Trump Ass Kissing"
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 19h
Let me know how pre-surrendering works out for you
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 19h
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 19h
Same people who told us Gen Z was the inevitable vanguard of the glorious people's socialist revolution only to have the guys break for Trump
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 19h
They blatantly lie because they know they will never face the slightest consequences for it
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 19h
Guess we know who’s gonna win the Nobel Whine Like a Bitch Prize.
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 19h
The Lazy Corporate Media can't even remember things that happened last week
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 1d
Poor voters overwhelmingly vote Democratic. Working class voters who are not white heavily vote Democratic.
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 1d
*white voters below the top two quintiles

Fixed it for you
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The Local Crank @thelocalcrank.bsky.social · 1d
90 years of both parties granting virtually unlimited power to the president turns out not to have been a very good idea.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d
Literal
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