The Real Christian Cole
@cleecole.bsky.social
Musician, Artist, Armchair Archaeologist, Information Security Tech, Perpetual Collector of Junk Mail
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We’re def going back to the “roaring 50s” with a nice measles outbreak.
Nice work MAHA n stuff
Nice work MAHA n stuff
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We’re def going back to the “roaring 50s” with a nice measles outbreak.
Nice work MAHA n stuff
Nice work MAHA n stuff
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Rural America trusted Trump to bring prosperity. Instead they got tariffs, labor shortages, shuttered hospitals, frozen energy projects, and falling crop prices. His support in GOP strongholds appears to be collapsing.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Farmers, Ranchers, and Rural Voters Are Turning on Trump — Here’s Why
Trump’s policies are hurting rural families — and the political backlash is beginning
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Rural America trusted Trump to bring prosperity. Instead they got tariffs, labor shortages, shuttered hospitals, frozen energy projects, and falling crop prices. His support in GOP strongholds appears to be collapsing.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Also, in his last term, Trump mused about shooting protestors in the legs. The man is a convicted felon who issued illegal orders regularly to his top company officers.
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Also, in his last term, Trump mused about shooting protestors in the legs. The man is a convicted felon who issued illegal orders regularly to his top company officers.
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Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
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Civil liberties are under attack in the USA like never before. It’s scary, it’s real — and that’s why I hope to raise $100,000 this week to empower the American Civil Liberties Union (@aclu.org). But I’ll need your help.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Civil liberties are under attack in the USA like never before. It’s scary, it’s real — and that’s why I hope to raise $100,000 this week to empower the American Civil Liberties Union (@aclu.org). But I’ll need your help.
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This is just one entry in a 16-part Bluesky series sharing what I learned about smart development aid while filming my 2020 public television special “Hunger & Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala.” The full hour is streaming free & ad-free on the @pbs.org app and at www.ricksteves.com/hunger.
Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala
In his new hour-long special available February 1, 2020, Rick Steves travels through Ethiopia and Guatemala to learn about extreme poverty — the more than 700 million people who struggle to live on le...
www.ricksteves.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is just one entry in a 16-part Bluesky series sharing what I learned about smart development aid while filming my 2020 public television special “Hunger & Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala.” The full hour is streaming free & ad-free on the @pbs.org app and at www.ricksteves.com/hunger.
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Former Labor Sec WARNS of Trump’s HIDDEN Economic DAMAGE
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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August 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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The Air Force is kicking out trans troops with 15+ years of service - no retirement, no dignity, just gone.
They served. They bled. Now they’re punished.
This isn’t policy. It’s cruelty. And it won’t hold.
They served. They bled. Now they’re punished.
This isn’t policy. It’s cruelty. And it won’t hold.
August 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Air Force is kicking out trans troops with 15+ years of service - no retirement, no dignity, just gone.
They served. They bled. Now they’re punished.
This isn’t policy. It’s cruelty. And it won’t hold.
They served. They bled. Now they’re punished.
This isn’t policy. It’s cruelty. And it won’t hold.
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Fact: The President of the United States has a worse criminal record than 99% of the people he is deporting.
July 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Fact: The President of the United States has a worse criminal record than 99% of the people he is deporting.
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McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
July 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
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What matters most is the harm that will be done to people’s lives if Trump’s budget becomes law. I'm grateful to Stacy for talking with me yesterday and sharing her story about just how much is at stake for her family.
This Family is On the Front Lines of Trump's Push to Cut Health Care
“Nobody will be able to say they didn’t know.”
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July 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What matters most is the harm that will be done to people’s lives if Trump’s budget becomes law. I'm grateful to Stacy for talking with me yesterday and sharing her story about just how much is at stake for her family.
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The GOP’s tax scheme strips health care coverage from millions of Americans, including at least 245,000 Marylanders. I’m voting ‘hell no.’
July 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The GOP’s tax scheme strips health care coverage from millions of Americans, including at least 245,000 Marylanders. I’m voting ‘hell no.’
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One of the most popular government programs in the history of government programs. The tax preparer service corporate lobby wins again.
July 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
One of the most popular government programs in the history of government programs. The tax preparer service corporate lobby wins again.
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Millions of Americans know the pain and hardship of getting a cancer diagnosis. That’s a misfortune, a terrible misfortune.
Voting for a tax scheme designed to rip health care from millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet? That’s not a misfortune, that’s an injustice.
Voting for a tax scheme designed to rip health care from millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet? That’s not a misfortune, that’s an injustice.
July 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Millions of Americans know the pain and hardship of getting a cancer diagnosis. That’s a misfortune, a terrible misfortune.
Voting for a tax scheme designed to rip health care from millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet? That’s not a misfortune, that’s an injustice.
Voting for a tax scheme designed to rip health care from millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet? That’s not a misfortune, that’s an injustice.
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MAGA’s job-killing, debt-explosion bill is on the House floor. We’re fighting to stop the GOP from throwing 17 million Americans off their health coverage and SNAP, staples of our democracy and lifelines for our people.
July 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
MAGA’s job-killing, debt-explosion bill is on the House floor. We’re fighting to stop the GOP from throwing 17 million Americans off their health coverage and SNAP, staples of our democracy and lifelines for our people.
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The GOP's Medicaid-busting tax scheme is filled with poison pills antithetical to the values of our people. So I wrote a proper preamble for their big, ugly bill.
July 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The GOP's Medicaid-busting tax scheme is filled with poison pills antithetical to the values of our people. So I wrote a proper preamble for their big, ugly bill.
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“My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?” @petridishes.bsky.social writes:
With the Big, Beautiful Bill, You Can Now Sponsor a Billionaire of Your Choosing
"My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?" @petridishes writes:
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July 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?” @petridishes.bsky.social writes:
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Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
July 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
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Tanden: Bill Clinton specifically opposed work requirements for Medicaid. He vetoed a bill that had work requirements for Medicaid. So, get your facts straight. You cannot hang this monstrosity on any Democrat.
July 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Tanden: Bill Clinton specifically opposed work requirements for Medicaid. He vetoed a bill that had work requirements for Medicaid. So, get your facts straight. You cannot hang this monstrosity on any Democrat.
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This article has almost 50,000 likes on Substack. Definitely worth reading and sharing. Everyone needs to see this.
Too many Americans still don't know what Trump is actually doing.
Too many Americans still don't know what Trump is actually doing.
Why Holocaust survivors compare Trump to Hitler
Trump is an actual fascist who is using Hitler's fascist propaganda tactics to turn normal Americans into bloodthirsty MAGA Nazis.
www.fascism.link
May 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This article has almost 50,000 likes on Substack. Definitely worth reading and sharing. Everyone needs to see this.
Too many Americans still don't know what Trump is actually doing.
Too many Americans still don't know what Trump is actually doing.
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AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.
June 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.
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ICE agents in tactical gear chase down and tackle a U.S. citizen in L.A.
After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.
Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”
Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.
Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”
Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
June 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ICE agents in tactical gear chase down and tackle a U.S. citizen in L.A.
After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.
Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”
Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.
Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”
Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
Trump is Losing. Can’t negotiate anything with Israel. Iran, Ukraine, Russia and more importantly with our own country. Because of his incompetence and lack of historical knowledge he will continue to march along the path of eliminating democratic institutions.
June 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Trump is Losing. Can’t negotiate anything with Israel. Iran, Ukraine, Russia and more importantly with our own country. Because of his incompetence and lack of historical knowledge he will continue to march along the path of eliminating democratic institutions.