joelfreedman.bsky.social
@joelfreedman.bsky.social
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June 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Actually, this isn’t true. No such play or movie was ever produced.
'Gaslighting' comes from the title of a 1938 play and the movies based on that play.

The plots of which involve a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane.
June 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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May 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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March 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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March 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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“This is America. No kings here.”👇
March 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Wu: If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our city safe.
March 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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😕
February 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Remember:

The tariffs aren’t about economics, and DOGE isn’t about fiscal responsibility.

They are both about ••psychopathology**.
February 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Congrats to legendary Giant Mel Ott for his one millionth appearance in The NY Times crossword puzzle. OJ judge Lance Ito, modern architect I.M. Pei and Othello antagonist Iago all kneel before your glory.
December 14, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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It makes me so angry that this brilliant exceptionally qualified woman could’ve been our next President yet many people chose a disgusting piece of shit criminal instead.
December 3, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks.

Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.

By @fastlerner.bsky.social
How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles…
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November 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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Elon, here you go again making false and completely unfounded accusations without providing any specifics. That’s the kind of response one would expect from a conspiracy theorist. What oligarch? What treason?
November 27, 2024 at 11:52 PM
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I just wanted to say thank you Kamala Harris. You ran a wonderful campaign. A hell of a campaign. You appealed to our better angels. You had only 107 days to give it your all. And you did. Thank you for stepping up and trying to bring this country together. You did really well. Thank you.
November 27, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Excuse me @nytimes, the rabbi didn’t “disappear.” He was abducted and then killed. He was targeted & killed because he was Jewish. It was an act of terrorism. Be better than this New York Times.👇
November 24, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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Accurate
November 22, 2024 at 3:51 AM
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Red states are the *worst* states to live in. Prove me wrong. #FBR #Resist

#NannyState #RedStates #BlueStates #FascistGOP
November 21, 2024 at 1:40 PM