Steven Koltai
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Steven Koltai
@mainelakeguy.bsky.social
· Jun 13
Item #437 to worry about: Nuclear Confrontation between Israel and Iran
Would Netanyahu actually attack Iran to save himself?
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Passion AND Professionalism
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Passion AND Professionalism
Becoming the next Senator from Maine requires both
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October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Passion AND Professionalism
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Does anyone have any knowledge of whether the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has had any impact on today's jobs report?
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Does anyone have any knowledge of whether the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has had any impact on today's jobs report?
The Greatest Threat to American Democracy….is American Democracy
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The Greatest Threat to American Democracy….is American Democracy
The daily (hourly?) unconstitutional actions of the Trump Administration are usually met with the reasonable response that Trump was duly elected and thus has a mandate from the majority of American v...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Greatest Threat to American Democracy….is American Democracy
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Falling out of love: The Un-exceptionalism of Israel and America
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Falling out of love: The Un-exceptionalism of Israel and America
There is an odd symmetry to the moment we are now living.
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August 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Falling out of love: The Un-exceptionalism of Israel and America
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I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
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July 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
It is apparently easier to pinpoint an Iranian General 1000 miles away than to find the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza.
June 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It is apparently easier to pinpoint an Iranian General 1000 miles away than to find the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza.
I don’t love having been prescient on the Israel/Iran confrontation. I fear this time will be far worse than the previous confrontation as both Trump and Netanyahu are on the same page: significant reduction in Iran’s nuclear capability.
June 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I don’t love having been prescient on the Israel/Iran confrontation. I fear this time will be far worse than the previous confrontation as both Trump and Netanyahu are on the same page: significant reduction in Iran’s nuclear capability.
This morning, I wrote a substack about an impending conflict between Israel and Iran. This evening, it begins open.substack.com/pub/stevenko...
Item #437 to worry about: Nuclear Confrontation between Israel and Iran
Would Netanyahu actually attack Iran to save himself?
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June 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This morning, I wrote a substack about an impending conflict between Israel and Iran. This evening, it begins open.substack.com/pub/stevenko...
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Anne Applebaum has once again hit the nail on the head for what Orban's Hungary may point to as the future for Trump's America
Anne Applebaum has once again hit the nail on the head for what Orban's Hungary may point to as the future for Trump's America
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
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April 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Anne Applebaum has once again hit the nail on the head for what Orban's Hungary may point to as the future for Trump's America
Anne Applebaum has once again hit the nail on the head for what Orban's Hungary may point to as the future for Trump's America
Documents Reveal Board Of Shadowy Charity Linked To Canary Mission forward.com/news/411881/...
Documents Reveal Leaders Of Mysterious Charity Linked To Canary Mission
The Israeli not-for-profit that appears to be behind Canary Mission is controlled by former employees of an Orthodox yeshiva network.
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March 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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We could use a "Joe American"
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Peter Magyar and “Joe American”
If the US continues to follow the Hungarian playbook, successful opposition to Trump may come from inside the Republican Party
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March 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We could use a "Joe American"
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Nasty, brutish and short
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Nasty, brutish and short
In Thomas Hobbes epic 1651 work, “Leviathan,” he describes man’s life, for most of human history, as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Like many other prominent observers of human history (M...
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March 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Nasty, brutish and short
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Highlights From Trump’s Sentencing in His N.Y. Criminal Case www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
NO ONE is above the law! A lesson to all future would-be felons: do something felonous and you risk "unconditional discharge." That should certainly make you think twice, you evil-doer!
NO ONE is above the law! A lesson to all future would-be felons: do something felonous and you risk "unconditional discharge." That should certainly make you think twice, you evil-doer!
Highlights From Trump’s Sentencing in His N.Y. Criminal Case
The president-elect received an unconditional discharge of his sentence, which spares him jail time but formalizes his status as a felon. He will be the first to carry that distinction into the White ...
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January 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Highlights From Trump’s Sentencing in His N.Y. Criminal Case www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
NO ONE is above the law! A lesson to all future would-be felons: do something felonous and you risk "unconditional discharge." That should certainly make you think twice, you evil-doer!
NO ONE is above the law! A lesson to all future would-be felons: do something felonous and you risk "unconditional discharge." That should certainly make you think twice, you evil-doer!
"Demure" is apparently Dictionary.com's word of the year. I prefer the Aussie Macquarie Dictionary word of the year: "enshittification." www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’
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November 26, 2024 at 1:57 PM
"Demure" is apparently Dictionary.com's word of the year. I prefer the Aussie Macquarie Dictionary word of the year: "enshittification." www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
substack.com/chat/503304 Bangor Daily News asked what Mainers think will be the greatest effects of the Trump presidency; my thoughts here in Substack Chat
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November 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
substack.com/chat/503304 Bangor Daily News asked what Mainers think will be the greatest effects of the Trump presidency; my thoughts here in Substack Chat
The fact is that Trump's election is very reaffirming for the American dream that truly, ANYONE can be President
November 17, 2024 at 1:50 PM
The fact is that Trump's election is very reaffirming for the American dream that truly, ANYONE can be President
I was wrong about the election, but maybe that will prove to be a good thing....
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A new, Centrist Party?
I have to admit that I was 100% wrong about the election of 2024. After the Biden/Trump debate, I knew that Biden would not be the nominee and was excited to predict that whoever would be the nominee,...
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November 13, 2024 at 2:01 PM
I was wrong about the election, but maybe that will prove to be a good thing....
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Hello Blue Sky! Happy to be here. Catch my Substack on Trump's role model, Viktor Orban: open.substack.com/pub/stevenko...
Hungary: Trump’s Role Model
How is Hungary doing? Possible glimpse into America’s future
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November 12, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Hello Blue Sky! Happy to be here. Catch my Substack on Trump's role model, Viktor Orban: open.substack.com/pub/stevenko...