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Cath RN, PhD 🎃 @headdoc35.bsky.social · 2d

@nick-carmody.bsky.social is my people. He is a fantastic writer & I get lost in his analytical work. We’re both in the same field, & I always learn a lot from him.
His SubStack & podcasts are eye openers. He really gets into the nitty gritty and has keen insights. I hope you dive in.

Analyzing the neuropsychology of the "hedonic reward" of revenge politics...

The addictive quality of retaliatory aggression....

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Alx Uttermann @alxindia.bsky.social · 3d

Okay, I’ve just found out about @mherskovitz.bsky.social and his activism for our democracy.
It’s stunning to hear someone singing the same songs I’ve been shouting from the rooftops forever. Grateful, and inspired!!!!!! Give this a listen.

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · 5d

New podcast featuring one of the wisest, most rational, most knowledgable people that I'm honored to call a friend: @mherskovitz.bsky.social

Please follow and listen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4pR...

The BOMBSHELL Plan To SAVE Democracy

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mattieb53.bsky.social @mattieb53.bsky.social · 3d

This could work, finally a way forward

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · 5d

New podcast featuring one of the wisest, most rational, most knowledgable people that I'm honored to call a friend: @mherskovitz.bsky.social

Please follow and listen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4pR...

The BOMBSHELL Plan To SAVE Democracy

YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones

www.youtube.com

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Mandy Willis @kalimarising.bsky.social · 5d

This is the way!!!!

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · 5d

New podcast featuring one of the wisest, most rational, most knowledgable people that I'm honored to call a friend: @mherskovitz.bsky.social

Please follow and listen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4pR...

The BOMBSHELL Plan To SAVE Democracy

YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones

www.youtube.com

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · 5d

New podcast featuring one of the wisest, most rational, most knowledgable people that I'm honored to call a friend: @mherskovitz.bsky.social

Please follow and listen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4pR...

The BOMBSHELL Plan To SAVE Democracy

YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones

www.youtube.com

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · 29d

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n83z01qbui.bsky.social @n83z01qbui.bsky.social · Sep 4

Or if pardoning them helps him gain and keep power somehow.

As @nick-carmody.bsky.social once said, everything Trump does is in service to his narcissism:
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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Mar 2

Trump doesn’t care about anything.

His only attachment to any cause/issue is:

"WHAT" he can get out of it, from a benefit standpoint…

....or....

...."HOW" he can get out of it, from an accountability standpoint.

This is Trump’s narcissism on display.

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Grateful-Dan @wellhunters.bsky.social · Aug 20

You couldn't ask for a better opening salvo than the support you get from John G. Cole (balloonjuice.com) or NYTPitchbot

And I'm tickled pink to find you on this platform finally.

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thank you, Kat.

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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · Aug 18

Most on this site already distrust both Putin and Trump, but it's important to remember the excruciating details @nick-carmody.bsky.social lays out here. Detailed rebuttal, over and over again, is the only defense against the right wing messaging firehose of lies. They depend upon our exhaustion.

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

So a murderous psychopathic dictator.....

....who fixes elections (Putin "won" his 2024 election with 88% of the vote) and/or murders political opposition......

.....allegedly accepts NATO-like, Article 5 security protections for Ukraine....

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Aug 16

Every “deal” Trump floats looks like a Russian victory wrapped in U.S. surrender.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

....Putin....as he did after "pausing" after invading 2014.....resumes his invasion of Ukraine.....and counts on Western nationalism ("fill in the blank/America....First") and/or apathy to not only allow him to do so.....but to also reward him for doing so......as this agreement will.

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

.....or.....

2. Trump (and maybe even Europe)....through threats of discontinuing support....."force" Zelensky (who may also face pressure from Ukrainians) to accept the terms of the agreement.....

....and then at some point in the future....

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

1. Zelensky...who knows that Putin can't be trusted...."rejects peace"....and pisses Trump off. This gives Trump cover to stop supporting a "war monger"...and gives Putin cover to keep invading (Putin: "I agreed to stop fighting/peace, but...").....which Trump/MAGA will endorse and/or justify.

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

Putin knows all of this....

Putin knows that by making a bunch of promises that he has no intention of keeping......that this puts him in a win-win situation:

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

This is because regardless of how bad of a deal it is, Trump and the MAGA media will gaslight the country to create the perception that it is a “beautiful” deal.

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

The only thing trump only cares about is that a deal…any deal…..gets done.

Similar to the 2020 election and the “Big Lie”, Trump, the Republican Congressmen, and the Right Wing Media Echo Chamber “will take of the rest”.

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

Remember, Trump generally only cares about the "appearance" of something.....he doesn't care about the actual execution/implementation.

That will likely be the case here, especially if he's already won the Nobel Peace Prize:

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

....can be trusted when the leader of the U.S. is a morally bankrupt sociopathic narcissist who lies like he breathes, and is incapable of being trusted to put the interests of others (Ukraine) ahead of his own......even if he "promises" to do so?

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

So.....now the world is expected to believe that:

4. A U.S.-led agreement that promises security for Ukraine at the potential expense of U.S. treasure...and maybe blood (boots on the ground)....

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

So.....now the world is expected to believe that:

3. Putin will honor/respect any international agreement when he already violated the international agreement that promised Ukraine security for giving up nuclear weapons?

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

So.....now the world is expected to believe that:

2. Putin.....a psychopath who has no respect for human life.....let alone the rule of law......will honor any "law" passed by Russia that restrains his insatiable appetite?

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

So.....now the world is expected to believe that:

1. Putin will be satisfied with Trump's appeasement/concession of Ukrainian territory...
(Reminder: Narcissism/Psychopathy is insatiable)?

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

Remember, Putin invaded Ukraine in violation of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum where Ukraine agreed to give up nuclear weapons in exchange for security agreement from US, UK........AND RUSSIA.

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

....and promises to pass laws that will prohibit Russia from "violating any European country's sovereignty".....

....in exchange for Ukrainian territory that it acquired by committing war crimes, mass murder, mass rape, mass torture, mass child kidnapping, and attempted genocide?

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · Aug 18

So a murderous psychopathic dictator.....

....who fixes elections (Putin "won" his 2024 election with 88% of the vote) and/or murders political opposition......

.....allegedly accepts NATO-like, Article 5 security protections for Ukraine....

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Aug 16

Every “deal” Trump floats looks like a Russian victory wrapped in U.S. surrender.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

The Puppet Show in Alaska: How Putin Played Trump Like a Fiddle

This wasn’t diplomacy. It was a surrender wrapped in optics.

open.substack.com

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