TheParagon
@theparagon.bsky.social
Nomad in the Midwest 🇺🇸. Humanist, agnostic atheist. Anti-authoritarian. Pro-Ukraine 🇺🇦.
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TheParagon
@theparagon.bsky.social
· Aug 16
"One can mark the fictions and contradictions. This is not enough. These utterances were not logical arguments or factual assessments, but a calculated effort to undo logic and factuality."
-Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom"
-Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom"
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
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tech bros trying to convince everyone epstein is cool is so telling and interesting
December 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
tech bros trying to convince everyone epstein is cool is so telling and interesting
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This is what's known as "consciousness of guilt"
December 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This is what's known as "consciousness of guilt"
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As the US bombs Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa - on Christmas, which half of Nigeria celebrates - realize there could be no diplomatic negotiations about this beforehand because the US pulled its ambassador out of Nigeria last week.
Trump on Christmas: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria.”
December 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
As the US bombs Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa - on Christmas, which half of Nigeria celebrates - realize there could be no diplomatic negotiations about this beforehand because the US pulled its ambassador out of Nigeria last week.
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This Epstein story is never going to go away for him lol
December 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This Epstein story is never going to go away for him lol
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When your Christmas greeting is actually a confession…
December 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
When your Christmas greeting is actually a confession…
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The Trump admin is clearly only doing this for two reasons:
1) to get oil,
2) to energize their base by bombing people seen as less-than to distract from the fact that Donald Trump is a pedophile who was part of the Epstein child sex trafficking ring.
Trump doesn’t care about Nigerian Christians
1) to get oil,
2) to energize their base by bombing people seen as less-than to distract from the fact that Donald Trump is a pedophile who was part of the Epstein child sex trafficking ring.
Trump doesn’t care about Nigerian Christians
December 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The Trump admin is clearly only doing this for two reasons:
1) to get oil,
2) to energize their base by bombing people seen as less-than to distract from the fact that Donald Trump is a pedophile who was part of the Epstein child sex trafficking ring.
Trump doesn’t care about Nigerian Christians
1) to get oil,
2) to energize their base by bombing people seen as less-than to distract from the fact that Donald Trump is a pedophile who was part of the Epstein child sex trafficking ring.
Trump doesn’t care about Nigerian Christians
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The Kyiv Independent’s Myroslava Chauin speaks with Kateryna Rashevska, a legal expert at the Regional Center for Human Rights and a children’s rights activist, about evidence that Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories were transferred to a children’s camp in North Korea.
Why Russia sent Ukrainian children to North Korea, explained
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Kyiv Independent’s Myroslava Chauin speaks with Kateryna Rashevska, a legal expert at the Regional Center for Human Rights and a children’s rights activist, about evidence that Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories were transferred to a children’s camp in North Korea.
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“It comes down to the fact that the FDA is not doing its job,” a retired cardiologist said.
“Everything you are swallowing should be tested — there should be no question about it. You don’t want a bad batch coming to the drugstore.”
“Everything you are swallowing should be tested — there should be no question about it. You don’t want a bad batch coming to the drugstore.”
The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contam...
www.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“It comes down to the fact that the FDA is not doing its job,” a retired cardiologist said.
“Everything you are swallowing should be tested — there should be no question about it. You don’t want a bad batch coming to the drugstore.”
“Everything you are swallowing should be tested — there should be no question about it. You don’t want a bad batch coming to the drugstore.”
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It was a *dereliction of duty* that American democracy refused to *reject* the corrupt Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision that handed the 2000 election to Bush w/the bullshit non-explanation, "this is a 1 time decision, based on nothing, & is absolutely not a precedent for anything."
It was an unforgivable dereliction of duty that the majority of elected congressional Republican office holders were not in prison for open insurrection by March 2021.
I think it’s a reflection of their own attitudes. Both Biden and they were trying to live in a fantasy where those 4 years were a return to normalcy as opposed to the most urgent moment in American history to preserve what was left of democracy.
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It was a *dereliction of duty* that American democracy refused to *reject* the corrupt Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision that handed the 2000 election to Bush w/the bullshit non-explanation, "this is a 1 time decision, based on nothing, & is absolutely not a precedent for anything."
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I started researching & writing on the American theocratic right back around 2004, & co-founded a website that published literally thousands of stories & posts on it. 2 decades later, two things really stand out in my mind. 1st, the people who originally conceived, then guided, the grand plot...
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I started researching & writing on the American theocratic right back around 2004, & co-founded a website that published literally thousands of stories & posts on it. 2 decades later, two things really stand out in my mind. 1st, the people who originally conceived, then guided, the grand plot...
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NEW: Epstein file dump exposes a Trump LIE that corporate media has repeatedly ignored. In Jan 2024, Trump wrote on social media: "I was never on Epstein’s Plane." New Epstein files AGAIN tell us Trump was on Epstein's plane the Lolita Express at least 8 times in midst of sex ring! Cover this LIE!!
December 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
NEW: Epstein file dump exposes a Trump LIE that corporate media has repeatedly ignored. In Jan 2024, Trump wrote on social media: "I was never on Epstein’s Plane." New Epstein files AGAIN tell us Trump was on Epstein's plane the Lolita Express at least 8 times in midst of sex ring! Cover this LIE!!
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“Clinton is in the Epstein files!”
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
December 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Clinton is in the Epstein files!”
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
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Any ordinary politician, even a gas station clerk, would be fired over allegations like this. Yet many still defend Trump and give him a pass. At this point, they are not just enabling it, they are part of the crimes.
December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Any ordinary politician, even a gas station clerk, would be fired over allegations like this. Yet many still defend Trump and give him a pass. At this point, they are not just enabling it, they are part of the crimes.
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The orange felon, a 5x draft dodger who often begs for the Nobel Peace Prize, is naming a new class of warships after himself.
Nothing says tiny D syndrome quite like that.
Nothing says tiny D syndrome quite like that.
December 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The orange felon, a 5x draft dodger who often begs for the Nobel Peace Prize, is naming a new class of warships after himself.
Nothing says tiny D syndrome quite like that.
Nothing says tiny D syndrome quite like that.
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Do not forget—95 murders on the high seas so far.
That’s a lot of murder.
Trump's legacy just grows and grows.
Meanwhile, Bondi is working hard to cover up every Trump crime.
That’s a lot of murder.
Trump's legacy just grows and grows.
Meanwhile, Bondi is working hard to cover up every Trump crime.
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Do not forget—95 murders on the high seas so far.
That’s a lot of murder.
Trump's legacy just grows and grows.
Meanwhile, Bondi is working hard to cover up every Trump crime.
That’s a lot of murder.
Trump's legacy just grows and grows.
Meanwhile, Bondi is working hard to cover up every Trump crime.
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This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
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Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?