TheRealMrBill
@therealmrbill.bsky.social
Reagan Republican, now NeverGOP/NeverTrump. If you weren't alive in the 80s, go away. Believer in Horseshoe Theory. I don't blindly follow left or right. If you can't deal with someone telling you're wrong, don't follow me. Sports and StL Cardinals. 🇺🇦
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Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
Mississippi is still in the 60s.
Beth Israel was burned down in 1874.
The congregation moved in 1967. The new synagogue was bombed by the KKK. In 2005, it housed Katrina refugees. In 2013, antisemites smashed the windows. The building is a stop on the Mississippi Freedom Trail.
The congregation moved in 1967. The new synagogue was bombed by the KKK. In 2005, it housed Katrina refugees. In 2013, antisemites smashed the windows. The building is a stop on the Mississippi Freedom Trail.
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
January 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Mississippi is still in the 60s.
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And pour one out for the great Barry Atwater, who played the vampire, but was a mainstay of 60s and 70s TV, including the classic "Monsters are Due on Maple Street."
January 8, 1972. A few days after this countdown, ABC-TV would broadcast the horror movie "The Night Stalker" and introduce the legendary character Carl Kolchak. At the time, it was the highest rated made-for-TV movie ever, and would go on to inspire "The X-Files". Take it away, Jezz! #AT40
January 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
And pour one out for the great Barry Atwater, who played the vampire, but was a mainstay of 60s and 70s TV, including the classic "Monsters are Due on Maple Street."
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With that last score (putting IU up 48-15) my mom is DEMANDING that Alberto Mendoza (the younger brother) get in the game. “You’ve had your fun, let your little brother have a turn.”
January 10, 2026 at 3:38 AM
With that last score (putting IU up 48-15) my mom is DEMANDING that Alberto Mendoza (the younger brother) get in the game. “You’ve had your fun, let your little brother have a turn.”
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Please stop yelling at my friend @radiofreetom.bsky.social. This is a clarifying and encouraging thread, and if I were still an opinion editor, I'd ask him to expand it into a column for me.
I wonder what any of you would do differently in your lives if I said "yes, America is at this moment a fascist nation."
Because I tell ya what, if I thought so, I'd be doing things differently. For starters, I wouldn't bother worrying about elections or candidates or whom to support. /1
Because I tell ya what, if I thought so, I'd be doing things differently. For starters, I wouldn't bother worrying about elections or candidates or whom to support. /1
January 10, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Please stop yelling at my friend @radiofreetom.bsky.social. This is a clarifying and encouraging thread, and if I were still an opinion editor, I'd ask him to expand it into a column for me.
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Time to start quoting @kenwhite.bsky.social : Now come the people who arrive two hours into the movie and want to know who all the characters are and what's going on
It's all in the threads, friends, read back
It's all in the threads, friends, read back
Can you explain why you are so concerned about whether the current US authoritarian regime is called "fascist" or not? What is it about that word that troubles you so much?
January 10, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Time to start quoting @kenwhite.bsky.social : Now come the people who arrive two hours into the movie and want to know who all the characters are and what's going on
It's all in the threads, friends, read back
It's all in the threads, friends, read back
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Of course
Fox News claims to be airing the "entire video" -- but they're cutting off before the officer says, "fucking bitch."
January 10, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Of course
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I'm sorry, but "we didn't get Medicare for All" isn't the same as "therefore, it's fascism."
Now and then, some of the folks on the left let slip what *they* mean by "fascism" - that is, "not getting the policies we prefer."
Now and then, some of the folks on the left let slip what *they* mean by "fascism" - that is, "not getting the policies we prefer."
Neocons can wax poetic about change and responsibility, but nothing is clear. Union power? Medicare for All? Universal childcare? Climate justice? Platitudes and cliches are worse than “drama” and “doom.”
Many of you have become drama-addicted doomers, and you seem to think it's important for the rest of us to join you.
Yes, things are bad. But change is within our power. Grow up. Act like sober, responsible adults in a democracy instead of cynical, all-is-lost teenagers.
Now get off my lawn.
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Yes, things are bad. But change is within our power. Grow up. Act like sober, responsible adults in a democracy instead of cynical, all-is-lost teenagers.
Now get off my lawn.
/5x
January 10, 2026 at 3:10 AM
I'm sorry, but "we didn't get Medicare for All" isn't the same as "therefore, it's fascism."
Now and then, some of the folks on the left let slip what *they* mean by "fascism" - that is, "not getting the policies we prefer."
Now and then, some of the folks on the left let slip what *they* mean by "fascism" - that is, "not getting the policies we prefer."
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I'm sorry, I can't keep doing that one over and over, but while there is a free media, opposition parties, functioning courts, and the glorious chaos of federalism, we are far, far away from fascism.
Mr. Nichols, if you are up for answering a question that you have probably addressed numerous times in various ways, but in a short list, what would be the most likely (by your estimation) red flags you would need to see to beginto have more serious concerns again?
January 10, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I'm sorry, I can't keep doing that one over and over, but while there is a free media, opposition parties, functioning courts, and the glorious chaos of federalism, we are far, far away from fascism.
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🚨BREAKING: A federal court blocked core provisions of President Donald Trump’s anti-voting executive order Friday, ruling that the president had no authority to impose new election rules that threatened to disenfranchise voters and override state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal court blocks key parts of Trump’s anti-voting order, restores states’ control over elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
🚨BREAKING: A federal court blocked core provisions of President Donald Trump’s anti-voting executive order Friday, ruling that the president had no authority to impose new election rules that threatened to disenfranchise voters and override state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
January 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM
It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
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/15 Second Postscript: there is a new video. If you think it renders my analysis wrong, I invite you to consider the White House released it.
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The White House’s rapid response account has posted video of ICE agent Jonathan Ross shooting Renée Nicole Good in the head and then calling her a “fucking bitch.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
/15 Second Postscript: there is a new video. If you think it renders my analysis wrong, I invite you to consider the White House released it.
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bsky.app/profile/patr...
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Hey, maybe if the people at Mother Jones say it l, the message might get through. Because when I say it, people lose their shit.
January 10, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Hey, maybe if the people at Mother Jones say it l, the message might get through. Because when I say it, people lose their shit.
I always wonder..are Trump and his cronies evil or just stupid. Now, there's no doubt some are stupid. RFKJr and most of his crew. But, are the rest just useful idiots for the project 2025 clowns?
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I always wonder..are Trump and his cronies evil or just stupid. Now, there's no doubt some are stupid. RFKJr and most of his crew. But, are the rest just useful idiots for the project 2025 clowns?
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We're a federal nation. How states manage their own budgets is their business.
January 8, 2026 at 5:37 AM
We're a federal nation. How states manage their own budgets is their business.
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Because cities should not be able to duck responsible financial management with a stream of unaccountable federal money, is why.
January 8, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Because cities should not be able to duck responsible financial management with a stream of unaccountable federal money, is why.
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No, if you'd been more careful with names, voters of the United States might not have been so willing to create a giant, oppressive infrastructure based on "terrorism" that now has metastized into a massive arm of state power that tries to govern everything from immigration to turkey fryers.
Oh right, if we’d have just been more careful with our nomenclature Trump’s goons would have behaved!!
January 8, 2026 at 2:54 AM
No, if you'd been more careful with names, voters of the United States might not have been so willing to create a giant, oppressive infrastructure based on "terrorism" that now has metastized into a massive arm of state power that tries to govern everything from immigration to turkey fryers.
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“The video shows the truth: the agent was clear. The car was moving away. The shots were an execution, not an act of self-defense.” -Rick Wilson
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/stephen-millers-murder-machine
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/stephen-millers-murder-machine
Stephen Miller's Murder Machine
Murder and Lies in Minneapolis.
www.againstallenemies.net
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“The video shows the truth: the agent was clear. The car was moving away. The shots were an execution, not an act of self-defense.” -Rick Wilson
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/stephen-millers-murder-machine
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/stephen-millers-murder-machine
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"Just agree to use words stupidly and wrongly the way we do, and we can all just get along."
January 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
"Just agree to use words stupidly and wrongly the way we do, and we can all just get along."
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They thought they could silence him, but the astronaut Senator just hit back with a BRUTAL response that you need to see to believe. He called Hegseth "the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history" and vowed to fight them with everything he's got. 👊🇺🇸
👇 Read the full explosive response here:
👇 Read the full explosive response here:
We Are Standing With Mark Kelly Against Hegseth’s Attacks, Refusing To Let Trump Rewrite Jan 6 History, and Calling Out Dangerous Russian Propaganda
They picked a fight with the wrong folks
www.dworkinsubstack.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:28 PM
They thought they could silence him, but the astronaut Senator just hit back with a BRUTAL response that you need to see to believe. He called Hegseth "the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history" and vowed to fight them with everything he's got. 👊🇺🇸
👇 Read the full explosive response here:
👇 Read the full explosive response here:
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Nobody wants to go there. Nobody wants to perform there. Grenell and Trump decided to make the Kennedy Center all about Grenell and Trump. Many artists and attendees have zero interest in that. You can sue, you can cry, but you can’t force people to like you.
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Nobody wants to go there. Nobody wants to perform there. Grenell and Trump decided to make the Kennedy Center all about Grenell and Trump. Many artists and attendees have zero interest in that. You can sue, you can cry, but you can’t force people to like you.
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I fear this is why Dems will continue to lose. We have a toxic purity test that labels as traitor any Dem who reaches out to the middle, nor can welcome new folks who were formerly in the middle/right. We seem to forget that we lost, and we'll lose again, if we don't adjust our thinking/action.
January 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I fear this is why Dems will continue to lose. We have a toxic purity test that labels as traitor any Dem who reaches out to the middle, nor can welcome new folks who were formerly in the middle/right. We seem to forget that we lost, and we'll lose again, if we don't adjust our thinking/action.
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Honorable man. Let him not stand alone. He's shown you how it's done...
"I doubt Senator Kelly will see this blog, and if he does see it, I imagine he will not be pleased with it. He’ll probably find it embarrassing. His humility likely makes him bristle at stuff like this. Well, that’s just too damn bad, Senator."
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Honorable man. Let him not stand alone. He's shown you how it's done...
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My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...