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David Richard Koepsell is an American author, philosopher, attorney, and educator whose recent research focuses on how ethics and public… more

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drkoepsell.bsky.social
Successful lawsuit incoming
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drkoepsell.bsky.social
I can haz kitteh?
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Does anyone else wonder why so many of Trump’s advisors and friends turn out to be pedophiles? 🤨
Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump adviser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse
Robert Morris to serve only six months in county jail after charged with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with child
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: David Koepsell, Mark Priestley, James Connelly

mehdirhasan.bsky.social
If you’re an Islamophobe you don’t get to complain about antisemitism

And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia.

It’s really that simple.

(So many shameless hypocrites around.)
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Reposted by: David Koepsell, Scott A. Imberman, Kent Johnson

adamkinzinger.substack.com
FYI this is going around seeming to be from me and Liz.

This is not from us.
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tovahr.bsky.social
The technofascists think they have us. Nothing could be further from the truth. They will NOT take our country from us. They will not estrange us from its laws nor its rights. They will yield to the people. There are more of us, and we WILL be heard.
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Reposted by: David Koepsell, Diane Ravitch

atheist-left-news.bsky.social
"A Texas pastor who founded one of the largest megachurch congregations in the country pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl of 12 in Oklahoma in the 1980s." - BBC
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Reposted by: David Koepsell, Brendan Nyhan, Tom Clark , and 5 more

joycewhitevance.bsky.social
As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...
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rebecca-mackinnon.bsky.social
We are not afraid. We at the @wikimediafoundation.org will keep doing our jobs defending and protecting the right of @wikipedia.org's volunteer communities to write, edit, and govern content on projects dedicated to sharing encyclopedic content across borders.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
The speech wars come for Wikipedia
www.politico.com
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by David Koepsell

drkoepsell.bsky.social
Consistent with recent rebranding efforts of the Trump administration, the DOJ will henceforth be called The Department of Crime.

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americanmanifesto.news
Kimmel didn't say that, but this Analysis explains why the story around Kirk’s murder is a smokescreen for a 75‑year rise of right‑wing terror. Can we afford to stay quiet? https://americanmanifesto.news/warning-we-will-be-decimated-if-we-stays-quiet
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Reposted by: David Koepsell, Dorothy Bishop, Nicole Dubilier , and 7 more

hillaryclinton.bsky.social
Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous.

It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy."

Because that's not how America works.
play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss...
play.prx.org
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by David Koepsell

drkoepsell.bsky.social
My son dislikes my new glasses, what do y'all think?
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Reposted by: David Koepsell, Ann Bartow

joycewhitevance.bsky.social
When they come for the comedians we should all be worried. joycevance.substack.com/p/dont-be-af...
Don't Be Afraid To Speak Up
Courage is contagious...and we're going to need it!
joycevance.substack.com
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by David Koepsell

drkoepsell.bsky.social
All these people losing jobs through government pressure or actions, in media, universities, or elsewhere because of their public speech, should sue all those involved in those decisions in their companies, universities, media outlets. These are textbook First Amendment violations.
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drkoepsell.bsky.social
“[C]ivilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.” -James Baldwin

Reposted by: David Koepsell, Andreas Ortmann, Diane Ravitch , and 2 more

briantylercohen.bsky.social
Hiding the truth.
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hikercat.bsky.social
2 school shootings/2 weeks. Children died. Media barely covers it. Russia/Belarus threaten Nato countires, barely a blip

Epstein files/birthday book released glorifying abuse of women/children isn't a story after shooting in Utah-Yes I refuse to say hate cultivators name.

Believe Epstein victims!
Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book is a horrifying document | Moira Donegan
Conspiracy theorists wonder about what Epstein and his powerful friends may have done to cover up his crimes. But they barely were covered up
www.theguardian.com
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altnps.bsky.social
So many people feel overwhelmed while scrolling and there’s a reason for that. Bots are a large part of the problem. We’ve been breaking down how to spot them. After tracking bot groups that push narratives and attacks, we found some common traits:
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drkoepsell.bsky.social
FReE sPeEcH
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wolvendamien.bsky.social
It's extremely unfair to say the US right-wing learned nothing from the McCarthy era, when they clearly learned quite a lot.
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
People are losing jobs due to social media posts about Charlie Kirk
Some GOP officials want to clamp down on perceived expressions of schadenfreude about Charlie Kirk's death. Conservative activists are publicizing social media posts that are "celebrating" his death.
www.npr.org
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rpace.bsky.social
The number of people fired or suspended for speaking the truth about Charlie Kirk must serve as a reminder none of the far right are free speech advocates, they just want no limits on what they say.
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Reposted by: David Koepsell, David Rosnick

wajali.bsky.social
You know who also called Charlie Kirk a fascist and hated him and casually uses "gay" as a slur and joke?

Groypers and people who follow Nick Fuentes, the Hitler lover who dined with Trump.
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by David Koepsell

drkoepsell.bsky.social
Color me not-at-all surprised that the kid in custody, turned in by his family and not caught due to any particularly brilliant investigation, is a white conservative registered Republican son of a minister gun-nut. Right-wing cis white male violence is a problem.
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maladamus.bsky.social
Why do they keep saying Charlie Kirk was an advocate for free speech when he made a hit list of professors who didn’t say what he liked? I just don’t get it.
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Reposted by: David Koepsell, Anna O. Law, Caroline T. Schroeder , and 2 more

lollardfish.bsky.social
It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.
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by David Koepsell

drkoepsell.bsky.social
Not everyone wants to read a still-unpublished 120k word manuscript, so here's an easy to use website: davidkoepsell.com/TheGeometryo...
Geometry of the Good
davidkoepsell.com

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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEW: Trump keeps moving the U.S. closer to being the fascist war machine he wants.

Blowing up a boat on international waters and killing 11, extending federal troop presence in D.C. despite a new lawsuit, and an effort to rename the Defense Department.

Tonight, at Law Dork:
Trump keeps moving the U.S. closer to being the fascist war machine he wants
Blowing up a boat on international waters and killing 11, extending federal troop presence in D.C. despite a new lawsuit, and an effort to rename the Defense Department.
www.lawdork.com
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Reposted by: David Koepsell, Rebecca Solnit, Steve Peers , and 2 more

emptywheel.bsky.social
As many as 100 victims will show up to today's Epstein victim press conference.

www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
As many as 100 Epstein victims will attend Washington rally Wednesday
The rally comes as lawmakers Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) want a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to release Epstein files.
www.miamiherald.com
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deb878.bsky.social
This guy has got to be removed for dereliction of duty.

Do we have to wait to see bodies piling up in the streets before anybody does anything?

RFK, Jr. must be charged with manslaughter for killing Americans open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
RFK, Jr. must be charged with manslaughter for killing Americans
What RFK is doing is criminal!
open.substack.com
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