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@markhax.bsky.social

Art history prof, emeritus. My research and writing is essential to preserving my sanity in this dark time.

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Anyone saying they’re not racially profiling is unserious

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Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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She's plainly repulsed by him, understandably so.

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We’re the Frogs (Portland, Oregon Peaceful Protest Anthem for the "War Ravaged" city)
YouTube video by Delanae - Original Music. Storytelling. Cultural We’re the Frogs (Portland, Oregon Peaceful Protest Anthem for the "War Ravaged" city)

Frogs rock!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=anVR...

14.10.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Textbook Kavanaugh stop.

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"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs; the [Willamette River] shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house...

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Can I tell you a secret? I don't care if there are undocumented immigrants in this country. I think it's a non-issue.  Without social security numbers they're not getting the welfare people claim they're getting, the vast majority of them are normal people trying to live a better life.
This whole wall deport-the-illegals bullshit is just the one percent convincing the working poor to blame a subset of the working poor for the fact that they're all poor, instead of realizing they're all poor due to vast income inequality and resource price inflation in combination with wage stagnation.
The existence of another poor person is not why you're poor. It's because the people who control everything refuse to increase your wages.
Jessie Memer

Can I tell you a secret? I don't care if there are undocumented immigrants in this country. I think it's a non-issue. Without social security numbers they're not getting the welfare people claim they're getting, the vast majority of them are normal people trying to live a better life. This whole wall deport-the-illegals bullshit is just the one percent convincing the working poor to blame a subset of the working poor for the fact that they're all poor, instead of realizing they're all poor due to vast income inequality and resource price inflation in combination with wage stagnation. The existence of another poor person is not why you're poor. It's because the people who control everything refuse to increase your wages. Jessie Memer

13.10.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 505    πŸ” 202    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 9

The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.

13.10.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3565    πŸ” 858    πŸ’¬ 181    πŸ“Œ 47

We should have ended it all when he started openly monetizing the presidency at his DC hotel & sending his kids to represent the πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ government at official international events. But he is One Special Boy and we appear to no longer be a serious country interested in the rule of law or the Constitution.

13.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2371    πŸ” 572    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 14

To apply one Trump’s favorite characterization of undocumented immigrants, it is ICE agents themselves who appear to be β€œthe worst of the worst.”

13.10.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well we have crime in the White House, on a daily basis. What are you going to do about it, Sir?

13.10.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My corgi Clyde paid for this dog jacket to wear on #NoKingsDay out of *his own* treat budget, Sec. Duffy, so go fetch yourself.

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Pass the vomit pan!

13.10.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A rhetorical question, Sean? We all know it’s George Soros who is funding us!

13.10.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How do we get our checks?

13.10.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump, 79, is increasingly having problems with chronology. Sir, the Abraham Accords happened after Obama left office. And Biden was not President on January 6, 2021. Over to you, Jake Tapper!

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I do not want to see a Supreme Court justice’s face on cable news, period

13.10.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3922    πŸ” 519    πŸ’¬ 162    πŸ“Œ 27

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

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Well, he did say he loved the "poorly educated."

12.10.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s unfair to Tommy Tuberville!

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Yes, he lies to benefit himself. Non- stop.

12.10.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biden Forgot When He Served As Vice President And The Year Of His Son’s Death, DOJ Transcript Shows The transcript was released as Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Hur is set to defend his concerns about Biden’s memory before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday.

One could justifiably say of Trump what DOJ special counsel Hur said of Biden after he interviewed him: he β€œis an elderly man with a poor memory.” Why do the legacy media make so little of this? Or do they just dismiss it as another Trump lie? The new normal.
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the β€œancient art of lying” and manipulation.

β€œWith your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. β€œYou can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

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"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )

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I’m no longer so sure.

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Donald J. Trump * Β© @reaDonaldTrump β€’ 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

Donald J. Trump * Β© @reaDonaldTrump β€’ 1m THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

β€œThe Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

12.10.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6143    πŸ” 1331    πŸ’¬ 280    πŸ“Œ 144
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Portland πŸ”₯

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