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Professor Greg Russell

@profgrussell.bsky.social

Emeritus Professor, U. Oklahoma, books/articles/chapters on Hans Mogenthau, JQ Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Machiavelli, Reinhold Niebuhr, George Kennan, Eric Voegelin Interests: Political Biographies, Victorian Leaders.

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Yes, those whiskey skies often stretched up into the Bay Area and down to Santa Clara.

11.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Peter Sellers: A Hard Day's Night
YouTube video by thefilmprojector Peter Sellers: A Hard Day's Night

Indeed, it was A Hard Day’s Night!

youtu.be/zLEMncv140s?...

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Cogent arguments and nicely written!

11.11.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge Wolf is quitting the federal bench to fight Trump's corruption

I asked him point blank: are you scared?

His answer on Legal Fight Club was amazing πŸ‘‡

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All expletives editorially and factually appropriate!

08.11.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello from Norman, OK and glad you are putting on this program.

24.10.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of directing states to issue partial SNAP payments to cover the gap, the feds told them to shut the system off. Starting Nov. 1, SNAP EBT cards won’t reload and after Oct. 31, any unused benefits will be frozen. Please make sure those who rely on them know.

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And this is supposed to be the leadership that will burnish his glamour as a would-be Louis XVI?

22.10.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The House and Senate Republicans (who hear and see no evil) are about as nimble and sure footed as the Vichy collaborators on disguising abject capitulation and surrender.

22.10.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIt is discouraging, from the point of view of those of us who are confirmed believers in representative government, to see _______ completely in the hands of a dictator.”

Admiral William D. Leahy to FDR, August 1941

Some Americans then could see such things more clearly than now!

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@radiofreetom.bsky.social

Admire your give and take (some with Father Mulcahy’s jocularity) with the swarms on line.

But….I do read carefully your Atlantic pieces with interest. You make a great contribution.

Best wishes.

15.10.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Heads to Golf Course Amid Government Shutdown President shuns shutdown talks for golf trip

🚨 JUST IN: Trump spotted heading to his golf course amid government shutdown

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After Trump cut the National Science Foundation by 56 percent, a venerable Arctic research center closes its doors The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives.

"After nearly 40 years, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, or ARCUS, will close September 30."

"The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives."

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War ravaged Portland.

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War-ravaged Portland

27.09.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 18713    πŸ” 4398    πŸ’¬ 557    πŸ“Œ 248

I understand Miller doesn’t like being called Goebbels, but maybe - and I’m just spitballing here - he should stop plagiarizing Goebbels speeches

22.09.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 22117    πŸ” 5013    πŸ’¬ 711    πŸ“Œ 177

Brought to mind the WF Buckley debates/exchanges with Baldwin (recounted by Tanenhaus in his new 868 page biography of WFB).

22.09.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social at #TAF25l: Donald Trump’s use of the military as his β€œpersonal militia” is β€œeverything George Washington feared about what the U.S. military could become.”

Watch more: bit.ly/3ItaNSB

19.09.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 796    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 6
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I’m a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE. An interview with Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic House candidate in Illinois, who was violently thrown to the ground twice at a peaceful protest in Illinois on Friday morning.

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

20.09.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 24395    πŸ” 8512    πŸ’¬ 657    πŸ“Œ 299

Cardinal Timothy Dolan failed to report direct admissions of rape by multiple priests, lobbied against extending the statute of limitations for sex abuse, and moved money off the church books to hide it from victims of sex abuse. In case you were wondering.

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it's also really important to spread the "this is illegal" message as far as you can because the majority of people are not exposed to it! most people do not even know the government is doing the illegal thing it's doing, let alone that it's illegal. when they learn about it they get mad!

19.09.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2825    πŸ” 728    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 11
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Emergency Triad: First, They Came for Jimmy Kimmel What happens when comedians are held to stricter standards than vice presidents?

"Trump, Vance, and their propaganda networks do not operate in good faith...The forces of liberalism should stop treating MAGA [as if it] is playing by the same rules...The people operating in good faith need to stop self-flagellating and surrendering preemptively."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

18.09.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 814    πŸ” 210    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 7
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Don’t let this make you quieter.

Get louder.

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Repost and πŸ’™ if you stand with Jimmy Kimmel!

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What College Students Really Think of Charlie Kirk New data from Generation Lab undercuts Trump’s mythmaking about his murdered ally, who was unquestionably a savvy organizer, even if he wasn’t at all popular on the campuses he loved to visit.

This is fascinating, 94% of college students had heard of Charlie Kirk - and 70% of those who heard of him disagreed with him puck.news/what-college...

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Charlie Kirk’s "Mexican" Fans Remark Resurfaces After Dallas Cowboys Tribute Kirk: "The Cowboys are so easy to hate. Why is every Cowboys fan like a 5 foot 6 Mexican with long jean shorts?"

Charlie Kirk’s "Mexican" Fans Remark Resurfaces After Dallas Cowboys Tribute

Kirk: "The Cowboys are so easy to hate. Why is every Cowboys fan like a 5 foot 6 Mexican with long jean shorts?"

meidasnews.com/news/charlie...

15.09.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1249    πŸ” 385    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 25

@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Always enjoy your pieces in the Atlantic and commentary on
national security issues at home and abroad. I learn more by reading the written word in more expansive hand-held publications than in tweet boxes or the gloom rooms of Zoom. I am from the age of Klaatu!

13.09.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Machiavelli knew the political opportunities on the uses of religion in politics. Those who claim the Mandate of Heaven are particularly dangerous since they are apt to do just about anything. Invoking divine will is usually a leader’s admission that their own skill and authority are not enough.

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Russia’s Reckless Provocation Whether by accident or malice, the Russians are risking a wider war in Europe.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

11.09.2025 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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