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Mack Tubridy

@macktubs.bsky.social

Militant Wisconsinite.

680 Followers  |  306 Following  |  187 Posts  |  Joined: 05.10.2023
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I ordered my copy, and you should get one, too. @jeremymorris.bsky.social is one of the sharpest minds out there. The field needs scholars like him.

20.03.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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russian military is brat

20.03.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes - only 16 likes? I guess your taste in music sucks.

27.03.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"We're about to shoot a music video, folks."

27.03.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And God wept.

27.03.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People usually call me a boomer. Make up your minds, peasants.

27.03.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

TL;DR

27.03.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

William Faulkner would be pissed. And drunk.

27.03.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Democratic Fragility: Eroding Norms and the Authoritarian Threat in America What We Can Learn from Putin’s Russia?

As Trump barrels through his second term, the warning signs of democratic backsliding are impossible to ignore. Is authoritarianism possible in America, and what can we learn from Putin's Russia? Political scientist and scholar of authoritarianism @thenoahbuckley.bsky.social breaks it down:

27.03.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

You're simply against friendship, Kevin.

25.02.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The plant daddy part is what does it for me.

23.02.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What an atrocious headline.

21.02.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You voted for Putin

20.02.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

No, Russian liberals, complaining about Americans "not stopping Trump" will not make the Ukrainians like you.

20.02.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This climate change-denying Christian nationalist is your friend. He fights for freedom.

19.02.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But what if the violence is meant to end violence?

19.02.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You've changed, Alexander Dugin. You've changed.

19.02.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hegseth Set to Seek 8% Spending Shift at Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to reduce projected US military spending by 8% over the next five years would spare southwest border enforcement, the Air Force’s newest drone program, nuclear we...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has unveiled a plan to reduce projected U.S. Defense Department spending by 8% over the next five years, which means many in The Resistanceℒ️ will now counter-lobby to protect the United States military budget. Can’t wait. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

19.02.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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This evening's top headline over at Kommersant:

"Elect Yourself: Donald Trump Invites Ukraine to the Negotiation Table - and Volodymyr Zelensky to the Ballot Box."*

*Wordplay here - ΡƒΡ€Π½Π° can be both a garbage can and a ballot box.

19.02.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
ΠšΠ°Π΄Π΅Ρ‚ | ΠžΡ„ΠΈΡ†ΠΈΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹ΠΉ Ρ‚Ρ€Π΅ΠΉΠ»Π΅Ρ€ | Tiger Films
YouTube video by Tiger Films Promo ΠšΠ°Π΄Π΅Ρ‚ | ΠžΡ„ΠΈΡ†ΠΈΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹ΠΉ Ρ‚Ρ€Π΅ΠΉΠ»Π΅Ρ€ | Tiger Films

Saw this at the Berlin film festival. Recommend.

19.02.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did the Russians protest though dance? I don't think so.

19.02.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Letter from Washington: Why Trump ignores Europe Donald Trump has effectively ignored Europeans in his plan for negotiations over the war in Ukraine. In searching for a reason, Europeans must face the uncomfortable truth: they simply aren’t importan...

Imagining European readers' heads exploding when they read an American writer compare them to Guatemalans - of all people!

19.02.2025 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Main headline over at Kommersant this evening:
"Trump really wants to work with Russia"

18.02.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rule #1: Don't sit at the corner of the table.

18.02.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Doing your job is apparently heroic.

18.02.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What's the point of labeling a news outlet "undesirable" if you're just going to call us a "foreign agent"?

17.02.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zemestim aged well.
realty.ria.ru/20250217/stt...

17.02.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch: Emotional Munich security chair tears up at event An emotional Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the Munich Security Conference, closed the 61st MSC this afternoon, marking the end of his term as the MSC chairmen which started in 2022.

It's a great mystery why the Americans don't take the EU seriously.

17.02.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She's gonna get hammered tonight

15.02.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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