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Eric Orts

@ericorts.bsky.social

Climate and Democracy Hawk. Professor at Wharton/Penn in Philadelphia, where ideals of freedom were born and persist.

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Flip the script on democracy's destroyers. It's Day One of the new phase of the fight for our democracy.

20.01.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4013    πŸ” 1059    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 76
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Religion, Democracy, and Threats of U.S. Territorial Expansion by Force Does MAGA II really mean going all the way back to President Jackson's precedent of expansion by forcefully stealing other people's land?

Trump is going full Jackson apparently.

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07.01.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Thin Blue (Broken) Line January 6th and Its Aftermath

My most recent blog here I January 6th: A Thin Blue (Broken) Line. Check it out!

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06.01.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Video: The Last Word: Jimmy Carter In a never-before-seen interview with The Times in 2006, Jimmy Carter reflects on his life and work as a Cold War leader, Middle East peace broker and post-presidential career as a citizen diplomat.

This NY Times retrospective is worth checking out. My comment also at Substack.

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30.12.2024 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trending on social media: reported response in Greenland to recent threats from Trump …

28.12.2024 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Christmas Carol in Mar-a-Lago A Dickensian Update of a Ghost Story of Christmas

Trying to get going here on Blue Sky. Here’s my update of Dickens: β€œA Christmas Carol at Mar-a-Lago.”

It’s fiction not a prediction.

But tis the season for dreams!

Please share if you like this.

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25.12.2024 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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South Korea’s President Impeached Over Martial Law Crisis Celebrations broke out in Seoul after lawmakers voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol. He vowed to fight removal in the country’s Constitutional Court.

In case you are tempted at time to think that freedom of speech and the right to protest don’t matter, take a moment to see and hear the reaction of the crowd in South Korea to news of the legislative vote of impeachment.

www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

14.12.2024 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With thousands of others, I’m migrating here from X β€” which now deserves a general boycott by all.

Musk’s use of X for political propaganda in the form of misinformation, flat-out lies, and conspiracy theories to elect Trump is unforgivable.

Tips for how to use Bluesky are welcome!

16.11.2024 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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