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Richard Burger

@thepekingduck.bsky.social

Recovering twitter addict, blogger (pekingduck.org), avid Wagnerian, author of Behind the Red Door: Sex in China, classical music, media trainer, China watcher, progressive, anti-Trumper.

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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.

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Lutnick has the mind of a brain-damaged insect.

06.11.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hoping this goes viral.

08.10.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

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Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

05.10.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Redefines the very concept of β€œsnowflake.”

04.10.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great Substack β€” thanks for recommending it.

01.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”

I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.

And that’s wrong.

28.09.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 18337    πŸ” 5010    πŸ’¬ 457    πŸ“Œ 219

This didn’t age well.

27.09.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Release the files…. πŸ“‘πŸ§Ύ
#bluesky #releasethefiles

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Don’t let them get away with this.

26.09.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Going to book tickets for the local symphony orchestra. It’s so important to participate and do things other than scrolling through social media all day.

22.09.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TikTok will be co-owned by China and Trump allies, Paramount was sold to a pro-Trump billionaire who's also set to buy Warner Bros, X is owned by an apartheid-bred fascist, WaPo and Meta are owned by Trump-cowering billionaires, and Murdoch owns the Fox empire. Here's why media has a liberal bias.

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If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.

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Apparently, the only thing that Americans agree upon is: Release the Epstein Files.

14.09.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 18781    πŸ” 6417    πŸ’¬ 534    πŸ“Œ 364

This was so disappointing. I thought Ezra would know better. He really let us all down.

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When will this insanity end?

07.08.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

weird how the guy born into obscene wealth, bailed out repeatedly, allowed to fail upwards forever until he fell ass-backwards into the presidency, and then was declared by the Supreme Court to be a Very Special Boy Who Can Crime Forever never stops whining about how everything is rigged against him

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He already posted it with the headline β€œI shit you not.”

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Our pedophile in chief is trying so hard to pivot away from the Epstein scandal but is only digging himself deeper. Fun to see MAGA pulled apart, imploding in their self-made crisis (β€œthe files are on my desk”). Keep the volume up. The Magats are playing defense and squirming. No way out.

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Wow

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Good one!

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Disgusting. How did the NYT sink so low?

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Lol. Our pedophile in chief is twisting like a pretzel trying to distract us. Don’t let him squirm out of this.

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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

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I donated to Ossoff’s campaign immediately after watching this clip. He’s awesome.

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