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Dan Hoyt

@graybeard49.bsky.social

Retired professor of sociology. Dividing time between Washington and Minnesota when not traveling elsewhere.

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Just cancelled my online Paramount subscription. I appreciated that they had an 'other' choice when asking for my reason. I was happy to share my anger that CBS is selling out - paying $16 million bribe, restraining 60 Minutes, cancelling the Tonight Show after Colbert called out the bribe.

18.07.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If only we could believe that this would work. Nothing short of a nation wide general strike, shutting down the economy, is likely to generate any response from this maniac.

22.06.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

general strike!

22.06.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is time ... we need a general strike ... shut it all down ... before he destroys everything.

22.06.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a devastating day. What a decisive moment for our country.

We cannot let violence against elected officials become normalized. All my thoughts are with the victims and their families.

This is the moment for our nation to do the hard work of choosing peace in our politics.

14.06.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1202    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 8
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Marching for Minnesota A violent attack on two Democratic lawmakers reminds us why we’re marching

We have plenty of reasons to be in the streets today. But one big one is we’re marching because Rep. Melissa Hortman can’t. We’re sending love to her family, and we’re sending rage toward Washington, D.C.

14.06.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 9111    πŸ” 2343    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 67

When Stephen Miller gave the orders to ICE to conceal identity, Miller helped get these elected officials shot. He’s complicit in these attacks.

Impeach, remove, prosecute, imprison.

14.06.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3540    πŸ” 949    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 26
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Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19 THE ORIGIN β€œThe Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication β€” which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak

COVID.GOV is no longer a source for health-oriented information about what the disease is, and how it presents, how the vaccine works, and where to get tests and treatment.

Instead, it is now a MAGA propaganda site.

www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...

23.04.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump claims so many countries called him kissing his ass that he will just forget the big tariff rollout that was suppose to transform and rejuvenate our country by bringing manufacturing jobs back. He claims people kissed his ass, so forget all that.

09.04.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2028    πŸ” 470    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 23

It's not as simple as getting Trump out of the presidency. Republican politicians could stop this tariff insanity, they would just need to step up to form a veto-proof coalition. Perhaps they just want to distract us with Trump, permitting their continuing take-over of all branches of government.

09.04.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr says plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, AP reports U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said he plans to tell Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, the Associated Press reported on Monday.

This is the dumbest fucking time. β€” US Health Department will make new fluoride recommendation - www.reuters.com/business/hea...

08.04.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 971    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 36
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Until this moment, President Trump, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. Let us not torture these innocent men further. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?

(Paraphrasing the words of Boston lawyer Joseph Welch, who ended Senator Joseph McCarthy’s career)

07.04.2025 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3179    πŸ” 1059    πŸ’¬ 192    πŸ“Œ 65
Meme with a pic of Trump swinging a golf club in front of a graphic showing the stock market plummeting. 

It reads: While your 401K Evaporates, Trump Golfs. 

Meme by my friend @RogueCitizenOne.

Meme with a pic of Trump swinging a golf club in front of a graphic showing the stock market plummeting. It reads: While your 401K Evaporates, Trump Golfs. Meme by my friend @RogueCitizenOne.

File this under:

Dumbfuckery you can’t make up.

The country is in disarray, people are afraid for their futures and our allies are distancing themselves from us while this orange dipshit spends his time golfing & planning a $92 *MILLION DOLLAR* military parade to celebrate his birthday.

07.04.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 335    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 8
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Yet another sign that this tariff frenzy was pushed out without any logical plan or assessment of impacts/

07.04.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Vital reading. Thanks to Trump and America’s usual inability to look beyond the next fiscal quarter, we’re in for a world of hurt.

07.04.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Massive #HandsOff rallies across the country πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

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It is not easy to see a way out of the current MAGA onslaught. We are encouraged to keep supporting Democratic candidates, to try to turn the House in the special elections in April, or the mid-term election.

But, the Democratic β€œleadership” in the Senate just surrendered to the MAGA power play.

15.03.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The optimism for Trump's election quickly replaced by the reality of the Trump/Elon coupling

10.03.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This reality show premise of finding the dumbest MFer in the country and making him president isn’t going well. Season 1 sucked. Season 2 is much worse.

04.03.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 45074    πŸ” 9540    πŸ’¬ 3578    πŸ“Œ 868

Or, how about this? The promise to ...

β€’ FIGHT FOR AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WITH NO CUTS, INCLUDING NO CHANGES TO THE RETIREMENT AGE
Currently proposed GOP budget would require $880 Billion cut in Medicaid and/or Medicare

28.02.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Republican Party Platform made 20 promises that they β€œwill accomplish very quickly when we win the White House and Republican Majorities in the House and Senate.”
How are they doing?

β€’ END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE

Inflation is up and will increase with forthcoming tariffs

28.02.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great meeting with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers!

When our unions are strong, Minnesota is strong.

27.02.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 34201    πŸ” 4081    πŸ’¬ 597    πŸ“Œ 170

β€œFree markets and personal liberties” as long as the exercise of your personal liberties doesn’t conflict with what Bezos wants it to be…

26.02.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2844    πŸ” 584    πŸ’¬ 269    πŸ“Œ 52
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Disturbing AI Video Of Trump Sucking Musk's Toes Played On Government Agency TVs Well, won't be able to unsee that 😬

Oh myyy.

24.02.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2114    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 151    πŸ“Œ 20
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