Marvin Foltz
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Retired Episcopal priest. Lex not Rex. Part of a nation of immigrants.
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āFor as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.ā āThomas Paine
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It's always important to listen to genius. But...he loves the poorly educated. Hey, Letās Undermine Americaās Technology, Education and Research!
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Hey, Letās Undermine Americaās Technology, Education and Research!
H-1B visas: The latest front in a campaign of destruction
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/hey-lets-undermine-americas-technology?r=134ag7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 22 hours ago
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Says it all
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about 23 hours ago
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Weigh in
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about 23 hours ago
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Science!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
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Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows
President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tie Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism ratesābut the evidence is thin
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-tylenol-use-during-pregnancy-cause-autism-what-the-research-shows/
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Trump is a hate machine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
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āI Hate My Opponentā: Trumpās Remarks at Kirk Memorial Distill His Politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/trump-kirk-memorial-hate.html
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Tobi
6 days ago
If the government can celebrate scaring a critic off TV, the punchline writes itself ā and itās from 1933.
#JimmyKimmel
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Gary Fuller
5 days ago
How many people remember the "Daisy" ad? It was aired only once, on Labor Day, 1964, during the LBJ's Presidential campaign.
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"Daisy" Ad (1964): Preserved from 35mm in the Tony Schwartz Collection
YouTube video by Library of Congress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDypP1KfOU
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Special prosecutor time
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Thiel is calling for holy war on progressives. He is a Lord of the Rings fanboy who thinks that he is Aragorn. He is really the Lidless Eye of Sauron. J.D. Vance is his protege. Read it Whatās Up With Peter Thielās Obsession With the Antichrist?
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
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Whatās Up With Peter Thielās Obsession With the Antichrist?
The tech mogul is amping up his apocalyptic rhetoricāand adding a dangerous dose of extremism into the already-fraught culture war.
https://newrepublic.com/article/200471/peter-thiel-obsession-antichrist-religion
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What First Amendment? New MAGA-approved late night TV lineup
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New MAGA-approved late night TV lineup
Todayās political cartoon and humor column
https://open.substack.com/pub/darrinbell/p/new-maga-approved-late-night-tv-lineup?r=134ag7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 days ago
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Get 'em!
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4 days ago
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If you don't want to be called a fascist don't act like one.
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Lies, damn lies and alternative statistics
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4 days ago
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Remind me. What's that thing you call "cancel culture? And snowflakes?
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Raise your hand if you are registered to vote in your next local election! We must elect NO Republicans to any office, not even dog catcher, (because, you know, Kristi Noem).
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Another thing Massie says with which I agree. And release the Epstein files. āāHate speechā is a term used by those in power to describe thoughts they donāt want spoken,ā Rep. Thomas Massie, wrote on X. āItās antithetical to the First Amendment.ā Read more at:
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Ilhan Omar slams Nancy Maceās attack on her for Kirk remarks. āYou belong in rehabā
Mace has moved to censure Omar and strip her of her committee assignments for her comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article312145356.html#storylink=cpy
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Boycott Disney, ABC, ESPN, Hulu, Nextstar, Tegna
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Karen Attiah
6 days ago
The last political column I was allowed to write in the
@washingtonpost.com
was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.
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Are we going to fire him and everyone who agreed with him?
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6 days ago
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George Takei
6 days ago
It was never about āfreedom.ā It was always about who was in control.
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Sign of hope. Our fellow Chicagoan
www.elca.org/about/church...
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Presiding Bishop Installation
https://www.elca.org/about/churchwide/office-of-the-presiding-bishop/presiding-bishop-installation#:~:text=Yehiel%20Curry%20was%20elected%20as,4%20in%20Minneapolis
6 days ago
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Indeed, why not?
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6 days ago
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Who is organizing the general strike?
7 days ago
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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton
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7 days ago
OMG the tiny baby man tantrums that we have witnessed coming out of CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS in our nations capital the last week or so are⦠what? Hilarious? Kinda. Expected? Sadly, yes. What the people deciding things for your life should be doing? Uhhhhhh no, no itās fucking not.
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āI have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.ā Thomas Jefferson
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This man can lead
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8 days ago
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Carl Schmitt's philosophy
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MAGA loves bullies
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It was always the plan to viciously crush dissent.
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J.D. Vance = Joe McCarthy on steroids
9 days ago
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Political violence only upends the cause which it purports to embrace.
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As a Christian nothing exceeds my disappointment in Christians who lie to protect pedophiles.
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The most alarming and accurate description of the right's desire to follow the philosophy of the Nazi Carl Schmitt. We must set every minor disagreement and resist fascism.
www.facebook.com/share/1AzkPh...
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https://www.facebook.com/share/1AzkPhwRAu/
15 days ago
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White supremacist senator says the quiet part out loud. In his eyes no one who is not white and European belongs to America. Shame on my old home state for electing racist leaders.
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I finally figured it out. Trickle down economics means the billionaires are peeing on us and Trump and Lutnick are telling us it is raining.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
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Opinion | Will We Follow Trump to Fantasyland?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/opinion/trump-reality.html
16 days ago
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He's an eejit
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17 days ago
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Predator Patio! Mike "Marie Antoinette" Johnson!
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17 days ago
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Actually I hate that smell.
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Carmella the Roach Killer (@carmellatheroachkiller)
https://substack.com/@carmellatheroachkiller/note/c-153133726?r=134ag7
17 days ago
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We were there.
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17 days ago
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Not proud of my old home state. This is simple racism.
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18 days ago
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AI stinks
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Killer quacks lack facts. Kennedy must resign.
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Democratic Wins Media (@demwinsmedia)
BREAKING: Senator Ossoff had some strong words for the Republican Senators who confirmed RFK Jr. today. This is a must watch.
https://substack.com/@demwinsmedia/note/c-152534052?r=134ag7
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Killer quacks lack facts
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Confunctionist
20 days ago
Trump Renames HHS To YOYO (You're On Your Own)
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I live in Chicago. I am not loving these numbers. Is it time to fire another head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics? Or retire Mr. Trump?
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Consiglieres - Bondi, Pirro
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