Pete Kotz
@petekotz.bsky.social
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Still searching for my redeeming quality, which got lost at the airport in 2019.
Ohio Republicans want to recreate a MAGA version of a Maoist reeducation camp.
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The GOP-created university civics centers aren't popular. They want to require attendance.
Ohio universities' new centers to combat "liberal bias" aren't popular with students, so a Republican leader wants to require attendance.
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/the-gop-created-university-civics-centers-arent-popular-they-want-to-require-attendance?fbclid=IwY2xjawS4iYpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEesDsEJzDHx-_x4Hp_vSfq5hY4nHMtt6mmT2wwbmSroqLKCUf95gUyjtAPQUM_aem_odeyzb0tBhRbGja6Nd__Hg
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"Stalin unleashed his secret police to quell support for Ukrainian nationalism with waves of arrests. My father recounted that neighbors started disappearing. Classmates whispered about the arrests of parents and teachers, artists and priests. Before long, students, too, went missing."
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The lost fathers of Ukraine
On Father’s Day, recalling a WWII soldier from Lviv killed by the Red Army as Russia once again deprives Ukraine of its future ‘tatos'
https://martinkuz.substack.com/p/the-lost-fathers-of-ukraine
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JD Vance has turned debasement into the highest form of performance art. He is the Rembrandt of ass kissing.
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Russia has killed 16,000 Ukrainian civilians and wounded 45,000 during more than four years of war, adding that the true toll “is likely considerably higher.” Only Israel slaughters civilians — including infants — with greater frequency and in greater numbers than Russia.
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War and faith
In Russia's invasion, I see the absence of the Almighty. But in Ukrainians, I find hope that man’s inhumanity to man need not be the epitaph of our species.
https://martinkuz.substack.com/p/war-and-faith
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Move this to the roof of the new White House ballroom and the world would whimper with envy.
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"Astonishing levels of loser incel" could be the official slogan of the Freedom Caucus.
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Maggie Serota
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If I were an action hero, this is what I’d say to the bad guy before the kill shot.
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It would have been ultimate MAGA to have Air Force One land in the Bahamas with Trump immediately deported.
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In the fevered race between corruption and incompetence, Kristi Noem is still near the top of the leader board.
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Ron Filipkowski
about 2 months ago
Shapiro should volunteer to go out with a roofing crew in FL this July to help them out for a few days to get an introduction to reality. Or work the overnight shift in a hospital emergency room. Or teach 8th graders.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
about 2 months ago
DEAR RESTAURANTS: Your servers are not volunteers. If you can't afford to pay them more than 2.13% of what you charge, you can't afford to run a business. Thank you!
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Arguably the most savage part of America right now: Doctors playing roulette with mothers' lives out of fear they'll go to prison for performing an emergency abortion.
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As someone who doesn't even play a professional decorator on TV, I must admit the artificial hue captures the essence of the Trump administration.
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Ohio Congressman Max Miller, another shining moral light of MAGA family values.
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MAGA Rep. Max Miller Accuses His Ex-Father-in-Law, Sen. Bernie Moreno, of Funding 'Campaign to Ruin My Life' After Abuse Claims: Reports
The custody battle between Ohio Rep. Max Miller and ex-wife Emily Moreno, the daughter of Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno, is playing out publicly after Miller accused his fellow Republican of funding 'a mali...
https://people.com/max-miller-denies-abuse-allegations-bernie-moreno-daughter-11970872
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At the Minnesota Lynx WNBA game. If only men's leagues used their powers for good and not just money.
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America's Congress would ban he singing of Ode to Joy after pushback from the sizeable anti-joy caucus and lobbying from the health insurance industry.
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Making severely injured veterans wait months to see a doctor doesn't feel like we're making America very great again.
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2 months ago
Really wish some person or org could make 17-year-old 5-star football recruits understand the potential political power they hold by simply refusing to go play In states that disenfranchise black voters.
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Years after losing its testicles, Disney/ABC finds them under the baby's crib, decides to see if they're still operative by fighting back against the FCC and convenience store villain Brendan Carr.
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ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-the-view.html
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Donald Trump is a lock to win a Daytime Emmy in the Best Male Drama Queen category.
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2 months ago
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Todd Blanche has to show ID because he looks suspiciously like the D.C. Dine & Dash Bandit.
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Amish Super Model
2 months ago
Oh, look… it’s Jim Crow and Uncle Tom…
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To the guy in the White House who conceived this: St. Peter awaits you with a broken piece of rebar and Old Testament vengeance on his mind.
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During these trying times, what the country needs most is an opulent ballroom the country will be barred from ever setting foot in. Thanks, Mr. President!
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Breaking News: "Long Thought Dead, Ted Cruz's Balls Reemerge, Emaciated But Alive, Say Detectives."
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Ted Cruz Rips FCC Over ABC Broadcast License Review Following Kimmel Joke: ‘It Is Not Government’s Job to Censor Speech’
Ted Cruz thinks the FCC stepped over the line in ordering Disney's ABC to file for an accelerated renewal of broadcast licenses of its eight local TV stations -- seemingly in response to a joke Jimmy ...
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/ted-cruz-fcc-abc-broadcast-license-review-kimmel-censor-speech-1236733070/
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Leading financial advisors offer counsel on how to excel today's economy.
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The most American store ever. Starks Liquor in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, where the guns are conveniently located above the liquor for your shopping pleasure.
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Robert Reich
2 months ago
$400M for Trump's ballroom? On top of: -$1.5T for the Pentagon -$170B for ICE and Border Patrol -$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet -$496M to send National Guard into cities -$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" -$100M for Trump's golf outings But nothing for working people.
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GOP Senators Unveil Plan to Pay for $400 Million White House Ballroom With Taxpayer Funds | Common Dreams
As midterm elections approach and gas prices soar, Republican senators prioritize a $400 million ballroom at the White H
https://www.commondreams.org/news/white-house-ballroom-funding
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Breaking news: "Satan Announces Layoffs of Entire Research and Developing Team, Saying He'll Just Copy Whatever UnitedHealthcare is Doing."
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Elon Musk, putting the "welfare" in "welfare queen."
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Andrea Junker
2 months ago
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: 🇦🇺 0 🇨🇦 0 🇩🇰 0 🇫🇮 0 🇫🇷 0 🇩🇪 0 🇮🇸 0 🇮🇪 0 🇮🇹 0 🇯🇵 0 🇳🇱 0 🇳🇴 0 🇵🇹 0 🇪🇸 0 🇸🇪 0 🇬🇧 0 🇺🇸 530,000 There’s a lesson there.
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Nikolai’s daughters and their children escaped abroad. The next year, with doctors and pharmacists scarce, he lost his wife Olena to illness, an uncounted casualty of war.
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The call of the land
Kyiv understands what DC doesn’t: Giving up territory means giving up people who don’t want to be given up
https://martinkuz.substack.com/p/the-call-of-the-land
3 months ago
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We're No. 1... in gluttony!
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The Trump administration may be incompetent in all matters governance, but its thieving skills demand respect.
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Donald Trump plans to present Donald Trump with the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for a guy who watches the war on TV from a country club in Florida.
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth pauses plans to attack Jamaica, admitting his new White Claw Missile in development is no match for the arsenal of the Jamaican Armed Forces.
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The Pitt: MAGA Edition
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The monument to Irving Marchenko, the plastic surgeon who invented Mar-a-Lago Face, in the hills of Palm Beach.
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Schooley
3 months ago
Not really a super big fan of cringe comedy, but it turns out my appetite for JD Vance humiliation is voracious.
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If Donald Trump was Jesus, the Bible would be 1,200 pages of non-stop whining, with intermittent bragging about how he won the Masters.
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The biggest whiner states are also the biggest welfare states. Coincidence?
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Trump is the only president in U.S. history where you need a moment to think if it might be true.
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Kashana
3 months ago
Congress is so funny. The world could be blown to smithereens and half of them would be like not sure this is a kitchen table issue.
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Somewhere in southern Ohio, J.D. Vance's soul is going for 75 percent off in a closeout bin at Walmart.
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The chronology of Trump's month-long tantrum. This is when mom calls grandma to see if she can take junior for a few weeks. Grandma begs off, claiming she has a hair appointment, then stops answering the phone.
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