Dr Zoid

Dr Zoid

@drzoid.bsky.social

Twitter is dead; long live BLUESKY UK University Professor (Emeritus)

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Nobody's shocked that Jason Miller is the one posting Bolsonaro's refusal to concede. Trumpworld isn't just watching Brazil, they're coordinating. Same playbook, same people, different country. The authoritarian network is global, and it's poison.

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Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

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NEW: Vivek Ramaswamy says Amy Acton being a victim of childhood sexual abuse makes her “flawed” while defending his ad featuring her estranged mother. “In politics sometimes it's a tough sport.”

The great irony of the Ramaswamy campaign is that a significant chunk of MAGA would never vote for him because of the color of his skin. And now, he has alienated more sentient Republicans with this horrific attack on a childhood victim of sexual abuse. No strategy, no judgement, no morals, no win.

The Lincoln Project@lincolnproject.us

"Win or lose, Vivek Ramaswamy will be the candidate who took a woman’s childhood abuse and made it his closing argument." Read more from Rick Wilson here: https://bit.ly/4dN6ka0

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Allowing one unelected man to have control over crucial aspects of the US military, allied militaries, the US space program, and so many other aspects of human life is absolutely insane. We were stupid to allow this to happen and it must be fixed ASAP.

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Wow! Amy Acton’s new ad is shocking. She’s talking about the issues Ohioans are concerned about and not trashing her opponent. To be fair, she doesn’t need to. Vivek already trashed himself.

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So Marine Corps vets who were poisoned only get compensated by the draft dodger if Republicans win. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Camp Lejeune water contamination claims: "If we win the House and Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible ... if we don't win, there's no money."

Witkoff appears to be more of a sniveling traitor than I thought..

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

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This is just strange behavior, even from a dementia patient. Trump stops and waves. The camera zooms out to reveal that there’s nobody in the direction he’s waving. Apparently, he’s waving to the ghost of Lindsey Graham.

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Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

Trump sued over Canadian Tariffs... by US food company.. because it is of course US companies and consumers that pay tariffs, not the countries that Trump seeks to harm. MAGA supporters still regularly fail the basic IQ test... who pays the tariffs? Source: BBC share.google/dsKJUcs9KJeO...

share.googleTrump sued over Canadian tariffs in latest legal challengeThe lawsuit argues the White House exceeded its authority in imposing the latest tariffs on the country and caused "immediate harm to American businesses".

Rubio denies the US throttled Starlink/Starshield. Lying without conscience appears to be an essential qualification for high office in the US. However, history will not look favourably upon those who facilitated the actions of Russophile Trump.

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com

⚡️Marco Rubio says Trump's Russian oil sanctions waiver is a '60-day pause,' denies restricting Starlink access. "I think the President wants to take the 60-day period of time to sort of analyze what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the U.S. economy."

Talarico rightly states that Musk is trying to buy a Senate seat in Texas; a symptom of US laws that are not fit for purpose in 2026. If Dems are successful at the midterms, they must use all available powers to secure the 2028 election and prevent further pay-for-play attacks on US democracy.

James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social

Elon Musk is trying to buy this Senate seat in Texas. He wants our land, he wants our water, and he wants his own personal U.S. senator. He’s trying to buy Texas. But on November 3rd, we’ll deliver a clear message to the world’s first trillionaire: Texas is not for sale.

The media takeover by superrich Republicans/ MAGA maniacs did not start with Trump, Ellison and project 2025.. worth a listen. Jon Stewart - >2028 👍 Sadly, Amanpour is leaving CNN

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Brett Meiselas: This is something that has been decades in the making… I don’t even think people totally understand how deep it goes. It’s one of the things we speak about in our new book, WTF America.. is how the seeds were planted for this right-wing infrastructure going back to the ’70s…

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Ten years ago today. In just the last few days: Trump made a deal for the U.S. to buy Russian diesel, an economic lifeline for Putin; he and Elon Musk blamed each other for an order that slowed down Starlink satellite connectivity over Ukraine...

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As inflation hits a 4-month high and the Iran war keeps driving up gas prices, Trump unveils his big plan with the midterms two weeks away: a "World Class Championship Golf Course" in D.C. Work starts Nov. 15, closing a public course for about 15 months, he says.

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Zelenskyy: "If the United States supports Putin, it's unbelievable, it's a tragedy. It's a historic mistake. If United States officially takes the side of Russia, of course we will not prevail and we will not be able to stand."

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We've got to nationalize SpaceX. We have no choice. We can't operate our military without them and we can't trust them to serve our national interest. There is literally no other option.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

The United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.

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Zelenskyy says Starlink restrictions REMAIN in Ukraine, crippling interceptor drones and military operations. He says Ukraine has evidence the restrictions are DELIBERATE after testing Starlink systems in the EU, where they worked perfectly at speeds that cause connections to fail inside Ukraine.

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Sen. Angus King says he sat down and made a list of everything Putin could possibly want from an American president. His conclusion about Trump? “This guy, this president, is doing almost all of them.” King then goes through the list. WATCH.

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Filipkowski on Putin: He is intentionally humiliating Trump. He wants to diminish the United States. He wants to diminish our credibility and our prestige. What better way to do it than week after week after week, making the president of the United States look like a clown?

Trump repeatedly endorses/selects incompetent idiots... why? The only essential qualification appears to be obedience. Ossoff calmly ate Collins' lunch. Future president, although probably not in 2028 unfortunately.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

If this was a boxing match the ref would’ve called the fight well before this. Ossoff is an excellent debater and Collins is comically terrible. Another brilliant Trump endorsement.

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The Original Sin of politics was the invention of the passive voice, when Adam and Eve ate of the Tree of Vague Unaccountability. Wild how all those violent ICE agents just … got hired … and deployed … somehow. Who can possibly say how? It’s all a mystery.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Susan Collins: "I think what happened is far too many ICE officers were hired and deployed without adequate vetting and training"

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The actions by Musk & Trump are despicable & appear to stem from Ukraine’s refusal to unilaterally stop attacking energy targets. Trump now sides with Putin in this war. Some Repubs in Congress disagree, but can they, will they, apply any pressure B4 midterms? kyivindependent.com/this-cannot-...

kyivindependent.com'This cannot be a coincidence' — Ukraine's Starlink access restricted without warning, Zelensky adviser saysUkraine relies on Starlink to operate its mid-strike drones in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

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Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.

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Ukraine is taking on the machinery of foreign disinformation directly at the source. President Zelenskyy deserves our full, unwavering support for doing it.

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Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.

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Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."

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Trump posted that Putin and Zelenskyy agreed to a deal this morning for a cease fire on energy infrastructure. Zelenskyy is asked about it and says: “That’s news to me.”

Every statement is a confession. Obviously, Trump knows he's about to be slaughtered in the midterms and despite his public proclamations, he also knows that the US needs a new president.