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R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

@ctopia089.bsky.social

Mad scientist, playing with the building blocks of life. I know stuff, and publish about some of it. (PubMed me) Led the Munich Science March & am an Egalitarian! #IDeactivatedTwiXter, did you? If you didn't, you are supporting fascism, period. #BlueVerse

created November 7, 2024

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

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1/9/2025, 10:33:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jess Schomberg (@schomj.bsky.social) reposted

I know USians don't like to do research but some of these "I'm going to move to X country where [insert global social injustice] doesn't exist!" takes are wild. Like I beg of you, find a local newspaper and follow along for a bit.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks, Republicans.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Keep saying Maga and all you are doing is letting Republicans off the hook for creating this mess in the first damn place. Republicans built this, and it started LONG before tRump.

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1/9/2025, 8:57:49 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

But did you lick them to stick them?

1/9/2025, 8:19:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

To hell with that Conservofascist idiot, who thinks he can poll a virus. What a maroon, as Bugs would say.

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1/9/2025, 8:18:37 PM | 12 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

The movement that has been going on since Reagan? Unless annihilated, you are just asking for more Conservofascism Republican style. The "Teabaggers" are now the Freedom Caucus. Same racist bigots, REPUBLICAN.

31/8/2025, 9:10:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

And you morons act like that will solve everything. It will not. Republicans built this, they are still there. tRump can die a thousand times, but it won't change the Conservofascist Republican Party. Make the Republican Party PAY! Oh, and fucking say "Republicans are fascists!!!!" already.

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30/8/2025, 8:04:25 AM | 21 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

People barely remember that the Republican Conservofascism started with Reagan and The Heritage Foundation.

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30/8/2025, 6:21:23 AM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Not when sold at once as the Republicans have done for over 30 years.

30/8/2025, 6:18:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

That is called "Nationalization", aka Nationalism, and that was brought in by Newt Gingrich. That action helped launch the Fox Spews GOPravda network. Their first action, to drone on about how Clinton stole their policies (he did) and didn't get 50+% of the vote in '92.

29/8/2025, 11:03:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

The Republican Party by any other name is still a Conservofascist Party. Has been since Reagan and The Heritage Foundation teamed up to bring us the Conservofascism!

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29/8/2025, 11:00:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

I have seen grant proposals that used "buzzwords" to sell their nonsense. I will bet somewhere is also says "nanotechnology". lol

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Profile picture bmcarthur17 (@bmcarthur17.bsky.social) reposted

Fuck I love this guy. He's a breath of fresh air. #Resist

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Wall Street Charlie Brown Dems do not want to share the lead with Progressives. They too know their days are limited, and are all too willing to be appeasers, and let Lucy yank that ball every time.

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28/8/2025, 7:35:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

To be honest, Biden running again after promising he wouldn't is what was the problem. And much of that had to do with Wall Street Appeaser Dems not wanting Progressives to lead the Democrat Party. I have my bones to pick with them too, especially concerning the absolutely bogosity of SuperDs!

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28/8/2025, 3:26:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Remember which Party made shareholder value a priority over worker's compensation. That is how Reagan and the Republicans killed off the Middle-Class, and rebranded it "medien-income".

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28/8/2025, 11:32:07 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

The Conservofascist Republican Party and base will still be there, and they are the ones that actually built this, Blame Republicans or be prepared to live under some form of Republican Conservofascism, Reagan and Heritage Foundation style.

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Profile picture Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

My resignation letter from CDC. Dear Dr. Houry, I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business. I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested. This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough. While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles. The recent change in the adult and childrenโ€™s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people. The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership. This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a โ€œfrequently asked questionsโ€ document written to support the Secretaryโ€™s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors. Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people. It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC. The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense. Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function. Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC. Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc. I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again. I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season. Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of โ€œMaking America Healthy Again.โ€ We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us. Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources. At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him. To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information. The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer. I believe in nutrition and exercise. I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability. Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun. The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minionsโ€™ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleaguesโ€™ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed. For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics. I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision. Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nationโ€™s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically. Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution. If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.
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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Choices: Republicans have always made the wrong one, but try like hell to rewrite history.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

I won't follow any list that includes any former Republican. Especially those Lincoln Log scammers. They built this. They sold us the Conservofascism of Reagan and the Heritage Foundation, using racism and bigotry. They are responsible for the current state of the Republican Party.

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Profile picture God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted

Those who have the power to stop mass shootings can go to hell with their "thoughts and prayers." Do something about it, you evil bastards.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Republicans NEED TO GO! They built this. Hold them accountable. All of them.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Won't help. Republicans built this, and they will continue to profit from the Conservofascist shit long after tRump is gone. You want real change, make sure no Republican is ever elected again.

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Profile picture ๐ŸชทMsGrumpyBunny๐Ÿชท (@msgrumpybunny.bsky.social) reposted

Whatโ€™s happening in TENNESSEEโ‰๏ธ Register now for Thursdayโ€™s meeting with Blue Tennessee to learn more

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Fuck Republicans. Continue to only blame Trump, and all you are doing is letting Republicans continue their Conservofascist shit unabated. This did NOT happen in a vacuum. Republicans built this.

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Profile picture MAKS 25 ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (@maks23.bsky.social) reposted

โ€ผ๏ธ Russia is spying on U.S. and NATO weapons routes in eastern Germany with drones, - NYT Dronesโ€”some Iranian-made, possibly launched from Baltic shipsโ€”are tracking weapons shipments headed for Ukraine. U.S. and German officials say this could aid sabotage or give Russia battlefield intel.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Republicans are the ones doing the damage. Never forget that.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

The Republican response. They invented their racist bigoted Republican Southern Strategy. This did not happen in a vacuum. Republicans built this, on purpose.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Curious so many don't want to blame Republicans, as if tRump could do all this alone. Stop it. Blame Republicans, or be a part of their fascist problem. It is that simple.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Stop calling them maga and call them what they are!!!!! REPUBLICANS!!!!!

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Republicans enabled this.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

We don't have to imagine. All we need to do is look at Republicans, and what they have done since the Heritage Foundation and Ronald Reagan.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

More fucking lying. The Heritage Foundation wrote the Project, and Reagan got the first one. Republicans did this. All of them. Blaming anyone else is a LIE!!!!

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Profile picture Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) (@axidentaliberal.bsky.social) reposted

Catelin Drey didn't just win She CRUSHED it Preventing Republicans from controlling the Iowa Senate with a supermajority And continuing a remarkable string of victories that Democrats have had since Trump won in November Don't believe the media narrative folks Democrats. Are. ASCENDING!

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Take note of the influencers who post "MAGA", but refuse to blame Republicans or the Republican Party, as if there is a difference. Watch them only blame "maga", and call them out for it. Especially those who criticize the media for not blaming "Republicans" or seeing the fascism. Ironic!

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Number one on their list is to not blame Republicans, but to blame only "maga" or whatever the traitorous flavor of the day is. I have been calling them out for MONTHS now. They are so painfully obvious as they refuse to say Republicans are at fault or that ConservoFASCISM is their Party's MO.

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Profile picture Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted

Ignorance isnโ€™t harmless...it's a public health hazard. Missouriโ€™s kindergarten vaccination rate has dropped to 90%...below the 95% herd immunity threshold. Weโ€™re not just vulnerable...weโ€™re sweating. Dumb f*&^ing people. www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_n...

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that even a thing anymore?

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

It is called the Republican Party.

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Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

The mayor of Minneapolis, where a gunman killed at least two children and injured 17 other people during morning Mass at a Catholic Church, said "thoughts and prayers" were not a sufficient response. โ€œDon't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying."

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

How it started. The manifesto even talked about taking control of State Houses, and gerrymandering in order to hold States for generations to come. Those with privilege looked away. Now they are in the crosshairs, so to speak, and they don't like it. Beware convenient friends who were ok before.

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Profile picture MSNBC (@msnbc.com) reposted

"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit." 10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Go Darwin, Go!

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

The Republican voters wanted racism, bigotry and fascism. They are not innocent in this. They were fucking warned. Period.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

They only say what the Republican Party and base want to hear. Never forget that. Republicans built all this on purpose. Stop trying to pre-forgive them when they are still doing the criming and damage. Beat the hell out of their agenda, first. All of it, and that means the GOP goes bye-bye.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

BTW, the Heritage Foundation playbook Reagan used called for GERRYMANDERING states for Republican gain. This dude is OK with gerrymandering you, but not him. Wake up people. Listen to what he (they) is really saying. He is only pissed because Republican policies are now effecting him.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

All your life, yet this is what turns you off the Republican Party? Racism - OK War-mongering - OK Racism in overdrive - OK Gerrymander your district - NO What is wrong with this picture? He wants the old timey wink & nod racist bigoted GOP is what he is saying.

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Profile picture Governor Tim Walz (@governorwalz.mn.gov) reposted

Minnesota is heartbroken. From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together. Hug your kids close.

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Profile picture Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell.bsky.social) reposted

I'm looking away from our world for a moment. I'm looking at the little dot in this image. It's a newborn planet, 5 times the mass of Jupiter, carving a path through the disk of dust around its star. This is the first time we've seen the process clearly. ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ”ญ www.eso.org/public/image...

What appears to be a ripple in space, is todayโ€™s Picture of the Week depicting a newborn planet eating its way through its dusty cradle as it orbits its host star. This image, taken with ESOโ€™s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, is the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings. These so-called protoplanetary discs surround young stars and appear as disc-shaped structures of gas and dust, often with rings like the one in this image. They are the birthplace of planets, and the rings are thought to indicate the presence of (hungry) planets in the disc. Initially, little particles in the spinning disc begin to accumulate and grow as gravity takes over, stealing more material from the native disc until they evolve into embryo planets.
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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

I have been involved in politics since the 70s. Based on any definition, the Right has been nuts since the McCarthy era, both of them.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

"The genuine Right has been hijacked, just as the Left has." What a bunch of naive bullshit.' The RIGHT has never been genuine or good. Hijacked my ass. They built this ON PURPOSE and it was spelled out in 1980 by CPAC, Heritage Foundation and Reagan.

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Profile picture Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett.bsky.social) reposted

NEW STUDY: Types of science๐Ÿงช articles shared on Bluesky: Health 29% Social 25% Physical 23% Life 23% arxiv.org/pdf/2507.18840 Worth reading--lots of other insights! Lately, I've been sharing our new article on global religious decline www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

We all know when it happened, why it happened and how it happened. Problem is, too many refuse to say it out loud. Republicans. And it started LONG before tRump!

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

This is why. Corporate Fascism, The Heritage Foundation style. Reagan took the Conservofascism to the people with a Heritage Foundation Manifesto. All to benefit shareholder value over worker compensation. This killed the Middle Class, and they called it "median income" instead.

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Profile picture Pat Andrea (@oaktreedance.bsky.social) reposted

Iโ€™m certain this will please the regime

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Profile picture Laura Haynes๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌโšพ๏ธ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’™ (@drlaurahaynes.bsky.social) reposted

Hey look๐Ÿ‘€ Another benefit of the shingles vaccine: Shingles vaccine linked to reduced risk of heart attacks, stroke Have you had yours yet? www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...

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Profile picture muirneag.bsky.social (@muirneag.bsky.social) reposted

My friend just posted this and now I TOTALLY WANT A PROSTHETIC ROBO DINOSAUR TAIL.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe, just maybe if we called it what it really is, The Heritage Foundation, and mention the fact they gave their first conservofascist Project to Ronald Reagan, people would take it more seriously.

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Profile picture John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted

This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

It is what REPUBLICANS say! AND have for DECADES!!!! This is not new. This is Reagan and The Heritage Foundation.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Not ignore how it came to be for one. Far too many want to ignore the DECADES of conditioning into Conservofascism, and it shows. I have been warning for over 35 years, and fighting inside the Dem Party to get people to pay fucking attention. I was more often than not, ignored. Well, now?!?!

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

This POS still owes millions (billions today) for a Texas stadium he got gov-subsidization for. This isn't new, and DECADES of data say so. Republicans started their Conservofascist shit in 1981! None of this happened in a vacuum. Most of you just were not paying attention, and it shows.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Republicans will be Republicans.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Tell us again how it isn't all Republicans...

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Republicans are fascist? Ah that's right, Conservofascism. As introduced in 1980 by Reagan and The Heritage Foundation. And you'all thought Project 2025 was the beginning. Idiots, the beginning was 1980 and their fascist Mandate for Leadership. Look it up!!!!

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

And yet all these idiots want to solely blame tRump. This did NOT happen in a vacuum. Republicans WANT all this, and more. Mark my words. Every single anti-tRump Rethug will fight like hell to keep the horrid policies., Republicans built this. Republicans WANT this.

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Profile picture Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted

"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

They made a fortune with their captive audience "fake-internet" intranet world. I wonder how many people realized that in the early days you had to go through a "back-door" out of AOL world to actually get into the WWW.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

He knew and paid attention, while others with privilege did not.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

There is a whole Party of bitches that needs removed.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

All allowed for the Second Coming.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

That is the reason Reagan, and The Heritage Foundation, went there to kick off his 1980 and 1984 campaigns. In 1980, it was on KKK Day at the fair. Republicans wanted the racists, bigots, KKK, Dixiecrats and Wallace-minded. All part of the "Mandate for Leadership" Conservofascist Manifest.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

They are called ZioNazis and they too are not new, especially in the Christo-fascist Republican circles.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Cuomo is a fucking Appeaser. Imagine him falling again and again for Lucy and her football.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

I have been hearing that since Reagan and The Heritage Foundation introduced Conservofascism to the Republican Party in 19 fucking 80!

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Profile picture Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorvanyt.bsky.social) reposted

CDC workers were terrified as gunman shot at the agencyโ€™s headquarters yesterday. Today they are still reeling from shock, fear โ€” and rage. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Republican = disaster

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Profile picture PLOS One (@plosone.org) reposted

In this article, researchers present SRplot, a free easy-to-use web tool designed to make #DataVisualization and presentation easier, faster, and more appealing to a wider community of scientists, educators, and students. Learn more at plos.io/3HtNZBA.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social)

Republicans are pathologically incapable of being humble. They are also A-OK with lying and hypocrisy. Winning, as they perceive it, at all costs is their core belief. All Republicans are responsible for what is happening to our country, and a massive extent to the genocide in Gaza.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

How very Conservofascist of the Republicans. Gerrymandering the '90 Census was part of the Reagan plan, with the help of The Heritage Foundation.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

I drink the zest. I have also added orange juice/zest to all lemon recipes since I learned about it back in the 60s/70s. Make a syrup of the juices instead of a drink, reduce it and pour that over your next NY Cheesecake. Wow.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

That Conservofascist base will still have to be dealt with, and that will take DECADES! If ever!!!! This did not start with tRump, it won't end with him either. People need to start realizing that. Republicans will fight like hell to keep all policies, while lip-serving anti-tRump sentiment.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social)

This fits my model of life. Too bad my former group couldn't see it. I need to mathify my model and publish it. Unfortunately, math is not my forte.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

All part and parcel to the Conservofascist plan of Reagan and the Heritage Foundation to repeal the New Deal, get rid of the Dept. Of Education, un-tax the rich/corporations, and spend trillions on the military-industrial complex Ike warned about. This did NOT happen in a VACUUM!

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

They helped build this the most. Wilson writes racist ads and trained under Atwater. Schmidt gave us Palin. Con-way is a con and helped Bush push the Conservofascist Iraq attack. They are NOT INNOCENT in all this. They want to profit from it after tRump is gone, and keep the policies.

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Profile picture The Associated Press (@apnews.com) reposted

BREAKING: Germany will not authorize exports of military equipment that could be used in Gaza โ€œuntil further notice," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says. This decision comes after the Israeli Cabinet announced plans to take over Gaza City.

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Profile picture R Caldwell ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (@ctopia089.bsky.social) reply parent

Republicans and their Christofascism of the Second Coming. I have heard it since the '70s in the south. Republican Evangelicals hate Jews (and Catholics) and only tolerate Israel as it plays a role in the return of Republican Jebus, and his pet dragon.

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