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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social

Watching a Trump cabinet meeting and wondering who is the Malenkov, who is the Molotov, who is the Khrushchev and who is the Beria. Still no Zhukov in sight

aug 26, 2025, 7:16 pm • 96 13

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Dr Greg Argue: Deter and Fortify @whatsthepointsk.bsky.social

We know who the Stalin is.

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aug 26, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Keith Hyland @keith1275.bsky.social

I'm waiting to spot Brutus....

aug 26, 2025, 7:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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Elizabeth Edgett @elizabethedgett.bsky.social

Maybe this is why they kowtow to him. youtu.be/gFqno1EKyp8?...

aug 27, 2025, 1:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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Michael @mykl.sparkle.blue

And who’s just waiting to emerge from the shadows.

Final scene of The Death of Stalin showing Brezhnev just waiting to emerge from the shadows
aug 26, 2025, 7:25 pm • 2 1 • view
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Pangur Bán @pangurban.bsky.social

Based on nothing but the Iannucci film, I'd say JD is the Malenkov character. Puffs himself up as the natural inheritor and leader, but is quickly pushed aside by more ruthless figures. Now who they are, I can't quite say yet. :)

aug 27, 2025, 5:36 am • 0 0 • view
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gwchilly.bsky.social @gwchilly.bsky.social

Marco might be Khrushchev, Miller Beria… but yes, the silence from the retired and forcibly separated brass is deafening. They’ll need to see hundreds of thousands sustained in DC to get their courage up.

aug 26, 2025, 8:34 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ger D @rardeenus.bsky.social

I’m thinking more Tinky Winky, Po, Laa-Laa, and Dipsy

aug 26, 2025, 7:19 pm • 6 0 • view
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Simon B.-M. @simonbm.bsky.social

I’m obviously older than you because I was looking for Huey, Dewey and Louie. I saw Donald obviously.

aug 26, 2025, 7:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ger D @rardeenus.bsky.social

Much the same vibe!

aug 26, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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Richard Approximately @toogloomy.bsky.social

Knowing Beria's sexual proclivities you'd imagine Trump could play him very well.

aug 26, 2025, 7:26 pm • 3 0 • view
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Cosmo 🛵 @cosmo.ia.br

Your prefabricated anti-communism blinds you. Which Soviet leader will you compare Farage to when he is elected?

aug 26, 2025, 11:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social

The thing about Molotov, Kaganovich, Krushchev and Beria is that though monsters, they were intelligent and competent. This is a politburo of Budyonnys.

aug 26, 2025, 8:23 pm • 5 0 • view
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Sean McGeever @seanmated.bsky.social

.... with a rich lunatic standing in for Lysenko?

aug 26, 2025, 8:59 pm • 1 0 • view
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Taffy Osborne @poppingbubbles.bsky.social

Miller is obviously Beria.

aug 26, 2025, 11:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sili @siliconopolitan.bsky.social

Surely Miller is Beria?

aug 26, 2025, 7:48 pm • 2 0 • view
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DiscoKazuma @discokazuma.bsky.social

aug 26, 2025, 7:24 pm • 3 0 • view