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Don Hawkins - W7DAH<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRAN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarMongers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarMongers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/negotiations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>negotiations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/militaryindustrialcomplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militaryindustrialcomplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Agreement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agreement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bomb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tRump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tRump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoverUp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deflection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nukes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weapons</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>“Trump’s habit of deflection might explain last night's statement, and his habit of distraction might explain today’s social media post, in which the president returned to an exchange of words between him and Maine governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, more than three weeks ago…”<br>—Heather Cox Richardson, March 22, 2025<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deflection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EugeneMcParland</span></a></span></p><p>a reliable old chestnut:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Tsar,_bad_Boyars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Tsa</span><span class="invisible">r,_bad_Boyars</span></a></p><p>if something good happens, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> did it</p><p>if something bad happens, it's someone else's fault</p><p>sweet sweet <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deflection</span></a></p><p>i've encountered comments here on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a>:</p><p>1. historical suffering in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>syria</span></a> is due to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/west" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>west</span></a><br>2. but also, syria is going to start suffering *now*</p><p>!?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/syrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>syrian</span></a> suffering... begins?! 🤦</p><p>of course, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assad</span></a>'s brutality, and his decades as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a>/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a> proxy, just *poof*, utterly evaporates in their minds</p>
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦<p>Brief summary of Starmer's speech this afternoon</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deflection</span></a></p>
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