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The progressive community formerly known as Booman Tribune

Joined April 2019
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Big congrats to my pal and musical legend, @tajmahalblues, for receiving the well deserved Lifetime Achievement Award from the @RecordingAcad and taking home the Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album!
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Day Two: Fascist Regime Shuts Down Spanish Language White House Website progresspond.com/2025/01/22/…

Day Two: Fascist Regime Shuts Down Spanish Language White House Website

They’re also going after undocumented kids in schools, churches and hospitals and attacking minority hiring in government.

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Day Four: Fascist Regime Comes for the Transgendered and Native Americans progresspond.com/2025/01/24/…
Day Four: Fascist Regime Comes for the Transgendered and Native Americans

Day Four: Fascist Regime Comes for the Transgendered and Native Americans

The regime will place transgendered female inmates with the male population despite known heightened risks of sexual assault.

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Day Six: Fascist Regime Proposes Mass Ethnic Cleansing progresspond.com/2025/01/27/…
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Day Seven: We Look Too Much Like the Weimar Republic progresspond.com/2025/01/27/…
Day Seven: We Look Too Much Like the Weimar Republic

Day Seven: We Look Too Much Like the Weimar Republic

To understand Trump’s strategy, it’s essential to look at the first two months of Hitler’s chancellorship.

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Day Eight: The Fascist Regime Halts All Loans, Grants and Financial Assistance progresspond.com/2025/01/28/…
Day Eight: The Fascist Regime Halts All Loans, Grants and Financial Assistance

Day Eight: The Fascist Regime Halts All Loans, Grants and Financial Assistance

The executive branch is breaking the law by refusing to spend money allocated by Congress as part of a more general move to dictatorship.

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Day Nine: The Fascist Regime Turns It Up to Eleven progresspond.com/2025/01/29/…
Day Nine: The Fascist Regime Turns It Up to Eleven

Day Nine: The Fascist Regime Turns It Up to Eleven

The Trump administration lawlessly fired members of the EEOC and NLRB, and initiated a purge of federal workers.

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Day 11: Harm of Fascist Regime’s Foreign Aid Freeze Comes Into View progresspond.com/2025/01/31/…

Day 11: Harm of Fascist Regime’s Foreign Aid Freeze Comes Into View

From Sudan to Ukraine to Thailand, the loss of American foreign aid is acutely felt, even as its importance is better understood.

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Day 12: While Elon Musk Takes Over, We Podcast With Driftglass and Blue Gal progresspond.com/2025/02/02/…

Day 12: While Elon Musk Takes Over, We Podcast With Driftglass and Blue Gal

The latest episode of the Pondcast features my favorite podcasters who have been broadcasting the resistance from the cornfields of Illinois for the last 15 years.

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DAY 12: WHILE ELON MUSK TAKES OVER, WE PODCAST WITH DRIFTGLASS AND BLUE GAL | Progress Pondcast...

DAY 12: WHILE ELON MUSK TAKES OVER, WE PODCAST WITH DRIFTGLASS AND BLUE GAL | Progress Pondcast...

On Day 13 of the fascist regime, I did not write anything about Day 12 because I was busy doing something much more fun and exciting. I, alo

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Still adding names. go.bsky.app/BR7kNcP
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Still working to restore the theme at Progress Pond, but here's some fresh content. progresspond.com/2024/12/13/…
What the City of Deir ez-Zor Means For the Future of Syria

What the City of Deir ez-Zor Means For the Future of Syria

The city on the Euphrates has a history of resisting outsider occupation, and it’s in the news for a couple reasons today.

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Episode 19 of the Progress Pondcast Features My Brother Phil | Progress Pondcast with Martin...

Episode 19 of the Progress Pondcast Features My Brother Phil | Progress Pondcast with Martin...

Brendan and I are honored to host my brother Phillip Longman for a big discussion on where the Democrats go from here, with a big focus on t

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The Progress Pondcast Episode 19: Washington Monthly's Philip Longman Discusses Antitrust, the...

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Joe Rogan sucks. bsky.app/profile/brendancall… and I don't. Please give a listen. Special guest: @LongmanPhil of the @monthly and @openmarkets open.spotify.com/episode/5r3…
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I voted for Barack Hussein Obama. Not Baucus, Lieberman, Blanche, Landrieu and all these other people who keep asking for stuff nobody wants and refusing to give us stuff most people want. I'm getting tired of these people. - @BooMan23 (Dec 7, 2009)
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For the @GratefulDead and for our fans, those kindred spirits who were right there with us over the decades, it has always been the storytelling that leads us on. It’s been about reaching something deeper that connects us all. Thank you so much for this noble honor, @KenCen.
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You are sick of this shithole and want to try BlueSky but you don't know who to follow? How about the OG progressive bloggers from olden times? bsky.app/starter-pack/booman…
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Lookie here! I'm up to 1.8k followers on the site that actually lets my followers see my posts. bsky.app/profile/booman23.bs…
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You should listen. bsky.app/profile/booman23.bs…
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