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@jeffvd.bsky.social

Happily married 70 year old American expat currently splitting my time between Cuenca, Ecuador, and the U.S. Retired business owner, life-long Democrat from NW Washington state.

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He's a war mongering jerk, but it's critical that the progressive movement comes to his defense because we're next

22.08.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer (@themouthyrenegadewriter) This is incredible. She's a history teacher who explains the cult of Trumpism in less than 6 minutes. Check it out and send it to your MAGA relatives and others. I might have to publish her short t...

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Best analysis of a Trump supporter I've ever seen

26.07.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants To Make Weather Manipulation A Felony The Georgia Republican announced plans for a new bill following the devastating floods which swept through central Texas on Friday.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants To Make Weather Manipulation A Felony
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Why didn't someone think of this before, this could fix everything.

06.07.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't believe this little cat fight betwern Musk and the orange one. It's just Musk trying to rehab his image as the royal ass kisser so we'll by his cars again.

06.06.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I voted for Biden in 1988, the first time he ran and have voted for him in every subsequent election he has been in. He should not have run in 2024, he was a dangerously dimished candidate. I'll never forgive the Democrats for scrapping Democracy in 24 and clearing the field for him.

31.05.2025 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not just your phone, it's your smart appliances, your Alexa, or your smart TV. Welcome to our brave new world.

22.05.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Retire Senator

29.04.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bottom line, if we held the election today he'd be elected again. If the Dem's want to win we need more of a governing philosophy than "we hate trump".

09.04.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The pain is the point. These type of people are incapable of building or creating because they have no underlying philosophy or moral underpinning. Cruelty is the only goal and they have to keep doubling down or their reason for being disappears.

07.04.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Too little, too late.

03.04.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're point is well taken, but these are not normal times. We're living thru a radical change and a business as usual approach won't cut it.

25.03.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Schumer is still living like we're in the Bush administration, he just can't get his mind around what's happening today. He has to step down.

25.03.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We? What are you doing? From you we hear crickets. Fuck ex-president traditions and fight before we loose everything.

24.03.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're absolutely right. Movements like this need an "other", for now it's DEI and immigrants, soon it will be Gays and minorities. The right has to cover the theft of our republic by creating fake "evil" that it needs to defeat to justify it's dismantling of everything the U.S. stands for.

21.03.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Politics have changed but the Democrats haven’t – they are old and out of touch | Moira Donegan Leading Democrats vainly hope for a return to the politics of the past – they must engage with the realities of the present

"Weak, ineffectual, unburdened by conscience or principle, unwilling to take their own side in an argument...
Politics have changed but the Democrats haven’t – they are old and out of touch | Moira Donegan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

21.03.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another thing, Schumer's top five donors are all Wall Street banks, don't tell me they didn't have some influence here.

20.03.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I understand this argument but have to ask when do we call their bluff. Right now Trump is flooding the narrative with endless threats and aggressive moves, the opposition, ie Schumer is on his back foot saying one day we won't budge an inch and the next giving in. If not now, when do we stand.

20.03.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Schumer is a spinless hypocrite who has more loyalty to Wall Street than the democracy he is sworn to represent.

19.03.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I sincerely apologize for my generations inability to know when to get off the stage. Please for all our sake someone get the hook.

14.03.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have been a loyal Democrat for nearly 52 years, I've donated, I've volunteered, and I've voted straight blue with just a few exceptions for all that time. Today that ends. A political party has to have a backbone, it has to have core convictions, the party has neither.

14.03.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It would be nice if "we who cannot allow it to go on" had a coherent opposition party to get behind. All we had last night was "we can be as obnoxious as MTG", oh boy!

05.03.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The "Democratic Party", or should we rename it the "Were not Trump Party". No new ideas, no coherent philosophy and no soul. Last night they were a joke

05.03.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know what Morgan, this isn't about you.

02.03.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry but 1/3 of the US supports Trump, and 1/3 doesn't give a shit. The world needs to not only judge us harshly but do so with total contempt.

28.02.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You guy's are awesome, true heroes.

26.02.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Worst. Episode. EVER.

22.02.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 31432    πŸ” 8749    πŸ’¬ 864    πŸ“Œ 520

Hitler and Lenin were also part of minority parties, don't be nieve.

21.02.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Quite honestly this just shows how much more effective Republicans are at messaging than the Democrats.

01.02.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Raw story is all click bait all the time, not a lot of depth there.

24.01.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I totally agree, I haven't watched MSNBC since the election.

24.01.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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