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Frederick, MD. Retiree. Proudly and fiercely anti-authoritarian. Regular guy with no fancy media credentials. Orioles and Ravens fan. Elvis enthusiast. Member of Bluesky Samizdat since December 4, 2024. I post occasional music videos to keep us all sane.
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Arrest and prosecute the employers of undocumented workers, and I'll believe the concerns are legitimate.

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The professional election losers have kept control of a dying, ineffective institution. Congratulations. The Democratic Party is not a serious party.

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Sly Stone and Brian Wilson. Two of California's most important musical figures. Both departed us the same week. This has been the toughest of weeks for the Golden State.

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Visualize a world in which Democrats are fighting for their country, rather than positioning themselves for future political offices which will be rendered meaningless by their refusal to fight for their country now.

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This whole experience has at least exposed "centrists" as the trump-suckers they've always been. Their plausible deniability has been blown off the roof.

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Newsom is fighting. We should be encouraging this.

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"But the lifeboats are dirty!" -- what most dem leadership would say after the Titanic hits the iceberg

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Dems need to remain cautious and tentative when opposing such an overwhelmingly popular president.

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To be fair, trump was a blank slate who came out of nowhere, so it's understandable that voters had no idea how he would turn out.

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RIP Brian. Thank you for all the gifts. Especially THIS gift.

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The trump machine is going all-out to get Cuomo installed, and it appears that New Yorkers are noticing.

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If RFK had been part of his uncle's administration, we would all be encouraged to smoke "safe" cigarettes.

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Does anybody take Tulsi Gabbard seriously? I mean, I know she's the DNI head, so at that level you have to, but she's certifiably nuts. Unamomber-level whackadoodle stuff.

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If Staunton, VA donated its "u" to Taneytown, MD, the world would make that much more sense.

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A Springsteen banger custom-written for Bonds as a labor of love. Still rocks all these years later.

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Our legacy media has been lousy for decades, but they've especially shown their asses during trump II. Beneath worthless. There is no reason, at all, to ever tune them in and let them into your headspace.

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I have a relative who is a retired naval officer. He always, always impressed upon his charges that their oath is to the Constitution, not the president or any individual. I hope there are many more like him.

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Any dem leader who's afraid to stand up to trump NOW because he or she is thinking about the optics for 2026 is a coward, an idiot, or a fraud, if not all three.

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Newsom could have gone all Schumer on us. He didn't.

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As skeptical as I have been of Governor Newsom over the years, he is meeting the moment like few Democrats have. He deserves our support. He's much less likely to back down if he gets it.

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Earlier this spring, much was made of POC not being heavily involved in the protests, and Why This Was Bad For The Resistance. Now a whole lot of POC are protesting, and This Is Bad For The Resistance. The privileged class really needs to make up its mind.

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I suspect that those who claim "we'll never get rid of trump if people protest too much" don't really want to get rid of trump.

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If you mention "posse comitatus" to most Americans, they'll look at you like you have three heads. Most Americans don't have the slightest clue what our liberty is based upon. That's what makes them so vulnerable to demagoguery.

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Centrists are comfortable people who sip their cocktails with their pinkies sticking out while concerning themselves with Proper Decorum in others far less fortunate than them.

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If Democrats felt as strongly about constitutional government as Republicans felt about dismantling it, none of this would be happening.

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This is awesome.

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America's future hinges on who wins the race between evil and incompetence.

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Fuck ICE. And fuck their "centrist" apologists. Tired of these jellyfish.

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Somewhere, right now, Merrick Garland is pleasing himself.

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Karen Bass can tell the LAPD to go home anytime, can't she?

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The California protesters are fighting for YOU.

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Anybody who both-sides this LA crackdown is not a serious person.

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Why does LAPD have to "protect" them?

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I've posted this one before, but it's just too appropriate now not to share again. Farewell, Mr. Stewart.

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