mattbellviolinist.bsky.social
Electric violinist, singer, songwriter, composer, weirdo
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We can do better.
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Since 1977, there have been 11 murders, 42 bombings, 200 arsons, 531 assaults, 492 clinic invasions, 375 burglaries, and well over 600 bomb threats at abortion clinics.
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There ARE rules. And they’re pretty clear that you can call people all the names you want.
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It’s not okay to assault ANYONE for asking a question, Senator or not.
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He doesn’t have to imagine it. They’ll straight up tell you if you ask them.
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In fairness, if my son died, I would be utterly incapable of breathing, let alone writing an obituary.
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He’s upset that the Democrats want “to shame” people like him?
I’m upset that the Republicans don’t.
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Sure it does - if you know who they’re interested in serving and protecting.
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Maybe this time you guys will run an actual candidate- not someone who’s snogging a soldier’s wife or the most boring person anyone has ever not met…
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Have you heard GWB speak?
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We usually get some good songs out of it… to be enjoyed by the people who lived.
So there’s that.
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It’ll cover a whole month of childcare…
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I’m not a lawyer, but doesn’t posse comitatus apply here?
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Unarmed people standing up the federal government. Hmm… I was told that only the 2A would permit this.
Where are all those guys, huh?
Here’s the tyranny they’ve been arming up to turn away…
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It’s exactly who we are - and who we’ve always been.
It’s why we want to be better.
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Are you high?
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Good lord.
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I feel awful for those deportees.
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Cops are… what, now?
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Cassius - named after the greatest BOXER of all time.
Couldn’t name him Mohammad. I lived in a heavily Muslim neighborhood at the time and if I yelled his name out my door, half my neighbors would have answered.
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We have receipts. And we will not forget.
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We’ve got a choice between absolute evil and utter incompetence.
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Done.
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You can listen to 10 Dolly or Willie songs and 11 of them are really fucking good.
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Vance doesn’t have the hold over people that Trump does.
It’s a cult. Trump is the leader.
When he dies, the cult falls apart.
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Not. Soon. Enough.
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They don’t do the accent when we’re not around, either, do they?
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Just toss in a couple spelling errors. You’ll be fine.
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I guess they didn’t plan it on Signal.
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I’ve ridden on public transit in a BUNCH of cities in the US. Never had a problem.
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I’ve always preferred minor fifths, myself.
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Where’s he going to find a scientist who can actually understand the…
Oh.
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I’d rather have speed cameras than traffic cops, though.
Way, way too many civil rights violations start with traffic stops.
And it’s super dangerous for both the officers and the public.
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Authoritarians hate educated people. Tale as old as time.
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Maybe we could have kids write papers on how many of those commandments our president has bragged about breaking.
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I’m so sorry for your loss. Good dads are the best.
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Um… no.
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I have no idea what “real man” means. I’m a man, so I assume that everything I do, by definition, is manly.
If that upsets some people, IDGAF.
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Yeah. Let’s see those hands real quick. Unless there are scars and callouses, he can pipe down.
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My 14-year-old daughter has gone back and forth from ALL THE SPARKLY COLORS to “only black… ever” to I HATE DRESSES to “I look like a princess!”
It’s a ride and I am all the way here for it.
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I assume he was cashing those paychecks…
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We won’t make iPhones here. They’d cost the earth.
We won’t pay a 25% tariff.
Apple will pay him off. That’s what the Trump coin is for.
That’s all this is about.
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They’ve all been very principled and courageous in the past, so…
Yeah, we’re hosed.
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This is a totally normal thing that happens in free societies, right?
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I did grad school there. The website is onto something.
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Well, they had the second highest GPA of anybody in her class, so maybe they’re not a total clown…