rbowden2.bsky.social
Retired agricultural scientist. Hobbies: bird watching, fishing, hiking, biking, orchids, cooking, and gardening. Political centrist. Issues: climate change, democracy, the Rule of Law, disinformation, identity politics
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You are not right, and you are not helpful, either.
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Yes, this is clearly an abuse of power by Noem and Patel.
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No, you are twisting what I said. Yes, I do advocate for their rights, which are the same as yours and mine. Yes, Trump is a white supremacist and a total disgrace, fraud, criminal, traitor, and failure.
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I completely agree with your first two points. I am pretty sure that a shift to the center for Democrats will be better for winning than a shift to the left.
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Democrats could support strong border control, strong community-based policing, and decreased focus on identity politics.
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Hard disagree. I am a centrist Democrat. We need to ditch the crazy stuff like Defund the Police, Borders are Racist, Kendi-style antiracist discrimination is the only solution, Cancel Culture, and Drag Shows for grade schoolers. There are lots of us centrists.
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Attacking Greenland would end the Western World. Putin got his money's worth from Trump.
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Trump's threats against an ally, Denmark, must be fought vigorously. We don't conquer small countries and take their land. Trump is a threat to peace and stability, like Putin.
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Yes. We got to hear the full story from people like Adam Schiff. We got to state flatly that Trump's behavior was Unacceptable. If you don't stand against abuse of power and attempted coups then what does Unacceptable mean?
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OK. You may be right. I'm sure it was hurtful to Biden to be publicly humiliated. I have much less faith that Biden would have done the right thing based on private conversations. He is stubborn.
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Not practical. Biden was deep in denial, along with his leading advisors, Hunter and Jill. Biden recently said he should have stayed in. The denial continues.
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Yes, Mueller She Wrote is tone deaf. I'm with George.
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Rightly so. Biden was out of it. Kamala did better than Biden would have.
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Don't blame George Clooney for the lies told by Biden and his staff. We all saw that Biden was unable to do the job at the end. George Clooney stated the obvious. The fact that it was too late was Biden's fault.
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bsky.app/profile/muel... Really bad take. Go back and read it again.
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United We Stand. Divided We Fall.
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This does not sound like Cheney. Tried to check the source, but link was broken.
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All your examples are from two generations ago. We made a lot of progress since then. Trumpism is taking us backwards.
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Nope. Not cool with the government doing it either. We have a responsibility to fight fascism on either side. I participated in the April 5 anti-authoritarian Hands Off demonstrations. That is a beginning. We are in deep trouble, but we can't give up.
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Don't believe their name. It's no more valid than MAGA. I am a fan of liberal democracy. I saw what happened to Portland when Antifa took over. Antifa is illiberal; they don't want to debate anything because they know everything already. They feel free to do violence to property and people.
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Antifa? Been there, done that. Not a fan.
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Correct
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I saw Ukrainian flags and 🇵🇸 in my local #HandsOff protest, also ours upside down.
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A great sign from Boston too.
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Yep #handsoffpasadena