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David McBride

@lineardave.bsky.social

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Husband and father enjoying life in Seattle and the PNW. Politics, travel, hiking, camping, fly fishing, food, wine, reading, TV & film, faith. I’m pro-democracy, pro-Constitution and anti-fascist. Slava Ukraini! 💙🌈🇺🇸

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 5h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 1d

If you still think Mike Johnson won't be up for some fuckery in 2026, just look at how he's treating Adelita Grijalva

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Sara Spector @miriam2626.bsky.social · 15h

Why hasn't Ken Paxton of #Texas been indicted for mortgage fraud?

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 13h

If we ever have another Democratic President, you can be sure that the press will write long editorials questioning their fitness and urging them to resign every time they so much as sneeze. 🙄

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

I like the chyron. Not sanewashing or both-sidesing for a change.

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

That’s right. Republicans have no credibility. They have demonstrated repeatedly that their word means nothing. They would gleefully accept Democratic votes to reopen the government, then go back on their word next year.

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

a woman says " i feel the conflict in you "

ALT: a woman says " i feel the conflict in you "

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi is kidnapping American citizens off the streets with masked thugs in unmarked cars, but Benny is having a sad because of a “threat”. 🙄

a woman in a blue shirt is holding a lollipop and says ohhh

ALT: a woman in a blue shirt is holding a lollipop and says ohhh

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: ICE agents just abducted a press camera operator in Chicago.

WGN-TV’s Debbie Brockman was dragged to the ground, cuffed and bundled into a van - which then rammed her vehicle to escape.

What the hell is happening in America?

(🎥 Original footage via Josh Thomas/FB)

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

…and lying about an organization that *he knows* doesn’t even exist.

The man has no honor or integrity.

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 2d

Many would laugh at that list and say that it will never happen, even with a Democratic majority, but I think that we’re beyond small adjustments and fixes on the margins. We need to make significant changes to save democracy in America.

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately, because of this indictment, she may have to abstain from any direct involvement in any future legal action against Trump.

This is the disadvantage of people who are honorable and who respect laws and norms, vs Trump and his cronies who don’t.

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 2d

I disagree that elections don’t affect them, because a successful election would increase the likelihood of implementing the actions that I listed above.

This is why there’s so much fuss about Mamdani. He isn’t controlled by the oligarchs and his agenda is pro-people, which terrifies them.

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 2d

• Expand the Supreme Court to the current number of federal circuit courts (13), as was done in the past
• Enact new voting rights legislation

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 2d

• New legislation to reverse the effects of Citizens United.
• Beef up antitrust enforcement
• Update and toughen laws regarding concentration of media ownership
• Crank up the marginal tax rates to what they were in the 50s

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 2d

Yep - Trump and the corrupt Republican Party are the symptom, the oligarchs are the source.

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 2d

Utterly shameful. This country has fallen so far.

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 2d

It’s perverse that the Democratic Party’s respect for the press & the first amendment makes a Democratic President more susceptible to being torn apart by MSM, because the press feels safe in doing so, whereas they feel threatened when criticizing a Republican president, so they pull in their horns.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Tom Joad™️ @theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t be fooled by talk of “safety.” Trump’s Antifa Roundtable is cover to stop the No Kings March. It’s how every crackdown starts: invent an enemy, then outlaw resistance.

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 2d

I learned had been hiding in my parent’s bedroom closet while I had been typing my paper on that damned portable typewriter. It took several minutes for me to stop sobbing.

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 2d

I stayed up all night finishing a paper for my senior HS honors English class, typing it (yes, I’m that old) on my dad’s portable manual typewriter that he used in college.

A couple of weeks later, there was a graduation party for me and my cousin where I received an electric typewriter, which

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote my take-home final for Law of War at 4 a.m., still half-drunk. It was due at 9 a.m. I got a B, which was my school's equivalent of taking you behind the barn and shooting you. It dropped my honors one level. My father was perturbed.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.