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DaveN50

@daven50.bsky.social

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Retired. Notre Dame alum. Student of American history. Grateful Dead. Anti-Trump and anti-MAGA. "If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine..."

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · Jun 17

Scorned at home and abroad. Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · Jun 17

He's on a really epic losing streak at home and abroad. What's more, nobody at the G7 (or anywhere) really has any use for him. I don't recall a more impotent, ostracized, poorly thought of president in our modern history. At his parade, at G7, he gives off a very very strong pissed off loser vibe.

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 11h

This is exactly right. Trump has repeatedly refused to spend monies allocated by Congress. This must stop.

DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 20h

I would have added Tulsi Gabbard to this.

DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 20h

Intelligent, thinking people have been saying this for months.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It was never about “free health care for illegals.” This is always what it was about. They have no intention of “fixing” the ACA, they intend to defund it.

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 1d

They're trying to kill us.

DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 1d

Two loathsome human beings.

DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 1d

Most presidents would try to alleviate the suffering caused by a shutdown. Trump relishes it so he can intentionally inflict pain on workers.

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 1d

Arrest these masked criminals.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 1d

This is what authoritarian regimes do. They intentionally create an atmosphere of fear and then claim that only they can save the people living there. It's the historical norm.

DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 1d

Between Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Tulsi Gabbard, and Karoline Leavitt, Trump seems to have intentionally appointed the most unethical, most caustic and most unpleasant women in society. A group of absolute witches.

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 1d

It was not a fine at all. It was a voluntary payment by Fox News. Fox paid this amount rather than continue to litigate the defamation case, as Fox was well aware that a jury verdict might result in requiring an even larger payment.

DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 2d

Even the judiciary knows that everyone associated with the Trump administration lies constantly.

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ForFookSake👊🇺🇸🔥 @forfooksake.bsky.social · 3d

I have a dream

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 2d

Great news. This is the right ruling. The national guard does not belong in Illinois.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 3d

Damn, The Las Vegas Sun newspaper, @lasvegassun.bsky.social, is calling it like it is:

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 2d

Just trying to imagine Donald Trump or Greg Abbott dealing with ANY nuance. Nope, not happening.

DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 2d

Buddy Carter obviously has no idea how the nomination process works.

DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 2d

And the Republican members of Congress once again look the other way.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

This indictment of Letitia James is not a prosecution; it is a politically-motivated persecution. Donald Trump is using a weaponized Department of Justice to punish a public servant who dared to hold him accountable. This sham proceeding is a direct assault on the Rule of Law.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 2d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 2d

More lunacy from the mouth of a lunatic.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d

Call me old school, but I don't think a person illegally blowing up boats and unleashing masked goons on his citizens would be a serious candidate for a peace prize.

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 2d

Understood. But we can't allow people to shoot into crowds for no reason. Bring the charges, and let them try to assert immunity.

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DaveN50 @daven50.bsky.social · 2d

Nor do common decency and morality.