Gopher Smith, PhD
@gophersmith.bsky.social
Chief Purser on the #LoveBoat. Or, I could just be a recovering hotel manager turned PhD that posts about hospitality, politics & life. Educator, NonProfit CEO, Democrat, Biden Supporter, Never Trumper, Jersey Boy 🚫👑
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
It's the latest edition of why @nytpitchbot.bsky.social is no longer satire. The @nytimes.com instead of going deeper into the murder of foreign nationals ordered by the SecDef, instead chose to put A1, Center, Above the Fold a hit piece on Biden's Immigration Policy. WTF is wrong with them?
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's the latest edition of why @nytpitchbot.bsky.social is no longer satire. The @nytimes.com instead of going deeper into the murder of foreign nationals ordered by the SecDef, instead chose to put A1, Center, Above the Fold a hit piece on Biden's Immigration Policy. WTF is wrong with them?
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Pete Hegseth is violating international law the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Pete Hegseth is violating international law the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Congratulations to our Jersey guy @booker.senate.gov and Alexis.
May your married life be filled with love.
May your married life be filled with love.
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Congratulations to our Jersey guy @booker.senate.gov and Alexis.
May your married life be filled with love.
May your married life be filled with love.
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This Black Friday, the Boycott Home Depot Coalition visited the Home Depot in Torrance. Protesters displayed signs indicating the number of loved ones kidnapped at each Home Depot that has been targeted by ICE in Southern California.
#BoycottNow #ICE #HomeDepot #BoycottHomeDepot #BlackFriday
#BoycottNow #ICE #HomeDepot #BoycottHomeDepot #BlackFriday
November 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This Black Friday, the Boycott Home Depot Coalition visited the Home Depot in Torrance. Protesters displayed signs indicating the number of loved ones kidnapped at each Home Depot that has been targeted by ICE in Southern California.
#BoycottNow #ICE #HomeDepot #BoycottHomeDepot #BlackFriday
#BoycottNow #ICE #HomeDepot #BoycottHomeDepot #BlackFriday
Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!!!!
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!!!!
Which is why they’re doing their best of dismantle education in America, starting with DOE.
Education is the enemy of democracy. This is job one.
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Which is why they’re doing their best of dismantle education in America, starting with DOE.
Did the @washingtonpost.com grow a pair and step on the third rail - the abuse of the VA? Are we sufficiently past 9/11 jingoism that we can have honest conversations about this?
Why VA pays more in disability for sleep apnea than it does for some lost limbs
VA vowed to modernize its disability benefits system. As criticism from veterans and their advocates has mounted, efforts to move forward have stalled.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Did the @washingtonpost.com grow a pair and step on the third rail - the abuse of the VA? Are we sufficiently past 9/11 jingoism that we can have honest conversations about this?
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If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.
Mamdani is really fucking good at this. He may be the one NYC Mayor who breaks through to the National Level. Big Al Smith vibes here! Congrats @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Mamdani is really fucking good at this. He may be the one NYC Mayor who breaks through to the National Level. Big Al Smith vibes here! Congrats @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !
What a night, holy shit! I am so, so, so, so encouraged, inspired, and hopeful our country isn't lost. NJ, NY, PA, GA, VA! What a nighr! #ElectionDay
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
What a night, holy shit! I am so, so, so, so encouraged, inspired, and hopeful our country isn't lost. NJ, NY, PA, GA, VA! What a nighr! #ElectionDay
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Rahm Emanuel: If Mikie wins in New Jersey, she will be making history... they are done with what the president has done — looking like, basically, Marie Antoinette... by being callous about SNAP and food for people and then being so self-indulgent about, both, bathrooms and ballrooms for himself.
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I'm dead.
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I'm dead.
It's a huge night in VA! Spanberger is killing it - completely outperforming! #ElectionNight
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It's a huge night in VA! Spanberger is killing it - completely outperforming! #ElectionNight
Bomb threats all over NJ, but many are in Democratic strongholds all over the state. But, Jerseyans will not be intimidated! Sherrill's polling average is +6, and I haven't seen much of a Republican GOTV effort thus far today.
Bomb threats close some N.J. polling locations
Polling places in seven counties are affected, though officials say the threats are not credible.
www.nj.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Bomb threats all over NJ, but many are in Democratic strongholds all over the state. But, Jerseyans will not be intimidated! Sherrill's polling average is +6, and I haven't seen much of a Republican GOTV effort thus far today.
Well, as long as Don the Con can fly to Mar-a-Lago to play golf, he doesn't give a crap, so let them do it. I can't wait to see what happens next!
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Well, as long as Don the Con can fly to Mar-a-Lago to play golf, he doesn't give a crap, so let them do it. I can't wait to see what happens next!
The best thing we can do is to shut up and get out of their fucking way. Let them tear it down. It’s how we’ll win in “26 and ‘28. Stop making it our responsibility to bail them out. It hasn’t worked for 20+ years.
remember the reactionary centrist common wisdom on the shutdown?
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The best thing we can do is to shut up and get out of their fucking way. Let them tear it down. It’s how we’ll win in “26 and ‘28. Stop making it our responsibility to bail them out. It hasn’t worked for 20+ years.
I don’t claim to know anything about the sportsball, but they need to boycott!
Dodgers, do not go to the White House.
Fans, demand this.
Enjoy the moment, but we have to come together as a community to make this World Series victory a symbol of Los Angeles joy and resistance, not collaboration and betrayal.
Fans, demand this.
Enjoy the moment, but we have to come together as a community to make this World Series victory a symbol of Los Angeles joy and resistance, not collaboration and betrayal.
a baseball player for the dodgers is standing in the dugout looking at the camera .
ALT: a baseball player for the dodgers is standing in the dugout looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I don’t claim to know anything about the sportsball, but they need to boycott!
Enjoy our gay lizard, Doctor Twink, Trans Worm, black God, horny freedom fighters, Bezos with conscience, and repressed space goo.
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Enjoy our gay lizard, Doctor Twink, Trans Worm, black God, horny freedom fighters, Bezos with conscience, and repressed space goo.
This. Terrorism goes unreported unless it’s against a right-wing influencer.
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This. Terrorism goes unreported unless it’s against a right-wing influencer.
Big O-3 energy.
It's genuinely impressive how Pete cannot see his job as anything other than Toxic Terminal O-4 behavior with Fox Anchor Characteristics
This has absolutely nothing to do with readiness
November 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Big O-3 energy.
Why the fuck is this the story that’s Page 1 above the fold, @nytimes.com? Not food stamp cuts. Not the mayor’s race or two governor’s races, not the gutting of the US attorney’s office in DC. But “dems in disarray” at the Court….Geez, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social - satire has once again become reality.
The Debate Dividing the Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Why the fuck is this the story that’s Page 1 above the fold, @nytimes.com? Not food stamp cuts. Not the mayor’s race or two governor’s races, not the gutting of the US attorney’s office in DC. But “dems in disarray” at the Court….Geez, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social - satire has once again become reality.
This truth is hard, but accurate.
Black farmers have always gotten shafted in this country.
I feel his rage 🔥🔥🔥
I feel his rage 🔥🔥🔥
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This truth is hard, but accurate.