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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 · 3h

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

The man has no honor or integrity.

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 19h

• 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 · 19h

• 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 · 22h

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

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 22h

Utterly shameful. This country has fallen so far.

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 22h

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 · 22h

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

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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 · 22h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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.

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

I know that Whole Foods is expensive, and that some people don’t like their association with Amazon, but one thing I do like, besides the high quality food, is that they use biodegradable bags for produce.

It’s such a great idea that I wonder why other markets don’t follow suit. 🤔 🥕

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

Well… if we ever have another Democratic POTUS, you can count on MSM suddenly becoming “brave” again.

They’ll question the veracity of their every statement and write long editorials about how they should resign every time they sneeze. 🙄

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

How depraved and obsequious can you be? 😑 #pathetic

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Mark Jones @mjonesy2.bsky.social · 1d

#BlueCrew RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

I do, and probably you too, but do you friends and relatives? Pass this on if they are complaining.

jaguar47.bsky.social @jaguar47.bsky.social · 2d

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

Ooohhh! 😬

I’m intrigued by this movie but too terrified to actually watch it. 🫣

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t seem to use an immersion blender without making our kitchen look like a Pollock painting. 😑 🥣

a black background with a lot of colorful squares

ALT: a black background with a lot of colorful squares

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

Following Jesus PROVES that he’s a radical lefty. 🙄

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

I think that he does better with picture books. I’m afraid that a podcast would strain his comprehension, the poor dear.

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

Another dog reference. What does #MangoMussolini have against dogs? 🤔 🐶

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

That moment when you realize that the NRA aren’t the resistance to tyranny, but instead are the brownshirt collaborators with tyranny. 😑

David McBride @lineardave.bsky.social · 1d

Also… you know… the LAW.