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💙 Michael C. Cordell 💙

@socalvillaguy.bsky.social

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Husband, father, indie author & screenwriter, bibliophile, retired techie, Trump-hater 🦋 Proud true-blue-AF AZ Dem 🦋 Bleeding heart liberal & ANTIFA 🦋 Feminist | 🌈Ally | BLM | ERA | 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇲🇽 🚫 MAGAts/scammers/porn/crypto 🚫

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💙 Michael C. Cordell 💙 @socalvillaguy.bsky.social · Nov 14

What to know about me?

I’ve been married for the last 25+ years to an amazing woman who also happens to be my best friend.

Her son is the best stepson I could ever have wished for. Next year, he’ll be marrying a woman I’ll be proud to call stepdaughter-in-law.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

One evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries consoles another evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries for not getting an award for which neither evil man is even remotely deserving.

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 11h

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 1d

“I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I’m not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn’t know how to return the treatment.”

Malcolm X - 1964

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10h

Turns out protest alone was never what changed things, it was protest *plus media coverage of protests*, which prompted officials to respond to protests, which increased public awareness of protests, etc.

If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.

ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 11h

Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Sending billions to Argentina while laying off Americans at home.

Letting Qatar build a base on US soil coz they bribed Trump with a plane and are investing billions in his personal business ventures.

Doesn’t seem like “America First”, does it?

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 12h

Sounds pretty hellish to me.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 12h

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

"A WGN creative services department employee was detained by two Border Patrol officers and later released after federal agents swarmed a busy intersection on Chicago’s North Side Friday morning, at the height of rush hour." @wgntv.com
wgntv.com/news/operati...

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 1d

Qatar alignment is simply the big US corporations turning to their new source of profit, the Middle East minus their failed project, Israel. It’s also because trump is on Qatari dime. But don’t ever find moral equivalency with Israel or its shills. Israel committed genocide.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 17h

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 17h

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 14h

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PinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 1d

Don't be fooled. The only reason the USDA is barring Chinese nationals from buying U.S. farmland is that they want to be sure it is available for U.S. oligarchs to purchase on the cheap as the farms go into bankruptcy.

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NPR @npr.org · 15h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

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Pamela Marrache 🦋 🦋 🦋 @pamelamarrache.bsky.social · 12h

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James Baum @toyman81.bsky.social · 12h

Lying is all the leaders of the MAGA CULT knows how to do! The rift between the two parties continues to grow every day! Absolutely not good for what used to be an amazing country and Democracy!!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Captain Fanta @sassy0210.bsky.social · 4d

Tuesday Friends #5
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15h

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look: