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aviduser

@aviduser.bsky.social
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Progressive father, lawyer, cyclist, thinker. Hopeful that the USA will one day live up to the promise of the Declaration of Independence. Dumbfounded that we seem to be stuck in an historical feedback loop.

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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 23h
Tell that to the Nicaraguans. “It doesn’t count” is bullshit. That was a significant (and illegal) military intervention that caused thousands of deaths.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just met some Canadians traveling. They said Canadian trust of the US is shot and will be very hard to rebuild. Once bitten twice shy and all. #trumpdidthat
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What did you expect him to say?
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cute slogans to distract from the utter disaster that the Iran war is and will continue to be.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We should call him the “Artificial President” cause he’s not a real president, he’s a fake president.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And why doesn’t anyone talk about the leader of a white supremacist group being a non-white immigrant?
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If I recall correctly the Cook Report was very wrong about the 2024 election. As much as everyone wants to know the future will be different, the better strategy is to build the future we want by voting.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Easy not to vomit cause I’ll never be looking at that outlet.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This rationale worked for the ballroom. When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THIS!👇🏼
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Of Course, We Know Their Game...
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How is this not stolen valor? Where is the outrage from the right?
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oops. I think I was responding to a different post.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I love these. Are they your works? The White House with the orange flowers is possibly my favorite followed by the beach scape.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And most of what we are facing now is at the hands of the baby boomers, along with some war babies.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Remember when Sarah Palin complained about death panels? These people have no principles, just talking points.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Google is such a kiss ass company. Google Maps changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. Pathetic.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The key piece of information is that the grand jury did not find enough evidence to charge anyone. So it certainly sounds shady AF, but without the criminal indictments, it might not grow legs.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Literally running openly as a Know-Nothing.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
For you and me both. But if you don’t understand history, you don’t understand the importance of historical alliances.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It’s always about the grift with Trump.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
You seem to know a lot about US politics for a citizen of Taiwan. But I suppose US politics is pretty important to Taiwan.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Appalachian Mountains are so old that they predate the breakup of Pangea. The range continues in Scotland.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The expectation that a Democratic president is going to fix years of bad policy in 4 years or even 8 is folly. Obama had things moving in a very positive direction, but it takes time to clean everything up. Then fickle voters jump to the other party and the policies change and the good is undone.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The EC only impacts presidential elections. We need to win at all levels.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I also agree that the over 70 crowd needs to step aside and let the next generations take the reins.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In order to effect positive changes, a party has to win first, right?
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I accept that the Dems can and should do better. I am personally in favor of a version of Medicare for all (one that allows people in the workforce to select Medicare as their plan and direct employer and employee premiums to Medicare). But voters overall have not supported M4all candidates.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you want less focus on corporate priorities, we need to end the impact of Citizens United and other rulings that allow unlimited corporate spending in politics.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I’ll take so-called corporate democrats over this shitshow any day of the week. And I’d argue that even though they he Dems are not perfect, they are better at governance, better at the economy, more protective of minority rights, and more beneficial for everyone’s economy than the GOP.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The irony is that by and large the economy has done better over the past 50 years with Dems at the helm than Republicans.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We learned this under Reagan. They called it “trickle-down economics”. If you put money in the pockets of the wealthy, they will pay higher wages, etc. It was BS then and it’s BS now.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I would like to think that when her bar license is on the line, she leaves the talk show host behind.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
In the 50s, all it took was one Representative to ask “have you no decency, sir?” to bring an end to the McCarthy Red Hearings. What the GOP is doing to Anthony Fauci is shameful. But in an era filled with sinvergüenzas, I’m afraid simple decency has left the building.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So much winning!
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Um the rest of us did not believe Russian lies about Ukrainian Nazis.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It’s like science. Science does not depend on your (or anyone’s) belief. It just is.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Reality is something you don’t have to “believe”. You believe in things you can’t prove (like god). Reality either is or it isn’t. So, what is the reality? If it’s $100b, then state that without equivocation. Is it your belief, or is it reality?
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
No contest. “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine.” Patti Smith, “Gloria”
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
And these children that you spit on as they try to shape their world…are immune from your consultations, they’re quite aware what they’re going through. Bowie
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
You took the words right out of my fingertips.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Well, to be fair, in the pre-Newt Gingrich era, having relationships across the aisle helped to get things done. But you’re right in that times have changed and the right has changed the rules of the game. The left is still playing by the old rules.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Those of us who are merely outside observers, as most citizens are when it comes to politicians at all levels, have nothing upon which to base a judgment than the public acts and statements of those politicians. And Lindsay Graham was an ass, who by all appearances lacked redeeming qualities.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I think people separate the personal from the political when they have friends who hold differing views. Most mature people realize that most people are neither all one thing or all another, and that even the best have flaws and the worst have redeeming qualities. Still, I take your point. (Cont)
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Right! This is not Lake Woebegone where everybody’s kids are above average. Some people, even the ones who play travel sports, are just average.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
It’s always made me wonder why everyone thinks the Dems have moved to the left without noticing or acknowledging how far to the right the GOP has moved. Nixon created the EPA and Reagan’s policies (many, not all) would be seen as moderate to liberal today.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
“I do not a think that word means what you think it means” ~Enigo Montoya
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
But the news reports, including those in the Metro section of the formerly great @washingtonpost.com, remain. Too bad Bezos gutted the Post.
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aviduser @aviduser.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A friend wrote this about #alexpretti. Give it a listen. youtu.be/Pq2P_EWbYdo
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Phone in His Hand -The Ballad of Alex Pretti
YouTube video by PickChuck - Chuck Thompson - Topic
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