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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Some (fascist) leaders (rarely) actually work in the people’s interest, (and even more rarely) not their own.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Yes, very clear and (so unfortunately) true!
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Bari Weiss is doing what she was hired to do. More of this corporate censorship will come.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
From the reports I read, I do not think he mistook asylum seekers for mental asylum patients. He stated repeatedly that mental asylums in South America were intentionally emptied and the patients were sent to the United States. Nobody ever produced or found evidence for this outrageous claim.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Altruistic anger.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Thank you for your service, and thank you for your activism.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Meta, and wise.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
This post seems to trivialize real public health issues. An educated public can make rational decisions by weighing risks and benefits. Focusing on cute anecdotes inconsistent with the data is almost as bad as the intentional disinformation efforts of the current administration.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Sure, social contract philosophy is a reasonable way to consider this. Thanks for the response. Yet I live by more than that, perhaps naively.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
@rbreich.bsky.social is succinctly stating an opinion consistent with his numerous hopeful posts encouraging people to be active to save our democracy. To me, his words do not seem to be mourning anyone. But he is implying that celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death is not in the interest of democracy.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Bluesky commenters, why can’t we have compassion for the human life that was lost and for the grief of those who loved him? At least point out the connection of this violent act to the positions the victim promoted without vitriol and schadenfreude.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I agree with the conflict of interest theme, and blind trusts would make sense to me. But how does the graph you show compare to a random sampling of 535 similarly educated Americans?
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Beautiful! I know about it only from Poldark! 😀
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system. It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the oligarchy and return power to the people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0pRIBRcDk
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The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Great post and comments about the concept of white privilege. Many, myself included, benefited from it. 10% of white and 20% of black people in the US. live in poverty. How should whites living in poverty understand the concept? Are they disadvantaged less than poor blacks, yet not privileged?
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
There are reports that this post attributed to Karoline Leavitt is not an actual post by her. She repeatedly lies for the president and supports his hateful agenda, but we all should be careful when sharing unverified content. MAGA produces enough outrageous and despicable content that is verified.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Another example of POTUS’s lack of respect for scientific evidence and lack of compassion for fellow human beings. www.npr.org/2025/07/24/n...
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Trump signs an executive order to make it easier to remove homeless people from streets
The White House directive calls for prioritizing money for programs that require sobriety and treatment, and for cities that enforce homeless camping bans.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
👍This post is about questioning one’s own assumptions and beliefs underlying one’s own opinions, in good faith. This leads to a solid foundation to reveal the fallacies promoted by evil people who exploit those who do not question their own opinions. Hating the exploited weakens that foundation.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Yes, I am mourning a fair fighter, not a fighter for everything I believe in.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Trump’s undisciplined and hypocritical sycophant Hegseth: “We are made stronger and more disciplined with high, uncompromising, and clear standards.” This is in preparation for a change in the grooming policy regarding beards, a thinly veiled racially motivated action.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
The victims of this tragedy deserve sympathy. Many of them were children!!! Callousness and vitriol in the wake of this tragedy helps MAGA. Trump counts on his detractors to alienate his supporters. You can show compassion AND acknowledge the mistakes made by the victims AND blame the perpetrators.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
ETA’s conclusion: “We urge voters and election officials in the state of Pennsylvania to seek additional hand audits of paper voting records from the November 5th, 2024 General Election. We believe there are too many statistical anomalies in this election to not investigate further.”
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I read carefully ETA’s analyses. I believe their conclusion is reasonable, and a comprehensive investigation called for by ETA can restore the public’s faith in elections. This loss of faith helps authoritarians. I guess you still think there’s no hope for me.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I will watch.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Estimated reduction of uninsured from 18% to 8% as a result of the ACA; isn’t that not nothing? Is there evidence that the insurance companies would have made less money without the ACA? Can you imagine a political movement that would build on the ACA toward your vision of a just system?
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I am sorry, but, to me, believing something as “common sense” based on a string of innuendos is exactly what the MAGA movement leaders promote. I believe Trump won in 2024 partly because of the evidence-void “Stop the Steal” campaign, and incessantly lying to get elected is equivalent to cheating.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This is about 2016. I believe he won in 2024 fair and square, which is even more sad.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It’s most often the evil of two lessers in our presidential elections.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The prominent subjects of the post were ACA and SS Marriage. Are you saying those were not progress or that those were achieved through violence?
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Progress in this country never comes easy or quick. For every few hard-earned steps forward, we might stumble a couple steps back. But sometimes, the slow, steady effort of generations is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.
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Barack Obama on the 24 Hours that changed America forever
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
It is horrible, and insane. But do you think it has been worse and better over human history? Is it guaranteed to get even worse if people who recognize the insanity give up?
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Even though I am old, I appreciate the sentiment behind the “gerontocracy” quip. But AOC partners with Bernie, and when she’s Cuomo’s age, I expect she will still be fighting for the disenfranchised. The progressive movement needs youth but also needs breadth.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Press Secretary’s answer about peaceful protest: “He supports the First Amendment. He supports the right of Americans to make their voices heard. He does not support violence of any kind. He does not support assaulting law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their job.” Jan 6 pardons?!
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
It’s just common sense!
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Inviting the meta-repost.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
It depends on how bad the wrong direction is. 🧌
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This is an ad on a public transit train. Providing a gambling addiction hotline number does not make this right.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Constituencies should not be ignored, but it is not a simple calculation to balance attracting one without alienating another.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
SCOTUS allows transgender military ban to stand while challenges make it through the lower courts. Perhaps Hegseth can explain what Trump means by “conflicts with … an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle.”
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Sure, if one believes it is right to support the disenfranchised, caring for the people of Hyndman PA is consistent. But aren’t most Trump supporters much better off than the people of Hyndman PA?
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
With all due respect, examples of evil and sick individual supporters are not necessary to know how bad Trump is. Trump’s support of evil and sick individuals: that’s compelling.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
FDA’s Marty Makary is a competent and dedicated public servant with real expertise, albeit holding some controversial but arguably reasonable positions. Unfortunately Dr. Makary’s boss, like so many other Trump appointees, spreads misinformation, lacks expertise, and holds unreasonable positions.
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Helpful COVID aid bill signed by Trump 45. Easy to use by the needy, but also by fraudsters. Fraudulent accounts are flagged with future birth dates. Trump 47: the idiot savants from DOGE “discover” the fraud. Then Trump & Musk complain that tax dollars are wasted on “people born in the future.”
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Who’s coming to the show in Somerville?
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chuckvadala.bsky.social @chuckvadala.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Robbie got a maple leaf tattoo.
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