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Gordon M. Bloem

@gordonbloem.bsky.social
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Lifelong liberal Dem eager to join hands with principled conservatives to save this republic from Trump’s authoritarian threat. Proud Central Michigan University and Wayne State Law alum. We’re right, they’re wrong!

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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 2h
1. Like so much of our political discourse in this never argument the left fails to account for the soul sucking effects of state and federal bureaucrats on classroom teachers.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think we are better off calling what MIGHT happen a red undertow. If we call it a blue wave we will reach the wrong conclusion about what is happening.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One of my liberal dogmas of the quiet past, was that federalism protected bigots, protected predatory labor practices, protected polluters, and so on. Alas, MAGA has taught me that i was too quick to dismiss the wisdom of the founders in their embrace of federalism.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A task that I would never take on unless I lived adjacent to the Cleveland Clinic’s cardiology unit.
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Honor Thank You For Your Sacrifice
ALT: Honor Thank You For Your Sacrifice
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We know he wasn’t but please help me to understand what it would have proven if Jack Smith HAD been in Atlanta at a Hawks game? 🤷‍♂️
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Callie Barr for Congress (MI-01) @calliebarr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you, Petoskey & Charlevoix Chambers of Commerce & North Central Michigan College, for tonight’s candidate forum! Where's Jack Bergman? He's absent again. We deserve a representative who shows up & fights for us. It’s time for a change. Vote Callie Barr for Change.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@calliebarr.bsky.social should plaster this everywhere!
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Remember when he debated Kamala Harris and insisted that tariffs weren’t inflationary? Well this happened in the spin room after that debate.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In Michigan, the polling gold standard is EPIC-MRA. arabamericannews.com/2026/08/29/p...
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Benson, El-Sayed hold narrow leads in new Michigan poll
New EPIC-MRA polling shows Benson leading James 45-41 and El-Sayed ahead of Rogers 47-43 as Michigan voters express deep concerns about the economy.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
By this he means his own legacy of bootlicking obedience to MAGA.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We should all remember this moment in the spin room after the one and only Harris-Trump debate in 2024.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
1. I always wanted to teach and early on in my legal career I got very lucky and won a lawsuit against the state judges in Genesee County changing the constitutional law in Michigan. We called a U of M law professor as an expert witness.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I love what he did at the 1840 World Antislavery Convention in London joining the women who were excluded instead of taking his seat as a delegate. He certainly lived up to this declaration.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Well, monetary policy just got interesting(?!)
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I appreciate the historical fact check but is it worth a date night out with my wife?
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Has this great writer ever appeared on “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me”?
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It mystifies me when filmmakers insert fake narratives into a story for dramatic effect when the true story is filled with drama. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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A Cold War Movie That Gives Too Much Credit to Ronald Reagan
The Brink of War, a new film about the Reykjavik summit, is too kind to the Gipper.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Of course this contingent of the party gave us this gem 😳.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
1. Will MR be able to flip the script from Trump to impolitic AES statements? 2. Will MR be able to convince voters he is a normie Republican? 3. Will AES be able to win over black voters? Impolitic statements about both Obamas won’t help. 4. Will AES win R leaning independents?
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just FYI, Jeff Timmer and Mike Murphy both think El-Sayed can win. They have forgotten more about Michigan politics than I know. I voted for Stevens but I thought she had serious weaknesses in the general. For the life of me I do not understand why Schumer put his thumb on the scales for her.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The only path forward if we are going to keep this republic.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I can confirm.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Of course J.D. Vance didn’t retract these lies. It is just standard practice.
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This sums it up.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Rand Paul’s ideological bent is on full display in this story. Liberterian my ass. He is a Birch Society cretin or worse. Birds of a feather.https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/aide-sen-rand-paul-exposed-neo-confederate-views/
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Aide to Sen. Rand Paul Exposed for Neo-Confederate Views
The “Southern Avenger” may sound like a comic book character, but he is no superhero fighting for truth, justice and the American way. In fact, the man who calls himself the Southern Avenger is Jack H...
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I identified as a Michael Harrington style Democratic Socialist briefly during college. This exchange with a veteran friend convinced me the label was stupid. “I was stationed in Germany. Why do want the East German system? How was West Germany? Beautiful! Such a wonderful country.”
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
abcnews.com/amp/Politics...
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Michigan attorney general investigating child services swatting incident involving Buttigieg and his kids
Michigan attorney general's office called it a "malicious act."
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I am curious what the progressive left will do in coming elections if they manage to elect their chosen candidates but we still have a border, police have not been transformed into social workers, and we don’t have Medicare for all.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Nothing summarizes the abject dysfunction of the Michigan GOP since at least 2010 better than their vociferous opposition to this common sense infrastructure project. These leaders of the Michigan GOP from my youth would be disgusted.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
They need to keep this in mind.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Since you are a Democrat now I’d suggest you get used to it.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Piers thought he would be different second time around? Well so did I and that is why defeating him was essential.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It is also why nominating a person for the U.S. Senate who hasn’t been through the crucible of a general election is dumb. Just my 2 cents for my fellow Michigan Dems.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I knew something was missing from my Sunday morning routine but I couldn’t quite put my finger🤔 on what it was. Then it hit me. No Al Franken monologue. Thanks for making me laugh since the 1980s, better known as the “Al Franken Decade”.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Justice Gorsuch channels Snoopy when it comes to his texualist judicial philosophy.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
How silly of me. Snoopy answers the question very effectively.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 21/06/2026
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 12/06/2026
OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Is it truth or satire? In the Trump era, who knows!
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Terry wisely recommends listening to your doctor particularly when she is also your wife.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Great conversation, as usual, but @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social missed the biggest objection to Trump’s arch. It looks like it could have been designed by Albert Speer.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I’ve been livid for a decade.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Justice Douglas was correct on standing.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Great news but it makes me ponder where we would be without the tariffs and the war with Iran.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Fantastic turnout for Sen. McMorrow at the Short’s Pull Barn. The Senator flipped a red seat blue in 2018, she has the legislative skills to get things done, and she has a real plan to deal with our most pressing issues. @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I understand the sentiment expressed here. However, using the wedding anniversary metaphor, we have an innocent spouse who was cheated on, lied to, and physically assaulted. The offending, spouse apologizes, does therapy, and vows to do better in the future.
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
These guys blithely labeling someone a heretic is chilling. That label led to some of Christianity’s darkest days. They need to take a lesson from Snoopy.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"More than 93% of the people grabbed off area streets who filed suit were from Latin American countries, although Latinos make up only 66% of immigrants without legal status in the region." Really important journalism, and the visuals are superb.
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