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Steve Loudermilk, Dad, Husband, Army Veteran, Retired IT Professional, Idealist, and Unitarian Universalist. Interests: #politics #spirituality #sociology #golf […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ dmv.community/@milkman, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I don't know who needs to hear this, but #NFL #football is being ruined by chronically bad officiating. There are some bad officials but mostly bad rules imho. They need to gather a committee of HOF players and work out some critical rule changes. Which rules do you recommend to be changed? A) […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

👏 👏 👏 😀 🤣 😂 :pixelheart: :pixelheart: :pixelheart: Ted Lasso isn't just a television show. It's a special entertainment phenomenon that we may never see again. The writers, cast, and entire production team have given us an experience that brings us together and makes us feel good about life. And […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

This Sunday =========== ### Sunday, October 4, 2026, at 10:30am ### Animal Blessing Worship Leaders: Pastor Kirk, Sheri, Alex & Janique This Sunday we honor the interconnected web and bless the animal companions who enrich our lives. Bring your animal […] [Original post on dmv.community]

An image of he Flaming Chalice-- symbol of the Unitarian Universalist Faith.

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Well, on this quiet, rainy Sunday it's a tough choice for a sports fan. I can watch the U.S. lose the President's Cup or watch the :commanders: Commanders lose their home opener and third straight. I think perhaps an afternoon nap might be in order.

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Words for the wise. The Warning Lights Are Blinking Again www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/opinion/…

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Having the most money doesn't guarantee election victory y'all. And a little socialism isn't a bad thing. Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise primary win in Florida US Senate race […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Terry McLaurin revealed some of new OC David Blough's football wisdom during the :commanders: Pre-Season game telecast last evening: "Make different things look the same, and make the same thing look different". I was impressed, and hopeful for the coming season. #commanders #nfl #football

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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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I keep reading people trying to make sense of Trump's behavior with normal human schemas. This will never work. He doesn't possess what makes one human. Quit trying to apply human emotions, qualities, traits, desires, motivations, reasoning to him. They don't apply.

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

And one more feel good story for your Friday. “Are you decent?” 😏 #Gilda (1946) | TCM share.google/W5RIuAxdfIo8sagoW

“Are you decent?” 😏 #Gilda (1946) | TCM

Casino owner Ballin Mundson (George Macready) introduces Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) to his new wife, Gilda (Rita Hayworth). However, this might not be the f...

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Here's the feel good story I was looking for this morning. 😊👏 Major League Baseball comes to rural Iowa for Field of Dreams game www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2…

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Major League Baseball comes to rural Iowa for Field of Dreams game – in pictures

The Twins and Phillies played before 8,000 fans on Thursday at a ballpark carved into the cornfields of tiny Dyersville, Iowa (population: 4,477), where the 1989 Kevin Costner film was shot

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

👏👏👍 Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats 15-term incumbent in Colorado House primary www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/ju…

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Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats 15-term incumbent in Colorado House primary

Twenty-nine-year-old beat representative Diana DeGette in deep-blue Denver district

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

Oh hell yeah. This is starting to warm my disillusioned soul. 😊❤️ #politics #elections #america www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/polit…

Democratic Outsiders Keep Rolling: 5 Takeaways From Colorado’s Primaries

A democratic socialist ousted a veteran congresswoman in Denver, and a U.S. senator lost his bid for governor. But the state’s other senator fended off a progressive primary challenger.

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

Life is good, normal, and under control as far as the end of the driveway. But beyond, the world becomes increasingly cold, cruel, and terrifying. #politics #patriotism #hope medium.com/@steveloudermilk/the-end…

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

Ok I'm going on record now. Although it seems that ESPN and many other sports "analysts" have forgotten the Washington Commanders even exist, I differ. 7 teams had a record of 5-12 or worse last year. 5 of those have new head coaches this season. The Commanders took a different and fresh […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026

US Space Command, Allies Crafting Ops Plan for Orbital Warfare US Space Command, Allies Crafting Ops Plan for Orbital Warfare share.google/ex1aDRyuGX1ykEk0Y Can't we at least leave warfare on our planet's surface?! I think there is an old treaty agreeing to refrain from militarizing […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026

This is a BFD!!!! A new union, in this size, in such a visible and influential place is a big win for #SEIU, truth, #labor, and the American way. 👏 🎉 www.statecollege.com/articles/psu-n…

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026

Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment | AP News Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment | AP News share.google/AF4yz5RfXtu5qswvn Good grief 😳 If we needed any further evidence […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

My friends, -- Our chalice lighting for today: Today we gather together in the spirit of love and truth. As we light the chalice, let us remember the things that can sometimes be easily overlooked. We remember the quiet acts of kindness, the unspoken words of support that ripple outward in […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

Tonight's chalice extinguishing: We extinguish this flame, but not the light of reflection, not the warmth of community, not the fire of commitment. May we carry with us the gifts of this hour: gratitude for where we come from, humility about what we claim, and courage to reach beyond borders— […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

The next time you cry out in anguish and ask why we have a President with the emotional and intellectual capacity of an 8 year old boy (as I often do) remember the real answer. It's not because he was better on the economy or immigration or any other policy issue. It's because he was the only […]

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

If the Supreme Court votes to repeal birthright citizenship it must be understood as a yet another vote to repeal themselves as justices. A Supreme Court seat doesn’t carry the power to overturn the Constitution. Elected leaders and citizens both must recognize all six of them as illegitimate.

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2026

I'm so disappointed in virtually all the Press coverage of the Iran conflict/war. It's presented as the brave, strong, true Americans against the evil, radical, Arabs. It's Christians/Jews against radical Islam. But what actually happened is the United States conducted an unprovoked attack on a […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

It really chaps me that people are waking up now and noticing inconsistency and untruthfulness about the Iran War. He said he would stop wars and never start them. He was against "forever wars", etc. BFO!! Trump has been lying about anything and everything his whole political career-- actually […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

Ahh let's see, . . . Will Texas Democrats go for the clean cut, polite, young, white guy or the smart, passionate, cute, black woman, . . . Yeah, of course they did. 😞 #politics #texas #democrats #elections

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

Our US Supreme Court is just hopeless. I'm suggesting a new phrase to accurately describe the dumpster fire they have become: Naked Political Corruption (NPC). Biden briefly had a chance to possibly start a reform process for our NPC Supreme Court after he moved into the WH in 2020, but alas […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

"We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul. " -- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, -- "We Are All Bound Up Together", 1866 #unitarianUniversalist #spirituality […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

Even more true today than in 2024 (if that's possible). medium.com/@steveloudermilk/patriot… #patriotism

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Linux Is Best @linux.mivatter.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Having a "D" next to their name on an election ballot is not enough. If you want real change with real accountability, with true justice, who will truly represent us, the people — You need to make sure that person is progressive left. Because there are a lot of "Democrats" who are "Democrat" in […]

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kurtsh @kurtsh.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2026

These are your fascist Democrats, compromising their own constituency for backroom deals & favors. Repost far & wide. #traitors #democrats #ICE #DHS #trump

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

#politics #Democracy #democrats #elections #america #dumptrump

“Gone are the days when Democrats are the party
of “no’ and “slow.” We must be the party
of “yes’ and “now.” ..

Gone are the days when we are the party
of bureur:cracy, multi-year studies, panels,
and college debate club rules.
We must be the party of action.”
— GOV. WES MOORE OF MARYLAND, MAY 30, 2025

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026

The Pack folded like a cheap tent in the second half. Dropped passes, intentional grounding, soft defense. Good grief. Actually both teams have so much to be proud of and also so much to be embarrassed of. #nfl #packers #football

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 09/01/2026

It really chaps my ass to watch the ACLU in TV ads asking for contributions and new members. Because it was just a couple of years ago they went to court against the suppression of poor Donald Trump's first amendment rights. This organization has done a lot of good. But they have lost their way […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 09/01/2026

“Democrats cannot vote for a [Department of Homeland Security] budget that doesn’t restrain the growing lawlessness of this agency,” Chris Murphy, a Democratic senator of Connecticut, wrote on X, sharing a video of the shooting". -- Lauren Gambino, The Guardian 👏 Yes! That's the least that […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026

Congressman Hoyer has been a great representative of MD-5 for many years. I thank him for his fine service. But I have been advocating for the last several years that he step aside. I don't believe our founding fathers intended we have career legislators. The regular turn-over of […]

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2 Spoopy 4 You @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026

Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem | Congresswoman Robin Kelly robinkelly.house.gov/media-center/p…

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Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

Donald Trump is, once again, on display this morning, in all his immature, rambling incoherent, braggadocious, spendor-- bragging like a school bully. The only ones more shameful are the ones standing by, who see what he is and take no action against him. We must all oppose this man with our […]

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Dan Wentzel 🏳️‍🌈 @danwentzel.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

I feel like we are waiting for the “norms” and “win the midterms” folks to catch up the reality that we don’t live in the same country as before and that the rubicon has already been passed.

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 26/12/2025

"Spirituality: The quality of feeling connected to something bigger than yourself. "If we reject the inexplicable elements of all stories because we have made up our mind ahead of time that such things simply aren't possible, we run the risk of shrinking the world down to what we can comprehend […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 26/12/2025

To me, this is one of the biggest "feel good -- give me hope" stories of 2025. And I don't think it's gotten near the media coverage and universal accolades that it deserves. Good on you, New Mexico. Let's the rest of us. follow your example. #healthcare #thisistheway #NewMexico #hope […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

:commanders: So hard to watch the #Commanders this year. It seems like last year was just a dream. I know there were a lot of injuries but come on. There is a lot on Adam Peters shoulders this off season. The defense is just bad. And the offense needs more than just the return of a healthy […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

Not a perfect solution. But congrats to the South Koreans for the courage to do something to support Truth in this crazy world. We need more of that. 👏 South Korea legislature passes bill targeting false information | AP News South Korean lawmakers pass bill […] [Original post on dmv.community]

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 22/12/2025

Friends, it's important we all take a step back from the daily chaos and the way the daily headlines make us feel hopeless. We need some context. How can we possibly get out of this mess? -- I believe these two (relatively) short readings will be worth your time and may give you a new […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2025

Let's go Democrats. Your next leaders are calling. We must move aside the old guard. Listen to AOC, Buttigieg, Crockett and Moore -- "Gone are the days when Democrats are the party of ‘no’ and ‘slow.’ We must be the party of ‘yes’ and ‘now.’ … Gone are the days when we are the party of […]

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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 11/12/2025

RE: mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115689198… a long analysis and response to @Mastodon's call for digital sovereignty. How open social protocols provide the European Commission with an opportunity for digital sovereignty, but that this […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

In a recent blog post, Mastodon calls for “social sovereignty”, as a response to how X can retaliate against government institutions. Mastodon understands social sovereignty here as public institutions taking control of their social media presence, mainly by running their own social networking servers on software like Mastodon. They mention explicitly that the EC already has their own Mastodon server, at ec.social-network.europa.eu, and invite other organisations to follow suit. That the EC already has their social sovereign presence, but only uses it for press releases without any of the Commissioners using the platform, further accentuates the large gap between the rhetoric and behaviour. Still, the infrastructure for alternative ways for the EC to take power already exists. Initiatives like Eurosky further indicate that the tools for the EC to shift power structures away from the platforms they’re trying to regulate are available.

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 09/12/2025

Truth being spoken here! Read “Stop Waiting for Trump to Die“ by Chris Armitage on Medium: Stop Waiting for Trump to Die medium.com/@carmitage/stop-waiting-… > US Fascism doesn’t end with him.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The only legitimate judicial response to challenges to birthright citizenship is “what, are you kidding, it’s in the Constitution.” Though that also was the only possible legitimate response to claims that the president is above the law and cannot face punishment for crimes he definitely committed.

milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 22/11/2025

Always been a fan of MSNBC and I've closely followed their sale and rebranding as MSNOW. Also I was a pretty good DNS guy in my work life before retirement. I see their website has moved to MS.NOW. I didn't know there was such a TLD (there are way too many imho). But I gotta admit, that's a […]

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milkman @milkman.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025

What am I missing? All this hubub about the Epstein files is a political sham. They can dance around and see if they can dampen public support/interest. They will make it appear Trump gives a shit about justice for victims. But the vote(s) don't matter. This is the only thing that IS true and […]

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