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Robert Gill

@rpgill.bsky.social
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🇺🇲🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Retired Federal employee and Federal contractor. Veteran. Imperfect Buddhist. Believer in the basic goodness of humanity. Lefty, but no party affiliation. Raised by Republicans but escaped in 1968 (yes, I'm that old).

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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
@schumer.senate.gov if you and the Democrats cave to the Republicans on their latest healthcare payment scheme, you will have proven to the American people that you are unworthy of leadership and cannot be trusted with governing either.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
So Hakeem Jefferies praises Eric Adams when Adams finally realizes his reelection hopes are futile. Jefferies says he'll have more to say soon about the NYC mayoral race. I suspect the best we can hope for is neutrality, but I wouldn't be surprised if he endorses Cuomo. Jefferies has to go!
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Tried to send an email to my Republican representative Barry Loudermilk about the Trump administration's attacks on free speech and other freedoms. The email link on his House page doesn't work - specifically the "Captcha" function required to send the email. Convenient?
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Hope, a form of faith, is essential to human life; a belief that, somehow, tomorrow will be better than today. without hope, there is no reason to continue. But hope, by itself, is insufficient. As the Bible reminds us (James 2:14), without action hope is just a dream. We must do the work as well.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The death of Charlie Kirk is senseless and tragic. But let us not forget that he is a victim of the culture of intolerance that infects America today, a culture he helped create and support. In the end that culture of intolerance consumed him. I mourn for his family, and especially for his children.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
America was born in violence, expanded by violence, and is led by a violent ideology and politics. Only when we acknowledge that can we have a reasonable and responsible conversation about mass shootings and what we as a society are going to do about it
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LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
🎯🎯🎯 KEEP REPOSTING
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
In order to vote one's conscience, one must first have a conscience that is consistently on display and known to those around you. Frequent expressions of concern supported by infrequent votes of conscience is not sufficient evidence of a conscience.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The Supreme Court ruled on nation-wide injunctions but did not rule on the underlying issue of birthright citizenship. Why? Because they would have to ignore clear precedent and the plain language of the 14th Amendment to give Trump what he wants. And that will come back to haunt them.
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BlueinOhio @sharon43302.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I've noticed that the responses I've been getting from my MAGA Congresscritter lately have been more frantic and unhinged trying to defend the indefensible. They know they are losing control of the narrative. We are winning, and we need to keep up the fight.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff and resident xenophobe, Stephen Miller has declared that the situation in Los Angeles is a "fight to save civilization." I suspect he is right. I also think he is on the wrong side of that fight.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The horrific incident in Boulder, Colorado should rightly be condemned. But to do so without condemning what is happening in Gaza and elsewhere is to show moral ambivalence. Playing the victim card without recognizing that you are not the only victim brings your own victimhood into question.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We surrender our humanity when we decide that citizens of a nation can be held responsible for the actions of their government. Israeli citizens are not responsible for the actions of their government. Palestinians are not responsible for the actions of Hamas. Same applies to Americans.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Whatever you may think of Joe Biden, he needs and deserves our prayers. Those who would wish him or anyone else ill health have surrendered their humanity in the pursuit of anger and hatred that will destroy them before it harms anyone else.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Apparently, some Democrats are concerned that all this emphasis on Trump's deportations to El Salvador will be a problem because the American people don't care about "due process." Judging by the turnout for the Hands Off demonstrations, American DO care about due process. So why the cowering?
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Amazing to watch Republican members of congress explaining that the stuff released by The Atlantic this morning is not classified war plans, and no issue exists. If the Democrats held the White House, these same Republicans would be calling for impeachments and criminal trials.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
President Trump is trying to stop wars in the Middle East and Ukraine by siding with Israel and Russia. Conflicts may end, but likely end any hope for independent Palestine and Ukraine. That alone should be enough to ensure Trump doesn't get the Nobel Peace Prize he is rumored to desperately want.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
it is becoming more apparent that the need to reform our current national Democratic party to stem the damage being done by the Trump administration will not be accomplished quickly, if at all. But we can begin today to build a new grass roots Democratic party, and it is imperative that we do so.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/03/2025
Free Mahmoud Khalil! Pass it on.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Trump may not actually be a Russian asset. We should accept that possibility. But if he is not a Russian asset, he certainly is working very hard on his audition to become a Russian asset. In either case, Putin must be very pleased.
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Driver9 @driver9.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine
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Libby Whittemore @libbage55.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue I STAND WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY 💙💛💙💛💙
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Just wrote to my Congressman about DOGE and the farce we saw in the Oval Office today. Asked him if he stands with America or not. Since he's in a safe Republican district, I don't expect a response since he is "too busy" to deal with his constituents. Sad where we find ourselves.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
If caring about the well-being of those who share my journey around the sun on this rock means I'm woke, then yeah I'm woke. Compassion is a super power, not a weakness.
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Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @disavowtrump20.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
REPOST if you stand with AOC!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/02/2025
REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I have come to accept that artificial intelligence is just another bubble about to burst. It is clearly artificial, but also clearly not intelligent. Believing that an inanimate object can behave and function the same as a human is akin to believing in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Not surprised to see that Trump and his allies have the same "strong" regard for the protection of classified information and our national security that Trump showed at the end of his first term.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Trump's talking about himself again. He wants to rid the USA of cruel and violent immigrants. He clearly qualifies as cruel, and has a history of inciting violence. Guess that qualifies him for removal from the country.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Paul Krugman's advice today: "oppose, oppose, oppose. And make noise. A lot of noise. Don’t make conciliatory gestures in the belief that Trump has a mandate to do what he’s doing; don’t stay quiet on the outrages being committed every day while waiting for grocery prices to rise."
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Contacted both my Georgia Democratic Senators to ask what the plan was to counter Trump and his Republican enablers and asked for a thoughtful response. Waiting for something more substantive than their current approach of "finding common ground."
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Jim Acosta said, "Don’t give into the lies. Don’t give into the fear. Hold onto the truth and to hope." When we engage in hatred of the Other (e.g., MAGA) we do so out of fear, the source of anger and hatred. Stick to facts and truth, and hope that the Other sees the light. Otherwise, we're lost.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Watched MSNBC for a bit this morning reporting on Trump's immigration enforcement efforts. Interesting that they did not mention that the roundups are taking place in blue states and "sanctuary" cities, but not in red states. Their surrender is complete!
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The Republicans have long insisted that the civil service is heavily Democrat. In my 42 years as a civil servant and government contractor, I met 3 civil servants who made their politics evident. 2 were Republicans. The rest, like me, never talked politics on the job.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
What advantage do we gain by being able to see the faults of others so clearly while being totally blind to our own?
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Reading Timothy Ryback's article in The Atlantic about how Hitler dismantled the German democracy, and one sentence stood out to me. Hitler sought laws and decrees to "make good on his campaign promises to revive the economy, reduce unemployment, increase military spending, withdraw from...
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Magic numbers. 45 + 47 = 34 Felony Counts.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Trump must be right about crime. When I turn on the news that's all I hear about. Or could it be that the media is so into sensationalizing to build audience share/ad revenue that they are deliberately misleading us for their own benefit?
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
It's true. There is a "deep state" composed of billionaires and millionaires pushing politicians to bend the rules in their favor and eliminate regulations that keep them in check, all aided by corporate media desperately trying to distract us from seeing what is happening.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Maybe it's just me, but think what I'm watching is the rise of a dictator, aided and abetted by corporate oligarchs and a compliant corporate media. A sad day for America.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
It seems that MAGA is beginning to realize that they are being played by the tech bros and the tech bros are winning. What MAGA hasn't realized yet is that they are also being played by Trump, have always been played, and will end up holding the short end of the stick.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
My fervent prayer this holiday season is that we all remember we are children of the same Creator, placed on this one rock sailing around the sun. Our one challenge is to find it in our hearts to love and care for each other, and make the world a better place.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
2/And who would pay the cost? Of course, the US taxpayer would foot the bill for the invasion and its aftermath, including long-term occupation. The oligarchs would get tax breaks to make their commercial activities more profitable. And the MSM would have something to celebrate, all, CNN's BS.
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Robert Gill @rpgill.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
1/So Mr. Trump wants to take over Panama, Canada and Greenland, all of which will involve attacking other nations, including 2 NATO allies. And who would benefit? Oligarchs get the oil and mineral wealth of Canada and Greenland and a canal to help them move it. Trump Tower Nunevik?
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Tiffany Drastic @pdxeleven.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
It’s too bad I fucking suck at listening then. #PresidentMusk
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