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Smooth Gentleman Politics

@smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social
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Former news and political journalist. Social Democrat. I have many thoughts about what I learned covering politics, especially about my fellow people on the left. Bigots and genocide apologists are blocked on sight. #SocDems

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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
@mcuban.bsky.social Instead of using your platform to say what can't happen (when it can), how about you talk about Universal Healthcare instead? Or do you only worry about Democracy when Conservative-Liberals can get into office and give you more tax cuts?
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
@kupkace3.bsky.social Sorry to read about the situation where someone won't take responsibility for their own actions and keeps attacking you. I hope you're doing okay.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Nice to know that Fetterman's wife is as annoyed with him as Social Democrats are. She is enraged he's supporting the bombing of innocents in Gaza. He's a hypocrite and a cold liar.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
When will they realize oligarchs only care about other oligarchs? The amount of ignorance in this from Parsons is amusing. They act like Putin, who is an oligarch who only cares about the oligarchs who bend the knee. #PA36 www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
It truly is hilarious how MAGA claims to be about Law & Order, however, every time they are told something is illegal in court they decry the judicial system. If the Conservative-Liberal DNC backed wing of 5he Democrats understood strategy they would hammer that point home.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Mayor Eric Adams has once again showed he's not willing to stand up for the Constitution. Freedom of Speech, means you can't get arrested for said speech. It takes five seconds of clear thought to realize supporting Palestine doesn't equate to supporting Hamas.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
@mcuban.bsky.social Would you consider buying Infowars in some kind of partnership with the Onion to stop that hate fueld disinformation campaign?
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Canada's retaliatory tariffs targeted red states, and their strategy is working. GOP officials are quickly attempting to stand up to Trump. They've done more than the DNC and Third Way think tank regarding pressuring Trump. His approvals are already tanking, more to come. t.co/TVYiXSB1dI
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 04/03/2025
No. Now is not the time to play dead. The Democrats have already played dead for too many years. 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck. Millions of seniors are going hungry. Now is the time to stand up for the working class of this country.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Trump says 10 million people would pay $5 million to become US citizens. Realistically, 5 million people outside the US have the ability to make such a payment, and many of them would be spending ALL their money. Forget about what percentage even WANT US citizenship or residency. It's ridiculous.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Pancreatic cancer killed my mom back in 2010. This rules.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
If you can't accept this truth, are you really attempting to help the unhoused find homes? Stop being blind because you treat parties like sports teams.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I wish more were aware of Reagan's horrific legacy. He's the guy who gave his running announcement speech near the exact location where the KKK killed freedom fighters wanting to end Jim Crow laws. Not to mention him turning his back on the AIDS epidemic. Nothing about him should be honored.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
@stephmu00mls.bsky.social I was apart of the first journalists in WHO meetings regarding COVID. I respect the work of lab professionals. I'm tired of seeing immunologists and virologists attacked by people who have zero idea over the science.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I do not understand the logic of talkies, whonI don't even consider true left, but more toward the bottom of the Nolan Chart towards Authoritarianism and their strategy of attacking Social Dems in the US. They claim knowledge on global political ideology, but are as ignorant as MAGA hats...
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
You literally aren't qualified to speak on politics.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Bernie Sanders should have been POTUS. While establishment Conservative-Liberals keep touting Mayor Petrle and his questionable background on race, Social Democrats like @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov are making the real points and attacking the Trump administration where it hurts.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Spot on
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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Iraq War Vet @corgwynmom.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Why do all the men who propose anti-sexwork and anti-abortion bills are men who look like their kink is controlling women's bodies? These men are as fragile as they are dangerous to society.
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
What a shock, no tax on overtime and no tax on tips didn't make it into Trump's tax proposal. I am so surprised.q
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Macklemore hits MAGA harder than any of the Conservative-Liberal politicians attempting to look tough online (Beto & Mayor Pete). It's unlikely those backed by corporations will ever get vicious with bigots.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
All public colleges and universities should have tuition, room & board, and books free for ALL students. All other first-world nations around the globe ensure youth have college education that will not straddle them with debt. The United States is moving in the direction of shunning all education..
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/02/2025
If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
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The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
It's quite telling that every GOP influencer, Governor, and even someone like Matt Gaetz who should have charges pending against him are pounding their chest -- claiming Canada and Mexico #tariffs targeting 'red states' are meaningless. It means they're worried. Prices going up will hurt approvals.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
It should be an indication that your politics need adjustment if on day one you are defending and trying to deflect a Nazi salute. Elon Musk is also the same person who says tech needs talented foreign workers. He's truly a walking example of a hypocrite. #TrumpAdministration
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Let's keep it real, if celebrities like Bette Midler and other who make takes like this (that won't happen, sex won't stop) were in touch with the middle and working class Trump would NOT be POTUS. They never speak about Universal Healthcare, getting dark money out of politics, or much outside of..
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I currently don't have much of an opinion on California Governor Gavin Newsom, I haven't had much time to look into him while recovering from my accident. However, I find it hilarious and ironic that right-wingers blame wildfires on him. Climate change is to blame, plain and simple. #LAFires
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
If you're an individual who turns a blind eye to this, or states "It's Israel's right," and ignore the human rights organizations who have called Israel an apartheid state since 1968 -- you are part of the problem and supporting genocide. You believe some lives don't matter. #BlueWave #Resist
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 25/12/2024
“History will judge them harshly. And perhaps so will the ICC.” interc.pt/4gKJXko
A photo of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet for talks in Jerusalem on Feb. 14, 2024, overlaid with the headline, “Leaked EU Report On Israel Makes It Hard For European Foreign Ministers To Deny Complicity.”
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
If you come to a conversation about #politics in the US and refuse to look at data and failed strategy, why are you screaming on the internet if you claim to want change? Those claiming 'moderate' wins literally ignore how a moderate "I'm not Trump" campaign lost. Biden barely won & Clinton lost.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
'Moderate' is a subjective term thrown around. Conservative-Liberalism is a Centrist position. Hilary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris all had platforms and campaigns based on this ideology, furthering neo-liberal economics. Biden nearly lost to Trump in 2020, the others lost. #politics
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Again someone who proves the point of US citizens not understanding basic political ideology and also getting extremely defensive after getting called out for a failed attempt to troll. Needing to feel important? Just pointing out failed strategy. How'd Harris's campaign do? Failed flat.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Another example of the same faux intellectual who can't bother to do research and makes claims about 'Drag Shows' that are apart of decades of smears against the LGBTQ community (www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...). Just false claims, look at how the economy polled. www.cnn.com/election/202...
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
When someone gets upset after being called out for responding like a child and proves the point of the thread by calling Social Democracy 'far left.' I love how ironic this response is #politics
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I've seen the inside of several organizations to the left of the Conservative-Liberal establishment of the DNC and most of the Democratic members of Congress, and there are a lot of issues. In the US the left is terrible at framing. It's one of the more frustrating things I've seen. #Politics
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
US citizens knowledge of political and economic ideology is alarmingly bad. The US has a neoliberal economy pushing further to agorisim. This is nothing like a Social Democratic economy with social welfare nets, Universal Healthcare, housing, low homelessness (and a care to aid those homeless).
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
What they did was horrific, she could have decided to remain anonymous under French law, she chose not to in order to shame those who took her bodily autonomy away. Gisèle Pelicot is extremely brave and I'm glad all known to have abused her were found guilty. May they rot.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Her campaign was empty. She didn't fight back against the rampant anti-trans talking points. She didn't speak on popular polling issues like Universal Healthcare, taking Marijuana off Schedule 1, erasing student debt, making college as affordable as most other 1st world nations. It was botched.
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Social Democracy at best. Social Liberalism at worst.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I’m going to say something bold here and publicly state that “murder is not the way to solve national problems” but suffering from chronic debilitating pain seems to be a much more logical reason for someone to go apeshit than women being in Star Wars
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Anyone calling this a win is ignoring how hollow and weak this is. As Professor Rachel Barkow states, "I'm a little worried that he's only going to do that and he's going to try to make it out like that's some big deal when that's not a big deal at all. That's not even the bare minimum." #Politics
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Smooth Gentleman Politics @smoothgentlemanp.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
New to Blue Sky and there's so much about the political landscape in the United States I want to comment on. I will start with the lessons of a horrible Kamala Harris campaign, some are saying she was too far to the left, which is absurd. Here's why... #Politics #SocDem #Democrats #PolySci
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