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This is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens
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![Jack Buhring: Well here's some truth to the Springfield Ohio thing Trump was talking about.
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![-I went to the opening of Bicycle Weekends, a series of car-free days on Lake Washington Blvd between Mt Baker and Seward Park [bearded man on a bike]
-A small group of protesters demanded cars be restored to their customary apex status [elderly people with signs that say "BIKES WILL NOT REPLACE US" "COEXIST NOT REPLACE" "WE ARE PISSED"
-It's surreal to see people invoke “equity” to demand things remain as they've always been [couple with sign that says "CLOSING ROADS EXCLUDES PEOPLE NO INPUT NO EQUITY"]
-Passing cyclists heckled them: [cyclist looking over and smirking “Shoulda gave more money to Bruce Harrell!”]
-Coasting down the center line of a well-paved road surrounded by trees, water, and sky is euphoric [narrator biking in the middle of the lakefront road]
-Kids zip around free from the threat of car mayhem, a burden so normalized you forgot you’ve been carrying it [3 children biking]
-We make a lot of concessions to city living. The weight of it all can grind you down, trap you in embittered nostalgia [view of the lake from the road]
-You might even find yourself making common cause with the Wealthy Old White People Who Always Say No [older man and woman with a sign that says "WE NEED THIS ROAD OPEN"]
-Perhaps you could benefit from a lazy jaunt down a car-free boulevard on a nice summer day? [idyllic lakefront view with road curving to the right]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:carj4mhaflwfubqzioy5wxl3/bafkreicws465jaetq6fcv2tljdxjb6da2zjhjydrieqel5vg4xtwcejbpq)
