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DaveN50

@daven50.bsky.social

Retired. Notre Dame alum. Student of American history. Grateful Dead. Anti-Trump and anti-MAGA. "If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine..."

created November 11, 2024

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Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Such a great American that he has been disbarred and is no longer able to practice law.

1/9/2025, 9:34:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark (@markbretts.bsky.social) reposted

😏 @deadder.bsky.social

Political cartoon by de Adder
1/9/2025, 5:36:33 PM | 11 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Huh? He never could before.

1/9/2025, 6:59:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Absconding with children in middle of the night. The deceit practiced by this administration is beyond treacherous.

1/9/2025, 12:11:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

The entire Trump administration is nothing but a propaganda machine. Nothing they say can be trusted. Nothing.

1/9/2025, 11:08:16 AM | 325 42 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

No, he wasn't brainwashed. He chose to listen to obviously fallacious propaganda.

1/9/2025, 11:05:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

If only...

1/9/2025, 11:04:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

The current administration is nothing but a bunch of fear merchants. Everything they do is presented in terms of that, if they can't proceed with a given program, the entire country will collapse. It's all total nonsense.

1/9/2025, 11:03:36 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Positively evil.

31/8/2025, 10:31:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

The DOJ continues to thumb its nose at the courts.

31/8/2025, 9:58:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

This. Exactly this. These attorneys will be practicing for years after Trump is long gone. Their lack of integrity will be remembered both by the judiciary and the legal community.

31/8/2025, 8:36:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Shocker.

31/8/2025, 8:33:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

They should be outraged. Trump is using them as political pawns.

31/8/2025, 4:26:57 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

CHICAGO…

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30/8/2025, 5:50:19 PM | 40245 9867 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

Instagram influencer Adventorin goes viral after demonstrating how simple it is to climb over the U.S. Border Wall.

30/8/2025, 11:35:50 PM | 8510 2523 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted

I’m serious. This REALLY infuriates me. @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @cnn.com Do your job. You failed to lift this up in 2024. If farmers are hurting, explain why and who is to blame. And remind Americans that we paid BILLIONS for Trump’s first tariff blunder. It’s so irresponsible to ignore this.

31/8/2025, 2:25:42 AM | 1947 744 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump doesn't give a damn about the American worker. He is fully on the side of big business.

30/8/2025, 7:01:06 PM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

@nealkatyal.bsky.social: “You’ve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 … and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.”

30/8/2025, 4:31:15 PM | 21825 6572 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Voter suppression, plain and simple.

30/8/2025, 5:07:12 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

They're trying to kill us.

30/8/2025, 4:13:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

No surprise. We've known for a long time that Trump is a a bigot.

30/8/2025, 11:05:47 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Good riddance. This woman needs to go.

30/8/2025, 10:57:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Great. They speak out now when it does no good. That really accomplishes something.

30/8/2025, 2:34:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

What a jackass. Can this guy be identified?

29/8/2025, 9:27:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Say, wasn't Robert E. Lee responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of US soldiers? And didn't a good number of West Point grads die fighting for the Union? People like Alonzo Cushing? And now this portrait is to be put up at West Point? Just checking.

29/8/2025, 8:38:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Until earlier this year, I had never heard of this woman. Now I detest her for her constant lies, her sanctimony and her condescending manner. Just a terrible human being.

29/8/2025, 8:28:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Jeanine Pirro doesn't know what she is doing. Shocker.

29/8/2025, 8:20:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Such a small and petty man. Not one iota of decency in his entire body.

29/8/2025, 6:42:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Not. Going. To. Work.

29/8/2025, 3:41:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

In all fairness, a pretty low bar.

29/8/2025, 3:01:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Horrible.

29/8/2025, 3:01:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.

28/8/2025, 7:05:42 PM | 10656 3629 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.

28/8/2025, 3:10:56 PM | 18401 5475 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Humiliating.

29/8/2025, 11:35:35 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

The GOP members of Congress are in the pocket of the NRA. The cash flow is more important to them than human lives.

29/8/2025, 11:35:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🌹Weegie 🍀 (@onefussyone.bsky.social) reposted

Seen elsewhere. If you're a fan of satire, feast on!

Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice J.D.
29/8/2025, 4:33:09 AM | 293 100 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Flagrant bigotry.

29/8/2025, 11:28:10 AM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly. Who in their right mind would want to put up with this nonsense?

29/8/2025, 11:24:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump continues to sabotage higher education in this country. No reason for this other than his own bigotry.

29/8/2025, 11:09:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Extradite this joker back to Canada ASAP.

29/8/2025, 11:04:54 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Horrible. This guy is a horrible person.

29/8/2025, 2:43:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted

When I reported for duty at Naval Station Great Lakes, I never imagined that some day a US President would seek to use it as a base for surveillance and enforcement activity on American soil. Our military was not set up to cater to the whims of a would-be American dictator.

28/8/2025, 8:51:38 PM | 4485 1072 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

They are trying to kill us.

29/8/2025, 2:14:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

If course they are laughing at Trump behind his back. He is a bloviating buffoon.

28/8/2025, 11:09:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

It would be justice.

28/8/2025, 10:32:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

The administration thumbs its nose at Americans every single day.

28/8/2025, 10:01:04 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Horrible.

28/8/2025, 8:43:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm aware of the word. But human nature? Nah, just a character flaw some people have.

28/8/2025, 6:35:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Why are masked men allowed inside a NYC courthouse?

28/8/2025, 2:55:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Excellent. Well done.

28/8/2025, 11:29:02 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

There is a certain kind of person who delights in the suffering of other people. MAGA fits that bill.

28/8/2025, 11:05:16 AM | 10 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

The real kicker is that we all saw his lies and incompetence during his first term. And yet, he was elected again.

28/8/2025, 11:01:36 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

But Mike Johnson has made Trump happy by pushing his abomination through the House. So all is well.

28/8/2025, 11:00:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

RFK Jr. has no idea what he is doing. Many people will die as a result of his incompetence.

28/8/2025, 10:57:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

How about McLean!

28/8/2025, 1:29:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

You got me there.

28/8/2025, 12:10:55 AM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

The GOP members of Congress are a bunch of craven cowards. Period.

27/8/2025, 10:44:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope they destroy each other.

27/8/2025, 10:34:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755.bsky.social) reposted

It’s intimidation on display. Threats personified. No other reason for this nonsense. Maybe they should go collect some more trash.

27/8/2025, 9:36:45 PM | 115 23 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Hannity deserves every bit of scorn and disdain he receives.

27/8/2025, 9:48:22 PM | 68 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

These are the people Trump wants to emulate. Smh.

27/8/2025, 9:46:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

This. Exactly this.

27/8/2025, 9:43:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anne Caprara (@annecaprara.bsky.social) reposted

I am begging my fellow Dems to emerge from the reflexive “it’s a trap” position on these issues and realize that some things are very simple: the public doesn’t like the federal government turning the military against its own citizens.The public doesn’t like the armed occupation of a city.Period.

27/8/2025, 7:47:27 PM | 2419 653 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Was there any doubt she would be as woefully incompetent as she is?

27/8/2025, 9:40:25 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 (@bluewavesurfer.bsky.social) reposted

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27/8/2025, 6:51:38 PM | 31 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 (@carolmac80.bsky.social) reposted

It's a cult,

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26/8/2025, 6:14:41 PM | 1625 696 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Schools Theaters Concerts Malls Churches Synagogues Mosques Parks Nightclubs Offices Festivals Stores Military Bases Bars Post Offices Yoga Studios Super Bowl parades Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.

27/8/2025, 4:54:50 PM | 17804 5360 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

But you can bet we will soon hear from Ted Cruz with thoughts and prayers for the victims and their families.

27/8/2025, 5:10:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) reposted

GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

27/8/2025, 1:12:29 PM | 14833 3001 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Ridiculous. This is not what these soldiers signed up for.

27/8/2025, 12:37:19 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Humiliating. Just a waste of time and money.

27/8/2025, 11:34:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

But refugees serve a good purpose for Trump. They allow him to stir up hate, anger and resentment.

27/8/2025, 11:30:31 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Cruelty for cruelty's sake. The administration wants to send this man through hell just to do it.

27/8/2025, 11:28:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

And he does none of them well.

27/8/2025, 11:23:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Donald Trump is the most petty man in the world. He constantly focuses on minutia.

27/8/2025, 11:22:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

It was always all about the grift. Trump sees the presidency as a money making venture.

27/8/2025, 11:05:11 AM | 3 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

"You're doing a great job, Brownie."

27/8/2025, 2:42:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Too much ado about nothing.

27/8/2025, 2:36:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elon Musk 🇺🇸 Parody (@elonmusk-parody.bsky.social) reposted

🤣🤣🤣

26/8/2025, 5:36:40 AM | 577 143 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Fantastic. People are voting against the excesses of Trump and the GOP.

27/8/2025, 1:34:07 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Texas and Florida would like to have a word on this.

26/8/2025, 11:57:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

This begs the question: why did Trump appoint someone he thought was stupid to his circle of advisors?

26/8/2025, 9:35:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

26/8/2025, 4:14:01 PM | 19310 7166 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Unfortunately, I have zero confidence that the Supreme Court will do the right thing.

26/8/2025, 11:32:32 AM | 48 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

And who can blame people? Who wants to risk being randomly stopped for no reason?

26/8/2025, 11:29:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

This was always the plan---the uneducated want to dictate to you what you can and cannot do.

26/8/2025, 11:13:59 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Cruel, evil and horrific. Governments should not treat human beings like this. And the certainly should not make jokes like this.

26/8/2025, 11:12:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

“I’m about to lose my farm… Do you think we’re idiots? You know nothing about what a working class citizen does.” 🔥 Whew. Watch. Share.

26/8/2025, 2:04:25 AM | 4241 1527 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

They are trying to kill us.

26/8/2025, 2:30:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

The GOP doesn't care who they offend. They just don't give a damn.

26/8/2025, 2:29:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Good. The judge is beyond exasperated with Kari Lake.

26/8/2025, 2:27:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) reposted

How many people of color and women does Trump have to fire or otherwise target before the racism and systematic discrimination within his administration is condemned by anyone of power in Washington? In either party? He's so despicable. Yet it seems business as usual in the mainstream media.

26/8/2025, 1:12:19 AM | 504 144 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rex Huppke (@rexhuppke.bsky.social) reposted

If you’re a congressional Republican right now, what exactly is your job? Should get them all hats that say “Rubber Stamp for Authoritarian Regime.”

25/8/2025, 8:31:36 PM | 619 124 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

This is the same guy who grovels before Putin.

25/8/2025, 11:48:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.

25/8/2025, 9:07:22 PM | 27995 9067 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Heartland Signal (@heartlandsignal.bsky.social) reposted

J.B. Pritzker (D) on Trump calling him out this morning: "Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, 'Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?' Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here."

25/8/2025, 8:53:12 PM | 492 106 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Pritzker is right. I hope he continues to stand up to the bully that is Trump.

25/8/2025, 9:42:25 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

Astounding that a judge needs to ask the DOJ this question. But here we are.

25/8/2025, 8:30:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope Governor Pritzker has a lawsuit drafted and ready to be filed. Trump must be resisted whenever and wherever possible.

25/8/2025, 8:28:25 PM | 9 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaveN50 (@daven50.bsky.social) reply parent

The DOJ has no business litigating a purely political dispute.

25/8/2025, 8:00:50 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view