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Gary Gifford

@garygifford.bsky.social

Lifelong liberal, avid #mtb rider, #Nordicski er, gym rat, proficient gun owner, potty mouth & Trump hating retired LEO. Meme thief & maker #Mensa #NAFO #Resist #Cats Secular Humorist. From #BayArea. Lives in #PNW Straight #Ally. substack.com/@garygifford

created November 14, 2024

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Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Alex, I'll take "Worthless Awards" for $500.

2/9/2025, 4:33:44 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Probably announcing the order of citizenship revocation for Rosie O'Donnell.

2/9/2025, 4:32:46 AM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

I predict it will be the revocation of citizenship order for Rosie O'Donnell.

2/9/2025, 4:12:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

One can find inspiration in the oddest of places.....

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2/9/2025, 4:10:33 AM | 13 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Great show!

2/9/2025, 1:24:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Great show tonight, guys!

2/9/2025, 1:24:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 (@joshuafoust.com) reposted

Pretty alarming when our own Senators forget who was president in 2020 and reconstruct an entire false timeline around it.

1/9/2025, 3:45:40 PM | 33 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

You were right next to me and my wife. I did not recognize you. I was holding the large upside down American flag.

1/9/2025, 10:11:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

More like 12 seconds...

1/9/2025, 10:09:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...

1/9/2025, 10:09:19 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

AI clickbait, Mark.

1/9/2025, 10:08:52 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope every dumbass who bought that scam coin loses everything.

1/9/2025, 10:07:33 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

JFC haven't contractors learned not to work for that prick?

1/9/2025, 10:06:00 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

As if Nate Silver is either normal or appealing.

1/9/2025, 9:58:38 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Alex, I'll take "Worthless Awards" for $500.

1/9/2025, 9:56:55 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 9:39:12 PM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Labor Day Bend OR. #Protest

1/9/2025, 8:29:40 PM | 38 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Labor Day Bend OR. #Resist #Protest

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1/9/2025, 8:25:44 PM | 27 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

If you can get cameras that close every day.....

1/9/2025, 3:52:34 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

🤣

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1/9/2025, 3:39:03 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Drove his Chevy THROUGH the levy.

1/9/2025, 3:10:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Effective protest sign messages: "Trump is an Epstein File pedo" "Only Nazis deport orphans" Let's keep it going in the comments...

1/9/2025, 3:08:29 PM | 6 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

So when do we attack?

1/9/2025, 3:03:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Happy Labor Day to all you Far Left Lunatics! Make sure to get out to your local protest today! Check your local 50501 or Indivisible site or page to find yours. We ALL have to show up! Arrive early and leave late! They aren't scary, they're fun! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

1/9/2025, 3:02:04 PM | 11 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

That's some Minority Report stuff...

1/9/2025, 2:46:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

MAGA: "See, told ya, it's working!"

1/9/2025, 2:40:24 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Great to be out of the hospital, and you are correct. Tried to deport 600 orphaned children to Guatamala in the dead of night.

1/9/2025, 4:44:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bombaycrone.bsky.social (@bombaycrone.bsky.social) reposted

We must not let anyone forget what happens after, AFTER the 2026 midterms. H.R.1 will be in play the day after the results of the midterms come in. Make sure you vote for your own security and welfare.

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31/8/2025, 4:43:03 PM | 146 119 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

They should all resign.

1/9/2025, 4:40:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

How is this happening without Congressional approval...Oh, that's right..Republicans.

1/9/2025, 4:30:20 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Alex, I'll take "things that will never happen for $500"

1/9/2025, 2:41:42 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Why the triple exclamation points? Power nap?

1/9/2025, 2:39:08 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Along with the Epstein files, we need to keep this 600 children they tried to deport to Guatamala in the news, and not let it die. No one can defend this. These aren't criminals; they are orphaned kids as young as 7 years old. This is 100% Nazi stuff.

1/9/2025, 12:07:03 AM | 35 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Simply and perfectly stated @muellershewrote.com .

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31/8/2025, 9:09:48 PM | 37 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice! And it fits in a screenshot!

31/8/2025, 9:07:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Actually, now that I look at them again, the one in the post is correct, it's just in shadow to make it look gray.

31/8/2025, 8:44:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

I think these are pictures taken on different days from the same vantage point. Note the photo I posted is with 47 walking behind the SUV like the one in the post, whereas yours shows him walking IFO the SUV.

31/8/2025, 8:41:30 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

White hat, but you are correct.

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31/8/2025, 5:04:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Make Communism Great Again.

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31/8/2025, 4:15:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

What's with the communist China looking hat?

31/8/2025, 3:38:22 PM | 58 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Good read.

31/8/2025, 3:22:48 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Social media rules I strive to follow. Emphasis on "strive". Is it true?, Is it kind? (Nazi "victims" excluded), Is it helpful.

31/8/2025, 2:59:44 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Webpage Archive is a crowd sourced site that allows people to access articles with paywalls, provided a user has uploaded the article (most articles have been). If you hit a paywall on an article you want to read, just copy the URL and paste it in the search window. Bookmark this site: archive.ph

31/8/2025, 1:06:11 AM | 10 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Alive anyhow..

31/8/2025, 12:08:33 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Military grade firecrackers!

31/8/2025, 12:05:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Hey all you radical left lunatics, make sure you get out on Monday to your local Labor Day protest. Arrive early. Leave late. We ALL have to show up. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

30/8/2025, 11:48:46 PM | 13 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Good news on the appeals court win, but it was far from unanimous. I expect SCOTUS to allow POTUS to continue to behave like a mad king.

30/8/2025, 4:28:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

They are not serious people, neither them nor their viewers.

30/8/2025, 3:34:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Probably the guy from the South Park episode.

30/8/2025, 3:27:41 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Well said. Internal "Bernie voice" as you read is guaranteed. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

30/8/2025, 3:02:07 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Brittleman

30/8/2025, 2:42:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Did it rhyme with DEI?

30/8/2025, 2:38:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

I would not hire a MAGA for ANY job whatsoever based on their obvious lack of character and judgement.

30/8/2025, 2:33:27 PM | 56 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolutely! I emailed a news article with a video of an ICE dickhead tackling a protestor in Portland to the Multnomah District Attorney requesting an investigation. I don't expect to hear back, but this is something we all can do to put a fire under our local elected officials.

30/8/2025, 4:16:01 AM | 10 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 3:52:03 AM | 49 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Leonard chilling after a hard day of being an indoor cat. #CatsOfBluesky

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30/8/2025, 1:16:23 AM | 16 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Not yet, but soon.

30/8/2025, 12:35:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Fire all of them..

30/8/2025, 12:34:55 AM | 12 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

These are our enemies. We are at war. Start acting like it.

30/8/2025, 12:33:33 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Paul Krugman has retired from the NYT, but he is alive and well here on Bluesky and Substack. Thank you @pkrugman.bsky.social

30/8/2025, 12:29:07 AM | 6 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

This is a war, folks. Start acting like it.

30/8/2025, 12:23:10 AM | 32 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Here's the new one they came up with:

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30/8/2025, 12:19:50 AM | 32 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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29/8/2025, 4:13:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

organize a general strike. Shut this country down to get the moneyed class and the business leaders to put pressure on Congress to do their f***ing jobs.

29/8/2025, 4:08:28 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Fear and apathy. Not sure which one is more destructive. I do know once a month national "day of action" protests aren't going to cut it. I'm not sure how we get there, but we need sustained protests everywhere and a GENERAL STRIKE. An established group like MoveOn, 50501 or Indivisible needs to

29/8/2025, 4:08:28 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Probably got a lobbying job at United Healthcare.

29/8/2025, 3:54:02 PM | 103 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Gross.

29/8/2025, 3:52:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

This is the shit those racist MAGA motherfuckers love.

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29/8/2025, 3:43:59 PM | 12 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

And I hope the officer wasn't injured.

29/8/2025, 3:28:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

This is some 1984, Brazil, Dredd and every other dystopian film nightmare shit.

29/8/2025, 3:23:01 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

🤣

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29/8/2025, 3:05:23 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

One of the greatest memes of all time.

29/8/2025, 2:41:58 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Nixon's Ghost 2028!

29/8/2025, 2:40:56 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Slava Ukraini! #CatsOfUkraine

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29/8/2025, 3:44:37 AM | 22 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

That's how to do it. Audit the costs of healthcare. Doctor shortage? Start by paying off their loans for hard full time doctoring. Pay nurses more as well. Reduce those admin legal costs by 1/3 as you say by getting rid of insurance.

29/8/2025, 3:13:39 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

They are bad people.

29/8/2025, 3:07:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is a great account to follow that brings you "X" posts from the Governor Newsom Press Office. @newsonpressoffice.bsky.social

29/8/2025, 3:03:25 AM | 7 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Fox "News" is the authoritarian's "News" network is why.

29/8/2025, 3:00:52 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

So either Freudian slip OR he was trying to make a clever sarcastic remark, but his brain don't work too good. 🤣 Either one makes him look bad, and I'm here for it.

29/8/2025, 2:58:40 AM | 210 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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And they are still lying. The most prolific liars of all time.

28/8/2025, 11:39:37 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

I have much harsher words for him.

28/8/2025, 11:36:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is the proper approach.

28/8/2025, 11:33:39 PM | 13 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

F*** you, ass melon.

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28/8/2025, 11:31:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

This is a good explainer of the new law. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

28/8/2025, 11:29:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

He seems to have the same drive to fight back and attitude Pritzger and Newsom do. Good stuff.

28/8/2025, 10:46:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Unfortunately, most people remain disengaged, stupid or in support of what is happening.

28/8/2025, 10:44:18 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

However he is being enabled by his sychophants and a corrupt Supreme Court. He is not far off saying he can do whatever he wants. He has largely been successful. Sustained protests and a legitimate GENERAL STRIKE is the only lawful thing that can slow this down,

28/8/2025, 10:44:18 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

3/3 So this is something more we can do. Put the fire under state and local prosecutors to fight this federal overreach in the state courts and perhaps act as a deterrent to bad behavior and even choosing to work for ICE.

28/8/2025, 10:36:38 PM | 14 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

2/3 I just read an article about a Portland OR man who is suing the federal government for an assault by an ICE agent. I emailed a request for a criminal investigation along with the article to the Multnomah County DA.

28/8/2025, 10:36:38 PM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social)

Just heard Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner interviewed on MSNBC. He says he going to prosecute any and all federal agents under state law for any crimes committed in his jurisdiction. This is leadership. This is fighting back when and where possible. 1/3

28/8/2025, 10:36:38 PM | 116 33 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Not stupid...evil.

28/8/2025, 10:04:28 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fuck you, you ass melon.

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28/8/2025, 9:52:42 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Pretty much. The key is to remove him BEFORE all the damage is done. Everyone hates Vance, and he will not inherit MAGA. With Trump gone, reversing course will be easier.

28/8/2025, 9:46:34 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Ha ha! It must be a very small tank. They recycle it into drinking water.

28/8/2025, 9:33:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

I got put on that list as well. I have a list I put accounts like this on. The list is called "people with tiny followings who put people on lists"

28/8/2025, 3:08:01 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

They are so shameless. They know these videos exist..

28/8/2025, 2:43:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

2/2 He's got the backing of Miller, Vought, Hegseth, their staff and many others on this stuff. He's a disturbed diminished man AND he's doing a great job intentionally destroying our country in a very precise manner.

28/8/2025, 2:33:59 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

I find it hard to believe that Trump himself with such a purported diminished capacity is orchestrating all of these authoritarian moves. While terrible for our democracy, they are exactly the right moves for a wannabe dictator to make 1/2

28/8/2025, 2:33:59 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

New logo:

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28/8/2025, 4:20:58 AM | 12 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Gifford (@garygifford.bsky.social) reply parent

Stephen Miller is playing 4D chess. He is the puppet master.

28/8/2025, 4:15:00 AM | 18 2 | View on Bluesky | view