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Mrs. Betty Bowers' Bluesky post (Original Post) red dog 1 18 hrs ago OP
That speech was really something! buzzycrumbhunger 18 hrs ago #1
Hey, we could do A LOT worse. calimary 17 hrs ago #5
Hell... buzzycrumbhunger 17 hrs ago #10
I hope so MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #8
Just imagine... pat_k 24 min ago #22
Ossoff is impressive. sop 18 hrs ago #2
And He's Only 39 DET 18 hrs ago #3
I like him....a lot. Ritabert 18 hrs ago #4
Well said BeneteauBum 17 hrs ago #6
He's going places MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #7
Damn, that's good. spanone 17 hrs ago #9
He has an A rating for his progressive vote score! chowder66 16 hrs ago #11
He is right. sheshe2 16 hrs ago #12
... brer cat 16 hrs ago #14
I am now a certified fan Skittles 16 hrs ago #13
Miller should go to Berlin and see if they'll let him stay in the Fuhrerbunker struggle4progress 16 hrs ago #15
Sen Jon Ossoff is Brilliant! Cha 16 hrs ago #16
Absolute no on ANYONE who voted for the Laken Riley Act LuvLoogie 15 hrs ago #17
Nobody has more convictions than DJT; he's got the most convictions! biophile 15 hrs ago #18
I like that Unwind Your Mind 13 hrs ago #19
Ossom is awesome! ShazzieB 4 hrs ago #20
Why I DESPISE the title "Dept of Homeland Security" pat_k 46 min ago #21
Time to toss a few more bucks Jon's way RussBLib 18 min ago #23

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,241 posts)
1. That speech was really something!
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 06:01 PM
18 hrs ago

I have to admit that as I watched it, I thought I was seeing something pointing enthusiastically to our future. If there’s a WH left after all this, I think that’s where he’s headed.

pat_k

(14,027 posts)
22. Just imagine...
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:28 PM
24 min ago
Imagine If This Moment Was Not About The Ascent of Authoritarians, But About A New Birth Of Global Freedom...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221186840

DET

(2,622 posts)
3. And He's Only 39
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 06:14 PM
18 hrs ago

He’s got a bright future ahead of him, which may someday include the White House.

sheshe2

(98,657 posts)
12. He is right.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:57 PM
16 hrs ago

He is a damn fine Senator.

We need more Ossoffs!

Thank you, Georgia, you gave us not one but two keepers.

LuvLoogie

(8,962 posts)
17. Absolute no on ANYONE who voted for the Laken Riley Act
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 08:54 PM
15 hrs ago

Sorry John.

Due process doesn't get suspended because you're an immigrant.

Fuck ICE. Fuck MAGA. Fuck trump.

Unwind Your Mind

(2,370 posts)
19. I like that
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 11:43 PM
13 hrs ago

We are (mostly) descended from people who had the gumption to take a difficult journey to make a better life for themselves and their children

Something to be proud of says I

pat_k

(14,027 posts)
21. Why I DESPISE the title "Dept of Homeland Security"
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:06 PM
46 min ago

Yes, we are a nation built on the ideas embodied in our constitution and body of law as we have progressed (and hopefully will continue to progress) in our journey toward a more perfect union.

The term Homeland is directly tied to the notion of being a "native" of a place -- the Homeland.

So "homeland defense" in America is defense, not of the citizenry, but of the native inhabitants?

When the white men in power who advocated for "Homeland" in the name of their new agency envisioned the faces of the "natives" their "homeland defense" would protect, I can guarantee they weren't seeing Native American faces. They were seeing White people.

They claimed the title "increased emphasis on homeland defense." Anyone who buys the notion that "increased emphasis on homeland defense'' sounds better or more descriptive than "increased emphasis on our nation's defense" has bought into the destructive, despicable lie that the United States is a "White Christian homeland."

RussBLib

(10,786 posts)
23. Time to toss a few more bucks Jon's way
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:34 PM
18 min ago

My donation list:

Jon Ossoff (for GA US Senate)
Gina Hinojosa (for TX gov)
James Talarico (for TX US Senate)
Annie Andrews ( to beat Lindsay Graham)
Alex Vindman (for FL US Senate)
Chris Pappas (for NH US Senate)

And others who catch my eyes and ears.

I sure wish we could have publicly-funded elections in this country so we the people don’t have to contribute and fight against all this dark money. CITIZENS UNITED MUST GO!

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

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