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

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,248 posts)
1. That speech was really something!
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 06:01 PM
Monday

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

(14,061 posts)
22. Just imagine...
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:28 PM
17 hrs 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

(2,626 posts)
3. And He's Only 39
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 06:14 PM
Monday

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

sheshe2

(98,662 posts)
12. He is right.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:57 PM
Monday

He is a damn fine Senator.

We need more Ossoffs!

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

LuvLoogie

(8,966 posts)
17. Absolute no on ANYONE who voted for the Laken Riley Act
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 08:54 PM
Monday

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
Monday

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

(14,061 posts)
21. Why I DESPISE the title "Dept of Homeland Security"
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:06 PM
18 hrs 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

(10,788 posts)
23. Time to toss a few more bucks Jon's way
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:34 PM
17 hrs 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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