Eric Abel

Eric Abel

@ericabel.bsky.social

SoCal beach guy. Retired Tech/Healthcare Program Mgr. Poli Sci, S/W. Socially progressive/fiscal pragmatist. Grandpa. Classic Rock 🎶 & Animal lover. Packers fan. Anti-MAGA; Pro-Democracy 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦#🟦🇮🇱✡️🏳️‍🌈

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Goodby CBS. It was good to know ya! Douglas Edwards, Walter Cronkite and Mike Wallace, among others, are rolling in their graves, rolling their eyes, and looking at you with askance. For you to take authoritarian positions is anti-democratic and unamerican! So, adios!

Here’s so good news, and some sad news. Europe has stepped into the void that America has left since Trump 2.0. The question is how long they can keep Russia at bay in Ukraine. It’s obvious that the Trump admin has no plan to provide support. Yeah, the so-called negotiations continue, ⤵️

2/ but Russia keeps pounding Ukraine. That is the sad part. America not stand up for democracy in Ukraine or here at home! Trump is a monster! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

Happy Valentines Day 💝🌹 Now to what’s not happy. The search for Nancy Guthrie continues! Why was she even taken? Why does it take law enforcement to determine height, check surrounding cameras, get the glove DNA checked? This is heartbreaking. Next, we know what a monster Trump is.

2/ But, now he wants to kill the planet. His revocation of all climate change laws is purely evil! He’s pushing coal which is the worst. Even China’s climate has improved! Does his hatred for President Obama go that deep? Probably. This Does Not distract from the Epstein Files! No Kings! Period

They Lie! They ALL Lie! The president Lies; Always! To the country; to the World! Vance, Bondi, Blanche, Patel, ICE officials, etc., they ALL LIE! This is a cruel, ignorant, autocratic administration. It’s openly corrupt. They openly LIE about EVERYTHING! It’s not good & I’m sick of this sh*t!

The world now sees what we see, a rambling, delusional old man as the president of the US. They know there has been a shift in world order. Our president has “forced” that by threatening use of force against our allies or greater tariffs. But, as with all bullies, our president backed down after ⤵️

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3/ with war toys. “Look at me, I can bomb a boat and like people!” He gleefully gloats about out military Might that he commands. Yet, he of the bone spurs, is a coward. It’s time for the 25th Amendment! Unfortunately, the cabinet doesn’t have either stomach or cajones to invoke it. ⤵️

The world now sees what we see, a rambling, delusional old man as the president of the US. They know there has been a shift in world order. Our president has “forced” that by threatening use of force against our allies or greater tariffs. But, as with all bullies, our president backed down after ⤵️

2/ our allies pushed back. With our president the threat is always there. He creates chaos, then after inserting himself, he claims victory (of whatever). Everything is transactional; he wants to buys things, and if he can’t, he threatens force. A fat F’ing bully! He’s like little kid playing ⤵️

Now the World knows what many of us already knew; our president is a loon; a nutcase; a demented person. His rambling “speech” at Davos, Switzerland, exposed him to the rest of the World. It’s not just his constant referral to Greenland as Iceland. It’s his overall inability to put together ⤵️

2/ cohesive sentences. And, no topic is safe from his weird thoughts, or from it being all about Him. Our president creates a worldwide chaotic situation, and then claims he solves the problem he created. WTF! It’s time to invoke the 25th Amendment! After all, this man has the nuclear codes!

Let me get this straight! We gave Greenland “back” to Denmark after WWll? Hmmm 🤔. Obviously, our demented Prez Chaos hasn’t looked at the history. Greenland was part of Norway originally, then part of a joined Norway-Denmark; then part of Denmark where it remains today. And, apparently, he ⤵️

2/ thinks that Canada is “alive” thanks to the US. WTF is wrong w/him? Ok, don’t ask. There are too many mental, & personality issues to enumerate here. He continues to be a threat to global balance. And, this is the guy w/the nuclear codes. Time to invoke the 25th Amendment! Save 🇺🇸 & World!

It must be obvious to you by now that the escalation of Trump’s imperialism in the Caribbean & threats to take Greenland militarily, are not just distractions of the Epstein Files. Trump is now a threat to the Western world, and the NATO alliance! Meanwhile, back in country, Trump’s Gestapo has ⤵️

2/ started killing American citizens; an escalation of domestic violence by our own government on our own citizens. This is frightening to us all! And, that’s exactly what Trump & this generation of American fascists want; a fearful populace! Well, we must reject & resist the threats to us by ⤵️

3/ our government! We must get back control of our government’s imperialistic plans to uproot the world! We must force the ICE thugs back into their lawful place! We must release all of the Epstein Files, & give the survivors their day in court? We must return to our Democracy! Protest! Vote!

Good Morning, BlueSky! In one year, Trump has totally turned our beautiful country into a place of fear & hate. His goal is to eventually turn citizen against citizen. Who knew that our democracy was this fragile? Apparently, the authors of Project 2025, including Voight, Vance, & ⤵️

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4/ Executive Branch;we can’t depend on them. SCOTUS been in the fascists’ pocket for sometime! We must trust the federal courts below SCOTUS to make the right rulings! We Must take to the streets in greater number in peaceful protest! We must trust out state & local governments to protect ⤵️

5/ our rights! We must trust our local law enforcement to be a deterrent to ICE! Most of all, we Must prepare, and Vote, in the 2026 Midterms! We can take back our country by winning the House & Senate! 💙🇺🇸

Good Morning, BlueSky! In one year, Trump has totally turned our beautiful country into a place of fear & hate. His goal is to eventually turn citizen against citizen. Who knew that our democracy was this fragile? Apparently, the authors of Project 2025, including Voight, Vance, & ⤵️

2/ Stephen Miller did. This isn’t an overnight action. The fascists have been planning this for some time. Trump probably still hasn’t read it, but is the tip of the spear in the implementation of our soon-to-be authoritarian state. His successor has probably been identified, if not Vance. ⤵️

3/ Our government is now proceeding to increase their domestic terrorism in our cities, sending more masked thugs to American streets; murdering American citizens! The big question is can we stop this? What can we do? Currently, since Congress refuses to do their duty as a check on the ⤵️

Ok, let’s look at the distractions; from what? First, we bomb small boats; over and over. Then, we pardon a convicted president of Honduras of drug charges. Then, we “invade” Venezuela taking their bad guy to the US. And, why? Same drug charges as the guy from Honduras. Then, we threaten ⤵️

2/ Columbia, Mexico, Cuba with the same actions. But, we’re not done yet! Let’s either “take” or “buy” Greenland which is associated with Denmark, a NATO partner! WTF! Trump’s imperialism is out of control! BTW! Are these ALL distractions from the Epstein Files! We won’t forget!

@realdonaldrumpf.bsky.social! You are a criminal in so many ways! But, even worse is that you are evil! You don’t even F’ing care that you have brought domestic terrorism to America’s street! You have provoked your F’ing cronies to send your Gestapo into American cities, disrupting a

2/ peaceful community, and now killing an American citizen. I’m not sorry for you! MN will try & convict that ICE officer of murder! And, rightly so! But, I believe that you & Noem should be tried & convicted as well! You are a murderer who doesn’t care about our country. F*ck you!

OMG! We got him, now what? No doubt Maduro is a bad guy; apparently, his wife, too. But, aside for rightly trying these drug kingpins, we now claim we’re running Venezuela. Is this a new toy for Donnie & his cronies to play with? They’re having enough trouble running our own government. ⤵️

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3/ who knows how many people we killed. To Trump, it’s about the oil, not the health of the country. In fact, he just blew off Maria Corina Machado, the opposition’s leader. This is American jingoism in the Western Hemisphere, again! ⤵️

4/ We’re going to run another country w/a group of clowns? Holly Sh*t! Our president of peace has done the exact opposite! He’s expanded our involvement. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Epstein Files still lurk; affordability is the big issue! But, “look it here; we got some oil fields!”

OMG! We got him, now what? No doubt Maduro is a bad guy; apparently, his wife, too. But, aside for rightly trying these drug kingpins, we now claim we’re running Venezuela. Is this a new toy for Donnie & his cronies to play with? They’re having enough trouble running our own government. ⤵️

2/ And, what is the legitimacy for taking these steps? Rubio keeps talking about the indictment of Maduro? What about Congress. It’s not about the Venezuelan people. I initially thought this was a surgical strike like when we got Bin Laden. But, no, we bombed the sh*t out of Caracas; ⤵️

Remember! This is a convicted criminal; F’ing Donald J Trump; your elected president! His corruption shows no bounds! Ok! Now it’s 2026! Time to start removing the corruption! Obviously, getting Trump & his F’ing sycophants under control is a start. But, it’s not just MAGA. It’s politicians ⤵️

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3/ The emotional answer is put Trump & his cronies in jail. But, first, put congressional checks on the Executive Branch in place! Reinstall healthcare for the American people! Stop tariffs! Put checks on use of our military! Do the right things to get prices down! ⤵️

4/ Finally, look into impeachment of SCOTUS justices who don’t follow the Constitution, Bondi, etc., who have weaponized our DOJ, FBI, Homeland Security, OMB, etc. They have stolen the taxpayers money, and should be in jail! Happy New Year! 🎉🍾

Remember! This is a convicted criminal; F’ing Donald J Trump; your elected president! His corruption shows no bounds! Ok! Now it’s 2026! Time to start removing the corruption! Obviously, getting Trump & his F’ing sycophants under control is a start. But, it’s not just MAGA. It’s politicians ⤵️

2/ who just play the game. We need real leaders who actually work for the people; people who don’t use their position to suddenly get rich. Just do their jobs! So, after a Blue Wave in the 2026 Midterms, what should the Democrats spend time on? ⤵️

@jojofromjerz.bsky.social, unfortunately, I can’t comment to you on substack; I’m one of may Americans on a fixed income. Subscribing is just too difficult. So, I’ll continue to follow you on BlueSky & Threads where I can freely communicate. 2025 was a difficult year for most of us who aren’t ⤵️

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3/ day. We are the everyday people 🎶, including the MAGA base. Meanwhile, the wannabe oligarchs like Bondi, Patel, Noem, Hegseth, Voight, Stephen Miller, and others, so the Nazi dirty work for their narcissistic, fascist leader. I’m pretty certain that the Gatsby Crew doesn’t care know how the ⤵️

4/ rest of us live, grocery shop, etc. They probably don’t even have driver licenses. They certainly don’t care. Well, we’re taking our country back; Period! Keep up you writings & videos, and fighting for all of us! No More Kings! 💙🇺🇸 Happy New Year! 🎉🍾

@jojofromjerz.bsky.social, unfortunately, I can’t comment to you on substack; I’m one of may Americans on a fixed income. Subscribing is just too difficult. So, I’ll continue to follow you on BlueSky & Threads where I can freely communicate. 2025 was a difficult year for most of us who aren’t ⤵️

2/ part of the Great Gatsby oligarch crew. While our demented president dreams in gold, & imagines his new ballroom filled with fools gold & gold, holding Great Gatsby-like parties, serving martinis, shrimp & oyster hors d’oeuvres, followed by lobster, the rest of us suckers are surviving day-by- ⤵️

Good Morning, BlueSky! My thoughts on Ukraine & Russia. To put it bluntly, F’ing Putin does not want peace; he will kill & take until he gets it all. The negotiations that are going on are between Ukraine & Ukraine supporters. In other words, they’re negotiating against themselves (ourselves). ⤵️

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3/ Wow! Now that’s an “A” team 🤔. People are dying, but that doesn’t seem to matter or speed things up to end the war. The only thing that Putin understands, power. Trump needs to get off his transactional as*, & throw the might of the US behind Ukraine. ⤵️

4/ The EU has been amazing, but the US has to do more. I’m definitely not a hawk, looking for any chance to show the power of the US, but this war is about a free, democratic country that we have strong ties too. This is about the balance in the world that the NATO alliance has provided. 💙🇺🇦💙🇺🇸

Good Morning, BlueSky! My thoughts on Ukraine & Russia. To put it bluntly, F’ing Putin does not want peace; he will kill & take until he gets it all. The negotiations that are going on are between Ukraine & Ukraine supporters. In other words, they’re negotiating against themselves (ourselves). ⤵️

2/ Russia is not involved in the talks! Let’s be clear, Trump doesn’t care as long as Putin gets what he wants. And, Trump’s so-called special envoy is a real estate billionaire, not a diplomat equipped negotiate something as sensitive and critical as a war. And, Trump sends Kushner, too? ⤵️

Hmmm..🤔 The DOJ says that some of the released Epstein Files can’t be true. Why? Because this DOJ says they would have been weaponized against the Republicans at that time. Whaaat? That’s just backward thinking by the DOJ. This DOJ has been weaponized, indicting Trump’s enemies. What crap!

VP Vance (@jd-vance-1.bsky.social), apparently thinks he isn’t a Christian White Nationalist! Hmmm 🤔. He says he’s against bigotry! Hmmm 🤔. Yet, he says DEI has been relegated to the “dustbin of history.” Then, he says, “you don’t have to apologize for being White, anymore.” ⤵️

Hey! Wyoming’s Republican Senator, Cynthia Lummis, isn’t running for er-election! Now is the right time for Liz Cheney (@lizcheney.bluesky.social) to run for the Senate, as a DEMOCRAT! I’m not kidding. We are a big tent!