Mark Gordon
Mark Gordon
@marksgordon.bsky.social
Catholic. Citizen of the late American Republic. Anti-fascist. Retired businessman. Former US Army officer. Radical Left Scum. Husband of 42 years. Dad and grandfather. Sic semper tyrannis. No king but God. Abolish ICE.
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#Catholic #Lent #Triduum #GoodFriday
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Robert Mueller, a Vietnam veteran with a bronze star for heroism, and a purple heart has passed away. Perhaps his biggest honor was trying to save our democracy. I REFUSE to let him be a punchline for our deranged president. Robert Mueller was a hero and may he rest in peace and watch over us. Amen.
It's an old story, one I've told often. But every Lent I think of Jorge and what he did for me. He is an avatar of Christ, one I try to imitate. #Catholic #Christian #Lent
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May this one day happen to them.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." -- Mark Twain
I saw this on Reddit this morning. A map of passport ownership. Looks pretty familiar, (minus Utah and its missionaries.)
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Around 50 Israeli settlers stormed al-Duyuk al-Tahta near Jericho and demolished roughly 15 Palestinian homes & an animal pen, expelling families at gunpoint & looting their belongings, residents told AFP. The attack follows Israel’s security cabinet approving new measures to tighten control over...
Gift article. A sordid, ongoing story of greed and grift.
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Melinda French Gates strikes me as a really good person, a rarity among the billionaire class.
The greatest court order I've ever read.
Damn. 🔥 “.. Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It's real. They're paying people to sit through Pretty Woman II.
Bruce weighs in. It's no "Ohio," but it'll do..
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ICE & U.S. Customs & Border Protection employed at least 30 people with sexual & violent criminal histories in recent years. At least 20 agents committed offenses with underage victims. The bulk of abuse happened within the last two years. This article includes names of the agents.
Sorry, but the music of the left is always much cooler than the dopey country dreck of the right.
If you buy @colinwoodard.bsky.social's thesis in American Nations (and I do), then the Trump Administration's assault on Minnesota, Northern Illinois, and Portland, OR, can be seen as an instance of Deep South aggression against Yankeedom.
It's important for New Englanders to recognize the Yankee roots of Minnesota. They are us.
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This moron and his craven bootlickers are going to leave our economy a smoking ruin.
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