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Albert Kaufman
@albertkaufman.bsky.social
A 64-year young single and seeking: Portland, Oregon, dancer, writer, teacher, musician, and world-changer.

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Fun fact: Republicans are defunding the GAO—a watchdog Congress created—to help Trump ignore laws Congress passed.

It’s like sawing off the branch you're sitting on ... because Dear Leader told you to.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Congressional Republicans are happily handing their power over to Trump
It’s a tale as old as January 2025: GOP lawmakers believe their primary job is to assist President Donald Trump in doing whatever he wants—even if “whatever he wants” means “turn Congress ...
www.dailykos.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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This is make or break week for the Judge Jeanine Pirro nomination for US attorney in DC--vote is Thursday

She is unfit including by Senator Tillis' & Kennedy's standards because of her positions on Jan 6 & the insurrectionists

Make your voice heard👉 5calls.org

www.thebulwark.com/p/unfit-to-s...
Unfit to Serve: Jeanine Pirro Made Excuses for Jan. 6th
Senators weighing her nomination for U.S. attorney should revisit her remarks denigrating prosecutors and calling defendants “hostages.”
www.thebulwark.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Are you on Medicaid? Are you SURE? Because it’s called a *lot* of different things in a lot of different states. 💁‍♀️
July 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Powerful image of the Supreme Cult.
June 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Imagine where it would be if there was a concerted effort by Democrats to make the case on this issue rather than let events play out on their own.
This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.

That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.

On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
June 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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"In this 2007 documentary that originally aired on Bill Moyers Journal, Moyers investigates big media’s role as cheerleader in the clamor for war in the months preceding the March 19, 2003 invasion" billmoyers.com/content/buyi...
June 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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May 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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I absolutely agree with this! It’s so sad that millions don’t.

#Pinks
May 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Divest Oregon is proud to present the 2025 Climate Risk Report: No Place to Hide, which addresses the financial risk that climate change presents to state pension funds and suggests solutions to combat this risk.
You can read the whole report on our website: www.divestoregon.org/2025-climate...
May 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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In a time of aggressive immigration enforcement, some international musicians are deciding that going through the complicated process of getting a U.S. artist visa may not be worth the financial and safety risks.
Aggressive immigration enforcement makes musicians rethink U.S. tours
In a time of aggressive immigration enforcement, some international musicians are deciding that going through the complicated process of getting a U.S. artist visa may not be worth the financial and s...
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Portland Parks Dept. Still using gas-powered tools. Move forward already!!!
April 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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If members of the press are worried they didn’t give enough coverage to the cognitive decline of a sitting president, they have an amazing opportunity to make up for it right now.
April 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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We live in a post-critical thought society
April 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Well played.
April 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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April 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
What an asshole. Seriously. F 47
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
F47
i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record
April 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM