Charles Perez
@coperez.bsky.social
Photographer. Oenophile. Defender of Democracy. Ex-Army Aviator.
Equal rights for all.
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Equal rights for all.
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Please make this happen @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Democrats in Congress, you have the opportunity to immediately lock-in positive views of our party.
Announce an event to have every elected member of the party to pledge on camera to donate your salaries to food banks for the duration of the Shut down.
Announce an event to have every elected member of the party to pledge on camera to donate your salaries to food banks for the duration of the Shut down.
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Please make this happen @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
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Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.
September 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.
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I’m an atheist. But still…
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I’m an atheist. But still…
Alexander Hamilton, in one of his many essays during the lead-up to the Revolution, presciently described today’s Republicans/MAGA:
September 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Alexander Hamilton, in one of his many essays during the lead-up to the Revolution, presciently described today’s Republicans/MAGA:
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Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
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Where are the red Make America Great Again hats out in the fields? You know, the same people who swore immigrants were “taking their jobs.”
Keep snatching hard-working folks who are just trying to support their families and don’t be shocked when this becomes the new norm.
Keep snatching hard-working folks who are just trying to support their families and don’t be shocked when this becomes the new norm.
September 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Where are the red Make America Great Again hats out in the fields? You know, the same people who swore immigrants were “taking their jobs.”
Keep snatching hard-working folks who are just trying to support their families and don’t be shocked when this becomes the new norm.
Keep snatching hard-working folks who are just trying to support their families and don’t be shocked when this becomes the new norm.
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Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.
September 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.
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"The lunatics are running the asylum."
August 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"The lunatics are running the asylum."
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Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
August 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The last (maybe…) edited shot of hummingbirds in the rain. Zoom in and you can see beads of water that rolled off his back.
I will miss these little aerobats when they head south… soon.
I will miss these little aerobats when they head south… soon.
August 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The last (maybe…) edited shot of hummingbirds in the rain. Zoom in and you can see beads of water that rolled off his back.
I will miss these little aerobats when they head south… soon.
I will miss these little aerobats when they head south… soon.
I spent about an hour sitting barely out of the rain in our backyard. My patience was rewarded with 30-some shots of hummingbirds in our gardens. Here are the first couple I’ve edited.
August 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I spent about an hour sitting barely out of the rain in our backyard. My patience was rewarded with 30-some shots of hummingbirds in our gardens. Here are the first couple I’ve edited.
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“As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism, or hatred of the vulnerable – then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.”
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
August 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism, or hatred of the vulnerable – then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.”
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
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Max Planck once said that physics advances one funeral at a time. The same is true of a society and culture. I would add that some funerals make more difference than others, and one, right now, would make a very big difference indeed.
August 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Max Planck once said that physics advances one funeral at a time. The same is true of a society and culture. I would add that some funerals make more difference than others, and one, right now, would make a very big difference indeed.
For all you “manly men” who love to watch men in tight pants who regularly slap each other on the @ss and are big-mad about male cheerleaders in the NFL: I give you the West Point cheerleading squad (The “Rabble Rousers”). This group was all male until about 1979 and men are still half the squad.
August 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
For all you “manly men” who love to watch men in tight pants who regularly slap each other on the @ss and are big-mad about male cheerleaders in the NFL: I give you the West Point cheerleading squad (The “Rabble Rousers”). This group was all male until about 1979 and men are still half the squad.
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Do you have access to the EPSTEIN Files? Want to be inducted into the Whistleblower's Hall of Fame, be glorified in history as the Savior of Democracy & have an annual holiday named in your honor?
All of this can be yours if you simply: #LeakTheEPSTEIN-Files!*
*victim's names redacted, of course
All of this can be yours if you simply: #LeakTheEPSTEIN-Files!*
*victim's names redacted, of course
August 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Do you have access to the EPSTEIN Files? Want to be inducted into the Whistleblower's Hall of Fame, be glorified in history as the Savior of Democracy & have an annual holiday named in your honor?
All of this can be yours if you simply: #LeakTheEPSTEIN-Files!*
*victim's names redacted, of course
All of this can be yours if you simply: #LeakTheEPSTEIN-Files!*
*victim's names redacted, of course
Went outside this morning and saw something scurrying up an apple tree in the neighbors’ yard. Looked up and knew I’d have to grab my camera. Caught this little Trash Panda in the morning light.
August 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Went outside this morning and saw something scurrying up an apple tree in the neighbors’ yard. Looked up and knew I’d have to grab my camera. Caught this little Trash Panda in the morning light.