Downs
@davisleedowns.bsky.social
Vietnam veteran, retired Earth Science teacher, real estate broker/auctioneer. I live on our farm on outskirts of Louisville.
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I expect to join MSNBC Host Ari Melber on the Beat - @TheBeatWithAri - at 6pm today to discuss the extent of presidential power.
October 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I expect to join MSNBC Host Ari Melber on the Beat - @TheBeatWithAri - at 6pm today to discuss the extent of presidential power.
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The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
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Would you look at that.
June 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Would you look at that.
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Night owl - youtu.be/GJMOlgq6BIA?...
June 18, 2025
YouTube video by John Flannery
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June 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Night owl - youtu.be/GJMOlgq6BIA?...
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And we can stop all the big Pharma advertising in commercials on TV. No need for it.
June 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And we can stop all the big Pharma advertising in commercials on TV. No need for it.
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I expect to join MSNBC’s Ari Miller on the Beat - @TheBeatWithAri - sometime after 6pm this evening to discuss recent developments.
June 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I expect to join MSNBC’s Ari Miller on the Beat - @TheBeatWithAri - sometime after 6pm this evening to discuss recent developments.
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Walk & Talk - As the true extent of LA’s protests become transparent, it appears that Trump and his cronies and his military force were nothing but a pretext to attack California and her Dem governor and the Dem LA Mayor; of course, there’s more. youtu.be/5grLgk75axI?...
June 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Walk & Talk - As the true extent of LA’s protests become transparent, it appears that Trump and his cronies and his military force were nothing but a pretext to attack California and her Dem governor and the Dem LA Mayor; of course, there’s more. youtu.be/5grLgk75axI?...
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Facts! No doubt about that…
June 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Facts! No doubt about that…
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According to AP, the typical pay package for S&P 500 CEOs rose to $17M last year — an increase of 9.7%.
At half of the companies surveyed, it would take the median worker 192 years to make what the CEO did in one year.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
At half of the companies surveyed, it would take the median worker 192 years to make what the CEO did in one year.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
June 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
According to AP, the typical pay package for S&P 500 CEOs rose to $17M last year — an increase of 9.7%.
At half of the companies surveyed, it would take the median worker 192 years to make what the CEO did in one year.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
At half of the companies surveyed, it would take the median worker 192 years to make what the CEO did in one year.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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“Pretending this crew is stable puts our democracy and national security at risk. Trump is nuts and his advisers prove that the fish rots from the head. We need a forceful, uncompromising coalition of decent, and normal Americans to combat MAGA’s reign of crazy!”
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Trump and his crew are nuts
It’s time to stop rationalizing the craziness
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June 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
“Pretending this crew is stable puts our democracy and national security at risk. Trump is nuts and his advisers prove that the fish rots from the head. We need a forceful, uncompromising coalition of decent, and normal Americans to combat MAGA’s reign of crazy!”
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This asshole raised prices and ruined your retirement savings, and now he's out golfing for the rest of the weekend.
April 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This asshole raised prices and ruined your retirement savings, and now he's out golfing for the rest of the weekend.
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We’ve found a leader to take over the reins from Wall Street Schumer - let the Senate know you want this - we must end the Trump march to monarchy.
April 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We’ve found a leader to take over the reins from Wall Street Schumer - let the Senate know you want this - we must end the Trump march to monarchy.
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Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people.
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
April 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people.
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
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Thom Tillis casting the deciding vote to confirm Hegseth, and his shameful silence yesterday, should be a major issue in the 2026 NC Senate race.
March 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Thom Tillis casting the deciding vote to confirm Hegseth, and his shameful silence yesterday, should be a major issue in the 2026 NC Senate race.
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So… the very same Republicans who said they were cutting SNAP because hunger could be “addressed by food banks”, just cut $500 MILLION in funding for…
You guessed it.
Food banks.
You guessed it.
Food banks.
March 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So… the very same Republicans who said they were cutting SNAP because hunger could be “addressed by food banks”, just cut $500 MILLION in funding for…
You guessed it.
Food banks.
You guessed it.
Food banks.
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“How often misused words generate misleading thoughts" - Herbert Spencer. Unfortunately we have, in addition, an AG Bondi who doesn’t choose to think. A deathly combination.
March 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“How often misused words generate misleading thoughts" - Herbert Spencer. Unfortunately we have, in addition, an AG Bondi who doesn’t choose to think. A deathly combination.
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March 22, 2025
Happy Birthday William Shatner. Today, completing 94 trips around the Sun.
Congratulations on your 55-billion mile journey.
Happy Birthday William Shatner. Today, completing 94 trips around the Sun.
Congratulations on your 55-billion mile journey.
March 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
March 22, 2025
Happy Birthday William Shatner. Today, completing 94 trips around the Sun.
Congratulations on your 55-billion mile journey.
Happy Birthday William Shatner. Today, completing 94 trips around the Sun.
Congratulations on your 55-billion mile journey.
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The summary roundups can be overwhelming. Read it in sections if you start feeling like it’s all too much. You can do this, we can all do this together!!
#StrongerTogether
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#StrongerTogether
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Publisher's Roundup, 10
Trump is Lashing Out Because He’s Losing
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March 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The summary roundups can be overwhelming. Read it in sections if you start feeling like it’s all too much. You can do this, we can all do this together!!
#StrongerTogether
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
#StrongerTogether
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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It's always wrong to vandalize personal property and that certainly includes Teslas, and also: your government is actively disappearing innocent people without due process, so, you know, that second one is taking up my empathetic bandwidth at the moment.
March 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It's always wrong to vandalize personal property and that certainly includes Teslas, and also: your government is actively disappearing innocent people without due process, so, you know, that second one is taking up my empathetic bandwidth at the moment.
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Great question! Too early to tell. But in 2 yrs we will be hearing more
March 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Great question! Too early to tell. But in 2 yrs we will be hearing more
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“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias
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March 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."