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Ed Broyles

@edwardbroyles.bsky.social

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Retired corporate whore. Post about bicycling, photography, scale modeling, some politics. I live in Ashland, Oregon with a spouse, a daughter, and a rascally black lab named Oliver. Profile pic is November sunrise in the eastern Sierra.

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Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 1h

Dismantling our health care, education, food, and safety net systems while allowing growing income inequality and forcing negative immigration might have something to do with it.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 1d

"found"

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, because beating up women is not important to Christian Nationalists who believe in 6000-year-old earths.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 1d

This "man" has no conscience.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 1d

Breaks my heart but I know there are a shit-ton of strong-willed, salt-of-the-earth people out there who are about to be a force to be reckoned with.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 3d

No one dunks on Derek.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 3d

Good advice. While sometimes we need to step out of our comfort zone, doing the things we are best at will have a greater impact and allow each of us to expend energy in the most efficient way.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 3d

California state government RFP.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 3d

Jesus. And I don’t mean that in a good way. City attorney might want to take a look at that.

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Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, Sally.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 4d

Would have been nice if at least a few of the 15 million registered Democrats who sat on their asses would have voted.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 4d

A thread worth your time.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4d

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 4d

Kind of an interesting undercurrent on BlueSky I've seen lately is this telling people what they should say on their timeline. If you want to make a general point in an original post, fine, but don't go on somebody's timeline and tell them what to think. I'll say what I fucking want.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but I'm certainly not lamenting anything. Obama was cool. Just pointing out the hypocrisy of the right. I think the "if Obama" or "if Biden" thing is kind of a meme for that now.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 4d

That's the Portland I know and love.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 4d

Trump: "We're only cutting Democrat programs." Can you imagine if Obama had . . .

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 4d

Today was October Big Day where birders were asked to bird at least SOMEwhere before midnight. I chose a location called Ashland Pond, in the northeast part of Ashland, Oregon. The photo is a Black Phoebe just leaving its perch on wire fence. #birds

A brownish black bird with spread wings flies off a wire fence.

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California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · 5d

Truly a terrifying scene in Portland. No wonder the Feds are so afraid 🤣

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 6d

This is awesome.

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Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 6d

550%. I need to get sick!

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 6d

Because I'm mad at China, I will impose a very high tax on Americans.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6d

NEWS: Trump just announced the U.S. will impose a 100% tariff on all Chinese goods starting November 1

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 6d

There's an undercurrent to this, RFK Jr., etc., that is a sort of social Darwinism. If you aren't rich enough to afford health care, you should die.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 6d

I also think it's funny because of the Pepe the Frog thing on the right a few years ago.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 7d

He's practicing how he can refuse to swear in anyone he wants in January 2027.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 7d

The money James and Comey are going to make on malicious prosecution cases will be epic.

Ed Broyles @edwardbroyles.bsky.social · 7d

"We" are feeling more strong because the Trump administration, regardless of how dangerous they are, are bumbling idiots. Even the smartest of them. They are self destructing through no effort at all on the part of Dem leadership. It's easy to act tough when your enemy cuts his own leg off.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 8d

Tina Smith says Democrats are digging in: “If anything, we’re feeling more strong.”

“I think we've tapped into something that's really important to Americans.”