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Robert C. Padilla

@robertcpadilla.bsky.social

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Writer living in Tucson, AZ; retired IT Executive; happily married; politically left-of-center; tennis player; classical pianist; lover of great art; youthful 77-year old runner. NO DMs PLEASE! As a rule, I ignore all DMs.

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Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 2h

To all those working class people who voted for Donald Trump, you were suckers.

He doesn't give a damn about you and never has.

He only cares about the wealthy and the powerful. I thought that was obvious.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 18h

MAGA Republicans are terrified of the 1st Amendment.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 19h

Good looking guy.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 19h

Mike Johnson, I live in Tucson, Arizona. I currently have no one representing me in the House of Representatives.

I have a right to be represented. Please swear in Adelita Grijalva.

Thank you.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 19h

Mike Johnson is the weakest, most feckless, most spineless and ineffective Speaker in modern history.

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Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

We are offering $20 Billion to bail out Argentina's failing economy but we are letting the Obamacare subsidies vanish into thin air without batting an eye.

Now. Please explain to me how this makes sense.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent.

I suggest that we rename ICE the US Taliban. Or how does this sound?

The US Gestapo.

Choose one.

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Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

I like this.

ICE agents should not be allowed to act lawlessly with impunity.

Morally and legally, that is simply wrong.

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Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

Question.

What if that boat was NOT carrying drugs?

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration's priorities are upside down.

The man in the street means nothing. Billionaires are everything.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

Trump will never win the Nobel Peace Prize anymore than Jack the Ripper will be canonized as the next saint.

Won't happen.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

Jim Jordan has the IQ of a pet rock.

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Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump doesn't give a damn about democracy.

He (and Stephen Miller) just want to make America white again...at any price.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi (you little hooker), you're losing this fight, aren't you?

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

Most major polls (Gallup, Ipsos, Washington Post, Quinnipiac) have Trump’s popularity at 38-41%.

Pushing back against him shouldn't be that difficult.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 1d

If the ICE agent refuses to unmask and identify himself, then how do I know he's an ICE agent?

He could easily be an imposter.

Therefore, I'd fight back. And as a blackbelt in karate, I could do real damage.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson: We have lots of ideas.

No they don't. Otherwise, we would have heard of them by now.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 2d

For the 8 Obama years, racists like Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and Tom Homan seethed.

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Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 2d

Tyrants fear protests.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 2d

We have a difference in ideology.

We have a difference in morality.

We have a difference in philosophy.

We have a difference in values.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings, folks.

Get out there and protest as if our democracy were at stake.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is hallucinating.

The dementia is getting worse.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is losing it.

This, of course, is not news.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 3d

We need another 20 Democratic governors like Pritzker (and Newsom) willing to fight back against this administration.

Robert C. Padilla @robertcpadilla.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration is the ultimate gallery of thieves.

They are lawless and, amazingly, proud of their lawlessness.

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