Avedon Carol (in that order)

@avedonsays.bsky.social

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Old-school blogger, and grumpy with it.

List of Bill Clinton's "major accomplishments", all of which were the GOP agenda and all of which brought disaster.
Hillary Clinton saying, "If we broke up the big banks tomorrow - and I will, if they deserve it, if they pose a systemic risk, I will - would that end racism? Would that end sexism?" As if they hadn't just wrecked the global economy and she had a plan to end racism and sexism instead.
A gorgeous black & white photo of a youthful Nichelle Nicols.
Dems didn't lose the south after 1964; Dems controlled Congress and even some southern legislatures right up until 1994. The "New Democrats" threw that away. (Kevin Baker November 2024)
Reuters/Ipsos poll showing that Bernie Sanders' voters gave the least racist answers to polls of Sanders, Clinton, Trump, Cruz, and Kasach voters.
"Tools" section of MS Paint, showing pencil and dropper etc.
Bernie Sanders rallying with the working class.
California Polling Average Trend: Becarra (D) in first place, Hilton (R) in second place, Steyer (D) in third place.
Chart showing ACA announcement preceding drop in Hillary Clinton's polling, before Comey letter was released.
Bsky mssg says, "We ran out of posts from your follows. Here's the latest from Discover." It is immediately followed by posts from people I follow.
Carrie Chapman Catt saying, "To get the word 'male' in effect out of the constitution cost the of the country fifty-two years of pauseless campaign thereafter." With an extensive list of those campaigns.
John M. Ford
Goldwater campaign buttons looking eerily similar to Hillary Clinton's campaign logo.
"The Promised Land" borders are the Euphrates, the Nile, the mountains of Lebanon up to "the entrance of Hamath" in Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea.
Americans agree: The government should rein in Corporate power. More than 8 in 10 working class voters support politicians that curb influences of corporations.
Graph Culturally conservative, economically liberal: 22% Culturally liberal, economically conservative: 5% Culturally liberal, economically liberal: 43% Culturally & socially conservative: 31%
WH says they killed a bunch of terrorists, everyone else says there weren't any.
Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician and I'll show you a crook - Harry S Truman
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Atrios outraged at journalists pretending they aren't the ones who "allow" Trump to get away with his BS.