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Gopher Smith, PhD
Gopher Smith, PhD
@gophersmith.bsky.social
Chief Purser on the #LoveBoat. Or, I could just be a recovering hotel manager turned PhD that posts about hospitality, politics & life. Educator, NonProfit CEO, Democrat, Biden Supporter, Never Trumper, Jersey Boy 🚫👑
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THIS All day long. AOC can’t win in Iowa & Turek couldn’t win in NYC. When everything is a purity test we lose because we can’t win everywhere on everything. It’s too big of a tent. The left needs to remember this because we certainly forgot in when we allowed President Biden to be shanked in ‘24
One more point: The far left on social media labels me a moderate, as some kind of slam, because I support some moderate candidates, even though I can’t name a progressive issue I don’t support. I’m a pragmatic progressive. I get what works politically in NY or CA won’t work in deep-red Iowa.
Normally, I enjoy @mattfriedmannj.bsky.social's puns, but today's preamble comment: "LAKEWOOD'S ABOUT TO GET A SUBWAY SYSTEM" on the headline of "Trump administration unveils plan to tie high birth & marriage rates to transit funding" feeds into a years long anti-Hasidic Ocean County sentiment. Ick.
Our system relies on trust. They sow mistrust, but the reality is that all it’s doing is mobilizing the left to vote and the right to stay home in key areas.
“The ultimate goal was to create chaos and doubt in the vote-by-mail process,” said the American Postal Workers Union president. “You’re creating a rule to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.”
Gopher Smith, PhD reposted
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Learned this morning on The Downballot's Discord that actor Robert Duncan McNeill, AKA Tom Paris of "Star Trek: Voyager," is running as a Democrat for a seat on the Wasatch County, UT Council!
Ya know, Trump responds well to blackmail. Just ask Bob Guccione’s people about his land deal in AC. Just have the heads of @msnow and @cnn.com reach out to talk about Natalie and Diapers. Those seats will return in a period that could be clocked with an egg timer.
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THIS! This is the fucking message we need!
Everyone have a nice two days and get it out of your system, because between Tuesday and Election Day, we are not doing the Bsky "You have to EARN my vote" and "I live in a blue state so my protest vote is fine" and "The two parties are the same" thing. Take all that look-at-me shit somewhere else.>
Yes, because they're losing the midterms, and need to ragebait the base. #RandPaulIsAnAsshole #Fauci
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Replying to @joshrosenau.org
Chatbot companies brag about creating “PhD-level intelligence.” But one skill PhDs develop early is how to walk away from cranks. A chatbot can’t. PhDs learn to vet ideas fast and either avoid dry wells or find how to turn failed forays into learning experiences. Chatbots don’t.
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When community members gathered at Delaney Hall in Newark to expose the inhumane conditions inside, they were met with aggression from the State Police. Turning a blind eye to human suffering and responding with force against demonstrators is a failure of leadership. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Please run this Op-Ed @starledger.bsky.social and let’s stop punishing kids for being kids just because they are encroaching on rich, boomer neighborhoods!
So proud to serve with @dionmcgill.bsky.social . Great op-ed, sir. thetriibe.com/2026/06/opin...
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This is as succinct and searing an overview of the conflagration at Delaney I've read.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill's mishandling of protests outside the Newark ICE detention center, with violent state troopers running amok, is a national embarrassment To make it worse, Sherrill invoked the vile "outside agitator" trope of 1960s segregationists My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/miki...
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Democrats vs Republicans Meet Calli Jones - worth following, check more of her videos: www.facebook.com/calli.jones.33
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