Update: The Bluesky experiment is underway

Welp, I made my 1st post of substance on Bluesky. I linked it to my post here on authoritarianism. I switched my name from Germaine2 to Rational Politics. 

I tried to set up a feed called Rational Politics, but I'm unsure about how it works, or even if it works. That will turn out to be a work in progress, assuming I can ever figure it out. My son had to come over to help me get set up just to find the button to write a post. He intuitively understood immediately how to navigate Bluesky. But to me social media is strange and counterintuitive. 

The 300  character post limit was not as bad as I originally assumed. I'll just post a couple of sentences there and add a link to posts here. 

Now I need to figure out RegEx (regular expression) syntax to set up my feed parameters, whatever that means. RegEx is scary. 

A RegEx cheat sheet.

I've still got a lot to learn. I think I need to figure out "or", "and/or" and "and" to get set up. 

I have no idea about how this experiment will play out. I truly do not know what I am doing.

Well well, I ain't alone in the woods...........

 I have said similar myself, but leave it to John Fetterman to say it better..............

Sen. John Fetterman says Democrats can't get 'freaked out' over every move Trump makes

WASHINGTON - Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman warned his fellow party members in an interview that they can’t get “freaked out” over every move that President-elect Donald Trump makes. 

His remarks in the interview came after Trump tapped former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., as attorney general, prompting backlash and skepticism from Democrats and some Republicans. Gaetz was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for sexual misconduct. After his resignation from Congress earlier this week, Democrats and Republicans have sparred over whether the committee should release its report on him. 

“If you’re already exhausted, freaking out, and it’s not even Thanksgiving, then you really ought to pace yourselves,” Fetterman told NBC News on Friday. “Because he hasn’t even been inaugurated yet.”

“So you really have to chill out, and you’re going to have to be more discerning or discriminate on what’s going to freak you out or what’s just trolling. Because it’s not the weather, it’s the climate now for the next four years,” he added.

Fetterman stands apart from many of his more progressive Democratic colleagues as a strong supporter of Israel and tougher border restrictions. He has clashed with progressive members including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 

In the interview, Fetterman said that Democrats scolding Republicans “louder” isn’t going to be a winning strategy under a Trump administration.

“It’s like he’s the guy with the laser pointer, and we’re going to be the cat chasing around here or there. ‘He did that. Can you believe (it)? I can’t believe he appointed so and so.’ And like, I’m not going to be that. I’m not that guy. I’m not that Democrat. Because we knew that’s what’s going to happen,” he said.

“And, like, Gaetz was the ultimate troll. That’s got to be candy for him to have and watch everybody get triggered. I’ve said this before, it’s like, clutch those pearls harder and scold louder, that’s not going to win. And that’s been demonstrated in this cycle,” he said.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/16/john-fetterman-democrats-calm-down/76362222007/

It’s like he’s the guy with the laser pointer, and we’re going to be the cat chasing around here or there.

I get where Fetterman is coming from. Think the Dems might listen?  

Injustice: The future of American "justice"

What will come next is nicely summed up here. American injustice is coming to us all. This is just a friendly reminder. I did predict that for the elites and others who tow the authoritarian line, the rule of law would become crumble into not much of anything. We've already been there and done that. It was so much fun, we're gonna go there and do it again. He did 237 pardons and commutations from 2017 to 2021. This time I bet it will be a huge initial blast to pardon the 1/6 traitors, and maybe a slew of others, followed by not a lot more because the DoJ will have been shut down except for political enemies, critics and the like, none of whom will get a pardon or commutation. 

Search All Pardons and Commutations

August 25, 2017 | March 9, 2018 | April 13, 2018 | May 24, 2018  | May 31, 2018 | July 10, 2018 | May 6, 2019 | May 15, 2019 

July 29, 2019 | October 10, 2019 | November 15, 2019 | February 18, 2020 | August 18, 2020 | August 25, 2020 | August 28, 2020 | November 25, 2020 | December 22, 2020 | December 23, 2020 | January 13, 2021 | January 19, 2021 | January 20, 2021

Rational politics: A Mission Statement

I need a short mission statement for a Rational Politics feed on Bluesky. What do you think about this?

Rational politics. There is a vision of democracy that is public interest-centered, honest, and reasonably transparent. That brand of politics can be less ideological and less dominated by special interests. It can be more rational, evidence-based, transparent and inclusive than what the two main parties and third parties offer. Public-interest-centered democracy can reasonably accommodate both the public interest and special interest needs by balancing conflicting goals. A search for reasonable compromise policies is possible and necessary. Public opinion has to have reasonable influence and power relative to America's current political situation. This vision of democracy has to stand in steadfast opposition to the opacity, special interest power, corruption, ideological fantasies and self-dealing that permeates the main parties. Special interests include the Democratic and Republican parties themselves. 

Word count: 126

Suggestions? Is it too wordy, wonky or corny? Not specific enough? Too specific? Appealing as seriously overcooked broccoli? Mention morals, if so which ones, facts, true truths and sound reasoning?