Post #3595291

2026-07-04 22:03 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@luckytran/116863488282016628 That's the boat Pete and Toshi Seeger used in their successful campaign to clean up the Hudson River and organize people to work for environmental justice. Everybody out on that water is benefiting in immediate and quantifiable ways from the "left-wing" "politics" of the Seegers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_Sloop_Clearwater #PeteSeeger #Clearwater

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@sbourne@mastodon.social 2026-07-04 23:00

@joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social The first live music concert I went to was when my parents took us to Hudson NY to see Pete Seeger and that sloop. The music! The message! It was a defining moment for me. My parents were GOP and the GOP then was the party that was concerned about our responsibility for stewardship of Earth. Looking back now, the strangest thing is how so many people retained their party identity even as the party platform changed. I for one stuck with Pete's message.

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@karlauerbach@sfba.social 2026-07-05 00:21

@joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social We can probably measure in hours the time before the civil action is filed against the Coast Guard (for violating the 1st Amendment). Were I the judge I would consider a sua sponte motion to charge the Coast Guard commander - and his chain of superiors right up through Hogsbreath and trump - with a criminal charge of violating their oath to support the Constitution.

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@bigbear1963@mastodon.social 2026-07-05 03:01

@joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social What a shame.

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@John_Loader@ohai.social 2026-07-05 12:02

@joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social and I thought Americans didn’t understand irony.

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