Rick

Rick

@rickr.bsky.social

Grew up in Little Rock. Despite that, I'm a liberal. Lives in the Atlanta area and post about politics, music, the Razorbacks, Red Sox, and food. Among other things. Friday is my 2nd favorite F word. Go see some live music.

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Bruce Wilson
@brucewilson.bsky.social

THis dEServeS a biT MOre eXpOSurE

Vince Mpls@vincempls.bsky.social

June 1, 1933: The "Fund of German Trade and Industry" is created, a massive slush fund administered by Martin Bormann in the Führer's name. Officially meant for "reconstruction", the regime instead used the funds to enrich SA Stormtroopers, the SS, and Nazi party officials.

Rick
@rickr.bsky.social

Hey @cnn.com So you ran off Jim Acosta because you wanted to put him on the graveyard shift when no one watches. He was one of the very few people you have that actually asks questions and gets answers. When are you changing your logo to FoxNews? Oh, how's that subscription thing going for you?

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

today in identity politics

Allison Raine Chapman@alli.gay

🚨 Trump will instruct the federal government tomorrow via an executive order to not recognize that transgender people exist and exclusively recognize people as their sex assigned at birth. www.thefp.com/p/trumps-day...

thefp.comEXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Day One Executive Order on ‘Male and Female’The White House strikes out at gender ideology and pronouns. Also: ends housing of biological men in women’s prisons; self-ID on passports; and more.

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Dr. William Horne
@wihorne.bsky.social

A crucial, urgent read in this moment of fascist acceleration: “Williams penetrated a new generation of paramilitary leaders, which included doctors, career cops and government attorneys… It was a world where a man would propose assassinating politicians, only to spark a debate about logistics.”

propublica.orgA Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
Rick
@rickr.bsky.social

Go see AA whenever you have a chance. You will have a great time!

American Aquarium@americanaquarium.bsky.social

The final leg of THE FEAR OF STANDING STILL tour starts this Saturday night in Atlanta. Snag a ticket, tag a friend and make plans to come hang when we roll through town!!! Who’s coming?!?? www.americanaquarium.com/tour

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

Alright Bluesky, due to developments in the news that some of you may have noticed, I’m back on this platform to give it another try and see if it can be a Twitter alternative 🤷🏽‍♂️ How’s everyone finding it so far? Who do I know here? 😉

Rick
@rickr.bsky.social

They want to change the administrative state because their goal is to turn America into a nation that uses the bible to dictate laws and morals. Read American Theocracy. It lays it all out.

Alice Miranda Ollstein@alicemiranda.bsky.social

Conservatives' war on the administrative state has reached the Supreme Court. Health care -- from abortion pills to Covid protections to Obamacare -- hangs in the balance.

politico.comWhy health care experts are so concerned about fishing boatsThe slew of cases has alarmed legal experts, patient advocates and former health officials from both parties who say the consequences for the health care system — from drugmakers to nurses to patien...
Rick
@rickr.bsky.social

If people want to have a better understanding about a lot of what is going on with the GQP and the hard line Christain conservatives, I highly recommend that you read American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips. We are well on our way to becoming one.

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Kelly Weill
@kellyweill.bsky.social

Replying to @kellyweill.bsky.social

Groups like Moms for Liberty need to portray their right-wing vision of parenthood as "normal," and their opponents as weird elitist deviants. It's statistically the exact opposite! That and more in the new MomLeft (a new newsletter for moms on the left): momleft.substack.com/p/theyre-not...

momleft.substack.comThey're Not With UsThe right wants to cast itself as the "party of parents." Its vision of parenthood is objectively unpopular.

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