Richard Webb

Richard Webb

@rwwwebb.bsky.social

Medical technologist and Laboratory Manager until I retired a good long time ago now. I am a very amateur photographer, mostly nature photography and macrophotography. I live with Hollie - my cat

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Arrest Musk. Nationalize StarLink. Dismantle and totally reform this corrupt system so this can never happen again.

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No Kings Day isn’t just a call to vote early against fascism and the murderous MAGA Nazis who wish to do us all great harm, it is a clear message that millions of Americans including myself will never succumb to or allow a Dictatorship in this country. VOTE EARLY, VOTE BLUE. 💙👊

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Replying to @atrupar.com

Sometimes, I worry that my hating Donald Trump (even though I'm neither transgender nor a witch) takes away too much of my time that could be devoted to hating Ted Cruz.

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The presidential pardon power is out of control on both sides of the aisle, and I think it should end. There are literally people who are pardon brokers who are being paid $300,000 to get close to Trump and to buy a pardon. Ban the presidential pardon.

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Republican politicians are *obsessed* with schoolchildren coming home a different gender because of pro-trans teachers, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. But they are completely indifferent to schoolchildren not coming home *at all* because of guns, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

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Brennan asks about livestreaming the execution of Hasan… Markwayne Mullin’s clownish response: “Trump…leads this country with a very, very, very direct, straight hand, and he’s restoring American values…” Me: American values should never be about turning an execution into a public spectacle.

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“We are enforcing the nation’s laws. Why is that controversial?” The Fugitive Slave Act. The Three-Fifths Compromise. The Nuremberg Laws. Dred Scott. The Indian Removal Act. The Law for Protection of German Blood. Anti-miscegenation laws. The Defense of Marriage Act. The Reichstag Fire Decree.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

Mullin began the press conference by saying "We are enforcing this nation's laws. Why is it controversial? Why would that be controversial?" As if all of human history doesn't show that laws and their enforcement can be very controversial (e.g., the 1765 Stamp Act and its impact on U.S. history).

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Trump is leaving communities in Massachusetts and disaster victims in blue states without essential disaster relief. Denying disaster relief to score political points is unacceptable. Trump must stop putting politics over people and deliver aid to Americans who need it.

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It's when a president illegally confiscates money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose because he decides, after the appropriation becomes law, that he doesn't like it. The fact that the Republican Congress ignores that is another reason they should be voted out. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"This technique is something I'm gonna have to learn more about" -- Rep. Tony Wied doesn't know what a pocket rescission is

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So far Trump has tried to rig the midterms by: 1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements. 2. Mid-decade gerrymanders. 3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting. 4. Used taxpayer money for ads. 5. Intimidation of election officials.

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A reminder that Nazi Musk created a fake voter registration website called “Vote Safe.” It is far from safe as it was made to steal information from voters. Never go into that site, ever. Please let everyone know.

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As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson claims that the current Congress is "probably in the top three or four of all time" and is "almost unmatched in history" 🙃

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The MAGA regime’s 50% trade war tariffs against Canada officially took effect in the middle of the morning. Canada’s Prime Minister says they will match those tariffs dollar by dollar. I’m an American and I fully support our Canadian neighbors against this fascist criminal syndicate. 🇨🇦

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Over 24,000 Alaskans are about to watch their health premiums skyrocket because Dan Sullivan wouldn’t extend the subsidies. He votes with corporate greed every single time, healthcare, fuel, groceries, all of it. Mary Peltola is right to call it out. marypeltola.com

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Want better, Wisconsin? Vote better! Vote blue. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #Pinks #SheShed

WisDems@wisdems.org

Today is the day! Go vote! Polls are open from 7AM to 8PM. Don’t forget your ID! Have all your questions answered by going to wisdems.org/vote or calling or texting 608-336-3232.

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#Alaska used to take care of its own. Now milk costs $17/gallon in rural communities, fish runs are failing, & DC pols treat this state like a talking point. Mary Peltola's running for Senate to put fish, family, & freedom ahead of party games. Vote for Mary Peltola! #ResustanceUnited #Pinks

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A reminder, as polls open in Wisconsin: Wisconsin has same-day voter registration. So, if you haven’t registered or need to re-register, you can do so at your polling place (with ID and proof of residence) TODAY. Every state should do this. It’s great that Wisconsin does this. Go vote.

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Most of the corruption perpetrated by the Trump admin would not be possible without the complicit enabling of the Republican majorities in the House and Senate. The only way to put any check and balance on this out of control regime is to vote them out in November.

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ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished.

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Nothing sinks a politician and his political party faster or farther, than knowing what your voters want & expect, you promise to deliver, then nothing but crickets… Never to be heard again, because the guy in charge told you what you wanted hear, with no intention of ever delivering. Vote!🗳️

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AOC on the Reflecting Pool: They talked a bunch of smack. They said they had to repaint the pool, and now they’ve turned it into an actual swamp.

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The Reflecting Pool arrests by Park Police should terrify everyone. The federal government is fabricating accusations out f thin air simply tO protect one man from his own embarrassing failure. There is no sabotage. This is insane.

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This.

Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social

“The scandal of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is such a complete encapsulation—and such a perfect metaphor—of incompetence and corruption that it deserves to be both a long-remembered failure and a final straw for a restless, angry nation.“ www.americaamerica.news/p/what-does-...

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Benjamin Netanyahu is an international fugitive. He is charged with the war crimes of starvation as a method of warfare and of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.

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I'm posting this video every day so we NEVER forget what insurrectionist Donald Trump did on J6 Instead of accepting defeat and honoring the peaceful transfer of power, Trump unleashed a deadly mob on the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stay in power THIS is what an insurrection looks like

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It’s not enough that Trump raped E Jean Carrol? He has to sic his Dept of Injustice on her because he needs to inflict more damage? There’s a place in hell reserved for Todd Blanche, Trump and so many more of these depraved abusers.

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Last week, the Senate slammed its doors and fled Washington D.C., unable to vote on a bill that included Trump’s slush fund for his personal militia. This created such chaos that even Republicans wanted to vote with the Democrats. Trump vs. Rep. Senators? A guaranteed clowns show. #ProudBlue #DV1

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Crews have now begun constructing a stage set up for UFC cage matches on the bulldozed White House lawn which will host the event on the orange felon’s 80th birthday. Embarrassing, disgraceful, wasteful and trashy AF. I truly hate him and all who rabidly worship him.

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Virginia Bill of Rights👀 "whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal."