Rick Maywald
@rickmaywald.bsky.social
Worked 30+ years, M. A. Psychology/Crisis/Archetypal/MHP
Writer of poems, painter of images
NJ Born, raised there till age 26
WA Resident since 1983, 40 in Olympia
Currently living in Lewis County Hillbilly land
Writer of poems, painter of images
NJ Born, raised there till age 26
WA Resident since 1983, 40 in Olympia
Currently living in Lewis County Hillbilly land
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For the second year in a row, the wealth gains for the 100 richest Americans exceeded what ALL American households spent on groceries combined.
~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.
We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.
~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.
We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
For the second year in a row, the wealth gains for the 100 richest Americans exceeded what ALL American households spent on groceries combined.
~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.
We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.
~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.
We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.
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As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
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I pick up my mail each afternoon in the faculty lounge -- at an Ivy League institution, no less! -- and I've never heard anything discussed there that's been picked up by the Democratic Party.
Stop repeating Republicans' lies about your own party.
In fact, John Podesta -- please just stop talking
Stop repeating Republicans' lies about your own party.
In fact, John Podesta -- please just stop talking
i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting
December 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I pick up my mail each afternoon in the faculty lounge -- at an Ivy League institution, no less! -- and I've never heard anything discussed there that's been picked up by the Democratic Party.
Stop repeating Republicans' lies about your own party.
In fact, John Podesta -- please just stop talking
Stop repeating Republicans' lies about your own party.
In fact, John Podesta -- please just stop talking
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December 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Oh my god NO
Leaving aside the absolute immorality of it (fuck NO)
It’s not even desired in the criminal’s own country
Who the HELL is this man to try to intervene here
ESPECIALLY given the immorality of it.
I still cannot believe how far our hopes have fallen re: this guy.
Leaving aside the absolute immorality of it (fuck NO)
It’s not even desired in the criminal’s own country
Who the HELL is this man to try to intervene here
ESPECIALLY given the immorality of it.
I still cannot believe how far our hopes have fallen re: this guy.
December 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Oh my god NO
Leaving aside the absolute immorality of it (fuck NO)
It’s not even desired in the criminal’s own country
Who the HELL is this man to try to intervene here
ESPECIALLY given the immorality of it.
I still cannot believe how far our hopes have fallen re: this guy.
Leaving aside the absolute immorality of it (fuck NO)
It’s not even desired in the criminal’s own country
Who the HELL is this man to try to intervene here
ESPECIALLY given the immorality of it.
I still cannot believe how far our hopes have fallen re: this guy.
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I believe Moses Lake WA, 1996, was the first modern mass shooting at a school. My son was 5, going on 6 at the time and will be 36 next June. Since then there are far more guns and more mass shootings than my brain can recall. It's pathetic so many Americans support policy that allows the slaughter.
December 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I believe Moses Lake WA, 1996, was the first modern mass shooting at a school. My son was 5, going on 6 at the time and will be 36 next June. Since then there are far more guns and more mass shootings than my brain can recall. It's pathetic so many Americans support policy that allows the slaughter.
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obviously this is an ignorant lie but what makes it even more vile is it's a public attack on his trans daughter — who continues to thrive despite him
December 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
obviously this is an ignorant lie but what makes it even more vile is it's a public attack on his trans daughter — who continues to thrive despite him
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For all of the concentration on Europe losing its civilization, let's just say that America definitely isn't a civilized nation with all these shootings that happen every damn day.
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
For all of the concentration on Europe losing its civilization, let's just say that America definitely isn't a civilized nation with all these shootings that happen every damn day.
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i am fascinated by how nate silver turns everything he doesn’t like into a bespoke ideology. it’s not that he is annoyed by HCR, it is that she is a dreaded “ism” responsible for everything he doesn’t like about the democratic party. same with bluesky.
December 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
i am fascinated by how nate silver turns everything he doesn’t like into a bespoke ideology. it’s not that he is annoyed by HCR, it is that she is a dreaded “ism” responsible for everything he doesn’t like about the democratic party. same with bluesky.
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man oh man the way she *radiates* hatred
December 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
man oh man the way she *radiates* hatred
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a friend made this and because i am not selfish i am now sharing it with you, namaste
December 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
a friend made this and because i am not selfish i am now sharing it with you, namaste
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🤣
🤷🏼 ⏰ Trump’s Heath care plan is coming “very soon” y’all
(From Home of the Brave)
(From Home of the Brave)
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🤣
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When the streets start telling the truth, it’s because the institutions won’t.
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When the streets start telling the truth, it’s because the institutions won’t.
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
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this fact is the definitive judgment on kirk's life
ultimately, no one even grieved Charlie Kirk. he was just another thing for the worst people on earth to get outraged over. and when the outrage of real events wasn't enough, they invented new ones.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
this fact is the definitive judgment on kirk's life
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Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
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Maybe I get Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar. She came on a rare Einstein visa, had an anchor baby & has no public service record since 2006.
Wait. That’s Melania.
Ilhan Omar became a citizen in 2000 after 8 years of vetting and has decades of public service fighting for working people and democracy.
Wait. That’s Melania.
Ilhan Omar became a citizen in 2000 after 8 years of vetting and has decades of public service fighting for working people and democracy.
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Maybe I get Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar. She came on a rare Einstein visa, had an anchor baby & has no public service record since 2006.
Wait. That’s Melania.
Ilhan Omar became a citizen in 2000 after 8 years of vetting and has decades of public service fighting for working people and democracy.
Wait. That’s Melania.
Ilhan Omar became a citizen in 2000 after 8 years of vetting and has decades of public service fighting for working people and democracy.
Sometimes I shout, "sorry world," when I mean I'm afraid we're all living inside each others's grandpa's worry. Grandma is peeling potatoes cutting vegetables is a new word English made up to mean plant based food. Have you eaten your vegetables was easier than saying eat them plant based foods!
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Sometimes I shout, "sorry world," when I mean I'm afraid we're all living inside each others's grandpa's worry. Grandma is peeling potatoes cutting vegetables is a new word English made up to mean plant based food. Have you eaten your vegetables was easier than saying eat them plant based foods!
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The report, compiled by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (DDIS), warns that the US “uses economic power, including threats of high tariffs, to enforce its will and no longer rules out the use of military force, even against allies.”
December 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The report, compiled by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (DDIS), warns that the US “uses economic power, including threats of high tariffs, to enforce its will and no longer rules out the use of military force, even against allies.”
Puffy Chest Bully Man Joe Kent continues his parade of egregious lies: neighbors say he's the entire arse:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
WA’s Joe Kent blames Biden for National Guard shooting
Former WA congressional candidate said Joe Biden deserves blame for the shooting of two members of the National Guard.
www.seattletimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Puffy Chest Bully Man Joe Kent continues his parade of egregious lies: neighbors say he's the entire arse:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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Thrilled to welcome the endorsement of my friend (and NYC Mayor-elect) @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as we continue to fight for the city that we love.
December 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thrilled to welcome the endorsement of my friend (and NYC Mayor-elect) @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as we continue to fight for the city that we love.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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I've activated the National Guard to respond to flooding. By tonight, we'll have 100 National Guard service members staging, ready to respond to requests for help.
Tomorrow, we'll have 300.
I'm grateful for all who are standing up to respond in this challenging moment.
Tomorrow, we'll have 300.
I'm grateful for all who are standing up to respond in this challenging moment.
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I've activated the National Guard to respond to flooding. By tonight, we'll have 100 National Guard service members staging, ready to respond to requests for help.
Tomorrow, we'll have 300.
I'm grateful for all who are standing up to respond in this challenging moment.
Tomorrow, we'll have 300.
I'm grateful for all who are standing up to respond in this challenging moment.
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This week, the Senate will vote on Democrats' clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans have a choice: stop health insurance premiums from skyrocketing or abandon their constituents.
Republicans have a choice: stop health insurance premiums from skyrocketing or abandon their constituents.
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This week, the Senate will vote on Democrats' clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans have a choice: stop health insurance premiums from skyrocketing or abandon their constituents.
Republicans have a choice: stop health insurance premiums from skyrocketing or abandon their constituents.