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By working people. For working people. Weekdays 5p EST on @freespeechtv Download the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rick-smith-show/id276944187
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 2d
Kind of hard to make the argument that all of these people hate America.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d
MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 3d
"In the final analysis, we are one people, one house -- the American house,” said former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, to about 2,000 people at a "No Kings" protest in Birmingham, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey for Alabama Reflector)
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 3d
MAGA Keyboard Alpha Male
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 4d
Is it me or does Kansas Young Republicans vice chair William Hendrix, who reportedly used the N-word more than a dozen times in the recently exposed GOP chat look a lot like Orange is the New Black Actress Lea Delaria?
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 5d
Hey Chicago friends, I'll be on the Richard Chew Show on WCPT 820 at 830AM ET to talk about the upcoming No Kings Rally, Trump War on Workers and more.
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WCPT 820 Radio
The home of Chicago's Progressive Talk
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 5d
@teamsters.bsky.social leader says it's time for private sector labor unions to support public sector workers and walk off the job if necessary.

#1u

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“Teamster Leader Warns: If We Don’t Stop Amazon and Trump’s Anti-Worker Agenda Now, No One Will Afford a Home Again”
On the Rick Smith Show, Teamsters Local 1932 Secretary-Treasurer and Principal Officer Randy Korgan delivers a passionate call to arms for American workers facing escalating attacks on their rights.
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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 11d
Always great to be a guest on the Rick Smith show!
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 11d
“Laughing in the Face of Authoritarianism: How Comedy Just Beat Trump’s FCC”
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“Laughing in the Face of Authoritarianism: How Comedy Just Beat Trump’s FCC”
On the Rick Smith Show, comedian and podcaster Pete Dominick offers a mix of levity and urgency in addressing America’s political crisis.
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 11d
Graham Trainor, President of the @oregonaflcio.bsky.social joins me to Expose Trump's Authoritarian Power Grab Against American Workers
#PortlandIsNotBurning
#PortlandProtests
#portlandstrong

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“Trump’s Troops in Portland? Union Leader Exposes ‘Authoritarian Power Grab’ Against American Workers”
On the Rick Smith Show, Graham Trainor, president of the Oregon AFL-CIO, talks about the Trump administration’s attempt to federalize National Guard troops from Texas and other states to deploy in Por...
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 12d
Labor lawyer David Borer talks about Trump's Secret Plan Kill Guaranteed Pay After Shutdown

@daborer.bsky.social #governmentshutdown2025
#GovernmentShutdown
#WarOnWorkers

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“Federal Workers Betrayed? Secret Trump Plan Could Kill Your Guaranteed Pay After Shutdown”
On the Rick Smith Show, Rick speaks with labor attorney David Borer of Gilbert Employment Law about the Trump administration’s latest attack on federal workers through the manipulation of shutdown pol...
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 13d
For every person in the comments making dumbass comments about these soldiers. F$%king stop it. Your anger should be directed at those who sent these people into this mess. Let's unite around the idea that there is 1 a-hole in this situation and these people are NOT the one.
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 13d
Alex Lawson Exposes Trump's Attack on Social Security

@socialsecurityworks.org

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Alex Lawson Exposes Trump's Attack on Social Security
On the Rick Smith Show, Rick talks with Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, about how the Trump administration’s government shutdown and Project 2025 agenda are being used to dis...
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 14d
RI @aflcio.org president Patrick Crowley is suing the Trump administration over Trump's assault on future investments and his War on Workers. Watch here.
#waronworkers #1u #union

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RI AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley Sues Trump Administration
On the Rick Smith Show, Rick speaks with Patrick Crowley, president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, about the Trump administration’s targeted dismantling of clean energy initiatives through a calculated ...
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 14d
I can't get Moon Unit Zappa's "Valley Girl" song out of my head. Especially the line, "Barf me out
Gag me with a spoon!"

This is Kristi Neom, the head of Homeland Security. I know I feel safer.
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 14d
By new legal analysis he means we just made shit up.
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Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 14d
Need something to get your rage going? Check out my conversation with @weareliuna.bsky.social president Brent Booker

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LIUNA President Brent Booker talks War on Workers
On The Rick Smith Show, LIUNA President Brent Booker addressed the profound impact of the Trump led government shutdown on construction workers and the nation’s infrastructure.
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 19d
High school never ends.
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 19d
Check out my conversation with @bbkogan.bsky.social budget guru @americanprogressaction.org about the #govermentshutdown

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Bobby Kogan Breaks Down Shutdown
On The Rick Smith Show, Rick interviews Bobby Kogan, Senior Director of Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress, about the looming government shutdown and the misinformation circulating arou...
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 19d
Check out my conversation with @pogo.org analyst @virginiajburger.bsky.social as we discuss whatever that was that Hegseth & Trump did in front of America's rop military leaders.

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Sr. Defense Analyst Virginia Burger Explains the Trump Quantico Circus
On The Rick Smith Show, Virginia Burger, Senior Defense Policy Analyst at the Project on Government Oversight, critically dissected the recent Trump-Hegseth “dog and pony show” at Quantico, where hund...
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 20d
This. Bad.

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Trump Administration to Withhold $18 Billion for N.Y.C. Transit Projects
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 20d
Why is MAGA upset about Bad Bunny? Didn't they give up on the NFL when taking a knee was their outrage candy?
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 20d
Welcome to the shutdown Trump and the GOP wanted.
a stamp that says epic fail in red letters
ALT: a stamp that says epic fail in red letters
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 20d
Which is most worthless?
A) Donald Trump's word
B) Donald Trump's handshake
C) a signed contract with Donald Trump
D) All of the Above
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 20d
Check out my latest interview with RI @aflcio.org president Patrick Crowley as we talk big win for workers.

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Rhode Island AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley Explains Historic Worker Victory
On The Rick Smith Show, Rhode Island AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley celebrated a landmark labor peace agreement between SouthCoast Wind and New England labor unions, marking a first in the U.S.
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Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 21d
The movie Idiocracy was not meant to be a documentary or aspirational challenge.
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