Richard Saunders
@rasaunders81.bsky.social
Outdoor enthusiast & political junkie living in the Bay Area.
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
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This is what you get when billionaires own the media. Support grassroots, independent media like Truthout if you can. truthout.org/donate/
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is what you get when billionaires own the media. Support grassroots, independent media like Truthout if you can. truthout.org/donate/
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Per a new report, Kash Patel refused to exit his plane without an FBI jacket, but the only one that would fit him was a woman’s jacket. Then he demanded SWAT patches for it. www.scribd.com/document/958...
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Per a new report, Kash Patel refused to exit his plane without an FBI jacket, but the only one that would fit him was a woman’s jacket. Then he demanded SWAT patches for it. www.scribd.com/document/958...
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He’s letting white collar criminals walk free:
More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses…‘hardworking, everyday people,’ including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.
“I lost my whole life savings,” one wrote, “I am living from check to check.”
More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses…‘hardworking, everyday people,’ including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.
“I lost my whole life savings,” one wrote, “I am living from check to check.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
He’s letting white collar criminals walk free:
More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses…‘hardworking, everyday people,’ including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.
“I lost my whole life savings,” one wrote, “I am living from check to check.”
More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses…‘hardworking, everyday people,’ including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.
“I lost my whole life savings,” one wrote, “I am living from check to check.”
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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Please, Rian. We need this!
Rian Johnson Responds After Fans Clamor For The Next 'Knives Out' Movie To Star The Muppets
www.comicsands.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Please, Rian. We need this!
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Shit St Paul ICE agent aims gun
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Shit St Paul ICE agent aims gun
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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i am willing to compromise by just insisting on prison terms for ICE employees. that is the moderate position.
if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
i am willing to compromise by just insisting on prison terms for ICE employees. that is the moderate position.
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Abolish ICE is the absolute minimum acceptable policy.
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Abolish ICE is the absolute minimum acceptable policy.
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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Okay, so, sure. NVIDIA sells $50bn of gpus. Where do they go? No, really, can anyone actually explain where all those GPUs went, and to whom they went to? Are they in data centers? Where? If we’re talking like, hundreds of thousands of b200s and gb200s, where on earth even has a data center built?
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Okay, so, sure. NVIDIA sells $50bn of gpus. Where do they go? No, really, can anyone actually explain where all those GPUs went, and to whom they went to? Are they in data centers? Where? If we’re talking like, hundreds of thousands of b200s and gb200s, where on earth even has a data center built?
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Births + Immigration - Retirees - Deaths = Labor force growth.
Current status:
Births - 📉
immigration - 🔻
retirees - ↗️
Life expectancy - ↘️
Without immigrants we have a negative growth rate thru 2040
Another banger from the San Francisco Fed: www.frbsf.org/research-and...
Current status:
Births - 📉
immigration - 🔻
retirees - ↗️
Life expectancy - ↘️
Without immigrants we have a negative growth rate thru 2040
Another banger from the San Francisco Fed: www.frbsf.org/research-and...
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Births + Immigration - Retirees - Deaths = Labor force growth.
Current status:
Births - 📉
immigration - 🔻
retirees - ↗️
Life expectancy - ↘️
Without immigrants we have a negative growth rate thru 2040
Another banger from the San Francisco Fed: www.frbsf.org/research-and...
Current status:
Births - 📉
immigration - 🔻
retirees - ↗️
Life expectancy - ↘️
Without immigrants we have a negative growth rate thru 2040
Another banger from the San Francisco Fed: www.frbsf.org/research-and...
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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People have largely tried to act like ICE/CBP failed and retreated from LA and that is completely untrue. If it weren’t for the relentless coverage of places like @lataco.bsky.social these stories would be completely under the radar.
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
People have largely tried to act like ICE/CBP failed and retreated from LA and that is completely untrue. If it weren’t for the relentless coverage of places like @lataco.bsky.social these stories would be completely under the radar.
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we have got to destroy ICE and salt the earth
I will not vote for any federal candidate who doesn’t vow to abolish ICE
I will not vote for any state or local candidate who doesn’t agree to fight ICE
I will not vote for any federal candidate who doesn’t vow to abolish ICE
I will not vote for any state or local candidate who doesn’t agree to fight ICE
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
we have got to destroy ICE and salt the earth
I will not vote for any federal candidate who doesn’t vow to abolish ICE
I will not vote for any state or local candidate who doesn’t agree to fight ICE
I will not vote for any federal candidate who doesn’t vow to abolish ICE
I will not vote for any state or local candidate who doesn’t agree to fight ICE
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance