Richard
@sablue52.bsky.social
72 years old; pro-democracy. I hate Nazis and fascists: they desecrate everything/everybody they touch. Fighting so my daughter and every young person can have decent lives. Putin is an existential threat. We need a new New Deal or else we're done.
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
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Australia didn’t ban violence. It reduced mass shootings dramatically. Pretending one incident wipes out decades of evidence isn’t skepticism, it’s selective amnesia.
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Australia didn’t ban violence. It reduced mass shootings dramatically. Pretending one incident wipes out decades of evidence isn’t skepticism, it’s selective amnesia.
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Poland’s Radoslaw Sikorski once again torches the Hungarian government, this time Orban’s foreign minister, including an obliterating ratio.
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Poland’s Radoslaw Sikorski once again torches the Hungarian government, this time Orban’s foreign minister, including an obliterating ratio.
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"They were ordinary people with regular jobs, some even indifferent to politics...their transformation often began with tiny acts...each decision – to tell the truth, to refuse to comply, to insist on accountability – expanded their sense of agency"
December 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"They were ordinary people with regular jobs, some even indifferent to politics...their transformation often began with tiny acts...each decision – to tell the truth, to refuse to comply, to insist on accountability – expanded their sense of agency"
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The meeting between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and the US delegation in Berlin, Germany, has started.
What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.
What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The meeting between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and the US delegation in Berlin, Germany, has started.
What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.
What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.
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This is Trump's way. The people around him make a bargain with the Devil. They trade proximity to power for their souls.
Even nominally "good" people (Rubio) are corrupted and destroyed by Trump.
He issues orders to commit unthinkable evil, and subordinates comply, self debasing, or they're out.
Even nominally "good" people (Rubio) are corrupted and destroyed by Trump.
He issues orders to commit unthinkable evil, and subordinates comply, self debasing, or they're out.
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is Trump's way. The people around him make a bargain with the Devil. They trade proximity to power for their souls.
Even nominally "good" people (Rubio) are corrupted and destroyed by Trump.
He issues orders to commit unthinkable evil, and subordinates comply, self debasing, or they're out.
Even nominally "good" people (Rubio) are corrupted and destroyed by Trump.
He issues orders to commit unthinkable evil, and subordinates comply, self debasing, or they're out.
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Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
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Now this is how you wear a cowboy hat. Am I right ladies?
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Now this is how you wear a cowboy hat. Am I right ladies?
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The Supreme Court’s favorability ratings among Democrats have plummeted to 26% while Republican favorability is at 71%. Bush v. Gore helps explain why. bit.ly/48F2YSP
25 Years After Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court and Election Law Still Feel the Fallout
The 5–4 decision started a long slide in public approval for the court, accentuated by a widening partisan gap.
www.brennancenter.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The Supreme Court’s favorability ratings among Democrats have plummeted to 26% while Republican favorability is at 71%. Bush v. Gore helps explain why. bit.ly/48F2YSP
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My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
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George Michael hits #1 today in 1987 with “Faith”.
“.. It was very much about having faith in yourself,” he said. “It wasn’t a religious song at all — it was about believing in yourself when everything around you is changing and people are questioning what you’re doing.”
#RIP
“.. It was very much about having faith in yourself,” he said. “It wasn’t a religious song at all — it was about believing in yourself when everything around you is changing and people are questioning what you’re doing.”
#RIP
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
George Michael hits #1 today in 1987 with “Faith”.
“.. It was very much about having faith in yourself,” he said. “It wasn’t a religious song at all — it was about believing in yourself when everything around you is changing and people are questioning what you’re doing.”
#RIP
“.. It was very much about having faith in yourself,” he said. “It wasn’t a religious song at all — it was about believing in yourself when everything around you is changing and people are questioning what you’re doing.”
#RIP
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Of course.
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Of course.
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trump’s regime is so obsessed with controlling his image that it told a federal court deaf Americans’ civil rights matter less than how he looks on camera. When accessibility is treated as a nuisance, democracy is already lost.
#AuthoritarianOptics
#AuthoritarianOptics
Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image
The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public imag...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
trump’s regime is so obsessed with controlling his image that it told a federal court deaf Americans’ civil rights matter less than how he looks on camera. When accessibility is treated as a nuisance, democracy is already lost.
#AuthoritarianOptics
#AuthoritarianOptics
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Trump freed a guy who ran a firm that took $2 billion from Americans seeking to increase their portfolios for retirement -even as its executives used the money to fund lavish lifestyles.
Trump freeing him is a bitter pill for folks trying to get back their money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Trump freeing him is a bitter pill for folks trying to get back their money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Trump freed a guy who ran a firm that took $2 billion from Americans seeking to increase their portfolios for retirement -even as its executives used the money to fund lavish lifestyles.
Trump freeing him is a bitter pill for folks trying to get back their money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
Trump freeing him is a bitter pill for folks trying to get back their money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
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Steve Bannon ripped off his own followers with his ‘build the wall’ scam. Trump pardons him. Then photos come out showing him hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was charged with child trafficking, and yet he somehow has an audience because really MAGA stands for nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Steve Bannon ripped off his own followers with his ‘build the wall’ scam. Trump pardons him. Then photos come out showing him hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was charged with child trafficking, and yet he somehow has an audience because really MAGA stands for nothing.