John Ricker
@smashthatgun.bsky.social
I smash guns and turn them into art. Supporter of Ukraine and their fight for freedom. Authoritarianism and the crisis in rational thought. NAFO
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Biden and Garland’s biggest mistake was failing to hold those responsible for all the crimes and corruption we saw from 2015 to 2021 accountable.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Biden and Garland’s biggest mistake was failing to hold those responsible for all the crimes and corruption we saw from 2015 to 2021 accountable.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
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(1/X) Quick thing on the shutdown....yes Dems shouldn't have caved when they did but they won the shutdown politically: they killed in the elections and are soaring in the generic ballot.
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
(1/X) Quick thing on the shutdown....yes Dems shouldn't have caved when they did but they won the shutdown politically: they killed in the elections and are soaring in the generic ballot.
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
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A victim of Trump's ICE Gestapo speaks out.
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A victim of Trump's ICE Gestapo speaks out.
We've already known since the 1940s that you need to have high top marginal rates, strict antimonopoly laws, and a generous welfare state to prevent the rise of fascism, because rich guys will always fund the rise of fascism. So why did the Clintons jump on board with the Kochs?
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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Children killed by Russians in #Ternopil.
On November 19, Russian terrorists attacked residential buildings in Ternopil,killing 34 people.Six more people are considered missing, including one child.
The six kids who will never become adults because Russia killed them:
On November 19, Russian terrorists attacked residential buildings in Ternopil,killing 34 people.Six more people are considered missing, including one child.
The six kids who will never become adults because Russia killed them:
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Children killed by Russians in #Ternopil.
On November 19, Russian terrorists attacked residential buildings in Ternopil,killing 34 people.Six more people are considered missing, including one child.
The six kids who will never become adults because Russia killed them:
On November 19, Russian terrorists attacked residential buildings in Ternopil,killing 34 people.Six more people are considered missing, including one child.
The six kids who will never become adults because Russia killed them:
Total BS. The courts need to start pressing perjury charges against ICE thugs
DHS alleges "the teen had used his car to “violently attack” ICE and border patrol agents, “colluding” with the driver of another car to “barricade” agents and then fleeing. He was arrested for allegedly impeding federal law enforcement officers,"
Color me skeptical.
Color me skeptical.
Hundreds of McMinnville High students walked out Monday, days after ICE detained Christian Jimenez, 17.
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Total BS. The courts need to start pressing perjury charges against ICE thugs
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After midnight in Kyiv.
Monitoring channels warn of missiles.
Because yes –
missile attacks are, apparently, part of every peace plan 🙄
Monitoring channels warn of missiles.
Because yes –
missile attacks are, apparently, part of every peace plan 🙄
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
After midnight in Kyiv.
Monitoring channels warn of missiles.
Because yes –
missile attacks are, apparently, part of every peace plan 🙄
Monitoring channels warn of missiles.
Because yes –
missile attacks are, apparently, part of every peace plan 🙄
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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35+ Ways America is Resisting ICE (that go beyond protest)
📌 35+ Ways America is Resisting ICE (that go beyond protest)
Part 1
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
35+ Ways America is Resisting ICE (that go beyond protest)
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On November 19, 2025, in North Carolina, the presence of DHS at a workplace was unsettling, as the number of people who did not show up was significant.
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
On November 19, 2025, in North Carolina, the presence of DHS at a workplace was unsettling, as the number of people who did not show up was significant.
Good article. Brings up a useful way of looking at the disaster that has befallen the country
"How does a country burst? To answer this question, it helps to see matters as do the president and the vice-president: from inside a grift bubble."
"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse"
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Good article. Brings up a useful way of looking at the disaster that has befallen the country
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⚡️ Russian oligarchs are still snapping up multimillion-dollar yachts despite Western sanctions.
Despite Sanctions, Russian Oligarchs Bring In Five New Luxury Yachts
Russian elites continue to purchase luxury yachts despite Western sanctions, with recent acquisitions totaling over $50 million since the war began.
united24media.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
⚡️ Russian oligarchs are still snapping up multimillion-dollar yachts despite Western sanctions.
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My TikTok FYP vid had 5.8M likes. It's of a man terrorizing, bullying a distressed child and filming it for content and then congratulating himself for it. You wonder why we have adults who dehumanize others? They live it for 18 yrs. You bully kids and wonder why they grow up to be bullies.
This video got 5 million likes. Shame on every single person who liked it.
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My TikTok FYP vid had 5.8M likes. It's of a man terrorizing, bullying a distressed child and filming it for content and then congratulating himself for it. You wonder why we have adults who dehumanize others? They live it for 18 yrs. You bully kids and wonder why they grow up to be bullies.
Good for them! Who says the young are apathetic
CHARLOTTE: “More than 20,000 students missed school Monday”
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Good for them! Who says the young are apathetic
Great concise summary of the Trump failure.
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Great concise summary of the Trump failure.
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Many of you ask me how you can help us - and here is how : winter is coming and my brother’s unit needs a power station - to charge laptops , Starlink, batteries and control stations for drones that could save more Ukrainian lives and help us defend our people from Russian invaders. Details here ⬇️
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Many of you ask me how you can help us - and here is how : winter is coming and my brother’s unit needs a power station - to charge laptops , Starlink, batteries and control stations for drones that could save more Ukrainian lives and help us defend our people from Russian invaders. Details here ⬇️
What does freedom mean to you?
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I want ask you if freedom is important to you? Then I want to ask you to repost this video & across your socials & ask your followers the same thing.
Because they aren't just detaining undocumented people. They are also detaining permanent residents & citizens & you could be next.
#ICELawlessness
Because they aren't just detaining undocumented people. They are also detaining permanent residents & citizens & you could be next.
#ICELawlessness
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I want ask you if freedom is important to you? Then I want to ask you to repost this video & across your socials & ask your followers the same thing.
Because they aren't just detaining undocumented people. They are also detaining permanent residents & citizens & you could be next.
#ICELawlessness
Because they aren't just detaining undocumented people. They are also detaining permanent residents & citizens & you could be next.
#ICELawlessness
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They want to hold us down & it starts with name calling like “nasty” & “piggy”.
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
They want to hold us down & it starts with name calling like “nasty” & “piggy”.
Horrific! So sorry for you
I just received my health insurance open enrollment.
Employee + spouse: $$525.09
Family: $702.97
I make $823.13 per pay period!!
How tf am I supposed to also pay medical bills, utilities, rising grocery costs, gas, etc?
And our president’s only concern is himself??
#SaveHealthcareNotPedophiles
Employee + spouse: $$525.09
Family: $702.97
I make $823.13 per pay period!!
How tf am I supposed to also pay medical bills, utilities, rising grocery costs, gas, etc?
And our president’s only concern is himself??
#SaveHealthcareNotPedophiles
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Horrific! So sorry for you