Rich Naff
@buster79.bsky.social
Retired hydrologist, USGS, Denver Colorado
Another sign that we're on the road to autocracy. coloradosun.com/2026/02/08/f...
Nicolais: When even federal prosecutors are frightened, we should all be afraid
A moment of insightfulness from a federal prosecutor in Minnesota last week made it clear how close our country is to a judicial collapse
coloradosun.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Another sign that we're on the road to autocracy. coloradosun.com/2026/02/08/f...
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Lucas single-handedly destroying Youngkin’s legacy projects (sports teams in NoVa, suburban GOP that can win) was remarkable to watch
February 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Lucas single-handedly destroying Youngkin’s legacy projects (sports teams in NoVa, suburban GOP that can win) was remarkable to watch
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The Winter Olympics start today, and we will feel pride and honor for our country.
But when we see our criminal, delusional, President, we feel none of those things.
I’ve faced off with him before, and now I’m ready to take him on in Congress.
But when we see our criminal, delusional, President, we feel none of those things.
I’ve faced off with him before, and now I’m ready to take him on in Congress.
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
The Winter Olympics start today, and we will feel pride and honor for our country.
But when we see our criminal, delusional, President, we feel none of those things.
I’ve faced off with him before, and now I’m ready to take him on in Congress.
But when we see our criminal, delusional, President, we feel none of those things.
I’ve faced off with him before, and now I’m ready to take him on in Congress.
NYTimes rates our slide into autocracy under Trump.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy (Gift Article)
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
NYTimes rates our slide into autocracy under Trump.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What the Turd doesn't want you to know about slavery in the United States. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/a...
How Trump Brought the Fight Over American History to Philadelphia
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
What the Turd doesn't want you to know about slavery in the United States. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/a...
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My friend lives in this building and said it was truly terrifying. The whole building woke up to their building being broken into by federal agents all to grab some guy who’s posted about being anti facist.
After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
My friend lives in this building and said it was truly terrifying. The whole building woke up to their building being broken into by federal agents all to grab some guy who’s posted about being anti facist.
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He called murdering people in boats “strong” yesterday. He has a sociopath’s conception of strength.
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "One of my favorite people, President Bukele ... he operates rather large prisons. Very strong prisons."
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
He called murdering people in boats “strong” yesterday. He has a sociopath’s conception of strength.
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He’s always been a toxic narcissist, but now he’s decompiling before our eyes
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible ... The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did"
February 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
He’s always been a toxic narcissist, but now he’s decompiling before our eyes
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Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
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How long until a part of MAGA pivots to "Epstein was good, actually"?
February 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
How long until a part of MAGA pivots to "Epstein was good, actually"?
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The president constantly lying about stolen elections, after staging a coup attempt, & now threatening to federalize & steal future elections, should be the primary news story in the country 24/7 & on every front page until he is impeached & removed next week.
February 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The president constantly lying about stolen elections, after staging a coup attempt, & now threatening to federalize & steal future elections, should be the primary news story in the country 24/7 & on every front page until he is impeached & removed next week.
The Turd is throttling clean energy -- it will eventually affect you and how much you pay for electricity. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects Nationwide
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The Turd is throttling clean energy -- it will eventually affect you and how much you pay for electricity. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
The Turd thinks he has found a path to dictatorship. Can the American people ward it off? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The Turd thinks he has found a path to dictatorship. Can the American people ward it off? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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I’ve spent the past 2 years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with Israel supporters. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?
I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
zeteo.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I’ve spent the past 2 years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with Israel supporters. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
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Protests sweep across the US, but they are better covered in foreign media than in the US, where broadcasters cower in fear over what might happen to them. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Minnesota ICE live: Protests over fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti
President Donald Trump praised border czar Tom Homan after sending him to Minnesota to oversee ICE
www.independent.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Protests sweep across the US, but they are better covered in foreign media than in the US, where broadcasters cower in fear over what might happen to them. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest:
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest:
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
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Projection:
The US exited the UN Human Rights council in Feb 2025. So it can violate those both, domestically and internationally.
The next step for such country is to denigrate Human Rights when called out on those, instead referring to its sovereignty.
Just wait.
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The US exited the UN Human Rights council in Feb 2025. So it can violate those both, domestically and internationally.
The next step for such country is to denigrate Human Rights when called out on those, instead referring to its sovereignty.
Just wait.
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Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Projection:
The US exited the UN Human Rights council in Feb 2025. So it can violate those both, domestically and internationally.
The next step for such country is to denigrate Human Rights when called out on those, instead referring to its sovereignty.
Just wait.
👇
The US exited the UN Human Rights council in Feb 2025. So it can violate those both, domestically and internationally.
The next step for such country is to denigrate Human Rights when called out on those, instead referring to its sovereignty.
Just wait.
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"Fico seemed to be 'traumatized' by his encounter with Trump, one of the European diplomats said. Fico characterized Trump as being 'out of his mind,' a diplomat said, using the words briefed to them by their leader, who was directly involved in the conversation."
Slovak PM Robert Fico was left shocked by Donald Trump’s state of mind after a recent meeting with him, he told his European counterparts at a summit last week, according to five diplomats briefed on the conversation.
European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting
The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week’s EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.
www.politico.eu
January 28, 2026 at 2:44 PM
"Fico seemed to be 'traumatized' by his encounter with Trump, one of the European diplomats said. Fico characterized Trump as being 'out of his mind,' a diplomat said, using the words briefed to them by their leader, who was directly involved in the conversation."
"The Trump administration is trying to impede the rule of law as a step in actually breaking it. If it succeeds, the consequences will be felt far beyond Minnesota." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
If ICE Can Kill With Impunity, the Rule of Law Is Already Gone
If ICE agents can shoot civilians at point-blank range and never be held accountable, then we aren’t living under the rule of law. We’re living in a police state.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
"The Trump administration is trying to impede the rule of law as a step in actually breaking it. If it succeeds, the consequences will be felt far beyond Minnesota." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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In evaluating the whining about “doxxing” — by which they mean identifying federal employees who killed someone under color of law - remember this administration cooperates with a large cadre of obedient bootlicker Right media that leaps to the tasks of viciously lying about anyone they kill.
Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
January 26, 2026 at 6:50 PM
In evaluating the whining about “doxxing” — by which they mean identifying federal employees who killed someone under color of law - remember this administration cooperates with a large cadre of obedient bootlicker Right media that leaps to the tasks of viciously lying about anyone they kill.
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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Kristi Noem managed, while governor of South Dakota, to get herself banned from the reservations within her state’s boundaries. That’s not easy to do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
Native tribes on banning Kristi Noem from reservations: ‘She’d be charged with trespassing’
The far-right governor’s comments about Indigenous Americans have crossed a line for all nine tribes in her state
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
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We have reached the point where any statement made by a Trump administration official must be assumed to be a lie until proven otherwise.
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
We have reached the point where any statement made by a Trump administration official must be assumed to be a lie until proven otherwise.