Rick Cooley
@rcooley123.bsky.social
Progressive, antiwar, humanitarian, environmentalist, civil liberties, human rights, Down Syndrome. #ConnectTheLeft.
Jack Smith's closed-door testimony released by House Republicans after Judiciary Committee deposition rcooley123.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/j...
January 5, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Jack Smith's closed-door testimony released by House Republicans after Judiciary Committee deposition rcooley123.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/j...
Read Jack Smith's unsealed court filing - POLITICO rcooley123.wordpress.com/2024/10/03/r... | Hold Trump accountable for his crimes.
January 5, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Read Jack Smith's unsealed court filing - POLITICO rcooley123.wordpress.com/2024/10/03/r... | Hold Trump accountable for his crimes.
The Republican Party Is America’s Foremost Anti-Democracy Force rcooley123.wordpress.com/2021/07/28/t...
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 AM
The Republican Party Is America’s Foremost Anti-Democracy Force rcooley123.wordpress.com/2021/07/28/t...
Donald Trump Has Become Dick Cheney
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Donald Trump Has Become Dick Cheney
Trump wants to be Ronald Reagan, but instead with his Venezuela folly, he is Dick Cheney
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January 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Donald Trump Has Become Dick Cheney
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It Begins Again: Trump Supporters Embrace Life Unworthy of Life rcooley123.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/i...
It Begins Again: Trump Supporters Embrace Life Unworthy of Life
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January 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
It Begins Again: Trump Supporters Embrace Life Unworthy of Life rcooley123.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/i...
The Premier Of Greenland Obliterates Trump
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The Premier Of Greenland Obliterates Trump
Greenland Premier Jens Frederik Nielsen is criticizing Trump and his administration for a lack of respect after Stephen Miller's wife posted an image of Greenland wrapped in a US flag.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:56 AM
The Premier Of Greenland Obliterates Trump
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Impeachment And Removal Demanded For Trump's Illegal Venezuela Action
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Impeachment And Removal Demanded For Trump's Illegal Venezuela Action
A non-partisan citizens group is calling for Donald Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office for his illegal action in Venezuela.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Impeachment And Removal Demanded For Trump's Illegal Venezuela Action
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Trump's United Nations Speech: Read Full Text Transcript rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/t...
January 5, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Trump's United Nations Speech: Read Full Text Transcript rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/t...
Fact Sheets: The Harmful Effects of Project 2025, by State - Center for American Progress rcooley123.wordpress.com/2024/08/06/f...
January 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Fact Sheets: The Harmful Effects of Project 2025, by State - Center for American Progress rcooley123.wordpress.com/2024/08/06/f...
'I'm outraged': House Judiciary Democrat says no one in Congress was briefed before Trump's Venezuela strike www.ms.now/ms-now/watch...
'I'm outraged': House Judiciary Democrat says no one in Congress was briefed before Trump's Venezuela strike
Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt, says no one in Congress was briefed before President Trump's military strike on Venezuela, where U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro. "This was not necessary, this ...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
'I'm outraged': House Judiciary Democrat says no one in Congress was briefed before Trump's Venezuela strike www.ms.now/ms-now/watch...
Maddow: Trump will see the 'illegality' of Venezuela strike 'as a plus' www.ms.now/ms-now/watch... | Trump gives scum a good name.
Maddow: Trump will see the 'illegality' of Venezuela strike 'as a plus'
MS NOW's Rachel Maddow reacts to President Donald Trump's strike on Venezuela and capture of Venezuelan President Maduro.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Maddow: Trump will see the 'illegality' of Venezuela strike 'as a plus' www.ms.now/ms-now/watch... | Trump gives scum a good name.
Trump's attacks on civil rights protections made 2025 a difficult year www.ms.now/opinion/civi...
Opinion | It's been a brutal 2025 for those who care about civil rights
Charles F. Coleman Jr.: The speed and the breadth of the administration's attacks on civil rights protections have been disturbing
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January 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Trump's attacks on civil rights protections made 2025 a difficult year www.ms.now/opinion/civi...
Trump's plan to 'run' Venezuela already shows a key flaw www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump's post-Maduro press conference showed a key flaw in his plan to "run" Venezuela
Retired Ambassador James Story: If the United States expects a different result from the same people, we have failed to learn from the Maduro regime's record.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Trump's plan to 'run' Venezuela already shows a key flaw www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Tell Congress: Remove Hegseth! www.dailykos.com/campaigns/fo...
Tell Congress: Remove Hegseth!
We opposed Pete Hegseth's nomination because of his record of misogynistic, racist, anti-trans words and actions, the credible sexual assault allegations against him, and his mismanagement of other...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Tell Congress: Remove Hegseth! www.dailykos.com/campaigns/fo...
Report from Caracas: The US Kidnaps President Nicolás Maduro, but Venezuela Fights Back and Maintains Its Revolution - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/03/r...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Report from Caracas: The US Kidnaps President Nicolás Maduro, but Venezuela Fights Back and Maintains Its Revolution - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/03/r...
Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume One rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/f...
January 4, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume One rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/f...
The Authoritarian Playbook for 2025 rcooley123.wordpress.com/2024/01/24/t...
January 4, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The Authoritarian Playbook for 2025 rcooley123.wordpress.com/2024/01/24/t...
Grand Theft Corruption rcooley123.wordpress.com/2019/10/09/g... | You ain't seen nothin' yet. He's only just begun.
January 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Grand Theft Corruption rcooley123.wordpress.com/2019/10/09/g... | You ain't seen nothin' yet. He's only just begun.
Sunday thought: Even worse
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Sunday thought: Even worse
Friends,
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January 4, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Sunday thought: Even worse
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Trump Must Go rcooley123.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/t...
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Trump Must Go rcooley123.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/t...
Jack Smith Dismantles Republican Talking Points
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Jack Smith Dismantles Republican Talking Points
Watch a curated collection of important exchanges in which former Special Counsel Jack Smith debunks dangerous Republican propaganda about January 6th and the classified documents case.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Jack Smith Dismantles Republican Talking Points
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Jack Smith's closed-door testimony released by House Republicans after Judiciary Committee deposition rcooley123.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/j...
January 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Jack Smith's closed-door testimony released by House Republicans after Judiciary Committee deposition rcooley123.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/j...
Trump's United Nations Speech: Read Full Text Transcript rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/t...
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Trump's United Nations Speech: Read Full Text Transcript rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/t...
Can We Weaken Trump's Criminal Rule?
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Can We Weaken Trump's Criminal Rule?
A Saturday Prompt as Trump attacks Venezuela
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January 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Can We Weaken Trump's Criminal Rule?
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Trump Must Go 2.0 rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/t...
January 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Trump Must Go 2.0 rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/t...