RichardBlaine41
@richardblaine41.bsky.social
Trial lawyer, writer, civil rights activist, photographer, reformed Republican, jazz lover, whisky connoisseur (both sides of the Atlantic), amateur historian and physicist, unrepentant Star Trek fan, all my wisdom is from Shakespeare.
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Repost this ...a coup is underway. Our funds are being stolen from us. Remember the heist of the Soviet Union years ago? I do. Putin came in - renamed it Russia, and the rest is history.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Donald Trump is trying to shutter Social Security offices and fire the people who make sure seniors get their checks every month.
Just so Republican billionaire donors like Elon Musk can get a bigger tax cut.
Just so Republican billionaire donors like Elon Musk can get a bigger tax cut.
Social Security Administration could cut up to 50% of its workforce
The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from its workforce of 60,000 — and the final reduction in force number could be as high as 50%, according to two people...
abcnews.go.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Repost this ...a coup is underway. Our funds are being stolen from us. Remember the heist of the Soviet Union years ago? I do. Putin came in - renamed it Russia, and the rest is history.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES UNDER ASSAULT: They’re coming for our history.
The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.
Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.
Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
NATIONAL ARCHIVES UNDER ASSAULT: They’re coming for our history.
The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.
Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.
Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
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AHA exec director @jgrossman.bsky.social, @oah.org president @dblight.bsky.social, & OAH exec director Beth English co-authored an article, "Trump May Wish to Abolish the Past. We Historians Will Not" for @newrepublic.com on the executive order, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.” 🗃️
Trump May Wish to Abolish
the Past. We Historians Will Not.
Commentary from the heads of two prominent historical associations on Trump’s recent executive order on “radical indoctrination” in schools.
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
AHA exec director @jgrossman.bsky.social, @oah.org president @dblight.bsky.social, & OAH exec director Beth English co-authored an article, "Trump May Wish to Abolish the Past. We Historians Will Not" for @newrepublic.com on the executive order, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.” 🗃️
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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
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Congratulations everyone willing to sacrifice American excellence, pride and freedom (just to start) for better egg prices that you were never going to get in the first place.
I’ll remember your ignorance and apathy with every family ripped apart.
I’ll remember your ignorance and apathy with every family ripped apart.
December 12, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Congratulations everyone willing to sacrifice American excellence, pride and freedom (just to start) for better egg prices that you were never going to get in the first place.
I’ll remember your ignorance and apathy with every family ripped apart.
I’ll remember your ignorance and apathy with every family ripped apart.
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Think of those immigrants who went through hell to start a new life in the US and once they have made it, voted for Trump to “close the borders” to the same illegal aliens they once were. These are apparently not unusual pathological patterns.
December 11, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Think of those immigrants who went through hell to start a new life in the US and once they have made it, voted for Trump to “close the borders” to the same illegal aliens they once were. These are apparently not unusual pathological patterns.
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This is what the incoming administration has in store for our country. They won't stop with “ criminal” immigrants; in their eyes, anyone not white is a criminal.
abc7chicago.com/post/donald-...
abc7chicago.com/post/donald-...
Incoming border czar Tom Homan promises mass deportation: 'Going to start right here in Chicago'
"If the Chicago mayor doesn't want to help, step aside. But if he impedes us, harbors or conceals illegal aliens, I will prosecute him," Homan said.
abc7chicago.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:30 PM
This is what the incoming administration has in store for our country. They won't stop with “ criminal” immigrants; in their eyes, anyone not white is a criminal.
abc7chicago.com/post/donald-...
abc7chicago.com/post/donald-...
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You cannot have someone who doesn’t accept the core principles of evidence based medicine in charge of any health service. It’s like making a Flat Earther the head of NASA.
RFJ Jr is directly responsible for the needless deaths of children. Directly responsible!
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
RFJ Jr is directly responsible for the needless deaths of children. Directly responsible!
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr
A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:35 AM
You cannot have someone who doesn’t accept the core principles of evidence based medicine in charge of any health service. It’s like making a Flat Earther the head of NASA.
RFJ Jr is directly responsible for the needless deaths of children. Directly responsible!
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
RFJ Jr is directly responsible for the needless deaths of children. Directly responsible!
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who has paid into Social Security their entire adult life and is determined to make sure Republicans keep their filthy fucking hands off of our benefits.
Same goes for our Medicare and the Affordable Care Act.
HANDS. OFF.
Same goes for our Medicare and the Affordable Care Act.
HANDS. OFF.
December 6, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who has paid into Social Security their entire adult life and is determined to make sure Republicans keep their filthy fucking hands off of our benefits.
Same goes for our Medicare and the Affordable Care Act.
HANDS. OFF.
Same goes for our Medicare and the Affordable Care Act.
HANDS. OFF.
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Buddy, if California and New York stop paying federal taxes, people in Wyoming and Idaho will starve
Mediate reports that incoming Border Czar Tom Homan confirmed that states that refused to “cooperate” with President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for the mass deportation of those in the U.S. illegally would have their federal funding slashed in retribution.
www.mediaite.com/tv/tom-homan...
www.mediaite.com/tv/tom-homan...
Tom Homan Confirms Trump Will Slash Funds to States Not Willing to ‘Cooperate’ on Mass Deportation Plan
Homan confirmed that states that refused to “cooperate” with Trump's plans for the mass deportation would have their federal funding slashed in retribution.
www.mediaite.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Buddy, if California and New York stop paying federal taxes, people in Wyoming and Idaho will starve
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This text from 2018 is worth re-reading - we have been warned. And told again, and again that it's over-reacting.
www.vox.com/policy-and-p...
www.vox.com/policy-and-p...
November 24, 2024 at 11:10 AM
This text from 2018 is worth re-reading - we have been warned. And told again, and again that it's over-reacting.
www.vox.com/policy-and-p...
www.vox.com/policy-and-p...
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"Definition of power" I ❤️ this scene from Yellowstone...
The history teaches us that "they" have only as much power as we give them. #DoNotObeyInAdvance
The history teaches us that "they" have only as much power as we give them. #DoNotObeyInAdvance
November 24, 2024 at 11:22 AM
"Definition of power" I ❤️ this scene from Yellowstone...
The history teaches us that "they" have only as much power as we give them. #DoNotObeyInAdvance
The history teaches us that "they" have only as much power as we give them. #DoNotObeyInAdvance
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November 23, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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Do not obey in advance.
PASS IT ON.
PASS IT ON.
November 24, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Do not obey in advance.
PASS IT ON.
PASS IT ON.
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It’s Starter Pack Saturday! 🦋
We’ve met A LOT of great people out here fighting for Democracy!
Colleagues have become friends. Friends have become family.
Please follow and share 💙
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We’ve met A LOT of great people out here fighting for Democracy!
Colleagues have become friends. Friends have become family.
Please follow and share 💙
go.bsky.app/E2S34fC
November 23, 2024 at 11:34 PM
It’s Starter Pack Saturday! 🦋
We’ve met A LOT of great people out here fighting for Democracy!
Colleagues have become friends. Friends have become family.
Please follow and share 💙
go.bsky.app/E2S34fC
We’ve met A LOT of great people out here fighting for Democracy!
Colleagues have become friends. Friends have become family.
Please follow and share 💙
go.bsky.app/E2S34fC
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My newly UPDATED Starter Pack is now available! It has been joined by more than 850 users and served as a guide to many, many others. I have received a ton of feedback to keep updating and sharing it.
I hope you find it helpful and spread the word! go.bsky.app/JSLScTv
I hope you find it helpful and spread the word! go.bsky.app/JSLScTv
November 20, 2024 at 10:09 PM
My newly UPDATED Starter Pack is now available! It has been joined by more than 850 users and served as a guide to many, many others. I have received a ton of feedback to keep updating and sharing it.
I hope you find it helpful and spread the word! go.bsky.app/JSLScTv
I hope you find it helpful and spread the word! go.bsky.app/JSLScTv
So I’m transitioning here out of Threads as this seems to be the future home for pro-democracy patriots. Hopefully some oligarch won’t buy this app and kill it like Twitter and the corporate media.
November 23, 2024 at 11:59 PM
So I’m transitioning here out of Threads as this seems to be the future home for pro-democracy patriots. Hopefully some oligarch won’t buy this app and kill it like Twitter and the corporate media.
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Rubert Murdoch's farewell letter to Fox says (real quote): "Elites have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class. Much of the media is in cahoots with those elites, peddling political narratives rather than pursuing the truth."
By that, he was referring to other people.
By that, he was referring to other people.
September 21, 2023 at 1:52 PM
Rubert Murdoch's farewell letter to Fox says (real quote): "Elites have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class. Much of the media is in cahoots with those elites, peddling political narratives rather than pursuing the truth."
By that, he was referring to other people.
By that, he was referring to other people.
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if you’re letting elon musk put a chip in your brain, you are already infected with this malware
September 21, 2023 at 3:00 PM
if you’re letting elon musk put a chip in your brain, you are already infected with this malware
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No!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 21, 2023 at 5:58 AM
No!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!