Rik Moore
rikmoore.bsky.social
Rik Moore
@rikmoore.bsky.social
Retired teacher/coach
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"Congregants of an east Charlotte church scattered into the woods Saturday when masked federal agents arrived and detained one of their members, according to witnesses."

This is not a movie about some tyrannical authoritarian government takeover.

It's real life.

It's MAGA America.
Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
Witnesses say one man was detained while doing yard work while his wife and child were inside.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Charlotte City Councilor-elect JD Mazuera Arias:

“This is Customs and Border Patrol. We are not a border city, nor are we a border state. So why are they here? This is a gross violation of constitutional rights for not only immigrants but for U.S. citizens.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/15/n...
www.bostonglobe.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Hundreds of top economists and other experts including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are calling for the world to set up an independent international panel on income and wealth inequality

abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
Top economists call on world leaders to set up an international panel on inequality
Hundreds of top economists and other experts including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are calling for the world to set up an independent international panel on income and wealth inequalit...
abcnews.go.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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🧟‍♀️💯
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Fact-check: true 😕
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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This is DoorDash’s “Breakfast Basics Index,” which tracks only 4 items: three eggs, a glass of milk, a bagel & an avocado & excludes coffee, bacon, bread & OJ, all of which have gone up in price this year. They cherry-picked a quirky DoorDash metric and spun it as proof of an economic turnaround.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Authoritarianism can only succeed when democracy fails to deliver for working people.

Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.

We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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As of *last night*, people were trying to suggest that nobody would remember what happened this weekend nor connect it back to Schumer lol
UPDATE — Here are the at least 10 congressional Democrats, 5 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Come join with others to stand against Trump's political prosecutions, against ICE's attacks on our communities, and for freedom of speech and the right to protest.

See you tomorrow.
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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‼️ “The displayed panels represented a history that we can never forget & from which we can learn, especially now that differences in the world are ever more magnified. They fought for a freedom that they did not have themselves”

‼️ Urgent appeal to be made to ABMC & US ambassador for their return.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.

Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.

This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Good news out of the SCOTUS for once 🏳️‍🌈

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Please don’t think this beltway game of having retiring Dem senators vote yes while everyone else votes no is going to shield leadership from the end result. We see what is happening and can’t be fooled by those games.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Nothing thanks Americans for standing by Democrats on Election Day quite like @schumer.senate.gov and his wealthy Senate Democrat pals surrendering to Trump’s demands. #GutlessSenateDemocrats

www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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The Democratic Party needs to be fucking decimated. The shitbirds who voted for surrender. And the shitbirds who are complaining now but have allowed Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries--two men who could lose a poker hand with a royal flush--to run the Senate and House caucuses. They *all* suck.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM