Rick Fry
@rsfry19.bsky.social
Writer, Leftist, Anti-Fascist, Pro-Union Pastor, Former Hitchhiker
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Rick Fry
@rsfry19.bsky.social
· May 23
sdvoyager.com
I was recently interviewed for the SD Voyager with a profile of my background, and the challenges of political oriented ministry in the church today.
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since the 80s democrats have asked "what if we could COMBINE business interests with the public interest?"
the result has always been, you basically can't. there's a fundamental contradiction there
"but what if we synthesized..."
- you can't.
"hmm but what if we..."
- you can't.
"yes but what
the result has always been, you basically can't. there's a fundamental contradiction there
"but what if we synthesized..."
- you can't.
"hmm but what if we..."
- you can't.
"yes but what
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
since the 80s democrats have asked "what if we could COMBINE business interests with the public interest?"
the result has always been, you basically can't. there's a fundamental contradiction there
"but what if we synthesized..."
- you can't.
"hmm but what if we..."
- you can't.
"yes but what
the result has always been, you basically can't. there's a fundamental contradiction there
"but what if we synthesized..."
- you can't.
"hmm but what if we..."
- you can't.
"yes but what
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"An opposing grandeur worthy of both belief+mass
participation: a wealth tax, universal
childcare, student+med debt forgiveness,
guaranteed housing, national community care worker
system +a Green New Deal scaled to the climate
crisis. These are vehicles for reshaping desire toward
shared creation."
participation: a wealth tax, universal
childcare, student+med debt forgiveness,
guaranteed housing, national community care worker
system +a Green New Deal scaled to the climate
crisis. These are vehicles for reshaping desire toward
shared creation."
On “liberal culturalism,” of which Ezra Klein is an exemplar.
www.newglobalpolitics.org/neither-cult...
www.newglobalpolitics.org/neither-cult...
Neither Culture Wars nor Big Tents Will Save American Democracy - New Global Politics
Centrists call for a kinder, more connected liberal culture. But without building public systems that allow people to actually care for one another, civility is just polite sentiment to cover over the...
www.newglobalpolitics.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"An opposing grandeur worthy of both belief+mass
participation: a wealth tax, universal
childcare, student+med debt forgiveness,
guaranteed housing, national community care worker
system +a Green New Deal scaled to the climate
crisis. These are vehicles for reshaping desire toward
shared creation."
participation: a wealth tax, universal
childcare, student+med debt forgiveness,
guaranteed housing, national community care worker
system +a Green New Deal scaled to the climate
crisis. These are vehicles for reshaping desire toward
shared creation."
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me: i don’t feel safe with other people. like, any praise in general my brain dismisses it
Therapist Who is a Caveman: me see. you am deserve love. we all am. yes. need love survive
me: i guess. it’s just hard trying to function when you still got your training wheels on
Caveman Therapist: wheel?
Therapist Who is a Caveman: me see. you am deserve love. we all am. yes. need love survive
me: i guess. it’s just hard trying to function when you still got your training wheels on
Caveman Therapist: wheel?
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
me: i don’t feel safe with other people. like, any praise in general my brain dismisses it
Therapist Who is a Caveman: me see. you am deserve love. we all am. yes. need love survive
me: i guess. it’s just hard trying to function when you still got your training wheels on
Caveman Therapist: wheel?
Therapist Who is a Caveman: me see. you am deserve love. we all am. yes. need love survive
me: i guess. it’s just hard trying to function when you still got your training wheels on
Caveman Therapist: wheel?
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man we should bring back the pamphlet
Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
man we should bring back the pamphlet
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every guy who has ever taken a nice little walk with his wife and seen her look at him with genuine love in her eyes has experienced a form of fulfillment that is impossible for nearly all of the world’s most powerful men to obtain
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
every guy who has ever taken a nice little walk with his wife and seen her look at him with genuine love in her eyes has experienced a form of fulfillment that is impossible for nearly all of the world’s most powerful men to obtain
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i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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If you're not asking the doctor annoying questions in the portal, you're leaving free healthcare on the table
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you're not asking the doctor annoying questions in the portal, you're leaving free healthcare on the table
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"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
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I don't think I've ever seen anything like this in my lifetime
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I don't think I've ever seen anything like this in my lifetime
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So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
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anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
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No kings includes angus king
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
No kings includes angus king
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This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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This has to be the demand - not just a unfocused "fuck the cavers", but a focused demand to replace Schumer with someone who has already proven up to the moment. I will be making regular calls to have Schiff and Padilla demand this, and the more of us that do the more real it could be.
Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This has to be the demand - not just a unfocused "fuck the cavers", but a focused demand to replace Schumer with someone who has already proven up to the moment. I will be making regular calls to have Schiff and Padilla demand this, and the more of us that do the more real it could be.
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Moderate Democrats saw that voters were energized and might expect something from them, so they needed to put a stop to that ASAP
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Moderate Democrats saw that voters were energized and might expect something from them, so they needed to put a stop to that ASAP
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Why would you want to be a proud Dem? Your leaders will tell you the best way to win is by losing, that you’re a naive fool if you want them to stand up for anything, and they’ll brag to each other and the press about how they’re smart enough to ignore you.
You’re joining a team that hates you!
You’re joining a team that hates you!
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Why would you want to be a proud Dem? Your leaders will tell you the best way to win is by losing, that you’re a naive fool if you want them to stand up for anything, and they’ll brag to each other and the press about how they’re smart enough to ignore you.
You’re joining a team that hates you!
You’re joining a team that hates you!
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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Zohran’s win was, in part, an outcome of the growing PMC class consciousness, and I’m happy someone at the Times is noticing
Zohran Mamdani and the Revenge of the Struggling Yuppie
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Zohran’s win was, in part, an outcome of the growing PMC class consciousness, and I’m happy someone at the Times is noticing
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I think democrats should push for a thorough review of all Elon Musk govt contracts as part of their 2026-8 portfolio. Why are taxpayers financing the work of a racist near-trillionaire? Leaving that unexamined was one of the biggest failures of the last Dem majority.
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I think democrats should push for a thorough review of all Elon Musk govt contracts as part of their 2026-8 portfolio. Why are taxpayers financing the work of a racist near-trillionaire? Leaving that unexamined was one of the biggest failures of the last Dem majority.
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ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.