Karyn Rybacki
@hawk1814.bsky.social
Iowa PhD Rhetorical Theory & Argumentation. Retired Prof, 43 years on the South Shore of the Big Lake they call Gitchigumie, now back in Iowa. Humanist, Wife, Hawkeye fan, Reader, Textbook author, Democrat, taught 1st Amend. Antifascist. Slava Ukraini 🐺🐅🏒
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“I will present arguments, I will persuade, I will offer alternatives, but we will definitely not give the enemy any reason to say that Ukraine does not want peace, that it is disrupting the process, and that Ukraine is not ready for diplomacy” ~ President Zelensky
President Zelensky🇺🇦
“For the sake of our dignity.
For the sake of our freedom. And I believe, and I know that I am not alone.
With me are our people, society, soldiers, partners, allies, all our people.
Worthy. Free. United.
Happy Dignity and Freedom Day!
Glory to Ukraine!”
“For the sake of our dignity.
For the sake of our freedom. And I believe, and I know that I am not alone.
With me are our people, society, soldiers, partners, allies, all our people.
Worthy. Free. United.
Happy Dignity and Freedom Day!
Glory to Ukraine!”
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“I will present arguments, I will persuade, I will offer alternatives, but we will definitely not give the enemy any reason to say that Ukraine does not want peace, that it is disrupting the process, and that Ukraine is not ready for diplomacy” ~ President Zelensky
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AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
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Mr. Appeasement: How Trump’s Surrender to Putin Rewards Dictatorship Over Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...
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Mr. Appeasement: How Trump’s Surrender to Putin Rewards Dictatorship Over Democracy
Russia is losing the war. Trump 'peace deal' hands Putin victory in Ukraine -and invites Russia into hemispheric contest with Canada.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Mr. Appeasement: How Trump’s Surrender to Putin Rewards Dictatorship Over Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...
open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...
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Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
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The only reason to be upset that service men & women may be aware of this information is if you are issuing, or intend to issue, illegal orders.
If putting this out there is sedition, I know I am in the company of patriots in doing it.
If putting this out there is sedition, I know I am in the company of patriots in doing it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The only reason to be upset that service men & women may be aware of this information is if you are issuing, or intend to issue, illegal orders.
If putting this out there is sedition, I know I am in the company of patriots in doing it.
If putting this out there is sedition, I know I am in the company of patriots in doing it.
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Jessica Denson @jessicadenson07.bsky.social is still heeding this lesson today, along with thousands of others in D.C.
"It can be strange to do something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom."
Thank you, Removal Coalition @removalcoalition.bsky.social!
#RemovetheRegime
"It can be strange to do something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom."
Thank you, Removal Coalition @removalcoalition.bsky.social!
#RemovetheRegime
Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Jessica Denson @jessicadenson07.bsky.social is still heeding this lesson today, along with thousands of others in D.C.
"It can be strange to do something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom."
Thank you, Removal Coalition @removalcoalition.bsky.social!
#RemovetheRegime
"It can be strange to do something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom."
Thank you, Removal Coalition @removalcoalition.bsky.social!
#RemovetheRegime
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Everybody needs to watch this.He should be removed immediately.
👉 Clay Higgins, a coup ringleader. Oath Keeper & Three Percenter. Claimed '2020 Election was compromised' in wild, ranting video, inciting violence before Jan 6 Insurrection. No Justice youtu.be/kg2mInmp_Nc
Congressman Clay Higgins "The Election Has Been Compromised"
YouTube video by WhatA World
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Everybody needs to watch this.He should be removed immediately.
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If it made the news at all, that's a win...
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If it made the news at all, that's a win...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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If Threatening to Hang Members of Congress Isn’t Impeachable, What Is?
If Trump wants veterans in Congress killed for affirming U.S. law, doesn’t that make him the very danger the Founders warned would destroy the republic, the kind impeachment was designed for?
@hartmannreport.com
If Trump wants veterans in Congress killed for affirming U.S. law, doesn’t that make him the very danger the Founders warned would destroy the republic, the kind impeachment was designed for?
@hartmannreport.com
If Threatening to Hang Members of Congress Isn’t Impeachable, What Is?
If Trump wants veterans in Congress killed for affirming U.S. law, doesn’t that make him the very danger the Founders warned would destroy the republic, the kind impeachment was designed for?
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If Threatening to Hang Members of Congress Isn’t Impeachable, What Is?
If Trump wants veterans in Congress killed for affirming U.S. law, doesn’t that make him the very danger the Founders warned would destroy the republic, the kind impeachment was designed for?
@hartmannreport.com
If Trump wants veterans in Congress killed for affirming U.S. law, doesn’t that make him the very danger the Founders warned would destroy the republic, the kind impeachment was designed for?
@hartmannreport.com
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WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The world will rejoice when the pedophile in the WH is no longer among the living.
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The world will rejoice when the pedophile in the WH is no longer among the living.
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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🧵 Let’s be so effing for real right now. The Department of Education saying these jobs are no longer PROFESSIONAL is dumb as hell and insulting as fuck. It takes YEARS of post-graduate training, including passing certifying exams, to earn degrees in these fields. #fdt #momsky
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
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I recognize this presupposes that someone does in fact love and care about Jerry Smith but you get the idea
Will someone who loves and cares about Jerry Smith take away his Fox News machine
Texas Gerrymandering Case Prompts Fifth Circuit Judge to Crash Out In Alarming, Antisemitic Fashion
Someone needs to take the Fox News machine away from Jerry Smith’s chambers.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I recognize this presupposes that someone does in fact love and care about Jerry Smith but you get the idea
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There are 195 countries in the world. Besides the US, how many have full or partial versions of the Epstein files?
Make the world a better place. Leak them!
Make the world a better place. Leak them!
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
There are 195 countries in the world. Besides the US, how many have full or partial versions of the Epstein files?
Make the world a better place. Leak them!
Make the world a better place. Leak them!
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Abolish ICE, imprison it's agents.
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Abolish ICE, imprison it's agents.
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Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
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There is an estimate 1/2 million illegal Russians in the US escaping the war in Ukraine. So far ive seen zero arrests in NY of these ppl. Oh wait they are white ….
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
There is an estimate 1/2 million illegal Russians in the US escaping the war in Ukraine. So far ive seen zero arrests in NY of these ppl. Oh wait they are white ….
Check out the similar lies on other department pages. It's not a good look for the country.
This is fascist racist bullshit from *checks notes* an actual agency of the federal government.
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Check out the similar lies on other department pages. It's not a good look for the country.
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The enshittification of CBS is only the beginning. Billionaire AH scheming with Felon & co on how to spread their crap elsewhere
All the more reason to use & support independent media
(Letting the advertisers that stick w this shitty turn of 'news & entertainment' know what you think doesn't hurt)
All the more reason to use & support independent media
(Letting the advertisers that stick w this shitty turn of 'news & entertainment' know what you think doesn't hurt)
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The enshittification of CBS is only the beginning. Billionaire AH scheming with Felon & co on how to spread their crap elsewhere
All the more reason to use & support independent media
(Letting the advertisers that stick w this shitty turn of 'news & entertainment' know what you think doesn't hurt)
All the more reason to use & support independent media
(Letting the advertisers that stick w this shitty turn of 'news & entertainment' know what you think doesn't hurt)