Richie Davis
@richiemd.bsky.social
Ponderer. Retired writer/ editor for newspapers in western Massachusetts and the Genesee Valley. Percussionist specializing in klezmer, Greek and other ethnic music genres. Three compelling story collections at RichieDavis.Net
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Authoritarianism in plain sight.
Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was forced by police to hang up on a press call after being threatened with a felony arrest—for daring to speak.
She can’t be in the bathroom, can’t be on the floor, can’t even talk to the press without GOP cops breathing down her neck.
Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was forced by police to hang up on a press call after being threatened with a felony arrest—for daring to speak.
She can’t be in the bathroom, can’t be on the floor, can’t even talk to the press without GOP cops breathing down her neck.
August 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Authoritarianism in plain sight.
Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was forced by police to hang up on a press call after being threatened with a felony arrest—for daring to speak.
She can’t be in the bathroom, can’t be on the floor, can’t even talk to the press without GOP cops breathing down her neck.
Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was forced by police to hang up on a press call after being threatened with a felony arrest—for daring to speak.
She can’t be in the bathroom, can’t be on the floor, can’t even talk to the press without GOP cops breathing down her neck.
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RETWEET if you stand with Judge Hannah Dugan!
April 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
RETWEET if you stand with Judge Hannah Dugan!
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Trump’s DOJ just defied a Supreme Court order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia—wrongfully deported, now missing in El Salvador. This isn’t a delay. It’s open defiance. If the Court backs down, the rule of law dies with him. This is the moment. Act—or surrender democracy.
April 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Trump’s DOJ just defied a Supreme Court order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia—wrongfully deported, now missing in El Salvador. This isn’t a delay. It’s open defiance. If the Court backs down, the rule of law dies with him. This is the moment. Act—or surrender democracy.
"'If Goebbels were alive and had access to X, we would be doomed. The Nazis would have conquered the world.'" - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Brazilian Judge Taking On the Digital Far Right
Alexandre de Moraes’s efforts to fight extremism online have pitted him against Jair Bolsonaro, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump.
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April 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"'If Goebbels were alive and had access to X, we would be doomed. The Nazis would have conquered the world.'" - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
This is basic, about the intersection of journalism and fascism, from FrameLab. newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/cal...
Call me Daddy: The Danger of Strongman Framing - News Literacy Initiative
President Trump has frequently been framed as a “strong man” and “strict father.” When news outlets lean into this type of rhetoric, they miss a vital o
newsliteracy.psu.edu
March 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This is basic, about the intersection of journalism and fascism, from FrameLab. newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/cal...
The threat of Trump is vast. But don’t underestimate incremental change
March 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The threat of Trump is vast. But don’t underestimate incremental change
Classic performance 🩷
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Jacqueline du Pre & Daniel Barenboim - Elgar Cello Concerto
YouTube video by Julio Isaac
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February 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Classic performance 🩷
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
Trump’s election: a crisis like no other … for the world
- Andrew Coyne
Globe & Mail
“Nothing mattered, in the end. Not the probable dementia, the unfathomable ignorance, the emotional incontinence; not, certainly, the shambling, hate-filled campaign, or the ludicrously unworkable anti-policies.
- Andrew Coyne
Globe & Mail
“Nothing mattered, in the end. Not the probable dementia, the unfathomable ignorance, the emotional incontinence; not, certainly, the shambling, hate-filled campaign, or the ludicrously unworkable anti-policies.
February 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Trump’s election: a crisis like no other … for the world
- Andrew Coyne
Globe & Mail
“Nothing mattered, in the end. Not the probable dementia, the unfathomable ignorance, the emotional incontinence; not, certainly, the shambling, hate-filled campaign, or the ludicrously unworkable anti-policies.
- Andrew Coyne
Globe & Mail
“Nothing mattered, in the end. Not the probable dementia, the unfathomable ignorance, the emotional incontinence; not, certainly, the shambling, hate-filled campaign, or the ludicrously unworkable anti-policies.
@susanabandes.bsky.social
Greetings from Ponce, PR. A propos almost nothing, I’m in touch with Joy Rogers. Today is her birthday. Also I’m in touch with Norma Tan.🌴
Greetings from Ponce, PR. A propos almost nothing, I’m in touch with Joy Rogers. Today is her birthday. Also I’m in touch with Norma Tan.🌴
February 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@susanabandes.bsky.social
Greetings from Ponce, PR. A propos almost nothing, I’m in touch with Joy Rogers. Today is her birthday. Also I’m in touch with Norma Tan.🌴
Greetings from Ponce, PR. A propos almost nothing, I’m in touch with Joy Rogers. Today is her birthday. Also I’m in touch with Norma Tan.🌴
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My statement on Trump’s careless and despicable move to stop funding of UNRWA:
February 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My statement on Trump’s careless and despicable move to stop funding of UNRWA:
February 5, 2025
“This could get dystopian very quickly…. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Elon Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit.
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“This could get dystopian very quickly…. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Elon Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...?
February 5, 2025
Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.
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February 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
February 5, 2025
“This could get dystopian very quickly…. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Elon Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...?
“This could get dystopian very quickly…. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Elon Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...?
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A poem by Mary Oliver has been rattling around in my heart and head for the past week.
“Here is a story
to break your heart.
Are you willing? . . .
I mean that it break open and never close again
to the rest of the world.”
Artists, the world needs you now more than ever.
“Here is a story
to break your heart.
Are you willing? . . .
I mean that it break open and never close again
to the rest of the world.”
Artists, the world needs you now more than ever.
February 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A poem by Mary Oliver has been rattling around in my heart and head for the past week.
“Here is a story
to break your heart.
Are you willing? . . .
I mean that it break open and never close again
to the rest of the world.”
Artists, the world needs you now more than ever.
“Here is a story
to break your heart.
Are you willing? . . .
I mean that it break open and never close again
to the rest of the world.”
Artists, the world needs you now more than ever.
Of course this seems beyond the beyond. But clearly, that’s where they’re taking us.
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February 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Of course this seems beyond the beyond. But clearly, that’s where they’re taking us.
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