Richard
@richpr.bsky.social
Socially progressive. Secular Humanist/atheist. Anti-fascist.
Retired Engineer. B.S. Sociology, B.S. Physics. M.S. Systems Eng.
https://unapologetics.org/
Retired Engineer. B.S. Sociology, B.S. Physics. M.S. Systems Eng.
https://unapologetics.org/
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“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Whoomp! There it is!....Comeback hall of fame recipient.....
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Whoomp! There it is!....Comeback hall of fame recipient.....
So SCOTUS denied Kim Davis’ request to overturn Obergefell.
She objected to it because it runs contrary to her Christian beliefs.
But while Jesus was silent on the subject of homosexuality, he clearly condemned remarriage by divorcees. Sanctimonious Kim, however, is thrice divorced and remarried
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She objected to it because it runs contrary to her Christian beliefs.
But while Jesus was silent on the subject of homosexuality, he clearly condemned remarriage by divorcees. Sanctimonious Kim, however, is thrice divorced and remarried
…
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So SCOTUS denied Kim Davis’ request to overturn Obergefell.
She objected to it because it runs contrary to her Christian beliefs.
But while Jesus was silent on the subject of homosexuality, he clearly condemned remarriage by divorcees. Sanctimonious Kim, however, is thrice divorced and remarried
…
She objected to it because it runs contrary to her Christian beliefs.
But while Jesus was silent on the subject of homosexuality, he clearly condemned remarriage by divorcees. Sanctimonious Kim, however, is thrice divorced and remarried
…
Can someone please show me where the Bible condemns vaccinations? I just can’t remember that one.
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‘God is an anti-vaxxer’: Inside the conference celebrating RFK Jr.’s rise — The Washington Post
An anti-vaccine conference in Austin celebrated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rise to political power, highlighting his influence in Trump’s Washington.
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Can someone please show me where the Bible condemns vaccinations? I just can’t remember that one.
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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
Role model of the Democrats who caved to Republicans:
Like Chamberlain, they have proven that they are hopelessly ill-equipped for this moment in history.
We need strong Democrats to primary EVERY fucking one of them.
Like Chamberlain, they have proven that they are hopelessly ill-equipped for this moment in history.
We need strong Democrats to primary EVERY fucking one of them.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Role model of the Democrats who caved to Republicans:
Like Chamberlain, they have proven that they are hopelessly ill-equipped for this moment in history.
We need strong Democrats to primary EVERY fucking one of them.
Like Chamberlain, they have proven that they are hopelessly ill-equipped for this moment in history.
We need strong Democrats to primary EVERY fucking one of them.
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Any Democrat who "trusts" notoriously deceitful Republicans to keep their word on an ACA vote deal is too naive/stupid to be in office.
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Any Democrat who "trusts" notoriously deceitful Republicans to keep their word on an ACA vote deal is too naive/stupid to be in office.
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
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An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
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Remember when some of us said the Democratic leadership would take all the wrong lessons from the blue tsunami and squander all the goodwill?
Here you go.
Here you go.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Remember when some of us said the Democratic leadership would take all the wrong lessons from the blue tsunami and squander all the goodwill?
Here you go.
Here you go.
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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
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80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
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Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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And Senator Markey. Any more sane Democrats?
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I hope Dems don't capitulate. Don't ever trust Republicans. They've tried to kill Obamacare since it was passed and signed into law in 2010. They're viciously cruel.
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I hope Dems don't capitulate. Don't ever trust Republicans. They've tried to kill Obamacare since it was passed and signed into law in 2010. They're viciously cruel.
No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
And Senator Markey. Any more sane Democrats?
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I hope Dems don't capitulate. Don't ever trust Republicans. They've tried to kill Obamacare since it was passed and signed into law in 2010. They're viciously cruel.
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I hope Dems don't capitulate. Don't ever trust Republicans. They've tried to kill Obamacare since it was passed and signed into law in 2010. They're viciously cruel.
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick plans to donate $1m from his campaign funds to help establish TPUSA chapters at every college in Texas, claiming that “the Lord put it on my heart” to do so.
If any supernatural being is putting things in Patrick’s heart, it’s Satan.
If any supernatural being is putting things in Patrick’s heart, it’s Satan.
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick plans to donate $1m from his campaign funds to help establish TPUSA chapters at every college in Texas, claiming that “the Lord put it on my heart” to do so.
If any supernatural being is putting things in Patrick’s heart, it’s Satan.
If any supernatural being is putting things in Patrick’s heart, it’s Satan.
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Did you know gov shutdowns aren’t in the Constitution, any law, or Court ruling?
They exist because of a 1980 OLC memo—a lawyer’s opinion that everyone just went along with. Before 1980, funding gaps didn’t cause shutdowns.
What one memo created, another can undo. How the next D admin can undo it:
They exist because of a 1980 OLC memo—a lawyer’s opinion that everyone just went along with. Before 1980, funding gaps didn’t cause shutdowns.
What one memo created, another can undo. How the next D admin can undo it:
Why America’s Government Shutdowns Exist and How to End Them
One Legal Memo Created The Shutdown Era. Another Can End It.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Did you know gov shutdowns aren’t in the Constitution, any law, or Court ruling?
They exist because of a 1980 OLC memo—a lawyer’s opinion that everyone just went along with. Before 1980, funding gaps didn’t cause shutdowns.
What one memo created, another can undo. How the next D admin can undo it:
They exist because of a 1980 OLC memo—a lawyer’s opinion that everyone just went along with. Before 1980, funding gaps didn’t cause shutdowns.
What one memo created, another can undo. How the next D admin can undo it:
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Contrast this with the video I just posted of Americans standing in food lines this weekend, in the rain and cold.
Don't have to wonder where the SNAP funds are.
Don't have to wonder where the SNAP funds are.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Contrast this with the video I just posted of Americans standing in food lines this weekend, in the rain and cold.
Don't have to wonder where the SNAP funds are.
Don't have to wonder where the SNAP funds are.
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Am an atheist, but as far as I am concerned, Jesus in The New Testament is pretty clear on how we should treat our fellow man. It was written by some wise people. I am all for it if prayers said outside an ICE facility are pricking the federal conscience. I hope it continues and humanity prevails.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Am an atheist, but as far as I am concerned, Jesus in The New Testament is pretty clear on how we should treat our fellow man. It was written by some wise people. I am all for it if prayers said outside an ICE facility are pricking the federal conscience. I hope it continues and humanity prevails.
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The difference between France in 1793 and the United States in 2025?
Marie Antoinette was *indifferent* to people starving.
But Donald Trump is using every trick at his disposal to *make sure* they do.
Marie Antoinette was *indifferent* to people starving.
But Donald Trump is using every trick at his disposal to *make sure* they do.
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The difference between France in 1793 and the United States in 2025?
Marie Antoinette was *indifferent* to people starving.
But Donald Trump is using every trick at his disposal to *make sure* they do.
Marie Antoinette was *indifferent* to people starving.
But Donald Trump is using every trick at his disposal to *make sure* they do.
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So the one to 25,000 bad apples in the NYPD are "self-deporting?" What a great way to weed out the most prejudiced assholes. Congratulations, New York City!
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
So the one to 25,000 bad apples in the NYPD are "self-deporting?" What a great way to weed out the most prejudiced assholes. Congratulations, New York City!