Rick Geissal
@rickgeissal.bsky.social
Reader/writer, one-time litigator, current events aficionado, St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan, romantic, have written a memoir about child abuse and resulting damage/PTSD: Damaged: A Life in 5 Parts
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My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
Terrible Governmental Abuse
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Terrible Governmental Abuse
With Some Margaret Atwood Sweetness Added
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December 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Terrible Governmental Abuse
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Wins 2025 hands down
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Wins 2025 hands down
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Dear male White House reporters,
The next time Trump insults one of your female colleagues, if one of you doesn’t interject and say “Excuse me, sir, but fuck you.” God is going to lose his mind.
Regards,
God
The next time Trump insults one of your female colleagues, if one of you doesn’t interject and say “Excuse me, sir, but fuck you.” God is going to lose his mind.
Regards,
God
December 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Dear male White House reporters,
The next time Trump insults one of your female colleagues, if one of you doesn’t interject and say “Excuse me, sir, but fuck you.” God is going to lose his mind.
Regards,
God
The next time Trump insults one of your female colleagues, if one of you doesn’t interject and say “Excuse me, sir, but fuck you.” God is going to lose his mind.
Regards,
God
Stunning.
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Stunning.
@priyankak.bsky.social I just now read your article in Nikkei Asia, "FDI success fails to lift Thailand out of its low-growth trap," and found it to be very revealing and worthwhile. I encourage you to post on Blue Sky.
December 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@priyankak.bsky.social I just now read your article in Nikkei Asia, "FDI success fails to lift Thailand out of its low-growth trap," and found it to be very revealing and worthwhile. I encourage you to post on Blue Sky.
There Is Just So Much
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There is Just So Much
Crazy, Out-of-Control Authoritarian Government
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December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
There Is Just So Much
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
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Pam Bondi is Coming for Domestic Terrorists. You Might Be One of Them.
I recorded an emergency pod to explain this story. Fair warning: it’s likely to be the scariest thing you hear today. And, if you’re not alarmed, you’re not paying attention.
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I recorded an emergency pod to explain this story. Fair warning: it’s likely to be the scariest thing you hear today. And, if you’re not alarmed, you’re not paying attention.
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Pam Bondi is Coming for Domestic Terrorists. You Might Be One of Them.
An emergency video/podcast
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December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Pam Bondi is Coming for Domestic Terrorists. You Might Be One of Them.
I recorded an emergency pod to explain this story. Fair warning: it’s likely to be the scariest thing you hear today. And, if you’re not alarmed, you’re not paying attention.
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I recorded an emergency pod to explain this story. Fair warning: it’s likely to be the scariest thing you hear today. And, if you’re not alarmed, you’re not paying attention.
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December 9, 2025
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December 9, 2025
When G.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
December 9, 2025
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Peace Prizes All Around
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Peace Prizes All Around
Our Leader As The Fool On the Hill
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December 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Peace Prizes All Around
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Wounds, EVs, Treason, Etc.
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Wounds, EVs, Treason, Etc.
Crocodiles and Librarians
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December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Wounds, EVs, Treason, Etc.
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On the ferry, crossing the Firth of Clyde after a fantastic short break on Arran. We stayed in a brilliant vegan B&B - Stonewater House in Lamlash. Saw otters, red squirrels, eider, mergansers, many shore birds and woodland birds. A stunning place. share.google/AWcMAxYmL56h...
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree
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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree
Pardon a Drug Smuggler POTUS, Deport a Student
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December 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree
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RIP Roman poet Horace, died this day 8 BC.
“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.”
“Live as brave ones; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts”
“he who is greedy is always in want”
“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.”
“Live as brave ones; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts”
“he who is greedy is always in want”
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
RIP Roman poet Horace, died this day 8 BC.
“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.”
“Live as brave ones; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts”
“he who is greedy is always in want”
“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.”
“Live as brave ones; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts”
“he who is greedy is always in want”
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What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA?
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
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This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
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"MTG Has Broken Cover" - Marsh Family parody of "Billie Jean" by MJ about Marjorie Taylor Greene
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA?
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
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Tonight we're celebrating 10 years of Rewilding Britain (@rewildingbritain.org.uk). I don't think I've ever come across an organisation which has shifted both public attitudes and tangible outcomes on an issue so fast. I'm proud to be associated.
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
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Turkeys out in force wandering around the woods and roads near our house. I think they heard I’m serving duck tonight.
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Turkeys out in force wandering around the woods and roads near our house. I think they heard I’m serving duck tonight.
Thanksgiving, or Something
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Thanksgiving, or Something
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November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Thanksgiving, or Something
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WOWWWWW— that didn’t take long: “Crews walk out on on Nashville tunnel, claiming Musk’s Boring Company Failed to Pay Workers and Snubbed OSHA concerns”
As we suspected, that absurd not-a-town-hall with Steve Davis aged like guacamole 🥑 nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
As we suspected, that absurd not-a-town-hall with Steve Davis aged like guacamole 🥑 nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
WOWWWWW— that didn’t take long: “Crews walk out on on Nashville tunnel, claiming Musk’s Boring Company Failed to Pay Workers and Snubbed OSHA concerns”
As we suspected, that absurd not-a-town-hall with Steve Davis aged like guacamole 🥑 nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
As we suspected, that absurd not-a-town-hall with Steve Davis aged like guacamole 🥑 nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
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My first flight Expo 1967 (world's fair), Albany, NY -to- Montreal, Canada. Mohawk Airlines (gone).
Fabulous. No security. All airline staff gorgeous, helpful, smiling. Walkout on the tarmac, up stairs, board. Civilized, courteous, well dressed passengers.
Unfortunately my luggage went to Spain.
Fabulous. No security. All airline staff gorgeous, helpful, smiling. Walkout on the tarmac, up stairs, board. Civilized, courteous, well dressed passengers.
Unfortunately my luggage went to Spain.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My first flight Expo 1967 (world's fair), Albany, NY -to- Montreal, Canada. Mohawk Airlines (gone).
Fabulous. No security. All airline staff gorgeous, helpful, smiling. Walkout on the tarmac, up stairs, board. Civilized, courteous, well dressed passengers.
Unfortunately my luggage went to Spain.
Fabulous. No security. All airline staff gorgeous, helpful, smiling. Walkout on the tarmac, up stairs, board. Civilized, courteous, well dressed passengers.
Unfortunately my luggage went to Spain.
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Whose side is he on? Whose side are we on? Spoiler alert: We already knew the answers. This just confirms them.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Whose side is he on? Whose side are we on? Spoiler alert: We already knew the answers. This just confirms them.
Totally Normal, Stable Genius Regime
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Totally Normal, Stable Genius Regime
Peace, Son-in-Law, Pigs, Forgery, Water
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November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Totally Normal, Stable Genius Regime
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