Rick Hines
@rickhin.bsky.social
Musician, illustrator living in Seattle with my wife and two small dogs.
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
The shutdown belongs to republicans!
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The shutdown belongs to republicans!
They’re going to try to cheat their way to victory.
🚨BREAKING: The North Carolina election board on Thursday announced a raft of new hires with backgrounds in Republican politics — the latest sign of the GOP’s partisan takeover of the board as it prepares for next year’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina Adds More Partisan GOP Staffers to Election Board
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
They’re going to try to cheat their way to victory.
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This is accurate.
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is accurate.
The military keeping information on the “drug boat” strikes is unconstitutional and illegal!
November 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The military keeping information on the “drug boat” strikes is unconstitutional and illegal!
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a shocking number of people have found fascism to be like a comfortable pair of slippers
October 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
a shocking number of people have found fascism to be like a comfortable pair of slippers
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Republicans bowed to pressure from Donald Trump to midcycle gerrymander at the expense of minority voters — only to be sued by my law firm within hours or days.
If they expect us to eventually give up and back down, they are sorely mistaken. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/repu...
If they expect us to eventually give up and back down, they are sorely mistaken. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/repu...
Republicans Keep Gerrymandering and I Keep Suing
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Republicans bowed to pressure from Donald Trump to midcycle gerrymander at the expense of minority voters — only to be sued by my law firm within hours or days.
If they expect us to eventually give up and back down, they are sorely mistaken. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/repu...
If they expect us to eventually give up and back down, they are sorely mistaken. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/repu...
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@electdemocrats.bsky.social is fighting to get amazing candidates into office so Democrats can secure a majority.
Chair @suzandelbene.bsky.social & I talk the government shutdown & how Republicans are so desperate to stay in power they’re rigging maps across the US.
youtu.be/6ORkJHdl9yE?...
Chair @suzandelbene.bsky.social & I talk the government shutdown & how Republicans are so desperate to stay in power they’re rigging maps across the US.
youtu.be/6ORkJHdl9yE?...
Trump PANICS as FED UP Dems TURN UP the Heat on GOP
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
@electdemocrats.bsky.social is fighting to get amazing candidates into office so Democrats can secure a majority.
Chair @suzandelbene.bsky.social & I talk the government shutdown & how Republicans are so desperate to stay in power they’re rigging maps across the US.
youtu.be/6ORkJHdl9yE?...
Chair @suzandelbene.bsky.social & I talk the government shutdown & how Republicans are so desperate to stay in power they’re rigging maps across the US.
youtu.be/6ORkJHdl9yE?...
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The president announces an arbitrary price hike on Americans because his feelings are hurt by an ad accurately quoting Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The president announces an arbitrary price hike on Americans because his feelings are hurt by an ad accurately quoting Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs
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It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.
October 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.
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Inflation is now at its highest rate since January.
October 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Inflation is now at its highest rate since January.
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I could not be prouder that my law firm is currently litigating 60 voting, election and redistricting cases in 30 states. Even as large law firms bow down, we continue to fight for democracy every single day.
October 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I could not be prouder that my law firm is currently litigating 60 voting, election and redistricting cases in 30 states. Even as large law firms bow down, we continue to fight for democracy every single day.
Any economist worth their salt have been saying this too!
Check out this video from this search, ronald reagan speech on tariffs share.google/wuX1p6PebXlk...
Check out this video from this search, ronald reagan speech on tariffs share.google/wuX1p6PebXlk...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Any economist worth their salt have been saying this too!
Check out this video from this search, ronald reagan speech on tariffs share.google/wuX1p6PebXlk...
Check out this video from this search, ronald reagan speech on tariffs share.google/wuX1p6PebXlk...
Check out this video from this search, ronald reagan speech on tariffs share.google/wuX1p6PebXlk...
share.google
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Check out this video from this search, ronald reagan speech on tariffs share.google/wuX1p6PebXlk...
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The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, was dean of a law school that never opened www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
Mike Johnson was dean of law school that never opened
The Judge Paul Pressler School of Law never materialized, and its namesake was later accused of decades of sexual abuse.
www.snopes.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, was dean of a law school that never opened www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
October 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
Why would anyone oppose it?! GOP states are busy redrawing maps to cheat in upcoming elections.
New poll on the California redistricting amendment has it at 54% yes, 36% no.
punchbowl.news/article/camp...
punchbowl.news/article/camp...
Majority of Calif. voters back Prop 50 in new poll
News: We’ve got some fresh polling on California’s redistricting ballot initiative ahead of the Nov. 4 election.
punchbowl.news
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Why would anyone oppose it?! GOP states are busy redrawing maps to cheat in upcoming elections.
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I'm so sick of the casualness of their constant lying.
October 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I'm so sick of the casualness of their constant lying.
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Republicans are redrawing congressional maps to lock in their power for years to come. Executive Director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee Marina Jenkins explains how these redistricting moves threaten fair elections and what’s at stake for American democracy. youtu.be/5zBAgwoRiE8
Inside Trump's Unprecedented Power Grab | Marina Jenkins
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Republicans are redrawing congressional maps to lock in their power for years to come. Executive Director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee Marina Jenkins explains how these redistricting moves threaten fair elections and what’s at stake for American democracy. youtu.be/5zBAgwoRiE8