Rifban Winkle 🏳️⚧️
@rifban.bsky.social
He/him. Retired American living abroad
It's time to start shunning actors who play US cops and military. No other way to break us free of the copaganda that is partially responsible for our police state
January 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
It's time to start shunning actors who play US cops and military. No other way to break us free of the copaganda that is partially responsible for our police state
I find it useful to see ICE as an outlaw gang from the old west. Riding into town, killing and taking who they want. Then they move on to a new city, knowing the posse won't follow.
So we're having to fight this same legal battle in every state. It's their tactic. No national injunctions and such
So we're having to fight this same legal battle in every state. It's their tactic. No national injunctions and such
January 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I find it useful to see ICE as an outlaw gang from the old west. Riding into town, killing and taking who they want. Then they move on to a new city, knowing the posse won't follow.
So we're having to fight this same legal battle in every state. It's their tactic. No national injunctions and such
So we're having to fight this same legal battle in every state. It's their tactic. No national injunctions and such
The reason Trump thinks Greenland is for sale is that he thinks everything is for sale.
He sure knows he is, at discount rates. He's about grift quantity over quality
He sure knows he is, at discount rates. He's about grift quantity over quality
January 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The reason Trump thinks Greenland is for sale is that he thinks everything is for sale.
He sure knows he is, at discount rates. He's about grift quantity over quality
He sure knows he is, at discount rates. He's about grift quantity over quality
Trump's attempt to win a Nobel Peace Prize through military force has failed. But he'll still steal and display someone else's.
He's as classless as he is clueless and evil
He's as classless as he is clueless and evil
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Trump's attempt to win a Nobel Peace Prize through military force has failed. But he'll still steal and display someone else's.
He's as classless as he is clueless and evil
He's as classless as he is clueless and evil
A legally adjudicated (guilty equivalent in civil trials) rapist believes he is only bound by his own (nonexistent) morals
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:11 PM
A legally adjudicated (guilty equivalent in civil trials) rapist believes he is only bound by his own (nonexistent) morals
It's wild we think a civil war is coming while this looks like it is already here
👉 ICE Abusing Protesters After Murdering Driver 1/7/26
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
It's wild we think a civil war is coming while this looks like it is already here
Stories have always been there to educate people. Throughout history. Before we could write even. Stories held our history.
This article points out how we've been taught the warning sides of fascisms for years in popular media. Americans opted to ignore them, letting history repeat itself.
This article points out how we've been taught the warning sides of fascisms for years in popular media. Americans opted to ignore them, letting history repeat itself.
These Stories Teach Us How to Fight - Uncanny Magazine
Chicago, October 2025. I need you to know we tried. I bought whistles and saline eyewash for my friends, students. The theatre bought 150 whistles. They were gone in days. A neighbor 3D-printed hundre...
www.uncannymagazine.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Stories have always been there to educate people. Throughout history. Before we could write even. Stories held our history.
This article points out how we've been taught the warning sides of fascisms for years in popular media. Americans opted to ignore them, letting history repeat itself.
This article points out how we've been taught the warning sides of fascisms for years in popular media. Americans opted to ignore them, letting history repeat itself.
If the US disabled the Venezuela power grid via the internet, this ends the era of other countries using US tech. They have to now be assuming the US gov has backdoors in them like we've long assumed of China.
Trump again fails to remember that this is why you don't disclose methods and tactics
Trump again fails to remember that this is why you don't disclose methods and tactics
Venezuela strike marks a turning point for US cyber warfare
The large-scale operation shows the U.S. has the cyber skills to inflict serious damage — and is no longer quiet about using them.
www.politico.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
If the US disabled the Venezuela power grid via the internet, this ends the era of other countries using US tech. They have to now be assuming the US gov has backdoors in them like we've long assumed of China.
Trump again fails to remember that this is why you don't disclose methods and tactics
Trump again fails to remember that this is why you don't disclose methods and tactics
What I've never understood is why we say there is the big spoon and little spoon when cuddling. Spoons have to be the same size for that to work. We need to call them front spoon and back spoon or inner spoon and outer spoon
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
What I've never understood is why we say there is the big spoon and little spoon when cuddling. Spoons have to be the same size for that to work. We need to call them front spoon and back spoon or inner spoon and outer spoon
They expect us to believe 1500 juries of their peers found them guilty while Trump can't find any juries who will convict people in his unfair/oppression cases?
Next
Next
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
They expect us to believe 1500 juries of their peers found them guilty while Trump can't find any juries who will convict people in his unfair/oppression cases?
Next
Next
Ask yourself what event made it to Trump had to invade Venezuela WHEN HE DID. Like ignore for 30 seconds whether he had any right to do so (he didn't). But why when he did and not 90 days ago? Or 90 days in the future?
The event is evil. The timing is meant to distract us from the Epstein files
The event is evil. The timing is meant to distract us from the Epstein files
January 6, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Ask yourself what event made it to Trump had to invade Venezuela WHEN HE DID. Like ignore for 30 seconds whether he had any right to do so (he didn't). But why when he did and not 90 days ago? Or 90 days in the future?
The event is evil. The timing is meant to distract us from the Epstein files
The event is evil. The timing is meant to distract us from the Epstein files
This is a recurring theme in the US.
AI can't act. It is a tool, used by people. The people are the actors. This is like saying "Hammer tears down deck" or "Screwdriver destroys laptop computer"
It's the same thing we do to corporations. Anthropomorphize them to shift blame from their CEO to nada
AI can't act. It is a tool, used by people. The people are the actors. This is like saying "Hammer tears down deck" or "Screwdriver destroys laptop computer"
It's the same thing we do to corporations. Anthropomorphize them to shift blame from their CEO to nada
Good for Reuters for changing their headline. Pressure works. Grok did not do this. Elon Musk did.
January 6, 2026 at 8:59 AM
This is a recurring theme in the US.
AI can't act. It is a tool, used by people. The people are the actors. This is like saying "Hammer tears down deck" or "Screwdriver destroys laptop computer"
It's the same thing we do to corporations. Anthropomorphize them to shift blame from their CEO to nada
AI can't act. It is a tool, used by people. The people are the actors. This is like saying "Hammer tears down deck" or "Screwdriver destroys laptop computer"
It's the same thing we do to corporations. Anthropomorphize them to shift blame from their CEO to nada
The only reason most Americans know where Venezuela is is that it is on the original Risk boardgame map.
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The only reason most Americans know where Venezuela is is that it is on the original Risk boardgame map.
You're at a store. While the cashier watches, you grab a pack of gum and put in your pocket, daring them to stop you. They don't; it isn't worth their time to get the cops involved. Tomorrow, you do the same with a TV.
This is Trump. We let him slide on the small stuff so he escalates. Always.
This is Trump. We let him slide on the small stuff so he escalates. Always.
January 4, 2026 at 12:27 PM
You're at a store. While the cashier watches, you grab a pack of gum and put in your pocket, daring them to stop you. They don't; it isn't worth their time to get the cops involved. Tomorrow, you do the same with a TV.
This is Trump. We let him slide on the small stuff so he escalates. Always.
This is Trump. We let him slide on the small stuff so he escalates. Always.
Like this isn't how any governments work. All governments have continuity plans. Venezuela, without Maduro, still has a functional government.
With Nicolás Maduro out of power, the Trump administration is racing to assemble an interim governing structure for Venezuela.
After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela
The administration is racing to get an interim government in place, even as pushback from Maduro’s allies raise fears of instability.
on.wsj.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Like this isn't how any governments work. All governments have continuity plans. Venezuela, without Maduro, still has a functional government.
I'd hate to see his detrimental effects listed
Health Speculations Swirl As Trump Seen With Damage Numbers Above Head
WASHINGTON—Amid ongoing concerns over the aging president’s medical status, health speculations reportedly swirled Monday after President Donald Trump was seen with damage numbers above his head. “Rec...
theonion.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I'd hate to see his detrimental effects listed
They are forcing people to discriminate against LGBTQ+ youths with threats.
This seems like a good time to remind people that I will never forgive Trump supporters for their role in this and everything else his administration has done. You're all complicit.
This seems like a good time to remind people that I will never forgive Trump supporters for their role in this and everything else his administration has done. You're all complicit.
30 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- MA removes rules requiring foster parents support LGBTQ+ youth after threats from administration & lawsuits by 2 families denied licenses for refusing to agree they would not discriminate or try to change gender/sexual orientation of kids in their care.
Massachusetts removes rule requiring foster parents to support LGBTQ+ youth
<p>Massachusetts has removed state rules requiring that foster parents not discriminate against LGBTQ+ youth.</p>
www.advocate.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
They are forcing people to discriminate against LGBTQ+ youths with threats.
This seems like a good time to remind people that I will never forgive Trump supporters for their role in this and everything else his administration has done. You're all complicit.
This seems like a good time to remind people that I will never forgive Trump supporters for their role in this and everything else his administration has done. You're all complicit.
Every time you see the media cover a lie Trump tells as if there is any question whether it is a lie, remember when Trump told the Ukrainians to just say a thing and Trump's team would run with it.
The media still plays that game. Trump tells a lie, unplausible though it is, and they give him cover
The media still plays that game. Trump tells a lie, unplausible though it is, and they give him cover
December 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Every time you see the media cover a lie Trump tells as if there is any question whether it is a lie, remember when Trump told the Ukrainians to just say a thing and Trump's team would run with it.
The media still plays that game. Trump tells a lie, unplausible though it is, and they give him cover
The media still plays that game. Trump tells a lie, unplausible though it is, and they give him cover
It's almost like solving imaginary wars is easier than real ones
Trump: "It's funny, I settled 8 wars. Some were going on for 35 years. And we got them settled in a couple of days. Some of them -- one was going on for 37 years. I settled it in one day. But this is a very complex one."
December 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's almost like solving imaginary wars is easier than real ones
Elon Musk could lose 99% of his net worth and he's still be worth more than everyone you'll ever personally know combined. Losing 99% of his net worth leaves him over $4 billion remaining and keeps him in the Forbes 400 Richest People in America list.
After losing 99% of his worth.
Tax the rich
After losing 99% of his worth.
Tax the rich
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Elon Musk could lose 99% of his net worth and he's still be worth more than everyone you'll ever personally know combined. Losing 99% of his net worth leaves him over $4 billion remaining and keeps him in the Forbes 400 Richest People in America list.
After losing 99% of his worth.
Tax the rich
After losing 99% of his worth.
Tax the rich
Trump uses the phrase "like a dog" to mean "like shit" and that should have clued us all in years ago
December 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Trump uses the phrase "like a dog" to mean "like shit" and that should have clued us all in years ago
Trump now has collected all of the First Amendment pieces to violate. Speech: he attacks it daily. Press: he attacks it daily. Petition the government: he sends in troops to stop peaceful protests. Religion: he's declared the US to be a Christian nation for the first time in history
The Constitution's "wall of separation" between Church & State was a phrase coined in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Convention presenting his views on the relationship between religion and the role of the state in the new nation. #ChristianNationalism
December 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Trump now has collected all of the First Amendment pieces to violate. Speech: he attacks it daily. Press: he attacks it daily. Petition the government: he sends in troops to stop peaceful protests. Religion: he's declared the US to be a Christian nation for the first time in history
Yet they keep saying that the investigation is over and they found that Trump definitely had not raped children. Until they are asked to show their work, and they they say it is still ongoing.
It's so obviously a lie from the DoJ. The US government while Trump is president has zero credibility
It's so obviously a lie from the DoJ. The US government while Trump is president has zero credibility
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents. n.pr/48V8GS8
DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yet they keep saying that the investigation is over and they found that Trump definitely had not raped children. Until they are asked to show their work, and they they say it is still ongoing.
It's so obviously a lie from the DoJ. The US government while Trump is president has zero credibility
It's so obviously a lie from the DoJ. The US government while Trump is president has zero credibility
It's pretty screwy that our "checks and balances" in government involves the Legislative branch passing laws that the Executive branch ignores because only it can enforce laws. The Judicial branch makes rulings that are also just ignored for the same reason.
This is irreparable. It needs rebuilt.
This is irreparable. It needs rebuilt.
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's pretty screwy that our "checks and balances" in government involves the Legislative branch passing laws that the Executive branch ignores because only it can enforce laws. The Judicial branch makes rulings that are also just ignored for the same reason.
This is irreparable. It needs rebuilt.
This is irreparable. It needs rebuilt.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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