Rick Newmyer
@rnewmyer.bsky.social
Dad, husband, professor, dilettante.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."
What Are We Doing to Our Children?
We taught kids to read, write, and dream; then trained them to hide, barricade, and bleed quietly while adults chose guns, cowardice, and silence over their future.
www.meidasplus.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
The Epstein saga is the biggest political cover-up in modern history.
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Epstein saga is the biggest political cover-up in modern history.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
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
Halfway through Joe Hill’s King Sorrow. This needs to be a series. @joe-hill.bsky.social #kingsorrow
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Halfway through Joe Hill’s King Sorrow. This needs to be a series. @joe-hill.bsky.social #kingsorrow
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
bit by bit, the administration is laying the groundwork and actually carrying out a system of repressing democratic life in america. redefining opposition as terrorism, targeting critics, investigating civic funders.
we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.
we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.
September 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
bit by bit, the administration is laying the groundwork and actually carrying out a system of repressing democratic life in america. redefining opposition as terrorism, targeting critics, investigating civic funders.
we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.
we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
Also the LA Times and Wall Street Journal, and they’re currently trying to purchase CNN
So right-wing oligarchs now control X, Facebook, TikTok, WaPo, Fox News, CBS...and others not controlled by them are capitulating. Do I have that right?
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Also the LA Times and Wall Street Journal, and they’re currently trying to purchase CNN
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
A president using the power of the state to punish critics — or to condition basic government services on political fealty — is not merely rough politics. It is aimed at crushing dissent and free and fair elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Plan To Use the State To Crush Dissent
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A president using the power of the state to punish critics — or to condition basic government services on political fealty — is not merely rough politics. It is aimed at crushing dissent and free and fair elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
This administration is overflowing with incompetent and stupid people.
September 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This administration is overflowing with incompetent and stupid people.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.
Leavitt: "These are the bad guys that we are picking up in Washington DC every day. The president would love to do this in every Democrat-run city across the country."
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
A president declaring war on Chicago, a major American city.
Also, another example of MAGA misusing pop culture. Lieutenant Kilgore in Apocalypse Now was a desensitized psychopath who loved the smell of napalm in the morning. Wanted to surf after destroying a Vietnamese village.
Tracks.
Also, another example of MAGA misusing pop culture. Lieutenant Kilgore in Apocalypse Now was a desensitized psychopath who loved the smell of napalm in the morning. Wanted to surf after destroying a Vietnamese village.
Tracks.
September 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A president declaring war on Chicago, a major American city.
Also, another example of MAGA misusing pop culture. Lieutenant Kilgore in Apocalypse Now was a desensitized psychopath who loved the smell of napalm in the morning. Wanted to surf after destroying a Vietnamese village.
Tracks.
Also, another example of MAGA misusing pop culture. Lieutenant Kilgore in Apocalypse Now was a desensitized psychopath who loved the smell of napalm in the morning. Wanted to surf after destroying a Vietnamese village.
Tracks.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency needs to end.
September 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency needs to end.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
www.justsecurity.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
This is how you do it folks: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...
Gov. Pritzker Informs Public of Trump Administration’s Plans to Deploy Federal Agents to Chicago
Illinois leaders remain united against sending troops to Chicago, call for real public safety support instead of political theater
gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This is how you do it folks: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Reposted by Rick Newmyer
Just to piggyback on this, I just sent this over to a friend of mine who is a regional director for a big grocery chain. His full response:
“Strap the fck in. You haven’t seen anything yet.”
“Strap the fck in. You haven’t seen anything yet.”
grocery prices? going way WAY up next month. i had to increase retail on cans of ground coffee beans yesterday.
i kid you not, the Maxwell House ones went up $15 entire dollars PER unit.
if you got it for $14.99 yesterday, is it literally double that today.
it's about to get ugly(er)
i kid you not, the Maxwell House ones went up $15 entire dollars PER unit.
if you got it for $14.99 yesterday, is it literally double that today.
it's about to get ugly(er)
August 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Just to piggyback on this, I just sent this over to a friend of mine who is a regional director for a big grocery chain. His full response:
“Strap the fck in. You haven’t seen anything yet.”
“Strap the fck in. You haven’t seen anything yet.”