Richard W. Jones
@rwjones.bsky.social
Retired, semi-successful entrepreneur, Ann's soulmate, Citizens' Climate Lobby volunteer, happy grandpa. No DMs please.
Does a person who can't remember his user names and passwords really exist at all? Just asking for a friend.
December 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Does a person who can't remember his user names and passwords really exist at all? Just asking for a friend.
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The key question in American politics now is whether public disapproval of Trump will grow fast enough to save our democracy before Trump builds such a crushing dictatorship that public opinion no longer matters.
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The key question in American politics now is whether public disapproval of Trump will grow fast enough to save our democracy before Trump builds such a crushing dictatorship that public opinion no longer matters.
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"Trump is an outright racist and he appeals to 10s of millions of US citizens who are also outright racists" is both fundamentally, obviously true ... and something that mainstream journalism has decided is impermissible to say.
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Trump is an outright racist and he appeals to 10s of millions of US citizens who are also outright racists" is both fundamentally, obviously true ... and something that mainstream journalism has decided is impermissible to say.
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A president doesn’t get to decide which news you watch.
But a dictator does.
But a dictator does.
December 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A president doesn’t get to decide which news you watch.
But a dictator does.
But a dictator does.
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This U.S. administration would've lost World War II, if they'd even bothered to fight it. More likely, they would have cut deals with all the dictators to steal everyone's natural resources.
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This U.S. administration would've lost World War II, if they'd even bothered to fight it. More likely, they would have cut deals with all the dictators to steal everyone's natural resources.
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Cheaper for Big Oil to buy Congress than to pay taxes. Let alone pay for the harm of their pollution.
American Big Oil Pays More in Taxes Abroad
A new report details how fossil fuel lobbyists have won huge U.S. tax giveaways.
inequality.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Cheaper for Big Oil to buy Congress than to pay taxes. Let alone pay for the harm of their pollution.
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China recognizes that energy storage is completely transformational for the electricity grid & thus for society as a whole. And so it is investing!
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
China recognizes that energy storage is completely transformational for the electricity grid & thus for society as a whole. And so it is investing!
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Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?
A week before he voted to cut Medicaid, Republican Congressman Rob Bresnahan dumped up to $130,000 worth of stock in four companies that manage nearly half of all Medicaid enrollees in the country.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Rep. Rob Bresnahan sold stock in several Medicaid providers before voting for cuts
The Pennsylvania Republican is one of several members who have come under scrutiny for stock trading as Congress eyes a potential ban.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
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I have this crazy hope that one day Morning Joe will recognize that there are more Christians in the United States than evangelicals.
Occasionally, MJ does acknowledge that Catholics exist. But the rest of us?
Invisible.
Occasionally, MJ does acknowledge that Catholics exist. But the rest of us?
Invisible.
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I have this crazy hope that one day Morning Joe will recognize that there are more Christians in the United States than evangelicals.
Occasionally, MJ does acknowledge that Catholics exist. But the rest of us?
Invisible.
Occasionally, MJ does acknowledge that Catholics exist. But the rest of us?
Invisible.
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📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
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As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
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It's Thompson Tuesday, when Keystone Indivisibles and others show up to protest GT Thompson, even with a 10 deg. wind chill temperature.
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@indivisible.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It's Thompson Tuesday, when Keystone Indivisibles and others show up to protest GT Thompson, even with a 10 deg. wind chill temperature.
@indivisiblepa.bsky.social
@indivisible.org
@indivisiblepa.bsky.social
@indivisible.org
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TLDR: Pennsylvanians turned out to vote in historic numbers in last week’s election to punish Trump and MAGA billionaires for failing to deliver for working Pennsylvanians.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
TLDR: Pennsylvanians turned out to vote in historic numbers in last week’s election to punish Trump and MAGA billionaires for failing to deliver for working Pennsylvanians.
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Democrats have secured a 5-2 majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, a key swing state.
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Democrats have secured a 5-2 majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, a key swing state.
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Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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The Washington Post and NYT should have Chicago on the front page every single day. Stories, columns and photos. Every day.
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The Washington Post and NYT should have Chicago on the front page every single day. Stories, columns and photos. Every day.
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Vote "Yes" to retain!
Pennsylvania’s largest newspaper urged Pennsylvanians to vote YES to retain the three state Supreme Court justices in a scathing editorial on the danger of conservatives and billionaires seizing power over the PA court, like they did in Washington.
Voters should consider their choices carefully in judicial retention races | Editorial
Pennsylvanians should vote yes to retain the three Supreme Court justices, but there are some Philadelphia lower court judges who do not deserve another term.
www.inquirer.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Vote "Yes" to retain!
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Everything Trump touches dies.
October 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Everything Trump touches dies.
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The nonpartisan Pennsylvania Bar Association knows that our PA Supreme Court justices are fair and should be retained.
We can keep our courts fair by voting YES this November.
We can keep our courts fair by voting YES this November.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The nonpartisan Pennsylvania Bar Association knows that our PA Supreme Court justices are fair and should be retained.
We can keep our courts fair by voting YES this November.
We can keep our courts fair by voting YES this November.
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Billionaires are trying to buy control of our courts — but Pennsylvanians aren’t for sale.
Our rights, our votes, and our freedoms belong to us.
✊ Keep billionaires out of the PA courts.
Our rights, our votes, and our freedoms belong to us.
✊ Keep billionaires out of the PA courts.
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Billionaires are trying to buy control of our courts — but Pennsylvanians aren’t for sale.
Our rights, our votes, and our freedoms belong to us.
✊ Keep billionaires out of the PA courts.
Our rights, our votes, and our freedoms belong to us.
✊ Keep billionaires out of the PA courts.