Ron Smith
@smithro.bsky.social
Retired. Interests: Literature, Middle Eastern languages, Florida, History, you get the idea.
Navy & Marine Corps
Navy & Marine Corps
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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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“The president inhabits a position of moral leadership. When the president and his officials sell their policies, they’re selling a version of what it means to be an American”
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“The president inhabits a position of moral leadership. When the president and his officials sell their policies, they’re selling a version of what it means to be an American”
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
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November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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It’s fun to look at this ai slop nazi propaganda and then remember what these guys actually look like. This isn’t what they (or america) looks like and far from loving america, this is an expression of severe self loathing bsky.app/profile/geof...
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It’s fun to look at this ai slop nazi propaganda and then remember what these guys actually look like. This isn’t what they (or america) looks like and far from loving america, this is an expression of severe self loathing bsky.app/profile/geof...
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Trump has no legal authority, "standing" or otherwise, to order the killing of people in international waters for unsubstantiated accusations of non-capital crimes.
Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.
Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.
Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people
October 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Trump has no legal authority, "standing" or otherwise, to order the killing of people in international waters for unsubstantiated accusations of non-capital crimes.
Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.
Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.
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This is a producer for WGN Chicago.
This is Putin-style autocracy.
WATCH
This is a producer for WGN Chicago.
This is Putin-style autocracy.
WATCH
October 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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This is a producer for WGN Chicago.
This is Putin-style autocracy.
WATCH
This is a producer for WGN Chicago.
This is Putin-style autocracy.
WATCH
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Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.
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the defining image of the early 21st century is an agent of the state pointing a gun at a person, and a citizen pointing a smartphone camera back at them
we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world
we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world
October 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the defining image of the early 21st century is an agent of the state pointing a gun at a person, and a citizen pointing a smartphone camera back at them
we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world
we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world
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He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.
October 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.
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🗓️ Next pro forma session: Tuesday, 9/30 at 12 PM.
Seating Grijalva isn’t just about Arizona — her vote would be the final signature needed to force action on the Epstein files.
Enough delays.
Seat Grijalva NOW.
Seating Grijalva isn’t just about Arizona — her vote would be the final signature needed to force action on the Epstein files.
Enough delays.
Seat Grijalva NOW.
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🗓️ Next pro forma session: Tuesday, 9/30 at 12 PM.
Seating Grijalva isn’t just about Arizona — her vote would be the final signature needed to force action on the Epstein files.
Enough delays.
Seat Grijalva NOW.
Seating Grijalva isn’t just about Arizona — her vote would be the final signature needed to force action on the Epstein files.
Enough delays.
Seat Grijalva NOW.
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Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty.
Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.
"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"
Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.
"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"
September 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty.
Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.
"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"
Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.
"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"
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Being masked means they can use excessive force, violate constitutional rights, and use foul foul language with no consequences. One can complain, but about who? To who?
The Constitution is meant to protect ordinary people from their government rather than the other way around.
Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.
Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.
California got this one right: ICE agents shouldn't be allowed to wear masks
Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.
reason.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Being masked means they can use excessive force, violate constitutional rights, and use foul foul language with no consequences. One can complain, but about who? To who?
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To understand where we are now we have to understand how we got here. Make the time and listen to this.
www.levernews.com/robert-reich...
www.levernews.com/robert-reich...
Robert Reich Saw This Coming
After decades advising presidents, the former Secretary of Labor is sounding the alarm.
www.levernews.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
To understand where we are now we have to understand how we got here. Make the time and listen to this.
www.levernews.com/robert-reich...
www.levernews.com/robert-reich...
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one of the clearest signs you're dealing with a strong and principled political movement is when they want to make it illegal to make fun of them
September 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
one of the clearest signs you're dealing with a strong and principled political movement is when they want to make it illegal to make fun of them
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It’s also worth noting that as soon as it became clear the Trump shooter had no real legible politics and certainly not from “the left” he completely vanished into anonymity. No one knows his name.
Is it just me or does this share a lot of commonalities with the attempted Trump assassination last summer? Maybe worth exploring those
September 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It’s also worth noting that as soon as it became clear the Trump shooter had no real legible politics and certainly not from “the left” he completely vanished into anonymity. No one knows his name.
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Respect Charlie Kirk's Wishes.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Respect Charlie Kirk's Wishes.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
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Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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unironically this
September 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
unironically this
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weird how both Clinton and Biden winning the popular vote never resulted in demands that Republicans had to leave their isolated bubbles and become friends with Democrats.
September 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
weird how both Clinton and Biden winning the popular vote never resulted in demands that Republicans had to leave their isolated bubbles and become friends with Democrats.
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Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.
September 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.
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Really interesting #environmental #communication #phd opportunity in #sydney #australia with #whales! Dr. Milstein is a powerhouse in the field, doing good work. Please share/boost.
Please share with your relevant circles and groups! Funded PhD Opportunity: Australia-based, whale watching & ecocultural/environmental communication
Interested candidates should send required… | ...
Please share with your relevant circles and groups! Funded PhD Opportunity: Australia-based, whale watching & ecocultural/environmental communication
Interested candidates should send required materia...
www.linkedin.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Really interesting #environmental #communication #phd opportunity in #sydney #australia with #whales! Dr. Milstein is a powerhouse in the field, doing good work. Please share/boost.
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Not for nothing, but what's happening right now in Israel is a direct result of electing a cabal of right-wing nationalists headed by a narcissist trying to stay out of jail.
August 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Not for nothing, but what's happening right now in Israel is a direct result of electing a cabal of right-wing nationalists headed by a narcissist trying to stay out of jail.
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Trump on Mike Tyson raping a 18 year old girl: "Mike should serve some time and everything else, but...here's a woman that was dancing at his door at one o'clock in the morning."
August 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Trump on Mike Tyson raping a 18 year old girl: "Mike should serve some time and everything else, but...here's a woman that was dancing at his door at one o'clock in the morning."