Shelah Riggins
@tbi-msw.bsky.social
Green-leaning Social Worker; rural resident who is a spike of Blue in a sea of Red.
#Colors
#Colors
#Mixedblessing: (a) Bolton=#POS; (b) End #Lawfare!
BREAKING: John Bolton just got indicted.
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#Mixedblessing: (a) Bolton=#POS; (b) End #Lawfare!
The shortsighted self-interest on the part of the technocracy must not be allowed to stands.
The "power" wielded by billionaires derives from the people, and the people must let them know that we don't accept autocrats.
#NoKings!
The "power" wielded by billionaires derives from the people, and the people must let them know that we don't accept autocrats.
#NoKings!
Soldiers and sailors swear an oath to the Constitution. Yesterday a four-star flag officer resigned his combatant command, ending a 37-year military career less than a year into his posting, likely because of Trump's orders to kill civilians on alleged drug boats.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-ver...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-ver...
Trump’s Very Own Basket of Deplorables
The president and his movement are dropping the fig leaf and declaring half the country the enemy. How can this go on?
www.thebulwark.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The shortsighted self-interest on the part of the technocracy must not be allowed to stands.
The "power" wielded by billionaires derives from the people, and the people must let them know that we don't accept autocrats.
#NoKings!
The "power" wielded by billionaires derives from the people, and the people must let them know that we don't accept autocrats.
#NoKings!
This is how communities remind an out-of-control federal government that power derives from the consent of the governed--and we do NOt consent!
In Bell, CA an entire community stood up against ICE, including the local police and the fire dept. The fire truck appears to not allow ICE vehicles to move forward nor remain and pushes forward to escort them out. A police car also helped with escorting. /
June 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
This is how communities remind an out-of-control federal government that power derives from the consent of the governed--and we do NOt consent!
A: b/c we're fucking sheeple who always want an easy fix, for someone to come and make it better. That's how Reagan was packaged and sold to the electorate, THREE TIMES ('76, '80, '84).
how can Trump let Elon do all this, isn’t he angry at being upstaged?
When did you forget he’s fucking senile? Do you remember the last month of the campaign where he was dancing and couldn’t say words and fell asleep and shit himself? That happened! He’s done! Why have people mind-wiped this?
When did you forget he’s fucking senile? Do you remember the last month of the campaign where he was dancing and couldn’t say words and fell asleep and shit himself? That happened! He’s done! Why have people mind-wiped this?
February 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A: b/c we're fucking sheeple who always want an easy fix, for someone to come and make it better. That's how Reagan was packaged and sold to the electorate, THREE TIMES ('76, '80, '84).
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Everyone said there was going to be a recession under Biden.
There wasn't.
We had a "soft landing."
Incredible job creation and the Inflation rate came down to 2%, all because he believes in America.
There wasn't.
We had a "soft landing."
Incredible job creation and the Inflation rate came down to 2%, all because he believes in America.
January 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Everyone said there was going to be a recession under Biden.
There wasn't.
We had a "soft landing."
Incredible job creation and the Inflation rate came down to 2%, all because he believes in America.
There wasn't.
We had a "soft landing."
Incredible job creation and the Inflation rate came down to 2%, all because he believes in America.
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Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does
January 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does
Not all corporations are the same: Costco pays its employees a minimum wage of $19.50/hr, and there's this:
December 27, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Not all corporations are the same: Costco pays its employees a minimum wage of $19.50/hr, and there's this:
The Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 & Project 47 are coming for Social Security.
Like all efforts of the #DeepLibertarianState, they pretend it's a matter of fiscal responsibility.
Lifting the cap on wages subject to the payroll tax could save Social Security!
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/....
Like all efforts of the #DeepLibertarianState, they pretend it's a matter of fiscal responsibility.
Lifting the cap on wages subject to the payroll tax could save Social Security!
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/....
Distributional Effects of Raising the Social Security Taxable Maximum
Social Security Administration Research, Statistics, and Policy Analysis
www.ssa.gov
December 15, 2024 at 7:03 PM
The Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 & Project 47 are coming for Social Security.
Like all efforts of the #DeepLibertarianState, they pretend it's a matter of fiscal responsibility.
Lifting the cap on wages subject to the payroll tax could save Social Security!
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/....
Like all efforts of the #DeepLibertarianState, they pretend it's a matter of fiscal responsibility.
Lifting the cap on wages subject to the payroll tax could save Social Security!
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/....
Apparently Carter's campaign to rid Aberdeen of sex offenders was more about getting rid of competition!
#RightwingHypocrisy...
#RightwingHypocrisy...
Aberdeen Washington city councilman, Riley Carter, who was arrested in August for the rape of a child under the age of 12, was turned in by his wife for raping his 11 yr old stepdaughter.
December 15, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Apparently Carter's campaign to rid Aberdeen of sex offenders was more about getting rid of competition!
#RightwingHypocrisy...
#RightwingHypocrisy...
In the modern retelling, Trumpus flogs bad Presidents!
December 9, 2024 at 3:26 AM
In the modern retelling, Trumpus flogs bad Presidents!
Uh-oh, Olivia Troye--don't you know that Kash Patel wants, most of all, to be taken SERIOUSLY?!
December 8, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Uh-oh, Olivia Troye--don't you know that Kash Patel wants, most of all, to be taken SERIOUSLY?!
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Holy shit. Did you see the letter Olivia Troye’s attorney sent to Kash Patel after he threatened to sue her for defamation? Troye, a former Homeland Security advisor, had the BEST response.
December 8, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Holy shit. Did you see the letter Olivia Troye’s attorney sent to Kash Patel after he threatened to sue her for defamation? Troye, a former Homeland Security advisor, had the BEST response.
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As Damascus falls to the rebel forces, it’s Assad day for Putin.
December 7, 2024 at 9:53 PM
As Damascus falls to the rebel forces, it’s Assad day for Putin.
The most difficult part of this for Grindr would be narrowing it down to just 25.
December 7, 2024 at 11:41 PM
You know why we don't have Universal Healthcare?
B/C our brand of capitalism is predicated on inequality, on having an insecure base of workers who are so desperate that they will accept whatever crumbs the oligarchs toss them.
B/C our brand of capitalism is predicated on inequality, on having an insecure base of workers who are so desperate that they will accept whatever crumbs the oligarchs toss them.
They’re often getting deleted by social media platforms but the UnitedHealth CEO murder ballad is definitely a genre now online.
December 7, 2024 at 7:22 AM
You know why we don't have Universal Healthcare?
B/C our brand of capitalism is predicated on inequality, on having an insecure base of workers who are so desperate that they will accept whatever crumbs the oligarchs toss them.
B/C our brand of capitalism is predicated on inequality, on having an insecure base of workers who are so desperate that they will accept whatever crumbs the oligarchs toss them.
#Oligarchs, of course, seek to perpetuate their status.
In so doing, they aggravate the inequality that they previously created.
This is a recipe for #revolution!
In so doing, they aggravate the inequality that they previously created.
This is a recipe for #revolution!
This is an oligarchy.
The founders never intended people to have this much power… EVER
Stop the oligarchy
The founders never intended people to have this much power… EVER
Stop the oligarchy
December 7, 2024 at 7:16 AM
#Oligarchs, of course, seek to perpetuate their status.
In so doing, they aggravate the inequality that they previously created.
This is a recipe for #revolution!
In so doing, they aggravate the inequality that they previously created.
This is a recipe for #revolution!
It's a sad fact that people need to be prepared, 'cause it's gonna get a whole lot worse before it starts to get better!
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December 7, 2024 at 6:58 AM
It's a sad fact that people need to be prepared, 'cause it's gonna get a whole lot worse before it starts to get better!
I moved away from Texas in the 80's.
Glad to have left behind Masters of Ignorance like Chip Roy and former "Representative," Louie Gohmert...they're #TexasStupid!
Glad to have left behind Masters of Ignorance like Chip Roy and former "Representative," Louie Gohmert...they're #TexasStupid!
No, Chip. We haven’t.
Chip Roy dismisses the Pete Hegseth rape allegation: "We've all had some indiscretions in our past and things like that."
December 7, 2024 at 6:57 AM
I moved away from Texas in the 80's.
Glad to have left behind Masters of Ignorance like Chip Roy and former "Representative," Louie Gohmert...they're #TexasStupid!
Glad to have left behind Masters of Ignorance like Chip Roy and former "Representative," Louie Gohmert...they're #TexasStupid!
The #plutocrats have long invented all sorts of myths to justify their relative wealth, from #predestination ("I'm rich b/c God loves me!") to ignoring the fact that they prospered b/c of the very system they've rigged!
Seriously. Fuck billionaires. Nobody should have that much money.
For those who say “THEY WORKED HARD FOR THAT!!!”…
Really?
Are you sure?
Or did they just get rich and then take advantage of a stock market and tax system that lets them sit back and watch their wealth balloon to obscene levels?
For those who say “THEY WORKED HARD FOR THAT!!!”…
Really?
Are you sure?
Or did they just get rich and then take advantage of a stock market and tax system that lets them sit back and watch their wealth balloon to obscene levels?
December 7, 2024 at 6:55 AM
The #plutocrats have long invented all sorts of myths to justify their relative wealth, from #predestination ("I'm rich b/c God loves me!") to ignoring the fact that they prospered b/c of the very system they've rigged!
I would vote for @aoc.bsky.social for President!
December 7, 2024 at 3:01 AM
I would vote for @aoc.bsky.social for President!
