Richard Thripp
@thripp.bsky.social
I’m a Floridian; husband to Kristy; father to Jonah, Milo, and Winnie; public schoolteacher; UCF Knight (BS ‘14, MA ‘16, PhD ‘19); and progressive Democratic politician/activist since 2020. I volunteer as Treasurer of the Volusia County Democratic Party.
Trump didn’t like the numbers, so he fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. For any normal president, that would be a big scandal. For him, it distracts from the Trump–Epstein scandal, which has only worsened since Trump revealed he was angry at Epstein for poaching girls from his spa. 😳
August 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump didn’t like the numbers, so he fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. For any normal president, that would be a big scandal. For him, it distracts from the Trump–Epstein scandal, which has only worsened since Trump revealed he was angry at Epstein for poaching girls from his spa. 😳
My message to the president: Pam Bondi informed you months ago that you are in the Epstein files, and you wrote a birthday card to Epstein that is consistent with your many other poorly drawn sketches and appears to have confirmed that you were in on the "secret" of rape and child trafficking.
July 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My message to the president: Pam Bondi informed you months ago that you are in the Epstein files, and you wrote a birthday card to Epstein that is consistent with your many other poorly drawn sketches and appears to have confirmed that you were in on the "secret" of rape and child trafficking.
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This guts judicial review, a cornerstone of U.S. democracy. Courts are the only check on executive overreach. This section erases that check for some of the most destructive decisions the government can make. @altnps.bsky.social #scotus #gopbudget #savedemocracy
May 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This guts judicial review, a cornerstone of U.S. democracy. Courts are the only check on executive overreach. This section erases that check for some of the most destructive decisions the government can make. @altnps.bsky.social #scotus #gopbudget #savedemocracy
Hamilton / Aaron Burr meme by Richard Thripp
“I wanna be in the Signal chat where it happens”
“I wanna be in the Signal chat where it happens”
March 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Hamilton / Aaron Burr meme by Richard Thripp
“I wanna be in the Signal chat where it happens”
“I wanna be in the Signal chat where it happens”
Wow, Michael Waltz is not good at all at handling national security. This is outrageously incompetent.
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Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans | CNN Politics
Former national security officials reacted with shock and horror to revelations in The Atlantic that top members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet sent detailed operational plans and other likely hi...
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March 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Wow, Michael Waltz is not good at all at handling national security. This is outrageously incompetent.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
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Monday night’s Volusia County Democratic Party (@volusiadems.bsky.social) meeting had a great update from the Josh Weil for Congress special election campaign!
It was past Jonah’s bedtime but he did great.
Please support @joshweil.bsky.social and team. The election is on 4/1/2025 & matters a lot.
It was past Jonah’s bedtime but he did great.
Please support @joshweil.bsky.social and team. The election is on 4/1/2025 & matters a lot.
March 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Monday night’s Volusia County Democratic Party (@volusiadems.bsky.social) meeting had a great update from the Josh Weil for Congress special election campaign!
It was past Jonah’s bedtime but he did great.
Please support @joshweil.bsky.social and team. The election is on 4/1/2025 & matters a lot.
It was past Jonah’s bedtime but he did great.
Please support @joshweil.bsky.social and team. The election is on 4/1/2025 & matters a lot.
The framers of the Constitution thought Congress was the most important branch of government, which is why it’s Article I and is much longer than the articles for the other 2 branches. Members of Congress should not tolerate the violation of laws, impoundment of funds, and dissolution of …
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The framers of the Constitution thought Congress was the most important branch of government, which is why it’s Article I and is much longer than the articles for the other 2 branches. Members of Congress should not tolerate the violation of laws, impoundment of funds, and dissolution of …
Trump has unleashed the biggest federal brain drain this century with Musk and “DOGE.” It’s a national humiliation and is already leading to disasters.
February 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Trump has unleashed the biggest federal brain drain this century with Musk and “DOGE.” It’s a national humiliation and is already leading to disasters.
From our meeting of @volusiadems.bsky.social Volusia Democratic Party tonight. Our secretary, Charleen, has been doing extraordinary work with our online presence and many other important items. We were joined by @joshweil.bsky.social Josh Weil for Congress and his team. Vote Apr. 1, 2024 or sooner!
February 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
From our meeting of @volusiadems.bsky.social Volusia Democratic Party tonight. Our secretary, Charleen, has been doing extraordinary work with our online presence and many other important items. We were joined by @joshweil.bsky.social Josh Weil for Congress and his team. Vote Apr. 1, 2024 or sooner!
We here highly resolve that government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires, shall not perish from the earth.
January 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We here highly resolve that government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires, shall not perish from the earth.
This is good news. The prior Daytona Beach city commission district boundaries were gerrymandered by the commission to protect the incumbent members.
Thank you for the hard work of the @aclufl.bsky.social and our Chair Nick Sakhnovsky
VICTORY! Following our lawsuit, the Daytona Beach City Commission repealed a redistricting map that blatantly violated state law by using incumbents’ home addresses to redraw district lines.
January 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This is good news. The prior Daytona Beach city commission district boundaries were gerrymandered by the commission to protect the incumbent members.
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From our Vice Chair and President of the Southeast Volusia Democrats Karen Francis:
An awesome day celebrating the life and legacy of Dr King, 50 members joining in the celebration Wonderful to see so many Club members! #volusiadems
An awesome day celebrating the life and legacy of Dr King, 50 members joining in the celebration Wonderful to see so many Club members! #volusiadems
January 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
From our Vice Chair and President of the Southeast Volusia Democrats Karen Francis:
An awesome day celebrating the life and legacy of Dr King, 50 members joining in the celebration Wonderful to see so many Club members! #volusiadems
An awesome day celebrating the life and legacy of Dr King, 50 members joining in the celebration Wonderful to see so many Club members! #volusiadems
Thoughts for January 20, 2025
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” But, it doesn’t bend toward justice on its own. We have to use the right levers, persuade the people, and keep bending the arc toward justice on our own. (1/7)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” But, it doesn’t bend toward justice on its own. We have to use the right levers, persuade the people, and keep bending the arc toward justice on our own. (1/7)
January 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Thoughts for January 20, 2025
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” But, it doesn’t bend toward justice on its own. We have to use the right levers, persuade the people, and keep bending the arc toward justice on our own. (1/7)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” But, it doesn’t bend toward justice on its own. We have to use the right levers, persuade the people, and keep bending the arc toward justice on our own. (1/7)