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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.
Now you must resign in disgrace or be impeached and convicted in a manner more ignominious than the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson. Perhaps President Vance will be kind enough to pardon you of your many federal crimes!
July 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Definitely!

CD6 has Daytona State College (I graduated there in 2011) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, too.
February 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Please keep the pressure up and also volunteer/donate/vote for @joshweil.bsky.social and the other 2 Democratic U.S. House special elections candidates.
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
… duly legislated entities such as USAID and the CFPB. There ought to be enough Republican members of Congress joining with the Democrats on this, because executive overreach is antithetical to many espoused Republican principles. We can’t wait for the midterms in 2026! …
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
@joshweil.bsky.social says they have many volunteers at Stetson University in DeLand, too. The county party had more younger members for a while in 2021 but many of then left…
February 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Darn it. Yes.
February 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
(7/7) your country will need another measure of devotion. There will be people who cannot give much more, but there will also be those who are re-entering the arena and those who are entering for the first time, and we will all be pulling together.

- Richard Thripp
January 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
(6/7) I believe there is still hope to take the Democratic party back to its truest roots and convince enough Americans to come together on this. It is so hard to ask more of those of you who have already sacrificed so much toward these ends, but after a period of mourning and rest, …
January 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
(5/7) We can do all this while confronting American violence and the climate crisis to make a better future for our children. With a strong political and broader social movement, and with candidates who are genuinely unbought and unbossed (like the late Shirley Chisholm), …
January 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
(4/7) a new New Deal, and I believe 2016/2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was on the right track with universal healthcare and education, childcare, ending the war machine, and making the American oligarchs pay back the enormous sums they have looted from the American people.
January 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
(3/7) to convince enough voters, and now we all will pay the price. When we come back from this, it is my opinion that we need to return to firm, populist principles that restore justice for all Americans, including immigrants, who make our country strong. In many ways, we should advocate for…
January 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
(2/7) Today, many of you have already done so much, and you are exasperated, exhausted, and beaten down. There will come a day where this too shall pass. Democracy is fragile, particularly in presidential governments. People are easily misled. The Democratic party and 2024 candidate didn’t manage…
January 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM