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Rick Hanby

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created November 14, 2024

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"When plunder becomes a way of life, men create a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." -Frédéric Bastiat

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Profile picture Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.bsky.social) reposted

It’s only been eight months and we are already at “yield to the troops.”

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Profile picture The Editorial Board (@editorialboard.bsky.social) reposted

Epstein, Pashcow (of "fully depreciated" woman fame) and RFK Jr in 1994.

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Profile picture Long-islander (@long-islander.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Yamiche Alcindor... ALWAYS ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS... A TRUTH TO POWER JOURNALIST THANK YOU

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Profile picture Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) reposted

honest question, has the trump administration been asked even one (1) time by the press for the identity of the 11 people on that boat they killed

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Paulson also owns Steinway Musical Instruments, maker & seller of pianos. And, Conn Selmer Band Instruments makers & sellers of woodwind,brass, and percussion instruments.

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Paulson also owns Steinway Musical Instruments, maker & seller of pianos. And, Conn Selmer Band Instruments makers & sellers of woodwind,brass, and percussion instruments.

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Paulson also owns Steinway Musical Instruments, maker & seller of pianos. And, Conn Selmer Band Instruments makers & sellers of woodwind,brass, and percussion instruments.

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Paulson also owns Steinway Musical Instruments, maker & seller of pianos. And, Conn Selmer Band Instruments makers & sellers of woodwind,brass, and percussion instruments.

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Paulson also owns Steinway Musical Instruments, maker & seller of pianos. And, Conn Selmer Band Instruments makers & sellers of woodwind,brass, and percussion instruments.

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Paulson also owns Steinway Musical Instruments, maker & seller of pianos. And, Conn Selmer Band Instruments makers & sellers of woodwind,brass, and percussion instruments.

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Hell Yeah, we need those numbers to be what we tell them to be! 😳

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Profile picture Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal.bsky.social) reposted

About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”

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Profile picture Mellow Bedwetter (@tenderbeefsteak.bsky.social) reposted

The hardest part of moving Space Command from Colorado to Alabama is going to be convincing the Greys we keep around for intel to give up weed. I've already requisitioned a helmet with facemask because I know Xuzzlorp is going to throw his stapler.

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I guess she's never seen a battery?!

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Profile picture pete52.bsky.social (@pete52.bsky.social) reposted

It’s still hard to believe we’ve come to this.

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Profile picture Rick Hanby (@rickumi.bsky.social) reply parent

King Crimson album cover art perfect for this pic.

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Profile picture David_j_roth (@davidjroth.bsky.social) reposted

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.

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Profile picture Michael B Lehrhoff (@mblehrhoff.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

It SHOULD have alarmed the wonderful @nytimes.com, as it was normalizing this deranged fascist 24/7 during the campaign -- and to this day, it refuses to use the term dictatorship or fascism as Trump persecutes dissidents, mobilizes the military against civilians, and acts the part every single day.

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Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

This is never going away, is it?

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Profile picture Rick Hanby (@rickumi.bsky.social) reply parent

gives a great vibe until I get down the the VHS deck on the bottom🙃. one of these things is not like the others. Cool setup

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Profile picture Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reposted

The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)

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Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

Don’t look away

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Profile picture jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

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Profile picture Jackie Kashian (@jackiekashian.bsky.social) reposted

Fascism. When institutionalized racism isn’t enough.

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Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

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Profile picture Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) reposted

Compromise suggestion: The President can redesign the Cracker Barrel logo, and the Fed can set interest rates.

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Profile picture Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted

A pardon. @wutangforchildren.bsky.social

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Profile picture darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) reposted

what if JD is the only other person in the room when it happens lol

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Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

Stephen Miller is completely full of shit, and he knows it. He's selling hatred of cities to people who do not live in cities and are scared of them.

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Profile picture Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted

Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht

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Profile picture Rick Hanby (@rickumi.bsky.social) reply parent

Well said. it seems their "theories", "interpretations" etc are just thrown into the air creating this mash-up of BS they actually spend millions to sell and entrench. All while wrapping it in a flag(don't burn it now) & cristo-fascist self rightousness

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Profile picture Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE LYING LIARS & NEWS STINKERS OF FOX "NEWS" SO WE DON'T HAVE TO! IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY THOSE OF US WHO VALUE HONESTY, INTEGRITY & DECENCY WHILE ALLOWING US TO CONSUME ACTUAL FACTS WITHOUT THEIR BRAINWASHING TECHNIQUES & ABILITY TO TRIGGER BOUTS OF VIOLENT NAUSEA. 🤮

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Profile picture jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

making my way through the ken burns JAZZ documentary and this portion of his interview with dave brubeck — who passed in 2012 — is a reminder of how *recent* american history really is. start at :55 or so. youtu.be/stadqAHRroA?...

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Profile picture Jon Steinman (@jonsteinman.bsky.social) reposted

Purging the military of competent officers to make way for a cadre of yesmen as they rename bases for Confederates and convert them into concentration camps to hold our neighbors This is not national security. This is insanity.

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Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

Way to go, San Francisco!! 👏👏

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Profile picture Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted

You know what's crazy? There have been no op-eds or editorial statements in major newspapers this year calling on Trump to resign. None calling for his impeachment. None asking if he's medically fit to be in office. Not one in any major newspaper all year.

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Profile picture shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted

i named a cat after Jack White and right now i couldn’t be more proud

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today's Repulican party www.youtube.com/shorts/N8I9O...

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Profile picture Rick Hanby (@rickumi.bsky.social) reply parent

We don't have to accept such behavior. We can adequately fund mental health care & make it accessible. We can support affordable housing. We can pay living wages. JDV wants to criminalize folks yelling at the sky,living in a box or passed out on the sidewalk. Matthew 25 could help JDV recalibrate.

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Profile picture Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@crockett.house.gov) reposted

Here, fixed it.

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Profile picture Rick Hanby (@rickumi.bsky.social) reply parent

Luckey & Theil see how easy it is to buy Ohio. Like 1st Energy, grease the skids & fill your pockets. Projecting a veneer of respectability, its nothing more than influence peddling to make their drone fab seem more appealing. Building the surveillance state becomes easier, & they appear innocuous.

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Profile picture Thor Benson (@thorbenson.bsky.social) reposted

Actually that's just JD Vance's life because people yell at him everywhere he goes

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Profile picture Rick Hanby (@rickumi.bsky.social) reply parent

John Kasich likes to try and present as a centrist. But, like so many R's when it comes down to it, he will always be a wolf in sheep's clothing. Just like DeWine. They are not nice people. They will smile as they bury the knife in your back.

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Profile picture Rick Hanby (@rickumi.bsky.social) reply parent

Right there with you. Thought maybe 1970 when Ohio Gov James Rhodes sent Ohio National Guard to Kent State. With fixed bayonets they took a position & fired killing 4,wounding 9 Now Gov. Mike DeWine is sending ONG to DC to intimidate DC citizens & tourists. R's seem to hate freedom loving Americans.

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Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

Just now…

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So how is it folks just ignore all the lying? Are we so uninvolved we will sleep walk into this Christo-fascist regime's plan for America?

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Profile picture Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal.bsky.social) reposted

Ummmmmmm…..

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Profile picture Hart’s Unknown (@hartsunknown.blacksky.app) reposted

Oh how great it would be if every Black player on Texas and Ohio State boycotted the game until Texas cancels the redistricting vote and Ohio pulls their National Guard from DC. Those players have so much power and they don’t even use it.

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Profile picture Coach Finstock (@coachfinstock.bsky.social) reposted

Recent photo of MAGA thanking law enforcement in DC

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Profile picture Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted

Trump says that when he goes to vote, he's asked for his license plate.

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Profile picture Sherrod Brown (@sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social) reposted

Standing up for workers. Treating everyone with dignity and respect. Working as hard as possible for the people of Ohio. I've tried to live my life by those principles. But these days that's not what's happening in Washington—so I'm running for Senate.

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Profile picture Senate Majority PAC (@majoritypac.bsky.social) reposted

Sherrod Brown believes Ohioans deserve affordable health care. That’s why he took on Big Pharma to cap the price of insulin and lower the cost of prescription drugs. Meanwhile, Jon Husted voted to rip health care away from 440,000 Ohioans.

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Profile picture Mia Farrow (@miafarrow.bsky.social) reposted

America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs MRNA saved 20M lives, a million+ in US, reduced hospitalization & deaths, lowered long covid risk mRNA can be adapted for new viruses & is being tested for cancer vaccines, autoimmune therapies - www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

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Profile picture Karen K. Ho (@karenho.bsky.social) reposted

Pasteurized milk is great! Vaccines are great! Food regulations save lives! It feels weird any of these things are "up for debate". I feel goofy quoting NACHO LIBRE, but I believe in science.

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Profile picture Laura Chapin (@laurachapin.bsky.social) reposted

Yeah, so about that 'you get more conservative as you get older.' Uh, no. I'm practically a socialist at this point. Tax billionaires into oblivion. Universal health care, including contraception and abortion care. Universal basic income. Blow Reaganomics/corporate tax rates into the sun.

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Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

Life comes at you fast

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Profile picture Miranda Yaver (@mirandayaver.bsky.social) reposted

All those years teaching Constitutional Law, I missed the part of Article I that specified that Congress shall publicly fellate the president.

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Profile picture Lynn (@lynncabin.bsky.social) reposted

Heather Marsh says our language must become reflective of reality:

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Profile picture Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith.com) reposted

One thing I know for sure is that if *I* called the cops and said “some guy just threw a sandwich at me” they would consider me to be a huge baby and think I was wasting their time.

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Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

He spends $200 MILLION of your💰on a ballroom and his family doesn’t deny making billions off his presidency. As you cheer for him caging brown ice cream men & kids, he invades DC to cover a child sex trafficking ring and trashes the constitution to cling to power. He laughs.

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