Rick Downer
@rkdowner.bsky.social
Just a lump of thinking meat made from stardust. Life begins at first breath. Abortion restrictions violate the 1st Amendment. Trans rights are human rights. Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump - the Axis of Evil. An #EnemyWithin
created December 3, 2023
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Jennifer ✨Get In Good Trouble (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) reposted
Gavin Newsom gets it—Trump 2028 isn’t a punchline, it’s a five-alarm fire. Trump’s already gutting democracy in plain sight because he thinks rules are for other people. Newsom’s drawing beautiful, brutal blue maps to block his power grab. America—follow his lead or lose the country.
LakefrontDaisy1 🇨🇦❣️🇺🇦🍁 (@lakefrontdaisy1.bsky.social) reposted
All the good ones are lining up at the pearly gates to keep the unwanted out. RIP legend.
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) reposted
In case you were looking for this tonight … How The 25th Amendment Actually Works — And What Nobody's Ever Figured Out www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chri...
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
truckfonalddump2x.bsky.social (@truckfonalddump2x.bsky.social) reposted
I didn't know derangement dementia were transferred by osmosis. What the fuck is wrong with this administration? How deluded can ya be.
Be Kind (@platogue.bsky.social) reposted
My welcome matt has a higher IQ than Kristi dog-killer Noem! #Resist 🗽💙🍀🙏🌻🫂🌥️⛅🦋🐝🐦🐿️🌈💕
Music Box Theatre (@musicboxtheatre.bsky.social) reposted
RIP to the great Graham Greene. He never struck a false note, and brought warmth and authenticity every time he was onscreen.
LillianDCA (@lillianorlando.bsky.social) reposted
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
78 YEAR-OLD REP. NADLER TO RETIRE: “Watching the Biden thing really said something about the necessity for generational change in the party, and I think I want to respect that.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
A shout-out to Portland, Little Rock, Ocean City, San Diego, Indianapolis, Salem, Denver, Asheville, and Pittsburgh!
Citizens' Impeachment (@citizensimpeachment.com) reposted
Take that protest energy from today to Congress tomorrow. Demand that they release the unredacted Epstein files, and then impeach the criminal. Operation Open File - Tuesday, September 2nd. Let's give Congress the welcome back from their vacation that they deserve! #WorkersOverBillionaires
Citizens' Impeachment (@citizensimpeachment.com) reposted
Tomorrow (Tuesday, September 2nd), Congress is back in session. Tomorrow, we move to Open File. We demand that Congress release the unredacted Epstein files impeach the President. In chess, open files are free of pawns and leave the route open to serious attacks with heavy pieces. Open file.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Is this the *emergency* you had in mind when you took these National Guard troops from their families @GovBillLee?
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
🔥 future Senator of Maine @grahamformaine.bsky.social Platner rallying with Bernie…
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
LTG Honore knows a lot about a lot of things, including how to respond to a disaster and how to conduct military operations in a US city. When the National Guard arrived in NOLA, residents were fearful. "Get your guns down!" As soon as they put away their weapons on his order, it went smooth.
Satan (@thedevil.bsky.social) reposted
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Marsha Blackburn wants the National Guard in Memphis. www.actionnews5.com/2025/09/01/s...
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
So, let me get this right... this author (Eugene Daniels/MSNBC) is suggesting to win at the polls, all Dems have to do is combat Trump's performative theater is state facts on crime to voters. Honestly, I think this guy got lost in the woods in about 2012 and just found his back to civilization.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
NYT reports TRUMP & MODI had a falling out because Modi wouldn’t back Trump’s lie that he brokered the India-Pakistan ceasefire — a lie 🇺🇸 media has let him get away with with even as India’s media has openly mocked him for it. Video: x.com/thetnholler/...
Andrew Codes 🌊 🆘 🇺🇸 (@andrew-codes-7.bsky.social) reposted
“Tread all over me, orange daddy”
Andrew Codes 🌊 🆘 🇺🇸 (@andrew-codes-7.bsky.social) reposted
It's been quite the experience seeing the country I fought for turn into some nefarious fusion of Handmaid's Tale, Idiocracy, 1984, and Black Mirror.
Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted
Taken an hour ago. Healthy and fit as ever.
🤘🏻🧡DarcyMad🧡🤘🏻 (@darcymad.bsky.social) reposted
I’m so sorry for the hate that’s become so rampant, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. Also, the willful ignorance. Together, we can force them back under their rocks. #racism #islamophobia #hateisacancer #nohate
Derek gendvil (@derekbshelby.bsky.social) reposted
'The Oligarchy Is the Enemy': Maine Oyster Farmer Launches Senate Bid to Oust Susan Collins www.commondreams.org/news/susan-c...
Ken Struck (@kenstruck.bsky.social) reposted
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ICYMI — “LA wouldn’t be standing today” This is a real thing @Sec_Noem said on tv, with a straight face
Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine.bsky.social) reposted
Together with the labor movement of Maine, together with Bernie Sanders — We will defeat the oligarchy, and we will defeat Susan Collins.
ramoncorona.bsky.social (@ramoncorona.bsky.social) reposted
Call in the National Guard I heard they're doing a great job in DC.
Feisty Nana (@feistynana.bsky.social) reposted
Once again, here is my video as I died and went to PARADISE for a a day, in beautiful Victoria Canada. Enjoy.
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
Texas is home to a corporation that wants to occupy Mars and it's arguably one of the most prominent companies in Texas right now. They're either going to need to embrace this tech, figure out a way to raise cows on Mars or make the lifelong decision to eat lettuce.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
NYT: “When Tennessee’s Republican governor @GovBillLee dispatched troops to support Trump’s crackdown on crime, critics wondered why he didn’t keep them within state lines. Memphis has a murder rate twice DC’s, Nashville’s is higher as well.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
He devalued it his first term.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Trump announces he will severely devalue the Presidential Medal of Freedom
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
MAGA Host’s Wife To Die Thanks to RFK Jr., But He Blames Biden
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
What I find interesting is not the post itself, but in the comments the majority are more focused on the made up word rather than the use of "normal people." It's like nobody (few) want to challenge that. Which, unfortunately may be a point made for Silver. Although, his idea is not backed by data.
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
Sadly, the Nazi not the musician.
Unofficial Governor Newsom Press Office Mirror (@govpressoffice-m.bsky.social) reposted
Stephen Miller
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
Judges in Bogota have abnormally large homes.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
He travels by train whenever possible. I'm not sure if trains are safer, but he seems to think so.
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
The only world leader with nukes whose plane is too old to reliably fly. His Soviet era Ilyushin Il‑62 is outdated and unsafe. When he went to Singapore, he had to borrow an American made Boeing 747 from China.
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
In order to get a weather forecasting job with the National Weather Service, applicants now have to name at least two Trump Executive Orders and state how they plan to help support them. Which is ridiculous and shame on every MIC that allows that nonsense in their WFO!
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
Trump: "The world respects me..." No, they don't. He's not even invited to the party.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
REPUBLICAN @repthomasmassie & DEMOCRAT @rokhanna.bsky.social are holding a bipartisan news conference on Wednesday with 10 victims of Epstein demanding the House vote on the files Speaker Johnson has been avoiding. www.foxnews.com/politics/kha...
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
This would require a constitutional amendment. Not just a simple law. And there's a reason amendments don't happen very often. They are extremely difficult to get done and can take decades.
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
This is why I love Florida, it has more wildlife diversity per square mile than any other state in the CONUS. The Everglades/Big Cypress, coastal wetlands, the coral reef and more...It's an amazing state. Its the kind of place liberals SHOULD want to live in and protect. Miccosukee Tribe are heroes.
Citizens' Impeachment (@citizensimpeachment.com) reposted
Whatever is in the Epstein files must be pretty bad, because the President seems extremely stressed by its content. 🤔 Tomorrow morning, we push for the release of the unredacted Epstein files, and the impeachment of this criminal president. Join us.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
We want to give a big shout-out to Palm Beach Gardens, New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Houston, Albuquerque, Cleveland, and Greensboro! Thank you for showing up today and making your voices heard! 💚✊
Bob (@psychobob4q2.bsky.social) reposted
uh huh
Bob (@psychobob4q2.bsky.social) reposted
🎯
Bob (@psychobob4q2.bsky.social) reposted
YES!
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
“.. Memphis, after all, has long been one of the most dangerous cities in the country, with a murder rate about twice as high as the nation’s capital ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]
BeSeriousUSA 🐝 (@beserioususa.bsky.social) reposted
😳…is this what voting will be like…😳
🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 (@solnatamd.medsky.social) reposted
Nine former CDC directors basically said RFK Jr is a threat to public health.
Andrew M_CEO 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 (@andrewmceo.bsky.social) reposted
Leaving his VA golf course this afternoon. He looks like shit to me.
More Abstract Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) reposted
[CUE MUSIC: “IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL” PLAYING SOFTLY] [FADE IN BACKGROUND SOUND: A solemn voice reads names] Nate Silver. Matthew Yglesias. Megan McArdle. Mark Cuban. [FADE IN: SALLY STRUTHERS sits on a stool in a pool of light on a minimalist set. She looks SAD.] /1
BunnEFartz (@bunnefartz.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The whole damn administration works for Russia and I cannot believe you are only now figuring that out.
Luca Migo ❌👑 (@victinibcn.bsky.social) reposted
Downtown Baltimore: Labor Day parade is held in the city center and many protesters have gathered to show their rejection of the Trump administration
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
$5 trillion in new business investment, hundreds of thousands of new jobs tied to those investments, and record low gas prices. While the numbers sound impressive, none of them are true.
🐦 Bluebird 🐦 (@bluebird4us.bsky.social) reposted
White supremacist Nick Fuentes, once a Trump ally, said on Sun. that there is a Biden-style cover-up around Trump’s apparently failing health. “There is obviously something going on with Trump that the White House is covering up." What are they covering up? Vance did say he's ready to take over.
minty tear gas (@nihilamacabre.bsky.social) reposted
Somebody is throwing things out of a window of the White House wtaf
Unicorn Riot (@unicornriot.bsky.social) reposted
Six years ago today, August 31, 2019, Brooklyn Center Police officers fatally shot Kobe Heisler-Dimock, an unarmed 21-year-old autistic man, as they responded to a mental crisis call. Kobe's mother, Amity, said her son “was never a threat to anybody but himself” when the police killed him. 🧵
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
@down.blue
I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
Keep Doing That... 😊 #bluesky #animals #nature
Mozelle Victory (@godswrath699.bsky.social) reposted
youtube.com/watch?v=gZyb... Meidas Touch 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social)
> “as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative or national security work.” Please explain how the Bureau of Reclamation’s hydropower program and the Patent and Trademark Office’s commissioner of patents office has any of those as its primary function.
deposethetraitorsnow (@magashmaga.bsky.social) reposted
Note to Noem, Bondi and Miller. Do you really think you will get away with all the cruelty, hatred and flaunting of laws and judge's orders? Do you think Trump's immunity extends to you? Someday he will be gone and your movement will die off. You are traitors and will be charged as such.
deposethetraitorsnow (@magashmaga.bsky.social) reposted
GUNS. Guns are the problem. Not mental health. Not video games. Not immigrants. Not any of the pathetic excuses politicians give you. Every country in the world has crazy people. No country in the world has so many mass shootings. Do something about the gun laws. Spare me your prayers
Mike Luckovich (@mluckovich.bsky.social) reposted
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
This time though, the war isn't coming from outside. Nobody's going to be bombing our factories (as if we had any factories to bomb). As long as Mango Mussolini doesn't actually send troops to Greenland or Panama nobody outside will do anything to help us.
deposethetraitorsnow (@magashmaga.bsky.social) reposted
Do you think that '33-'39 Germans all suffered? No, the privileged were living it up, enjoying life until the world brought the war to their doorstep. If you don't know you live in a fascist country you are mistaken. Masked men are kidnapping people, the army is invading cities, free press is gone
Unofficial Governor Newsom Press Office Mirror (@govpressoffice-m.bsky.social) reposted
✅ Protecting workers with disabilities: This year, a new law signed by @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom went into effect to ensure that workers with disabilities earn at least the standard minimum wage by ending new subminimum-wage licenses and phasing out existing licenses. By guaranteeing fair pay,
Low Quality Facts (@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social) reposted
I can't wait.
Citizens' Impeachment (@citizensimpeachment.com) reposted
"Reps. Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social and Thomas Massie are ready to once again push House Speaker Mike Johnson and the White House for transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein case." Release the files and then impeach. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
That's $8 trillion in new National sales taxes that we pay.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Trump spent Labor Day promoting what he called a “Golden Age,” but the claims being pushed don’t hold up. The White House circulated talking points on social media boasting of $8 trillion in new tariff revenue, $4 trillion in deficit reduction,
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not even his money! He's just doing it because he hates the military. He probably thinks he's getting back at McCain by doing this.
Mt Pleasant 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 (@jekllnnhide.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
$45 billion for ICE but no full housing or HC bene's for Nat'l Guard. Let that sink in, Nat'l Guard.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Back when Donald was a failure in real estate, he was famous for not paying his contractors. He would come up with fictional fault in their work as an excuse not to pay them. Now, this unscrupulous cretin is short-changing the National Guard. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
How will you feel when you wake up one day and learn that he died overnight by choking on a hot dog? 🌭
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ICYMI — NPR: “The effort to deal with the emerging humanitarian crisis was complicated by a president (Biden) who felt a deep responsibility to 🇮🇱 and its security, and whether to openly confront 🇮🇱 or use punitive measures, like withholding military aid.” www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
We share this graph as often as we can. #UnionStrong
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Literally.
Paul Smedley 🏴 🏴 🇺🇦 (@paulsmedley.bsky.social) reposted
#Felon47 #LowIQIndividual #Krasnov #Trump_Pedo #ThisIsNotNormal #ThanksForUseOfPics
Paul Smedley 🏴 🏴 🇺🇦 (@paulsmedley.bsky.social) reposted
#Felon47 #LowIQIndividual #Krasnov #Trump_Pedo #ThisIsNotNormal #ThanksForUseOfPics
billkittle.bsky.social (@billkittle.bsky.social) reposted
Peace (@dogsmile.bsky.social) reposted
#ReleaseTheDamn #EpsteinPedoFiles
darren32359.bsky.social (@darren32359.bsky.social) reposted
@Peg33 (@peg33.bsky.social) reposted
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Curious Creative (@reese-artist.bsky.social) reposted
#art #political
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
So now you're following me into other conversations to spew your hate? Buh-bye.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
This says it all.
Citizens' Impeachment (@citizensimpeachment.com) reposted
Nothing about this President is good for workers, the economy, democracy, or common decency. Impeach him. He's unfit, and we all deserve better.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
KOH: “Trump Stripped 1 million workers’ bargaining rights while plastering his face on the Labor Dept… Closed miner health clinics… Cut $2.4 Billion from youth & senior job programs… This is the real story of Trump & Labor.” #LaborDay
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't forget to boycott anyone who hires them. Capital *kevinhart* One, we're watching.
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
Kevin Hart? Damn.
Rick Downer (@rkdowner.bsky.social) reply parent
I lost all respect for FIFA years ago.