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Rutsch

@rutsch.bsky.social

Retired teacher of American History, US Government, Psychology. Also a Principal and counselor. Veteran. Pissed off about the turn the country has taken and a believer that good will ultimately prevail. Happily married, dad, grandfather. Love UCLA.

created September 5, 2024

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Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

There’s nothing wrong with Ali Velshi.

1/9/2025, 3:30:21 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

A total sycophant. Good.

30/8/2025, 1:29:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

This is Exhibit A as to why Republicans want to rig the 2026 election.

28/8/2025, 11:38:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Chutzpah to lie in front of everyone.

28/8/2025, 11:36:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Honestly, fuck Putin.

28/8/2025, 11:35:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

He really regrets who he is...

28/8/2025, 11:34:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

But that is what shaped him in to what he is now.

28/8/2025, 11:33:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Bingo.

28/8/2025, 11:32:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “Facts are stubborn things… Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas…. Alabama is a top 3 murder state. Where is the President? — He isn’t focused on crime & violence. It’s about an expression of authoritarianism.” (H/T @acyn.bsky.social )

28/8/2025, 6:31:31 PM | 12550 4363 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

She daily lies and smears while wearing a cross.

28/8/2025, 9:28:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Cassidy in particular.

28/8/2025, 9:21:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

More guns than people in America…

28/8/2025, 9:19:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Butt-Head speaks...

27/8/2025, 4:28:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Scary.

27/8/2025, 2:30:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

It should only be every 10 years after a census, in the hands of objective, nonpartisan panels and based on fact. Abbott, acting for Trump is trying to destroy democracy. I support Newsom.

22/8/2025, 9:12:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Good, they are worthless.

22/8/2025, 9:04:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

He was an unpopular outcast in HS.

21/8/2025, 9:53:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

For sure but this all comes from his inner inadequacy.

21/8/2025, 9:49:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

MAGA?

21/8/2025, 9:47:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Actually he seems to hate himself.

21/8/2025, 9:42:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

We may be old but we know fascism when We see it.

21/8/2025, 12:08:36 AM | 14 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Kari Lake...you've got to be kidding...

19/8/2025, 4:05:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Elections are run by the states...he is doing everything he can to avoid the coming landslide.

19/8/2025, 2:21:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Texas is led by neanderthals.

19/8/2025, 2:20:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

They were babysitting Trump.

19/8/2025, 2:19:16 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Everyone else in the room knows who Putin is.....

19/8/2025, 2:18:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

I am ill...

18/8/2025, 3:09:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

As expected---an inflated amateur and a career KGB murderer .

16/8/2025, 4:42:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

The whole shit show in Alaska was a disgrace for naught.

16/8/2025, 4:40:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Could become a trend.

14/8/2025, 10:11:12 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Bigly talent.

13/8/2025, 5:11:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

"Many people are saying..."

13/8/2025, 2:29:44 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Incredible , even in these bizarre times.

13/8/2025, 12:09:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Let us be the. judge of that....

11/8/2025, 3:16:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

She gets a pass because....

11/8/2025, 3:15:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

They seem to do a great job of ignoring it...

11/8/2025, 3:14:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Glad climate change is a hoax.

10/8/2025, 2:06:09 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Ridicule is the deepest form of disgust.

9/8/2025, 2:19:52 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Not one inch---tell them to fuck off.

9/8/2025, 2:18:30 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Not this great Christian role model?

9/8/2025, 2:17:50 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

“Shocked, shocked to find gambling in this establishment.

9/8/2025, 1:52:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

He has become a rational voice in the forest.

9/8/2025, 1:51:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Idiots with an agenda.

2/8/2025, 2:27:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Let's see, 5 or 6 bankruptcies...what could go wrong?

1/8/2025, 4:36:27 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

To even mention the word "pardon" is an abomination.

1/8/2025, 4:35:38 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

I love her and always have, always will..

1/8/2025, 4:34:49 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

If they want to play this game, California will respond.

31/7/2025, 3:47:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

31/7/2025, 1:14:30 PM | 14813 5727 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Sadly, in America Jesus has been eclipsed by Social Darwinism.

31/7/2025, 3:44:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Your Administration just passed the big, beautiful bill that blows up the deficit…they think Americans are stupid.

27/7/2025, 2:06:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t confuse him with facts, that’s MAGA krypton mite.

27/7/2025, 2:01:23 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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

“He always looks like he just saw the Epstein files”

25/7/2025, 7:07:09 PM | 15425 3309 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Propagandizing the base with lies.

26/7/2025, 1:54:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Free range childhood was a thing.

26/7/2025, 1:52:35 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

An obvious cover up…

25/7/2025, 1:17:17 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Not a Mensa candidate.

23/7/2025, 3:50:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Devolution…

23/7/2025, 4:11:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Only a deranged and dark hearted person would stoop to this level.

21/7/2025, 3:07:20 PM | 27 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

America is awakening from its long amnesia.

21/7/2025, 3:06:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

You mean a great and burn the cross...

18/7/2025, 3:19:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Deny and blame=Roy Cohn.

16/7/2025, 2:49:58 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Just look at the massive budget increase...it's obvious.

15/7/2025, 7:29:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

“Stupid as as stupid does.”

15/7/2025, 1:34:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Mainly to avoid taxes not to fight anti-Semitism...

10/7/2025, 8:53:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Option: quit.

10/7/2025, 3:17:07 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Release everything and if there's nothing there you have nothing to fear...

10/7/2025, 3:15:56 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Needless to say alarming and very disappointing.

10/7/2025, 3:13:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Using the cross as a prop.

5/7/2025, 5:36:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Our flag, still a proud veteran…

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5/7/2025, 5:29:56 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

A great read.

5/7/2025, 2:30:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Cowards all...

3/7/2025, 2:26:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Nothing is normal anymore.

2/7/2025, 3:14:08 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

A boondoggle at best.

30/6/2025, 1:53:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Here, he is right, not about much else, but it is "insane and destructive." Not as bad as starving kids in Africa, but bad..

30/6/2025, 1:17:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Dumb ass…

29/6/2025, 12:20:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

It is the whole of America that truly is rotting away.

27/6/2025, 2:55:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Huge.

27/6/2025, 1:36:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

“I am shocked, Shocked to find gambling in this establishment.”

26/6/2025, 1:03:40 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

A naked opportunist; tabula rasa. An attack dog.

22/6/2025, 5:31:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture NPR (@npr.org) reposted

Republican lawmakers want to change or reduce key social safety net programs that provide healthcare, food benefits, and financial assistance for millions of children.

20/6/2025, 2:13:18 PM | 495 205 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

While cutting taxes for the rich. “Let them eat cake.”

20/6/2025, 2:27:10 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Look like thugs from a junta...

18/6/2025, 4:35:07 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Surprised it's that high....

18/6/2025, 4:34:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Such horribles people....

18/6/2025, 4:29:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Two equally despicable trash talkers.

18/6/2025, 3:30:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Laughable.

18/6/2025, 2:03:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

The tip of an iceberg?

16/6/2025, 1:35:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Justifying the unjustifiable .

12/6/2025, 11:58:59 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Great courage.

11/6/2025, 9:21:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Kind of like defending Germans in WWII.

11/6/2025, 9:19:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

So wrong of the military to allow this.

11/6/2025, 9:18:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Ghoulish.

11/6/2025, 9:12:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Facts are Republican kryptonite.

11/6/2025, 9:11:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm sure they will celebrate at the next flat Earth meeting...

11/6/2025, 3:49:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Cheery.

30/5/2025, 8:28:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Bye Bye Senator.

30/5/2025, 8:27:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

A great re-election slogan…

30/5/2025, 5:34:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

The recklessness is shocking.

30/5/2025, 1:30:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Two highly reliable sources...Schneider and Nugent.

28/5/2025, 3:05:13 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rutsch (@rutsch.bsky.social) reply parent

Uh…no.

27/5/2025, 8:54:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view