Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Trump didn’t get here alone. Republicans had chance after chance to restrain him. They chose loyalty instead. That was their betrayal—of Trump, their oath, and the country. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Political disagreement isn’t new. What worries me is when we stop trying to learn from it. I don’t need to be right. I need to get it right. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Autocrats rise one step at a time—and only when others enable them. Republicans chose the autocrat. I choose the Constitution. 011
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Campaigns train volunteers to knock on doors. They should also train them to verify claims and correct misinformation online. Use AI to check the facts before posting. A bot or troll is simply another door to knock on—another place to leave the truth behind. 010
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I can testify to this. My guitar never made me wealthy, but it has made my life richer in ways money never could. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Free speech gives every person a voice; it does not give anyone control over everyone else’s response. When hate, racism, lies, or misinformation enter a space we share, we have an equal right—and a civic duty—to answer with truth. This is our space too. 010
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Constitutional conservatives and constitutional liberals may disagree about policy, but we can walk together to defend our republic. Right now, the Democratic tent is the path—not the destination. The Constitution is the destination. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The Founders pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor. I’m nearly 80, a retired teacher and Army veteran. I’ve given more than I should because I would rather lose everything I own than surrender the Constitution I swore to defend to authoritarians. What are you willing to give? 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Social media’s algorithm is already a teacher. Today it rewards outrage. We the People need a publicly owned, nonpartisan Public Square where citizens and government meet, evidence travels farther than anger, and free speech remains free. What we reward, we become. 010
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Social media gave ordinary people something we never had before—the ability to talk directly to our government and to each other. That's a good idea. I just don't think we've built the right place to do it yet. What if social media really belonged to the people? 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Federal contractors are bulldozing inside Big Bend National Park for a $1.7 billion border project, even though no unauthorized vehicle crossings have been documented in the region and the entire 517-mile Big Bend Sector accounted for only 1.3% of border apprehensions in 2025. 010
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I’m not voting straight Democrat because I agree with every Democrat. I’m doing it because every Republican who supports, excuses, or remains silent about Trump helps keep Trumpism alive. If we want it gone, we must vote out the people enabling it—all of them. @democracynow.org 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The Founders did not agree on everything—and neither will we. The Republic was built through debate, compromise, and the courage to question power. Honest disagreement is not a threat to America; it is how free citizens protect its future. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The real measure of an advanced society is not what it can build, but whether its people are mature enough to think, question, listen, and put the common good ahead of the tribe. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026"We the People” means all of us, and keeping the Republic remains our shared responsibility. 010
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Disagreement is not the threat to democracy; dishonesty is. Citizens do not have to think alike, but we must care enough about one another—and this Republic—to seek the truth together. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Not because Democrats are perfect, but because facts still matter, evidence still matters, and no leader should ever be above the law. If you want accountability instead of loyalty to one man, vote Democrat. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Presidents come and go. Parties rise and fall. The Republic survives only when citizens understand its principles, defend them, and teach them to the next generation. The Constitution is our inheritance; keeping it is our responsibility. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The election lie is Trump’s alibi. Admit that he lost, and January 6 can no longer be disguised as patriotism. It becomes what it always was: an attempt to overturn the choice of the American people. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026They called it socialism. Working Americans called it progress—and elected FDR four times. Social Security, jobs, labor rights, rural electricity, and bank-deposit protection didn’t destroy America. They helped build the modern middle class. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Governor Abbott’s cleanup orders cleared encampments but left no plan for where people would go — only a five-acre lot for a few hundred and shelters already full. Three to six thousand Texans are still here, just harder to see. Homelessness doesn’t disappear — it only grows quieter and crueler. 050
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 26/09/2025When primal urges meet unchecked wealth, exploitation follows. Tax it. Regulate it. And demand better from those with power. 050
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 19/09/2025When hate calls itself holy, silence is mistaken for surrender. Those who know what love means must speak. 020
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Division isn’t who we are — it’s what happens when we stop teaching the skills that once held us together. 010
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 18/09/2025The strength of a republic is not written in its laws but in the people who choose to uphold them. Constitutions cannot enforce themselves. Courts, elections, legislatures, and agencies are only paper and process — unless human beings breathe integrity into them. 062
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Free speech means protecting voices we dislike — not silencing them. 011
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Gerrymandered states have stolen 12 seats in Congress. Both parties knew. Instead of fixing the maps, they fundraise in rigged districts. Why do you think they keep doing it? 041
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 09/09/2025The people are still in the fight — in courts, Congress, and the streets. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Never “corrected,” but it ignited a fight over election integrity still raging. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Corrected by public shame, reparations, and eventual repudiation. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Defeated by the Great Depression, labor organizing, and New Deal reforms. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Broken by decades of organizing, Brown (1954), and the Civil Rights Movement. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Overturned by blood, amendments, and Reconstruction. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 08/09/2025For too long, the 80% have followed the few — a primitive habit as old as Moses. But we are an evolving species, and we can choose to evolve by learning to rule ourselves with fairness and kindness. Our Founders gave us this gift; all we have to do is recognize it. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Stop blaming parties. Start blaming billionaires. The fight is the 80% vs. the 20% — and the 20% owns both sides. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 06/09/2025The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution explicitly protects “the right of the people… to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” That means citizens can formally ask their government to change laws, policies, or practices they believe are unjust. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Majority rule is the foundation of our Constitution. Gerrymandering breaks it. Ban gerrymandering. Restore majority rule. 011
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 05/09/2025When leaders flatter dictators and silence the majority, we must remember: this is still our country. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The middle class is 80% of America — but gerrymandering steals our majority voice. Washington serves the top 20%. That’s not democracy, that’s minority rule. Ban gerrymandering. Restore majority rule. #FairMaps 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 03/09/2025This is the rot at the root of America’s problems. Both parties broke it, and neither will fix it unless we demand it: ban gerrymandering. 010
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Here is what's broken...banning gerrymandering, restore majority rule, as it was intended. 030
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Countdown: 2026 — 15 months left. Ban gerrymandering, restore majority rule, and keep the republic. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 02/09/2025REDMAP isn’t old news — it’s happening right now. Texas just redrew maps mid-decade. Florida’s court upheld maps that cut Black representation. North Carolina flipped its own ruling to bless extreme gerrymanders. This is minority rule by design— and the courts are protecting it. Ban gerrymandering. 021
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 02/09/2025This fight isn’t between us, the voters. It’s between politicians who work for us — and too many are failing the job the Constitution gave them. Gerrymandering guarantees division and distrust. The simpler fix is to ban it. Under fair maps, the middle class earns 7–9% more. 000
Ronald Roberts @civicswithron.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Ever wonder why nothing changes, even when 70% of us agree? This notice explains why — and how to fix it. 031