Reposted by Michael RickertsenBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu 12543952696
Reposted by Michael RickertsenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/08/2026Biden was replenishing our stockpiles with US manufacturers using US union steel. Trump has sent tens of thousands of those jobs overseas and has crippled our supply chain with tariffs and none of our allies want to help us. Maybe we can buy our arms back from Saudi Arabia. 952207871
Reposted by Michael Rickertsenkenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026We can verify the daily physical status of a specific Seattle raccoon but apparently we're completely unable to determine whether a United States Senator is alive or dead. 331102032417
Reposted by Michael RickertsenWalter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The news is always "This absolute fool was dismantled in hearings today. He is manifestly unqualified for the position and would be an existential danger if confirmed. Disaster. He is set to be confirmed immediately." When you ask why everyone is furious and exhausted all the time, this is why. 036811003
Reposted by Michael RickertsenRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026MLB is like the Democratic Party in that they’re deeply concerned about popularity and all their actions seem to be aimed at capturing some mythical person who has never become a baseball fan and will probably never become a baseball fan meanwhile baseball fans are yelling PLEASE JUST PLAY BASEBALL 913950731
Reposted by Michael RickertsenChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/06/2026The scientists behind Climate.us are the same experts Trump fired because they were researching and reporting on climate change. Formerly NOAA’s Climate.gov. They didn’t disappear. They rebuilt. 251277559
Reposted by Michael RickertsenAngry Byrd @tylerbigbyrd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Trump isn't just a failed president, he is a failed man He was gifted all at birth, and with it became a child rapist that treats other people like trash He is nothing more than a bully out of tricks, & has nothing to show for his life but a trail of victims 50994229
Reposted by Michael RickertsenSarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com · 19/05/2026WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...nytimes.comI.R.S. Prohibited From Pursuing Audits of Trump and His Family 1017624
Reposted by Michael RickertsenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Every Democrat needs to hit a microphone right now to say this is gross corruption, we're paying attention to who gets paid off here and we'll do everything we can to claw it back. 1022838798
Reposted by Michael RickertsenBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026If I were the opposition party I'd be saying anyone involved in creating this corrupt scheme will be prosecuted but also anyone accepting payments from it will at minimum be required to pay back the full sum with interest 283569715
Reposted by Michael RickertsenChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you. 976237047976
Reposted by Michael RickertsenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/05/2026It’s VERY IMPORTANT that corporate media NOT frame this as a judicial settlement. Trump DROPPED the suit this morning. There is no lawsuit, and therefore, no settlement. you can’t settle a suit that doesn’t exist. This is just pure theft. 17740561790
Reposted by Michael RickertsenAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026These people are boldface liars. How many unlawful maps have been kept in place because of legal pretenses the Court drops suddenly? Alito and the five horsemen of our time are a national embarrassment to the legal profession. 332171463
Reposted by Michael RickertsenTy Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social · 02/05/2026This administration is fucking with people’s lives and livelihoods around the world, and it’s all intentional. People are hurting, starving, dying, and morale is extremely low. The lies being told by this administration and its sycophants are acts of violence against our collective safety and sanity 26739324
Reposted by Michael RickertsenChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/03/2026A bill passed the Senate last night 100-0 to fund TSA, the Coast Guard and FEMA. If Speaker Johnson called it for a vote it would pass easily. But he won’t do that. Because Trump has ordered him to keep TSA shut down and keep the chaos. Pure incompetence. 30669332081
Reposted by Michael RickertsenRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 25/03/2026if there's a core MAGA belief it's that cruelty/violence/exclusion will improve their lives, that only Trump is strong enough to act, and every day we see more ways that's false, that all the wokeness and diplomacy they see as weakness is not only morally good but was also done out of self-interest 448070
Reposted by Michael RickertsenRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I keep thinking about how Trumpism isn't even pragmatic assholery, a moral tradeoff where warmongering and cruelty leads to better results for Americans. He's just smashing the lose-lose button over and over again, making our country meaner and more violent, but also poorer and worse to live in 271344287
Reposted by Michael RickertsenNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20/03/2026No country in history has removed sanctions, for non-humanitarian reasons, from the country it is at war with. And all because the market is tanking and Trump is worried about his approval ratings. Treason. 727062
Reposted by Michael RickertsenJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I like leaders who are not authoritarian thugs. I believe in FREE and FAIR elections. Pass it on. 522571
Reposted by Michael RickertsenDr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 15/03/2026The Morrill Fire in Nebraska has killed 1 and consumed 549,000 acres with 0% containment. This is more than 10% of the entire area burned by U.S. wildfires in 2025, and makes it one of the 20 largest fires in U.S. history. Sunday forecast is grim: High Wind Warning, 25-35 mph winds, gusting to 50. 511184632
Reposted by Michael RickertsenDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 09/03/2026A handful of Republicans in Congress & Supreme Court can end this nightmare any time they choose, and history will remember them as saviors of the republic, no matter what terrible things they did to US in last 10 years: insane we cannot find a few volunteers for this plum deal! 682918758
Reposted by Michael Rickertsenderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/03/2026me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58 442394956953
Reposted by Michael RickertsenSteve Postman 🇨🇦 @steve1970peng.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Eisenhower 365156665863
Reposted by Michael RickertsenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2026Let’s all call Massie today and get him to switch parties. Then force Gonzalez to resign. Then get the gavel, issue some subpoenas, and impeach some motherfuckers 1135259076169
Reposted by Michael RickertsenHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 09/02/2026This is the America I believe in. 332550
Reposted by Michael RickertsenPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 05/02/2026It is hard to look him in the eye during this. 627346
Reposted by Michael RickertsenJack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post 16884492420
Reposted by Michael RickertsenGreg @gwiss.bsky.social · 04/02/2026It blows my mind that these greedy losers who are constantly seeking attention and approval never have it occur to them to do something good for society as way to get attention and approval. 0121
Reposted by Michael RickertsenAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Conway: If you want your lives to be better and you want this country to persevere for your kids, we need to impeach and remove this fascist fucker now, as soon as possible. And I know that language is tough, but that’s where we are. 23372391921
Reposted by Michael RickertsenTom Usher @tomusher.bsky.social · 31/01/2026The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it 6481471970
Reposted by Michael RickertsenChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 27/01/2026For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL: When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game. 15886382158
Reposted by Michael RickertsenCory Booker @corybooker.com · 27/01/2026This is a moral moment in America. 33534120
Reposted by Michael Rickertsenashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 25/01/2026just punched me right in the heart 122440429
Reposted by Michael RickertsenMatt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 25/01/2026A lot of self described Christians seem to be banking on there not actually being a hell. 1005033857
Reposted by Michael Rickertsenlocal blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 24/01/2026I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic. 6378801904
Reposted by Michael RickertsenHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026It is almost as though many of those people who spent the better part of three decades going on about "jack booted thugs," liberty, and "good guys with guns" weren't being entirely honest with everyone. 1135670
Reposted by Michael RickertsenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here." 5483972212594
Reposted by Michael RickertsenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity. They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do. 27785611905
Reposted by Michael RickertsenBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it. 16696042225
Reposted by Michael RickertsenMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Masked ICE gestapo agents just murdered an ICU nurse after assaulting him, stealing the firearm he was lawfully carrying, spraying him with chemicals, then restraining him so they could shoot him point-blank. And the federal government's response is to shield the killers and justify the killing. 13882263
Reposted by Michael RickertsenG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this. 221131115034
Reposted by Michael RickertsenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Not a “paid protester.” Not an Antifa battalion commander. Not “bussed in from out of state.” A registered nurse at the VA who broke no laws and cared about humanity. Murdered by the Trump Administration. 15358321984
Reposted by Michael RickertsenRita558 @rita558.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I have a question for military people, do you want your children to grow up in Trumps America? Do you like the state of the country? Do you like Trumps miserable attitude? It will affect your children. Is he worth losing your life so he can steal more $$$? Follow the Constitution!!! 851312333
Reposted by Michael RickertsenThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Ain't no rule that says you can't impeach the whole administration 822432
Reposted by Michael RickertsenBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Vance's conduct this week is obviously impeachable. I'm talking about his public conduct. Whatever private murder coverup he's participating in is what you find out once you start impeachment. 7782871328
