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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

Trump announces that two countries who have been in a major war have agreed to a ceasefire. Ukraine said they had no idea what he was talking about. Russia said they agreed to nothing. Trump has taken a blowtorch to any credibility the US has built over two centuries.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sad, pathetic, spineless, cowardly people who believe in nothing other than worshipping Trump. Vote them out so we can have a Congress again. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The Republican Party is on the side of Russia against Ukraine. It’s not me saying that, it’s their cult leader. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

One year ago.

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Michelle Ringler @neid69.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If you have to terrorize an entire community to catch the ‘worst of the worst,’ maybe that was never really the goal. History has a way of exposing the truth. Remember that.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Good thing Republicans passed the Lindsey O. Graham Russia Sanctions Act. Very effective. Very powerful.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Donnie having a late night cry.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

After the First Gulf War, the Afghanistan War, the Iraq War, and the Iran War, Republican voters are just going to have to accept at some point that warmongering is their brand, despite how often the people who start them talk about peace.

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Michelle Ringler @neid69.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The moment we stop believing things can change is the moment we hand them the win.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The powerful forces trying to dominate our country want us to fall into cynicism. That way, they win everything — and they'll be able to take it all without the rest of us putting up a fight. If you are worried about the future, you are not alone. I am too. But please do not fall into cynicism.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.

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Michelle Ringler @neid69.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Imagine trading your country’s credibility for political survival. That’s not leadership that’s disgrace.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.

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Michelle Ringler @neid69.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Cheap diesel sounds great until you ask who benefits, who pays the price, and what it costs us in the long run. Not every “deal” is a win.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Are we really splitting into two different Americas? If so, why? And who is really to blame?

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Michelle Ringler @neid69.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When politics becomes a business and attention becomes currency, people like her are bound to be part of the story.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Rarely has a person been so enmeshed in the workings (or one might say, dysfunctions) of our current political-economic-media-influence system as Kimberly Guilfoyle. Let me explain...https://robertreich.substack.com/p/pay-to-play-to-play-to-pay

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This snowflake is a walking, talking stress ball every time he enters a room and has to wrestle with the English language. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just despicable people. All of them. It’s not just that they’re corrupt and shitty at their jobs - they’re terrible humans.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Michelle Ringler @neid69.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Exactly. Democracy can’t really thrive when economic power buys disproportionate political power. When ordinary people feel shut out, frustration creates the perfect environment for demagogues to step in and exploit it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

Markwayne Mullin on conditions at ICE facilities: "We're not providing Holiday Inns. These people broke the law."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On the same day Trump announces that top tech firms have signed an accord to "self-police" their own AI development, we learned that OpenAI employees and security researchers were reportedly ignored when they brought safety concerns to the company's top executives. See the problem here?

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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models

Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.

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Michelle Ringler @neid69.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yeah the obvious tension is that “self-policing” only works if companies are actually willing to listen to the people raising safety concerns from inside. Otherwise, you’re basically asking the fox to write its own rules for guarding the henhouse.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.

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allprogressive.bsky.social @allprogressive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The only thing republicans know is the word conservative and do everything opposite: They want rampant corruption They want to support corrupt leaders They want to lie and cheat They want money by hook or crook They don't want to follow constitution

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate. He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States. robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-…

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Senator Abdul El-Sayed

He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess? Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress. These are major structural reforms that every midterm candidate should support.

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How to Rebuild America After Trump

How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess?Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress.These are major structural reforms tha

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

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Michelle Ringler @neid69.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yeah, there’s definitely a broader trend toward consolidation. The interesting question is where that concentration actually creates problems for consumers and where the numbers need more context.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

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Michelle Ringler @neid69.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The funniest part is the imaginary chain of command: the internet makes the meme, Natalie prints it, Trump approves it, and somehow taxpayers pick up the $150K tab.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Think about how these posts play out. Trump’s legion of weirdo cultists create these things. Natalie Harp follows these people. She saw this and thought Trump might want to post it. She printed it out & he told her it was great and she should post it. We pay her $150k to do this.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

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Michelle Ringler @neid69.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Now this is a Coffee Klatch I’m looking forward to. AI doomers, Trump and the Kennedy Center, and the Macklemore story? That’s quite the lineup 😂☕️. Can’t wait to hear your take.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What’s behind the AI doomerism? What’s up with Trump’s obsession with the Kennedy Center? And what does the Macklemore story tell us about power in America? I’m back to discuss all of this, and much more, on a new Coffee Klatch.

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What’s Behind the AI Panic? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

What’s behind the AI doomerism?What’s up with Trump’s obsession with the Kennedy Center?And what does the Macklemore sto

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

AI advocates say we have no right to stop innovation in the free market. Hogwash. We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or varieties of cocaine or biological pathogens. We protect the public from certain kinds of innovation. We need guardrails on AI before it’s too late.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It is our solemn duty not just to remember what happened 25 years ago but to acknowledge and repudiate the brutality it summoned in America. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-quarte…

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Socialist Roger Marshall demands more government welfare for his voters after Trump and the Republican Party wrecked their businesses.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

ALL Americans are hurting and paying more for things because of the high price of diesel caused by Republicans. MANY businesses are hurt, EVERYONE pays more for everything. So why the hell should farmers get our money in a bailout - especially when 75% of them voted for this.

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