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Rich Rodriguez

@richiephoto.bsky.social
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Recovering political junkie. Star Wars. Photography. Oenophile. New Yorker raised in Bridgeport & New Haven, CT. Wannabe Jedi, but simply a cantina patron.

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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Really, really liked Disclosure Day. See this on the big screen. Felt like the culmination of a lifetime of work from a master & the Maestro. Don’t expect a popcorn flick about lasers & invasion, this is a story that uses the alien story to examine what it is for humanity to believe in itself.
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ForceCenter @forcecenterpod.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
For more on Marcia's effect on Star Wars, check out this mini-documentary on the career and contributions of Marcia Lucas from @jenniferlanda.bsky.social. youtu.be/lgfwi1gO8mQ
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The Marcia Lucas Effect | Star Wars documentary | The Jedi Beat
YouTube video by ForceCenter
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ForceCenter @forcecenterpod.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
We are saddened by the passing of Marcia Lucas. Her contributions to the success of Star Wars were immeasurable. We celebrate her work on Taxi Driver, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, and American Graffiti as well. You cannot tell the story of Star Wars without her. Thank you, Marcia
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Rest in peace, and thank you, Marcia Lucas. The heart of Star Wars.
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
No spoilers. That was a fun ride, and a much needed escape. I kinda wanna go play with some vintage action figures now! And in these dark times, that’s a success and ok with me. Bravo, Jon Favreau, Lucasfilm, and the whole team at Industrial Light & Magic. This is the Way. Pure Star Wars Fun.
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Luna. Photographed this morning from my back steps as it set in the southwest sky. Our Moon, as four astronauts on Artemis II prepare to fly by and around it today. What a great view first thing this morning.
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
So much silence from the so-called opposition. So much silence from folks I thought were allies. So much silence from apolitical types, what are you waiting for Too much silence.
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Every fucking day I think we’ve hit rock bottom. Every fucking day it gets lower.
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Midwest Peoples Republic @ericleitzen.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This is you
Centrists demand Hitler make clear his cabinet policy

Condition necessary support on stand he takes on democratic rule
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Image of a wall in a city somewhere with a stencil drawing of Princess Leia, holding a spray paint can, after spray painting the words “fuck this imperialist bullshit” in red paint.  She was a bad ass.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
He's mad she won the Nobel Peace Prize and he didn't. That's it. That's what it's all about. Best part is she idiotically and sycophantically dedicated her prize to him and he still won't back her and prefers to publicly denigrate on a day like today.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I am shadow-banned and was previously banned-banned for quoting Johnny Cash lyrics. Now I've quoted a dark TS Eliot poem and fear my Bluesky account may implode. If you like this article, please share it! Thank you sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bell-fount...
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Bell Fountain Retreat
Wandering a cemetery to dodge ghosts in the machine.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/11/2025
This Thanksgiving—observe the National Day of Mourning. From 1819 to 1969, US Govt stole tens of thousands of Indigenous kids—forcing them to convert to Christianity & stripping them of their identities. Resistance was met with violence. Sexual abuse was rampant. www.qasimrashid.com/p/thanksgivi...
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Thanksgiving and the National Day of Mourning
As injustices upon Indigenous Americans perpetuate, we must act to counter that systemic oppression
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Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · 26/11/2025
Here's the big one. web.archive.org/web/20210219...
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How The Last Jedi got Luke Skywalker right
The first time I saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi, I wasn’t quite sure what I’d witnessed. The film was so dense and so emotional, I knew that I had to see it at least a second time before I could be sure...
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Eeek Polybius Unum @striderhlc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Fucking Democrats.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I’m getting back to work. You can stay in touch with me at sarahkendzior.substack.com: my newsletter is free. Finally, please use my suspension to draw attention to other unjustly suspended people including Palestinians attempting to raise awareness of genocide, and the user Link. Thank you.
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Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter | Substack
Non-fiction horror stories. Politics, history, travel. Click to read Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I’m back. substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
Johnny Cash giving a one finger salute Me
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I’m barely using it anymore, but if blue sky is suspending Sarah Kendzior, it’s definitely time to abandon ship.
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Fuck moderates. Fuck centrists. You are killing this country by protecting the status quo and not fighting Trump & maga.
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Fuck you, Senate Democrats. Fuck you.
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Sithty Minutes is Exhausted @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app · 05/11/2025
I need people to rewatch this speech the way some of y'all be rewatching the Skywalker Saga because it is an absolute banger of victory lap not heard of since "Not Like Us" (and this one has consequences too!)
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a group of young men are dancing in a park . one of the men is wearing glasses and a hoodie .
Alt: One man stands calmly and confidently amidst of group of other men losing their minds. He spoke hot fire, he said no lies.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
So Trump is defunding the police.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2025
I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality. I don't know how to yell any louder.
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tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Let’s be clear about this: They summoned the top military brass home from their posts, told them the Pentagon would no longer enforce rules of engagement b/c the military’s mission was to “hurt people and break things,” and then explicitly pointed them AT AMERICAN CITIES.
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Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."@atrupar.com

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"@atrupar.com

Trump to top military officials: "I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.
National Guard, but our military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor.
Stupid governor."
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Ezra Klein is never ever ever going to say he’s wrong. He knows he’s wrong, though. He just thinks he’s smarter than y’all.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The alleged shooter in Michigan. Weird that Vance and Patel haven’t tweeted out this info. 🤷🏽‍♂️👇🏽 www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This is the secret the Trump regime tried so hard to keep about the Dallas ICE shooting The names of the dead and wounded Jose Andres Bordones-Molina Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez Norlan Guzman-Fuentes Fight Trump's dehumanization. Say their names. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...
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What the Trump regime doesn’t want you to know about Dallas ICE shooting
The Trump regime's refusal to say the names of the Dallas ICE victims exposes the inhumanity of American fascism.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated —like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”
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What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/09/2025
Full story. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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Musk, Bannon and Thiel named in new Epstein estate documents
The House Oversight Committee is continuing to release redacted materials in its ongoing Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
New interview! On the GOP and the DOJ, the Comey indictment, and why Trump keeps getting what he wants www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1bp...
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Sarah Kendzior : Trump’s Transformed GOP, A Party of Followers
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Real post on another network:
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
News --> Steve Bannon tells me he fully expects Trump to use the Texas ICE office shooting as the hook to unleash law enforcement on liberal immigration groups by connecting political violence to anti-ICE rhetoric. This is going to get ugly. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2009...
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Trump’s Eruption of Rage at Texas ICE Shooting Hints at a Darker Story
To Trumpworld, the Dallas shooting appears to provide the perfect pretext to start silencing wholly lawful advocacy groups—for inciting “violence and terrorism.”
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social with the receipts, actually talking to the shooter's friends. Surprise! Not the left, or even MAGA. Another white kid who spent countless hours online and "was an edgelord who wanted someone to get blamed … to rile people up.” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...
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The ICE Shooter’s Motive
Joshua Jahn's friends speak
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2025
NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The Vichy Dems abetted genocide, built cop cities, countenanced sedition, viciously attacked fellow Democratic representatives, including my former rep Cori Bush, and belittled their own voter base. The Dems know how to use power. They use it to help Republicans and hurt vulnerable people.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I am biased but I don’t think there is a better website on the internet today than TheOnion.com.
Nation Grateful to GOP for Protecting It From TVReport: You to Be Fired for Reading This Headline About Charlie KirkTrump Spends Entire UK Trip Trying to Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew FromCharlie Kirk, Not In His Own Words: We Honor The Right-Wing Activist By Making Up Quotes That Sound Much Better, Given The Moment
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Even crazier, a guy also named Brendan Carr wrote a whole chapter in Project 2025 about what Brendan Carr just admitted to in a gif! www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...
Trump's FCC pick, Brendan Carr, wrote Project 2025's chapter on the agency. Here's what he wants. By Aimee Picchi
Edited By Anne Marie D. Lee
Updated on: November 19, 2024 / 6:09 PM EST /
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into ABC, Sinclair, and the FCC. We will not be intimidated and we will defend the First Amendment.
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Rich Rodriguez @richiephoto.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Disney+ plus logo changed to Disney minus. Disney in white text on blue background. Cancel your subscription. Send a message to. Disney/ABC
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D @dddimka.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
But wait, there’s more
BREAKING: Incredibly, Tucker Carlson accuses Trump of using Charlie Kirk's murder as a rationale to revoke our 1st Amendment. "If they can tell you what to say, and they're telling you what to think, there is nothing they can't do to you."
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is a key point.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
it’s hard to see ezra’s actions as anything other than a shameless attempt at self-preservation
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 16/09/2025
FOX news host suggests we euthanize the homeless, someone goes into two encampments and starts shooting. 13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments
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'We're shutting this thing down': 8 shot at Minneapolis homeless encampment hosted by landlord, Frey pledges action
That shooting came less than 12 hours after another shooting just two miles away that left five others injured.
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