Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 05/10/20251) Trumps goal: amass all wealth and power via a gangster syndicate (his administration,…) 2) Destroy the country to weaken and conquer it 3) Con supporters and hide plan by demonizing the vulnerable and any opposition 130
Reposted by RichJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 26/04/2025NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...huffpost.comWebsite For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For BoycottsSocial media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for. 480110033657
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 23/04/2025If someone says they are a Centrist you can safely bet that they have fallen for propaganda suggesting there is a “far left” equally as bad as a “far right”. Reducing all issues to just these two poles is enough evidence alone that they are being emotionally manipulated. 010
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 16/04/2025To the degree our government has failed the American people, clearly acting outside what the constitution intended, it is no longer legitimate and thus Americans need not heed it and rightfully can do whatever is necessary to restore democracy (and hopefully make it more democratic than before) 000
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I think it’s very dangerous to assume these tariffs are the result of idiocy. That is the more comfortable explanation, but the better supported explanation is this is a well executed component of Project 2025 to weaken the US while distracting so P2025 can succeed. 094
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 06/04/2025The one thing Americans need to realize: Trump’s only goal is to destroy the country. I repeat: TRUMP’S ONLY GOAL IS TO DESTROY THE COUNTRY! Don’t settle for the comfort of denial - the evidence is his every action. 191
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Trump achieves subservience with fear. It’s way past time for the opposition to take off the gloves and do the same. Make it clear when we regain power, AND WE WILL, we’re coming after them with maximum retribution. They need to question if Trump loyalty is safe. 030
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Today should be a national holiday to honor the Trump administration 120
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Unwavering loyalty = lies. In order to be 100% loyal , you could never tell the truth about something that could be perceived as disloyal to Trump. When someone lies sometimes, you have to assume they lie all the time. Thus you must assume anything Team Fascism says is a lie. (It is) 010
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Dem leaders not treating the fascist coup as a fascist coup are sending the message that it isn’t a fascist coup so why would anyone know there was a fascist coup?!? We’re screwed. 020
Reposted by RichDeborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 31/03/2025We can win this with nonviolent resistance, including economic actions such as boycotts and strikes. However, we need to implement them with tactics that have proven effectiveness. 111
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 29/03/2025We’ve been slow-boiled into accepting that every company and institution in America must be a wealth/power-concentrating authoritarian dictatorship. Imagine if instead they were all democratically run, or at least run by a democratically electing governing body. 000
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Why Dems in government need to walk out and start organizing grass roots resistance. Government is 100% compromised and illegitimate. It sends a powerful unambiguous message. Team Fascism unambiguously own the mess. Continuing to participate sends message “it’s not dire yet” 000
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 25/03/2025If Trump is above the law and does whatever he wants with impunity and fills his government with unwavering loyalists, doesn’t that render the constitution inoperable and define an illegitimate government in which case we are free to resist in any manner that restores a legitimate government? 010
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 25/03/2025One of the best sources of information on current events is www.commondreams.orgcommondreams.orgCommon DreamsCommon Dreams has been providing breaking news & views for the progressive community since 1997. We are independent, non-profit, advertising-free and 100% reader supported. Our Mission: To inform. To ... 030
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Most Americans spend their day in an authoritarian work place then come home and watch 2.8 hours of TV … meanwhile, they are oblivious or catatonic as a fascist coup is in its final stages which will usher in an era of dystopian hell unlike anything we could have imagined. 020
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 24/03/2025A civil war is actively underway. Once side is pulling out all the stops and taking no prisoners. The other side isn’t even aware they are in a war, are being rapidly outflanked and will soon be annihilated. 051
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 23/03/2025It always amazes me when intelligent people are surprised by the obvious consequences of wealth/power concentrating capitalism which creates an obvious evolutionary force to put narcissistic delusional psychopaths in power. And here we are. Alternative: institute.coop/about-worker...institute.coopThe Benefits of Worker CooperativesWorker cooperatives are values-driven businesses that put worker and community benefit at the core of their purpose. In contrast to traditional companies, workers at worker cooperatives participate in... 230
Reposted by RichDr. Butch Ware for California Governor 2026 @butchware.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Saw a video of a Palestinian child trying to pick up the scraps of flesh that were left of his mother. And I live in a country where if you call this barbarism you risk arrest & deportation, where protest is ‘anti-Semitism’ & colleges turn students over to the gestapo. Fascism? We need new a word 710747
Reposted by RichStephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 21/03/2025"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...chronicle.comOpinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: ServilityIn 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us? 309129736181
Reposted by RichIsi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 22/03/2025So we’ve got two competing schools of what the Democratic Party should do next. One of them is hosting the largest political rallies in history in places like New Hampshire and Arizona, and the other one just got $120 million from Silicon Valley and is on a book tour. 12498931721
Reposted by RichZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 15/03/2025#tdih 1942, more than 1,300 Norwegian teachers were arrested by German Nazi-installed gov't after 12,000 of 14,000 nationwide had refused to join new Nazi-oriented teachers’ association & resisted Nazification of the curriculum. Teaching is not neutral. #Resist www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/no...zinnedproject.orgMarch 15, 1942: Norwegian Teachers Resist Nazi CurriculumMore than 1,300 Norwegian teachers were arrested by the German Nazi-installed government. 116883
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 20/03/2025A fallacy Americans have to overcome if they want to survive Team Fascism‘s blitzkrieg destruction of the U.S. is the notion that efforts for change must be constrained to the corrupted political system where they have zero influence. However, you can control what you buy/invest-in, & where you work 010
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 18/03/2025All of the fronts on which Trump’s fascist regime is attacking are important to defend … which is precisely why we can’t. Defending each worthy cause can only be done if and when we oust them and defending each worthy cause now prevents that. We only win with one concentrated effort to oust them. 040
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Steve Bannon clearly stated the strategy of the fascist coup was to “flood the zone” to divide the opposition and diffuse any defense. Dem leaders should stop falling for that. Focus on one goal: oust Trump by abandoning the sunk ship and uniting the country in this one purpose joining Bernie & AOC. 052
Reposted by RichSherry @sherry2.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The people on Hungary took action and got together to hold a huge gathering for Trump's good pal Viktor Orban in Budapest today bsky.app/profile/anto... 635146
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The political system is fully compromised by the fascists in power. Do you think your time and energy invested there is going to be effective? They crave money and power so outflank them by directly targeting that. Boycott, divest, strike and build democratically-run companies, like worker coops. 191
Reposted by RichIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/03/2025No matter what issues matter to you, you have a dog in this fight. Let’s stop Trump, Musk, and Republicans in Congress from getting away with their illegal power grab. 👇handsoff2025.comHands Off!Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre... 14728264
Reposted by RichIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/03/2025“There’s gonna be a big presence in DC, but it’s not just DC — I want to see this in rural areas, in suburban areas, in urban areas, in red states, purple states, blue states. It’s going to take all of us.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social We’re taking to the streets nationwide on April 5: handsoff2025.com 10151131809
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I would like to see a fund like DEMZ, but that omits any company supporting anyone involved in the extreme fascist coop underway. I would divest from everything else and invest in that. 000
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 12/03/2025People are finally realizing how little power they’ve had in a rigged two party-only winner-take-all political system controlled by corporate $$ and now fully compromised by Trump’s thugs, and that the real power lies in what they buy, invest in and where they work - economic democracy! 000
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 08/03/2025There’s no difference between what Trump has done and what a Russian asset would do to destroy the U.S.. Even senators are pointing this out: m.youtube.com/shorts/gLmL5...m.youtube.comI'm Asking Trump Nominees: Is Trump a Russian Asset?YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley 030
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Everyone should watch Senator Murphy ‘s talk on the astronomical corruption of the Trump administration: m.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...m.youtube.comMurphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. HistoryYouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy 12610
Reposted by RichShutdown Tyranny @shutdowntyranny.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Let’s play a game: BOYCOTT BINGO 119133
Reposted by Richborn miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 07/03/2025BREAKING: Entire Human Race Flagged By DEI Purge Because of “Homo” in “Homo Sapiens” 8455311434
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I just listened to the Trump press conference with Starmer. He sounds like a complete moron, utterly insane, or just spewing word salad to sound like he knows something when he knows nothing. HOW DOES ANYONE TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY AND NOT CALL HIM OUT ON THIS?!? Surreal 020
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 05/03/2025The Trump administration is in no way legitimate. As long as Dem leaders continue to lend legitimacy to this utterly illegitimate fascist dictatorship by participating in it, they are complicit in treason. Time to join the resistance and form a shadow government in exile. 0125
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Anyone using X is simply a traitor. The best way, perhaps only way given the political system is 100% COMPROMISED, to stop the fascist coup is to defund them. GET OFF X AND ON TO BLUESKY ONLY! Tell everyone this. And divest, boycott and strike (because your life depends on it)! 082
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 03/03/2025My sign for the next protest: “SupercalifragiFUCK YOU TRUMP!” 140
Reposted by RichKindness @purplepeace.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Blue sky family We understand the assignment Boycott twitter break the bird and take Facebook down! 2134
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Trump has made it very clear in his every action and by his own admission that his fealty is to Putin on whose behalf he is destroying the U.S. with earnestness and haste. How is this not the top and only issue that everyone, including Republicans, are screaming about?!? 052
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 03/03/2025With his every action, especially made clear by his declaration of fealty to Putin in the recent public Zelensky meeting and confirmed by Susan Rice, there is no doubt Trump is destroying the country as planned. Stop being distracted - #1 effort must be organizing resistance to jail this traitor. 021
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Divide the population to the brink of civil war. Alienate their closest allies. Dismantle the government. Install ultra-loyalists in your administration. Declare fealty to the leader of an enemy country. Sound like an agent of that enemy country by any chance?!? 061
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Russia doesn’t need nuclear weapons to destroy the U.S. … he has Trump! 062
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Americans simply don’t realize the scale of horrors they’re in for from this current violent fascist totalitarian regime. Their strategy, that they were open about, was a no-prisoners blitzkrieg attack, so intense, fast and horrible that people are paralyzed. General strike now or game over. 051
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 23/02/2025A man has turned off the water to your neighborhood and is attacking your homes with a flamethrower. You are trying to put out the fires with your hoses when there’s no water. Get him instead. Stop wasting effort in the compromised political system and divest, boycott and strike! 072
Rich @richjvann.bsky.social · 23/02/2025While the SAVE Act is horrendous and will disenfranchise an unimaginable number of people including ALL WOMEN WHO’VE CHANGED THEIR NAME, it may also be a ruse to contain activism to the 100% compromised political system. Fight SAVE but also BOYCOTT! (boycott, divest, strike - more effective) 030
Reposted by RichBen Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Here's how we can stop the SAVE Act. indivisibleteam.medium.com/maga-has-a-b...indivisibleteam.medium.comMAGA has a bill that would disenfranchise someone you knowIf we’re going to come out of the next four years with our democracy somewhat intact, we’ve got to do everything within our power to ensure… 11378216
