Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026the thing is that this does not require going outside the bounds of the law. the far right in America systematically commits crimes, relies on the judiciary to legalize them, and then whines when anyone does anything about them. all of that is fixable. 340152
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026i think that we can raze the Republican party to the ground using the power of the state and if that risks a Napoleon, i'd rather my dictator than theirs 1363864
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026i'm sorry that you've been in a coma since 2015, but i am afraid that i have to inform you that they are the ones teaching _us_ this lesson, not the ones who might learn it from us 1176990
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/08/2026USAID was a free space for tankie and tankie adjacent dingbats to score edgy contrarian points by wildly exaggerating how imperialist it was, confident in the belief that it wouldn’t just disappear, except now it has and everyone is uncomfortably looking elsewhere 392548390
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 29/08/2026In terms of people who would otherwise have lived dying there’s a case for it being the worst thing any leader has done this century, easily one of the worst, but people usually on about Amerikkka are often silent because it is something good the US was doing that stopped in the worst possible way 171524180
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/08/2026So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it. 32056304
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialDavid C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The horrifying realization that Coyote Vs Acme delighted me as a 90s style legal thriller for the same reason Roger Rabbit delighted old people as a 50s noir. 444648585
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/08/2026beyond the bigotry i find this to be a completely bizarre worldview. what do you mean that the actual material forces of history are immaterial to your ideas of national development? are you fucking stupid? (the answer is yes) 1003753485
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Child: It’s the mayor. Mamdani: *laughs* Child: What? You are the mayor. You could become the king. Mamdani: I’m happy as the mayor. Jalen Brunson is the king. 222150852158
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If your state is controlled by Democrats, there is no reason that they shouldn't pass legislation allowing direct-to-consumer vehicle sales to put a significant source of Republican donations out of business for good. 221725307
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialJason Wright @astrowright.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The only brand enthusiastically pushing EVs is Tesla, which both alienates liberals and can’t even sell cars in many states where car dealerships have protective laws. With all three cars I bought the salesman had honestly no understanding of how they worked and could not answer basic questions. 1035215
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialJason Wright @astrowright.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Having bought two EVs and a hybrid, I think a big part of America’s sloth in adopt adopting EVs is car dealerships’ management being heavily Republican, and having a business model that relies on repairs that EV‘s don’t need. 391138157
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Maybe some of those "why are you campaigning with an antisemite?" questions could go to Republicans backed by a Sieg Heiling white nationalist. The silence is especially deafening because Musk's involvement helped Republicans lose in WI in 2025, so the press even has its preferred horserace frame. 361856483
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives. 14584482882
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2026the “op” is that vance is the most visibly sweaty, pathetic and juiceless national politician in recent memory 2306115661
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Put simply -- either Democrats hold Republicans accountable for this mess when they retake Congress, or voters will blame Democrats for it down the line. 611440263
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is correct, but also another reason why Democrats have to lean into accountability and oversight as hard as possible when they retake Congress. It's not just about punishing criminals. It's about making it clear to the country the depth of the damage done to ready them for the repairs. 1283714959
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026After FDR cleaned up the mess created by Calvin Coolidge and blamed on Herbert Hoover, Democrats spent decades reminding voters what the two parties had done. In recent generations, that basic act of politicking has been deemed impolite by Democratic leaders. That needs to end. 14540131066
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The Milo stuff is the perfect picture of fascism. You think you're protected because you go as big as you can on racism, you spend years harassing the movement's perceived enemies, you even disavow your own sexuality. They'll still throw you in a cage over the tiniest disagreement already forgotten. 401203264086
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A NEW lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein’s accountant, Richard Kahn, & lawyer, Darren Indyke, has been filed in NY alleging they conspired with Epstein to facilitate his sex trafficking operation. I explain the claims & why this kind of lawsuit can make more discovery public. youtu.be/1aDKpZeRmzM?...youtu.beEpstein Co-Conspirators HIT With NEW LAWSUIT Blowing COVER-UP Wide OPEN!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 272122294032
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialTom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026What horseshit. She embraced gay people at the height of the AIDS crisis, embraced trans people at the height of the war against them, supported Black communities and artists, and wrote the most pro-worker's rights feminist pop song of all time. Neutral my ass 4561221506
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 26/08/2026They want to break the union. The federal government can invade a blue state and murder its citizens. But if you want the murderer extradited from a red state? That’s a states’ rights issue! 9684142
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Official monthly data is in today, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 20% compared to this time last year! 161504292
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dems too busy being Islamaphobic about a liftbro on Twitch in the name of "fighting antisemitism" to notice that ICE has been going hog wild on the down low since Homan took over for Bovino and told the Gestapo to be a bit more subtle 161992564
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialHell Frasier: Bloodline @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 27/08/2026 1770141
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.sociallighthouse prince @historiancole.bsky.social · 23/05/2026tim curry keeping up the bit twenty years after the fact by writing in his memoir that he and miss piggy had an affair during the filming of muppet treasure island is just so good and funny 1564841317
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Made a split screen video of Trump saying Abdul and Abdul El-Sayed imitating Trump saying Abdul 17947211094
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 27/08/2026People consistently argue more surveillance will reduce policing but we’re just not seeing that actually manifest on the ground, instead we get this. 173061982
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/08/20264 days ago The Pentagon fired the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes. Yesterday they broke the story of Elsie Dominguez, a civilian engineer who was raped repeatedly by the Captain of a Navy ship she was on. They keep trying to silence the press & quash the truth. Elsie’s story must be told:stripes.comLawsuit over sexual assault aboard Navy transport ship dismissed as worker’s comp issueThe order handed down this month closed an attempt by a civilian engineer to get justice for an assault she said threw her life into shambles. 4422301147
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress. 193354115284
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026sorry the only science you can claim academic freedom over is race science 151435253
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Remember if you’ve ever heard a Republican claim they’re actually ok with immigration but just want all the immigrants to do it legally, they were lying 162964741
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/08/2026Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings 444774963
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton is credited in at least 37 research papers on the COVID vaccine, including the first phase I trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020. 1847181057
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026a million pieces/segments sneering at hasan piker and the co-chair of the DSA, meanwhile a republican congressional candidate in upstate new york named peter oberacker is the grandson of an actual nazi germany soldier and his former staffer was part of the 'i love hitler' young GOP group chat 17965311841
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026xkcd gets it. www.xkcd.comxkcd.comTrade 016645
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialBen Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is one of those arguments that sounds like slopulism but is actually, if anything, understated. 56% of Colorado river water goes to GROWING FEED FOR LIVESTOCK IN THE DESERT. 512844803
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 18/08/2026the elite bangers imo: 0657
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 17/08/2026IMO this is the slow-moving disaster that most epitomizes the nightmare that is the Modern Information Environment 682518589
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Vote like your life depends on it, or the life of a friend, relative, or neighbor. Because it does. We’re the decoys now. 339164265444
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17/08/2026every speed camera has a big ass sign before and next to it, and they're punched into Google maps. they do not want you paying that ticket, they want you driving in a safe and sensible manner 1553335
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026There is nothing inappropriate about Donald Trump's relationship with Natalie Harp. by David Brooks 722112258
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialJake @jakesalterego.bsky.social · 18/08/2026After nearly 45 years we've finally discovered the origin of Slimer's ghost 1446440
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/07/2026this is “pete hegseth wants an all-white military” 22188972036
Reposted by @rickgigger.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 06/07/2026I don't think it should be legal to hide whether an elected official is conscious and or alive. 603344556
![Two-panel meme:
[No] "Smart Glasses Wearer"
[Yes] "Specs Offender"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vplvqcy7a225mwtje3sld62d/bafkreicwxwgj6tief6whuf7rhv72tjl32fwseee3s3frpai7f5bwdkkmue)
