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Ricki Butler

@rickibutler.bsky.social
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Politically homeless. Perpetually baffled.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/07/2026
Almost a year after Trump’s domestic policy bill passed, at least 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits. In Arizona, the number of children receiving SNAP has dropped by more than 200,000 since July 2025 — a 55% decline.
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More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY! The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress can’t just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Horriffic
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Columbia President with NEW details: 5 DHS agents entered a residency with no warrant. They said they were police looking for a missing kid. Security camera even captures them showing pictures of the "kid." A campus officer asked for a warrant & their boss. They ignored him & took the student.
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Andrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Let's try this again 👋 Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA. I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?
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Cooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
"If we hadn’t already, we’ve unquestionably joined the league of ordinary nations—a league in which we’re acting as little more than a bully, and in circumstances in which no obvious principle of self-defense, human rights, or even humantarianism writ large justifies our bellicosity." Me on Maduro:
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200. Five Questions About the Maduro Arrest Operation
Friday night's U.S. military operation in Venezuela was a textbook violation of international law. It's also entirely unauthorized by U.S. law, which ought to (but probably won't) matter.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Terrific
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
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Infest The Pat’s Nest @derblutenpat.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Never in my life will in comprehend why the Access Hollywood tape wasn’t the end for him. Almost 10 years of being deeply embarrassed for this country every day.
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
“I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse…the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
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Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The thing about the Epstein disgustingness that strikes me hardest is that hundreds of rich old men raped underage girls and the only person currently in jail for that vile behavior is a woman.
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Ryan Wiggins @ryan-n-wiggins.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
To our friends & allies across the globe who today stood in solidarity with those of us in the US who are angry, scared, & mortified: thank you for your grace, your light, & your empathy. Thank you for your support of those of us who aren't in the cult. We see you & are grateful.
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Nice to see a glimmer of courage
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
In just two months, DOGE has —lost— the government an estimated half a trillion dollars. I propose that Musk pay it back personally.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/04/2025
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Horrific.
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Free speech!
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A *ruckus*? What's next, revoking a student's visa for causing a brouhaha? a hullabaloo? an unauthorized hubbub?
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Please don’t share this picture. Apparently the president hates it.
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Republican Accountability @accountablegop.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
New Ad: The markets are as unstable as Trump is.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Yes. People who don’t want to do anything, constantly critiquing the actions of folks who are doing something. Sit in silence, then. Stop annoying us. We’re busy.
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
His brain is SO broken
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𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ𝕠𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
If the legitimate press just permanently stopped attending these events and were replaced by propaganda outlets, that would be both optically clarifying and improve actual journalism.
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Max Fisher: "Wielding the power of the state to intimidate news agencies against reporting on the government's illegal abuses of power is literal authoritarianism. I'm not speaking figuratively, I'm not calling it a warning sign. It's authoritarianism. It's here."
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’s going to rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois.” EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
hey quick question does Goliath win in that story
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
HOW is this possible?
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
This is 🔥🔥🔥
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
This is fine. Everything’s fine.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/01/2025
So far it doesn’t appear the Trump admin is deporting any more people than Biden. They’re just meaner about it cuz of course
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This is incredible and helpful and stunningly brave and you should read it
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
plutocracy - rule by the wealthy kleptocracy - rule by corrupt thieves kakistocracy - rule by the worst, least qualified But what if it's all 3 -- what's the word for that?
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A poem for reflection, 01/20/24: "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes. poets.org/poem/let-ame...
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Can’t handle a swear word from a Democrat, but he’s fine with a Republican threatening to jail him? Tell me more about masculine energy?
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
My ignominious Senator 😡
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Thanks a lot NYT 😡. Great timing
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
My message to Zuck
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Donations to Biden's inaugural fund in 2021: Meta = $0 Tim Cook = $0 Sam Altman = $0 Google = $200,000 Amazon = $200,000 Donations to Trump's inaugural fund in 2025: Meta = $1,000,000 Tim Cook = $1,000,000 Sam Altman = $1,000,000 Google = $1,000,000 Amazon = $1,000,000 The oligarchy is here.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people passed $2 trillion last year. 12 people. $2 trillion. Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024. Our problem isn’t an issue of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
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Anne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Incredibly alarming
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Yes, the cashier at Target should be able to afford rent, groceries, and bills with their paycheck alone. That’s what jobs are for.
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Ricki Butler @rickibutler.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I predict they’ll find a way to blame Democrats
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie." My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
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Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
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