Rick Petree @rickpetree.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Hi Neylan, thank you. I’m mostly on Twitter, maalesef, because it’s where the Turkey action is. 460
Reposted by Rick PetreeNordic Viking 🇩🇰🇫🇴🇫🇮🇳🇴🇮🇸🇸🇪-🇺🇦🇬🇪 @fightallfascism.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak emphasized that during the dispute with US President Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was right and did not make a single mistake.news.online.ua"We will not apologize." Podoliak spoke about the conflict in the White House — online.uaAdvisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak emphasized that during the dispute with US President Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was right and did not make a sing... 39626
Reposted by Rick PetreeAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/03/2025Russia’s ‘3-day war’ is now 3 YEARS old—and they’re getting wrecked. 800,000 casualties, no tanks, no fleet… and now Trump is cutting Ukraine’s aid to throw Putin a lifeline. Sad! Read how Ukraine is WINNING despite the betrayals adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-lif...adamkinzinger.substack.comTrump's Lifeline to Putin: Cutting Ukraine's Aid Amid Russia's CollapseMarco Rubio, Michael Waltz, and their ilk will spend the rest of their lives avoiding Ukrainians for fear of being spit on 42691282427
Reposted by Rick PetreeJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 06/03/2025So, if I’m reading this correctly, Congress appropriated a bunch of funds for specific purposes. Musk will be throwing that out the window and disregarding the law they enacted. But individual legislators can call a hotline and beg for their pet projects to be spared. That’s how we’re doing it now. 14536861354
Reposted by Rick PetreeiWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 28/02/2025stolen from @rickpetree.bsky.social on the hellsite: @borowitzreport.bsky.social absolutely nails the absurdity of our moment www.borowitzreport.com/p/zelenskyy-...borowitzreport.comZelenskyy Meets With Russian Agent“It was important to communicate with someone who speaks for Putin," the Ukrainian said. 13016
Reposted by Rick PetreeAlexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025This presser was a horror show. Ukraine will not have US support going forward, because Trump and Vance are completely lost. Europe will step-up and this war will continue. Trump blew this bigger than any foriegn policy folly in recent history. 52889252218
Reposted by Rick PetreeJane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Hegseth now says he doesn’t know who started the war between Ukraine and Russia. Senator Duckworth shows receipts that he does know but won’t admit it now. 39550238
Reposted by Rick PetreeMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Is this the finding out part? 557125792655
Reposted by Rick PetreeFilipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 26/02/2025We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm. 15163481951
Reposted by Rick PetreeJacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 26/02/2025SCOOP: Elon's favorite anon data expert, who's been appearing on NewsNation in sunglasses, isn't a govt. spending expert but rather a senior employee at an AI lending firm that's battled the CFPB for years. Me at @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comWho Is the Anonymous Data Expert Telling Elon Which Cuts to Make?Conservatives cite her account to spread misinformation about federal agencies. DataRepublican has worked at a tech firm that’s battled the CFPB. 8840981641
Reposted by Rick PetreeWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025This would really be the moment for some BigLaw gestures of solidarity with Covington & Burling, no? If a vengeful president can strip security clearances from any lawyer he sees as assisting the opposition, can any national security lawyers afford to remain outside his orbit?nytimes.comTrump Takes Aim at Law Firm Aiding Jack SmithThe move, signed by President Trump on Thursday, is a major escalation of his promise to pursue perceived foes. 12563177
Reposted by Rick PetreeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/02/2025Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this. 91594563314271
Reposted by Rick PetreeCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/02/2025A seven-byline story from WaPo: “.. Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits ..” @washingtonpost.com $TSLA www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... 691208544
Reposted by Rick PetreeAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/02/2025“I’m the what?” - Amy Gleason 2737057808
Reposted by Rick PetreeBruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025MSNBC just fired Rachel Maddow's show production crew. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comRachel Maddow staff to be let go as part of MSNBC overhaulNews comes as leading network star criticizes management for decision to cancel shows hosted by non-white anchors 158817432
Rick Petree @rickpetree.bsky.social · 24/02/2025He is 100% clueless about ‘algorithms’ crawling through data. 130
Rick Petree @rickpetree.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Forget obsequious. It’s the clueless I worry about. 2125
Reposted by Rick PetreeSailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Well, that's not surprising. This fallout will continue to bottom out. 1107
Reposted by Rick PetreeSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 24/02/2025There is no version of what is happening now in Europe that makes America stronger, safer, more respected in the world. Trump is now and always been Russia First. His quislings like Hegseth and Rubio are traitors, and will be known in history that way. 391194297
Reposted by Rick PetreeDenise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 23/02/2025If you haven't been to Auschwitz, go Bergen-Belsen or Buchenwald, go Go to the Japanese internment camp Manzanar There's only one reason, one single reason Trump is rounding up people & locking them away out of view And our country just sitting here, knowing it www.rawstory.com/why-trump-is...rawstory.comWhy Trump is detaining migrants out of sight and out of mind in Guantánamo BayPresident Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for immigrants, particularly the non-white variety from south of our border. His statements that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of our co... 44925
Reposted by Rick PetreeRabbi Jill Zimmerman @rabbijill.bsky.social · 23/02/2025We are back to the trump admin treating people seeking asylum like criminals & with inhumanity. I’m ashamed. So much for “give me your tired…” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/w...nytimes.comNo ExitAbout 300 migrants from all around the world were deported from the United States to Panama. There, they were trapped in a hotel, facing a choice of whether to return to places they had fled. 64117
Reposted by Rick PetreeAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/02/2025To be clear, the Vance/Musk intervention did not change the outcome. Still, the fact that it happened changes German and European politics forever 551587314
Reposted by Rick PetreeRabbi Jill Zimmerman @rabbijill.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Musk had NO RIGHT to intervene in German elections. Shame on him & Vance & Trump. Unprecedented. 34111
Reposted by Rick PetreeBill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · 23/02/2025This proposed mineral deal with Ukraine is outright extortion. Trump isn’t offering protection for Ukraine and it will of course be rejected (as it should be). I imagine Trump will then blame Ukraine for not being willing to negotiate and walk away. He may also walk away from NATO at the same time 2425378
Reposted by Rick PetreeJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 22/02/2025The US, Russia, and the richest man in the world who is busy carrying out a coup in our government, are coordinating a brutal shakedown of an ally whose very existence depends on our support. This is repulsive and people need to understand we’re only in the beginning of what is possible. 31840290
Reposted by Rick Petreeemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Just discovered that Don Bacon posted this last Friday. 25963482278
Reposted by Rick PetreeHouse Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 19/02/2025Trump says he decides what the law is. Here’s Chief Justice John Marshall in Marbury v. Madison (1803): “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” Somebody in the Musk-Trump administration should read that decision. 3420568
Rick Petree @rickpetree.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Posted at the other site a year ago: x.com/rickpetree/s...x.comx.com 250
Reposted by Rick PetreeJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Russia is at its weakest in years. Putin is in a precarious situation. They are attacking western interests around the world and murdering Europeans. Why is Rubio bending a knee and showing weakness? 5573841932
Reposted by Rick PetreeSigne Johansen @signesjohansen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Julius, my farfar (paternal grandfather) was part of that Norwegian resistance against the Nazis. His story + many others from that era are absolutely resonant now. The advantage we have today is better communications to organise (+ sabotage!) whatever the Putinist quislings are going to throw at us 3328
Reposted by Rick PetreeJennifer Harris @jwharris.bsky.social · 16/02/2025(If we’ve learned anything since 2016, and I’m not sure all the right people have…) This will not age well. 851200160
Reposted by Rick PetreeEllen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Have you seen this? When Ukrainian hackers broke into the KGB archives.... I think this is important so we are aware of these tactics. Moms reporting on children, etc... www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kg... @11tulips.bsky.social @rickpetree.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @hcanderson.bsky.socialrferl.org'So Much Grief': Opening Ukraine's Soviet-Era KGB ArchivesSince Ukraine opened its Soviet-era KGB archives in 2015, the public has been able to dig into the files and uncover many dark secrets of the past. But for some, the harsh revelations have been too mu... 198
Reposted by Rick PetreeMarc Edward Hoffman @mehoffman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I was just thinking that I really need to revisit Popper. 094
Reposted by Rick Petreebythepeople1863.bsky.social @bythepeople1863.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I shake my head as people actually think DOGE has identified waste, fraud and abuse in 5 days. What they are doing is gutting programs they don't like according to Project 2025. They haven't done any analysis and don't even know the functions of the departments they are cutting. Musk is a phony. 46541
Reposted by Rick PetreeMichael Fletcher @mefletcher54.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I am with Zelenskyyon this one. Trump is playing for Team Autocracy now, and Europe must stand up for its own defense. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...theguardian.comZelenskyy calls for European army as Germany hits back at US over Vance tirade – Europe liveOlaf Scholz says Germany ‘will not accept’ people who ‘intervene in our democracy’ after US vice-president’s speech in Munich 12312
Reposted by Rick PetreeSailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Mitch McConnell is no hero. He set all of this up. Every last thing going on right now starts with him. 62911
Reposted by Rick PetreeJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Only speaking in generalities to preserve source confidentiality. But we hear a lot about DOGErs heading right for the personnel files at these offices they go to. Seeing increasing amounts of evidence that these files are being searched for details to create pretexts to fire people. But the ... 591998568