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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Described both as a true action hero and the best soldier in the Army today, former Delta force leader, combat veteran in several countries and current Commander of US Army Europe and Africa, Gen. Chris Donahue is forced to retire by hegseth without any reason given. www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...

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Departure of trailblazing US Army in Europe and Africa chief sparks sharp criticism of Hegseth

Backlash grows as Gen. Christopher Donahue’s early retirement sparks debate over Army leadership changes and Pentagon decision-making priorities.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

WTF is up at VA Hospitals? “Of 74,700 crimes reported by VA police in fiscal 2024-2025, 1,100 were violent crimes, including 888 VIOLENT SEX CRIMES, 233 aggravated assaults and three murders.” www.stripes.com/veterans/202...

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VA medical facilities still face security vulnerabilities, watchdog agency says

The GAO is set to tell lawmakers Wednesday that most of its recommendations to improve security at VA facilities remain unimplemented.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The GOP wants veterans to pay for supplemental allowance to disabled veterans. Billionaires say, “Whew, glad no one is making us pay.” www.stripes.com/veterans/202... Source - Stars and Stripes

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VA home loan refinancing fee would nearly triple under GOP-led bill

Bill advancing in Congress would nearly triple VA home-loan refinance fees to help fund expanded benefits for severely injured veterans.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Twice my in-app notifications have been turned off. IDK why. Anyone else have this issue?

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This is a $26.78 hamburger. I will say, it was delicious.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

For some reason I haven’t been getting notifications of replys, likes etc for at l ast 10 days. I had to go into settings and turn everything on. So if I haven’t responded, that’s the reason.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Medal of Honor recipient Col. Bruce Crandall passes at age 93. Flying into the battle of the la Drang valley 22 times in 14 hours after the area was deemed too dangerous for aircraft. He saved more than 70 soldiers. His heroism was chronicled in the movie We Were Soldiers. Honor to the fallen.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

So Weird Al Yankovic bailed from the 250 trump pep rally. He said the reason was any parodic or sarcastic song he could perform would likely be mistaken by MAGA for a sincere expression of those views.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The man says women need help into carriages, lifted over ditches & have the best. Nobody helps me into carriages, over ditches or gives me the best! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! I have ploughed & planted & no man could best me! And ain't I a woman? I work as much as a man & bear the lash as well

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Recouperating from a recent hospital stay, Ivory seems to sense it and brought me her favorite toy, a pink mouse, to cheer me up.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I’m usually a good tipper. But 126%? I appreciate Capital One for notifying me.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is why Dick the Butcher suggested in Shakespeare’s Henry VI to first kill all the lawyers. Lawyers are defenders of justice. As Olivia Rutigliano said “lawyers are the most fundamental defense against the grossest manifestations of power-hungry antics wrought by the scum of humanity.”

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

He just sits and stares at it.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

The beginnings of a deadly quagmire. Drone warfare is very different from what US troops have ever faced. Iran has thousands and putin now is providing Iran with intelligence, satellite imagery & tactics for targeting US troops.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

There’s a man with a gun over there . . . youtu.be/80_39eAx3z8

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Est undocumented immigrants. Minnesota: 77,836-95,000 Florida: 772,000 - 1,150,000 Texas: 1,650,000 - 1,849,199 Georgia: 339,000 - 375,000 Utah: 89,000 - 110,000 Oklahoma: 90,000 - 97,243 Tennessee: 128,000 - 149,387 Ohio: 89,000 - 107,775 Indiana: 102,000 - 117,105 immresearch.org/wp-content/u...

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

This is so wrong. Vietnam veterans were treated like crap. Don’t repeat that shameful conduct. Put the blame squarely where it belongs - POTUS, the GOP & Congress. But those who never served will never get it.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Ebony, while upside down against my arm, likes to watch me play video games.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Ivory doesn’t need two pencils. She uses a pen.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

“Ni…., I am a racist and I’ll say that to the whole world.” said Crystal Wilsey to two black customers. Of course she’s fired. But then? Her fundraiser on the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo has raised more than $100,000. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

One reason our cats always are kept indoors - the outdoors cats are a little wild and definitely hungry.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Epstein on MAGA’s hero: *I’ve met some very bad people, none as bad as trump, not 1 decent cell in his body *trump knew about the girls. *trump spent hours at my home with 1 of the victims. *I’m the one able to take him down. *Donald is fucking crazy, borderline insane. *I know how dirty donald is.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

We miss our recently passed Shorty. My spouse convinced me to adopt two new kittens - Ebony and Ivory. Despite being abused and blinded in one eye, Ebony (and Ivory too) loves human contact.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I was asked to tell the story of my military service during the Vietnam war which interview now is part of the Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress - collection # AFC/2001/001/89748

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Our last hour with Stubby, an American bobtail. He loved to play fetch; he’d play until his little heart would burst if we let him. He slept at my wife’s head & rushed to greet us if we were out. We and his brother, Shorty, will dearly miss him.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

The only reasons for his posts: He’s blowing smoke to distract from the epstein coverup & his admin’s failures. He’s a madman who’ll start a war & use war powers to silence all opposition & dissent w/the blessing of SCOTUS & likely more power granted to him by the GOP Congress - before the midterms.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We’re heartbroken. 17 YO Stubby appears to be close to the end. Still eating, drinking & using his litter box but he’s lost weight & his walk is unstable & very slow. He no longer sleeps at my wife’s head. He used to love to play fetch. Now he stays in his condo. It’s such a hard decision to make.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

My spouse bought me a caramel apple as a treat. It came with instructions! Was she sending me a message?

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Hiking alongside wild burrows.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Today is National Purple Heart Day. I honor my father-in-law, severely wounded fighting fascism, and all who have given their blood in the defense of our democracy.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

They said they’d first come for criminal “illegal” immigrants. They came for non-criminal “illegal” immigrants. They came for legal immigrants. They came for students legally here. They came for foreigners on vacation or working in the US. All locked up and if citizens get mixed in, no matter. Next?

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The owner was notified and did nothing. Then the owner fired the employee who took the video. They remain open.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social posts many riveting videos showing how real and deadly putin’s war is. It’s been a long time since I served, the conduct of war has changed significantly. In the end, it’s still as frightening as ever, maybe more so.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I visited a Nazi death camp; truly a life altering experience. In the adjacent museum, every single picture of Hitler is scratched over, marked up and spit on. While we can’t spit on them, I’d prefer we do the same to trump’s images on BlueSky.

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Ricard @the-real-ricard.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The infamous bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks. His answer: That’s where the money is. Now our infamous potus goes to Saudi Arabia. Why?

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a man in a suit is laying on the floor surrounded by hundred dollar bills

ALT: a man in a suit is laying on the floor surrounded by hundred dollar bills

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