Rick and Tired

Rick and Tired

@sameastheold.bsky.social

Lover of music, loather of injustice.

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Justice in America has always been applied in direct proportion to the person's bank account. That is why you never see a wealthy person having that "inspirational" story of being wrongly convicted, only to be exonerated decades later. That only happens to the poor.

Nobody had a right to complain about the SCOTUS now, if you didn't care at all that there was no investigation after Propublica exposed justices taking bribes.

Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

Congress has just gone out of session to avoid impeaching Pete Hegseth. The Republican Party has caved. The lower courts continue to be the bulwark. Ultimately, SCOTUS, responsible for creating this monster, will have to tell him no & make it stick. joycevance.substack.com/p/another-lo...

It kills me that Democrats pander to GOP voters whose main complaint is that they can't stand that we call out their bigotry, misogyny and homophobia. If you truly believe that a majority of Americans are good people, then you shouldn't want to court those voters, you should want to defeat them.

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ALL Americans are hurting and paying more for things because of the high price of diesel caused by Republicans. MANY businesses are hurt, EVERYONE pays more for everything. So why the hell should farmers get our money in a bailout - especially when 75% of them voted for this.

"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state. That in it's essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power." — Franklin D. Roosevelt

That takes something beyond courage. Imagine still standing up for what's right knowing that accountability didn't happen the last time Democrats had power and there certainly won't be any under Trump. Being a whistleblower is basically risking everything to piss in the wind.

Harry Dunn@libradunn1.bsky.social

Someone inside the USPS, a whistleblower, saw something shady happening to your right to vote — and said something. They knew the cost. The retaliation. They came forward anyway. That’s good trouble. standingourground.us/p/when-you-s... www.standingourground.us/p/when-you-s...

I don't want to convert maga, I want to defeat them. Anyone that gleefully supports a bigoted, misogynistic, criminal rapist are garbage human beings and deserve to be treated as such.

Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

What’s the data behind Trump’s claims noncitizens vote? Even when the reddest of states sets its officials to back them up, they can’t. Here are the facts you need to know to support Labor Day conversations with family and friends: joycevance.substack.com/p/voter-frau...

"Some" is code for women of color.

Harry Dunn@libradunn1.bsky.social

Markwayne Mullin says the Trump administration is looking to ban some pregnant women from visiting the U.S in the same way "we don't allow sick individuals to come here if they are coming from an area that could spread a disease"

The rule of law doesn't apply to politicians in America. They steal millions without consequences, yet tell us George Floyd's death was justified for allegedly passing a counterfeit 20 Dollar bill. That is why I can't stand when people on here have justice scales in their profiles. It's embarrassing

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.

The threshold for felony theft is as low as 200 dollars in some states. Poor people go to jail for felony theft. Rich people commit fraud to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars and remain free to become president. You are only guaranteed the justice you can afford in America.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

Felon Trump raked in $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency income in 2025 alone. He rigs the system to keep the grift going. @benmckenzie.bsky.social on the dangers of crypto in his film, Everyone is Lying To You For Money. Watch the movie at www.everyoneislying.com/watch! youtu.be/LbZwOM96hfg?...

The fact that the Trump administration is working to segregate disabled children from schools at the same time they are trying to integrate unvaccinated children, pisses me off to no end.

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My dad was a public school teacher; and he always said the toughest parts of the job were: 1. Having to pay for your own classroom chalk, and 2. Performing gender-reassignment surgeries during class hours w/out parents finding out.

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Donald Trump is a murderer, rapist, pedophile, insurrectionist and yet control of the Senate is a toss up. There is something very rotten in America.

Here is the deal, if progressives turn you off more than Trump's cruelty, misogyny, bigotry and rampant criminality. You aren't "middle", you are an asshole.

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If you are complaining about the Supreme Court now but didn't care at all that there were no investigations after Propublica exposed justices taking bribes, then you don't understand what the real problem is.

There will be no justice for the Epstein victims unless it is at the hands of a vigilante. That investigation spans 20 years and multiple administrations. It is clear that the goal the entire time was to protect the abusers and not the abused. 1/2

There is no scenario where I see our corrupt legal system round up and jail CEOs and other prominent people in power. You are only guaranteed the justice you can afford in America. 2/2

Republicans won everything on the message of "we hate the Dems & will punish them". ANY Democrat pushing the appeasement strategies of the old guard is unfit for the moment. If you truly believe that a majority of Americans are good people and don't want Trump, then reach out to them and them alone.

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13yo: Why does J. Jonah Jameson hate Spider-man? Me: [explains] 13yo: Oh, so for the same reason the New York Post hate Mayor Mamdani. Me: Goddamn, I’m doing this right!

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North Korea is good. Canada is bad. Coal is good. Solar is bad. Measles is good. Vaccination is bad. Child rapists are good. Childcare is bad. Pointless wars are good. Universal healthcare is bad. Anyone supporting the unrelenting chaos of the #GOP deserves zero respect. #RemoveTrump

My cynicism was stoked by a country that claims no one is above the law while letting rich men get away with a coup, classified document theft, threatening jurors, witnesses, judges & their families in violation of gag orders, tax evasion, fraud, Supreme Court bribery, sexual assault, & child rape.

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social

Authoritarians stoke cynicism to make us give up our power. Hope and collective action can defeat it.

Capitalism is hysterical. The only good thing to come out of the fascist takeover of America, is the thriving cottage industry of books on how to save democracy.

Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

This is such a great book. A must read if you want to understand white Christian nationalism, and see how it’s supported by powerful people 

I will never understand this phenomenon of expecting dishonorable people to do honorable things. What did you expect people that attempted a coup to do if they got power? That is why the Garland DOJ's failure to hold anyone of consequence accountable for their crimes was so catastrophic.

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social

This is really outrageous. Not only did a judge find probable cause to believe that sensitive national defense documents would be found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, the documents were actually found! apnews.com/article/just...

What is outrageous, is that educated, legal pundits would think the people that committed a coup would respect norms, the constitution and the rule of law if they managed to take power. This is insulting to our intelligence.

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social

This is really outrageous. Not only did a judge find probable cause to believe that sensitive national defense documents would be found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, the documents were actually found! apnews.com/article/just...

I'm know I'm not voting for accountability. I am not foolish enough to think there will be any with the way our legal system is currently constructed. I am voting because Democrat control will at least be a slowing of the horrors we are facing right now, so it is crucial that they win.

Fantastic news and the icing on the cake is that maga won't take it. Darwin do your thing.

Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social

An advance against melanoma A personalized mRNA vaccine was found to reduce risk of spread and to increase disease-free and overall survival in high-risk or advanced melanoma. It teaches immune cells to target the patients' particular tumor. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/m...

Why do we still treat Trump supporters as human? Their behavior makes them less than and they deserve to be treated as such. I hate every one of them. Disabled Americans fear return to segregation, institutionalization : NPR share.google/vcr2VcFQoOIu...

share.googleThey grew up with disability rights. Now, they're fighting to keep themSiblings Cody and Kaleigh Brendle have grown up with the right to community integration. Now, they worry those protections for people with disabilities like them are being eroded.

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I’d feel extremely safe on this flight because I already know they had to work twice as hard, be twice as good and make half as many mistakes just to get into those seats. Black women make up less than 1% of professional pilots. Yeah, I’d sleep good on this flight. ✈️

People need to be more sympathetic to Natalie Harp. Of course she was going to have weird relationships with men after accidentally killing her high school sweetheart in an oral sex accident.

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Shocked to learn that the political party led by pedophiles and dedicated to protecting pedophiles has created a police force filled with pedophiles.

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This is the destination that unregulated capitalism was always going to lead. The wealth transferred to a small number of people with outsized influence over the branches of government. It would have been slower if not for Citizens United. It was the accelerant that burned the system to the ground.