BeardlessMountainMan
@capnrickysully.bsky.social
Did army stuff. Then federal stuff. Now do mountain, coffee, fire, EMS stuff
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…”
Wrote my *Democratic* Senator (Hickenlooper) about defunding & abolishing ICE/DHS in light of their fascist culture/abuse of power. I wrote because his offices don‘t answer their phones.
His response is a diatribe about the need for immigration reform. Do not count on these people to save us.
His response is a diatribe about the need for immigration reform. Do not count on these people to save us.
January 26, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Wrote my *Democratic* Senator (Hickenlooper) about defunding & abolishing ICE/DHS in light of their fascist culture/abuse of power. I wrote because his offices don‘t answer their phones.
His response is a diatribe about the need for immigration reform. Do not count on these people to save us.
His response is a diatribe about the need for immigration reform. Do not count on these people to save us.
Gonna step away from Bluesky a bit. Decided to erase the app on my phone & only access the site through laptop. It's become quite a time-suck without a purpose. I will use it to get caught up on the latest but I mostly just see the same influencers who suppressed effective action pre-Blusky. 1/
January 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Gonna step away from Bluesky a bit. Decided to erase the app on my phone & only access the site through laptop. It's become quite a time-suck without a purpose. I will use it to get caught up on the latest but I mostly just see the same influencers who suppressed effective action pre-Blusky. 1/
yes, people can change. it is their job to learn though. if they refuse to learn, then we have a choice: we can lay down boundaries and protect ourselves, or we can chase them to the ends of the earth trying to persuade them.
i choose boundaries, the kind that remove oligarchs from power.
i choose boundaries, the kind that remove oligarchs from power.
"We have every force in our society right now trying to push us apart, trying to tell us to give up on politics, on government, and on one another. And if that succeeds, the authoritarian forces that we see right now...that will be their final victory." @mcbride.house.gov:
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
yes, people can change. it is their job to learn though. if they refuse to learn, then we have a choice: we can lay down boundaries and protect ourselves, or we can chase them to the ends of the earth trying to persuade them.
i choose boundaries, the kind that remove oligarchs from power.
i choose boundaries, the kind that remove oligarchs from power.
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Really thoughtful piece by @msifry.bsky.social. Helpful for understanding why those of us organizing to get the Dem Party to fight back are meeting such resistance. theconnector.substack.com/p/why-dems-k...
Why Dems Keep Fighting the Last War
Turns out, there is a playbook. And it's filled with errors of commission and omission.
theconnector.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Really thoughtful piece by @msifry.bsky.social. Helpful for understanding why those of us organizing to get the Dem Party to fight back are meeting such resistance. theconnector.substack.com/p/why-dems-k...
and gallows
January 20, 2026 at 9:59 PM
and gallows
Stop assuming everything is about the Epstein files. They aren’t worried about those coming out anytime soon. Greenland is not a distraction. Carving up the globe, ending NATO, & paying debts to tech oligarchs is the main effort.
The fight is now about preventing WW3 from going high-intensity.
The fight is now about preventing WW3 from going high-intensity.
Thou shalt not threaten Greenland and crash the economy just to protect billionaire pedophiles.
January 20, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Stop assuming everything is about the Epstein files. They aren’t worried about those coming out anytime soon. Greenland is not a distraction. Carving up the globe, ending NATO, & paying debts to tech oligarchs is the main effort.
The fight is now about preventing WW3 from going high-intensity.
The fight is now about preventing WW3 from going high-intensity.
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I am going to repeat for the 3rd time that the people across the pond do not give a damn who you voted for. They just kmow Donald Trump is the president and threatening world order and by default, its your fault.
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I am going to repeat for the 3rd time that the people across the pond do not give a damn who you voted for. They just kmow Donald Trump is the president and threatening world order and by default, its your fault.
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What #resistance to #fascism looked like almost a century ago. I see we aren't there yet.
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
What #resistance to #fascism looked like almost a century ago. I see we aren't there yet.
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🚨🚨🚨 Under NO circumstances should anybody like or share this video!!!! 🚨🚨🚨
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Under NO circumstances should anybody like or share this video!!!! 🚨🚨🚨
All politics is personal
When politics decide who gets rights, safety, healthcare, and dignity, “I don’t do politics” stops being neutral. It becomes a choice.
If you can afford not to care about politics, it means the system hasn’t come for you yet.
If you can afford not to care about politics, it means the system hasn’t come for you yet.
January 20, 2026 at 9:31 PM
All politics is personal
Gabbard and Ratcliffe fell for the oldest trick in spy world.
January 20, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Gabbard and Ratcliffe fell for the oldest trick in spy world.
“We cannot normalize hitting icebergs”
Translation: we're onboard the Titanic & Dems are musing about the possibility of forming a committee to consider...rearranging the deck chairs.
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 PM
“We cannot normalize hitting icebergs”
Gave him the Mitt Romney treatment
Trump appears to have leaked a private text message from Emmanuel Macron.
Why would any leader ever trust someone who leaks their private conversations?
Why would any leader ever trust someone who leaks their private conversations?
January 20, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Gave him the Mitt Romney treatment
Billionaires
KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?”
@pkrugman.bsky.social
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@pkrugman.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
January 20, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Billionaires
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A Minnesota citizen was asked about the abduction of Indigenous citizens and responded, “They’re attempting to complete the genocides they’ve already begun with these.”
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 PM
A Minnesota citizen was asked about the abduction of Indigenous citizens and responded, “They’re attempting to complete the genocides they’ve already begun with these.”
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“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 their democratic state itself. That…is fascism – ownership of government by an individual/group/by any other controlling private power.” Roosevelt
January 20, 2026 at 6:32 AM
“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 their democratic state itself. That…is fascism – ownership of government by an individual/group/by any other controlling private power.” Roosevelt
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Re: Davos
I am cheering for the Europeans who are figuring out that appeasing the deranged, power-mad Trump only leads to more demands and more trouble.
I am cheering for the Europeans who are figuring out that appeasing the deranged, power-mad Trump only leads to more demands and more trouble.
January 20, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Re: Davos
I am cheering for the Europeans who are figuring out that appeasing the deranged, power-mad Trump only leads to more demands and more trouble.
I am cheering for the Europeans who are figuring out that appeasing the deranged, power-mad Trump only leads to more demands and more trouble.
When entering the country or applying for certain jobs. Otherwise the correct answer is GFY.
January 20, 2026 at 7:13 PM
When entering the country or applying for certain jobs. Otherwise the correct answer is GFY.
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Ugh. #Lavrov.
#Greenland #Putin #NATO #Europe #Russia #Ukraine #Crimea #Trump #Krasnov #KGB #FSB #Kompromat #Epstein #RussiaIsATerroristState #UkrainianView #SlavaUkraini
#Greenland #Putin #NATO #Europe #Russia #Ukraine #Crimea #Trump #Krasnov #KGB #FSB #Kompromat #Epstein #RussiaIsATerroristState #UkrainianView #SlavaUkraini
Lavrov: “If Greenland is ‘U.S. security,’ then Crimea is ‘Russian security.’”
Russia predictably using this as cover. Putin is pleased.
Russia predictably using this as cover. Putin is pleased.
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Shit will get real when they abandon the dollar.
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Shit will get real when they abandon the dollar.
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why just last month i wound up at the wrong place for the holidays after my parents forgot to update the group house calendar. oh how we laughed.
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
why just last month i wound up at the wrong place for the holidays after my parents forgot to update the group house calendar. oh how we laughed.
Answer: they are taught in churches.
Ossoff: "There's a wickedness to the program. I don't know, pastor, where it is in scripture that it says deny care to the sick, take from those with the least to give to those with the most, violate the house of worship to hunt down the refugee. Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?"
January 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Answer: they are taught in churches.
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Clear and unwavering, we know who he fights for and will support. So done with weak willed Dems.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Clear and unwavering, we know who he fights for and will support. So done with weak willed Dems.
Stop saying “don’t normalize ____”
Start saying they are taking your freedom, your rights, and and your dignity away. And that once they’re gone, they won’t be coming back.
Start saying they are taking your freedom, your rights, and and your dignity away. And that once they’re gone, they won’t be coming back.
We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Stop saying “don’t normalize ____”
Start saying they are taking your freedom, your rights, and and your dignity away. And that once they’re gone, they won’t be coming back.
Start saying they are taking your freedom, your rights, and and your dignity away. And that once they’re gone, they won’t be coming back.