Ric Fouad
@ricfouad.bsky.social
New here. But anyway adjunct prof (legal ethics) Fordham Law & Temple Law (Tokyo Campus), attorney, child welfare advocate, Foster Care Alumni of America, Milton Hershey School alum (7YRS).
BBC poltroons: WTH?
Rutger Bregman
@rutgerbregman.com
@rutgerbregman.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
BBC poltroons: WTH?
Devastating, must-read piece, no paywall link shared here (thank you, Valerie). Question I had is why not fire every guard who joined illegal strike, end union contract, hire replacements who’ll do the job w/o brutality or holding up taxpayers w guns & ski masks?
From Jan Ransom and Bianca Pallaro -Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Devastating, must-read piece, no paywall link shared here (thank you, Valerie). Question I had is why not fire every guard who joined illegal strike, end union contract, hire replacements who’ll do the job w/o brutality or holding up taxpayers w guns & ski masks?
Good lord, what fresh new preposterous hell is this?🤔
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, already mothballed by embarrassing clown leading it—Russ Vought—orders bank examiner staff to recite ‘Humility Pledge’ before starting bank investigations.🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, already mothballed by embarrassing clown leading it—Russ Vought—orders bank examiner staff to recite ‘Humility Pledge’ before starting bank investigations.🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Consumer Bureau’s Bank Examiners Criticize New ‘Humility Pledge’
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Good lord, what fresh new preposterous hell is this?🤔
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, already mothballed by embarrassing clown leading it—Russ Vought—orders bank examiner staff to recite ‘Humility Pledge’ before starting bank investigations.🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, already mothballed by embarrassing clown leading it—Russ Vought—orders bank examiner staff to recite ‘Humility Pledge’ before starting bank investigations.🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Phenomenal convo. Say what you will abt competing positions, Guru-Murthy led thoughtful, informative, civil debate, really helps show differences in these three parties (w hooligan party in wings). We in US never get this level of discourse & civility. Bravo all around—Zach again carries day.
Debate today with a Labour MP on the economy.
Also with a former advisor to George Osborne.
Very striking how much Labour & the Tories agree on our economic system.
Time for change. Let's make hope normal again. Enjoy! 🙌🏼👇🏼
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
Also with a former advisor to George Osborne.
Very striking how much Labour & the Tories agree on our economic system.
Time for change. Let's make hope normal again. Enjoy! 🙌🏼👇🏼
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
Is Labour being outflanked by Polanski and Farage? Reeves budget debate
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Phenomenal convo. Say what you will abt competing positions, Guru-Murthy led thoughtful, informative, civil debate, really helps show differences in these three parties (w hooligan party in wings). We in US never get this level of discourse & civility. Bravo all around—Zach again carries day.
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Steven Cash gives a two minute primer on the Central Intelligence Agency. #holdfast #steadystate
youtu.be/tR20ogbyG1U
youtu.be/tR20ogbyG1U
The Steady State Two Minute CIA Primer
YouTube video by The Steady State
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Steven Cash gives a two minute primer on the Central Intelligence Agency. #holdfast #steadystate
youtu.be/tR20ogbyG1U
youtu.be/tR20ogbyG1U
So this is what we’ve come to? Guy with 340K+ followers calling on nurses to harm a patient? And no one in the mentions points this out? (But some in nursing endorse the thought.) No one wins in a race to the moral bottom…
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So this is what we’ve come to? Guy with 340K+ followers calling on nurses to harm a patient? And no one in the mentions points this out? (But some in nursing endorse the thought.) No one wins in a race to the moral bottom…
Marvelous reporting, two sides of undocumented immigrant/identity theft coin. Points to obvious solution: bring these 12M souls out of shadows, legalize status, stop collective denial & ugly nativism. (No paywall.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Marvelous reporting, two sides of undocumented immigrant/identity theft coin. Points to obvious solution: bring these 12M souls out of shadows, legalize status, stop collective denial & ugly nativism. (No paywall.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
"...May there come across the waters
A path of yellow moonlight
To bring you safely home."
(John O'Donohue, To Bless the space between us: A book of Blessings)
A path of yellow moonlight
To bring you safely home."
(John O'Donohue, To Bless the space between us: A book of Blessings)
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"...May there come across the waters
A path of yellow moonlight
To bring you safely home."
(John O'Donohue, To Bless the space between us: A book of Blessings)
A path of yellow moonlight
To bring you safely home."
(John O'Donohue, To Bless the space between us: A book of Blessings)
Another under-the-radar outrage perpetrated by the Israelis against the Palestinians with complicity of certain Western governments. Enough already of this nonstop abuse.
More than 130 Gazan students plead with Canada to grant visas to attend universities that have already offered them full scholarships. Visa applications have been pending for months. Two students have lost their lives during wait; others remain at risk. f24.my/BZm9.X
Gazan students bound for Canada remain trapped in administrative limbo
More than 130 Gazan students are pleading with Canada to grant visas so they can attend universities that have already offered them full scholarships. Some visa applications have been pending for more...
f24.my
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Another under-the-radar outrage perpetrated by the Israelis against the Palestinians with complicity of certain Western governments. Enough already of this nonstop abuse.
1/15 The D.C. Circuit issued multiple head fakes on Judge Boasberg’s ruling that the DOJ/US Gov may be in contempt over El Salvador flights that took off in apparent defiance of judge’s pause order. Circuit Judge Florence Pan, in dissent, is not playing: she correctly observed that the court’s
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
1/15 The D.C. Circuit issued multiple head fakes on Judge Boasberg’s ruling that the DOJ/US Gov may be in contempt over El Salvador flights that took off in apparent defiance of judge’s pause order. Circuit Judge Florence Pan, in dissent, is not playing: she correctly observed that the court’s
Mercy, just watched Trump-Mamdani press conference—I think Schumer & Dem leadership had to be revived with smelling salts. NY Post hilariously nails it. We’re living in a bizarre time—but Mamdani is an otherworldly political talent & Demosaurs have something to fear now, finally.
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Mercy, just watched Trump-Mamdani press conference—I think Schumer & Dem leadership had to be revived with smelling salts. NY Post hilariously nails it. We’re living in a bizarre time—but Mamdani is an otherworldly political talent & Demosaurs have something to fear now, finally.
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the one part of this awful video I found inspiring is the moment when the cam pans back and you see an array of upstanding Americans with their smartphones out filming these gutter thugs. that's really the symbol of the opposition. the smartphone and its embedded video cam.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
the one part of this awful video I found inspiring is the moment when the cam pans back and you see an array of upstanding Americans with their smartphones out filming these gutter thugs. that's really the symbol of the opposition. the smartphone and its embedded video cam.
JFC: Welcome to Idiocracy, the documentary.🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Where we are as a country
Trump Guns are now running commercials on Fox News
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
JFC: Welcome to Idiocracy, the documentary.🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Not an auction, a brothel.
When billionaires can buy elections, you don't have a Democracy, you have an auction.
This chart explains why things only get worse for the working class.
This chart explains why things only get worse for the working class.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Not an auction, a brothel.
FL’s bloodthirsty Ron DeSantis executed Malik Abdul Sajjad yesterday, due in no small part to SCOTUS’s equally bloodthirsty 16th Century Six, who refuse to end this gruesome, atavistic practice.
"From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death." Justice Harry A. Blackmun
"From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death." Justice Harry A. Blackmun
I wrote about the man Florida plans to kill tonight and how the death penalty impacts people in ways we might never imagine.
At 17, She Gave Up Her Son. Sixty Years Later, She Found Him on Death Row.
Richard Randolph, now Malik Abdul-Sajjad, is scheduled to die tonight. His biological mother will never get a chance to meet him.
theintercept.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
FL’s bloodthirsty Ron DeSantis executed Malik Abdul Sajjad yesterday, due in no small part to SCOTUS’s equally bloodthirsty 16th Century Six, who refuse to end this gruesome, atavistic practice.
"From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death." Justice Harry A. Blackmun
"From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death." Justice Harry A. Blackmun
May be worst part: also reintroduces hazing, a dangerous, ugly, dispiriting practice. Pete Hegseth shld be on trial if a sane gov ever retakes power.
Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive'
apnews.com/article/coas...
apnews.com/article/coas...
Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive'
The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as...
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
May be worst part: also reintroduces hazing, a dangerous, ugly, dispiriting practice. Pete Hegseth shld be on trial if a sane gov ever retakes power.
Let’s be clear, ppl: @slotkin.senate.gov voted to sanction ICC for issuing Netanyahu arrest warrant, consistently gave cover & material support to perpetrators of Gaza genocide, abetted creation of largest population of child amputees in history: disgusting hypocrite shld STFU—we will not forget.
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Let’s be clear, ppl: @slotkin.senate.gov voted to sanction ICC for issuing Netanyahu arrest warrant, consistently gave cover & material support to perpetrators of Gaza genocide, abetted creation of largest population of child amputees in history: disgusting hypocrite shld STFU—we will not forget.
WTAF? As we wave goodbye to the rule of law, note that it’s prefaced w a complete breakdown in protocol & civility, featuring national “leaders” emulating the President in hurling epithets right out of high school.🤦🏻♂️
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Channels Harsh Trump Tone www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Channels Harsh Trump Tone www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Channels Harsh Trump Tone
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
WTAF? As we wave goodbye to the rule of law, note that it’s prefaced w a complete breakdown in protocol & civility, featuring national “leaders” emulating the President in hurling epithets right out of high school.🤦🏻♂️
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Channels Harsh Trump Tone www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Channels Harsh Trump Tone www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
“‘The testimony of the people who know these surveys best, Meta’s own internal analysis,’ showed that the surveys were noise, not signal. Only someone who hasn’t used Facebook would say something that delusional.” Matt Stoller spanks Judge Boasberg bigly.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judge-rule...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judge-rule...
Meta Wins Antitrust Case as Big Tech Moves from a Monopoly to a Macro-Economic Problem
Big tech is no longer an antitrust problem, it's a macro problem for our economy. And Judge James 'Jeb' Boasberg's decision that Meta is not a monopolist illustrates the political challenge we face.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“‘The testimony of the people who know these surveys best, Meta’s own internal analysis,’ showed that the surveys were noise, not signal. Only someone who hasn’t used Facebook would say something that delusional.” Matt Stoller spanks Judge Boasberg bigly.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judge-rule...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judge-rule...
💯This is so good: “The media outlets and tech platforms that settled with Trump chose to give him money because they wanted to. They could have fought and won…” Read on, ppl, @lizdye.bsky.social tour de force review of Trump lawfare bullying rampage crushes it.
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
💯This is so good: “The media outlets and tech platforms that settled with Trump chose to give him money because they wanted to. They could have fought and won…” Read on, ppl, @lizdye.bsky.social tour de force review of Trump lawfare bullying rampage crushes it.
Imagine thinking Mace has a point in critiquing an investigation into Cory Mills? And for heaven’s sake, look how they bury allegations of horrifying sexual violence & related extortion way down near end in antiseptic terms. Something has gone wrong in our country—our Congress is dysfunctional.
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Imagine thinking Mace has a point in critiquing an investigation into Cory Mills? And for heaven’s sake, look how they bury allegations of horrifying sexual violence & related extortion way down near end in antiseptic terms. Something has gone wrong in our country—our Congress is dysfunctional.
‼️Holy mackeral, this just in, from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social — maybe we will see DOJ leadership DQ'd from all federal courts. Why not?‼️
Breaking: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
Breaking: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
Breaking: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‼️Holy mackeral, this just in, from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social — maybe we will see DOJ leadership DQ'd from all federal courts. Why not?‼️
Breaking: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
Breaking: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
Mass hysteria idiocy meets the red scare. These loons are ruining ppl’s lives over total nonsense.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Mass hysteria idiocy meets the red scare. These loons are ruining ppl’s lives over total nonsense.
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We’re living a surrealistic nightmare. And among the worst parts is that the Dem Establishment—the Larry Summers party—whose worthlessness enabled Trump’s rise are also its political beneficiaries: he’s so bad they look good. We’re all hostages to this spiraling insanity. Only hope is Dem primaries.
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We’re living a surrealistic nightmare. And among the worst parts is that the Dem Establishment—the Larry Summers party—whose worthlessness enabled Trump’s rise are also its political beneficiaries: he’s so bad they look good. We’re all hostages to this spiraling insanity. Only hope is Dem primaries.
Brilliant. Note this: “Barack Obama’s chief economic adviser, Larry Summers.” I had forgotten who guided Obama’s extension of Clinton’s idiocy. In a better world, Naomi Klein wld the WH advisor, or occupant.
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Brilliant. Note this: “Barack Obama’s chief economic adviser, Larry Summers.” I had forgotten who guided Obama’s extension of Clinton’s idiocy. In a better world, Naomi Klein wld the WH advisor, or occupant.