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Rick Mazzoli

@rickmazzoli.bsky.social

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West Point '75 (BS Engineering); Infantry officer (retired); Attorney, JD/MBA; Investor. Son of Italian immigrants. Dad to best kids. I got lucky. Duty, Honor, Country. Louisville

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · Nov 17

I am tired of my kids telling me, "Dad, that's not funny." (eye roll)

They are wrong.

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 10h

JD Vance licking his lips.
Usha browsing curtain swatches.

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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 12h

Army posts and then removes list of German food banks for troops during shutdown trib.al/8iK0PDN

Army posts and then removes list of German food banks for troops during shutdown

The Army removed the list after German media reported that U.S. troops were using the local foodbanks, a U.S. official said.

trib.al

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 13h

makes biden look normal

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 3d

After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...

ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees

More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...

www.ncronline.org

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 3d

"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them.... They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are.... They are different."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Rich Boy” (1926)

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 3d

"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early.... They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are.... They are different."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Rich Boy” (1926)

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 3d

"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Ch 9, 1925

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 3d

all of a sudden, trump's now interested "shithole" African countries?

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 10d

I was asked to be on a bi-partisan committee supplying congress with information on food insecurity.

Yes, there are going to be A LOT of people surprised when they see the extent of our fellow citizens who use SNAP (about 40 million, lots of veterans) and WIC (over 6 million) programs.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10d

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 17d

the banality of evil

Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 17d

you know trump is going to sell out and abandon UKR.
cause that's what putin wants

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17d

We all knew Trump was going to sell out Ukraine to Putin. All his false promises - to end the war in 24 hours, to sanction Russia, provide Tomahawks, on and on. All bs. Pro-Ukraine GOP Sens & Reps suddenly silent. The US abandons allies under Trump. Putin owns Trump like a dog.

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 18d

no thrones, no crowns, no kings
louisville
(meh, no sign)

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 18d

when i say that i yelped in shock at this kid’s sign

A young boy holds a sign that simply states in plain handwriting: Trump hit on my girlfriend

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 18d

no crowns. no thrones. no kings
louisville

Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 20d

hahahhahahahahaha

Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 20d

the CHAMBER is suing maga.
1. maga is not business friendly like the old GOP was.
2. the only companies that can afford the new H-1B fees are the trumps billionaire oligarch buddies. S&P 493 companies can't afford the fees and are anti-competitive.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20d

CEMBALEST: “.. China may have more leverage than the White House appreciates.

“.. few industries in China rely heavily on exports to the US as a share of revenues.”

(via JPMorgan) 🇨🇳

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 20d

America first ... via Buenos Aires

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20d

Remember when Hillary Clinton got excoriated for calling Trump supporters “deplorables”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 22d

my groceries are up.

Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 23d

try being in the military

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23d

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KJW...

On October 18th, we say #NoKings

YouTube video by Home of the Brave

www.youtube.com

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 26d

What a crock of shit from Marc Benioff — who appears willfully ignorant of news and facts and so thirsty for approval and attention from the Trump tech bros (who in the past mocked him relentlessly) that he is soiling himself in public www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Rick Mazzoli @rickmazzoli.bsky.social · 26d

idaho need to read up on Sharia Law