Rick Neal
@rickneal.bsky.social
Fight MAGA, Save America 🇺🇸/ Proud Dad and Husband 🏳️🌈 / Peace Corps, Public Health, Politics 🇲🇦🇰🇭🇦🇿🇧🇮🇦🇫🇯🇴🇨🇩
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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Prospera: Honduras' Bitcoin City Project
Prospera is Honduras' Bitcoin City project. Located on the island of Roatan in the Caribbean Sea, it faces several challenges.
colombiaone.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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Nice!
All right Buckeyes let’s go 🏈
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nice!
All right Buckeyes let’s go 🏈
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
All right Buckeyes let’s go 🏈
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Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hagueseth
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I guess it’s clear why the lawmakers needed to make that video
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I guess it’s clear why the lawmakers needed to make that video
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It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
AI GOVERNANCE
pinned post of someone who’s just been appointed to Mamdani’s Transition Committee on Technology 👍
🧵 The summer of 2025 has been AI's "cruel summer"—wrongful deaths, dangerous therapy chatbots, medical misinformation, facial recognition failures. These aren't isolated glitches but predictable harms from systems deployed without adequate oversight. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
AI GOVERNANCE
More on OH gov race: @dispatch.com said in July that a pro-Vivek super PAC raised $17m in first half of year. All it raises will be spent to tear apart the Dem nominee - now Acton as Tim Ryan not running. Vivek himself can also self-fund millions. I doubt she’ll be able to match that but who knows
Big news in Ohio politics just now: Tim Ryan not running for governor, leaving Sherrod Brown-backed COVID health director Amy Acton running as a Dem against mini-Musk tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy. (Dem Dayton mayor Nan Whaley got only 37.4% against GOP incumbent Mike DeWine in 2022.) Will be interesting
In a statement former U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan says he won’t be running for Ohio governor.
“After careful consideration, much prayer and reflection, and after long conversations with my family, my closest friends and advisors, I’ve made the decision not to run for governor in 2026.”
“After careful consideration, much prayer and reflection, and after long conversations with my family, my closest friends and advisors, I’ve made the decision not to run for governor in 2026.”
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
More on OH gov race: @dispatch.com said in July that a pro-Vivek super PAC raised $17m in first half of year. All it raises will be spent to tear apart the Dem nominee - now Acton as Tim Ryan not running. Vivek himself can also self-fund millions. I doubt she’ll be able to match that but who knows
Big news in Ohio politics just now: Tim Ryan not running for governor, leaving Sherrod Brown-backed COVID health director Amy Acton running as a Dem against mini-Musk tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy. (Dem Dayton mayor Nan Whaley got only 37.4% against GOP incumbent Mike DeWine in 2022.) Will be interesting
In a statement former U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan says he won’t be running for Ohio governor.
“After careful consideration, much prayer and reflection, and after long conversations with my family, my closest friends and advisors, I’ve made the decision not to run for governor in 2026.”
“After careful consideration, much prayer and reflection, and after long conversations with my family, my closest friends and advisors, I’ve made the decision not to run for governor in 2026.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Big news in Ohio politics just now: Tim Ryan not running for governor, leaving Sherrod Brown-backed COVID health director Amy Acton running as a Dem against mini-Musk tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy. (Dem Dayton mayor Nan Whaley got only 37.4% against GOP incumbent Mike DeWine in 2022.) Will be interesting
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I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
This is really something. Grateful for this guy and feeling better about the future than I have all year!
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is really something. Grateful for this guy and feeling better about the future than I have all year!
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I spent an unreasonable amount of time here on the differences between modern fascism and what people are referring to when they say fascism 1.0 2.0 and 3.0:
August 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I spent an unreasonable amount of time here on the differences between modern fascism and what people are referring to when they say fascism 1.0 2.0 and 3.0:
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Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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Some see the mass appeal of today's rightwing politics in status anxiety, as formerly dominant groups resent their relative decline. It's illuminating to extend Du Bois's "psychological wage" to capture how right populists generate both demand for this wage & give themselves a monopoly to supply it.
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Some see the mass appeal of today's rightwing politics in status anxiety, as formerly dominant groups resent their relative decline. It's illuminating to extend Du Bois's "psychological wage" to capture how right populists generate both demand for this wage & give themselves a monopoly to supply it.
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
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this decision to do a hard pivot on gender is very closely intertwined with dismissing previous and ongoing opposition to trump as somehow embarrassing and ineffective, because it wasn't led by men in hard hats www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
this decision to do a hard pivot on gender is very closely intertwined with dismissing previous and ongoing opposition to trump as somehow embarrassing and ineffective, because it wasn't led by men in hard hats www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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This still holds up, and has only gotten worse since the election.
Which of these people is a working-class voter?
Which is an identity politics voter?
The conventional wisdom's answers to those two questions is the root of much confusion about electoral politics in the US and Europe these days.
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This still holds up, and has only gotten worse since the election.
This is outrageous. This is no way to run a country. We no longer have a functioning government.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is outrageous. This is no way to run a country. We no longer have a functioning government.
Trump’s such an asshole
The White House East Wing has been completely demolished. The demolition is basically at the main White House walls.
October 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Trump’s such an asshole
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I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.