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Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Is it possible that ICE are domestic terrorists?

November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

I'm Not a Doctor:

But VACCINES are one of Medicine's Greatest Triumphs.

ARE YOU LISTENING DONNIE?

#rfk
#trump
#incompetence
#antivaxxers

November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Side Effects of Trump: a man collapses after realizing he's made a deal with the devil.
#Trump #incompetence #fascism
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Pharmaceutical rep faints in Oval Office during Trump announcement on obesity drugs

Meanwhile, President Trump on Thursday announced a deal to drastically lower the price of weight loss drugs for some Americans.

www.cbsnews.com

November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Enemies at Home:

"And if he's willing to use lethal force against enemies abroad, as we've been seeing, what's stopping him from using lethal force against enemies here at home. That question should chill every American to the bone."
Elissa Slotkin, Senator MI
#fascism

youtu.be/fnUO0Plcpbo?...

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook

YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin

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October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Love, American Style:
In a recent interview, Republican senator Markwayne Mullin was quoted saying, "I like cheeseburgers. I like hot dogs. I like pop tarts. I like cookies".
I love this guy!
#democracy
#Politics

October 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

I wonder what their employers have to say about these fantastic claims?
#rapture #nonsense

September 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

From Trumpet Major Von Bronzer's Playbook: Deny, Attack, Play the Victim, Perform the Hero, Create Crisis.
#trump #incompetence #foghorn
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Trump Planning Military Deployment To Chicago, Report Says

The Pentagon could send thousands of troops to Chicago in September, the Washington Post reported. "Chicago does not need a military occupation," Mayor Brandon Johnson tweeted Sunday.

blockclubchicago.org

August 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Today's Wisdom
#trump #fascism

August 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Saw this from the No Kings Pittsburgh event.

#50501
#nokings

June 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

The Reality of Supply Chains:
Has it occurred to anyone else that Elon Musk could have been supplying Trump with Ketamine?
#Trump #elonMusk #ketamine #whitehouse #incompetence #filthypig

theweek.com/politics/thi...

73 things Donald Trump has said about women

The 47th president of the United States has a long history of controversial remarks about the opposite sex.

theweek.com

June 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Hey NATO Boo, RU Up:
Zelensky just did NATO a favor by destroying over 40 of Russia's bomber fleet making Europe safer. So, c'mon NATO, what's a guy gotta do? Just invite him over!
#ukraine #nato #zelensky #putin
www.ft.com/content/132e...

‘An epic failure’: Russia reels from surprise Ukrainian attack on bomber fleet

Audacious drone raid threatens Moscow’s military operations and exposes vulnerability deep within its territory

www.ft.com

June 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Media Medicine: I see the experts on the news talking up how tariffs on Europe are going to affect the price of cheese and wine for your next backyard soiree. They ignore the fact that the US buys sophisticated equipment like this.
#EU #tarrifs #trump #incompetence

www.cnbc.com/2025/05/22/e...

Exclusive look at the creation of High NA, ASML’s new $400 million chipmaking colossus

ASML’s new $400 million chip colossus transforms how semiconductors are made. CNBC got the first-ever on-camera look at the new machine, called High NA.

www.cnbc.com

May 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Robert Reich on Funding Cuts: "scientists in this country and in our universities have the research capacities.. [and] ..have been the seed corn for all kinds of things, every major invention, and why are we.. [cutting funding], ..why are we eating our seed corn?"
#doge
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Corruption in Plane Sight | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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May 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

America has the best democracy that you can bribe:
#trump
#SaudiArabia
#corruption
#Boeing

May 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Why? Do they even have golf courses in Saudi Arabia?
#Trump
#Filthypig
#Incompetent
#politics
#bronzerinchief

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...

Trump departing today for Saudi Arabia, the first international trip of his new term

Saudi Arabia is of key diplomatic importance to the Trump White House, especially amid ongoing tension in the Middle East and the Israel-Hamas war.

www.cbsnews.com

May 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

There's No Escape:
This guy has a perverted fascination with locking people up.
#trump
#incompetence
#totalmoron
#alcatraz
#antiquatednotions

www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...

Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz for the 'most ruthless and violent' prisoners

The prison on a forbidding island off San Francisco was operated at a prohibitive cost. Now, President Trump says it's time to substantially enlarge and rebuild Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary.

www.npr.org

May 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Their Destruction Affects Us All: In this video you'll see that even seasoned journalists are finding it hard to just deliver the news of this noxious administration.
#newsnotnoise
#jessicayellin
#headstart
#budget
#trump
#incompetence
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April 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

For The Factless President: The International Monetary Fund's assessment of future economic growth is vastly different from the one Corparol KFC predicts. So who has their story straight?
#trump
#incompetence
#economy
#tarrifs

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Macro Matters: Tariffs 'not enough' to cause recession | REUTERS

YouTube video by Reuters

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April 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Checking All the Boxes: He is the threat to our democracy; he is a threat to our economy; and our health; our national security; the environment.
#trump
#threat
#democracy
#insurrectionist

www.reddit.com/r/thescoop/s...

From the thescoop community on Reddit: Al Gore - "Our Constitution, written by our Founders, is intended to protect us against a threat identical to Donald Trump"

Explore this post and more from the thescoop community

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April 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM

Ricky Charlap

@rickythebeltguy.bsky.social

Fit For The Job: Our Secretary of Homeland Security (emphasis on security) and self confessed animal abuser, Kristi Noem doesn't know how to secure her purse in public. Likely because her mind is on other things, like playing dress up.
#poser
#kristinoem
#incompetence
www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/p...