Rick
@therickshepherd.bsky.social
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Former journalist, longtime Ohioan, & peace seeker.
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therickshepherd.bsky.social
A ruthless dictator tells the Nobel Prize Committee: C’mon, Trump’s all for piece! A piece of a$$, a piece of Greenland, a piece of the Bitcoin market, a piece of Gaza and real estate development in other countries, and more! He deserves the prize!
Oh. Sorry, my interpreter misspelled “peace” to me.
newrepublic.com
The U.S. president shared a video from Putin: "There have been cases where the committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to people who have done nothing for peace,” Putin said, according to the AP’s translation. “[Trump’s] really doing a lot to resolve such complex crises." trib.al/ZISNvCr
Trump’s Posting Spree Shows He’s Losing It Over Nobel Peace Prize
Donald Trump shared two posts that managed to make the prize all about him.
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pressfreedomtracker.us
Freelance reporter @leighgiangreco.bsky.social was on assignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, covering Sept. 19 protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, when federal officers shot her with pepper balls.

The newsroom has since filed suit and won a temporary restraining order.
Freelancer struck by projectiles at Illinois anti-deportation protest
Freelance reporter Leigh Giangreco was shot with multiple pepper balls by federal officers while covering protests outside a U.S. Immigration …
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rbreich.bsky.social
Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gave ICE more cops than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries. Once the bill is fully implemented, nowhere in America will be safe from Trump's secret police state.
therickshepherd.bsky.social
Many say Johnson should get credit for listening directly to Americans during that C-SPAN program.

No.

No, elected representatives should always be listening to Americans directly!
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thedailyshow.com
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
therickshepherd.bsky.social
Wait. Linda “A1” McMahon co-founded a “think” tank⁉️ Is this a tank with fish she “thinks” are really smart❓Or maybe it’s the kind of tank that holds toilet water for flushing❗️It seems that is the right metaphor to describe what’s about to happen to our educational system when her group flushes it.
propublica.org
The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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maddow.msnbc.com
"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
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craigbrittain.com
The "Portland War Zone" made it to CNN. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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macfarlanenews.bsky.social
Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol

Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law

It hasn’t been hung
therickshepherd.bsky.social
I hope she didn’t leave her purse too far out of reach up there. 😏
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com
therickshepherd.bsky.social
The next significant step in an authoritarian’s plan to establish a full-fledged #dictatorship is usually declaring martial law. In the United States, the Insurrection Act serves as the initial legal framework to be followed first.
therickshepherd.bsky.social
I suppose Trump will want to send troops to Alabama now? The Police Chief thinks this isn’t a typical mass shooting. He’s ignorant. This shooting is actually like most that happen every day, where shooters know the victims. #ItsTheGuns #GunViolence #GunControl #guns www.nbcnews.com/video/2-kill...
2 killed, 12 wounded in Montgomery, Alabama mass shooting
At least two people were killed and a dozen others injured in a shooting in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, as the city was hosting several weekend festivities.
www.nbcnews.com
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rbreich.bsky.social
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
therickshepherd.bsky.social
It’s like they say when you come across a dangerous animal or predator. Don’t run because then, they’ll believe their instinct to chase you is validated. Casually walk away…then run!
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
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therickshepherd.bsky.social
A deep fake? Let’s strive for greater accuracy in our journalistic descriptions. When I envision a “deep fake,” I imagine something generated by AI that’s profoundly realistic. The image Trump posted looks more like old-school photoshopping. Never give the president more credit than he deserves.
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itgetsbetter.bsky.social
Our Youth Voices ambassador Ale, 16 (she/they) wrote this song, titled “Hail Mary,” for LGBTQ+ youth finding trouble fitting in at school - especially private religious schools. And we think it's pretty darn good. So help us amplify it, will you?