Karyn Rybacki
@hawk1814.bsky.social
Iowa PhD Rhetorical Theory & Argumentation. Retired Prof, 43 years on the South Shore of the Big Lake they call Gitchigumie, now back in Iowa. Humanist, Wife, Hawkeye fan, Reader, Textbook author, Democrat, taught 1st Amend. Antifascist. Slava Ukraini 🐺🐅🏒
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"I NEVER FORGET THIS"!
I COME FROM IRISH AND GERMAN IMMIGRANTS...LATE 1800S FOR THE IRISH, EARLY 1930S FOR THE GERMANS TO ESCAPE HITLER.
YEAH FOLKS, YOU REMEMBER HIM, HE'S THE GUY THAT'S RELATED TO HIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE!
I COME FROM IRISH AND GERMAN IMMIGRANTS...LATE 1800S FOR THE IRISH, EARLY 1930S FOR THE GERMANS TO ESCAPE HITLER.
YEAH FOLKS, YOU REMEMBER HIM, HE'S THE GUY THAT'S RELATED TO HIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE!
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"I NEVER FORGET THIS"!
I COME FROM IRISH AND GERMAN IMMIGRANTS...LATE 1800S FOR THE IRISH, EARLY 1930S FOR THE GERMANS TO ESCAPE HITLER.
YEAH FOLKS, YOU REMEMBER HIM, HE'S THE GUY THAT'S RELATED TO HIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE!
I COME FROM IRISH AND GERMAN IMMIGRANTS...LATE 1800S FOR THE IRISH, EARLY 1930S FOR THE GERMANS TO ESCAPE HITLER.
YEAH FOLKS, YOU REMEMBER HIM, HE'S THE GUY THAT'S RELATED TO HIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE!
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"watch what they do, not what they say"
We used to say that about the CCP and the KGB, but now that saying applies to the Trump administration.
We used to say that about the CCP and the KGB, but now that saying applies to the Trump administration.
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"watch what they do, not what they say"
We used to say that about the CCP and the KGB, but now that saying applies to the Trump administration.
We used to say that about the CCP and the KGB, but now that saying applies to the Trump administration.
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96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
The Hidden Costs of Denying Paid Sick Leave
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
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JFK knew.....
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
JFK knew.....
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Powerful piece by @rlswrites.bsky.social: "The misogyny that is such a casual part of Mr. Trump’s entire modus operandi gives license to systems that prioritize men’s freedoms over women’s lives." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | The Real Epstein Cover-Up
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Powerful piece by @rlswrites.bsky.social: "The misogyny that is such a casual part of Mr. Trump’s entire modus operandi gives license to systems that prioritize men’s freedoms over women’s lives." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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At least 1000 Trumpstein Victims,
That we know about...
Release The Epstein Files.
That we know about...
Release The Epstein Files.
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
At least 1000 Trumpstein Victims,
That we know about...
Release The Epstein Files.
That we know about...
Release The Epstein Files.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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None of the federal websites are Credible in the manner in which "The United States" Is Not Credible any longer. We are living in ShitHole, Banana Republic times. When will this BullShit end?
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
None of the federal websites are Credible in the manner in which "The United States" Is Not Credible any longer. We are living in ShitHole, Banana Republic times. When will this BullShit end?
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Children are dead because of this idiot. HE IS NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!!! He went yo law school then spent a decade or so addicted to heroine.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
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RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
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RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines - NewsBreak
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Children are dead because of this idiot. HE IS NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!!! He went yo law school then spent a decade or so addicted to heroine.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
share.newsbreak.com/g4e2gzr5
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
share.newsbreak.com/g4e2gzr5
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These fucking people are going to start WWIII over fake drug murders!
All to hide the fact that Trump & Epstein fucked kids, got others to fuck kids, used that child-raping info to blackmail those wealthy & powerful people, & used Russian banks to launder the money!
All to hide the fact that Trump & Epstein fucked kids, got others to fuck kids, used that child-raping info to blackmail those wealthy & powerful people, & used Russian banks to launder the money!
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
These fucking people are going to start WWIII over fake drug murders!
All to hide the fact that Trump & Epstein fucked kids, got others to fuck kids, used that child-raping info to blackmail those wealthy & powerful people, & used Russian banks to launder the money!
All to hide the fact that Trump & Epstein fucked kids, got others to fuck kids, used that child-raping info to blackmail those wealthy & powerful people, & used Russian banks to launder the money!
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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Trump is certifiably insane imo 🦋💙🦋
The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Trump is certifiably insane imo 🦋💙🦋
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Admiral Alvin Holsey needs to talk to Congress.
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Admiral Alvin Holsey needs to talk to Congress.
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For every one of these Executive Branch horror stories - GOP congresspeople (especially in contested districts) should be asked their position every time - often. None of this happens if the GOP doesn't continue to enable.
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
For every one of these Executive Branch horror stories - GOP congresspeople (especially in contested districts) should be asked their position every time - often. None of this happens if the GOP doesn't continue to enable.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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He’s so awful.
I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
He’s so awful.
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The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
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Republicans May Soon Develope A Taste For The 25th Amendment.
Even If They Don't- We'll Impeach Him❗
And Ruin Him For Trying To Ruin America & Ruining The White House!
Even If They Don't- We'll Impeach Him❗
And Ruin Him For Trying To Ruin America & Ruining The White House!
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Republicans May Soon Develope A Taste For The 25th Amendment.
Even If They Don't- We'll Impeach Him❗
And Ruin Him For Trying To Ruin America & Ruining The White House!
Even If They Don't- We'll Impeach Him❗
And Ruin Him For Trying To Ruin America & Ruining The White House!
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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I guess we're all just going to sit around and watch this demented rapist pedophile scream and yell at people for the rest of his Term?
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I guess we're all just going to sit around and watch this demented rapist pedophile scream and yell at people for the rest of his Term?