Rick
@rasholden.bsky.social
Retired attorney; Mad Magazine's 'Man Of The Year' (1966-present); Northern New Jersey-->Washington, D.C.-->Dayton, Ohio-->Central Massachusetts; Aging ungracefully.
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Republicans set fire to the 1st and 2nd Amendments for Donald Trump. Masked agents murdering civilians and arresting journalists aren't things that happen in America, until now.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Republicans set fire to the 1st and 2nd Amendments for Donald Trump. Masked agents murdering civilians and arresting journalists aren't things that happen in America, until now.
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This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
Impeach and disbar Attorney General Pam Bondi. Enough with the secretive warrants to seize voting records and arrests of journalists.
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Impeach and disbar Attorney General Pam Bondi. Enough with the secretive warrants to seize voting records and arrests of journalists.
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We're in a time in American history where the president of the United States is sending FBI agents out to help rig the midterms. This is not an administration, it's a mafia doing their dirty work for all to see & I am FURIOUS at everyone who helped normalize this level of crime in our government.
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
We're in a time in American history where the president of the United States is sending FBI agents out to help rig the midterms. This is not an administration, it's a mafia doing their dirty work for all to see & I am FURIOUS at everyone who helped normalize this level of crime in our government.
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Happy Melania reviews day to all who celebrate.
January 30, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Happy Melania reviews day to all who celebrate.
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DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 AM
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
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Maybe DOJ should focus on the law it’s violating, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead of speculating a crime might have been committed (despite multiple ballot recounts) in Fulton County or declining to investigate two homicides in Minneapolis?
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Maybe DOJ should focus on the law it’s violating, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead of speculating a crime might have been committed (despite multiple ballot recounts) in Fulton County or declining to investigate two homicides in Minneapolis?
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Donald Trump has sued his accusers, employees and associates over 4,000 times.
He has sued for defamation 34 times since 2015.
He has never sued anyone for calling him a pedophile.
He has sued for defamation 34 times since 2015.
He has never sued anyone for calling him a pedophile.
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Donald Trump has sued his accusers, employees and associates over 4,000 times.
He has sued for defamation 34 times since 2015.
He has never sued anyone for calling him a pedophile.
He has sued for defamation 34 times since 2015.
He has never sued anyone for calling him a pedophile.
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My operating assumption is that he tried to do a hasty coup in 2020 that failed, and so everything he does in his second term should be understood as laying the groundwork for a second coup to succeed.
January 28, 2026 at 4:59 PM
My operating assumption is that he tried to do a hasty coup in 2020 that failed, and so everything he does in his second term should be understood as laying the groundwork for a second coup to succeed.
The #Section3 #Removal Plan: A(nother) Quick, Legal, and Nonviolent Way to End the Trump Regime
open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
The #Section3 #Removal Plan: A(nother) Quick, Legal, and Nonviolent Way to End the Trump Regime
The country is under occupation by a lawless, vicious Gestapo. Our democracy is on life support. Donald's removal is not only possible; it is a moral necessity.
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:54 PM
The #Section3 #Removal Plan: A(nother) Quick, Legal, and Nonviolent Way to End the Trump Regime
open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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January 28, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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Trump on drug prices: "This is like hundreds of percent, depending on how you want to calculate it. You could say it's an 80% reduction or you could say it's a 1,000% reduction. You could say whatever you want."
January 27, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
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Alt: a sunset over a city with a xrecorder watermark
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January 27, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Yes!
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Yes!
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Friends: While ICE leaves cities reeling and families scarred by their violence, Republicans want to fund trump's gestapo instead of funding healthcare for millions.
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Friends: While ICE leaves cities reeling and families scarred by their violence, Republicans want to fund trump's gestapo instead of funding healthcare for millions.
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
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Friends: While ICE leaves cities reeling and families scarred by their violence, Republicans want to fund trump's gestapo instead of funding healthcare for millions.
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
January 27, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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January 26, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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