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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 18m

Then the AI industry should die.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 20m

www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei... Love Eric Swalwell but House Republicans are even bigger blowhard cowards than Trump himself. If they were going to drop an Epstein bomb, Swalwell's Republican friends would have already signed onto the the Massie/Ro Khanna discharge petition.

'Epstein bomb about to drop': Dem lawmaker claims House Republicans ready to abandon Trump

Republican lawmakers in the House are ready to abandon Donald Trump because of the fallout over files related to convicted child abuser Jeffrey Epstein, according to one Dem in Congress.Rep. Eric Swal...

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 2h

Pritzker's been saying this for awhile and it's significant that Trump has never denied it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 3h

www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom... Gavin Newsom on Attorney General Triple P--Pedophile Protector Pam-- Bondi.

Gavin Newsom Coins Damning Nickname for Bondi

Newsom employed some alliterative wizardry to criticize Bondi’s role in the Epstein investigation.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 4h

Kristi Noem gets closer and closer to saying "our beloved Reich."

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 7h

www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst... SO THERE IS AN EPSTEIN LIST AND TRUMP WAS ON IT!
"Jeffrey Epstein asked convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to “remove Trump” from a list of high-profile figures in an email exchange in 2006, according to a bombshell report from Bloomberg published Thursday."

'Remove Trump': Epstein bombshell reveals he wanted president’s name off high-profile list

Jeffrey Epstein asked convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to “remove Trump” from a list of high-profile figures in an email exchange in 2006, according to a bombshell report from Bloomberg publ...

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 16h

I like that.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 17h

www.status.news/p/washington... From what I've seen, it would be more accurate to say that Adam O'Neal is bringing "intellectual insignificance" to the Washington Post Opinion pages. Maybe we should stop paying attention.

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 17h

This is assault with deadly weapons. For purposes of law enforcement, these ICE guys are dangerous criminals who have established a monopoly over violent crime in the city.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s video of the incident

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 17h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Sure Kristi Noem is lying about ICE getting a "thousand criminals" off the streets. In fact, ICE is creating a monopoly over violent crime in Chicago (kidnapping, assault, property destruction of property). Noem is best understood as Chicago's new crime boss.

Kristi Noem calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman

Homeland security secretary takes aim at city’s mayor who has called deployment of national guard ‘unhinged’

www.theguardian.com

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, Trump himself is the leader of the Epstein pedophilia cover-up. But instead of directing Bondi, he has her perform the cover-up on her own and then evaluates her performance to see whether she remains at the edge of Trump's circle or is shipped off to be the next ambassador to Mongolia.

Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi just reminded us that she's part of the Epstein cover up. Bondi's defensiveness/evasive at Tuesday's Senate hearing when asked about Epstein is what prosecutors call consciousness of guilt. Bondi is guilty of being part of cover up. My article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/pam-bondi-...

Pam Bondi just reminded us that she's part of the Jeffrey Epstein cover up

Tuesday's Senate hearing gave us even more proof

deanobeidallah.substack.com

Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 1d

The racist police treatment of Bud Crawford is not getting the play that it should.

Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 1d

w alt

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The police chief of Nebraska's largest city acknowledged Friday that police nationwide are more likely to pull Black people out of their cars at gunpoint than other racial groups as Omaha grapples with
growing outrage over champion boxer Terence "Bud" Crawford being ordered out of his car at gunpoint only hours after the city held a
downtown celebration in his honor. "Quite frankly, that is generally a true statement. The number of stops are disproportionate. That is nationwide," Police Chief Tobb Schmaderer said at a news conference to address an internal investigation
into Crawford's traffic stop.

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Chicago 21222 @chicago21222.bsky.social · 1d

AMERICA HATES WOMEN. PERIOD.

Christina @christina101.bsky.social · 1d

No choice. Not for childbirth or our lives.
When choices are eliminated we can forget they ever existed.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 1d

Well, there's that too.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem travelling to Portland to intimidate the locals. I wonder what percentage of the city's rose bushes she intends to rip up.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 1d

A little update. Dworkin's been dead for 20 years.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 1d

I live in rainforest KY, take 5-7 allergy meds a day, and was still completely defeated by Portland in June 2022. Not as bad as my wife though. She caught covid from our daughter who was graduating in UO/Portland in architecture. But we're the celebrating disaster types and had a great time.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 1d

The pollen was brutal the last time I was there in 2022.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 1d

I'm convinced of two things:
1. Trump leads the Epstein elite pedophilia cover-up.
2. When Trump was Epstein's buddy, he was Client No. 1 for the sex trafficking ring.

Given the prospect of even more Epstein-related political pressure, my bet is that Trump does NOT pardon Maxwell at this time.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 2d

www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill... The main question should be whether Steve Miller himself ordered the attack on the judges house. If it turns out that Miller didn't order the attack, then it would be proper to ask whether he condemns it.

Stephen Miller Melts Down as MAGA Is Blamed for Fire at Judge’s House

A judge’s $1.1 million beach home has gone up in flames.

www.thedailybeast.com

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M E L L Y med @mel-med-larson.bsky.social · 3d

And here it is
IN JANUARY

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem--itching to kill but not a fascist at all.

Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem must have left her Eva Braun costume at home.

Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 4d

www.thedailybeast.com/jeff-bezos-w... I cancelled on the Washington Post after Kamala lost and recommend that others do the same. I'd also suggest that people stop considering WaPo to be a serious or significant paper. That's not the case any more soon to be followed by CBS News.

Bezos’ Washington Post Hires New MAGA-Friendly Columnists

They will work for its new opinion editor who admits its readers are “overwhelmingly liberal.”

www.thedailybeast.com

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 4d

Ric Caric

Didn't Robert Morris sexually abuse that girl for SIX YEARS? If you're going to be a pedophile, I guess your best bet is to become the senior pastor of a white evangelical megachurch.

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