Rick Bolling
@rickbolling.bsky.social
Retired software engineer, Trumpet player, Triathlete (half-Ironman), Bicyclist, Duke Alumnus (and avid basketball fan), $AAPL follower, Political News Junkie.
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With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.
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In the past 24 hours, Trump’s threatened Elon Musk, Thomas Massie, Japan, a judge in Israel, the CEO of AT&T, Jerome Powell, Canada, Thom Tillis, a Forbes reporter, Harvard, & migrants with being eaten by Burmese pythons in the Everglades, while releasing a new line of colognes.
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In the past 24 hours, Trump’s threatened Elon Musk, Thomas Massie, Japan, a judge in Israel, the CEO of AT&T, Jerome Powell, Canada, Thom Tillis, a Forbes reporter, Harvard, & migrants with being eaten by Burmese pythons in the Everglades, while releasing a new line of colognes.
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Here's the truth about tax cuts for the rich.
They explode the federal debt, fuel giant profits at the biggest firms and financial institutions, and stoke a surge in billionaire wealth but do nothing for average working people.
Nothing trickles down — and the tax cuts don't "pay for themselves."
They explode the federal debt, fuel giant profits at the biggest firms and financial institutions, and stoke a surge in billionaire wealth but do nothing for average working people.
Nothing trickles down — and the tax cuts don't "pay for themselves."
You’ve seen this movie before: Maybe Reagan guessed, Bush hoped, and Trump tried—but tax cuts never paid for themselves. Given the mountain of evidence, claiming once again that "tax cuts will pay for themselves" is no longer ideologically motivated optimism.
It's a lie.
It's a lie.
July 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Here's the truth about tax cuts for the rich.
They explode the federal debt, fuel giant profits at the biggest firms and financial institutions, and stoke a surge in billionaire wealth but do nothing for average working people.
Nothing trickles down — and the tax cuts don't "pay for themselves."
They explode the federal debt, fuel giant profits at the biggest firms and financial institutions, and stoke a surge in billionaire wealth but do nothing for average working people.
Nothing trickles down — and the tax cuts don't "pay for themselves."
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Another horrific story about the Trump administration killing a ton of people—including many children—for absolutely no reason.
The food that would save these people's lives is sitting in a warehouse in Rhode Island. The government wouldn't let it be shipped. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
The food that would save these people's lives is sitting in a warehouse in Rhode Island. The government wouldn't let it be shipped. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Another horrific story about the Trump administration killing a ton of people—including many children—for absolutely no reason.
The food that would save these people's lives is sitting in a warehouse in Rhode Island. The government wouldn't let it be shipped. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
The food that would save these people's lives is sitting in a warehouse in Rhode Island. The government wouldn't let it be shipped. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him?
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
June 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him?
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
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RFK Jr. has bragged his “Make America Healthy Again” report, released last week, is based on “gold-standard” science:
In reality, its citations are error-ridden, with missing links, incorrect conclusions, and sometimes even made-up studies.
https://trib.al/YADF2Ur
In reality, its citations are error-ridden, with missing links, incorrect conclusions, and sometimes even made-up studies.
https://trib.al/YADF2Ur
Surprise! New “MAHA” Report Is Full of Junk Science and Fake Studies
The latest Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again”
trib.al
June 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
RFK Jr. has bragged his “Make America Healthy Again” report, released last week, is based on “gold-standard” science:
In reality, its citations are error-ridden, with missing links, incorrect conclusions, and sometimes even made-up studies.
https://trib.al/YADF2Ur
In reality, its citations are error-ridden, with missing links, incorrect conclusions, and sometimes even made-up studies.
https://trib.al/YADF2Ur
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May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025
On his social media feed yesterday evening, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
May 5, 2025
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Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
April 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
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MSNBC just showed a montage of world leaders calling the USA idiotic, illogical, hostile, unhinged.... literally never seen anything like this. From the shining city on a hill to an object of global derision and contempt.
April 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
MSNBC just showed a montage of world leaders calling the USA idiotic, illogical, hostile, unhinged.... literally never seen anything like this. From the shining city on a hill to an object of global derision and contempt.
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As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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“My only regret is they should have brought rifles,” Stewart Rhodes said four days after Jan. 6.
“We could have fixed it right then and there,” he said. “I'd hang fucking Pelosi from the lamppost.”
“We could have fixed it right then and there,” he said. “I'd hang fucking Pelosi from the lamppost.”
January 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“My only regret is they should have brought rifles,” Stewart Rhodes said four days after Jan. 6.
“We could have fixed it right then and there,” he said. “I'd hang fucking Pelosi from the lamppost.”
“We could have fixed it right then and there,” he said. “I'd hang fucking Pelosi from the lamppost.”
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Republicans love and support the troops, which is why they’re rushing to put a totally inexperienced psychopath with a history of alcoholism and sexual abuse allegations in charge of their well being.
January 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Republicans love and support the troops, which is why they’re rushing to put a totally inexperienced psychopath with a history of alcoholism and sexual abuse allegations in charge of their well being.
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Attention, Republicans: Unlawful border crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped to a four-year low, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
GOP obsessions with immigrants have nothing to do with facts, and everything to do with the most transparent, hideous racism…
GOP obsessions with immigrants have nothing to do with facts, and everything to do with the most transparent, hideous racism…
January 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Attention, Republicans: Unlawful border crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped to a four-year low, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
GOP obsessions with immigrants have nothing to do with facts, and everything to do with the most transparent, hideous racism…
GOP obsessions with immigrants have nothing to do with facts, and everything to do with the most transparent, hideous racism…
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"There is so much repellently sleazy behavior documented in the House Ethics Committee report about Matt Gaetz that a reader has to stop every few pages to look away and focus on what still seems astounding: This is the man that Donald Trump wanted to be the attorney general of the United States"
Opinion | The Trumpian Attitude at the Heart of the Gaetz Report
Both men display the same contempt for the law.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 2:19 PM
"There is so much repellently sleazy behavior documented in the House Ethics Committee report about Matt Gaetz that a reader has to stop every few pages to look away and focus on what still seems astounding: This is the man that Donald Trump wanted to be the attorney general of the United States"
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The inability of the entire legal system — prosecutors, judges, justices, lawyers — to hold Trump accountable will be judged one of the greatest failures of American democracy.
I’m just saying, if there was a whole report released by a government body detailing evidence of crimes I committed in multiple jurisdictions including the District of Columbia, I’d be spending my Christmas in lockup
December 24, 2024 at 9:49 PM
The inability of the entire legal system — prosecutors, judges, justices, lawyers — to hold Trump accountable will be judged one of the greatest failures of American democracy.
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When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
December 8, 2024 at 1:47 AM
When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
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A key asymmetry of this era of American politics and how it’s covered is that Trump is expected to do bad and corrupt things, so when he does it barely qualifies as news. But Dems are expected to be beyond reproach, so anything that seems even slightly suspect is a huge scandal.
December 2, 2024 at 11:09 PM
A key asymmetry of this era of American politics and how it’s covered is that Trump is expected to do bad and corrupt things, so when he does it barely qualifies as news. But Dems are expected to be beyond reproach, so anything that seems even slightly suspect is a huge scandal.
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So a reminder:
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
November 30, 2024 at 2:35 AM
So a reminder:
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
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This suggestion by Mark Cuban caught my eye; might work, certainly worth floating, but I think insufficiently cynical. Opposition to phasing out coal isn't about jobs; it isn't even, mostly, about profits. It's a front in the culture war. 1/
One thing I proposed was to completely buy out the coal industry. For about 36b , you could buy all the coal plants (at a nice profit for owners ), give their customers 5 to 10 yrs to transition and give all employees full pay till retirement.
Take out coal and other paths get simpler
Thoughts?
Take out coal and other paths get simpler
Thoughts?
November 30, 2024 at 12:47 PM
This suggestion by Mark Cuban caught my eye; might work, certainly worth floating, but I think insufficiently cynical. Opposition to phasing out coal isn't about jobs; it isn't even, mostly, about profits. It's a front in the culture war. 1/
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Donald Trump is refusing to disclose who is funding his transition. He is the first president-elect not to sign an ethics agreement that sets fundraising limits and transparency.
Trump Refuses to Disclose Who Is Funding His Transition
Donald Trump is the first president-elect not to sign an ethics agreement that sets fundraising limits and transparency.
www.rollingstone.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Donald Trump is refusing to disclose who is funding his transition. He is the first president-elect not to sign an ethics agreement that sets fundraising limits and transparency.
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Tammy Duckworth on Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she's compromised ... Russian controlled media called her a Russian asset."
November 24, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Tammy Duckworth on Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she's compromised ... Russian controlled media called her a Russian asset."
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
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Striking shift in GOP donor base - top 400 donors now provide over 60% of GOP funds, nearly double 2020 levels.
Both parties are far too reliant on mega-donors. But the GOP is now on another level. (1/n)
Both parties are far too reliant on mega-donors. But the GOP is now on another level. (1/n)
November 20, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Striking shift in GOP donor base - top 400 donors now provide over 60% of GOP funds, nearly double 2020 levels.
Both parties are far too reliant on mega-donors. But the GOP is now on another level. (1/n)
Both parties are far too reliant on mega-donors. But the GOP is now on another level. (1/n)
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“Republicans cannot both be loyal to Donald Trump and loyal to the Constitution.”— Liz Cheney
November 20, 2024 at 9:24 PM
“Republicans cannot both be loyal to Donald Trump and loyal to the Constitution.”— Liz Cheney