Rick Mazzoli
@rickmazzoli.bsky.social
West Point '75 (BS Engineering); Infantry officer (retired); Attorney, JD/MBA; Investor.
Son of Italian immigrants.
Dad to best kids. I got lucky.
Duty, Honor, Country.
Louisville
Son of Italian immigrants.
Dad to best kids. I got lucky.
Duty, Honor, Country.
Louisville
Pinned
Rick Mazzoli
@rickmazzoli.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I am tired of my kids telling me, "Dad, that's not funny." (eye roll)
They are wrong.
They are wrong.
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The Onion is undefeated...
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
WASHINGTON—Despite the president’s sagging approval rating overall, a Gallup Poll released Tuesday confirmed that Donald Trump’s support remained overwhelmingly strong among working-class American ped...
theonion.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Onion is undefeated...
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Amidst the turmoil, something nice. Washingtonians of the Year!
December 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Amidst the turmoil, something nice. Washingtonians of the Year!
I contemplate with sovereign reverence ... "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.
— Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists, Jan 1, 1802.
— Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists, Jan 1, 1802.
The federal agency’s posts on Christmas—“We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior"—appear to violate the Establishment Clause, which prohibits government actions that favor one religion.
Increasingly, it seems the administration disregards separation between church and state. trib.al/bnYyjHF
Increasingly, it seems the administration disregards separation between church and state. trib.al/bnYyjHF
December 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I contemplate with sovereign reverence ... "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.
— Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists, Jan 1, 1802.
— Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists, Jan 1, 1802.
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Peter Navarro has faithfully served Donald Trump since 2016. He’s been described as eccentric and untrustworthy (Jared Kushner), a “walking economic fallacy” (Rand Paul) and “dumber than a sack of bricks” (Elon Musk). www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Peter Navarro, Trump’s Ultimate Yes-Man
The tariff cheerleader established the template of sycophancy for Trump Administration officials.
www.newyorker.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Peter Navarro has faithfully served Donald Trump since 2016. He’s been described as eccentric and untrustworthy (Jared Kushner), a “walking economic fallacy” (Rand Paul) and “dumber than a sack of bricks” (Elon Musk). www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
the republican congressional majority passed the bill.
Trump signed the thing!
quit whining. stfu
Trump signed the thing!
quit whining. stfu
Trump: “Now 1,000,000 more pages on Epstein are found. DOJ is being forced to spend all of its time on this Democrat inspired Hoax. When do they say NO MORE, & work on Election Fraud etc. The Dems are the ones who worked with Epstein, not the Republicans. Release all of their names, embarrass them”
December 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
the republican congressional majority passed the bill.
Trump signed the thing!
quit whining. stfu
Trump signed the thing!
quit whining. stfu
pam bondi is trump's ghislaine.
I worked for DOJ. I don't think people realize how dangerous it is for the White House to takeover the daily operations of the Justice Department.
December 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
pam bondi is trump's ghislaine.
Pam Bondi is trump's Ghislaine.
for years, trump & maga had promised they were going to release the files. Now there caught flat footed and unprepared. As if they never intended to release the files. 🤔
for years, trump & maga had promised they were going to release the files. Now there caught flat footed and unprepared. As if they never intended to release the files. 🤔
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents.
DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Pam Bondi is trump's Ghislaine.
for years, trump & maga had promised they were going to release the files. Now there caught flat footed and unprepared. As if they never intended to release the files. 🤔
for years, trump & maga had promised they were going to release the files. Now there caught flat footed and unprepared. As if they never intended to release the files. 🤔
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HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
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Tim Dillon: “To go out through a stream of fireworks & sparklers and stand there in a glittering pantsuit and talk about electing JD Vance 3 months after your husband was killed — many people feel there is something off about that.”
(+ a Freudian slip from Erika Kirk)
(+ a Freudian slip from Erika Kirk)
December 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tim Dillon: “To go out through a stream of fireworks & sparklers and stand there in a glittering pantsuit and talk about electing JD Vance 3 months after your husband was killed — many people feel there is something off about that.”
(+ a Freudian slip from Erika Kirk)
(+ a Freudian slip from Erika Kirk)
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December 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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My free weekend update is out. This week confirmed the basic truth that Ukraine is winning the war at sea. Offensively the Ukrainians took the war into a vital Russian naval base and attacked a Russian tanker at sea. Russia is far more vulnerable than many admit. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #164: Ukraine Is Winning The War At Sea
Europe: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?; Is The Trump Administration Quietly Unwinding Sanctions On Russia?
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
My free weekend update is out. This week confirmed the basic truth that Ukraine is winning the war at sea. Offensively the Ukrainians took the war into a vital Russian naval base and attacked a Russian tanker at sea. Russia is far more vulnerable than many admit. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The roberts' court made up this 'presidential immunity' crap out of whole cloth.
There is, obviously, no “Presidential Immunity Clause” in the Constitution. The conservative justices’ un-originalist efforts to imagine one into it cannot be supported by text or history. trib.al/N36lDNl
John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70
Alexander Hamilton’s treatise on executive power is one of the conservative legal movement’s favorite texts to quote—and misquote.
trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The roberts' court made up this 'presidential immunity' crap out of whole cloth.
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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Notice that the parts of Trump's economic program that help working and middle class Americans — DOGE checks, tariff rebates, and warrior dividends — are popular, progressive, and non-existent. Tax cuts for the rich are unpopular, regressive and very very real.
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Notice that the parts of Trump's economic program that help working and middle class Americans — DOGE checks, tariff rebates, and warrior dividends — are popular, progressive, and non-existent. Tax cuts for the rich are unpopular, regressive and very very real.
how much more of this "winning" am I going to be forced to take?
December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
how much more of this "winning" am I going to be forced to take?
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“Enough Ukrainians decided they were willing to risk their lives to overthrow tyranny, and that’s what they expect from the Russians.”
My conversation with @marcishore.bsky.social about the promise of Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution & the nihilism of Russia’s war.
meduza.io/en/feature/2... @meduza.io
My conversation with @marcishore.bsky.social about the promise of Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution & the nihilism of Russia’s war.
meduza.io/en/feature/2... @meduza.io
Historian Marci Shore reflects on the promise of Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution and the nihilism of Russia’s war — Meduza
When Ukrainians began protesting on Kyiv’s Independence Square in November 2013, historian Marci Shore was watching from Vienna. Ukraine’s then-president, Viktor Yanukovych, had backtracked on signing...
meduza.io
December 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“Enough Ukrainians decided they were willing to risk their lives to overthrow tyranny, and that’s what they expect from the Russians.”
My conversation with @marcishore.bsky.social about the promise of Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution & the nihilism of Russia’s war.
meduza.io/en/feature/2... @meduza.io
My conversation with @marcishore.bsky.social about the promise of Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution & the nihilism of Russia’s war.
meduza.io/en/feature/2... @meduza.io
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The Trump administration’s funding cuts and immigration policies are causing a brain drain, with a 32% increase in Americans seeking work abroad and a decline in foreign applications
The Trump administration is undermining American soft power
Donald Trump’s policies on foreign students are harming America’s universities. Innovation and entrepreneurship will also suffer as a consequence
econ.st
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Trump administration’s funding cuts and immigration policies are causing a brain drain, with a 32% increase in Americans seeking work abroad and a decline in foreign applications
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We sadly know Zoe Weissman because of Parkland. In fact, our families are so close, that she has been there for my wife and I after Parkland and helped with our foundation Orange Ribbons For Jaime.
America, are you ok with this?
America, are you ok with this?
December 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We sadly know Zoe Weissman because of Parkland. In fact, our families are so close, that she has been there for my wife and I after Parkland and helped with our foundation Orange Ribbons For Jaime.
America, are you ok with this?
America, are you ok with this?
Beat Navy!
Sing second!
"It's the only game everyone playing in it they're willing to die for everyone watching it."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tjh...
Sing second!
"It's the only game everyone playing in it they're willing to die for everyone watching it."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tjh...
Opening for Army-Navy Game 2017
YouTube video by Eye On Annapolis
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Beat Navy!
Sing second!
"It's the only game everyone playing in it they're willing to die for everyone watching it."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tjh...
Sing second!
"It's the only game everyone playing in it they're willing to die for everyone watching it."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tjh...
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Release the boat videos.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the ICE and Border Patrol body-cam footage.
Justice Brandeis: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant."
And there's so much the Trump administration's doing that needs disinfecting.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the ICE and Border Patrol body-cam footage.
Justice Brandeis: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant."
And there's so much the Trump administration's doing that needs disinfecting.
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Release the boat videos.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the ICE and Border Patrol body-cam footage.
Justice Brandeis: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant."
And there's so much the Trump administration's doing that needs disinfecting.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the ICE and Border Patrol body-cam footage.
Justice Brandeis: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant."
And there's so much the Trump administration's doing that needs disinfecting.
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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Throwback Thursday: in 2022, host Olga Skabeeva shouted at journalist Dmitry Galkin, who predicted that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would cause thousands of deaths per day. Skabeeva said the war will be over the moment Russian troops set foot in Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AIg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AIg...
February 22, 2022 — Olga Skabeeva predicts an instant victory for Russian troops
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Throwback Thursday: in 2022, host Olga Skabeeva shouted at journalist Dmitry Galkin, who predicted that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would cause thousands of deaths per day. Skabeeva said the war will be over the moment Russian troops set foot in Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AIg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AIg...
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Based on the rapid pace of Trump’s mental decline, which only exacerbates his malignant narcissism, repulsive behavior, megalomania, and habitual lying, 2026 is going to be a rough year.
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Based on the rapid pace of Trump’s mental decline, which only exacerbates his malignant narcissism, repulsive behavior, megalomania, and habitual lying, 2026 is going to be a rough year.