John Ricker
@smashthatgun.bsky.social
I smash guns and turn them into art. Supporter of Ukraine and their fight for freedom. Authoritarianism and the crisis in rational thought. NAFO
Just horrible. Only a matter of time before protesters are disappearing into the Nacht und Nagel of the expanding ICE Gulag system
Knock, Knock.
Who's there?
Our government is disappearing people!
Our government is disappearing people, who?
Our government is effin disappearing people! Wake TF up to tyranny & #ICELawlessness & SPEAK TF UP!
YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE COULD BE NEXT!
FFS, Our government is disappearing people!
Who's there?
Our government is disappearing people!
Our government is disappearing people, who?
Our government is effin disappearing people! Wake TF up to tyranny & #ICELawlessness & SPEAK TF UP!
YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE COULD BE NEXT!
FFS, Our government is disappearing people!
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just horrible. Only a matter of time before protesters are disappearing into the Nacht und Nagel of the expanding ICE Gulag system
Funny
The real Hallmark miracle is the way a man with no social media and perfect forearms can make me forget my 6-figure job and 401(k) in under 60 seconds.
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Funny
AD: The Veteran Who ICE Abducted — and Is Fighting Back
YouTube video by Home of the Brave
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
So true
Trump has no real peace plan. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Russia just to make business deals with the Russians to enrich themselves and their friends in exchange for selling out Ukraine and NATO countries.
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
So true
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Who loves Costco even more now? ✋🏾
They not only didn’t bend the knee when it comes to DEI, they’re taking Trump head-on.
They not only didn’t bend the knee when it comes to DEI, they’re taking Trump head-on.
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Who loves Costco even more now? ✋🏾
They not only didn’t bend the knee when it comes to DEI, they’re taking Trump head-on.
They not only didn’t bend the knee when it comes to DEI, they’re taking Trump head-on.
The presidency bought on the cheap by billionaires. If we want democracy billionaires will have to be banned
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The presidency bought on the cheap by billionaires. If we want democracy billionaires will have to be banned
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ICE on private property in Minnesota getting an earful and then some
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
ICE on private property in Minnesota getting an earful and then some
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Feel you
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Feel you
Excellent thread
It is surprising how many people don’t seem to get that the American Constitution is already dead.
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Excellent thread
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Biden and Garland’s biggest mistake was failing to hold those responsible for all the crimes and corruption we saw from 2015 to 2021 accountable.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Biden and Garland’s biggest mistake was failing to hold those responsible for all the crimes and corruption we saw from 2015 to 2021 accountable.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
The next Democratic President can’t repeat this. We need a special counsel appointed on day 1 — and tribunals setup to judge war criminals.
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(1/X) Quick thing on the shutdown....yes Dems shouldn't have caved when they did but they won the shutdown politically: they killed in the elections and are soaring in the generic ballot.
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
(1/X) Quick thing on the shutdown....yes Dems shouldn't have caved when they did but they won the shutdown politically: they killed in the elections and are soaring in the generic ballot.
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.
Always
Be
Confronting
Do I have your attention now?
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A victim of Trump's ICE Gestapo speaks out.
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A victim of Trump's ICE Gestapo speaks out.
We've already known since the 1940s that you need to have high top marginal rates, strict antimonopoly laws, and a generous welfare state to prevent the rise of fascism, because rich guys will always fund the rise of fascism. So why did the Clintons jump on board with the Kochs?
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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Children killed by Russians in #Ternopil.
On November 19, Russian terrorists attacked residential buildings in Ternopil,killing 34 people.Six more people are considered missing, including one child.
The six kids who will never become adults because Russia killed them:
On November 19, Russian terrorists attacked residential buildings in Ternopil,killing 34 people.Six more people are considered missing, including one child.
The six kids who will never become adults because Russia killed them:
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Children killed by Russians in #Ternopil.
On November 19, Russian terrorists attacked residential buildings in Ternopil,killing 34 people.Six more people are considered missing, including one child.
The six kids who will never become adults because Russia killed them:
On November 19, Russian terrorists attacked residential buildings in Ternopil,killing 34 people.Six more people are considered missing, including one child.
The six kids who will never become adults because Russia killed them:
Total BS. The courts need to start pressing perjury charges against ICE thugs
DHS alleges "the teen had used his car to “violently attack” ICE and border patrol agents, “colluding” with the driver of another car to “barricade” agents and then fleeing. He was arrested for allegedly impeding federal law enforcement officers,"
Color me skeptical.
Color me skeptical.
Hundreds of McMinnville High students walked out Monday, days after ICE detained Christian Jimenez, 17.
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Total BS. The courts need to start pressing perjury charges against ICE thugs
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After midnight in Kyiv.
Monitoring channels warn of missiles.
Because yes –
missile attacks are, apparently, part of every peace plan 🙄
Monitoring channels warn of missiles.
Because yes –
missile attacks are, apparently, part of every peace plan 🙄
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
After midnight in Kyiv.
Monitoring channels warn of missiles.
Because yes –
missile attacks are, apparently, part of every peace plan 🙄
Monitoring channels warn of missiles.
Because yes –
missile attacks are, apparently, part of every peace plan 🙄
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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35+ Ways America is Resisting ICE (that go beyond protest)
📌 35+ Ways America is Resisting ICE (that go beyond protest)
Part 1
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
35+ Ways America is Resisting ICE (that go beyond protest)
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On November 19, 2025, in North Carolina, the presence of DHS at a workplace was unsettling, as the number of people who did not show up was significant.
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
On November 19, 2025, in North Carolina, the presence of DHS at a workplace was unsettling, as the number of people who did not show up was significant.
Good article. Brings up a useful way of looking at the disaster that has befallen the country
"How does a country burst? To answer this question, it helps to see matters as do the president and the vice-president: from inside a grift bubble."
"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse"
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Good article. Brings up a useful way of looking at the disaster that has befallen the country