Urban Gladiator
@urban-gladiator.bsky.social
Independent guy from MN, open-minded to all points of view, but I detest ad-hominem attacks. Interested in politics, foreign affairs.
Also, I am a history buff and a language nerd.
I've got opinions, but I try not to take them too seriously.
Also, I am a history buff and a language nerd.
I've got opinions, but I try not to take them too seriously.
This picture showed up on another platform, whose name I won't mention, but it's not hard to grok.
December 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This picture showed up on another platform, whose name I won't mention, but it's not hard to grok.
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-co...
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela
The Trump regime has been amassing forces in the Caribbean as it threatens war against Venezuela. Over the past few months, they’ve bombed small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that they claim were...
act.indivisible.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-co...
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
My medicaid premiums went up from $64 per month to $158 per month, an increase of almost 250%, meaning my premiums have been raised somewhere between double and triple.
I guess it's too early to retire. Monthly budgets were already pressed to thin, and the tariffs haven't hit.
My medicaid premiums went up from $64 per month to $158 per month, an increase of almost 250%, meaning my premiums have been raised somewhere between double and triple.
I guess it's too early to retire. Monthly budgets were already pressed to thin, and the tariffs haven't hit.
December 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
My medicaid premiums went up from $64 per month to $158 per month, an increase of almost 250%, meaning my premiums have been raised somewhere between double and triple.
I guess it's too early to retire. Monthly budgets were already pressed to thin, and the tariffs haven't hit.
My medicaid premiums went up from $64 per month to $158 per month, an increase of almost 250%, meaning my premiums have been raised somewhere between double and triple.
I guess it's too early to retire. Monthly budgets were already pressed to thin, and the tariffs haven't hit.
It's almost shocking that trump thinks that the US is growing rich from his unlawful tariffs. Since Reagan, the Republican party has been associated with fiscal conservatism. But now we have trumpism: the regime stealing the people's money for its own purposes via tariffs. This is Communism. Ugly.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It's almost shocking that trump thinks that the US is growing rich from his unlawful tariffs. Since Reagan, the Republican party has been associated with fiscal conservatism. But now we have trumpism: the regime stealing the people's money for its own purposes via tariffs. This is Communism. Ugly.
Sorry, maga. Your messiah has shown himself to be *nothing but* a maleficent narcissist with the mind of a toddler. But don't let that bother you, he is also a war criminal and mass murderer (Venezuela, for example), in case that is any consolation. Nobel Prize my Aunt Fanny.
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Sorry, maga. Your messiah has shown himself to be *nothing but* a maleficent narcissist with the mind of a toddler. But don't let that bother you, he is also a war criminal and mass murderer (Venezuela, for example), in case that is any consolation. Nobel Prize my Aunt Fanny.
Given the administration’s low bar for ICE recruits, I wouldn't be surprised if such people as neo-nazis and other white supremacists already make up a real presence in ICE.
The cheering for ICE’s brutality likely comes from the same crowd enabling fascism in government—MAGA loyalists in general.
The cheering for ICE’s brutality likely comes from the same crowd enabling fascism in government—MAGA loyalists in general.
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Given the administration’s low bar for ICE recruits, I wouldn't be surprised if such people as neo-nazis and other white supremacists already make up a real presence in ICE.
The cheering for ICE’s brutality likely comes from the same crowd enabling fascism in government—MAGA loyalists in general.
The cheering for ICE’s brutality likely comes from the same crowd enabling fascism in government—MAGA loyalists in general.
Re: the Democrat betrayal ending the government shutdown:
WHEN IN DOUBT, VOTE THEM OUT!
Word has it that more Democrats wanted to vote for the betrayal, but let the retiring Senators take the heat for it.
Get those impotent clowns out of all seats of power! No more Schumers! Or Tim Kaines! Etc!
WHEN IN DOUBT, VOTE THEM OUT!
Word has it that more Democrats wanted to vote for the betrayal, but let the retiring Senators take the heat for it.
Get those impotent clowns out of all seats of power! No more Schumers! Or Tim Kaines! Etc!
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Re: the Democrat betrayal ending the government shutdown:
WHEN IN DOUBT, VOTE THEM OUT!
Word has it that more Democrats wanted to vote for the betrayal, but let the retiring Senators take the heat for it.
Get those impotent clowns out of all seats of power! No more Schumers! Or Tim Kaines! Etc!
WHEN IN DOUBT, VOTE THEM OUT!
Word has it that more Democrats wanted to vote for the betrayal, but let the retiring Senators take the heat for it.
Get those impotent clowns out of all seats of power! No more Schumers! Or Tim Kaines! Etc!
Democrats, I want to vote with you (I'm an independent). But if the so-called leadership of the Democrats doesn't radically change, including traitors like Tim Kaine (who voted to deprive Americans of health care), I am tempted to just sit out the 2026 midterms. Out with spineless leaders!
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Democrats, I want to vote with you (I'm an independent). But if the so-called leadership of the Democrats doesn't radically change, including traitors like Tim Kaine (who voted to deprive Americans of health care), I am tempted to just sit out the 2026 midterms. Out with spineless leaders!
I never liked the Democrat party. I registered as a Democrat in 1976, one week after the election of Jimmy Carter that I was too young to vote in. I soon found out: in general terms, most Democrats *suck* with economics. Of course now, the maga fake-Republican party is worse by a factor of 100!
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I never liked the Democrat party. I registered as a Democrat in 1976, one week after the election of Jimmy Carter that I was too young to vote in. I soon found out: in general terms, most Democrats *suck* with economics. Of course now, the maga fake-Republican party is worse by a factor of 100!
I accept that the Democrat party caved in to maga/trump last weekend, but I don't accept that Democrats represent the American people. On the contrary, by giving away the whole show to maga/trump-ublicans, they have forfeited the right to represent anyone in this dangerous time. Vote them out!
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I accept that the Democrat party caved in to maga/trump last weekend, but I don't accept that Democrats represent the American people. On the contrary, by giving away the whole show to maga/trump-ublicans, they have forfeited the right to represent anyone in this dangerous time. Vote them out!
It's always appropriate to remember these days, the violent mobs attacking the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. At least 140 police officers were injured, and five lost their lives.
The criminals were all pardoned by trump.
This is what trump calls "a day of love."
Let's never go there again.
The criminals were all pardoned by trump.
This is what trump calls "a day of love."
Let's never go there again.
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It's always appropriate to remember these days, the violent mobs attacking the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. At least 140 police officers were injured, and five lost their lives.
The criminals were all pardoned by trump.
This is what trump calls "a day of love."
Let's never go there again.
The criminals were all pardoned by trump.
This is what trump calls "a day of love."
Let's never go there again.
Of *course* trump is again siding with Russia against Ukraine. He is always putin's b*tch-for-life, and no amount of reality therapy will cure him of this mental illness. Ukraine needs to ignore trump and do what they do best. Russia is losing this war.
#StandWithUkraine #UkranianView #Ukraine
#StandWithUkraine #UkranianView #Ukraine
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Of *course* trump is again siding with Russia against Ukraine. He is always putin's b*tch-for-life, and no amount of reality therapy will cure him of this mental illness. Ukraine needs to ignore trump and do what they do best. Russia is losing this war.
#StandWithUkraine #UkranianView #Ukraine
#StandWithUkraine #UkranianView #Ukraine
My thanks to everyone who participated in Saturday's No Kings 2.0 rallies yesterday. We are the ones keeping hope alive!
My thanks especially to the Canadians and Europeans who marched in solidarity with us. Your crucial support is very much appreciated! ¡Muchísimas Gracias! Mille fois merci!
My thanks especially to the Canadians and Europeans who marched in solidarity with us. Your crucial support is very much appreciated! ¡Muchísimas Gracias! Mille fois merci!
October 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
My thanks to everyone who participated in Saturday's No Kings 2.0 rallies yesterday. We are the ones keeping hope alive!
My thanks especially to the Canadians and Europeans who marched in solidarity with us. Your crucial support is very much appreciated! ¡Muchísimas Gracias! Mille fois merci!
My thanks especially to the Canadians and Europeans who marched in solidarity with us. Your crucial support is very much appreciated! ¡Muchísimas Gracias! Mille fois merci!
10 seconds of good trouble at the antifa terrorist rally!
October 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
10 seconds of good trouble at the antifa terrorist rally!
"Sometimes you have to figure out who people are before you kill them.”
This statement comes from Rand Paul, reproaching trump's war on people off the coast of Venezuela.
Where is the outrage, for people - who may be innocent or guilty - getting murdered by our own dictator? Due process? Huh?
This statement comes from Rand Paul, reproaching trump's war on people off the coast of Venezuela.
Where is the outrage, for people - who may be innocent or guilty - getting murdered by our own dictator? Due process? Huh?
October 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Sometimes you have to figure out who people are before you kill them.”
This statement comes from Rand Paul, reproaching trump's war on people off the coast of Venezuela.
Where is the outrage, for people - who may be innocent or guilty - getting murdered by our own dictator? Due process? Huh?
This statement comes from Rand Paul, reproaching trump's war on people off the coast of Venezuela.
Where is the outrage, for people - who may be innocent or guilty - getting murdered by our own dictator? Due process? Huh?
A couple of photosphoto from No Kings 2.0 on West 7th Street:
October 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A couple of photosphoto from No Kings 2.0 on West 7th Street:
We'd all welcome a return to democracy in Venezuela. But this lawless action in the Caribbean, in which so far 27 people have been killed. It is tantamount to murder. There is no weight of evidence, no respect for life, it is just satisfying the ego of MAGA diehards. Human lives don't matter? Again?
October 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We'd all welcome a return to democracy in Venezuela. But this lawless action in the Caribbean, in which so far 27 people have been killed. It is tantamount to murder. There is no weight of evidence, no respect for life, it is just satisfying the ego of MAGA diehards. Human lives don't matter? Again?
"Courtesy, kindness, justice, and love are the keynotes by which we may come into harmony with practically anybody." – 12&12, p.93
"Illegitimi non carborundum"
Translation: Don't let the bastards get you down.
SUPPORT DEMOCRACY
SUPPORT FREEDOM
SUPPORT RULE OF LAW
OPPOSE TYRANNY
"Illegitimi non carborundum"
Translation: Don't let the bastards get you down.
SUPPORT DEMOCRACY
SUPPORT FREEDOM
SUPPORT RULE OF LAW
OPPOSE TYRANNY
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Courtesy, kindness, justice, and love are the keynotes by which we may come into harmony with practically anybody." – 12&12, p.93
"Illegitimi non carborundum"
Translation: Don't let the bastards get you down.
SUPPORT DEMOCRACY
SUPPORT FREEDOM
SUPPORT RULE OF LAW
OPPOSE TYRANNY
"Illegitimi non carborundum"
Translation: Don't let the bastards get you down.
SUPPORT DEMOCRACY
SUPPORT FREEDOM
SUPPORT RULE OF LAW
OPPOSE TYRANNY
There is a lot of criticism of the hypocritical abuse of Christianity in supporting MAGA dictatorship and cruelty towards people: this is the exact opposite of what Jesus counsels us.
Jesus was quite clear in opposing the "established religionists" in his day. He healed the sick, uplifted the poor.
Jesus was quite clear in opposing the "established religionists" in his day. He healed the sick, uplifted the poor.
October 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There is a lot of criticism of the hypocritical abuse of Christianity in supporting MAGA dictatorship and cruelty towards people: this is the exact opposite of what Jesus counsels us.
Jesus was quite clear in opposing the "established religionists" in his day. He healed the sick, uplifted the poor.
Jesus was quite clear in opposing the "established religionists" in his day. He healed the sick, uplifted the poor.
The MAGA party is actively destroying the US. Patriots need to step up with a louder voice to condemn and oppose the fascist dictatorship of Trump and his personality cult in the Cabinet, Congress and around the country.
We need to unite, make good-fath allies, and LOUDLY OPPOSE the maga regime.
We need to unite, make good-fath allies, and LOUDLY OPPOSE the maga regime.
October 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The MAGA party is actively destroying the US. Patriots need to step up with a louder voice to condemn and oppose the fascist dictatorship of Trump and his personality cult in the Cabinet, Congress and around the country.
We need to unite, make good-fath allies, and LOUDLY OPPOSE the maga regime.
We need to unite, make good-fath allies, and LOUDLY OPPOSE the maga regime.
We are seeing in real time what trump's love for Putin has gained for him:
* The branding of anyone who opposes him in any way as "the enemy within.
* The attempt to control the civilian population using the armed forces, coupled with increasingly strident threats.
* Inhumane treatment of minorities
* The branding of anyone who opposes him in any way as "the enemy within.
* The attempt to control the civilian population using the armed forces, coupled with increasingly strident threats.
* Inhumane treatment of minorities
October 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We are seeing in real time what trump's love for Putin has gained for him:
* The branding of anyone who opposes him in any way as "the enemy within.
* The attempt to control the civilian population using the armed forces, coupled with increasingly strident threats.
* Inhumane treatment of minorities
* The branding of anyone who opposes him in any way as "the enemy within.
* The attempt to control the civilian population using the armed forces, coupled with increasingly strident threats.
* Inhumane treatment of minorities
With the trump regime, every accusation is pure projection. When it (the regime) accuses 62% of the nation of being "radical left lunatics," they are just seeing their own radical lunacy. Same with calling us "enemies". Look in the fking mirror maga/trumpist.
Your regime is weak, maga. It's weak.
Your regime is weak, maga. It's weak.
October 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
With the trump regime, every accusation is pure projection. When it (the regime) accuses 62% of the nation of being "radical left lunatics," they are just seeing their own radical lunacy. Same with calling us "enemies". Look in the fking mirror maga/trumpist.
Your regime is weak, maga. It's weak.
Your regime is weak, maga. It's weak.
I thought this was interesting, if maybe a little too strident.
It's a video from an Isael proponent who takes issue with "free speech" when it is an incitement to violence, as well as related issues.
Bottom line for me: violence isn't the way to peace OR justice.
youtu.be/P4FQREfB9W4?...
It's a video from an Isael proponent who takes issue with "free speech" when it is an incitement to violence, as well as related issues.
Bottom line for me: violence isn't the way to peace OR justice.
youtu.be/P4FQREfB9W4?...
Melanie Phillips: Starmer’s Labour Has BLOOD ON ITS HANDS After Manchester Terror Attack
YouTube video by Stand Tall Israel
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October 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I thought this was interesting, if maybe a little too strident.
It's a video from an Isael proponent who takes issue with "free speech" when it is an incitement to violence, as well as related issues.
Bottom line for me: violence isn't the way to peace OR justice.
youtu.be/P4FQREfB9W4?...
It's a video from an Isael proponent who takes issue with "free speech" when it is an incitement to violence, as well as related issues.
Bottom line for me: violence isn't the way to peace OR justice.
youtu.be/P4FQREfB9W4?...
I read this description in an article from RawStory. I think it is accurate:
"Perhaps the near-defining characteristic of third-rate dictatorships is the automatic imprisonment of one's political rivals. Just call modern Republicans a "junta," and it all starts to at least sound normal."
"Perhaps the near-defining characteristic of third-rate dictatorships is the automatic imprisonment of one's political rivals. Just call modern Republicans a "junta," and it all starts to at least sound normal."
September 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I read this description in an article from RawStory. I think it is accurate:
"Perhaps the near-defining characteristic of third-rate dictatorships is the automatic imprisonment of one's political rivals. Just call modern Republicans a "junta," and it all starts to at least sound normal."
"Perhaps the near-defining characteristic of third-rate dictatorships is the automatic imprisonment of one's political rivals. Just call modern Republicans a "junta," and it all starts to at least sound normal."