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Karyn Rybacki

@hawk1814.bsky.social

Iowa PhD Rhetorical Theory & Argumentation. Retired Prof, 43 years on the South Shore of the Big Lake they call Gitchigumie, now back in Iowa. Humanist, Wife, Hawkeye fan, Reader, Textbook author, Democrat, taught 1st Amend. Antifascist. Slava Ukraini πŸΊπŸ…πŸ’

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You are a tad ignorant of the history of American foreign policy since 1945.

28.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The aggressive stance has been core Republican since the Dulles brothers (Alan & John Foster). DOJ doesn't have sole custody of the Epstein material. Iran, earlier today, suggested they might do a dump.

28.02.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He's been itching to play warfighter, and Epstein gave him the impetus to do so. Wonder just how abysmal those missing 53 pages are? Let's leave nomenclature games to MAGA talking points. Cause-effect, rather than definition, better applies here.

28.02.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I really hope that every single person who was so stupid they believed his lies about ending wars in the middle east feels so much shame and regret, they collapse into a singularity.

We told you so. We fucking told you so.

28.02.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1415    πŸ” 199    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 9

(We're on the) Highway to Hell, ACDC

28.02.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote.

Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

27.02.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 17875    πŸ” 5126    πŸ’¬ 500    πŸ“Œ 244
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πŸ–•πŸ‘Ž

26.02.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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MAGA Republicans are terrified of women voting. So they’re pushing the SAVE America Act to choke our registration, demand papers many don’t have, and purge us from the rolls. They fear our power, our rage, our turnout. We will not be silenced. Call 202-224-3121.
#SaveActTaxesYourVote

27.02.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/mike...

27.02.2026 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CHRIS✝️OFASCISM
IS HERE

#Resist
#Deny
#Defy
#ProudBlue πŸ’™

27.02.2026 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

After DEMANDING that Hillary Clinton's testimony on the Epstein scandal be held behind closed doors, and even threatening her with contempt for her insistence that reporters be allowed in, the GOP has been sending out photos and info to far-right influencers.

Hypocrisy is the GOP brand.

26.02.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 12877    πŸ” 3463    πŸ’¬ 424    πŸ“Œ 138
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Trump regime knows by taking Medicaid--which is healthcare--from the vulnerable, many will die. That is the point. Again, we are at war. The Trump regime has already killed Americans with Renee Good, Alex Pretti and Ruben Ray Martinez. Now they will kill more because it's a Blue state.

26.02.2026 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6
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MAGA’s Reaction to the Epstein Files Reveals Total Moral Collapse The right’s moral charade was always going to be undone by the Trump of it all.

Every segment of the Trump-backing right wingβ€”America First nationalists, Trump loyalists and rank-and-file MAGA activistsβ€”has unsubscribed from the idea that there is any such thing as right and wrongβ€¦πŸ‘‡

Are you SURPRISED?!

26.02.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

CW: transphobia.

See, this is why it can be painful to know too much history.🫀

This post implies that what is happening in Kansas is *similar* to what the nazis did.

But it's not just similar. It's *identical*.

In 1933, nazis revoked trans people's documents. Before 1938.

Paragraph 175 and 183.

26.02.2026 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2959    πŸ” 1488    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 17

Lest anyone still be looking for a First They Came For moment

26.02.2026 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I never expected the congress to lay down and take it while citizens are massacred.

26.02.2026 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fact check: Ukrainian refugee’s death in Charlotte wasn’t caused by open borders President Trump said in the State of the Union that DeCarlos Brown, who is charged with killing Iryna Zarutska, β€œcame in through open borders.” Facts don’t support that claim.

Fact check: Ukrainian refugee’s death in Charlotte was NOT caused by open borders.

25.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 205    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 11
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Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

24.02.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 28996    πŸ” 10786    πŸ’¬ 396    πŸ“Œ 303
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Another baby was born in detention & the newborn is about to be sent back 2 the Dilley torture facility where disease is running rampant.

What if this were your baby?
CALL CONGRESS:
202-224-3121
TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THIS!
Sign a letter
Tinyurl.com/dilleybabies
Donate
Eachstephome.org
#ICELawlessness

25.02.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 974    πŸ” 672    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 22
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Leaked docs reveal Meta's crackdown on access to abortion info Its AI chatbot won't discuss the subject with teensβ€”even as Meta fights claims it exposed kids to actual harm.

Leaked docs reveal Meta's crackdown on access to abortion info

25.02.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Oppose Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General The Senate HELP Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the nomination of Casey Means to serve as U.S. Surgeon General on Wednesday, February 25th. While we were hoping this nomination was dead, i...

Still time to write to your Senators (and get your friends to do the same). Casey Means is a charlatan with dangerous views on contraception, raw milk, vaccines and has a whole lot of conflict of interest--she's making money off it all. Just say no to the quack. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

25.02.2026 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 351    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 26

But, β€œowning the libs” had a very heavy price tag: loss of healthcare insurance for millions, loss of food stamps for millions, loss of farms due to bankruptcy, loss of jobs, loss of homes and wars. By the end of Trump’s term, you are going to be screwed so royally you can’t see straight.

24.02.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
BREAKING: Whistleblower says Kash Patel's use of FBI planes has harmed investigations
YouTube video by MS NOW BREAKING: Whistleblower says Kash Patel's use of FBI planes has harmed investigations

…whistleblower has told Sen. Dick Durbin that FBI Director Kash Patel's use of his government jet has harmed investigations…includes delaying the Brown University shooting response. MS NOW Senior Investigative Reporter Carol Leonnig joins Katy Tur with more details.

youtube.com/watch?v=2Bh8...

24.02.2026 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s keep posting & reposting.

Remember Virginia.
She and the other victims/survivors matter. They deserve justice.

The guilty will go straight to hell.
On earth or eventually. No escape.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

24.02.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 345    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 6

monsters, absolute dangerous Nazi monsters. They must be abolished or democracy is dead.

24.02.2026 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When armed agents surround neighborhoods and a child becomes leverage, the argument isn’t about policy anymore. It’s about power without restraint. Calling this β€œlaw enforcement” doesn’t make it lawfulβ€”it just normalizes cruelty and asks the public to look away.

24.02.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't let your eyes fool you; this is exactly what it looks like... a modern-day American Gestapo. The USA is an absolute disgrace of a country.

24.02.2026 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1615    πŸ” 1195    πŸ’¬ 208    πŸ“Œ 145

If you are an American woman living in a Red state and need and abortion, here is information for you.
List of abortion clinics in Canada where an American woman can get an abortion.
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/2020/0...

23.02.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1