Washington Gridlock Hurts Real Workers. Families Left Jobless, Costs Keep Rising @weareliuna.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Of course Trump knew. #releasetheepsteinfiles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

People are losing healthcare. Families are losing SNAP. The stakes couldn’t be higher-and we refused to let Republicans silence Ohio voters. The map we negotiated wasn’t perfect, but it keeps us in the fight for people who need it most. #redistricting @ricksmithshow.bsky.social

I guess it's better late than never? This epiphany is the Fox News/Right Wing media model and has been for years. www.axios.com/2025/11/03/b...

Did you miss my conversation with @willbunch.bsky.social substack.com/@ricksmithsh...

Check out my latest conversation with @weareliuna.bsky.social VP Ryan Boyer open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Check out @ctulocal1.bsky.social VP @jacksonpctu.bsky.social talk #NoKings substack.com/@ricksmithsh...

Professor John Logan talks #NoKings open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

The first presidential candidate that supports tearing down Trump's gaudy Maga Lago self glorification monstrosity gets my vote. #TearItDown #trumpballroom #scabBallroom

Kind of hard to make the argument that all of these people hate America.

"In the final analysis, we are one people, one house -- the American house,” said former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, to about 2,000 people at a "No Kings" protest in Birmingham, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey for Alabama Reflector)

MAGA Keyboard Alpha Male

Is it me or does Kansas Young Republicans vice chair William Hendrix, who reportedly used the N-word more than a dozen times in the recently exposed GOP chat look a lot like Orange is the New Black Actress Lea Delaria?

Hey Chicago friends, I'll be on the Richard Chew Show on WCPT 820 at 830AM ET to talk about the upcoming No Kings Rally, Trump War on Workers and more. @heartlandsignal.bsky.social heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/

@teamsters.bsky.social leader says it's time for private sector labor unions to support public sector workers and walk off the job if necessary. #1u open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Always great to be a guest on the Rick Smith show!

“Laughing in the Face of Authoritarianism: How Comedy Just Beat Trump’s FCC” @petedominick.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Graham Trainor, President of the @oregonaflcio.bsky.social joins me to Expose Trump's Authoritarian Power Grab Against American Workers #PortlandIsNotBurning #PortlandProtests #portlandstrong open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Labor lawyer David Borer talks about Trump's Secret Plan Kill Guaranteed Pay After Shutdown @daborer.bsky.social #governmentshutdown2025 #GovernmentShutdown #WarOnWorkers open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

For every person in the comments making dumbass comments about these soldiers. F$%king stop it. Your anger should be directed at those who sent these people into this mess. Let's unite around the idea that there is 1 a-hole in this situation and these people are NOT the one.

Alex Lawson Exposes Trump's Attack on Social Security @socialsecurityworks.org open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

RI @aflcio.org president Patrick Crowley is suing the Trump administration over Trump's assault on future investments and his War on Workers. Watch here. #waronworkers #1u #union open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

I can't get Moon Unit Zappa's "Valley Girl" song out of my head. Especially the line, "Barf me out Gag me with a spoon!" This is Kristi Neom, the head of Homeland Security. I know I feel safer.

By new legal analysis he means we just made shit up.

Need something to get your rage going? Check out my conversation with @weareliuna.bsky.social president Brent Booker open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

High school never ends.

Check out my conversation with @bbkogan.bsky.social budget guru @americanprogressaction.org about the #govermentshutdown open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Check out my conversation with @pogo.org analyst @virginiajburger.bsky.social as we discuss whatever that was that Hegseth & Trump did in front of America's rop military leaders. substack.com/@ricksmithsh...

This. Bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/n...

Why is MAGA upset about Bad Bunny? Didn't they give up on the NFL when taking a knee was their outrage candy?

Welcome to the shutdown Trump and the GOP wanted.

Which is most worthless? A) Donald Trump's word B) Donald Trump's handshake C) a signed contract with Donald Trump D) All of the Above

Check out my latest interview with RI @aflcio.org president Patrick Crowley as we talk big win for workers. substack.com/@ricksmithsh...

The movie Idiocracy was not meant to be a documentary or aspirational challenge.

You have to give Trump credit for the genius of word salad insanity. There are so many half thoughts, whiny grievances, self aggrandizing, and imaginary history in one speech that there can be no focused attack on it. If there were ever a moment where the 25th Amendment was used now is it.

25th amendment NOW.

Honest question. WTF is Trump talking about and don't our military leaders have anything better to do? Maybe they could borrow the yellow vests from the National Guard in DC to take out the trash.

I Love Trump's comedy genius. His telling of animals on the ground shooting at firemen in trees way up there on ladders is pure comic gold.

I am curious what my friends who served in the military think of Donald Trump's Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's speech today? Is the military too weak and woke?

Watching Pete Hegseth's performance, I prefer Jack Nicholson's version.

So Trump's Dept of War is going after anyone against Fascism? Does he know what Antifa is, and most importantly, what it isn't?

Talking getting through rough political times with Lisa Graves from @itstruenorth.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Check out what @theguardian.com Labor Reporter @msainato.bsky.social had to say about working under Trump open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Check out my segment with Mary Cathryn Ricker of the @shankerinst.bsky.social as we talk #RyanWalters assault on Oklahoma public education. @aft.org #publiceducation open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Check out my interview with the always revved up Rich Ojeda @airborne1970.bsky.social as we discuss Trump's UN speech and the need for working class voices in Congress. substack.com/@ricksmithsh...

I am terrible at self-promotion, but I am told I need to ask everyone to follow along and subscribe to my Substack page. substack.com/@ricksmithsh...

Mark Weber talks MAGA Education Scheme @jerseyjazzman.bsky.social @aft.org @neatoday.bsky.social #publiceducation substack.com/@ricksmithsh...

Check out my conversation with @weareliuna.bsky.social President Brent Booker as we talk #RevolutionWind and women in the trades. open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Imagine one company deciding what shows up on your TV. Nexstar pulled Jimmy Kimmel to appease the FCC — because they want a merger that would allow them to control what 8 out of 10 Americans see. That’s monopoly power, not free speech. – @ricksmithshow.bsky.social

Stuart Appelbaum on Trump's Record for Workers @rwdsu.bsky.social @ufcw.bsky.social @democrats.org open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...