Jason Ritchie

Seek time in the outdoors from surfing to skiing in the mountains. Passionate about the environment and the transition to a sustainable energy future.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Jon Stewart on the Supreme Court: “They have single-handedly made it impossible for us to reform and save our democracy. The way they have made it that corporations are people and money is speech. There has to be a process of amending the Constitution. This idea that Citizens United stands as the law of the land is the biggest bunch of shit. The Constitution is in a suicide pact and money in elections is killing this country”

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect.  Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.

This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public. 

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

If someone made this exact same statement -- but replaced "Muslim" with "Jew" -- their career would not only be instantly and permanently destroyed, but their families, banks, communities and employers would be relentlessly hounded until they were denounced, disowned and banned.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: LOL! Progressive superstar Jennifer Welch enrages MAGA by calling billionaire Elon Musk "this country's biggest immigrant welfare queen" in an epic takedown.

If the shoe fits Elon...

"When Apple needs money, they can just call up the Trump administration," said Welch. "When Elon Musk, this country's biggest immigrant welfare queen, the world's biggest welfare queen, when he needs a contract, he just calls up Trump. The same with Jeff Bezos."

"They are the parasites. It's not the people way, way, way, way down on the food chain that are making $7.25 an hour. They are not parasitic," she continued. "It is the corporations that exploit their labor. It is the corporations that do not have to pay taxes. It is the corporations that pay off both parties."

"That is why we have to be an opposition party and be solely focused on being an opposition party to these corporate handouts where wealth trickles down on the 1% from Trump to probably about 25 people," added Welch. "That's it. It's all taxpayer-funded welfare, and they're corrupt, every last one of them."

It's so incredibly refreshing to hear a Democrat speak in such blunt terms. These oligarchs are sucking this country dry by funneling contributions to the Republican Party in return for massive sweetheart contracts, tax breaks, and pro-corporation legislation. Meanwhile, working class Americans are forced to squabble for scraps as their healthcare, rent, and grocery costs skyrocket.

Then these very same right-wingers have the nerve to turn around and call us "communists" for daring to suggest that the minimum wage should, at the very least, keep pace with inflation or that Americans shouldn't go bankrupt trying to pay their hospital bills.

It's important to recognize that Musk and the other plutocrats have no true sense of patriotism despite constantly draping themselves in the flag. They don't even believe in nation-states. They believe in the rights of the global elite to do as they please wherever they please, socking away money in offshore bank accounts and cavorting on Epstein island. These modern day robber-barons support Republican politicians because Republican politicians will eagerly do their bidding in return for a check.

It's that simple.

A vote for Republicans is a vote for the oligarchs.

Please ❤️ and share if you refuse to buy into MAGA propaganda!

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

A certain false narrative about what is happening in Ceuta was instantly consecrated yesterday by people who never heard of Ceuta, let alone could place it on a map, and it will never be uprooted no matter how often it’s debunked. One of those zombie lies. Worth understanding 👇

[Zeteo @zeteo_news]

The Treatment of Iran’s World Cup Team Exposed the West's and FIFA's Double Standards

“Iran’s football captain was asked about LGBT rights. So, why then wasn’t the U.S. team captain asked about the U.S. bombing of the girls' school in Minab?”

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"if you think AOC... is somehow less progressive, less moral, less worthy of your support than MTG; if you as a leftist think she is better than AOC in any way, then I think you need help."

My deep dive on AOC vs MTG, especially their records on Gaza & Israel. I bring receipts:

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

250 confirmed dead in Beirut and more broadly in Lebanon from the IDF's psychotic bombing, obviously designed to sabotage Trump's deal with Iran.

Wherever Israel goes, it brings death, destruction, and terrorism. The only silver lining is the world finally sees its true face.👇

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

Justo hoy, Netanyahu lanza su ataque más duro contra el Líbano desde que empezó la ofensiva.

Su desprecio por la vida y el derecho internacional es intolerable.

Toca hablar claro:

- Líbano debe formar parte del alto al fuego.

- La comunidad internacional debe condenar esta nueva violación del derecho internacional.

- La Unión Europea debe suspender su Acuerdo de Asociación con Israel.

- Y no debe haber impunidad ante estos actos criminales.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

You didn’t give a shit about the President of the United States of America posting an ape video of President Obama or calling African nations shitholes — but you’re going to call me racist for talking about my lifelong struggle with dyslexia?

Spare me your fake fucking outrage, Sean.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with @AOC!

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

No war with Iran.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: @AOC just completely went off on Trump after ICE murdered Alex Pretti.

"Donald Trump [is] accusing a Veteran Affairs ICU nurse (Alex Pretti) as being a terrorist against the United States. A man who was treating services members to our country, who was dedicating his life to serving Americans. Who in his final act on this earth was helping a woman pushed to the ground. And they are calling him a Domestic Terrorist, in order to defend their gross abuse of power, their absolute breaching of the law and in order to precipitate greater conflict."

[Jason Ritchie @Aceritchie]

@EdKrassen An absolute f’ing disgrace. Every single person in the trump administration deserves jail time for enabling this. Trump himself deserves life without parole. I can’t believe this is where America is at.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

“If our economic system is to survive, there has to be a better distribution of wealth ... we can't have a system where some people live in superfluous, inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

[💧 Johny Miller ([email protected]) @jmil400]

Treating Jewish people differently to any other Australian is racist. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.
#Bondi
https://t.co/Zngt2aGMyp

[Jason Ritchie @Aceritchie]

@Heccles94 It’s a shame, they could be good for society. Flipping the paradigm seems obvious to deliver abundance for all.

[Jason Ritchie @Aceritchie]

@Tesla_AI you need to fix summon for the garage. It is absolutely crap at judging distance and constantly sees phantom pedestrians. I like to use this feature for parking our New Model Y in our tight garage. Our old 2018 Model 3 with proximity sensors in the loop was way better. Now it’s also going to shit ever since relying more on cameras as updates have happened.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

WTF? Where are Obama and Biden and all the western leaders and celebs who held her up as a hero when she was campaigning on Feb climate? All silent now as reports suggest she may be being abused in Israeli detention? She must be released. https://t.co/NBtoQuzZ4B