Rick Mazzoli

West Point '75 (BS Engineering); Infantry officer (retired); Attorney, JD/MBA; Investor. Dad to best kids. Duty, Honor, Country.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Lindsey Graham on Trump:

“He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. He doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for”
(2015)

[Rick Mazzoli @RickMazzoli]

@BillKristol "... the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth that the mass of mankind has not been born, with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of god."

[Rick Mazzoli @RickMazzoli]

@davidravenx @ZelenskyyUa neither trump nor vance embody American values.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today marks the 250th anniversary of one of humanity's brightest, strongest, and most influential dreams – the American Dream of an independent, free, and prosperous nation that defends people's freedom, faith, and the pursuit of happiness.

That dream has endured many trials. It did not merely survive – it has, for two and a half centuries now, served as an example for other nations and helped the entire humanity stand firm and become freer. This was especially important in the 20th century, when America helped save the world from the rule of tyrants and built the alliances and partnerships that, for the first time, gave a large part of humanity lasting peace and the opportunity to develop in freedom.

Now, in the 21st century, America's influence and importance are certainly no less. And we see that particularly clearly in Ukraine, which is fighting for its independence, freedom, and our people's right to happiness with much the same hope, the same purpose, and the same determination with which Americans won and defended their own independence.

We deeply value the support of the United States, especially now, during Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. American weapons – from the Javelins that President Trump decided to give to Ukraine to the Patriots that most reliably protect the lives of our people – everything the United States has provided to help us defend our country demonstrates the strength of the American spirit, American resolve, and American technology.

And we know the value of all these words better than anyone. When we ask America for Patriots, we believe that the values of respect for life and for people that prevailed 250 years ago will prevail again today. The world needs the kind of leadership that guarantees protection for freedom and for life.

I wish America a happy Fourth of July, the President of the United States and all Americans every success, and all of us around the world who value America – fruitful cooperation. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." That is what unites all of us – all who respect America and thank America today.

May the dreams of free people always triumph over the evil and hatred of those who seek to destroy freedom. America, thank you! I am confident that if we're in it together, we'll definitely achieve peace! Congratulations on your Independence Day!

[Reuters @Reuters]

Pope Leo urged Americans to uphold the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, praising the country's long tradition of welcoming immigrants in his first major address to the United States https://t.co/zLPDluiCf1

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Bill Maher: You can legally be a senator but also be a pastor? Could you be the president and also a pastor?

Raphael Warnock: I don't know that as practical to be the president and be a pastor. But yeah, of course.

Larry Wilmore: You can be president and be a felon.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

WWII Veteran and Purple Heart recipient Robert Hilliard:

"Next week I'll be 101 years old. In February 1944 when I was 18 years old I was inducted into the army and what they taught me to do there was to kill people who set up detention camps. Can you imagine how I felt earlier this year when they announced that one of the future detention camps would be at that same camp landing in Florida? We have a fascist, a fascist government, that allows innocent people to be put in detention camps and incarcerated."

Source: @tomaskenn

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie:

“I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."

[Rick Mazzoli @RickMazzoli]

@ColMoeDavis the first thing maga does is ignore experts.
maga's anti-intellectualism is a feature, not a flaw.
[science denialism, vaccine skepticism, etc]

[Rick Mazzoli @RickMazzoli]

@PeteHegseth trump1 was 4 of those 20 years.
and it was trump/pompeo that surrendered to the taliban.
[so the trump surrender to Iran is not without precedent]

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

A government of gangsters.

[Rick Mazzoli @RickMazzoli]

@CoreyWriting You should sue the schools you went to for defrauding you of an education.

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

Today, at the newspaper owned by Trump’s biggest donor, Miriam Adelson.

[Rick Mazzoli @RickMazzoli]

@EWErickson it's clear a person's character doesn't matter to you.

[Rick Mazzoli @RickMazzoli]

Today is Juneteenth. A time to reflect on the most profound of injustices on our own citizens, slavery.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Surrender document being signed at Versailles

1919 2026

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

Incompetence. Bad judgment. Horrific disrespect to our national capital.

[Rick Mazzoli @RickMazzoli]

@ChrisO_wiki y'all thought trump meant Iran?

[Rick Mazzoli @RickMazzoli]

@unusual_whales run! Run Away! FAST!