Rick Bialobrzeski

Dedicated husband and dad, lifelong hockey nut, player and coach, lover of Michigan beer, proud BGSU grad '85

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

“A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”

-Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

You may have wondered which companies have dumped money into the most of Trumps pet projects.

So we put together a report, and a handy chart. https://t.co/yDjCAbDiq0

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

The most ridiculous claim today:
Henry Olsen: "Europeans typically do not understand how deeply Americans of all parties care about free elections and democracy."
Give us a break! The US, especially the GOP, is not very democratic:
1. As a US citizen, you are not automatically entitled to vote in US elections but have to register. The GOP has disqualified millions of legitimate voters on voter rolls.
2. US citizens in DC & Puerto Rico are not represented in Congress.
3. The US pursues massive gerrymandering. Only about 40 out of 435 constituencies are competitive in House elections.
4. Since the SCOTUS verdict Citizens United in 2010, unlimited amounts of dark money are allowed & hundreds of million are used. US elections are to a large extent bought.
5. The Trump billionaires have bought most of US news media & lie without legal limits.
6. Various US bodies have banned at least 23,000 books for mentioning such things as slavery in the US.
7. The US has allowed a convicted felon to be elected president.
8. SCOTUS has given Trump legal immunity.
9. Trump is one of the most corrupt leader in the world the captive US legal system does nothing to check his personal enrichment.
https://t.co/poDgIACoG9

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

A country’s vitality is deeply tied to the value it affords to human life in every form and condition, acknowledging the dignity endowed upon every human person by virtue of their very existence. The moral greatness of a nation is manifested, above all, in its capacity to support, protect and cherish the lives of all, especially the most vulnerable and those whose worth is questioned.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Performative patriotism always cares more about waving the flag and demanding that people show respect for it than it ever does about embodying what it actually stands for.

Performative Christianity does the exact same thing with God and the Bible.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

@ScottJenningsKY What we hate is Trump turning the US government into an organized criminal enterprise to enrich himself, family members and cronies with billions of dollars brazenly and openly while Republicans ignore all of it because their party has become a cult of grifters, frauds & cowards.

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

We have to open the Gordie Howe Bridge.

The failure to open the bridge is a stunning example of corruption under Donald Trump.

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

The guy they elected to drain the swamp has now set an American record for corruption and personal enrichment while in office.

Surreal.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

I’m not sure Christians realize how fragile and controlling they make Christianity look when they act as though they need a president, a political party, a Supreme Court, and a nation to protect, preserve, and enforce Christianity.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

If there's one thing Americans can agree on, it's that there's too much money in politics.

But the Supreme Court just decided to demolish some of the last safeguards we had left - creating an even bigger role for special interest spending.

We must do whatever it takes - including a constitutional amendment if necessary - to combat the influence of money in our political system.

[Bob Wojnowski @bobwojnowski]

If you were alive for the Summer of the Bird, you saw pure baseball joy as never seen before .... and never seen since.

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

An absolute line of pure bullshit.

Johnson knows the only way Republicans can win and perpetuate Trump’s corruption and grifting is to fabricate a nonexistent problem to justify a bogus solution that’s not intended to prevent fraud but to suppress voting. There’s nothing Republicans fear more than demographics and democracy!

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

Respect is earned, not given.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Our corrupt and rigged campaign finance system has enabled 50 billionaires & special interests to pour over $1.3 billion into the midterm elections.

Democracy must be one person, one vote, not billionaires buying politicians.

Yes. We must end Citizens United and ban Super PACs.

[Rick Bialobrzeski @rbialo11]

@midwestern_ope Muskrat during Lent

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

There was a rule when I was in Trump's first term: if a memo had a staple in it, it was too long for him to read.

Life-or-death decisions were cut to one page. Or a half-page. Or less. Bold fonts. BIG pictures.

When you’re wondering why everything’s a mess, remember that.

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

One billionaire family controls the bridge that carries 25% of all U.S.–Canada trade.

The good news? There's a brand new public bridge right next door (and Canada paid for the whole thing).

The bad news? Donald Trump won't let it open.

Here's the story:

For more than a decade, Michigan and Canada worked together to build a new public crossing right next to it — six lanes over the Detroit River, named for a Canadian-born Red Wings legend, built by thousands of union workers. Canada paid the entire bill. Michigan co-owns it. It's finished. It’s a shining example of international cooperation and collaboration, with a tremendous return for both sides: more jobs, faster trade, and lower costs.

So why isn't it open?

Because the Moroun family, who own the rival Ambassador Bridge just up the river, doesn’t want the competition. They spent years and tens of millions of dollars trying to stop any competing international crossing from being built or opening. They lost. So they went to the White House instead.

In January, Matthew Moroun gave $1 million to a pro-Trump super PAC. Then the billionaire called Trump's Commerce Secretary and, just hours later, Trump suddenly attacked the same publicly owned bridge he praised in his own first term and threatened to block it.
Then, the day before the June 12th ribbon-cutting, the opening was called off indefinitely.

It's corruption so flagrant it would be laughable if it weren't so damaging.

Trump is screwing over Michiganders for the interests of billionaires — holding a finished, publicly owned project hostage to protect one donor's toll booth.

So a finished bridge sits closed, Michiganders keep paying the higher tolls, cars and trucks cost more, and a billionaire family keeps its monopoly.

Mr. President: stop playing games. Open the damn bridge.

[Hoover Detroit @hooverdetroit]

Why every politician in Michigan is not bitching loudly 24/7 about the Gordie Howe Bridge not being open is a travesty. It's a perfect example of "the swamp" MAGA complains about. A wealthy family is stopping the entire state from benefiting from something we received "free"

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

The great @JonathanPieNews here encapsulates Trump's (and America's) humiliation by Iran like nobody else can.