Ronald Thompson

Non Pro member of NRHA. I train and show/sell reining horses in Whitesboro, TX.

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

Pete Hegseth is coming after what I earned through my twenty-five years of military service, in violation of my rights as an American, as a retired veteran, and as a United States Senator whose job is to hold him—and this or any administration—accountable. His unconstitutional crusade against me sends a chilling message to every retired member of the military: if you speak out and say something that the President or Secretary of Defense doesn’t like, you will be censured, threatened with demotion, or even prosecuted.

Every servicemember knows military rank is earned, not given. It's earned through the risks you take, the sacrifices you and your family make, the leadership you display, and the respect you earn from the superiors who recommend you for promotion. From the moment I drove through the gates of Naval Air Station Pensacola, to when I was shot at over Iraq and Kuwait, to when I landed Space Shuttle Endeavour on its last mission, I gave everything I had to this country and I earned my rank of Captain, United States Navy.

Now, Pete Hegseth wants our longest-serving military veterans to live with the constant threat that they could be deprived of their rank and pay years or even decades after they leave the military just because he or another Secretary of Defense doesn’t like what they’ve said. That’s not the way things work in the United States of America, and I won’t stand for it.

In 1986, at just 22 years old, I took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. I have fulfilled that oath every day since, but I never expected that I would have to defend it against a Secretary of Defense or President. But I’ve never shied away from a fight for our country, and I won’t shy away from this one. Because our freedom of speech, the separation of powers, and due process are not just words on a page, they are bedrock principles of our democracy that has lasted 250 years and will last 250 more as long as patriotic Americans are willing to stand up for our rights.

So today, I filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of Defense because there are few things as important as standing up for the rights of the very Americans who fought to defend our freedoms.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL JUST TOLD TRUMP TO GO FUCK HIMSELF

Not literally — legally. After the Trump Admin announced they are pushing charges against the Fed Chair a defiant Powell says he will stay at his job and called Trump out for his bullshit.

This is how it’s done

[Jojo 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 @jojorobo58_jojo]

@CalltoActivism

[Ronald Thompson @ron73460453]

Super moon setting over Black Mountain, Cave Creek, Arizona

[Ronald Thompson @ron73460453]

#PinnaclePeak #Arizonasunset

[Ronald Thompson @ron73460453]

Pronghorn Antelope in Custer State Park, South Dakota.

[Ronald Thompson @ron73460453]

https://t.co/3rBEejVoXo

[Ronald Thompson @ron73460453]

Beautiful morning here in South Dakota seen from the back of a two year-old filly by Mr Sassy Frenchman

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This is what a serial lying sociopath and carnival barking conman looks like. 😳👇

[Marlene Robertson🇨🇦 @marlene4719]

How is it possible to have this much stupidity in just one person.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Bob Costas on Trump: "He is by far the most disgraceful figure in modern presidential history.

You have to be in a toxic cult to believe that Trump has ever been emotionally, psychologically, intellectually, or ethically fit to be POTUS." * (2024)

[Mike Pence @Mike_Pence]

Mr. President, Ukraine did not “start” this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.🇺🇸🇺🇦

“Russia Invades Ukraine in Largest European Attack Since WWII” @FoxNews (February 24, 2022) https://t.co/ra8R9PI9oj

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

In case you need a reminder as to why Trump is personally going after General Milley 👇

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Trump: “I was talking to people from Austria…who live in forests. One of the great leaders…says ‘we don't have forest fires, we have trees that are more flammable than in California but they…rake their forests.”

Is he really this fucking stupid?

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Trump: “Starting on day one of my new administration, we will end inflation.”

Egg prices are up,
gas prices are up,
prescription drug prices are up.

What a crock of shit.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

No number of pardons or lies will change what happened on January 6. Donald Trump can’t change history. It was domestic terrorism, it was treason, plain and simple.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Trump’s remarks in the Capitol Visitor Center today were a reminder that neither lies nor the liar who tells them get better with age. The Select Committee evidence is available on multiple websites and, as a criminal defendant, Donald Trump has had access to all the transcripts for years. Remember Trump’s character: He sat in his dining room watching on television as his supporters attacked our Capitol and brutally assaulted law enforcement. For hours, he refused to instruct the mob to leave. The truth will never change.

[Joe G @EastEndJoe]

It’s a cult!

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Nov 5th made clear that a candidate’s personal character no longer matters. I mean, America just knowingly reelected an utterly horrible human being - a pathological liar, a cheat, a criminal, someone thoroughly corrupt. Donald Trump is the antithesis of Jimmy Carter, who, for all his political & policy flaws, was a thoroughly decent human being. But because of our broken politics today, Americans no longer care about decency. That’s too bad.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect.  All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections. We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy.