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RickHworth

RickHworth's Journal
RickHworth's Journal
February 16, 2026

Thank you for the hearts

I greatly appreciate your appreciation.

February 16, 2026

Enjoying Our Governor giving Norah O'Donnell an interview.

Answering questions that would be more appropriate to be directed to the President. Neither she nor her network will ask those questions to the correct parties for that direct answer with culpability.

February 12, 2026

Has anyone considered

Pam Bondi is complicit with Mr. Epstein?

February 10, 2026

What the comparison really is.

At my watering hole, it was brought up how much in benefits that "illegals" get. I was told that all that I had to do was to just Google it.
I did.
On my phone, I googled "how much do illegal immigrants get in benefits in the United States". I present the query on my phone to the bartender, that made the statement, and another patron, who was listening in, for verification. She agreed to what I typed, along with the other patron. I press search.
The result popped up immediately and without reading the result, I turned my phone that she could read the result.
"Your phone is wrong!" was her response. Then the owner of the bar piped in saying that illegals are getting thousands of dollars of food stamps, as quick as the patron says "that is not what this says" pointing to my phone.
Facts do not matter to this cult. We need to stop wasting time and energy trying to "reach them" This is not the former Republican party. This is a cult of personality, and just as shallow.

December 6, 2025

It is not simply ending birth right citizenship

It starts the ending of citizenship, selectively.

November 30, 2025

RE Epstein, I have seen this before.

This is a tactic to protect the abuser(s). Expose the name of the victim with the deliberate intent to shame the victim to compliance.
I don't believe for one minute that there will be an "accidental" release of the names of the victims yet no "accidental" release of the perpetrators.
Remembering of how just truly unwarranted accusations of SA, in daycare facilities in the '80s garnered full investigations, honest lives ruined.
We now have credible adults with direct accusations, yet not the same pitchforks for the abusers.
Then again, remember the USA gymnastics team that reported repeatedly the SA to the FBI that never acted up to and until they were sued?

November 4, 2025

There's greater concern for $180 - $360 per month for food.

Yet, not a peep about a single person drawing salary of $26,300,000 paid for by those that pay for health insurance.
Do people understand that it is us that pay his salary?
And EBT/ foodstamps, is almost a rounding error out of my income.

September 26, 2025

About this Jimmy Kimmel show cancellation that I think is being missed.

Even though ABC has reinstated this TV show, Nexstar and Sinclair has chosen to have their affiliates not air this show in certain markets.
My question / concern is, what else is not shown on certain markets that they have enormous control?
I think that this was the first time to see the map of coverage that is held by Sinclair and Nexar along with notation of where they have blocked programming.
Are my concerns valid?

August 20, 2025

A balance of idea

The left and progressives have been pegged with the most outrageous notions and ideas, the six or so trans athletes, the "undocumented" law abiding individuals seeking asylum.
Where is the push back that there is only one party that has the full support of the nazi party, white Christian nationalist, et al.
There is no head of the Democratic party or member of congress person that had a public opinion of anything to say about the tongue in cheek ad of the jeans ad. Yet there is a lack of pushback from this narrative, much less setting the record straight.
A thought in progress.

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Name: Rick
Gender: Male
Hometown: Maryland
Current location: here
Member since: Sat Apr 23, 2016, 12:12 PM
Number of posts: 148
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