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John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 4h

Look how the "librul media" pundits mock Zappa. He was right of course; Reagan and his unhinged right wing, white christian nationalist backers had continued on from the "Silent Majority" white christians of the Nixon era. There is a clear thru-line from Nixon-Reagan to Trump's fascism.

wabi-sabi 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 @empiricist49.bsky.social · Feb 11

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Frank Zappa on CNN Crossfire 1986 - Fascist Theocracy

YouTube video by Russ Stedman

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Susan Earle @whities.bsky.social · 5h

MIKE JOHNSON IS LYING
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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rlove70.bsky.social @rlove70.bsky.social · Aug 11

Let’s flood the internet with pictures of Trump and Epstein. #StayFocused

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 15h

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 16h

ICE is a terrorist organization terrorizing citizens of the US‼️

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John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 6h

Diane Keaton had a special place in my heart. I loved her as an actress, and had a chance encounter with her in the late 70's at Macy's in San Francisco. She was charming, funny, bright, quick, and altogether delighful to meet. So sad today. RIP, Diane Keaton.

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Diane Keaton, 'Annie Hall' and 'The Godfather' Actress, Dead at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress known for a prolific career in uplifting comedies, has died at the age of 79.

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John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 9h

Is there doubt in anyone's mind that Trump views the Roberts's Court's decision in Trump v. United States as carte blanche to do as he wants, with no constraints? Roberts is a hack, but he's also looking more & more foolish & naive. I think the choices boil down to that, or to evil. You judge.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 13h

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

www.harvardmagazine.com

John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 10h

In an age when customer service sometimes seems a thing of the past, how's this for a cool gesture by the great folks at
Straight Up Strings?

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 13h

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

www.harvardmagazine.com

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John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 12h

Make that 168 years now:

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John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 12h

⬇️⬇️✅ As @mickeleh.bsky.social says, brilliant.

Michael Markman @mickeleh.bsky.social · 12h

Who made this? It’s brilliant.

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John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 12h

The man was quoting Trump verbatim. The thought police misunderstood him. But that doens't seem to matter. He's been arrested, and is being held on a $2million bond until December, when they will revisit the bond amount. Horrifying and unconscionable. #Resist

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Tennessee man arrested after posting meme in Facebook group for Charlie Kirk vigil

Members of the Perry County community reportedly believed he was making threats against local schools

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h

Turns out protest alone was never what changed things, it was protest *plus media coverage of protests*, which prompted officials to respond to protests, which increased public awareness of protests, etc.

If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.

ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 14h

Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12h

Right — “Bloody Sunday” in 1965 in Selma, but ALSO ABC interrupting ‘Judgment at Nuremberg’ to show Bloody Sunday to the nation

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h

Turns out protest alone was never what changed things, it was protest *plus media coverage of protests*, which prompted officials to respond to protests, which increased public awareness of protests, etc.

If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.

ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 14h

Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

Oooh, watch out for the scary antifa animal crossing in war ravaged Portland 😂

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 1d

What a crock of shit from Marc Benioff — who appears willfully ignorant of news and facts and so thirsty for approval and attention from the Trump tech bros (who in the past mocked him relentlessly) that he is soiling himself in public www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 1d

Amen. ⬇️⬇️

Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson tried tonight to characterize the upcoming No Kings 2.0 day on 10/18 as a “Hate America” movement. Wrong. Utterly wrong. To reject dictators, authoritarians, and tyrants is to love America, to love the very idea at the heart of it.

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John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 1d

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow, 10/11 in #SantaFe #NewMexico, @indivisiblesantafe.org is hosting its second Speakers’ Corner. Come on out to say your piece or just to show support for free speech. More info at indivisiblesantafe.org/speakers-cor... 1/

Speakers' Corner Diary, Number 1

We held the first Speakers’ Corner sponsored by Indivisible Santa Fe this past Saturday, October 4, 2025. A group of us set up our sign and stepstool-cum-soapbox in the Santa Fe Railyard Park, in betw...

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John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 1d

Exactement. Lawless thugs.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

By “toughen” they mean blowing them up

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

US eases some penalties tied to foreign-built ships, toughens others reut.rs/473xUvc

US eases some penalties tied to foreign-built ships, toughens others

The United States Trade Representative's office said on Friday it would modify certain maritime-related fees for foreign-built vehicle carriers and liquefied natural gas vessels ahead of port fees on China-linked ships slated to go into effect next week.

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John Sheehan @jsheehan901.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that the price of gold and the stock market are both up is troubling. Something is amiss.

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 1d

The Court, blocking Trump's deployment of Texas NG to Illinois: "not even the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one state’s militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

“This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison”

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

He cannot admit he played himself and American consumers.

As Trump likes to say “you don’t have the cards.”
China has moved on.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

More tariff policy evolution — via one man’s whim.

$SPX $FXI

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

You break it, you own it. Kudos to @akalhan.bsky.social.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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