John L
@afnaples.bsky.social
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John L
@afnaples.bsky.social
· Apr 1
Vote against the GOP, because the GOP votes against the people!
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When ICE fires multiple chemical rounds directly at the head of a praying, priest, DOJ concludes it is completely justified.
When protestors make noise during a sermon by a right-wing ICE pastor, DOJ announces a major investigation.
It's not about immigration; it's about control.
When protestors make noise during a sermon by a right-wing ICE pastor, DOJ announces a major investigation.
It's not about immigration; it's about control.
DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor | CNN
The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcemen...
www.cnn.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:38 AM
When ICE fires multiple chemical rounds directly at the head of a praying, priest, DOJ concludes it is completely justified.
When protestors make noise during a sermon by a right-wing ICE pastor, DOJ announces a major investigation.
It's not about immigration; it's about control.
When protestors make noise during a sermon by a right-wing ICE pastor, DOJ announces a major investigation.
It's not about immigration; it's about control.
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Just a reminder that Trump is selling Venezuelan oil and depositing the proceeds into a bank account in Qatar that is NOT under any control by the US government or Congress.
He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
January 17, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Just a reminder that Trump is selling Venezuelan oil and depositing the proceeds into a bank account in Qatar that is NOT under any control by the US government or Congress.
He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
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“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 AM
“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
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I have noticed a disturbing number of calls for violence against ICE agents. One word:
DON'T!
Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.
DON'T!
Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.
January 17, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I have noticed a disturbing number of calls for violence against ICE agents. One word:
DON'T!
Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.
DON'T!
Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.
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Trump is going to invoke The Insurrection Act.
Then it'll be martial law and suspending the elections.
Dictatorship is next.
Who will stop him?
Then it'll be martial law and suspending the elections.
Dictatorship is next.
Who will stop him?
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Trump is going to invoke The Insurrection Act.
Then it'll be martial law and suspending the elections.
Dictatorship is next.
Who will stop him?
Then it'll be martial law and suspending the elections.
Dictatorship is next.
Who will stop him?
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“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
–The Federalist Papers, Number 47
–The Federalist Papers, Number 47
January 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
–The Federalist Papers, Number 47
–The Federalist Papers, Number 47
Look at the amount of federal lackeys they need to terrorize peaceful protestors.
How much money is wasted for each of these people to stare down these protesters and even shoot them with pepper balls for no reason.
How much money is wasted for each of these people to stare down these protesters and even shoot them with pepper balls for no reason.
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Look at the amount of federal lackeys they need to terrorize peaceful protestors.
How much money is wasted for each of these people to stare down these protesters and even shoot them with pepper balls for no reason.
How much money is wasted for each of these people to stare down these protesters and even shoot them with pepper balls for no reason.
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"We're keeping America Safe!" Really? By going "Door to Door"? I have never felt less "safe" in my 62 years than I do right now. Financially, emotionally, legally, patriotically. This "New America"? Yeah, not working for me...
January 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
"We're keeping America Safe!" Really? By going "Door to Door"? I have never felt less "safe" in my 62 years than I do right now. Financially, emotionally, legally, patriotically. This "New America"? Yeah, not working for me...
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Congress should pass a law requiring agents to show their faces, identify themselves, & wear their badges. It’s not agent safety we have to worry about these days.
End so-called Kavanaugh stops & admin warrant-based forced entry into homes too. Let’s have a Constitution.
End so-called Kavanaugh stops & admin warrant-based forced entry into homes too. Let’s have a Constitution.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Congress should pass a law requiring agents to show their faces, identify themselves, & wear their badges. It’s not agent safety we have to worry about these days.
End so-called Kavanaugh stops & admin warrant-based forced entry into homes too. Let’s have a Constitution.
End so-called Kavanaugh stops & admin warrant-based forced entry into homes too. Let’s have a Constitution.
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
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The White House’s rapid response account has posted video of ICE agent Jonathan Ross shooting Renée Nicole Good in the head and then calling her a “fucking bitch.”
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The White House’s rapid response account has posted video of ICE agent Jonathan Ross shooting Renée Nicole Good in the head and then calling her a “fucking bitch.”
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I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
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Trump says he will force Venezuela to hand over millions of barrels of sanctioned oil, which the U.S. will sell off under his control.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Trump says he will force Venezuela to hand over millions of barrels of sanctioned oil, which the U.S. will sell off under his control.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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ICYMI: Today, the United States of America, under the direction of a mentally unstable president, attacked Venezuela, a sovereign nation, kidnapped its leader and his wife, and declared they are now running the country.
It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.
It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.
January 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
ICYMI: Today, the United States of America, under the direction of a mentally unstable president, attacked Venezuela, a sovereign nation, kidnapped its leader and his wife, and declared they are now running the country.
It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.
It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.
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This war and extra-judicial kidnapping is patently illegal and unconstitutional. Political leaders on both sides must condemn it. It’s not about whether Maduro is a tyrant but whether the US is still governed by laws and the Constitution. As if this morning, we are clearly not.
January 3, 2026 at 12:27 PM
This war and extra-judicial kidnapping is patently illegal and unconstitutional. Political leaders on both sides must condemn it. It’s not about whether Maduro is a tyrant but whether the US is still governed by laws and the Constitution. As if this morning, we are clearly not.
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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
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Trump is a damned war criminal.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Trump is a damned war criminal.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
Saw a magnet on the back of some guy's car today. Said "Trump 2024: Finally a president with some balls".
Told the wife that at least the guy in front of us is letting people know he's an idiotic chauvinist pig who loves another idiotic chauvinist pig.
Told the wife that at least the guy in front of us is letting people know he's an idiotic chauvinist pig who loves another idiotic chauvinist pig.
January 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Saw a magnet on the back of some guy's car today. Said "Trump 2024: Finally a president with some balls".
Told the wife that at least the guy in front of us is letting people know he's an idiotic chauvinist pig who loves another idiotic chauvinist pig.
Told the wife that at least the guy in front of us is letting people know he's an idiotic chauvinist pig who loves another idiotic chauvinist pig.
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Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
Looking back over the last five years, I've read over 50 books each year.
That seems pretty decent especially when it doesn't include any news articles and technical publications I read regularly as well.
I know many adults that never pick up a book (physical or digital) after school ends.
That seems pretty decent especially when it doesn't include any news articles and technical publications I read regularly as well.
I know many adults that never pick up a book (physical or digital) after school ends.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Looking back over the last five years, I've read over 50 books each year.
That seems pretty decent especially when it doesn't include any news articles and technical publications I read regularly as well.
I know many adults that never pick up a book (physical or digital) after school ends.
That seems pretty decent especially when it doesn't include any news articles and technical publications I read regularly as well.
I know many adults that never pick up a book (physical or digital) after school ends.
So when do we get to the point that we understand that Trump is in a Weekend at Bernie's situation here. They are barely even trying it seems.
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
So when do we get to the point that we understand that Trump is in a Weekend at Bernie's situation here. They are barely even trying it seems.
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The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."