John Maen
@johnmaen.bsky.social
Justice. Fairness. Democracy.
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Militant altruist.
Oregon. Pirate Andor. Fanone and Goodman stan. Be amongst your neighbors. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 🇺🇸
This account follows voices I appreciate.
Militant altruist.
Oregon. Pirate Andor. Fanone and Goodman stan. Be amongst your neighbors. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 🇺🇸
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I approve this message. It's going to be a threshold issue for me. That and completely dismantling ICE, fully implementing the Voting Rights Act, creating a national living wage (with subsidies for businesses that need it,) expanding the Supreme Court, and admitting DC and Puerto Rico as states.
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Any plan must start at complete reformation of our political institutions. Executive power, congress divestment, expansion of the Supreme Court. Then 👇; including Roe, codifying OvH, overturning Citizens United, rebuilding depts. USAID, DHS, HHS, DoE. Decades of work to reverse the destruction.
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There are many disturbing things in this article, but the biggest one is that the editors at @nypost.com don’t know the difference between a language and one of the major religions of the world
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
There are many disturbing things in this article, but the biggest one is that the editors at @nypost.com don’t know the difference between a language and one of the major religions of the world
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These kids. Such badasses in a situation no college student should have to be in
Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University
Serving the Brown University community since 1891
www.browndailyherald.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
These kids. Such badasses in a situation no college student should have to be in
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"...History is not a distraction. It is a critical source of information. The patterns revealed in our historical experiences can help us face the truth of what we are confronting. History urges us to move quickly, and to resist with greater intensity."
December 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"...History is not a distraction. It is a critical source of information. The patterns revealed in our historical experiences can help us face the truth of what we are confronting. History urges us to move quickly, and to resist with greater intensity."
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Should get a Nobel Peace Prize/will get a Nobel Peace Price from FIFA next year
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Should get a Nobel Peace Prize/will get a Nobel Peace Price from FIFA next year
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The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
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Go to your doctor and get your measles titers checked to make sure you are still immune and if not get re-vaccinated. It’s more and more likely all of us are going to eventually come in contact with it.
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Go to your doctor and get your measles titers checked to make sure you are still immune and if not get re-vaccinated. It’s more and more likely all of us are going to eventually come in contact with it.
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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Tens of thousands are protesting in Hungary against Viktor Orbán, with mass demonstrations in Budapest demanding accountability and his resignation after a child abuse scandal tied to state institutions. Take notes, America.
December 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Tens of thousands are protesting in Hungary against Viktor Orbán, with mass demonstrations in Budapest demanding accountability and his resignation after a child abuse scandal tied to state institutions. Take notes, America.
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I can not think of a responsible government ever creating this much societal and economic chaos.
I believe it’s naive to think they don’t understand what they are doing.
I am convinced this administration, with all the local and geopolitical moves, is purposeful. Why would a government want
I believe it’s naive to think they don’t understand what they are doing.
I am convinced this administration, with all the local and geopolitical moves, is purposeful. Why would a government want
Tyson is shutting down its Lexington, Nebraska plant in January 2026. That’s 3,200 workers gone in one shot, the largest plant shutdown in company history.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I can not think of a responsible government ever creating this much societal and economic chaos.
I believe it’s naive to think they don’t understand what they are doing.
I am convinced this administration, with all the local and geopolitical moves, is purposeful. Why would a government want
I believe it’s naive to think they don’t understand what they are doing.
I am convinced this administration, with all the local and geopolitical moves, is purposeful. Why would a government want
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All Republicans in Congress are faced with a choice. They either stand with Trump, Vance and Putin, or they stand with Ukraine, Europe, most Americans, and the civilized world. Of course, there is also a 3rd option which most of them usually choose - cowardly silence.
December 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
All Republicans in Congress are faced with a choice. They either stand with Trump, Vance and Putin, or they stand with Ukraine, Europe, most Americans, and the civilized world. Of course, there is also a 3rd option which most of them usually choose - cowardly silence.
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This is so perfect. In 2012 CPAC banned the John Birch Society. In 2023 they were welcomed back into the fold. And now here they are working together with TPUSA.
December 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is so perfect. In 2012 CPAC banned the John Birch Society. In 2023 they were welcomed back into the fold. And now here they are working together with TPUSA.
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Tobacco will kill 480,000 people in the US this year according to the CDC. That’s SIX times more than all US drug overdose deaths. Does that mean we’re going to drone strike the homes of tobacco executives in the US? Can other countries target them? Here’s the video of my debate on Al Jazeera:
What's Trump's strategy to tackle the US illegal drugs problem?| Inside Story
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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October 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Tobacco will kill 480,000 people in the US this year according to the CDC. That’s SIX times more than all US drug overdose deaths. Does that mean we’re going to drone strike the homes of tobacco executives in the US? Can other countries target them? Here’s the video of my debate on Al Jazeera:
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Finally, it’s official: Happy 100th birthday, Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Finally, it’s official: Happy 100th birthday, Dick Van Dyke!
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I don't care what channel or service it's on, I *will* find Star Trek, and I *will* watch Star Trek.
December 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I don't care what channel or service it's on, I *will* find Star Trek, and I *will* watch Star Trek.
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Yeah because the groovy white guy everybody fell in love with kicked Ted Cruz’s oh wait no.
She can run if she wants to and if she wins the primary your job is to shut the fuck up and support the shit out of her.
“Senior House Dem“ probably just voted to confirm a Trump judge. STFU.
She can run if she wants to and if she wins the primary your job is to shut the fuck up and support the shit out of her.
“Senior House Dem“ probably just voted to confirm a Trump judge. STFU.
Jasmine Crockett’s Senate bid is infuriating some colleagues.
“She might win a primary, but she ain't winning a general in Texas," said a senior House Dem.
Another House Dem told @axios.com: “Just look to see how many House members endorse her candidacy.” www.axios.com/2025/12/12/j...
“She might win a primary, but she ain't winning a general in Texas," said a senior House Dem.
Another House Dem told @axios.com: “Just look to see how many House members endorse her candidacy.” www.axios.com/2025/12/12/j...
"It's a bad decision": Jasmine Crockett enrages fellow House Democrats with Senate bid
"She might win a primary, but she ain't winning a general in Texas," one senior House Democrat said.
www.axios.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Yeah because the groovy white guy everybody fell in love with kicked Ted Cruz’s oh wait no.
She can run if she wants to and if she wins the primary your job is to shut the fuck up and support the shit out of her.
“Senior House Dem“ probably just voted to confirm a Trump judge. STFU.
She can run if she wants to and if she wins the primary your job is to shut the fuck up and support the shit out of her.
“Senior House Dem“ probably just voted to confirm a Trump judge. STFU.
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this feels like that peanuts gag where lucy sets a football for a punt and you can't believe charlie brown fell for it
December 13, 2025 at 4:52 AM
this feels like that peanuts gag where lucy sets a football for a punt and you can't believe charlie brown fell for it
What actor's facial expression in a movie/TV show will stay with you for the rest of your life?
youtu.be/VAhHLBEvHbE?...
youtu.be/VAhHLBEvHbE?...
December 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
What actor's facial expression in a movie/TV show will stay with you for the rest of your life?
youtu.be/VAhHLBEvHbE?...
youtu.be/VAhHLBEvHbE?...
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Here's last years post.
It's 106 degrees out which means I'm photographing corvids and juvanile peacocks as close to my van as possible 😮💨 🪶
August 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Here's last years post.
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UNBELIEVABLELY sweet moment between a peacock chick and their parent.
Not sharebait.
I COULD NOT believe my luck.
Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!
SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
Not sharebait.
I COULD NOT believe my luck.
Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!
SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
August 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
UNBELIEVABLELY sweet moment between a peacock chick and their parent.
Not sharebait.
I COULD NOT believe my luck.
Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!
SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
Not sharebait.
I COULD NOT believe my luck.
Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!
SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
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I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
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After Putin Claims Ukrainian Troops Were Surrounded, Zelensky Shows Up and Posts Selfies
by Sarah Rumpf
www.mediaite.com/online/after...
by Sarah Rumpf
www.mediaite.com/online/after...
After Putin Claims Ukrainian Troops Were Surrounded, Zelensky Shows Up and Posts Selfies
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky came up with a simple and effective way to combat Russian President Vladimir Putin's claims that Ukrainian troops in Kupiansk were surrounded -- show up in perso...
www.mediaite.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
After Putin Claims Ukrainian Troops Were Surrounded, Zelensky Shows Up and Posts Selfies
by Sarah Rumpf
www.mediaite.com/online/after...
by Sarah Rumpf
www.mediaite.com/online/after...
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Donald Trump and Republicans do not care about you.
If Republicans wanted to stave off impossible health care costs, they could join with Democrats and extend the subsidies with veto-proof majorities. But they won't because they don't care.
If Republicans wanted to stave off impossible health care costs, they could join with Democrats and extend the subsidies with veto-proof majorities. But they won't because they don't care.
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Donald Trump and Republicans do not care about you.
If Republicans wanted to stave off impossible health care costs, they could join with Democrats and extend the subsidies with veto-proof majorities. But they won't because they don't care.
If Republicans wanted to stave off impossible health care costs, they could join with Democrats and extend the subsidies with veto-proof majorities. But they won't because they don't care.