John Marc
@johnmarc.bsky.social
Somerville, MA politics, urabanisim, art and tech. Roboticist at RAI.
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19
February 16, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19
Remember when they'd say "judeo-christian" as this stand in? They don't want to include many of the groups under that label anymore.
So many reasons to hate Musk but lumping Irish heritage in with the fucking *English*?????
WHY WERE THE IRISH IN AMERICA, ELON
That sound you hear is the distant wails of generations of Irish ghosts screaming "you fucking gobshite" at the wilted remnants of Elon Musk's ignorant ass soul
WHY WERE THE IRISH IN AMERICA, ELON
That sound you hear is the distant wails of generations of Irish ghosts screaming "you fucking gobshite" at the wilted remnants of Elon Musk's ignorant ass soul
Elon Musk, a pro-apartheid South African, may have come here believing the US was a bastion of English-Scots-Irish culture. (By the way, were the Irish welcomed by the English?)
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
February 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Remember when they'd say "judeo-christian" as this stand in? They don't want to include many of the groups under that label anymore.
Did the whole regime adopt the newspeak of claiming the DJI index is in "dollars" and not points. "One member misspeaks and so must we all."
These are not serious people.
These are not serious people.
Peter Navarro: "It's the perfect Trump economy in 2026 ... we're seeing stock market over $50,000"
February 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Did the whole regime adopt the newspeak of claiming the DJI index is in "dollars" and not points. "One member misspeaks and so must we all."
These are not serious people.
These are not serious people.
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“DHS traps people with serial killer methods” arrives in the news one (1) day after “DHS taunts jailed children with Nazi methods,” for those keeping track
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
“DHS traps people with serial killer methods” arrives in the news one (1) day after “DHS taunts jailed children with Nazi methods,” for those keeping track
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Approved ICE tactics against US citizens peacefully protesting against them including discharge of toxic gasses directly into the eyes with a considerable risk of causing blindness. Officers who do this have been assured that they will face no disciplinary action or criminal prosecution.
February 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Approved ICE tactics against US citizens peacefully protesting against them including discharge of toxic gasses directly into the eyes with a considerable risk of causing blindness. Officers who do this have been assured that they will face no disciplinary action or criminal prosecution.
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ICE has completely broken our social contract.
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
ICE has completely broken our social contract.
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
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Come in to Gracie’s on Valentine’s Day with your Valentine to get a free button, or come in alone to get two buttons as a reminder that our ice cream is as cold as your ex’s heart. You’re better off without them.
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Come in to Gracie’s on Valentine’s Day with your Valentine to get a free button, or come in alone to get two buttons as a reminder that our ice cream is as cold as your ex’s heart. You’re better off without them.
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This is a really good video which I would say even if she didn't cite me approximately 230 times...
But seriously, JGL is very wrong about Section 230.
But seriously, JGL is very wrong about Section 230.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt made a 12-minute response video to people mad at him supporting mass surveillance and censorship, and somehow got even MORE wrong about Section 230 than his original congressional testimony.
My Response To Joseph Gordon-Levitt
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This is a really good video which I would say even if she didn't cite me approximately 230 times...
But seriously, JGL is very wrong about Section 230.
But seriously, JGL is very wrong about Section 230.
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Police don’t wear masks. State troopers don’t wear masks. The National Guard doesn’t wear masks. But you know who does?
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Police don’t wear masks. State troopers don’t wear masks. The National Guard doesn’t wear masks. But you know who does?
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
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This post is really taking off. I know the Thanksgiving detail is grabbing, but I would encourage everyone to also read the full article about this family’s struggle at Dilley.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This post is really taking off. I know the Thanksgiving detail is grabbing, but I would encourage everyone to also read the full article about this family’s struggle at Dilley.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
There should be a case in every district asking for these conditions at all locations in the district by the end of the day tomorrow. Just because we can't have nationwide injunctions doesn't mean we can't ask for them.
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
There should be a case in every district asking for these conditions at all locations in the district by the end of the day tomorrow. Just because we can't have nationwide injunctions doesn't mean we can't ask for them.
This is a knockoff of @unlikelywords.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 1:23 AM
This is a knockoff of @unlikelywords.bsky.social
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There are 70,000 people in DHS concentration camps. 3000 are children. Close the camps. Being our neighbors home.
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
There are 70,000 people in DHS concentration camps. 3000 are children. Close the camps. Being our neighbors home.
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American Samoans occupy a strange in-between as U.S. nationals but not citizens. They pay taxes, have Social Security numbers, and can join the military—but they can’t vote. A voter fraud case in Alaska highlights their unusual predicament.
Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It
In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public officials—and has made them a new target for policing voter fraud.
boltsmag.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:02 AM
American Samoans occupy a strange in-between as U.S. nationals but not citizens. They pay taxes, have Social Security numbers, and can join the military—but they can’t vote. A voter fraud case in Alaska highlights their unusual predicament.
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This is actually an ESSENTIAL articulation of this admin’s immigration policy.
Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them.
Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them.
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
This is actually an ESSENTIAL articulation of this admin’s immigration policy.
Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them.
Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them.
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The TRO goes in depth and provides very specific requirements.
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
The TRO goes in depth and provides very specific requirements.
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Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record.
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
ICE's Masks Are All a Lie
Working for ICE is actually less dangerous than being an elementary school student in America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record.
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
My *guess* here is that he's trying to claim (obtusely) they only take pictures of people who they *think* violate 18USC 111 and as such he's not lying to her. But that's clearly a misinterpretation of 18USC111 and should be considered lying.
SLOTKIN: So the fact we have ICE agents saying out loud to people they're trying to arrest that 'we're gonna put you in a database,' they are making that up?
LYONS: We do not do that
LYONS: We do not do that
February 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
My *guess* here is that he's trying to claim (obtusely) they only take pictures of people who they *think* violate 18USC 111 and as such he's not lying to her. But that's clearly a misinterpretation of 18USC111 and should be considered lying.
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So the observer who was photographed, facially ID'ed, and then had her Global Entry revoked a few days later… she's lying?
So the observer who was photographed, facially ID'ed, and then had her Global Entry revoked a few days later… she's lying?
Richfield observer says her Global Entry was revoked days after tense encounter with Border Patrol
As the immigration crackdown continues in Minnesota, Nicole Cleland, a resident of Richfield, Minnesota, believes federal agents identified her through facial recognition software.
www.cbsnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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So the observer who was photographed, facially ID'ed, and then had her Global Entry revoked a few days later… she's lying?
So the observer who was photographed, facially ID'ed, and then had her Global Entry revoked a few days later… she's lying?
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BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARK KELLY,
Plaintiff,
Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL)
V.
PETE HEGSETH, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2]
United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and
policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement
rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these
issues.
Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military
servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental
obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary
Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over
the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiclbgaenrhgnor6zvmnfql4d3olwzqp7zikm3maum5ylc4m6epys4@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
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Normal police: Hold up, does department policy say this person has committed the right kind of felonies to justify a high speed chase?
Secret police: Fasten your seatbelts, we're in hot pursuit of a civil infraction.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCEr...
Secret police: Fasten your seatbelts, we're in hot pursuit of a civil infraction.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCEr...
Witnesses recount a federal pursuit in St. Paul that ended in a crash
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement chase on Wednesday morning ended with a chaotic crash and a major mess along a busy St. Paul street. Federal officials say agents were trying to take…
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Normal police: Hold up, does department policy say this person has committed the right kind of felonies to justify a high speed chase?
Secret police: Fasten your seatbelts, we're in hot pursuit of a civil infraction.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCEr...
Secret police: Fasten your seatbelts, we're in hot pursuit of a civil infraction.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCEr...
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CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.