John Panzer
@johnpanzer.com
Digital nomad riding the desert on a device with no name.
Software engineer; past social software geek. Into democracy, martial arts, open platforms.
Also at: https://mastodon.social/@jpanzer
Also: https://abstractioneer.org, http://johnpanzer.com
Software engineer; past social software geek. Into democracy, martial arts, open platforms.
Also at: https://mastodon.social/@jpanzer
Also: https://abstractioneer.org, http://johnpanzer.com
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John Panzer
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Well, here we go. The country, quite likely a majority of it, just returned a criminal to power over all of us. It’s going to be a rough time for keeping the Republic, if we can.
I predicted in ear...
mastodon.social
One year ago today.
I was right.
But also, yesterday we had our first victory, the first step in climbing out of this very deep hole. Good work everybody. Let’s keep it up.
I was right.
But also, yesterday we had our first victory, the first step in climbing out of this very deep hole. Good work everybody. Let’s keep it up.
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A functioning Congress would be convening an emergency investigation tonight over this, ready to issue articles of impeachment for Hegseth by Monday.
A functioning Congress would be a really good idea.
A functioning Congress would be a really good idea.
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A functioning Congress would be convening an emergency investigation tonight over this, ready to issue articles of impeachment for Hegseth by Monday.
A functioning Congress would be a really good idea.
A functioning Congress would be a really good idea.
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I'm persona non grata at CNN, a place that used to have me as a commentator, but Katie Miller, the fragile, racist wife of the fragile, racist Stephen Miller, has an open invitation.
I wonder why. Hmmm.
Guesses?
I wonder why. Hmmm.
Guesses?
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I'm persona non grata at CNN, a place that used to have me as a commentator, but Katie Miller, the fragile, racist wife of the fragile, racist Stephen Miller, has an open invitation.
I wonder why. Hmmm.
Guesses?
I wonder why. Hmmm.
Guesses?
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More cracks in the dam
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
More cracks in the dam
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“Under no circumstances can [they] expect to be treated according to the rules of the Geneva Convention… If it should become necessary for reasons of interrogation to initially spare one man or two, then they are to be shot immediately after interrogation.”
-Adolf Hitler, quoted by Shirer, p. 1538
-Adolf Hitler, quoted by Shirer, p. 1538
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Under no circumstances can [they] expect to be treated according to the rules of the Geneva Convention… If it should become necessary for reasons of interrogation to initially spare one man or two, then they are to be shot immediately after interrogation.”
-Adolf Hitler, quoted by Shirer, p. 1538
-Adolf Hitler, quoted by Shirer, p. 1538
I am very much on team “take power back from SCOTUS” and give it to the somewhat more democratically responsive Congress.
I would strongly prefer that the first such unreviewable legislation be to ban gerrymandering nationwide.
I would strongly prefer that the first such unreviewable legislation be to ban gerrymandering nationwide.
If there is a Dem Congress and President, I think the best route is much simpler. Congress can pass, and the President sign, ordinary legislation declaring that Trump's pardons are void, and then strip courts' jurisdiction to review. And then send the cops to get them.
Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I am very much on team “take power back from SCOTUS” and give it to the somewhat more democratically responsive Congress.
I would strongly prefer that the first such unreviewable legislation be to ban gerrymandering nationwide.
I would strongly prefer that the first such unreviewable legislation be to ban gerrymandering nationwide.
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Again: Impeach Hegseth and Trump for war crimes.
132 members of the House have law degrees and surely could write Articles in their sleep.
All of them swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution.
Write the Articles tonight.
132 members of the House have law degrees and surely could write Articles in their sleep.
All of them swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution.
Write the Articles tonight.
You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
I follower a few defense experts.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Again: Impeach Hegseth and Trump for war crimes.
132 members of the House have law degrees and surely could write Articles in their sleep.
All of them swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution.
Write the Articles tonight.
132 members of the House have law degrees and surely could write Articles in their sleep.
All of them swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution.
Write the Articles tonight.
Hegseth's "Secretary of War Crimes" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by his T-shirt.
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hegseth's "Secretary of War Crimes" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by his T-shirt.
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
We’re at the “cleanse the undesirable rhetoric portion of the program and it hasn’t even been a full year yet.
The opposition party needs to wake up and act like this is an existential crisis.
The opposition party needs to wake up and act like this is an existential crisis.
In case you thought you were safe bc you aren't one of his currently identified enemies to kidnap and deport, take a look at this line:
"and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country..."
No one is safe when a bully is in charge.
"and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country..."
No one is safe when a bully is in charge.
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We’re at the “cleanse the undesirable rhetoric portion of the program and it hasn’t even been a full year yet.
The opposition party needs to wake up and act like this is an existential crisis.
The opposition party needs to wake up and act like this is an existential crisis.
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
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Gov Walz is saying what we’ve been saying. If the president is this erratic, then the public deserves to know what is going on. Four simple words: show the MRI results.
If Trump is fine, prove it. If he isn’t, step aside.
If Trump is fine, prove it. If he isn’t, step aside.
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Gov Walz is saying what we’ve been saying. If the president is this erratic, then the public deserves to know what is going on. Four simple words: show the MRI results.
If Trump is fine, prove it. If he isn’t, step aside.
If Trump is fine, prove it. If he isn’t, step aside.
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We're more than happy to write a war crimes Article, in addition to this one for Hegseth and Trump:
citizensimpeachment.com/article-of-i...
citizensimpeachment.com/article-of-i...
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We're more than happy to write a war crimes Article, in addition to this one for Hegseth and Trump:
citizensimpeachment.com/article-of-i...
citizensimpeachment.com/article-of-i...
1. Department of Defense* sec gives illegal orders to military to kill not capture what he considers enemy combatants
2. Homeland Security official account calls for ethnic cleansing.
Nuremberg trials in 2028 are the moderate position.
*which they rebranded “war” at high expense because fascism.
2. Homeland Security official account calls for ethnic cleansing.
Nuremberg trials in 2028 are the moderate position.
*which they rebranded “war” at high expense because fascism.
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
1. Department of Defense* sec gives illegal orders to military to kill not capture what he considers enemy combatants
2. Homeland Security official account calls for ethnic cleansing.
Nuremberg trials in 2028 are the moderate position.
*which they rebranded “war” at high expense because fascism.
2. Homeland Security official account calls for ethnic cleansing.
Nuremberg trials in 2028 are the moderate position.
*which they rebranded “war” at high expense because fascism.
Just remember, every accusation is a confession.
Trump claims “any document” signed by Joe Biden is “hereby terminated.”
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Just remember, every accusation is a confession.
On its face, these are patently illegal orders, and would be illegal even if we were at war.
And members of our military are carrying them out. You can refuse illegal orders. Your oaths require it, in fact.
And members of our military are carrying them out. You can refuse illegal orders. Your oaths require it, in fact.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
On its face, these are patently illegal orders, and would be illegal even if we were at war.
And members of our military are carrying them out. You can refuse illegal orders. Your oaths require it, in fact.
And members of our military are carrying them out. You can refuse illegal orders. Your oaths require it, in fact.
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White House aide Stephen Miller is yelling at the WSJ editorial page because, like the Geneva conventions, they condemn the collective punishment of an ethnic group
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
White House aide Stephen Miller is yelling at the WSJ editorial page because, like the Geneva conventions, they condemn the collective punishment of an ethnic group
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Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
This is fascinating! We should give it a shot. The root of many of our problems can be cut out by the states themselves.
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is fascinating! We should give it a shot. The root of many of our problems can be cut out by the states themselves.
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🛒🚫 We Ain’t Buying It — Black Friday Boycott
This week, let’s send a message to MAGA’s corporate backers that they can understand: Collaborating with the Trump regime is bad for business.
weaintbuyingit.com
This week, let’s send a message to MAGA’s corporate backers that they can understand: Collaborating with the Trump regime is bad for business.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🛒🚫 We Ain’t Buying It — Black Friday Boycott
This week, let’s send a message to MAGA’s corporate backers that they can understand: Collaborating with the Trump regime is bad for business.
weaintbuyingit.com
This week, let’s send a message to MAGA’s corporate backers that they can understand: Collaborating with the Trump regime is bad for business.
weaintbuyingit.com
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Today's the big day. Don't give in to big box #BlackFriday sales. Continue to decrease spending through Dec 2 and the entire holiday season. Support small business only.
#BlackOutTheSystem #EconomicBlackout #WeAintBuyingIt #TheMassBlackout
#BlackOutTheSystem #EconomicBlackout #WeAintBuyingIt #TheMassBlackout
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today's the big day. Don't give in to big box #BlackFriday sales. Continue to decrease spending through Dec 2 and the entire holiday season. Support small business only.
#BlackOutTheSystem #EconomicBlackout #WeAintBuyingIt #TheMassBlackout
#BlackOutTheSystem #EconomicBlackout #WeAintBuyingIt #TheMassBlackout
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'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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“What we see is different from anything we see before. It’s an indication of an end phase, where people turn to rituals and odd beliefs,” says Leibniz Center for Archaeology archaeologist Detlef Gronenborn. “Then it breaks out in an orgy of violence. Then it stops, but it’s too late.”
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Fascinating and chilling exploration of how an initially peaceful culture once imagined to have been Edenic apparently devolved into an orgy of violence—and then disappeared.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
“What we see is different from anything we see before. It’s an indication of an end phase, where people turn to rituals and odd beliefs,” says Leibniz Center for Archaeology archaeologist Detlef Gronenborn. “Then it breaks out in an orgy of violence. Then it stops, but it’s too late.”
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This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
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"On Black Friday, take your dog for a walk, go on a hike, explore a beach, get out on the water, play a board game, spend time with those who matter," Richard Coolidge writes in this column.
And, "also remember to put down your phone." https://to.pbs.org/3TJzFVD
And, "also remember to put down your phone." https://to.pbs.org/3TJzFVD
Column: This Black Friday, do something different. Get outdoors
This year on Black Friday, take your dog for a walk, go on a hike, explore a beach, get out on the water, play a board game, spend time with those who matter.
to.pbs.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"On Black Friday, take your dog for a walk, go on a hike, explore a beach, get out on the water, play a board game, spend time with those who matter," Richard Coolidge writes in this column.
And, "also remember to put down your phone." https://to.pbs.org/3TJzFVD
And, "also remember to put down your phone." https://to.pbs.org/3TJzFVD