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Jon Pelican

@jonpelican.bsky.social

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Choose passion over indifference and apathy, compassion over cruelty, love over all. Life and the lives of others are gifts. Pronouns: Not Trump / Not Republicans.

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Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · Jan 23

In the very wee hours four years ago today I lost my beautiful, precious Russian Blue bud. I still miss him every day. See you on the other side, Pushkin.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 39m

It’s a Terror Squad.

People keep begging these people to demonstrate humanity and they keep loudly refusing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 41m

"The next presidency is going to have to embark on a sweeping de-Trump-ification of the entire federal government to purge it of the culture of abuse and lawlessness that has taken hold, and there are few more vivid examples than ICE." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

ICE is out of control and beyond repair

This agency needs to be stripped down to the studs. Dems should start preparing now.

www.publicnotice.co

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Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 1h

Yawn, the 4,739,628th time since Jan. 20 that Noem or her agency has said "We will hunt you down." Juvenile wretch gets off on threatening violence against the world like a 7th grade bully.

Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 2h

"You'll have to tell me." Me to Trump: "Not a chance."

Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 2h

Another thoughtful, statesmanlike comment from the president of the United States.

Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 19h

Correction to the story: ICE officers were in the process of KIDNAPPING the man to send him to a concentration camp.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 23h

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In Spencer, Ok, a MAGA POS hung a massive banner reading “ICE Needed Here” across from an elementary school; its red arrow aimed at his Hispanic neighbor’s home.
He scrawled “Deport Them All” nearby. Parents are furious. “My children go to this school. We will not tolerate this,” said one mom.

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NinaTheSwede @ninatheswede.bsky.social · 1d

It's just weird how these billionaires can afford to donate millions and millions to an authoritarian wannabe king but not pay taxes that would benefit all Americans,
and yet they're called "Patriots" ...
Patriot to whom?
Not to the US.

Trump backer Timothy Mellon identified as donor of $130m for US troop pay during government shutdown

Reclusive Republican donor is descendant of gilded aged industrialist and former treasury secretary Andrew Mellon

www.theguardian.com

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Abby Normal @abbynormal58.bsky.social · 1d

I have no idea who this is. Anyone know?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

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Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 1d

I'm for that. Mussolini's mistress Clara Petacci and 3 others were hung from meathooks along with Il Duce. We're going to need more poles for all the vermin in this administration.

Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration is all in for gun violence. Trying to prevent it is too "woke." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Gun violence prevention groups disqualified from grants built around their work

Trump administration altering program that was a lifeline for pioneering non-profits helping reduce gun violence

www.theguardian.com

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One Hot Mess AK @libbybakalar.bsky.social · 1d

The whole governing philosophy of the United States right now is "try and stop us." Turns out not many people can do that, because the level of malfeasance completely overwhelms the enforcement mechanisms, which are rooted in a presumption of good faith, a presumption which turns out to be wrong.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.

A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: “No words. If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research... I have nothing left to say to you.” The image shows an illustration of a bald child in a hospital gown, holding an IV pole and looking into an opulent golden ballroom filled with formally dressed adults.

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Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 1d

No surprise at all here. The company is run by irresponsible, short-sighted people. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows

Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities

www.theguardian.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

These are the boot licking companies sponsoring Trump’s 90,000 square foot ballroom.

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Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 1d

"Caught cheating on a commercial"? Okay!

Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 2d

ICE and Miller will have zero immunity when we bring this tyranny down. We'll obliterate every rule and proclamation made by these murderers, and we'll prosecute every criminal member of ICE. Miller won't face justice because he'll take the same cowardly way out his idol Goebbels did.

Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 2d

"RFK Jr. urges Americans to eat more rat poison and shoot themselves more often."

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 2d

“Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.”

— Simone Weil

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Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 2d

They'll have zero immunity when we overturn this tyranny. Those rules, Trump's pardons, all of it will be nullified. Justice will be done.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

This is located in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, close to Fullerton and Sheffield. It's a densely populated area near DePaul University. I'm pleased to see the community standing up against these despicable individuals.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 2d

“We lost everything. And still nothing.
If we were in a red state, maybe we’d matter.”
A mother in Barre, Vermont

When the water came, Vermonters did what Americans always do.

They helped each other, rolled up their sleeves, and waited for help.

Until now.

Trump approves disaster declarations for red states, as blue states go without

“President Trump and his administration have politicized disaster relief,” one governor said, “and our communities are the ones who will pay the price.”

www.msnbc.com

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Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 2d

She'll really be delighted when people are eating this.

Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 2d

Goebbels junior screaming again.

Jon Pelican @jonpelican.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty sure we can all think about more than one thing in the course of the day. What's going on with the WH is part of the destruction of democracy.