John O'D
@jsheaod.bsky.social
Traveler, photographer, and American expatriate in Paris. johnsheaodonnell.com
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"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals over the past nine months in a series of ousters that could reshape the U.S. military for years to come."- looks like someone is prepping for a military coup
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals over the past nine months in a series of ousters that could reshape the U.S. military for years to come."- looks like someone is prepping for a military coup
This blight on the American soul has always been there: 3/4 Compromise, Southern Rebellion, Jim Crow, Dixiecrats, MAGA. But so too has a fierce, resolute, and morally superior resistance to it.
October 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This blight on the American soul has always been there: 3/4 Compromise, Southern Rebellion, Jim Crow, Dixiecrats, MAGA. But so too has a fierce, resolute, and morally superior resistance to it.
"There is scarcely an evil known in these countries which may not be traced to their king as it’s source, nor a good which is not derived from the small fibres of republicanism existing among them." Thomas Jefferson to George Washington
October 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"There is scarcely an evil known in these countries which may not be traced to their king as it’s source, nor a good which is not derived from the small fibres of republicanism existing among them." Thomas Jefferson to George Washington
NO KINGS! You'd think as a judge your integrity should be above the norm. What about the Supreme Court Justices who aid and abet a convicted criminal who abuses his position for personal, family,
October 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NO KINGS! You'd think as a judge your integrity should be above the norm. What about the Supreme Court Justices who aid and abet a convicted criminal who abuses his position for personal, family,
... and friends' financial gain while moving back the clock on the once disenfranchised or newly so, and freeing criminals duly convicted. Yet another example of the fraying and dismantling of a once great nation's institutions in less than a year....
October 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
... and friends' financial gain while moving back the clock on the once disenfranchised or newly so, and freeing criminals duly convicted. Yet another example of the fraying and dismantling of a once great nation's institutions in less than a year....
The push by Trump to get Republican controlled states to gerrymander districts is just the first step...
October 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The push by Trump to get Republican controlled states to gerrymander districts is just the first step...
Trump is both trying to hide the economic news of the economic effects of his policies while engineering a state of emergency in majority Democtatic large cities so he can stop the midterm elections because the results are likely to be devastating for the Republicans.
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Trump is both trying to hide the economic news of the economic effects of his policies while engineering a state of emergency in majority Democtatic large cities so he can stop the midterm elections because the results are likely to be devastating for the Republicans.
Time to boycott Israel just like Apartheid era South Africa
October 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Time to boycott Israel just like Apartheid era South Africa
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."
August 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."
Standup to racists, sexists, fascists, monopolistic, and anti-educationist. If the old guard doesn't, replace them.
September 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Standup to racists, sexists, fascists, monopolistic, and anti-educationist. If the old guard doesn't, replace them.
Jimmy Kimmel is latest victim of Trump's chilling suppression of free speech as the Supreme Court aids him. #orangedictatorship #orangeauthoritarianism
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Jimmy Kimmel is latest victim of Trump's chilling suppression of free speech as the Supreme Court aids him. #orangedictatorship #orangeauthoritarianism
Deport Melania to Uganda
September 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Deport Melania to Uganda
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
September 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
This is what happens in authoritarian countries: MSNBC has fired Matthew Dowd, who remarked that Charlie Kirk had been pushing hate speech, adding that “hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.”
September 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is what happens in authoritarian countries: MSNBC has fired Matthew Dowd, who remarked that Charlie Kirk had been pushing hate speech, adding that “hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.”
Finally, a national voice for sanity www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Finally, a national voice for sanity www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Sinagoga de Santa María La Blanca and Museo Sefardi, Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #travelphotography #toledo #spain
August 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Sinagoga de Santa María La Blanca and Museo Sefardi, Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #travelphotography #toledo #spain
Calle Arco de Palacio and Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #travel #spain #toledo #travelphotography
August 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Calle Arco de Palacio and Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #travel #spain #toledo #travelphotography
Puente de Alcántara and the Alcázar, Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #toledo #travelphotography #travel
August 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Puente de Alcántara and the Alcázar, Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #toledo #travelphotography #travel
August 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Should anyone in the Fed resign simply because a CONVICTED FELON says so?! Trump should resign because he's destroying the international world order built and maintained for generations since WWII while corruptly enriching himself, his family, & cronies as he destroys the US economy.
August 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Should anyone in the Fed resign simply because a CONVICTED FELON says so?! Trump should resign because he's destroying the international world order built and maintained for generations since WWII while corruptly enriching himself, his family, & cronies as he destroys the US economy.
August 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
August 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
August 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM