📚 John McAndrew 🌏🇺🇦
@phidipdbq.bsky.social
“I am here, that I may wonder!” Goethe
Our enemies, the billionaires, are trans-national. An effective resistance must necessarily also be trans-national.
I write stuff: https://johnjmcandrew.substack.com
Our enemies, the billionaires, are trans-national. An effective resistance must necessarily also be trans-national.
I write stuff: https://johnjmcandrew.substack.com
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Today, local authorities confirmed the victims of the Stockton shooting were just 8, 9, 14, and 21 years old — and that the attack was likely targeted. Our hearts break for their families and the entire Stockton community.
America HATES its children. HATES them. We let them get slaughtered at schools, stores, and birthday parties. We think educating them wastes money that could go to deserving billionaires, instead of being an investment in our future. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds even refused funds to FEED children. HATES
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May 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I want to remind folks of something that’s still raw for me. After the 2024 loss, most Dems in Congress went quiet. You remember the silence. It was deafening.
Jasmine Crockett did the opposite. She stepped up early, got loud, and was never afraid to take on Trump.
@jasmineforus.bsky.social
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Jasmine Crockett did the opposite. She stepped up early, got loud, and was never afraid to take on Trump.
@jasmineforus.bsky.social
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February 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I want to remind folks of something that’s still raw for me. After the 2024 loss, most Dems in Congress went quiet. You remember the silence. It was deafening.
Jasmine Crockett did the opposite. She stepped up early, got loud, and was never afraid to take on Trump.
@jasmineforus.bsky.social
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Jasmine Crockett did the opposite. She stepped up early, got loud, and was never afraid to take on Trump.
@jasmineforus.bsky.social
🧵
As an Irish and German American, I absolutely enthusiastically agree.
American culture of the 1840’s would have been *very fucking surprised* to see the Irish considered as co-founders.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
As an Irish and German American, I absolutely enthusiastically agree.
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worth noting that police arrested a woman *and her husband* this week for reckless homicide related to a miscarriage. Yes, men: fetal personhood affects you too
NEW: For the second time in 2026, Kentucky state police have charged a woman with homicide after a pregnancy loss.
Both were criminalized after seeking medical care—one for a miscarriage and one for self-managed abortion—and face charges of abuse of a corpse and concealing a birth @autonomynews.co
Both were criminalized after seeking medical care—one for a miscarriage and one for self-managed abortion—and face charges of abuse of a corpse and concealing a birth @autonomynews.co
Second Kentucky Woman in 6 Weeks Charged With Homicide After Pregnancy Loss
Both women were criminalized after they sought medical care, one for a miscarriage and one for self-managed abortion.
www.autonomynews.co
February 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
worth noting that police arrested a woman *and her husband* this week for reckless homicide related to a miscarriage. Yes, men: fetal personhood affects you too
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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#ResistanceRoots
“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
— Abraham Lincoln
February 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
#ResistanceRoots
“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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5/ "If you’re part of growing American majority who is disgusted w what ICE is doing now is time to get your whistle, attend training session on what to do when secret police arrive at your kid’s bus stop, attend a protest like #NoKings event on March 28, join the movement to protect your neighbors"
February 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
5/ "If you’re part of growing American majority who is disgusted w what ICE is doing now is time to get your whistle, attend training session on what to do when secret police arrive at your kid’s bus stop, attend a protest like #NoKings event on March 28, join the movement to protect your neighbors"
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If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©
While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town. | Will Bunch
A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests, concentration camps.
www.inquirer.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©
I think it was Sun Tzu who said, “when your enemy is making a mistake, do not interrupt them.“ Our current dilemma proves how difficult that advice is to follow.
February 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I think it was Sun Tzu who said, “when your enemy is making a mistake, do not interrupt them.“ Our current dilemma proves how difficult that advice is to follow.
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The Trumpists like to present themselves as defenders of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The Trumpists like to present themselves as defenders of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick:
"With immigration, it really is notable: the extent to which they just are no longer just winking at white nationalist tropes, but openly deploying them—and then calling anybody who says anything the real bigots."
youtube.com/shorts/KgDn9...
"With immigration, it really is notable: the extent to which they just are no longer just winking at white nationalist tropes, but openly deploying them—and then calling anybody who says anything the real bigots."
youtube.com/shorts/KgDn9...
Aaron Reichlin Melnick on government agencies weaponizing bigotry
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick:
"With immigration, it really is notable: the extent to which they just are no longer just winking at white nationalist tropes, but openly deploying them—and then calling anybody who says anything the real bigots."
youtube.com/shorts/KgDn9...
"With immigration, it really is notable: the extent to which they just are no longer just winking at white nationalist tropes, but openly deploying them—and then calling anybody who says anything the real bigots."
youtube.com/shorts/KgDn9...
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If they're in the Epstein files, and either participated in or covered up what was happening, they're part of the international cabal, period. No exceptions for party, race, nationality, age, gender, or shoe size.
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
If they're in the Epstein files, and either participated in or covered up what was happening, they're part of the international cabal, period. No exceptions for party, race, nationality, age, gender, or shoe size.
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Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
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This is a white supremacist government trying to establish an apartheid government. It's really that simple. It's really obvious. It's about time we say so.
White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
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February 15, 2026 at 2:32 AM
This is a white supremacist government trying to establish an apartheid government. It's really that simple. It's really obvious. It's about time we say so.
It’s always nice to see an author who has taken the time to meet an obvious, but as yet unmet, need like this. This day is real difficult for lots of people who don’t have what they always thought they would have.
if you or someone you know is spending the holidays alone, or just feels alone this time of year, I wrote a book called How To Be Alone that talks about spending holidays alone, grieving "not being like everyone else," and how to survive this time of year🖤May it find you just in time.🦋
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
It’s always nice to see an author who has taken the time to meet an obvious, but as yet unmet, need like this. This day is real difficult for lots of people who don’t have what they always thought they would have.
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Dear Massachusetts,
WTF, guys?? Some of you need to remember your Irish roots. Remember when there were signs that said, “No Blacks or Irish need apply.“ Irish folks need to remember when they weren’t considered White. When they, too, were outcasts. Do unto others, MFers.
WTF, guys?? Some of you need to remember your Irish roots. Remember when there were signs that said, “No Blacks or Irish need apply.“ Irish folks need to remember when they weren’t considered White. When they, too, were outcasts. Do unto others, MFers.
Massachusetts has spent months delaying & denying @boltsmag.org’s public records requests on how many people it has transferred ICE during Trump as part of its formal contract with ICE.
A supervisor of records ruled last week that the state’s denials are improper; we hope to get records soon.
A supervisor of records ruled last week that the state’s denials are improper; we hope to get records soon.
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Dear Massachusetts,
WTF, guys?? Some of you need to remember your Irish roots. Remember when there were signs that said, “No Blacks or Irish need apply.“ Irish folks need to remember when they weren’t considered White. When they, too, were outcasts. Do unto others, MFers.
WTF, guys?? Some of you need to remember your Irish roots. Remember when there were signs that said, “No Blacks or Irish need apply.“ Irish folks need to remember when they weren’t considered White. When they, too, were outcasts. Do unto others, MFers.
Self-care:
just opted out of a text exchange with two dear friends. It was an almost unbroken stream of bad news multiple times/day, to which I often contributed. Told them that I loved them, but needed to limit my time on social media and being awash in badness. They understood. ❤️
just opted out of a text exchange with two dear friends. It was an almost unbroken stream of bad news multiple times/day, to which I often contributed. Told them that I loved them, but needed to limit my time on social media and being awash in badness. They understood. ❤️
February 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Self-care:
just opted out of a text exchange with two dear friends. It was an almost unbroken stream of bad news multiple times/day, to which I often contributed. Told them that I loved them, but needed to limit my time on social media and being awash in badness. They understood. ❤️
just opted out of a text exchange with two dear friends. It was an almost unbroken stream of bad news multiple times/day, to which I often contributed. Told them that I loved them, but needed to limit my time on social media and being awash in badness. They understood. ❤️
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This is precisely what polling places were like for part of the 19th century.
People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.
People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.
February 14, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This is precisely what polling places were like for part of the 19th century.
People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.
People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.
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Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
No wonder I never figured out romance. And I’m a bibliophile! And a coddiwompler, to boot.
WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
February 14, 2026 at 10:52 PM
No wonder I never figured out romance. And I’m a bibliophile! And a coddiwompler, to boot.
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"UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin"
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UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin
UK and partners are today exposing the tragic circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalny's death and have confirmed there was poison found in samples from his body.
www.gov.uk
February 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin"
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Absolutely. Ukrainians are the only ones who are keeping Putin from running roughshod over the rest of Europe and the world. Shame on our president and administration for not helping them.
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Tusk on Ukraine: Even the Nobel Peace Prize would not be enough.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
February 14, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Absolutely. Ukrainians are the only ones who are keeping Putin from running roughshod over the rest of Europe and the world. Shame on our president and administration for not helping them.
If you’ve read as much of the bleak news as I have in the past week, I recommend walks in the woods and time sitting by a river, even if it’s frozen, or even if it’s not the Mississippi.
February 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
If you’ve read as much of the bleak news as I have in the past week, I recommend walks in the woods and time sitting by a river, even if it’s frozen, or even if it’s not the Mississippi.