📚 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
Guys! The Nigerian Prince scam is back!
February 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Guys! The Nigerian Prince scam is back!
It's an old drum to beat, but still is the right one: giving people decent, safe housing (and health care, and enough to eat) is a basic human right. And it works. A social contract. But it turns out the Trump administration, at least, CAN argue with success.
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘Deeply illogical’: this man’s life work could end homelessness – and Trump is doing all he can to stop it
After four decades of research and over a decade of federal support, Housing First’s Sam Tsemberis is ‘back to being an outlaw’ in the US
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
It's an old drum to beat, but still is the right one: giving people decent, safe housing (and health care, and enough to eat) is a basic human right. And it works. A social contract. But it turns out the Trump administration, at least, CAN argue with success.
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
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Bill would hold data centers responsible for energy costs and environmental protections
Bill would hold data centers responsible for energy costs and environmental protections
The proposal would increase local accountability by setting water and electricity reporting requirements and water efficiency standards, and ensure community engagement.
trib.al
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Bill would hold data centers responsible for energy costs and environmental protections
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It’s unclear if the person who sent the email was running for office.
Epstein Files Email Shows Redacted ‘Political Figure’ Bragging About Exceeding Jeb Bush In Votes, Khanna Says
It’s unclear if the person who sent the email was running for office.
www.forbes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:10 AM
It’s unclear if the person who sent the email was running for office.
Trump’s legacy should be the same as that of Ozymandias. It is desirable that that process begins before he dies.
February 13, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Trump’s legacy should be the same as that of Ozymandias. It is desirable that that process begins before he dies.
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pro tip for sharing extremely fucked up climate news: if you don’t include a doable action step, it’s just gonna burn people out
I got about a bajillon of em. how bout: find out when your local planning and zoning people meet, show up and support clean energy projects and dense housing
I got about a bajillon of em. how bout: find out when your local planning and zoning people meet, show up and support clean energy projects and dense housing
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
pro tip for sharing extremely fucked up climate news: if you don’t include a doable action step, it’s just gonna burn people out
I got about a bajillon of em. how bout: find out when your local planning and zoning people meet, show up and support clean energy projects and dense housing
I got about a bajillon of em. how bout: find out when your local planning and zoning people meet, show up and support clean energy projects and dense housing
The world must rid itself of its Epstein class, with international cooperation. Let’s start here.
February 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The world must rid itself of its Epstein class, with international cooperation. Let’s start here.
Tough-minded, big-hearted piece about the viability and advisability of a violent response to oppression. Here, Palestine, South Africa, etc. Don't try to read this while distracted. This is important.
Thanks to my friend @maiaduerr.bsky.social for the recommendation.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to my friend @maiaduerr.bsky.social for the recommendation.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 12, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Tough-minded, big-hearted piece about the viability and advisability of a violent response to oppression. Here, Palestine, South Africa, etc. Don't try to read this while distracted. This is important.
Thanks to my friend @maiaduerr.bsky.social for the recommendation.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to my friend @maiaduerr.bsky.social for the recommendation.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Sarah Longwell: "This is the Epstein administration because there are two types of people in it — there are people who are in the Epstein files and there are people who are covering up the Epstein file."
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Sarah Longwell: "This is the Epstein administration because there are two types of people in it — there are people who are in the Epstein files and there are people who are covering up the Epstein file."
Excellent thread and article – and apt choice of photo.
If anyone ever tells you that business is more efficient than government, refer them to what @jnshaumeyer.bsky.social and @carmitage.bsky.social have written here.
Also tell them about B Corporations. Every Corp should be a B Corp.
If anyone ever tells you that business is more efficient than government, refer them to what @jnshaumeyer.bsky.social and @carmitage.bsky.social have written here.
Also tell them about B Corporations. Every Corp should be a B Corp.
TL;DR points from the link:
* Between 2022 and 2023, care denials [from private HealthCare insurers] rose an average of 20.2 percent for commercial insurance claims and 55.7 percent for Medicare Advantage claims
* Insurance companies perform exactly one function that matters: pooling risk
* Between 2022 and 2023, care denials [from private HealthCare insurers] rose an average of 20.2 percent for commercial insurance claims and 55.7 percent for Medicare Advantage claims
* Insurance companies perform exactly one function that matters: pooling risk
What Would Happen If a State Banned Insurance Companies?
A thought experiment about the companies standing between Americans and their doctors
substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Excellent thread and article – and apt choice of photo.
If anyone ever tells you that business is more efficient than government, refer them to what @jnshaumeyer.bsky.social and @carmitage.bsky.social have written here.
Also tell them about B Corporations. Every Corp should be a B Corp.
If anyone ever tells you that business is more efficient than government, refer them to what @jnshaumeyer.bsky.social and @carmitage.bsky.social have written here.
Also tell them about B Corporations. Every Corp should be a B Corp.
I'll be attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS DUBUQUE” - sign up now to join me! It was a great turnout last year – shockingly great. More reason to show up this year.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS DUBUQUE · No Kings
**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.**
What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...
www.mobilize.us
February 12, 2026 at 10:52 PM
I'll be attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS DUBUQUE” - sign up now to join me! It was a great turnout last year – shockingly great. More reason to show up this year.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
When it's all over, Trump, Putin, and Miller will have proven to be much worse for the world – for lives, health, environment, and all economies – than COVID had any chance of being. They will be seen as Hitler on steroids, to some degree because no meaningful opposition has yet arisen.
February 12, 2026 at 9:41 PM
When it's all over, Trump, Putin, and Miller will have proven to be much worse for the world – for lives, health, environment, and all economies – than COVID had any chance of being. They will be seen as Hitler on steroids, to some degree because no meaningful opposition has yet arisen.
Put this together with the hundreds of millions of dollars that the feds have been spending to buy Stephen Miller his warehouses to turn into concentration camps.
I don’t know what we need to do.
I don’t know what we need to do.
Two judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit have issued a ruling that, if allowed to stand, could result in the indefinite detention of millions of immigrants in inhumane, overcrowded facilities scattered across the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Opinion | A Very Dangerous Ruling in New Orleans
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Put this together with the hundreds of millions of dollars that the feds have been spending to buy Stephen Miller his warehouses to turn into concentration camps.
I don’t know what we need to do.
I don’t know what we need to do.
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A Ukrainian dad escaped Putin’s drone and missile attacks back home only to be grabbed by a band of laughing ICE stooges in a Walmart parking lot in Minneapolis.
Laughing ICE Goons Seize Dad Who Fled Ukraine War at Walmart
Dmytro Kulyk is facing deportation as refugees become the Trump administration’s latest target.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
A Ukrainian dad escaped Putin’s drone and missile attacks back home only to be grabbed by a band of laughing ICE stooges in a Walmart parking lot in Minneapolis.
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Stephen Miller wants concentration camps, and Trump and the entirety of the GOP Congress is prepared to give them to him.
Do not look away.
Do not look away.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Stephen Miller wants concentration camps, and Trump and the entirety of the GOP Congress is prepared to give them to him.
Do not look away.
Do not look away.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Do you remember Kris Kobach? He used to be against federal involvement in elections. Then Republicans won the White House. www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
Kansas Republican staunchly opposed nationalized voting. Does he back Trump now?
Kris Kobach in 2013 drafted a resolution that sharply opposed federal control of states’ voter registration systems.
www.kansascity.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Do you remember Kris Kobach? He used to be against federal involvement in elections. Then Republicans won the White House. www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
These are meant to be concentration camps.
This is where a big chunk of our tax money is going.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
These are meant to be concentration camps.
This one is for all the Climate voters who stayed home during elections.
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
This one is for all the Climate voters who stayed home during elections.
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www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Kinsella was just the latest official to be fired as part of trump’s effort to circumvent the Senate confirmation process and federal vacancy law to install loyalists at the helm of top US attorneys’ offices across the country...
Kinsella was just the latest official to be fired as part of trump’s effort to circumvent the Senate confirmation process and federal vacancy law to install loyalists at the helm of top US attorneys’ offices across the country...
Federal judges picked a new U.S. attorney in Upstate New York. The White House fired him four hours later
Judges were attempting to replace a Trump appointee who was disqualified from the role.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Kinsella was just the latest official to be fired as part of trump’s effort to circumvent the Senate confirmation process and federal vacancy law to install loyalists at the helm of top US attorneys’ offices across the country...
Kinsella was just the latest official to be fired as part of trump’s effort to circumvent the Senate confirmation process and federal vacancy law to install loyalists at the helm of top US attorneys’ offices across the country...
Rand Paul, new hero of the resistance. 🤷♂️
Rand Paul: "I see not even a hint here of anything aggressive on [Pretti's] part. I don't think this should take months and months. There needs to be a conclusion ... the public needs to know, if I go to a protest and shout something at people, could I be killed?"
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Rand Paul, new hero of the resistance. 🤷♂️
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Judge Boasberg has ordered the administration to either return to the US or afford the opportunity to proceed in court from abroad, whichever they prefer, men removed from the country without due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Judge Boasberg has ordered the administration to either return to the US or afford the opportunity to proceed in court from abroad, whichever they prefer, men removed from the country without due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...