John Q. Public
@publius24.bsky.social
Former paper pusher for the deep state. Misanthropic humanist. Lover of art, literature, cinema, and all other humanistic endeavors.
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John Q. Public
@publius24.bsky.social
· Aug 25
I took a photo of the president’s latest portrait unfurled outside a federal building.
This one is outside the U.S. Department of Labor.
This one is outside the U.S. Department of Labor.
Crime down precipitously since 2021
Shooting victims in New York's GIVE agencies (not NYC) were down nearly 30% in January 2026 compared to January 2025 as evidence mounts that the long-term drop in gun violence continued last month.
February 19, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Crime down precipitously since 2021
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AEW fans are again chant "F*ck ICE! F*ck ICE!" in response to Brody King during tonight's show in Sacramento
February 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
AEW fans are again chant "F*ck ICE! F*ck ICE!" in response to Brody King during tonight's show in Sacramento
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Tom Morello has something to tell you:
February 19, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Tom Morello has something to tell you:
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EXCLUSIVE: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo.
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
Exclusive: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
www.lawdork.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:23 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo.
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
Sounds like another foreign war to me
Significant preparations underway in Israel for the possibility of a joint strike with the U.S. against Iran, defense officials said. The planning envisions delivering a severe blow over a number of days with the goal of forcing Iran into concessions at the negotiating table, the officials said.-NYT
February 19, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Sounds like another foreign war to me
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Elon Musk is talking about Nigel Farage's Reform Party: he says Reform are trying to eradicate white people in Britain.
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
February 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Elon Musk is talking about Nigel Farage's Reform Party: he says Reform are trying to eradicate white people in Britain.
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
It was a JAG?! lmfao
1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
February 19, 2026 at 12:20 AM
It was a JAG?! lmfao
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JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
February 18, 2026 at 11:41 PM
JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
What happened to Dean Phillips?
February 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
What happened to Dean Phillips?
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
By the way, emphasizing liberty over safety is going to have to be our main political argument if we want to get out of this fascistic dystopia.
People can feel the dehumanizing effects of mass surveillance and unregulated AI. They are desperate for somebody to lead them into a brighter future.
People can feel the dehumanizing effects of mass surveillance and unregulated AI. They are desperate for somebody to lead them into a brighter future.
I have to say that this notion that police abolition “creates more safety” is absolute nonsense because, if you talk with an abolitionist long enough, even they will admit “well we haven’t thought that far yet.”
The conversation would be better focused on deprioritizing safety in favor of liberty.
The conversation would be better focused on deprioritizing safety in favor of liberty.
Prison and police abolition creates more safety than a corporate carceral state and most of the benefits of are downriver from being the sort of people who solve problems sustainable solutions, thereby avoiding the terrible dangers inherent to being the sort of people who solve them with punishment.
February 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
By the way, emphasizing liberty over safety is going to have to be our main political argument if we want to get out of this fascistic dystopia.
People can feel the dehumanizing effects of mass surveillance and unregulated AI. They are desperate for somebody to lead them into a brighter future.
People can feel the dehumanizing effects of mass surveillance and unregulated AI. They are desperate for somebody to lead them into a brighter future.
I have to say that this notion that police abolition “creates more safety” is absolute nonsense because, if you talk with an abolitionist long enough, even they will admit “well we haven’t thought that far yet.”
The conversation would be better focused on deprioritizing safety in favor of liberty.
The conversation would be better focused on deprioritizing safety in favor of liberty.
Prison and police abolition creates more safety than a corporate carceral state and most of the benefits of are downriver from being the sort of people who solve problems sustainable solutions, thereby avoiding the terrible dangers inherent to being the sort of people who solve them with punishment.
February 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I have to say that this notion that police abolition “creates more safety” is absolute nonsense because, if you talk with an abolitionist long enough, even they will admit “well we haven’t thought that far yet.”
The conversation would be better focused on deprioritizing safety in favor of liberty.
The conversation would be better focused on deprioritizing safety in favor of liberty.
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BREAKING: MeidasTouch and MoveOn are hosting the People’s State of the Union on the National Mall as Dems boycott Trump’s address.
Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies.
Watch on our YouTube.
Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies.
Watch on our YouTube.
February 18, 2026 at 4:07 PM
BREAKING: MeidasTouch and MoveOn are hosting the People’s State of the Union on the National Mall as Dems boycott Trump’s address.
Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies.
Watch on our YouTube.
Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies.
Watch on our YouTube.
In my opinion, the last great right-leaning artist (accepted as such and appreciated by people on the left, as well) was Cormac McCarthy.
Maybe I’m missing some musician or actor, but I’m talking about the last artist to offer a conservative worldview in a thoughtful and artistic manner.
Maybe I’m missing some musician or actor, but I’m talking about the last artist to offer a conservative worldview in a thoughtful and artistic manner.
There used to be a ton of right-leaning artists, poets, writers etc. This kind of person doesn't really exist anymore because all right wing energy is aimed at asserting the intrinsic superiority of this or that arbitrary genetic group on a podcast
February 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
In my opinion, the last great right-leaning artist (accepted as such and appreciated by people on the left, as well) was Cormac McCarthy.
Maybe I’m missing some musician or actor, but I’m talking about the last artist to offer a conservative worldview in a thoughtful and artistic manner.
Maybe I’m missing some musician or actor, but I’m talking about the last artist to offer a conservative worldview in a thoughtful and artistic manner.
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The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
Anything is better than this
February 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Anything is better than this
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Wow.
Watching 37 USAF aircraft - 23 tankers, 13 transports and an E-3 AWACS over CONUS and Europe over the last 4 hours.
Watching 37 USAF aircraft - 23 tankers, 13 transports and an E-3 AWACS over CONUS and Europe over the last 4 hours.
February 18, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Wow.
Watching 37 USAF aircraft - 23 tankers, 13 transports and an E-3 AWACS over CONUS and Europe over the last 4 hours.
Watching 37 USAF aircraft - 23 tankers, 13 transports and an E-3 AWACS over CONUS and Europe over the last 4 hours.
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BIG NEWS: The federal government has given up their appeal in our National Guard case from last fall – meaning we’ve permanently succeeded in keeping National Guard members off our streets. #orpol
February 17, 2026 at 10:55 PM
BIG NEWS: The federal government has given up their appeal in our National Guard case from last fall – meaning we’ve permanently succeeded in keeping National Guard members off our streets. #orpol
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It turns out late-stage capitalism is the monetization of addiction and dependence. The opium trade but via universally available digital media.
February 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It turns out late-stage capitalism is the monetization of addiction and dependence. The opium trade but via universally available digital media.
This feels like the equivalent of privatizing the nuclear arms race in the sense that each company is competing to see who can reach the end times the fastest.
Like there are no guardrails here whatsoever—legal, moral, or ethical.
Like there are no guardrails here whatsoever—legal, moral, or ethical.
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This feels like the equivalent of privatizing the nuclear arms race in the sense that each company is competing to see who can reach the end times the fastest.
Like there are no guardrails here whatsoever—legal, moral, or ethical.
Like there are no guardrails here whatsoever—legal, moral, or ethical.