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.
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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.
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The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
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read that first paragraph if nothing else:
Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.
Happy Presidents Day.
Happy Presidents Day.
February 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
read that first paragraph if nothing else:
So the federal government isn’t complying here. What are state officials going to do about it?
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.
FBI will not provide the BCA access to evidence gathered from Pretti shooting, BCA says
Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.
www.mprnews.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM
So the federal government isn’t complying here. What are state officials going to do about it?
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
Beginning my political rite of passage.
February 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Beginning my political rite of passage.
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imo Dems should treat these people the way they claim we treat them
Dude is quickly climbing the ranks of Most Dangerous Man Alive
February 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
imo Dems should treat these people the way they claim we treat them
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man in the history of humanity is, objectively speaking, just a straight up Nazi
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
February 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man in the history of humanity is, objectively speaking, just a straight up Nazi
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
Visiting Fraunces Tavern today, the site where Washington celebrated the evacuation of the last British troops from New York City in 1783.
Take a look at the 13 toasts that Washington made with his officers, particularly toast number 11:
“May America be an asylum to the persecuted of the earth.”
Take a look at the 13 toasts that Washington made with his officers, particularly toast number 11:
“May America be an asylum to the persecuted of the earth.”
February 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Visiting Fraunces Tavern today, the site where Washington celebrated the evacuation of the last British troops from New York City in 1783.
Take a look at the 13 toasts that Washington made with his officers, particularly toast number 11:
“May America be an asylum to the persecuted of the earth.”
Take a look at the 13 toasts that Washington made with his officers, particularly toast number 11:
“May America be an asylum to the persecuted of the earth.”
There’s a lot going on here, but nobody comes to this country to embrace a White, Anglo-Saxon culture. They come precisely because it is a “multicultural economic zone.”
And for most of this country’s history, that is exactly what people have fought and died for.
And for most of this country’s history, that is exactly what people have fought and died for.
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 3:59 PM
There’s a lot going on here, but nobody comes to this country to embrace a White, Anglo-Saxon culture. They come precisely because it is a “multicultural economic zone.”
And for most of this country’s history, that is exactly what people have fought and died for.
And for most of this country’s history, that is exactly what people have fought and died for.
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interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”
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This is a hell of a headline:
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This is a hell of a headline:
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As part of its established procedures, ICE sends agents to pound on the doors of protesters at home and tell them "We know who you are and we're coming for you." The tactics of incompetent state terrorism.
ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
As part of its established procedures, ICE sends agents to pound on the doors of protesters at home and tell them "We know who you are and we're coming for you." The tactics of incompetent state terrorism.
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February 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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The best case scenario is that Trump will waste $38 billion. The more likely outcome is that these will become warehouses of human suffering, and a permanent stain on America's history.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:09 AM
The best case scenario is that Trump will waste $38 billion. The more likely outcome is that these will become warehouses of human suffering, and a permanent stain on America's history.
Ahaha, he’s going to make them choose sides, isn’t he?
February 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Ahaha, he’s going to make them choose sides, isn’t he?
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other crazy to go to sea?
February 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other crazy to go to sea?
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DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
Might be time to bring these back
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 13, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Might be time to bring these back
(No, there won’t.)
Trump: “The Democrats refuse to vote for Voter I.D., or Citizenship. The reason is very simple — They want to continue to cheat in Elections. This was not what our Founders desired … There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!“
February 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
(No, there won’t.)