John Askins
@jaskins54.bsky.social
Retired journalist / meteorologist. House husband, responsible pet owner, disabled American, host of weekly music show on local community radio station. Involved in everything from progressive politics to philately.
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“It is not rhetoric to observe that DHS has become a rogue department. There’s a specific meaning: DHS has ceased to operate within the law.”
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7 Questions About the Latest CBP Shooting
Border Patrol agents shot two more people in their vehicle, this time in Portland. And the story they’re telling doesn’t add up.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:24 AM
“It is not rhetoric to observe that DHS has become a rogue department. There’s a specific meaning: DHS has ceased to operate within the law.”
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According to MAGA, Renee Good, just sitting in her car, is a domestic terrorist, but Kyle Rittenhouse, shooting strangers in the street with an assault weapon, is not.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
January 8, 2026 at 12:47 AM
According to MAGA, Renee Good, just sitting in her car, is a domestic terrorist, but Kyle Rittenhouse, shooting strangers in the street with an assault weapon, is not.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
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Renee Good was peacefully sitting in her car.
Ashli Babbitt was aggressively lunging at a police officer in a threatening way.
Guess which one conservatives think had it coming when she got shot?
They don't even try to be coherent, much less principled.
Ashli Babbitt was aggressively lunging at a police officer in a threatening way.
Guess which one conservatives think had it coming when she got shot?
They don't even try to be coherent, much less principled.
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Renee Good was peacefully sitting in her car.
Ashli Babbitt was aggressively lunging at a police officer in a threatening way.
Guess which one conservatives think had it coming when she got shot?
They don't even try to be coherent, much less principled.
Ashli Babbitt was aggressively lunging at a police officer in a threatening way.
Guess which one conservatives think had it coming when she got shot?
They don't even try to be coherent, much less principled.
Greenland’s next.
That’s my prediction.
That’s my prediction.
January 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Greenland’s next.
That’s my prediction.
That’s my prediction.
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Remember when Presidents did national speeches for emergencies or times where a nation needs to hear from their leader?
This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking
This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Remember when Presidents did national speeches for emergencies or times where a nation needs to hear from their leader?
This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking
This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking
NPR reported that the Pentagon may cut ties with the Boy Scouts because scouts are too woke!
I think the scouts should cut ties with the Pentagon because it promotes toxic masculinity.
I think the scouts should cut ties with the Pentagon because it promotes toxic masculinity.
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
NPR reported that the Pentagon may cut ties with the Boy Scouts because scouts are too woke!
I think the scouts should cut ties with the Pentagon because it promotes toxic masculinity.
I think the scouts should cut ties with the Pentagon because it promotes toxic masculinity.
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
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'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
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Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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What could be more American than the headline "Mother Buys Violent Son Ammunition and Tactical Gear to Shoot Up His Middle School in Exchange for Babysitting His Younger Siblings"?
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A mom is accused of buying ammunition and tactical gear for her son, despite repeated warnings about violent plans at school
Warning signs that a San Antonio middle school student had deadly intentions had been building for months, police say. They took on a new urgency Sunday when his grandmother walked into his bedroom.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
What could be more American than the headline "Mother Buys Violent Son Ammunition and Tactical Gear to Shoot Up His Middle School in Exchange for Babysitting His Younger Siblings"?
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Dear lord, America. How did we get here? Hug someone unexpectedly, introduce yourself to someone you don’t know, smile at somebody in the grocery store. It doesn’t seem like much, but it is an antidote to the poison that is our politics right now. #TippingPoint #ThisIsNotNormal.
September 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Dear lord, America. How did we get here? Hug someone unexpectedly, introduce yourself to someone you don’t know, smile at somebody in the grocery store. It doesn’t seem like much, but it is an antidote to the poison that is our politics right now. #TippingPoint #ThisIsNotNormal.
My fantasy: T***p finds himself in the Satan’s outer office.
A demonic assistant asks him to wait because Satan wants to personally welcome him to Hell.
Eternity passes. History’s greatest villains shuffle past while T***p waits.
A demonic assistant asks him to wait because Satan wants to personally welcome him to Hell.
Eternity passes. History’s greatest villains shuffle past while T***p waits.
August 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
My fantasy: T***p finds himself in the Satan’s outer office.
A demonic assistant asks him to wait because Satan wants to personally welcome him to Hell.
Eternity passes. History’s greatest villains shuffle past while T***p waits.
A demonic assistant asks him to wait because Satan wants to personally welcome him to Hell.
Eternity passes. History’s greatest villains shuffle past while T***p waits.
I’m ashamed to say this about another human, but I hope it’s true.
August 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I’m ashamed to say this about another human, but I hope it’s true.
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See the 2017 film "Death Of Stalin". Laugh at the chaos. Then look again — and recognize that the comedy is a dress rehearsal. When Trump finally goes, America will learn that the death of a strongman is not the end of the nightmare. It is the beginning of the brawl over his bones.
“The Death of Tr
“The Death of Tr
August 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
See the 2017 film "Death Of Stalin". Laugh at the chaos. Then look again — and recognize that the comedy is a dress rehearsal. When Trump finally goes, America will learn that the death of a strongman is not the end of the nightmare. It is the beginning of the brawl over his bones.
“The Death of Tr
“The Death of Tr
In Trump’s Ideal Picture of America, Diversity Is Taboo www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
In Trump’s Ideal Picture of America, Diversity Is Taboo
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August 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In Trump’s Ideal Picture of America, Diversity Is Taboo www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
‘I Want to Try and Get to Heaven’: Trump Gets Reflective on ‘Fox & Friends’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
‘I Want to Try and Get to Heaven’: Trump Gets Reflective on ‘Fox & Friends’
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August 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
‘I Want to Try and Get to Heaven’: Trump Gets Reflective on ‘Fox & Friends’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
‘I Want to Try and Get to Heaven’: Trump Gets Reflective on ‘Fox
August 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
‘I Want to Try and Get to Heaven’: Trump Gets Reflective on ‘Fox
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Inviting the former head of the KGB into your presidential limo smacks of sloppy security. It's not as if Putin is a stranger to bugging devices.
And what if Trump gets an emergency military/intelligence call? Does he ask his boss, Putin, to stick his fingers in his ears?
And what if Trump gets an emergency military/intelligence call? Does he ask his boss, Putin, to stick his fingers in his ears?
August 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Inviting the former head of the KGB into your presidential limo smacks of sloppy security. It's not as if Putin is a stranger to bugging devices.
And what if Trump gets an emergency military/intelligence call? Does he ask his boss, Putin, to stick his fingers in his ears?
And what if Trump gets an emergency military/intelligence call? Does he ask his boss, Putin, to stick his fingers in his ears?
The TACO economy is booming!
Don’t believe me? When I went to the grocery store yesterday, the total was $105.00. I paid the exact amount and they gave me back $260.00 in change!
Winning!
Don’t believe me? When I went to the grocery store yesterday, the total was $105.00. I paid the exact amount and they gave me back $260.00 in change!
Winning!
August 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The TACO economy is booming!
Don’t believe me? When I went to the grocery store yesterday, the total was $105.00. I paid the exact amount and they gave me back $260.00 in change!
Winning!
Don’t believe me? When I went to the grocery store yesterday, the total was $105.00. I paid the exact amount and they gave me back $260.00 in change!
Winning!
TACO wants NASA to built a nuclear reactor on the moon.
The social safety net is being dismantled, people are disappearing off the streets, and public broadcasters are scrambling to stay on the air, and they want to build a frigging reactor on the moon.
The social safety net is being dismantled, people are disappearing off the streets, and public broadcasters are scrambling to stay on the air, and they want to build a frigging reactor on the moon.
August 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
TACO wants NASA to built a nuclear reactor on the moon.
The social safety net is being dismantled, people are disappearing off the streets, and public broadcasters are scrambling to stay on the air, and they want to build a frigging reactor on the moon.
The social safety net is being dismantled, people are disappearing off the streets, and public broadcasters are scrambling to stay on the air, and they want to build a frigging reactor on the moon.
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I will never fathom this... there is no logic in it.
July 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I will never fathom this... there is no logic in it.
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Former Trump operative Lev Parnas says Trump is taking orders from Putin. The bombing of Iran, the disinformation, the lies and the stonewalling are all a coverup. The bombing just handed Iran oil to China and enabled Iran to build a bomb.
#ProudBlueVoices4Victory
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#ProudBlueVoices4Victory
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'He's taking orders': Trump's ex-'trusted operative' says president has a boss
Someone who worked closely with Donald Trump and his associates is sounding the alarm about who the president is actually beholden to.Lev Parnas, whose story of working with Trump on issues that led t...
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June 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Former Trump operative Lev Parnas says Trump is taking orders from Putin. The bombing of Iran, the disinformation, the lies and the stonewalling are all a coverup. The bombing just handed Iran oil to China and enabled Iran to build a bomb.
#ProudBlueVoices4Victory
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#ProudBlueVoices4Victory
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