John Isbell
@jisbell321.bsky.social
Newly retired old liberal white guy living in AZ with my lovely wife and two cats who do not get along.
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Renee Nicole Good was murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Renee Nicole Good was murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
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The House passed a three-year extension of critical ACA subsidies that will help millions of Americans afford their health insurance.
But instead of fighting over these subsidies every few years, we should enact Medicare for All. Here's what you should know.
But instead of fighting over these subsidies every few years, we should enact Medicare for All. Here's what you should know.
The Real Deal with Medicare for All | Robert Reich
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks down the true cost of Medicare for All.Watch More: It's Time for Medicare
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January 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The House passed a three-year extension of critical ACA subsidies that will help millions of Americans afford their health insurance.
But instead of fighting over these subsidies every few years, we should enact Medicare for All. Here's what you should know.
But instead of fighting over these subsidies every few years, we should enact Medicare for All. Here's what you should know.
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Where is the OUTRAGE from the elected DEMOCRATIC LEADERS? DO SOMETHING damn it! This is an out of control MAD MAN who continues to concoct his own narrative & still people believe him & stand by him. READ his outrageous BS below.👇🏼
January 7, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Where is the OUTRAGE from the elected DEMOCRATIC LEADERS? DO SOMETHING damn it! This is an out of control MAD MAN who continues to concoct his own narrative & still people believe him & stand by him. READ his outrageous BS below.👇🏼
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Better get started on No Kings 3.
January 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Better get started on No Kings 3.
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For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
January 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
Dusty Rose being sociable, Henry Rollins not so much on this fine #caturday afternoon.
#dustyrosethecat
#henryrollinsthecat
#catsofbluesky
#saturdayarvo
#dustyrosethecat
#henryrollinsthecat
#catsofbluesky
#saturdayarvo
December 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Dusty Rose being sociable, Henry Rollins not so much on this fine #caturday afternoon.
#dustyrosethecat
#henryrollinsthecat
#catsofbluesky
#saturdayarvo
#dustyrosethecat
#henryrollinsthecat
#catsofbluesky
#saturdayarvo
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Whenever a country with strict gun laws sees a mass shooting there’s always some dumb fuck that goes “HOWS THAT GUN CONTROL WORKING FOR YA???” when America will see more mass shootings in a week than they see in ten years.
December 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Whenever a country with strict gun laws sees a mass shooting there’s always some dumb fuck that goes “HOWS THAT GUN CONTROL WORKING FOR YA???” when America will see more mass shootings in a week than they see in ten years.
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“In September, Trump signed an executive order designating antifa as a “domestic terror organization.”
Just to be clear, in signing this executive order, Trump is explicitly identifying his government as fascist.
Just to be clear, in signing this executive order, Trump is explicitly identifying his government as fascist.
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“In September, Trump signed an executive order designating antifa as a “domestic terror organization.”
Just to be clear, in signing this executive order, Trump is explicitly identifying his government as fascist.
Just to be clear, in signing this executive order, Trump is explicitly identifying his government as fascist.
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When do we revert back to saying “the United States are” instead of “the United States is”?
December 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
When do we revert back to saying “the United States are” instead of “the United States is”?
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No other civilized country has the gun violence we do.
Why?
Do you really think they have fewer disturbed people?
Or do they just have a lot fewer guns.
Why do we stay in a union that allows this? Why do we finance it?
Why?
Do you really think they have fewer disturbed people?
Or do they just have a lot fewer guns.
Why do we stay in a union that allows this? Why do we finance it?
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
No other civilized country has the gun violence we do.
Why?
Do you really think they have fewer disturbed people?
Or do they just have a lot fewer guns.
Why do we stay in a union that allows this? Why do we finance it?
Why?
Do you really think they have fewer disturbed people?
Or do they just have a lot fewer guns.
Why do we stay in a union that allows this? Why do we finance it?
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Is it just me, but isn’t our President a whopping piece of shit?
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Is it just me, but isn’t our President a whopping piece of shit?
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how come stalinism disproves socialism but hitlerism doesn't disprove capitalism
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
how come stalinism disproves socialism but hitlerism doesn't disprove capitalism
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On this day in 2013. That was a great city in which to live, miss it a lot.
#sydneyaustralia #sydneyoperahouse
#sydneyharbour
#sydneyaustralia #sydneyoperahouse
#sydneyharbour
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
On this day in 2013. That was a great city in which to live, miss it a lot.
#sydneyaustralia #sydneyoperahouse
#sydneyharbour
#sydneyaustralia #sydneyoperahouse
#sydneyharbour
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This SCOTUS, with two stolen seats, has nothing to do with interpreting the law. It is entirely about advancing a political agenda. In 2029, immediate reform will be urgent. We have to elect enough progressive, aggressive Democrats to do it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This SCOTUS, with two stolen seats, has nothing to do with interpreting the law. It is entirely about advancing a political agenda. In 2029, immediate reform will be urgent. We have to elect enough progressive, aggressive Democrats to do it.
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The Dictator’s crazed racist rant against Somalis made it very clear who’s “garbage.”
All rational people approach others believing that in every large group there are likely to be people of greater character & those of lesser character.
It’s just not that hard to be human.
All rational people approach others believing that in every large group there are likely to be people of greater character & those of lesser character.
It’s just not that hard to be human.
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Dictator’s crazed racist rant against Somalis made it very clear who’s “garbage.”
All rational people approach others believing that in every large group there are likely to be people of greater character & those of lesser character.
It’s just not that hard to be human.
All rational people approach others believing that in every large group there are likely to be people of greater character & those of lesser character.
It’s just not that hard to be human.
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Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
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We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
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Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
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We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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The 20 biggest political donors on the Forbes billionaires list have collectively given nearly $5 billion between 2015 and 2024.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The 20 biggest political donors on the Forbes billionaires list have collectively given nearly $5 billion between 2015 and 2024.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.