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John Panzer

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Digital nomad riding the desert on a device with no name. Software engineer; past social software geek. Into democracy, martial arts, open platforms. Also at: https://mastodon.social/@jpanzer Also: https://abstractioneer.org, http://johnpanzer.com

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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · Aug 26

The Trump junta continues to triple down on trying to torture and make an example of Kilmar Garcia. A judge ordered them to stop today. We will see if they defy the court openly now.

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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · Jul 19

The Trump regime, continuing to ignore court orders regarding victims they kidnapped and disappeared to CECOT, has just proven they have also been lying to the courts when they said they had no control over them in CECOT. Proof: They just trafficked over 200 of them to Venezuela.

John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · Jun 7

The Executive branch, after two months of lying to the Court that they had no power to bring Abrego Garcia back, just brought him back.

They’re now going to pretend that they didn’t spend two months defying this court order. (They are still defying court orders regarding other people!)

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 4h

#StevenMiller&Stalinism #TImothySnyder

TImothy Snyder has been warning for years that what we are seeing now in the US was heading our way.

Please listen to what he has to say now and show up with your friends for No Kings Day on October 18

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Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 14h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 4h

14A itself says, effectively, that if at least 1/3 of both House and Senate hold his insurrection against him, he’s disqualified. Clearly that bar was surpassed in the impeachment proceedings.

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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 4h

She should be impeached and removed.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 5h

Buy goods only from blue states which oppose the autocratic takeover. Boycott goods produced in other states.

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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 6h

Yes. That’s where this leads. Yup. Correct. Ok. So….

John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 6h

WaPo is now a zombie.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 6h

Isn’t this what happened to Newsweek? WaPo is now a zombie.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 10h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 8h

This is a bop
Know your rights.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 10h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 9h

One thousand percent.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 11h

Shorter: Mike Johnson refuses to commit to not breaking the law.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 11h

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he hasn’t reviewed a proposal to withhold back pay to federal workers furloughed during the shutdown, a controversial plan that has been criticized for violating the law.

Johnson Says He Hasn’t Studied Trump Plan to Withhold Back Pay

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he hasn’t reviewed a White House Budget Office proposal to withhold back pay to federal workers furloughed during the shutdown, a controversial plan that has been criticized for violating the law.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

Absolutely made up.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley @scienceandsanity.bsky.social · 16h

#NoKIngsParadePaloAlto #October18

If you live near Palo Alto or are visiting please join this parade on No Kings Day. Afterwards there will be a Democracy Fair with booths & trainings & then speeches and music.

If you live elsewhere look for one near you:

www.nokings.org

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Indivisible Mid•Pensinsula @indimidpen.bsky.social · 13d

If you live/work on the Peninsula in the Bay Area of CA, join us for No Kings Day October 18th! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS 2 Parade (Palo Alto) · No Kings

We will gather at the corner of El Camino and Embarcadero—on both sides of El Camino (on the Stanford side AND Town and Country Palo Alto side) so everyone sees us! PEACEFUL AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY STAND...

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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 16h

Lying little piece of crap.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 19h

Nothing strikes fear into ICE like a twerking T-Rex and unicorn in Portland.

Stay safe out there, patriots. 🦕🦄

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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 18h

Harsh.
Accurate.

Tracy @tracydeepbluesea44.bsky.social · 19h

Gavin Newsom just called Pam Bondi “Pedophile-protector Pam”.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 19h

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18h

Fascists are desperate for violent disruption they can use an excuse for state violence and power grabs.

They have trouble with mockery, goofiness, and fun.

That holds across just about every type of authoritarianism. They like being feared for cruelty. They hate being laughed at and humiliated.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 20h

Truth.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 1d

the horror!

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.