John Whorfin
@johnwhorfin.bsky.social
Character is what you are in the dark.
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i will never vote for gavin newsom
January 27, 2026 at 4:20 AM
i will never vote for gavin newsom
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This happened under Biden.
I need y’all to stop pretending like this is just a Team Red issue.
I need y’all to stop pretending like this is just a Team Red issue.
Imagine still believing that America is the land of the free when they’re doing this to a journalist at a press conference
September 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This happened under Biden.
I need y’all to stop pretending like this is just a Team Red issue.
I need y’all to stop pretending like this is just a Team Red issue.
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Not enough. Not nearly enough. They have a chance to get rid of the whole agency now and get rid of Noem.
These milquetoast requirements are bullshit and offer huge loopholes that Miller et al with keep walking right on through.
CALL YOUR REPS. Demand nothing less than the abolishment of ICE.
These milquetoast requirements are bullshit and offer huge loopholes that Miller et al with keep walking right on through.
CALL YOUR REPS. Demand nothing less than the abolishment of ICE.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Not enough. Not nearly enough. They have a chance to get rid of the whole agency now and get rid of Noem.
These milquetoast requirements are bullshit and offer huge loopholes that Miller et al with keep walking right on through.
CALL YOUR REPS. Demand nothing less than the abolishment of ICE.
These milquetoast requirements are bullshit and offer huge loopholes that Miller et al with keep walking right on through.
CALL YOUR REPS. Demand nothing less than the abolishment of ICE.
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For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
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i've been dumping trash around the park every day for 20 years. many times people told me "hey stop dumping trash in the park" but i scoffed because trash dumper was a very prestigious job. now that we know dumping trash is bad, some have asked why i should be chairperson for the recycling committee
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
i've been dumping trash around the park every day for 20 years. many times people told me "hey stop dumping trash in the park" but i scoffed because trash dumper was a very prestigious job. now that we know dumping trash is bad, some have asked why i should be chairperson for the recycling committee
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they've spent their entire lives deluding themselves into the belief that police violence is a result of individual actions/failures (both on the side of the victim and the perpetrator) as opposed to any systemic issues
abolition pushes them to acknowledge systemic failure & their own complicity
abolition pushes them to acknowledge systemic failure & their own complicity
Question for the crowd:
Why do you think moderates, liberals, and other folks are scared or have an aversion to the word “abolish”?
Why do you think moderates, liberals, and other folks are scared or have an aversion to the word “abolish”?
January 26, 2026 at 3:32 AM
they've spent their entire lives deluding themselves into the belief that police violence is a result of individual actions/failures (both on the side of the victim and the perpetrator) as opposed to any systemic issues
abolition pushes them to acknowledge systemic failure & their own complicity
abolition pushes them to acknowledge systemic failure & their own complicity
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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Tim Doyle a famous Marvel artist is making some of the most Metal Anti-ICE art right now! Ghost Rider, Wolverine and the Punisher taking ICE out!
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Tim Doyle a famous Marvel artist is making some of the most Metal Anti-ICE art right now! Ghost Rider, Wolverine and the Punisher taking ICE out!
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Every American Democratic nominee for President since 1952 has stood steadfastly against universal healthcare and taken actions in whatever offices they held, to oppose universal healthcare. The idea there has ever been a Democratic attempt at universality is frankly crackpot, pay it no heed.
Because we're all trapped in the event horizon of the 2016 primary we have to pretend that "universal healthcare", something that every Democratic administration has worked to expand since Truman, is something that "liberalism" has fought against, instead of a bog-standard part of the platform.
January 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Every American Democratic nominee for President since 1952 has stood steadfastly against universal healthcare and taken actions in whatever offices they held, to oppose universal healthcare. The idea there has ever been a Democratic attempt at universality is frankly crackpot, pay it no heed.
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Centrists are approaching this from a "yeah, we might have been wrong, but it's not like we were right wingers."
You enabled right wing policy. You enabled right wing power. And you did it while silencing everyone to your left.
Atonement would be a great starting point.
You enabled right wing policy. You enabled right wing power. And you did it while silencing everyone to your left.
Atonement would be a great starting point.
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Centrists are approaching this from a "yeah, we might have been wrong, but it's not like we were right wingers."
You enabled right wing policy. You enabled right wing power. And you did it while silencing everyone to your left.
Atonement would be a great starting point.
You enabled right wing policy. You enabled right wing power. And you did it while silencing everyone to your left.
Atonement would be a great starting point.
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BECAUSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE DEAD NOW.
BECAUSE THEIR SHITTY OPINIONS GOT US HERE.
BECAUSE THEIR SHITTY OPINIONS GOT US HERE.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 11:26 AM
BECAUSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE DEAD NOW.
BECAUSE THEIR SHITTY OPINIONS GOT US HERE.
BECAUSE THEIR SHITTY OPINIONS GOT US HERE.
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I would say that if people pointing out that they've been saying this all along and insisting you reflect on why you didn't listen before is going to make you regress on your views or resent those people you ostensibly agree with now, you didn't really change your opinion in a meaningful way.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I would say that if people pointing out that they've been saying this all along and insisting you reflect on why you didn't listen before is going to make you regress on your views or resent those people you ostensibly agree with now, you didn't really change your opinion in a meaningful way.
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hey folks, six figure opinion columnist here and gotta say, made a big ol’ whoopsie on the most consequential and honestly, probably the most obvious opinion of my life. thats my bad. anyway, guess I’ll just keep getting paid to give my opinion, thanks for reading
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
hey folks, six figure opinion columnist here and gotta say, made a big ol’ whoopsie on the most consequential and honestly, probably the most obvious opinion of my life. thats my bad. anyway, guess I’ll just keep getting paid to give my opinion, thanks for reading
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Local cops protecting ICE? Arresting protesters?
Minneapolis, MN -
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Local cops protecting ICE? Arresting protesters?
Yes. We cannot let cowardice setup 'trump but worse'.
This tells me that Jeffries has no interest in enforcing our constitution and our laws. Impeaching Trump is not a strategy, it’s not a poll point, it’s JUSTICE. It’s what the constitution demands! If they can’t manage to care about that we will just be sleepwalking until the next tyrant.
This guy sucks. Why should we ever vote for the democrats then?
January 25, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Yes. We cannot let cowardice setup 'trump but worse'.
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ICE know that they have passed the point of no return.
Either they will succeed in establishing a totalitarian police state or there will be no escaping the reckoning for what they've done.
We—too—are headed for one of those two futures.
Are you acting accordingly yet?
crimethinc.com/mercenaries
Either they will succeed in establishing a totalitarian police state or there will be no escaping the reckoning for what they've done.
We—too—are headed for one of those two futures.
Are you acting accordingly yet?
crimethinc.com/mercenaries
The worst members of our society are being paid enormous sums to inflict pain and death on anyone they choose. They think they have immunity so they are living out their sick fantasies without consequences.
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM
ICE know that they have passed the point of no return.
Either they will succeed in establishing a totalitarian police state or there will be no escaping the reckoning for what they've done.
We—too—are headed for one of those two futures.
Are you acting accordingly yet?
crimethinc.com/mercenaries
Either they will succeed in establishing a totalitarian police state or there will be no escaping the reckoning for what they've done.
We—too—are headed for one of those two futures.
Are you acting accordingly yet?
crimethinc.com/mercenaries
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Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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Huge scandal that Minneapolis has been crawling with terrorists this whole time. They've been living among us undercover as poets and nurses. And would've continued to, had it not been for the work of our bravest child kidnappers
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Huge scandal that Minneapolis has been crawling with terrorists this whole time. They've been living among us undercover as poets and nurses. And would've continued to, had it not been for the work of our bravest child kidnappers
The people tasked with doing arrests are on the side of the shooters. There is no one coming.
We need leaders on the left to talk about extrajudicial violence, and how if they can do it, we can and will as well. Talk about jury nullification.
We need Malcolms too, not just MLKs.
We need leaders on the left to talk about extrajudicial violence, and how if they can do it, we can and will as well. Talk about jury nullification.
We need Malcolms too, not just MLKs.
ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM
The people tasked with doing arrests are on the side of the shooters. There is no one coming.
We need leaders on the left to talk about extrajudicial violence, and how if they can do it, we can and will as well. Talk about jury nullification.
We need Malcolms too, not just MLKs.
We need leaders on the left to talk about extrajudicial violence, and how if they can do it, we can and will as well. Talk about jury nullification.
We need Malcolms too, not just MLKs.
Sad that the name 'Bud' has fallen out of favor at the same time of weed legalization has taken off.
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Sad that the name 'Bud' has fallen out of favor at the same time of weed legalization has taken off.
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Sorry the character limit isn’t enough for the rage inside of me.
January 25, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Sorry the character limit isn’t enough for the rage inside of me.
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power