John Zibell
@jzbrooklyn.bsky.social
alien, maniac, radical, artist, teacher
No DMS please
No name calling
I don't want to block anyone, we can disagree, we can even fight, be kind and fight the ideas
No DMS please
No name calling
I don't want to block anyone, we can disagree, we can even fight, be kind and fight the ideas
Trump will find justifications for his terrorism - as laid out in the pages of project 2025. If no convincing pretext emerges then he will manufacture one, Gulf of Tonkin style if necessary, or "WMDs in Iraq!" if possible.
MAGA=Death Cult 💀
MAGA=Death Cult 💀
A reminder that this wildly illegal & incredibly authoritarian statement from the Department of Homeland Security is ~exactly the same view about immigration as the "deportation abundance" folks that Ezra Klein gladly pals around with at fancy conferences:
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bsky.app/profile/mcop...
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Trump will find justifications for his terrorism - as laid out in the pages of project 2025. If no convincing pretext emerges then he will manufacture one, Gulf of Tonkin style if necessary, or "WMDs in Iraq!" if possible.
MAGA=Death Cult 💀
MAGA=Death Cult 💀
Dear Senators @schiff.senate.gov and @padilla.senate.gov, & Rep @mikethompson.house.gov.
As your constituent I demand that you insist that Pete Hegseth, the incompetent, corrupt Sec Def resign immediately.
UN High Commissioner Volker Türk stated the strikes violate international human rights law.
As your constituent I demand that you insist that Pete Hegseth, the incompetent, corrupt Sec Def resign immediately.
UN High Commissioner Volker Türk stated the strikes violate international human rights law.
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Dear Senators @schiff.senate.gov and @padilla.senate.gov, & Rep @mikethompson.house.gov.
As your constituent I demand that you insist that Pete Hegseth, the incompetent, corrupt Sec Def resign immediately.
UN High Commissioner Volker Türk stated the strikes violate international human rights law.
As your constituent I demand that you insist that Pete Hegseth, the incompetent, corrupt Sec Def resign immediately.
UN High Commissioner Volker Türk stated the strikes violate international human rights law.
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REUTERS: “Trump blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members — but the alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under Trump…” www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
REUTERS: “Trump blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members — but the alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under Trump…” www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The cruelty is the point. MAGA = Death Cult 💀
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The cruelty is the point. MAGA = Death Cult 💀
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
@schiff.senate.gov please press the Trump administration on FBI cutbacks to anti-terrorism initiatives. Please hammer them with the virulent animosity they reserve for you and the Democrats. This is how Trump is Making America Great? By weakening protections that would have saved these troops.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
@schiff.senate.gov please press the Trump administration on FBI cutbacks to anti-terrorism initiatives. Please hammer them with the virulent animosity they reserve for you and the Democrats. This is how Trump is Making America Great? By weakening protections that would have saved these troops.
My thoughts exactly! Not sure my thoughts are even relevant, but I'm thinking them, and so are many others.
Troops out of our cities now.
Troops out of our cities now.
Maybe the admin should reverse its decision to de-prioritize counter terrorism in favor of deportations
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My thoughts exactly! Not sure my thoughts are even relevant, but I'm thinking them, and so are many others.
Troops out of our cities now.
Troops out of our cities now.
Shrinkflation! The American Way.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Shrinkflation! The American Way.
Raise your hand if you saw this coming... Raise both if you saw this coming in 2015. ✋🤚
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Raise your hand if you saw this coming... Raise both if you saw this coming in 2015. ✋🤚
Dude is making the point that the Dem senators and reps made last week, the point that caused him to call for their executions. #ElderCareForTrumpNow.
Trump didn’t read before posting:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Dude is making the point that the Dem senators and reps made last week, the point that caused him to call for their executions. #ElderCareForTrumpNow.
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It’s all a sham and a foreign influence operation as we have been saying on @pivotpod.bsky.social for a while now.
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
trib.al
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It’s all a sham and a foreign influence operation as we have been saying on @pivotpod.bsky.social for a while now.
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Anatomy of a fake news story: How a largely false story from a well-known fraudster and forger made it all the way to CNN.
rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via
@rollingstone.com
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@rollingstone.com
The Right Spread a Wild Story About a Foiled Plot to Bomb a Synagogue. Was It Fake News?
Project Veritas published a flimsy scoop about how they helped the FBI foil a plot to bomb a synagogue by gang-connected sex traffickers from Brazil.
rollingstone.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Anatomy of a fake news story: How a largely false story from a well-known fraudster and forger made it all the way to CNN.
rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via
@rollingstone.com
rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via
@rollingstone.com
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Where the fuck are we? If Marjorie Taylor Greene comes in and floats a Medicare for all proposal, just bury me wherever I fall.
“Would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration?”
TRUMP: “I would. I really would.”
TRUMP: “I would. I really would.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Where the fuck are we? If Marjorie Taylor Greene comes in and floats a Medicare for all proposal, just bury me wherever I fall.
Hohohoho. Hahaha. Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Trump just ended Elise Stefanik. I’m dying!!! I so wish I could see her face right now! (First time I’ve ever said that).
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hohohoho. Hahaha. Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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This is how Elon Musk, Thiel, and the Silicon Valley Broligarchy Plan on Destroying Our Democracy...with reporter @jacobsilverman.com.
He's got the receipts and wrote the book on it.
He joins me now on The Left Hook.
thelefthook.substack.com
He's got the receipts and wrote the book on it.
He joins me now on The Left Hook.
thelefthook.substack.com
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali | Substack
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November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is how Elon Musk, Thiel, and the Silicon Valley Broligarchy Plan on Destroying Our Democracy...with reporter @jacobsilverman.com.
He's got the receipts and wrote the book on it.
He joins me now on The Left Hook.
thelefthook.substack.com
He's got the receipts and wrote the book on it.
He joins me now on The Left Hook.
thelefthook.substack.com
Jesus Harold Christmas Tree! What the fuck is happening over at Democrats For Fascism HQ?
Who is minding the goddamn store?
Who is minding the goddamn store?
4 senior House Dems — Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, Pete Aguilar, & Ted Lieu — voted for a Republican-led resolution to “CONDEMN SOCIALISM,” a symbolic measure that passed the chamber on Wed. The vote comes as NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to meet with Pres. Donald Trump at the WH today.
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Jesus Harold Christmas Tree! What the fuck is happening over at Democrats For Fascism HQ?
Who is minding the goddamn store?
Who is minding the goddamn store?
The USA, 250 years of criminalizing resistance to violence.
Internal university communications reveal how a network established for post-9/11 intelligence sharing was turned on students protesting genocide.
How U.S. Universities Used Counterterror Fusion Centers to Surveil Student Protests for Palestine
Internal university communications reveal how a network established for post-9/11 intelligence sharing was turned on students protesting genocide.
interc.pt
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The USA, 250 years of criminalizing resistance to violence.
wtaf?
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
wtaf?
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A federal court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington D.C. was likely unlawful and inflicted serious harm on the District’s right to govern itself. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump’s D.C. National Guard Deployment Was Unlawful, Federal Court Finds
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A federal court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington D.C. was likely unlawful and inflicted serious harm on the District’s right to govern itself. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This is the peace president calling for the death of Senators and reps for stating a fact, for stating the law - soldiers aren't required to obey illegal orders. In fact, they are ethically bound to refuse. Simply noting reality is a death sentence in Trumplandia. Remember Melissa Hortman!
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is the peace president calling for the death of Senators and reps for stating a fact, for stating the law - soldiers aren't required to obey illegal orders. In fact, they are ethically bound to refuse. Simply noting reality is a death sentence in Trumplandia. Remember Melissa Hortman!
The irony is so thick you can't fucking cut it. Even with a bone saw.
My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah
Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The irony is so thick you can't fucking cut it. Even with a bone saw.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett turning it up to 11 on the floor of the house!
"I've got the receipts!"
There's a future. I wasn't so sure a month ago.
Trump is done. MAGA is dead.
"I've got the receipts!"
There's a future. I wasn't so sure a month ago.
Trump is done. MAGA is dead.
Listen…If y’all want to talk honesty, then let’s be honest about all of it.
The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.
Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.
Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett turning it up to 11 on the floor of the house!
"I've got the receipts!"
There's a future. I wasn't so sure a month ago.
Trump is done. MAGA is dead.
"I've got the receipts!"
There's a future. I wasn't so sure a month ago.
Trump is done. MAGA is dead.
"... enter a church with no explanation." Who would they explain to? Anyone they arrest - without due process or warrant - is immediately taken for a criminal. Guilty until proven innocent is the new American ethos, both domestically and in foreign policy.
I fear that many more of us will find ourselves asking the same question unless we can end this nightmare soon.
Fifteen-year-old Miguel Vazquez was one of the people who took off running when federal agents arrived. “I thought, ‘Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen,’” Vazquez said.
newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"... enter a church with no explanation." Who would they explain to? Anyone they arrest - without due process or warrant - is immediately taken for a criminal. Guilty until proven innocent is the new American ethos, both domestically and in foreign policy.
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Johnson’s victims, according to a pair of arrest affidavits, were the child of his now ex-girlfriend and a friend of the first child.
Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Johnson’s victims, according to a pair of arrest affidavits, were the child of his now ex-girlfriend and a friend of the first child.