Larry Felton Johnson
@larryfeltonj.bsky.social
Editor and Publisher of Cobb County Courier, member of LION Publishers, IRE
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A political philosopher on this platform posted a screenshot of a passage from A Theory of Justice by John Rawls. It think that's a good idea, and I'm going to start a pinned thread with quotes from the book.
Florida and Utah seem to be in a competition for the most bizarre crimes. We get our share of crime here in metro Atlanta, but those two states seem to audition for true crime documentaries.
December 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Florida and Utah seem to be in a competition for the most bizarre crimes. We get our share of crime here in metro Atlanta, but those two states seem to audition for true crime documentaries.
The DOJ has really ramped up it's "Make America White-dominated Again" campaign:
Justice Department Sues Minneapolis Public Schools for Racial Discrimination Against Teachers
Yesterday, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) over MPS’ collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with a teachers’ union which preferen...
www.justice.gov
December 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The DOJ has really ramped up it's "Make America White-dominated Again" campaign:
Until the Tea Party rallies, I gave the news side of Fox News the benefit of the doubt.
The opinion/talking head side of Fox astroturfed the Tea Party into existence, then the news side amplified it far beyond what it would have been otherwise.
The opinion/talking head side of Fox astroturfed the Tea Party into existence, then the news side amplified it far beyond what it would have been otherwise.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Until the Tea Party rallies, I gave the news side of Fox News the benefit of the doubt.
The opinion/talking head side of Fox astroturfed the Tea Party into existence, then the news side amplified it far beyond what it would have been otherwise.
The opinion/talking head side of Fox astroturfed the Tea Party into existence, then the news side amplified it far beyond what it would have been otherwise.
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The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
I've spent my whole adult life hoping that the South would grow out of this goofy, casual Lil Abner-character sort of local corruption. I'm still hoping, but doubt I'll live to see it.
Ethics commission rules three Cobb school board members must return illegal campaign contributions
Ethics commission rules three Cobb school board members must return illegal campaign contributions
cobbcountycourier.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I've spent my whole adult life hoping that the South would grow out of this goofy, casual Lil Abner-character sort of local corruption. I'm still hoping, but doubt I'll live to see it.
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I've loved Sigourney Weaver ever since one of my all-time favorite movies, ALIEN. Couldn't resist going all fanboy on her yesterday & asking for a photo. She told me she's now in the cast of The Mandalorian. Talk about bad timing: she's now in that galaxy far, far away, years after I checked out! 💔
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I've loved Sigourney Weaver ever since one of my all-time favorite movies, ALIEN. Couldn't resist going all fanboy on her yesterday & asking for a photo. She told me she's now in the cast of The Mandalorian. Talk about bad timing: she's now in that galaxy far, far away, years after I checked out! 💔
It's depressing to look in my press release folder, and see the DOJ's gradual creep toward explicitly white supremacist policies:
Department of Justice Rule Restores Equal Protection for All in Civil Rights Enforcement
Today, the Justice Department issued a final rule updating its regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights of 1964. This rule ensures that our nation’s federal civil rights laws are firmly grounded...
www.justice.gov
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's depressing to look in my press release folder, and see the DOJ's gradual creep toward explicitly white supremacist policies:
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I don't have any particular beef with the LDS (although the church's obsession with masturbation, pornography and demonic possession creates the conditions for folks like Jodi Hildebrandt and Lori Daybell to thrive).
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I don't have any particular beef with the LDS (although the church's obsession with masturbation, pornography and demonic possession creates the conditions for folks like Jodi Hildebrandt and Lori Daybell to thrive).
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I can’t help but notice that a bunch of people think “actual thinking” means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle.”
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I can’t help but notice that a bunch of people think “actual thinking” means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle.”
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War as a moral metaphor is limited, limiting, and dangerous. By reducing the choices of action to “a war against” whatever-it-is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off.
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
War as a moral metaphor is limited, limiting, and dangerous. By reducing the choices of action to “a war against” whatever-it-is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off.
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There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
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I’d rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer.
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I’d rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer.
If you're looking for a starting point for tracking private equity (and anyone covering health care, long-term care, or campaign finance should be doing that), here's a succinct starting point #wallstreet #PrivateEquity
The New Private-Equity Billionaires Who Are Taking Over Wall Street
Private-market institutions are taking over from old-line legacy banks. The names to watch—and the dangers to watch out for.
www.barrons.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If you're looking for a starting point for tracking private equity (and anyone covering health care, long-term care, or campaign finance should be doing that), here's a succinct starting point #wallstreet #PrivateEquity
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whether hegseth gets away with it remains to be seen but it is interesting to see that he thought trump handed him a license to murder with this job, no questions asked, and now questions are definitely being asked.
December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
whether hegseth gets away with it remains to be seen but it is interesting to see that he thought trump handed him a license to murder with this job, no questions asked, and now questions are definitely being asked.
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Temu Vecna never saw a killing of brown people he couldn’t endorse
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Temu Vecna never saw a killing of brown people he couldn’t endorse
I just noticed that WSJ (Murdoch) seems to have bought Investor's Business Daily at some point. I just noticed it on my WSJ tab. I always thought of IBD as the World Net Daily of investment sites, lots of "technical" mumbo-jumbo interspersed with shrill right-wing rants.
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I just noticed that WSJ (Murdoch) seems to have bought Investor's Business Daily at some point. I just noticed it on my WSJ tab. I always thought of IBD as the World Net Daily of investment sites, lots of "technical" mumbo-jumbo interspersed with shrill right-wing rants.
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Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
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Weird that the person who shot their puppy point blank in the head and tossed their body into a gravel pit because they couldn’t figure out how to properly train them also can’t be bothered to figure out how hurricanes work.
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Weird that the person who shot their puppy point blank in the head and tossed their body into a gravel pit because they couldn’t figure out how to properly train them also can’t be bothered to figure out how hurricanes work.
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I'm mostly trying to stay out of US politics rn but the whole Sec of War doing the example of an illegal order to bomb drug dealers and start a war for oil whilst the Prez pardons a drug dealer is a pretty impressive shitstorm
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I'm mostly trying to stay out of US politics rn but the whole Sec of War doing the example of an illegal order to bomb drug dealers and start a war for oil whilst the Prez pardons a drug dealer is a pretty impressive shitstorm
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TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
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As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
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The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
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Admiral Holsey is to this serial murder in the Caribbean as Hugh Thompson was to the butchery at My Lai --
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Admiral Holsey is to this serial murder in the Caribbean as Hugh Thompson was to the butchery at My Lai --
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.