John LaNear
@trainwreckturtle.bsky.social
Recovering attorney. Recovering academic. Reformed Twitter-er.
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Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead
Australia to Buy Back Guns After Bondi Beach Terror Attack
Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead.
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead
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IUPAT President @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social is right:
Temporary Protected Status recipients are rigorously vetted, pay taxes, and do work in critical industries. They are part of our communities and our unions—they deserve respect and protection.
America’s unions will keep fighting for them.
Temporary Protected Status recipients are rigorously vetted, pay taxes, and do work in critical industries. They are part of our communities and our unions—they deserve respect and protection.
America’s unions will keep fighting for them.
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
IUPAT President @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social is right:
Temporary Protected Status recipients are rigorously vetted, pay taxes, and do work in critical industries. They are part of our communities and our unions—they deserve respect and protection.
America’s unions will keep fighting for them.
Temporary Protected Status recipients are rigorously vetted, pay taxes, and do work in critical industries. They are part of our communities and our unions—they deserve respect and protection.
America’s unions will keep fighting for them.
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When you’ve lost Matt Walsh…
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
When you’ve lost Matt Walsh…
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All those words when he could’ve just said: fuck your health care and your grocery bills. Get a third job, peasant.
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
All those words when he could’ve just said: fuck your health care and your grocery bills. Get a third job, peasant.
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I feel like Indiana abandoning Trump is a tipping point. And it’s not because they didn’t want a new map. It’s because he shook them down.
December 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I feel like Indiana abandoning Trump is a tipping point. And it’s not because they didn’t want a new map. It’s because he shook them down.
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California: this weekend, be the good Pete.
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
California: this weekend, be the good Pete.
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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All the threats from Trump and his henchmen to Republican state senators in Indiana failed. Mid-decade gerrymandering rejected. This is no small thing. Maybe some other Republicans will finally start to stand up to the Mob Boss.
December 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
All the threats from Trump and his henchmen to Republican state senators in Indiana failed. Mid-decade gerrymandering rejected. This is no small thing. Maybe some other Republicans will finally start to stand up to the Mob Boss.
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one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
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Once again, a grand jury serves as the conscience of the community, a bulwark against the prosecutorial overreach and abuse of Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, and Lindsey Halligan.
Today is a good day for the rule of law.
Today is a good day for the rule of law.
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Once again, a grand jury serves as the conscience of the community, a bulwark against the prosecutorial overreach and abuse of Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, and Lindsey Halligan.
Today is a good day for the rule of law.
Today is a good day for the rule of law.
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Now that Elon Musk has left the government to spend more time posting unhinged White supremacist babble on X, his review of DOGE is in, and it is ... well, it’s unflattering: “We were a little bit successful.”
Super. My column on the failure of a cruel jackass:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Super. My column on the failure of a cruel jackass:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Remember DOGE? Well, Elon Musk regrets it. | Opinion
Do you remember Elon Musk and DOGE, the 'Department of Government Efficiency'? Yeah, he apparently wishes all that never happened.
www.usatoday.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Now that Elon Musk has left the government to spend more time posting unhinged White supremacist babble on X, his review of DOGE is in, and it is ... well, it’s unflattering: “We were a little bit successful.”
Super. My column on the failure of a cruel jackass:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Super. My column on the failure of a cruel jackass:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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So we're basically wiping out 250 years of science, education, and progress for a man-baby in a diaper who is the living embodiment of the Dunning Kruger effect.
Yay.
Yay.
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
So we're basically wiping out 250 years of science, education, and progress for a man-baby in a diaper who is the living embodiment of the Dunning Kruger effect.
Yay.
Yay.
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TEXAS CAN GERRYMANDER ALL THEY WANT, BUT THE RIGHT KIND OF POLITICIAN WILL STILL WIN.
James Talarico, Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people. 🗽
James Talarico, Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people. 🗽
December 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
TEXAS CAN GERRYMANDER ALL THEY WANT, BUT THE RIGHT KIND OF POLITICIAN WILL STILL WIN.
James Talarico, Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people. 🗽
James Talarico, Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people. 🗽
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This is what I've always hated about the term identity politics. The implication is whiteness (especially combined with maleness and heterosexuality) is not an identity, but literally everything else is.
December 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is what I've always hated about the term identity politics. The implication is whiteness (especially combined with maleness and heterosexuality) is not an identity, but literally everything else is.
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Thank you @captmarkkelly.bsky.social for speaking up!
I’ve been through a lot worse than anything Donald Trump or Pete Hegseth can throw at me. And I'm not backing down, because this isn't about me — it's about you and every American's First Amendment right.
December 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Thank you @captmarkkelly.bsky.social for speaking up!
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Despite differing backgrounds, I found a lot of my colleagues from the first Trump administration ended up with roughly the same view of the president:
He’s a terrible person. A wrinkly-suit slop tart, incapable of empathy or rational thought.
His speech last night showed it.
He’s a terrible person. A wrinkly-suit slop tart, incapable of empathy or rational thought.
His speech last night showed it.
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Despite differing backgrounds, I found a lot of my colleagues from the first Trump administration ended up with roughly the same view of the president:
He’s a terrible person. A wrinkly-suit slop tart, incapable of empathy or rational thought.
His speech last night showed it.
He’s a terrible person. A wrinkly-suit slop tart, incapable of empathy or rational thought.
His speech last night showed it.
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I just came off the House floor after signing the discharge petition to ban members of Congress from trading stocks.
If you want to trade stocks, go to Wall Street. We must bring this bill to the floor to make sure the people know we’re working for them.
If you want to trade stocks, go to Wall Street. We must bring this bill to the floor to make sure the people know we’re working for them.
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I just came off the House floor after signing the discharge petition to ban members of Congress from trading stocks.
If you want to trade stocks, go to Wall Street. We must bring this bill to the floor to make sure the people know we’re working for them.
If you want to trade stocks, go to Wall Street. We must bring this bill to the floor to make sure the people know we’re working for them.
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
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The President is bragging again about passing a basic cognitive exam they give to determine if your brain still works.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The President is bragging again about passing a basic cognitive exam they give to determine if your brain still works.
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I spent two years in the Trump administration. During that time, I saw how the president handled national security decisions. One of my biggest takeaways was this:
He fantasized regularly about maiming & killing unarmed civilians. Actually.
He fantasized regularly about maiming & killing unarmed civilians. Actually.
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I spent two years in the Trump administration. During that time, I saw how the president handled national security decisions. One of my biggest takeaways was this:
He fantasized regularly about maiming & killing unarmed civilians. Actually.
He fantasized regularly about maiming & killing unarmed civilians. Actually.
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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I mean, in what sense will you be able to say the college “survived”?
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I mean, in what sense will you be able to say the college “survived”?