John Franz
@angryoldleftist.bsky.social
We will never fix the problems we face without confronting the underlying problem, capitalism. Prove me wrong.
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Today marks 1 year that we've shared this post every day as a gentle reminder. It was originally a throwaway thought, not part of a plan or bit, but it felt right to put focus here and hold it. Thanks for indulging this small act.
Trans people can't be erased.
Trans people can't be erased.
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Today marks 1 year that we've shared this post every day as a gentle reminder. It was originally a throwaway thought, not part of a plan or bit, but it felt right to put focus here and hold it. Thanks for indulging this small act.
Trans people can't be erased.
Trans people can't be erased.
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“Capitalist production, therefore, only develops the techniques and the degree of combination of the social process of production by simultaneously undermining the original sources of all wealth – the soil and the worker.”
- Karl Marx, Capital.
- Karl Marx, Capital.
January 4, 2026 at 10:21 PM
“Capitalist production, therefore, only develops the techniques and the degree of combination of the social process of production by simultaneously undermining the original sources of all wealth – the soil and the worker.”
- Karl Marx, Capital.
- Karl Marx, Capital.
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Countries Trump Has Threatened With Additional Illegal Aggression in the Last 24 Hours
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Countries Trump Has Threatened With Additional Illegal Aggression in the Last 24 Hours
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
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this is in Philly in 45 minutes
It is incumbent on every American of conscience to rise against these actions. And Congress should move to impeach Trump and hold members of his cabinet accountable for these crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
this is in Philly in 45 minutes
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No War for Oil! US out of Venezuela! Rally today SW 10th and Burnside 3:30 pm
January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
No War for Oil! US out of Venezuela! Rally today SW 10th and Burnside 3:30 pm
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“Capitalism tends to destroy its two sources of wealth: nature and human beings.”
- Karl Marx
- Karl Marx
December 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“Capitalism tends to destroy its two sources of wealth: nature and human beings.”
- Karl Marx
- Karl Marx
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2025 - The Year of the Robber Baron
The U.S. has over 900 billionaires and their wealth soared by 18% to $6.9 trillion this year, UBS says.
fortune.com/2025/12/08/h...
The U.S. has over 900 billionaires and their wealth soared by 18% to $6.9 trillion this year, UBS says.
fortune.com/2025/12/08/h...
The U.S. has over 900 billionaires and their wealth soared by 18% to $6.9 trillion this year, UBS says | Fortune
The U.S. alone has nearly a third (31.7%) of the world’s billionaire population, according to UBS Global Wealth Management.
fortune.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
2025 - The Year of the Robber Baron
The U.S. has over 900 billionaires and their wealth soared by 18% to $6.9 trillion this year, UBS says.
fortune.com/2025/12/08/h...
The U.S. has over 900 billionaires and their wealth soared by 18% to $6.9 trillion this year, UBS says.
fortune.com/2025/12/08/h...
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Article is out:
A Portland jury acquitted Indigenous community member Tracy Molina, also known as Cozca, of every charge submitted to them after a two-day trial centered on washable chalk messages written on a police precinct window, and police testimony riddled with lies the jury ultimately rejected.
Jury Acquits Indigenous Activist of All Charges in Politically Charged Chalk Trial
A Portland jury acquitted Indigenous community member Tracy Molina, also known as Cozca, of every charge submitted to them after a two-day trial centered on washable chalk messages written on a police...
www.wewillfreeus.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Article is out:
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The inauguration???
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The inauguration???
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I'm here willing to read anything someone puts together that details how we can get from here to there
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
December 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I'm here willing to read anything someone puts together that details how we can get from here to there
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
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163 years ago in Mankato, 38 Dakota men were hung in the largest mass execution in our nation’s history.
I’m grateful to the riders who continue to remind us the importance of fighting for accountability and healing for the Dakota people.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
I’m grateful to the riders who continue to remind us the importance of fighting for accountability and healing for the Dakota people.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Dakota riders return home to Minnesota via horseback, honoring legacy of Dakota 38
Dakota riders completed a journey of hundreds of miles to honor the 38 Dakota men executed in 1862 — the largest mass execution in U.S. history. The annual rides ending in Mankato serve as a poignant ...
www.mprnews.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
163 years ago in Mankato, 38 Dakota men were hung in the largest mass execution in our nation’s history.
I’m grateful to the riders who continue to remind us the importance of fighting for accountability and healing for the Dakota people.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
I’m grateful to the riders who continue to remind us the importance of fighting for accountability and healing for the Dakota people.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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I feel like it’s more likely that we are bombing them bc Donnie just got scammed by a Nigerian prince
December 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I feel like it’s more likely that we are bombing them bc Donnie just got scammed by a Nigerian prince
Memories are funny things. From FB, five years ago. Some things don't change.
December 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Memories are funny things. From FB, five years ago. Some things don't change.
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A more detailed account of the purchase by @ricksteves.bsky.social of a neighborhood hygiene center, his plans to help improve it further, and him calling out a failure to support vulnerable people. What a mensch. Be Rick.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Rick Steves buys ‘the most beautiful Christmas present’ for homeless neighbors
Five years after the Lynnwood Hygiene Center opened, serving hundreds in poverty, the landlord planned to sell. Steves stepped in to buy it.
www.seattletimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A more detailed account of the purchase by @ricksteves.bsky.social of a neighborhood hygiene center, his plans to help improve it further, and him calling out a failure to support vulnerable people. What a mensch. Be Rick.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Tribal Nations are facing growing threats to their lifeways, sacred places, homelands, and sovereign rights. NARF is committed to defending what cannot be replaced — from land and water to treaty promises and voting rights. Your gift directly strengthens this work:
Join the fight to protect what cannot be replaced - Native American Rights Fund
As we come to the end of a challenging year, Tribal Nations continue to face mounting threats to their lifeways, sacred places, homelands, waters, and sovereign rights. From threats to long-standing…
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Tribal Nations are facing growing threats to their lifeways, sacred places, homelands, and sovereign rights. NARF is committed to defending what cannot be replaced — from land and water to treaty promises and voting rights. Your gift directly strengthens this work:
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Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
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While Trump’s henchmen dishonestly claim that ICE is targeting “criminals,” the real wrongdoers are those who do harm to their neighbors in return for a bribe.
Our counter-recruitment poster against ICE, seen wheatpasted across middle America.
You can put them up, too:
crimethinc.com/mercenaries
Our counter-recruitment poster against ICE, seen wheatpasted across middle America.
You can put them up, too:
crimethinc.com/mercenaries
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
While Trump’s henchmen dishonestly claim that ICE is targeting “criminals,” the real wrongdoers are those who do harm to their neighbors in return for a bribe.
Our counter-recruitment poster against ICE, seen wheatpasted across middle America.
You can put them up, too:
crimethinc.com/mercenaries
Our counter-recruitment poster against ICE, seen wheatpasted across middle America.
You can put them up, too:
crimethinc.com/mercenaries
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I understood this reference.
Breaking: CBS News will be renaming 60 Minutes to “88 Minutes”
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I understood this reference.
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This is what "being great" actually is.
Kudos to @ricksteves.bsky.social, who teaches us so much about how to be both good global citizens & good local neighbors.
Kudos to @ricksteves.bsky.social, who teaches us so much about how to be both good global citizens & good local neighbors.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is what "being great" actually is.
Kudos to @ricksteves.bsky.social, who teaches us so much about how to be both good global citizens & good local neighbors.
Kudos to @ricksteves.bsky.social, who teaches us so much about how to be both good global citizens & good local neighbors.
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We need more of this in Portland.
Hit them where they feel it here in america: right in the money bags. These hotels might not have ethics, but they will notice when they lose customers and lose money by allowing ICE to stay.
Know of any hotels they are staying at in Portland? Comment below
Hit them where they feel it here in america: right in the money bags. These hotels might not have ethics, but they will notice when they lose customers and lose money by allowing ICE to stay.
Know of any hotels they are staying at in Portland? Comment below
December 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We need more of this in Portland.
Hit them where they feel it here in america: right in the money bags. These hotels might not have ethics, but they will notice when they lose customers and lose money by allowing ICE to stay.
Know of any hotels they are staying at in Portland? Comment below
Hit them where they feel it here in america: right in the money bags. These hotels might not have ethics, but they will notice when they lose customers and lose money by allowing ICE to stay.
Know of any hotels they are staying at in Portland? Comment below
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1000x this! Thank you, Rick!
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
1000x this! Thank you, Rick!
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Then, about a month ago, I learned that the only hygiene center in my neighborhood was being shut down. The property was being sold...destined to be developed.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Then, about a month ago, I learned that the only hygiene center in my neighborhood was being shut down. The property was being sold...destined to be developed.
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