James McGowan
@jamesmcgowan.bsky.social
Proponent of self-governance. Opponent of poisoning the air, water and land. Those things go together. Comedy and satire could save us. #EndCitzensUnited
Stop Trump’s war on America
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Stop Trump’s war on America
MAGA idiocy is a plague on the world. So of course they hate the WHO.
January 24, 2026 at 4:31 PM
MAGA idiocy is a plague on the world. So of course they hate the WHO.
Reposted by James McGowan
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
The board of peace is a fiction.
PM Starmer: “I have concerns about Putin being on a so-called Board of Peace. He is waging war on a European country. They are raining bombs down on Ukraine. People are putting tents in their living rooms to keep warm.”
January 23, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The board of peace is a fiction.
I always called it “Citizens Disunited”
I never thought about it before, but someone pointed out the incongruity of referring to the anti-democracy Supreme Court ruling that gives economic power an oversized role in our political system as “Citizens United“ rather than, say, “Establishment Elite United.” Typical conservative wordplay.
January 22, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I always called it “Citizens Disunited”
Just when you thought the country was drowning in corruption, you realize it can still produce people like #JackSmith. A true hero.
Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity."
January 22, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Just when you thought the country was drowning in corruption, you realize it can still produce people like #JackSmith. A true hero.
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This was the guy that Donald Trump and Elon Musk wanted to make Attorney General of the United States.
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 AM
This was the guy that Donald Trump and Elon Musk wanted to make Attorney General of the United States.
Smith won’t answer “counter factual hypotheticals” that Republicans are throwing around to distract and deflect from the fact that Trump is an insurrectionist.
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Smith won’t answer “counter factual hypotheticals” that Republicans are throwing around to distract and deflect from the fact that Trump is an insurrectionist.
Meanwhile Republicans are hoping their play to emotions will make their total bullshit stick.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) lays down the bottom line of Jack Smith's prior closed-door interview w/ committee
About the Jan 6 attack, Smith said "he caused it... he exploited it.... it was foreseeable to him."
About the Jan 6 attack, Smith said "he caused it... he exploited it.... it was foreseeable to him."
January 22, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Meanwhile Republicans are hoping their play to emotions will make their total bullshit stick.
“Witnesses received vile death threats because they gave testimony against Donad Trump.”
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
“Witnesses received vile death threats because they gave testimony against Donad Trump.”
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Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity."
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity."
Reposted by James McGowan
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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🔴 The UN says it is aware of 1.3 million people in Gaza who remain displaced across 970 sites, mainly in Deir al-Balah & Khan Younis.
Before Oct. 7, 2023, Gaza’s population stood between 2.3-2.4 million, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. As of Jan. 2026, the UN, citing...
Before Oct. 7, 2023, Gaza’s population stood between 2.3-2.4 million, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. As of Jan. 2026, the UN, citing...
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
🔴 The UN says it is aware of 1.3 million people in Gaza who remain displaced across 970 sites, mainly in Deir al-Balah & Khan Younis.
Before Oct. 7, 2023, Gaza’s population stood between 2.3-2.4 million, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. As of Jan. 2026, the UN, citing...
Before Oct. 7, 2023, Gaza’s population stood between 2.3-2.4 million, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. As of Jan. 2026, the UN, citing...
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state-sponsored child trafficking
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
state-sponsored child trafficking
When is a ceasefire agreement not a ceasefire agreement?
—When Trump or his minions had anything at all to do with making it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/w...
—When Trump or his minions had anything at all to do with making it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/w...
Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 11, Including Three Journalists
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:32 PM
When is a ceasefire agreement not a ceasefire agreement?
—When Trump or his minions had anything at all to do with making it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/w...
—When Trump or his minions had anything at all to do with making it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/w...
I guess Democrats are too afraid of Musk to investigate him. This is a major crime.
🚨BREAKING: Federal officials acknowledged that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees coordinated with a political advocacy group on a “voter data agreement” aimed at analyzing voter rolls in an effort to challenge election outcomes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOGE worked with political group to probe voter rolls, Trump admin admits
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I guess Democrats are too afraid of Musk to investigate him. This is a major crime.
Whatever they control is good.
Whatever they don’t control is bad.
Whatever they don’t control is bad.
Don't hear conservatives, Republicans trash talking the "federal gubment" now anti-democracy fascists and gangsters are in there, do you? Now they're trash talking "local and state gubment." Almost like it was never based on any actual theory of federalism, just wherever they had more power.
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Whatever they control is good.
Whatever they don’t control is bad.
Whatever they don’t control is bad.
He showed us what needs to be fixed.
The 15 richest people in America saw their collective wealth jump nearly $1 trillion during Trump's year back in office.
Many of them were standing alongside Trump at his inauguration one year ago today.
How are you doing?
Many of them were standing alongside Trump at his inauguration one year ago today.
How are you doing?
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
He showed us what needs to be fixed.
The 25th Amendment was custom made to lift his decrepit finger off the nuclear button.
January 20, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The 25th Amendment was custom made to lift his decrepit finger off the nuclear button.
Reposted by James McGowan
“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
In 1943, novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, who was Hitler's Minister of Propaganda.
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
In 1943, novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, who was Hitler's Minister of Propaganda.
Trump stole oil from Venezuela, handed it to his megadonors to sell, deposited hundreds of millions in proceeds in foreign bank accounts, and is spending the money with no input from Congress. All wildly illegal, yet the Republicans in Congress are too cowardly to call him on it.
January 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Trump stole oil from Venezuela, handed it to his megadonors to sell, deposited hundreds of millions in proceeds in foreign bank accounts, and is spending the money with no input from Congress. All wildly illegal, yet the Republicans in Congress are too cowardly to call him on it.