John Cleland
@jcleland29.bsky.social
LA-based writer | producer | tinker | tailor | soldier | spy | meat popsicle
I hope that out there, somewhere, Monica Lewinsky is smiling into a glass of nice Chardonnay.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I hope that out there, somewhere, Monica Lewinsky is smiling into a glass of nice Chardonnay.
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Obama: It is not as if we didn't see some of this coming. I will admit it is worse than even I expected, but I did warn you all. I did. You can run the tape.
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Obama: It is not as if we didn't see some of this coming. I will admit it is worse than even I expected, but I did warn you all. I did. You can run the tape.
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Fires. The military occupation. The ongoing paramilitary occupation. Repeated attacks on peaceful demonstrations by local cops. Continued hardships as the studios don't do more production in the city. Los Angeles is struggling this year. This win means a lot.
Los Angeles suffered tremendously because of the wildfires. The president of the United States has wanted to make the immigrants who make the city suffer and declared war on the city. But all throughout it, L.A. makes it work daily. It’s a place where people go to make it. LA deserves this.
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Fires. The military occupation. The ongoing paramilitary occupation. Repeated attacks on peaceful demonstrations by local cops. Continued hardships as the studios don't do more production in the city. Los Angeles is struggling this year. This win means a lot.
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The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House.
Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.
Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House.
Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.
Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.
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We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.
October 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.
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I realize Disney the corporation did not set out to make the anti authoritarian TV series of our generation, but doing this three days after Andor won an Emmy is something.
September 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I realize Disney the corporation did not set out to make the anti authoritarian TV series of our generation, but doing this three days after Andor won an Emmy is something.
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DISNEY: Wins 5 Emmys for ANDOR, a show about resisting fascism
ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism
ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism
September 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
DISNEY: Wins 5 Emmys for ANDOR, a show about resisting fascism
ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism
ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism
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You have to lock up everyone around Trump as soon as the regime is brought down. Especially Miller. Life in prison for all.
August 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
You have to lock up everyone around Trump as soon as the regime is brought down. Especially Miller. Life in prison for all.
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Still waiting for someone of prominence to admit it was not about eggs.
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
August 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Still waiting for someone of prominence to admit it was not about eggs.
not all gyros wear capes.
Alleged DC sandwich-thrower worked at justice department, attorney general says
Sean Charles Dunn, who was charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer, was fired after incident
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
not all gyros wear capes.
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I hope your community is never occupied like LA or DC. But if it is, you’ll quickly find that people don’t take kindly to having their city under federal control. And folks are just getting started.
📌 Protesters gathered near a checkpoint in the U Street corridor in Northwest Washington.
📌 Protesters gathered near a checkpoint in the U Street corridor in Northwest Washington.
August 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I hope your community is never occupied like LA or DC. But if it is, you’ll quickly find that people don’t take kindly to having their city under federal control. And folks are just getting started.
📌 Protesters gathered near a checkpoint in the U Street corridor in Northwest Washington.
📌 Protesters gathered near a checkpoint in the U Street corridor in Northwest Washington.
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Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
August 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
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i know i am late on this but is there more glaring example of the utter lack of agency the right wing is afforded
where is the guest essay taking the right-wing family to task for being such assholes that their own family members snub them
where is the guest essay taking the right-wing family to task for being such assholes that their own family members snub them
July 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
i know i am late on this but is there more glaring example of the utter lack of agency the right wing is afforded
where is the guest essay taking the right-wing family to task for being such assholes that their own family members snub them
where is the guest essay taking the right-wing family to task for being such assholes that their own family members snub them
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They let their own children drown because they were too far gone into the MAGA cult.
And none of them will ever admit they were wrong.
And none of them will ever admit they were wrong.
July 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
They let their own children drown because they were too far gone into the MAGA cult.
And none of them will ever admit they were wrong.
And none of them will ever admit they were wrong.
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I have a long held belief that conservatives cannot understand narrative and have no ability to deconstruct story whatsoever. It’s like some kind of universal comprehension barrier that they all share. Talking to them about literally any piece of media is actually a stunning experience.
Just saw a bad "anti-woke" take recommending that people watch the expanse, and let me just say, if you think the expanse ain't "woke" then all that tells me is that you deeply and fundamentally didn't understand the expanse.
"Doors and corners, kid."
"Doors and corners, kid."
January 18, 2024 at 3:02 AM
I have a long held belief that conservatives cannot understand narrative and have no ability to deconstruct story whatsoever. It’s like some kind of universal comprehension barrier that they all share. Talking to them about literally any piece of media is actually a stunning experience.
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This is why it’s ok to compare you to nazis btw
July 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is why it’s ok to compare you to nazis btw
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maybe it's a weakness in my character but I'll never be able to forgive my fellow Americans for any of this
it's just never going to happen
it's just never going to happen
Trump in front of the migrant cages at DeSantis's camp: "Biden wanted me in here, that son of a bitch."
July 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
maybe it's a weakness in my character but I'll never be able to forgive my fellow Americans for any of this
it's just never going to happen
it's just never going to happen
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I miss having a human president.
June 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I miss having a human president.
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it is genuinely incredible that zohran's campaign completely annihilated the democratic commentariat and party cadre mainstreaming of the idea that you need to concede palestine and trans rights to the zionists and republicans to 'gather votes'. lmfaoooo
June 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
it is genuinely incredible that zohran's campaign completely annihilated the democratic commentariat and party cadre mainstreaming of the idea that you need to concede palestine and trans rights to the zionists and republicans to 'gather votes'. lmfaoooo
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Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
June 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.