John Bartol
@johnbartol.bsky.social
Keep Calm And Protect Trans People.
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I may block Followers who don't fall into the above categories and/or look like a 'bot. No offense, that's just how I roll.
Following friends, colleagues, commentators, and creators I know.
I may block Followers who don't fall into the above categories and/or look like a 'bot. No offense, that's just how I roll.
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In the situation room?
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In the situation room?
.... outstanding.
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
.... outstanding.
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Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
October 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
SPREAD THIS ONE FAR AND WIDE.
KATU, livestreaming outside of Portland's ICE facility.
KATU, livestreaming outside of Portland's ICE facility.
24 hours outside ICE: What is really going on in Portland
Starting Thursday, Oct. 9 at midnight, we will begin a 24-hour livestream outside of the Portland ICE Facility. Our aim is to show the public everything we see.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
SPREAD THIS ONE FAR AND WIDE.
KATU, livestreaming outside of Portland's ICE facility.
KATU, livestreaming outside of Portland's ICE facility.
... feels a bit like we might call it Gaza or the West Bank...
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
... feels a bit like we might call it Gaza or the West Bank...
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I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
It's interesting - and fraught with peril - to see the Charlie Kirk debate slowly seep into more "professional" venues like LinkedIn. When those supposed third rails of the business world - politics & religion - are jettisoned in the hopes of getting eyeballs, we've entered a truly surreal time.
September 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's interesting - and fraught with peril - to see the Charlie Kirk debate slowly seep into more "professional" venues like LinkedIn. When those supposed third rails of the business world - politics & religion - are jettisoned in the hopes of getting eyeballs, we've entered a truly surreal time.
Show me you don't understand Star Wars even though you own Star Wars.
September 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Show me you don't understand Star Wars even though you own Star Wars.
This. Many of us have discovered in the last few days is that there are two "Charlie Kirks": one is as pure as the driven snow Christian motivational speaker and the other, a white-as-a-Klan-rally sheet Christofacist. And we all know too many of the former suddenly. Educate them. If you can.
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This. Many of us have discovered in the last few days is that there are two "Charlie Kirks": one is as pure as the driven snow Christian motivational speaker and the other, a white-as-a-Klan-rally sheet Christofacist. And we all know too many of the former suddenly. Educate them. If you can.
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This is as huge a scandal & blunder as this chaotic Administration has seen.
The person who should be called to answer for it is Secy Kristi Noem. When a woman who loves the camera as much as Noem is nowhere to be seen for 10 days it’s b/c she’s hiding out. Media should be all over this.
The person who should be called to answer for it is Secy Kristi Noem. When a woman who loves the camera as much as Noem is nowhere to be seen for 10 days it’s b/c she’s hiding out. Media should be all over this.
A senior US state department official on Sunday (September 14) expressed regrets over the recent mass detention of South Korean workers in America and vowed to prevent similar occurrences.
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U.S. Deputy State Secretary Landau expresses regrets over detention of S. Koreans | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S. state department official on Sunday expressed re...
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September 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is as huge a scandal & blunder as this chaotic Administration has seen.
The person who should be called to answer for it is Secy Kristi Noem. When a woman who loves the camera as much as Noem is nowhere to be seen for 10 days it’s b/c she’s hiding out. Media should be all over this.
The person who should be called to answer for it is Secy Kristi Noem. When a woman who loves the camera as much as Noem is nowhere to be seen for 10 days it’s b/c she’s hiding out. Media should be all over this.
Important for the people of Chicago and for the rest of us as witnesses. SPREAD THIS FAR AND WIDE.
September 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Important for the people of Chicago and for the rest of us as witnesses. SPREAD THIS FAR AND WIDE.
What's at stake...
What will happen to PBS and NPR stations if the Senate votes to claw back funding? | CNN Business
Public media stations are on the verge of losing the federal funding that has helped keep them on the air for decades. Here’s what that would look like.
www.cnn.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What's at stake...
FFS, NYT. You are complete garbage. COMPLETE.
Times pushed ahead to avoid being scooped on Mamdani Columbia story
The paper reported that the New York City Democratic mayoral nominee marked himself as both “Asian” and “Black or African American” on an admissions form.
www.semafor.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
FFS, NYT. You are complete garbage. COMPLETE.
Ye gods, Tapper. Pick a GD side. You excoriate Kegseth one day, prop up his homophobic BS the next (and during Pride, FFS).
No one doubts Peterson's heroism, but it's not a zero sum game. Milk was a Navy vet before he was an activist, and the Navy has other ships.
Stop supporting fascism.
No one doubts Peterson's heroism, but it's not a zero sum game. Milk was a Navy vet before he was an activist, and the Navy has other ships.
Stop supporting fascism.
June 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ye gods, Tapper. Pick a GD side. You excoriate Kegseth one day, prop up his homophobic BS the next (and during Pride, FFS).
No one doubts Peterson's heroism, but it's not a zero sum game. Milk was a Navy vet before he was an activist, and the Navy has other ships.
Stop supporting fascism.
No one doubts Peterson's heroism, but it's not a zero sum game. Milk was a Navy vet before he was an activist, and the Navy has other ships.
Stop supporting fascism.
Who ya gonna call?
Zohran the Destroyer! He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the destroyer came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor!
I'm not sure this nickname will have the impact they think it will
June 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Who ya gonna call?
To be clear, if The Impeached and his Administration claim they executed plans against Iran that have been in place for over a decade, those were plans created by the Obama Administration.
So, declare complete success. And give credit where credit is due: the Administration that killed Bin Laden.
So, declare complete success. And give credit where credit is due: the Administration that killed Bin Laden.
June 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
To be clear, if The Impeached and his Administration claim they executed plans against Iran that have been in place for over a decade, those were plans created by the Obama Administration.
So, declare complete success. And give credit where credit is due: the Administration that killed Bin Laden.
So, declare complete success. And give credit where credit is due: the Administration that killed Bin Laden.
This week's reading. Been waiting with bated breath since first encountering the pointed (and sometimes hilarious) critiques of AI of @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social on LinkedIn.
May 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This week's reading. Been waiting with bated breath since first encountering the pointed (and sometimes hilarious) critiques of AI of @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social on LinkedIn.
FFS.
Fuck Musk, fuck Trump, and fuck using AI to steal from copyrighted work.
Holy shiitake! Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, the Director of the US Copyrights Office apparently because she refused to let Elon Musk raid the place to steal author’s intellectual property rights
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May 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
FFS.
One more time for the bigots in the back...
"Woke" -- changing norms through social pressure -- is not, contra the reactionary centrists, another form of tyranny. It's the *alternative* to tyranny. It's new norms winning through the marketplace of ideas. The alternative is what we see now: enforcing norms via the threat of state violence.
May 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One more time for the bigots in the back...
Where's America's private prison industry in this whole El Salvador/Libya debacle? I mean, isn't The Impeached all about bringing (basically slave labor) jobs back to 'Murica?
Big Prison needs to get its lobbyists and in-it's-pocket congresspeople on the job!
FFS.
Big Prison needs to get its lobbyists and in-it's-pocket congresspeople on the job!
FFS.
May 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Where's America's private prison industry in this whole El Salvador/Libya debacle? I mean, isn't The Impeached all about bringing (basically slave labor) jobs back to 'Murica?
Big Prison needs to get its lobbyists and in-it's-pocket congresspeople on the job!
FFS.
Big Prison needs to get its lobbyists and in-it's-pocket congresspeople on the job!
FFS.
If you thought Voice of America was just going to be another victim of DOGE's BS, I have a much worse scenario for you.
Kari Lake says OAN's far-right coverage will fuel Voice of America
Senior presidential adviser Kari Lake says Voice of America will rely on coverage from the far-right OAN network. OAN has offered unwavering support of President Trump.
www.npr.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you thought Voice of America was just going to be another victim of DOGE's BS, I have a much worse scenario for you.
Hey, folks, can you start reposting/amplifying this for any federal workers in your networks? Helpful offer from the University of Maryland for our federal friends...
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University of Maryland Business School Offers Free AI Certificate, Tuition Discounts for Federal Workers
The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business will launch a free certificate program in Artificial Intelligence and Career Empowerment
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May 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Hey, folks, can you start reposting/amplifying this for any federal workers in your networks? Helpful offer from the University of Maryland for our federal friends...
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