John David Rivera
@johndavidrivera.bsky.social
Creative Strategist & Community Advocate
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Los Angeles, California
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Los Angeles, California
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First and foremost, free Palestine.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Amazing work from the young god, Nick Andert. @nickandert.bsky.social
2025 Update on LA Metro Projects
YouTube video by nandert
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Amazing work from the young god, Nick Andert. @nickandert.bsky.social
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Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
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Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.
Rae Huang has a plan to make LA affordable: lower rent & housing for all, fast & free transit, an economy for people (not billionaires), renewable energy, small business support, and public safety through mental health & crisis outreach. No corporate cash.
She has my vote. @raeforla.bsky.social
She has my vote. @raeforla.bsky.social
Rae for LA
YouTube video by Rae for LA
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December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Rae Huang has a plan to make LA affordable: lower rent & housing for all, fast & free transit, an economy for people (not billionaires), renewable energy, small business support, and public safety through mental health & crisis outreach. No corporate cash.
She has my vote. @raeforla.bsky.social
She has my vote. @raeforla.bsky.social
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Our government is systematically seizing people, stripping them of their liberties, and sending them to for-profit prisons and detention centers. This is state-sanctioned human trafficking.
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Our government is systematically seizing people, stripping them of their liberties, and sending them to for-profit prisons and detention centers. This is state-sanctioned human trafficking.
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal record in Trump’s first nine months back in office.
This has never been about safety.
This has never been about safety.
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal record in Trump’s first nine months back in office.
This has never been about safety.
This has never been about safety.
Honored to be quoted in the San Fernando Valley Sun, speaking out against Metro’s plan to end the East SFV light rail in Pacoima instead of extending it through San Fernando to Sylmar.
A Maclay Station would have transformed our downtown, empowered small businesses, and served future generations.
A Maclay Station would have transformed our downtown, empowered small businesses, and served future generations.
Metro Board to Vote on Ending Light Rail Train in Pacoima - The San Fernando Valley Sun
The Metro Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority is set to vote Dec. 4 on a proposal to shorten the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail […]
sanfernandosun.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Honored to be quoted in the San Fernando Valley Sun, speaking out against Metro’s plan to end the East SFV light rail in Pacoima instead of extending it through San Fernando to Sylmar.
A Maclay Station would have transformed our downtown, empowered small businesses, and served future generations.
A Maclay Station would have transformed our downtown, empowered small businesses, and served future generations.
What systems are you willing to take responsibility for changing?
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 AM
What systems are you willing to take responsibility for changing?
"If you've always had power, equity feels like a threat... Equity is not a threat. It is shared dignity."
- Rabbi Sandra Lawson
- Rabbi Sandra Lawson
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"If you've always had power, equity feels like a threat... Equity is not a threat. It is shared dignity."
- Rabbi Sandra Lawson
- Rabbi Sandra Lawson
If Americans wrote a new Constitution today, would it look completely different?
In 2020, three ideological teams tried rewriting it.
We're told the Constitution is either sacred and untouchable or hopelessly obsolete. In reality, democratic self-government remains the common ground.
In 2020, three ideological teams tried rewriting it.
We're told the Constitution is either sacred and untouchable or hopelessly obsolete. In reality, democratic self-government remains the common ground.
What If We Wrote the Constitution Today?
Proposals from libertarian, conservative, and progressive scholars displayed a few striking differences—but also some profound similarities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
If Americans wrote a new Constitution today, would it look completely different?
In 2020, three ideological teams tried rewriting it.
We're told the Constitution is either sacred and untouchable or hopelessly obsolete. In reality, democratic self-government remains the common ground.
In 2020, three ideological teams tried rewriting it.
We're told the Constitution is either sacred and untouchable or hopelessly obsolete. In reality, democratic self-government remains the common ground.
Zohran Mamdani is the first person to say in the Oval Office, on camera that Israel is committing genocide and that the U.S. is funding it.
Unprecedented times.
Unprecedented times.
Mamdani says Israel is ‘committing genocide’ in Gaza at Trump meeting
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza at a meeting with President Trump.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Zohran Mamdani is the first person to say in the Oval Office, on camera that Israel is committing genocide and that the U.S. is funding it.
Unprecedented times.
Unprecedented times.
The "Obscene" Psychology of Zionism
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Holocaust education has "backfired" because kids now believe you fight the powerful hurting the vulnerable. She doesn't deny the carnage, she worries people can see it.
A textbook case of cognitive dissonance.
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Holocaust education has "backfired" because kids now believe you fight the powerful hurting the vulnerable. She doesn't deny the carnage, she worries people can see it.
A textbook case of cognitive dissonance.
Former Obama Speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz Melts Down Over Gaza Footage ‘Destroying’ Israel’s Narrative
YouTube video by Ahmed Shihab Eldin
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The "Obscene" Psychology of Zionism
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Holocaust education has "backfired" because kids now believe you fight the powerful hurting the vulnerable. She doesn't deny the carnage, she worries people can see it.
A textbook case of cognitive dissonance.
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Holocaust education has "backfired" because kids now believe you fight the powerful hurting the vulnerable. She doesn't deny the carnage, she worries people can see it.
A textbook case of cognitive dissonance.
AOC and Zohran Mamdani are saying now isn't the time to primary Hakeem Jeffries.
"If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time."
Now is the time to replace politicians with leaders who are committed to universal healthcare, housing and ending all support for genocidal and apartheid regimes.
"If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time."
Now is the time to replace politicians with leaders who are committed to universal healthcare, housing and ending all support for genocidal and apartheid regimes.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
AOC and Zohran Mamdani are saying now isn't the time to primary Hakeem Jeffries.
"If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time."
Now is the time to replace politicians with leaders who are committed to universal healthcare, housing and ending all support for genocidal and apartheid regimes.
"If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time."
Now is the time to replace politicians with leaders who are committed to universal healthcare, housing and ending all support for genocidal and apartheid regimes.
A clone army of Lina Khans could save us.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A clone army of Lina Khans could save us.
Certified pedophiles.
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Certified pedophiles.
Some of y'all voted for a pedophile three times in a row.
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Some of y'all voted for a pedophile three times in a row.
Jon Stewart can't believe Democrats would cave on the shutdown. But if you understand that Republicans and establishment Democrats function as one, it stops being surprising. It's not two parties, it's one corporate machine.
Jon Stewart "Can't F**king Believe" Democrats Caved on the Shutdown | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jon Stewart can't believe Democrats would cave on the shutdown. But if you understand that Republicans and establishment Democrats function as one, it stops being surprising. It's not two parties, it's one corporate machine.
A jury has acquitted the DC Sandwich Guy who was charged with assault for throwing a sub at a federal agent. Dissenters warn this could embolden future sandwich-throwers—meanwhile, in an attempt at relevance, Quiznos has announced its new $5 Spicy Antifa.
For Weekend Update, I'm John David Rivera.
For Weekend Update, I'm John David Rivera.
DC “Sandwich Guy,” Who Threw Sub at CBP Agent, Acquitted on Fed Assault Charges
The immigration agent claimed that the harmless sub had “exploded” on his bulletproof vest.
truthout.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A jury has acquitted the DC Sandwich Guy who was charged with assault for throwing a sub at a federal agent. Dissenters warn this could embolden future sandwich-throwers—meanwhile, in an attempt at relevance, Quiznos has announced its new $5 Spicy Antifa.
For Weekend Update, I'm John David Rivera.
For Weekend Update, I'm John David Rivera.
Former President Barack Obama is wrong about litmus tests. In 2026 and beyond, the bare minimum for any Democrat should be free healthcare and a free Palestine.
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Former President Barack Obama is wrong about litmus tests. In 2026 and beyond, the bare minimum for any Democrat should be free healthcare and a free Palestine.
Moderates have allowed authoritarianism to thrive. Socialism—not neoliberalism—is how we combat fascism. Likewise, transparency and accountability are antidotes to corruption.
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Moderates have allowed authoritarianism to thrive. Socialism—not neoliberalism—is how we combat fascism. Likewise, transparency and accountability are antidotes to corruption.
Learn more about the $1.5B LAX ATMP Roadways Project, why it's a waste of money, and what you can do to stop it.
STOP The LAX Traffic Nightmare
6 miles of new roads, tens of thousands of new vehicle miles driven, a waste of taxpayer dollars!
laxgridlock.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Learn more about the $1.5B LAX ATMP Roadways Project, why it's a waste of money, and what you can do to stop it.
The imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort.
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort.
In a reactionary society, reason and empathy are seen as radical.
October 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In a reactionary society, reason and empathy are seen as radical.