John McCracken, Washington DC
@johndc.bsky.social
Grandfather, resistor, Proud member of LGBT Community.
If the Democratic party wants to engage voters and lead us into the future, they need to take this to heart
Especially notable is that while some pundits may frame his speech as focusing on "kitchen sink" topics (free buses, etc.), his broader point was to redefine freedom (or reengage with the New Deal definition), and the role of government to ensure it.
January 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
If the Democratic party wants to engage voters and lead us into the future, they need to take this to heart
Listen to this for a hopeful future.
January 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Listen to this for a hopeful future.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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YAY.
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
YAY.
Reposted by John McCracken, Washington DC
We’re sleepwalking into a disaster
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
We’re sleepwalking into a disaster
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Reposted by John McCracken, Washington DC
it's December 31, which means it's time for "this year in stupid: 2025 — part 3" — a three-part look back at an entire year’s worth of dumbfuckery.
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this year in stupid: 2025 — part 3
a three-part look back at an entire year’s worth of dumbfuckery
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December 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
it's December 31, which means it's time for "this year in stupid: 2025 — part 3" — a three-part look back at an entire year’s worth of dumbfuckery.
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It's been a busy year for Oversight Democrats.
We've launched investigations into Epstein's crimes, misconduct at government agencies, and Trump family corruption. And our work is far from over.
Wishing you a Happy New Year from Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov and Oversight Dems.
We've launched investigations into Epstein's crimes, misconduct at government agencies, and Trump family corruption. And our work is far from over.
Wishing you a Happy New Year from Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov and Oversight Dems.
December 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It's been a busy year for Oversight Democrats.
We've launched investigations into Epstein's crimes, misconduct at government agencies, and Trump family corruption. And our work is far from over.
Wishing you a Happy New Year from Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov and Oversight Dems.
We've launched investigations into Epstein's crimes, misconduct at government agencies, and Trump family corruption. And our work is far from over.
Wishing you a Happy New Year from Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov and Oversight Dems.
Reposted by John McCracken, Washington DC
December 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reposted by John McCracken, Washington DC
Talk about a holiday news dump.
BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Talk about a holiday news dump.
Fight,fight,fight for our rights.
Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, rigging our economy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. We must keep fighting in 2026 and beyond.
December 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Fight,fight,fight for our rights.
This is well worth the read.
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is well worth the read.
Spotted on capitol Hill DC
December 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Spotted on capitol Hill DC
I agree.
December 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I agree.
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who did this
December 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
who did this
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We need to LOWER the retirement age, not raise it. And make the fucking billionaires pay taxes pre Reagan style. Add in universal healthcare and problem solved!
December 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We need to LOWER the retirement age, not raise it. And make the fucking billionaires pay taxes pre Reagan style. Add in universal healthcare and problem solved!
It’s time to wake up voters planning to use mail in ballots.
Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
December 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It’s time to wake up voters planning to use mail in ballots.
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This is called "freedom" and it's pissing off the new Commissars who believe that artists must perform at the State's command
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This is called "freedom" and it's pissing off the new Commissars who believe that artists must perform at the State's command
Yes, Trump is a Russian asset. No other explanation makes sense.
Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was a Russian asset, what would he be doing differently?
If your answer is “nothing,” then ask yourself this:
If the US President is a Russian asset, what should *I* be doing differently?
If your answer is “nothing,” then ask yourself this:
If the US President is a Russian asset, what should *I* be doing differently?
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Yes, Trump is a Russian asset. No other explanation makes sense.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
December 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Democrats must remember this — and act on it.
Reposted by John McCracken, Washington DC
Everybody is looking forward to the next No Kings Day in the spring. The official date will be announced once we land this with the full No Kings coalition, but trust us that it’s coming. And we can’t wait, either. ❌👑
December 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Everybody is looking forward to the next No Kings Day in the spring. The official date will be announced once we land this with the full No Kings coalition, but trust us that it’s coming. And we can’t wait, either. ❌👑
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Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?
December 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?
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COMMENTARY: The decision to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development will cost more lives, undermine more health systems and increase global health risk more than any other public health policy choice made this year.
Who did more harm to public health in 2025 — Kennedy or Rubio?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio did more lasting damage to global public health by dismantling USAID than RFK jr. did at HHS and the CDC.
azmirror.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
COMMENTARY: The decision to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development will cost more lives, undermine more health systems and increase global health risk more than any other public health policy choice made this year.
Reposted by John McCracken, Washington DC
“Merry Christmas to all, including the many sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein [and] attended his parties.”
–Donald J. Trump
–Donald J. Trump
December 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Merry Christmas to all, including the many sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein [and] attended his parties.”
–Donald J. Trump
–Donald J. Trump
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On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫
December 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫