John Petty
@johnpetty.bsky.social
Proud liberal living in regressive Texas. Professor of Film at Dallas College. Lifelong collector of comic books, original art, books, movie posters, pocket watches, coins and whatever else seems interesting. Living with dogs, cats, and Judy. Ex X-er.
It seems that cowardice, this time on the part of the Smithsonian, is contagious.
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Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
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July 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It seems that cowardice, this time on the part of the Smithsonian, is contagious.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/a...
Finally, a pro-Trump message I can get behind. But please don't share this widely. Donald would hate that.
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The PSA contains synthetic media
YouTube video by South Park Studios
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July 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Finally, a pro-Trump message I can get behind. But please don't share this widely. Donald would hate that.
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The blood of 50+ people, including children, in Texas is fully on the hands of Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and we should never let them forget it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
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July 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The blood of 50+ people, including children, in Texas is fully on the hands of Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and we should never let them forget it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
This is truly disturbing. If AI is now outputting its own music, how long will it be before most, or all, of creative content is developed algorithmically? We need to oppose this now if we value art at all.
www.wired.com/story/from-s...
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From Sensual Butt Songs to Santa’s Alleged Coke Habit: AI Slop Music Is Getting Harder to Avoid
Even listeners who hate the idea of AI music are getting served tracks like “Taste My Ass” and “I Caught Santa Claus Sniffing Cocaine” on Spotify and other streamers.
www.wired.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is truly disturbing. If AI is now outputting its own music, how long will it be before most, or all, of creative content is developed algorithmically? We need to oppose this now if we value art at all.
www.wired.com/story/from-s...
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And this is what happens when your country is run by a bunch of ignorant idiots.
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American science to soon face its largest brain drain in history
Over the first half of 2025, the USA has cut science as never before. This disaster for American science is a gift to the rest of the world.
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July 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
And this is what happens when your country is run by a bunch of ignorant idiots.
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This is a great article about TACO Trump's malignant narcissism and how that mental illness drives everything he does, specifically his recent unprovoked and illegal attack on Iran. It's an insightful look at our most cognitively deranged president.
www.salon.com/2025/06/22/w...
www.salon.com/2025/06/22/w...
With strikes on Iran, Trump has chosen a path of insanity
It's time to ask: Is a mental condition driving his foreign policy?
www.salon.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is a great article about TACO Trump's malignant narcissism and how that mental illness drives everything he does, specifically his recent unprovoked and illegal attack on Iran. It's an insightful look at our most cognitively deranged president.
www.salon.com/2025/06/22/w...
www.salon.com/2025/06/22/w...
Great. So now, thanks to the TACO-in-Chief, we can all start looking over our shoulders for the terrorist attacks that are sure to come as reprisals for bombing Iran (for which we are at fault). And what, exactly, was the point?
June 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Great. So now, thanks to the TACO-in-Chief, we can all start looking over our shoulders for the terrorist attacks that are sure to come as reprisals for bombing Iran (for which we are at fault). And what, exactly, was the point?
Go, Canada! Shoe the rest of the world how this loathsome felon deserves to be treated!
Ha! Canada don't let us down either! We want to have SOMETHING to look forward to...
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June 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Go, Canada! Shoe the rest of the world how this loathsome felon deserves to be treated!
What a shock. A Democratic, Hispanic senator roughed up by TACO Trump's Gestapo for daring to question Kristi "Puppy Killer" Noem. Just imagine the Reich-wing outrage of those RepubliKKKans who childishly heckled Biden during his SOTU speech (MTG) were treated this way.Not a good look, brown shirts.
If they can do this to a sitting United States Senator who clearly identified himself at Noem’s Press Conference, imagine what they can do to you! Just look at the video and ignore the Republican Talking Points and irresponsible reactions; Secretary Noem must immediately resign
June 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What a shock. A Democratic, Hispanic senator roughed up by TACO Trump's Gestapo for daring to question Kristi "Puppy Killer" Noem. Just imagine the Reich-wing outrage of those RepubliKKKans who childishly heckled Biden during his SOTU speech (MTG) were treated this way.Not a good look, brown shirts.
The authoritarian regime advances. This is one small step away from a loyalty oath in which government employees will have to swear fealty not to the country, not to the Constitution, but to TACO Trump himself. Democracy is doomed.
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New federal employees must now write essays praising Trump's policies
A new "merit hiring plan" from the Office of Personnel Management asks candidates how they will advance Trump's policy agenda.
www.newsweek.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The authoritarian regime advances. This is one small step away from a loyalty oath in which government employees will have to swear fealty not to the country, not to the Constitution, but to TACO Trump himself. Democracy is doomed.
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Here's a suggestion: When someone bans a book, go right out, get a copy, and read it to find out what they want to hide from you.
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10 Controversial Classic Books That Have Been Banned
From the obscene ‘Ulysses’ to the satanic ‘Harry Potter’.
getpocket.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Here's a suggestion: When someone bans a book, go right out, get a copy, and read it to find out what they want to hide from you.
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This report of terrifying and deserves to be much more widely circulated as RepubliKKKans become more adept at successfully blocking the votes of POC and others suspected of voting for Democrats. They must be stopped, and elections returned to the people!
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TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.
Here are the numbers from investigative reporter Greg Palast...
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May 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This report of terrifying and deserves to be much more widely circulated as RepubliKKKans become more adept at successfully blocking the votes of POC and others suspected of voting for Democrats. They must be stopped, and elections returned to the people!
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The recent elimination from the Armed Forces of honorable, decent service people who happen to be trans proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Trump administration has no interest in "meritocracy," only in purging non-white, non-heteronormative people from society. This is not America.
May 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The recent elimination from the Armed Forces of honorable, decent service people who happen to be trans proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Trump administration has no interest in "meritocracy," only in purging non-white, non-heteronormative people from society. This is not America.
Bobby "BrainWorm" Kennedy is now set to investigate the insidious plot to do... something... by adding toxic chemicals to jet fuel, which is then released into the atmosphere. Just one more idiotic conspiracy theory spread by this moron. What's next? Flat earth?
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Fact-check: RFK Jr. claim that DOD arm is spraying chemicals
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a defense department arm is spraying the sky with chemicals in jet fuel, building off of chemtrail conspiracy theories. He provided no evidence to support the ...
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May 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bobby "BrainWorm" Kennedy is now set to investigate the insidious plot to do... something... by adding toxic chemicals to jet fuel, which is then released into the atmosphere. Just one more idiotic conspiracy theory spread by this moron. What's next? Flat earth?
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
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Not surprisingly, the Trump DOJ just quietly lifted a desegregation order in LA, most likely a harbinger of more far-ranging actions to come in order to "Make America White Again". Can "Whites Only" bathrooms and water fountains be far behind?
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The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
apnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Not surprisingly, the Trump DOJ just quietly lifted a desegregation order in LA, most likely a harbinger of more far-ranging actions to come in order to "Make America White Again". Can "Whites Only" bathrooms and water fountains be far behind?
apnews.com/article/scho...
apnews.com/article/scho...
Don't know how may know this, but Public Square (www.publicsq.com) is a site that promotes MAGA businesses. Just put in your zip code and you can find the businesses to avoid in a moment! I found my insurance agent on there, so it's time to move my insurance elsewhere to a non-Nazi company.
Shop on America's Marketplace | PublicSquare
Shop on America's Marketplace | PublicSquare
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April 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Don't know how may know this, but Public Square (www.publicsq.com) is a site that promotes MAGA businesses. Just put in your zip code and you can find the businesses to avoid in a moment! I found my insurance agent on there, so it's time to move my insurance elsewhere to a non-Nazi company.
So the Secretary of Homeland Security can't even keep her own purse secure. Perfect.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Purse, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen
The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So the Secretary of Homeland Security can't even keep her own purse secure. Perfect.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
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Here's my question: When Trump posts hateful, aggressive, intolerant messages like this in the guise of celebrating a Christian holiday, where are all the "good Christians" denouncing him for it? It sure seems to me that there aren't any, and that tells me all I need to know about religion today.
April 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Here's my question: When Trump posts hateful, aggressive, intolerant messages like this in the guise of celebrating a Christian holiday, where are all the "good Christians" denouncing him for it? It sure seems to me that there aren't any, and that tells me all I need to know about religion today.
The Fascist Trump administration takes another page from the Nazi playbook, this time banning books on solely ideological grounds. If they can do this to the Nimitz Library, they can do the same thing to the library in your town. The Nazification of America continues.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Fascist Trump administration takes another page from the Nazi playbook, this time banning books on solely ideological grounds. If they can do this to the Nimitz Library, they can do the same thing to the library in your town. The Nazification of America continues.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
Why is there no mechanism under the law to prosecute government officials who repeatedly and deliberately lie to the American people? Everything Leavitt says here is a lie, unsupported by even the flimsiest evidence. Why is she allowed to get away with it? Why isn't she held to a higher standard?
Oh my god. Karoline Leavitt just had a full blown meltdown of lies during her press conference and accuses Abrego Garcia of “human trafficking” despite zero evidence.
April 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Why is there no mechanism under the law to prosecute government officials who repeatedly and deliberately lie to the American people? Everything Leavitt says here is a lie, unsupported by even the flimsiest evidence. Why is she allowed to get away with it? Why isn't she held to a higher standard?
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Oh my god. Karoline Leavitt just had a full blown meltdown of lies during her press conference and accuses Abrego Garcia of “human trafficking” despite zero evidence.
April 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Oh my god. Karoline Leavitt just had a full blown meltdown of lies during her press conference and accuses Abrego Garcia of “human trafficking” despite zero evidence.
This pretty much sums up the MAGAts, the White Supremacist RepubliKKKan Party, and the despicably vile Christian Nationalists.
April 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This pretty much sums up the MAGAts, the White Supremacist RepubliKKKan Party, and the despicably vile Christian Nationalists.
We need to stop calling CECOT a prison and talk about what it truly is: an extra-judicial concentration camp in which people are imprisoned and abused without the benefit of due process or representation. This is not about law, it's about fascism.
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Concentration Camps, 1933–1939
Learn about early concentration camps the Nazi regime established in Germany, and the expansion of the camp system during the Holocaust and World War II.
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April 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We need to stop calling CECOT a prison and talk about what it truly is: an extra-judicial concentration camp in which people are imprisoned and abused without the benefit of due process or representation. This is not about law, it's about fascism.
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Another despicable example of America's continuing Nazification. A 19-year-old here legally with no criminal record or gang affiliation abducted and sent to a foreign concentration camp by ICE. Be afraid, America, be very afraid, and make sure this story is told.
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ICE agents realize they arrested wrong teen, say 'take him anyway'
Merwil Gutiérrez, was deported to El Salvador's notorious super prison, despite his family's insistence that he has no gang ties or criminal history.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Another despicable example of America's continuing Nazification. A 19-year-old here legally with no criminal record or gang affiliation abducted and sent to a foreign concentration camp by ICE. Be afraid, America, be very afraid, and make sure this story is told.
www.newsweek.com/merwil-gutie...
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Another example of Mump's effort to Make America White Again. What's next? Overturning the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Is this really the America any but the most diseased, deranged, and despised among us want to live in?
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'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Another example of Mump's effort to Make America White Again. What's next? Overturning the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Is this really the America any but the most diseased, deranged, and despised among us want to live in?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...