John Zibell
@jzbrooklyn.bsky.social
alien, maniac, radical, artist, teacher
No DMS please
No name calling
I don't want to block anyone, we can disagree, we can even fight, be kind and fight the ideas
No DMS please
No name calling
I don't want to block anyone, we can disagree, we can even fight, be kind and fight the ideas
Dear @schiff.senate.gov and @padilla.senate.gov ,
After yesterday's shocking betrayal of every American by 8 Democrats, I demand you call for Chuck Schumer to step down as minority leader of the Senate. We are dying under this administration and giving the game away to Trump ...
After yesterday's shocking betrayal of every American by 8 Democrats, I demand you call for Chuck Schumer to step down as minority leader of the Senate. We are dying under this administration and giving the game away to Trump ...
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Dear @schiff.senate.gov and @padilla.senate.gov ,
After yesterday's shocking betrayal of every American by 8 Democrats, I demand you call for Chuck Schumer to step down as minority leader of the Senate. We are dying under this administration and giving the game away to Trump ...
After yesterday's shocking betrayal of every American by 8 Democrats, I demand you call for Chuck Schumer to step down as minority leader of the Senate. We are dying under this administration and giving the game away to Trump ...
Follow the money. Always.
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Follow the money. Always.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
Primaries folks! The blue wave needs to take out the #BlueMaga Democrats.
The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Primaries folks! The blue wave needs to take out the #BlueMaga Democrats.
Dear Senator @schiff.senate.gov don't cave like other #BlueMAGA democrats are about to do. Tuesday America clearly rebuked Trumpism even in deep red districts. We want Trump and his oligarchy gone. Enabling his cruelty w/ the wind at our backs would be a betrayal! He's offered nothing. Nothing.
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Dear Senator @schiff.senate.gov don't cave like other #BlueMAGA democrats are about to do. Tuesday America clearly rebuked Trumpism even in deep red districts. We want Trump and his oligarchy gone. Enabling his cruelty w/ the wind at our backs would be a betrayal! He's offered nothing. Nothing.
Cheney only had one side.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who spoke of embracing the "dark side" of power, died this week at age 84.
“The Dark Side”: Dick Cheney’s Legacy from Iraq Invasion to U.S. Torture Program
Dick Cheney, the former vice president and one of the key architects of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died Monday at age 84. Cheney served six terms in Congress as Wyoming’s lone representative befo...
www.democracynow.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Cheney only had one side.
Boycotting works! Tell Spotify to stop advertising for ICE.
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Boycotting works! Tell Spotify to stop advertising for ICE.
The oligarchs will cling to the petro economy as long as possible - while they figure out how to corner the market on sunshine.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The oligarchs will cling to the petro economy as long as possible - while they figure out how to corner the market on sunshine.
Remember Elon Musk with the chainsaw? Still high on Trump's victory (and shit loads of ketamine). The dorkish glee he exuded? The joy all the GOP politicians and pundits spread over owning the libs big time? Making America great again? This was always their desired outcome. Fucking ghouls.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Remember Elon Musk with the chainsaw? Still high on Trump's victory (and shit loads of ketamine). The dorkish glee he exuded? The joy all the GOP politicians and pundits spread over owning the libs big time? Making America great again? This was always their desired outcome. Fucking ghouls.
This is the image. This is the Trump legacy.
Lickspittles try to revive the dying oligarchy convulsing on the floor, Bobby Brainworm flees the scene as Trump listens to his own, personal Space Opera playing in the caverns of his mind.
Release the Epstein files, Trump won't even know!
Lickspittles try to revive the dying oligarchy convulsing on the floor, Bobby Brainworm flees the scene as Trump listens to his own, personal Space Opera playing in the caverns of his mind.
Release the Epstein files, Trump won't even know!
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This is the image. This is the Trump legacy.
Lickspittles try to revive the dying oligarchy convulsing on the floor, Bobby Brainworm flees the scene as Trump listens to his own, personal Space Opera playing in the caverns of his mind.
Release the Epstein files, Trump won't even know!
Lickspittles try to revive the dying oligarchy convulsing on the floor, Bobby Brainworm flees the scene as Trump listens to his own, personal Space Opera playing in the caverns of his mind.
Release the Epstein files, Trump won't even know!
Looks like it's Mel Gibson, Sly Stallone, James Woods, and John Voight films from now on at Paramount!
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Looks like it's Mel Gibson, Sly Stallone, James Woods, and John Voight films from now on at Paramount!
Pelosi: Fought AGAINST $15 min wage; M4A & affordable healthcare; green energy & climate action; affordable childcare &, universal Pre-K.
She fought FOR: Big oil; massive Pentagon expansion; corporate interests; surveillance of US citizens.
She both froze out & demanded loyalty from the Squad.
She fought FOR: Big oil; massive Pentagon expansion; corporate interests; surveillance of US citizens.
She both froze out & demanded loyalty from the Squad.
🚨 Pelosi is retiring, and the hospital lobby’s praise shows why that matters: she kept Medicare for All off the table and protected the private insurance model they profit from.
www.levernews.com/pelosi-gets-...
www.levernews.com/pelosi-gets-...
Pelosi Gets Hospital Lobbyists’ Award After Blocking Reforms
The American Hospital Association feted the former House speaker for “advancing health care” following her years-long effort to obstruct Medicare for All.
www.levernews.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Pelosi: Fought AGAINST $15 min wage; M4A & affordable healthcare; green energy & climate action; affordable childcare &, universal Pre-K.
She fought FOR: Big oil; massive Pentagon expansion; corporate interests; surveillance of US citizens.
She both froze out & demanded loyalty from the Squad.
She fought FOR: Big oil; massive Pentagon expansion; corporate interests; surveillance of US citizens.
She both froze out & demanded loyalty from the Squad.
How long before we've all forgotten this malignant, lying, squelching, dollop of diarrhea that America somehow tracked home in the treads of its hiking boots.
The Weakest Strongman: The Decline of Trump and The Coming Reckoning
Trump is old, weakened, cankled and suffering from terrible approval ratings from the majority of Americans, as his white Christian nationalist regime now faces threats from within MAGA.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Trump is old, weakened, cankled and suffering from terrible approval ratings from the majority of Americans, as his white Christian nationalist regime now faces threats from within MAGA.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
How long before we've all forgotten this malignant, lying, squelching, dollop of diarrhea that America somehow tracked home in the treads of its hiking boots.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The oligarchs are eating the press, they're eating the journalism!
TPM's @allegrak.bsky.social worked at Teen Vogue for several years before returning to TPM earlier this year. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The oligarchs are eating the press, they're eating the journalism!
Women holding it down. Where are the men? Throwing the chess board at the wall on Epstein Island.
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Women holding it down. Where are the men? Throwing the chess board at the wall on Epstein Island.
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Quite a moment.
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Quite a moment.
This is what's most terrifying to MAGA and the corporate Democrats. That Mamdani won a major election WITHOUT taking a corporate dime! The Wall Street Mafia will not let this go. Expect retaliation. In other Amazing news: Chuck Schumer is even more irrelevant than yesterday!
The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is what's most terrifying to MAGA and the corporate Democrats. That Mamdani won a major election WITHOUT taking a corporate dime! The Wall Street Mafia will not let this go. Expect retaliation. In other Amazing news: Chuck Schumer is even more irrelevant than yesterday!
From NYC Mayor to Bucks County sheriff, Trumpists are getting ousted! MAGA = Death Cult.
Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters | Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the Blue Wave that washed away local GOP office holders, writes Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social.
Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters on Election Night - Bucks County Beacon
Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the “Blue Wave” that washed away local Republican office holders.
buckscountybeacon.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
From NYC Mayor to Bucks County sheriff, Trumpists are getting ousted! MAGA = Death Cult.
Of course Cuomo refuses to "bow out gracefully". There's no grace in a sex predator. He's going to be on board at Trump industries or the Trump administration - I forget what the difference is - before the weekend.
Nobody likes a sore loser – but Cuomo declines to bow out gracefully
Despondency reigned at the Ziegfeld Ballroom – and then the beaten candidate found it hard to praise the victor
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Of course Cuomo refuses to "bow out gracefully". There's no grace in a sex predator. He's going to be on board at Trump industries or the Trump administration - I forget what the difference is - before the weekend.
Trump lost big tonight across the country - and he wasn't on any ballots. Let this be the beginning of the end for the American Fascist party.
The approved measure will set the stage for a competitive midterm election next year.
Newsom wins on Proposition 50, setting the stage for Calif. redistricting
The approved measure will set the stage for a competitive midterm election next year.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Trump lost big tonight across the country - and he wasn't on any ballots. Let this be the beginning of the end for the American Fascist party.
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The results are in — congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 👏 With a platform to make the city more affordable, he’s made history as New York’s first-ever Muslim mayor and the youngest to hold the office since 1917.
A milestone moment for the city. 🗽
A milestone moment for the city. 🗽
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The results are in — congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 👏 With a platform to make the city more affordable, he’s made history as New York’s first-ever Muslim mayor and the youngest to hold the office since 1917.
A milestone moment for the city. 🗽
A milestone moment for the city. 🗽
This makes me happier than I can say! JD Vance should pull up a couch and watch how winners get things done. I heard Vance was eating crow. I hope it wasn't anyone's pet.
BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This makes me happier than I can say! JD Vance should pull up a couch and watch how winners get things done. I heard Vance was eating crow. I hope it wasn't anyone's pet.
Trump is so toxic that he's sinking GOP candidates across the country! But Zohran Mamdani WON in NYC! Without corporate funding. Dems! Wake the fuck up and walk away from your corporate overlords. They are Trump's overlords too. Mamdani is the future.
Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected Democratic Mayor of New York City! His historic win, at just 34 years old and poised to become the city’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor, signals a powerful leap forward for representation. 👏
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Trump is so toxic that he's sinking GOP candidates across the country! But Zohran Mamdani WON in NYC! Without corporate funding. Dems! Wake the fuck up and walk away from your corporate overlords. They are Trump's overlords too. Mamdani is the future.
Reposted by John Zibell
Zohran Mamdani, a New York State Assembly member and Democratic Socialist, has won the New York City mayoral election, per Decision Desk HQ.
Mamdani is expected to win decisively, and Decision Desk called the race just three minutes after the polls closed.
Mamdani is expected to win decisively, and Decision Desk called the race just three minutes after the polls closed.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Zohran Mamdani, a New York State Assembly member and Democratic Socialist, has won the New York City mayoral election, per Decision Desk HQ.
Mamdani is expected to win decisively, and Decision Desk called the race just three minutes after the polls closed.
Mamdani is expected to win decisively, and Decision Desk called the race just three minutes after the polls closed.