Michael J Johnson
@mikejjohnson.bsky.social
Musician, songwriter, producer, Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Lead guitarist for Parlour Bells. Cat/dog person, ADHD, liberal, Union member, UU, sober. I don’t answer DM’s from people I don’t know IRL. He/him.
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The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
September 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
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Dear media and all who listen, read and see what the media puts out there.
People who are interested in self-preservation will find it in #truthseeking_truthspeaking and calling out lies and inflates divisive propaganda.
#Speak_Truth
#Fact_Check
#Truth_Bombs
#BEthe_changemakers
People who are interested in self-preservation will find it in #truthseeking_truthspeaking and calling out lies and inflates divisive propaganda.
#Speak_Truth
#Fact_Check
#Truth_Bombs
#BEthe_changemakers
September 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Dear media and all who listen, read and see what the media puts out there.
People who are interested in self-preservation will find it in #truthseeking_truthspeaking and calling out lies and inflates divisive propaganda.
#Speak_Truth
#Fact_Check
#Truth_Bombs
#BEthe_changemakers
People who are interested in self-preservation will find it in #truthseeking_truthspeaking and calling out lies and inflates divisive propaganda.
#Speak_Truth
#Fact_Check
#Truth_Bombs
#BEthe_changemakers
This is a nightmare : www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/08/...
FDA approves new Covid shots with limits on who can get them under RFK Jr.
It's unclear how easily patients without high risk factors will be able to get a Covid shot, and whether insurance plans will still cover them.
www.cnbc.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is a nightmare : www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/08/...
I have moved away from Iowa and I am back in the beautiful Blue state of Massachusetts. I am back teaching at Berklee College of Music.
July 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I have moved away from Iowa and I am back in the beautiful Blue state of Massachusetts. I am back teaching at Berklee College of Music.
Please follow my Union @berkleefacunion.bsky.social
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July 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Please follow my Union @berkleefacunion.bsky.social
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Certainly close enough to the real truth!
June 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Certainly close enough to the real truth!
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And here in NYC today another shocking escalation by Trump.
The law *explicitly allows* unannounced visits by congressmembers to federal facilities.
This is yet another breach of democratic norms by an increasingly rogue administration. Don't normalize this.
The law *explicitly allows* unannounced visits by congressmembers to federal facilities.
This is yet another breach of democratic norms by an increasingly rogue administration. Don't normalize this.
2 New York Representatives Are Denied Access to ICE Facility
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
And here in NYC today another shocking escalation by Trump.
The law *explicitly allows* unannounced visits by congressmembers to federal facilities.
This is yet another breach of democratic norms by an increasingly rogue administration. Don't normalize this.
The law *explicitly allows* unannounced visits by congressmembers to federal facilities.
This is yet another breach of democratic norms by an increasingly rogue administration. Don't normalize this.
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When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody."
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
May 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody."
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
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RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
May 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
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AI is not just another tech revolution. It’s the perfect storm of surveillance, manipulation, and digital obedience — and the far right already has a head start…
hartmannreport.com/p/the-machin...
hartmannreport.com/p/the-machin...
The Machines Are Learning — and They’re Learning to Be Fascists
AI is not just another tech revolution. It’s the perfect storm of surveillance, manipulation, and digital obedience — and the far right already has a head start…
hartmannreport.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
AI is not just another tech revolution. It’s the perfect storm of surveillance, manipulation, and digital obedience — and the far right already has a head start…
hartmannreport.com/p/the-machin...
hartmannreport.com/p/the-machin...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, shared photos of himself and his grandchildren frolicking in waters filled with sewer overflow.
Swimming in sewage. Spewing garbage. Sowing cynicism. That’s RFK Jr. alright.
Swimming in sewage. Spewing garbage. Sowing cynicism. That’s RFK Jr. alright.
May 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, shared photos of himself and his grandchildren frolicking in waters filled with sewer overflow.
Swimming in sewage. Spewing garbage. Sowing cynicism. That’s RFK Jr. alright.
Swimming in sewage. Spewing garbage. Sowing cynicism. That’s RFK Jr. alright.
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this guy is out here proudly being a eugenicist freak while people at mainstream and "respectable publications" make excuses for him or even muse about whether he has a "few good points"
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
this guy is out here proudly being a eugenicist freak while people at mainstream and "respectable publications" make excuses for him or even muse about whether he has a "few good points"
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You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.
May 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.
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Pretty much sums it up.
April 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pretty much sums it up.
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Social Security isn't just a benefit; it's a lifeline for millions of Americans.
It's our earned right after years of hard work.
Project 2025 plans to GUT social security, and Trump & his MAGA allies are following the blueprint to the letter. #HandsOffMySocialSecurity
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
It's our earned right after years of hard work.
Project 2025 plans to GUT social security, and Trump & his MAGA allies are following the blueprint to the letter. #HandsOffMySocialSecurity
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
April 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Social Security isn't just a benefit; it's a lifeline for millions of Americans.
It's our earned right after years of hard work.
Project 2025 plans to GUT social security, and Trump & his MAGA allies are following the blueprint to the letter. #HandsOffMySocialSecurity
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
It's our earned right after years of hard work.
Project 2025 plans to GUT social security, and Trump & his MAGA allies are following the blueprint to the letter. #HandsOffMySocialSecurity
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Trump and RFK Jr. are hoping to use the facade of science to falsely legitimize their lies and quackery.
Their plan looks something like this:
Garbage Questions + Garbage Methods = Pre-Conceived Hypotheses
But that's not how science works!
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Trump and RFK Jr. are hoping to use the facade of science to falsely legitimize their lies and quackery.
Their plan looks something like this:
Garbage Questions + Garbage Methods = Pre-Conceived Hypotheses
But that's not how science works!
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’
The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.
www.theatlantic.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Trump and RFK Jr. are hoping to use the facade of science to falsely legitimize their lies and quackery.
Their plan looks something like this:
Garbage Questions + Garbage Methods = Pre-Conceived Hypotheses
But that's not how science works!
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Trump and RFK Jr. are hoping to use the facade of science to falsely legitimize their lies and quackery.
Their plan looks something like this:
Garbage Questions + Garbage Methods = Pre-Conceived Hypotheses
But that's not how science works!
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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RIP DAVID THOMAS. a large and ornery man who created lots of great music, and knew how to fall over as well as anyone i've ever seen. when robbie carey asked him if his choice of musette was "jarry-esque." he replied, "beefheart=esque is more like it." abd he meant it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQP7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQP7...
Pere Ubu Street Waves Live CBGBs 1978
YouTube video by thelyran
www.youtube.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
RIP DAVID THOMAS. a large and ornery man who created lots of great music, and knew how to fall over as well as anyone i've ever seen. when robbie carey asked him if his choice of musette was "jarry-esque." he replied, "beefheart=esque is more like it." abd he meant it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQP7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQP7...
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If you want your children to grow up with lungs that work, you better start working and voting like your life—and theirs—depends on it…
hartmannreport.com/p/breathing-...
hartmannreport.com/p/breathing-...
Breathing Is Now a Political Act: The GOP Has Made Clean Air a Partisan Weapon
If you want your children to grow up with lungs that work, you better start voting like your life—and theirs—depends on it…
hartmannreport.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you want your children to grow up with lungs that work, you better start working and voting like your life—and theirs—depends on it…
hartmannreport.com/p/breathing-...
hartmannreport.com/p/breathing-...
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RIP David Thomas aka (in the early days) Crocus Behemoth: those first four Pere Ubu singles were stunning in 1975-1977 (post punk before punk) leading up the The Modern Dance and Dub Housing. Born 1953, I salute you fellow Snake
April 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
RIP David Thomas aka (in the early days) Crocus Behemoth: those first four Pere Ubu singles were stunning in 1975-1977 (post punk before punk) leading up the The Modern Dance and Dub Housing. Born 1953, I salute you fellow Snake
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15 percent of young people see country on right track under Trump, poll finds wapo.st/42JLJgj gift link
April 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
15 percent of young people see country on right track under Trump, poll finds wapo.st/42JLJgj gift link