📚 John McAndrew 🌏🇺🇦
@phidipdbq.bsky.social
“I am here, that I may wonder!” Goethe
Our enemies, the billionaires, are trans-national. An effective resistance must necessarily also be trans-national.
I write stuff: https://johnjmcandrew.substack.com
Our enemies, the billionaires, are trans-national. An effective resistance must necessarily also be trans-national.
I write stuff: https://johnjmcandrew.substack.com
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Today, local authorities confirmed the victims of the Stockton shooting were just 8, 9, 14, and 21 years old — and that the attack was likely targeted. Our hearts break for their families and the entire Stockton community.
America HATES its children. HATES them. We let them get slaughtered at schools, stores, and birthday parties. We think educating them wastes money that could go to deserving billionaires, instead of being an investment in our future. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds even refused funds to FEED children. HATES
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Reading the Maduro “indictment” I’m suddenly reminded of WHY Gitmo existed and Obama didn’t shut it down.
It’s because you can’t KIDNAP people, based on “evidence” you violated rights to obtain, and bring them to trial in U.S. courts.
It’s because you can’t KIDNAP people, based on “evidence” you violated rights to obtain, and bring them to trial in U.S. courts.
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Reading the Maduro “indictment” I’m suddenly reminded of WHY Gitmo existed and Obama didn’t shut it down.
It’s because you can’t KIDNAP people, based on “evidence” you violated rights to obtain, and bring them to trial in U.S. courts.
It’s because you can’t KIDNAP people, based on “evidence” you violated rights to obtain, and bring them to trial in U.S. courts.
This is what a $1B campaign contribution will buy you.
"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept." Has ANY nation announced sanctions on the US, which repeatedly has proven to be a rogue nation? No? Well, then, expect more of this, as everyone exchanges thoughts and prayers.
"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept." Has ANY nation announced sanctions on the US, which repeatedly has proven to be a rogue nation? No? Well, then, expect more of this, as everyone exchanges thoughts and prayers.
January 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This is what a $1B campaign contribution will buy you.
"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept." Has ANY nation announced sanctions on the US, which repeatedly has proven to be a rogue nation? No? Well, then, expect more of this, as everyone exchanges thoughts and prayers.
"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept." Has ANY nation announced sanctions on the US, which repeatedly has proven to be a rogue nation? No? Well, then, expect more of this, as everyone exchanges thoughts and prayers.
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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Going to war STRICTLY to get access to another country’s natural resources - and for no other pretext or partial moral reason at all - is the type of thing Putin, Stalin, Hitler, and whoever is president in Avatar would do.
January 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Going to war STRICTLY to get access to another country’s natural resources - and for no other pretext or partial moral reason at all - is the type of thing Putin, Stalin, Hitler, and whoever is president in Avatar would do.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Yeah it’s the one where they draw a big red heart around his name and then half of them pretend to oppose him
Does Congress have any red line where they constrain Trump? He just unilaterally went to war against Venezuela. (Spare me any technicalities; we literally attacked them and kidnapped their president. That is effectively a declaration of war and he doesn’t have to put it on a scroll of parchment)
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Yeah it’s the one where they draw a big red heart around his name and then half of them pretend to oppose him
@hcrichardson.bsky.social is live, taking on the Venezuela attack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JXQ...
Today's News, January 3, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social is live, taking on the Venezuela attack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JXQ...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
Really good piece about our regime change in Venezuela, and how we are already throwing our weight around by using US companies.
If an enemy commandeers your tank, you don’t wait for a shift change to deal with it. This motherfucker needs to go. Now.
Really good piece about our regime change in Venezuela, and how we are already throwing our weight around by using US companies.
If an enemy commandeers your tank, you don’t wait for a shift change to deal with it. This motherfucker needs to go. Now.
The Threat from America
America is not our enemy, but it's a danger to itself and the world
broligarchy.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
Really good piece about our regime change in Venezuela, and how we are already throwing our weight around by using US companies.
If an enemy commandeers your tank, you don’t wait for a shift change to deal with it. This motherfucker needs to go. Now.
Really good piece about our regime change in Venezuela, and how we are already throwing our weight around by using US companies.
If an enemy commandeers your tank, you don’t wait for a shift change to deal with it. This motherfucker needs to go. Now.
You know how people are shocked to get their first AARP notice? Yeah, well, you haven't lived yet.
I'm still a bit shy of 70, and today I'm getting a letter from a local funeral home.
I'm still a bit shy of 70, and today I'm getting a letter from a local funeral home.
January 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
You know how people are shocked to get their first AARP notice? Yeah, well, you haven't lived yet.
I'm still a bit shy of 70, and today I'm getting a letter from a local funeral home.
I'm still a bit shy of 70, and today I'm getting a letter from a local funeral home.
Who TF gave him and Hegseth the authority to do this?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Who TF gave him and Hegseth the authority to do this?
Just finished this extraordinary book by Ed Yong. If you have any curiosity at all about how other animals perceive the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes in which we are all enveloped, don’t miss this book. I was blind, but now I see. The sounds of silence are deafening, it seems.
January 3, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Just finished this extraordinary book by Ed Yong. If you have any curiosity at all about how other animals perceive the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes in which we are all enveloped, don’t miss this book. I was blind, but now I see. The sounds of silence are deafening, it seems.
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Many people have not been invited at all. I’ve talked to a substantial number of Black speakers who have seen bookings plummet, who have been virtually frozen out from engaging in public talks on college campuses.
I'm trying to get a sense of how many (other) people were invited and then disinvited from US campuses last year. If you have a story to share, please dm. I will keep it confidential – just trying to figure out the scale of this.
January 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Many people have not been invited at all. I’ve talked to a substantial number of Black speakers who have seen bookings plummet, who have been virtually frozen out from engaging in public talks on college campuses.
Just finishing this by @catherine-price.bsky.social. Highly recommended. Supportive, practical, delightfully witty. Based in mindfulness practice and other practical considerations. She's a mom, and she and @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social have a new book out just this week⤵️
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How to Break Up with Your Phone, Revised Edition: The 30-Day Digital Detox Plan
The 30-Day Digital Detox Plan
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January 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Just finishing this by @catherine-price.bsky.social. Highly recommended. Supportive, practical, delightfully witty. Based in mindfulness practice and other practical considerations. She's a mom, and she and @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social have a new book out just this week⤵️
bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
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Trump vetoed 2 unanimously passed bills: 1) providing clean drinking water to 50,000 rural CO & 2) preventing flooding in FL tribal area.
Why?
1) Boebert sought Epstein files release & Gov Polis refused to pardon Trump-favored election worker Tina Peters
2) Tribe joined “Alligator Alcatraz” suit.
Why?
1) Boebert sought Epstein files release & Gov Polis refused to pardon Trump-favored election worker Tina Peters
2) Tribe joined “Alligator Alcatraz” suit.
Trump Vetoes 2 Bills, Drawing Accusations of Retaliation
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Trump vetoed 2 unanimously passed bills: 1) providing clean drinking water to 50,000 rural CO & 2) preventing flooding in FL tribal area.
Why?
1) Boebert sought Epstein files release & Gov Polis refused to pardon Trump-favored election worker Tina Peters
2) Tribe joined “Alligator Alcatraz” suit.
Why?
1) Boebert sought Epstein files release & Gov Polis refused to pardon Trump-favored election worker Tina Peters
2) Tribe joined “Alligator Alcatraz” suit.
What’s happening these days with the Billionaire Pedophile Protection force – oh, I mean, ICE?
I’ll bet every one of them was the kid who, when told to stop bothering the girls, or being mean to the new kids, shouted, “YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!“
I’ll bet every one of them was the kid who, when told to stop bothering the girls, or being mean to the new kids, shouted, “YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!“
January 2, 2026 at 11:16 AM
What’s happening these days with the Billionaire Pedophile Protection force – oh, I mean, ICE?
I’ll bet every one of them was the kid who, when told to stop bothering the girls, or being mean to the new kids, shouted, “YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!“
I’ll bet every one of them was the kid who, when told to stop bothering the girls, or being mean to the new kids, shouted, “YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!“
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The only remotely good thing about the current administration is that they have called the question as to what sort of country the US is. Are we a white Christian nation, or are we a religiously and culturally pluralistic one? Here’s hoping voters make the right choice. bsky.app/profile/3fec...
This should not be shrugged aside. They have stopped with the fake 22 million illegal immigrants things and are flat out saying we want to deport 10's of millions of citizens and legal residents from "third world countries" Basically they are advocating removing 1/3 of the population on a gov site.
January 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The only remotely good thing about the current administration is that they have called the question as to what sort of country the US is. Are we a white Christian nation, or are we a religiously and culturally pluralistic one? Here’s hoping voters make the right choice. bsky.app/profile/3fec...
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This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order
Mamdani: "The cost of childcare will no longer discourage young adults from starting a family, because we will deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few"
January 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order
Tomorrow and New Year’s Day, I will observe a complete digital sabbatical: no text, phone, email, or Web browsing. No screens of any kind.
Wishing everyone a safe and healthy new year celebration.
Wishing everyone a safe and healthy new year celebration.
December 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Tomorrow and New Year’s Day, I will observe a complete digital sabbatical: no text, phone, email, or Web browsing. No screens of any kind.
Wishing everyone a safe and healthy new year celebration.
Wishing everyone a safe and healthy new year celebration.
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It's quite an experiment to have a government run by the dumbest people on the planet.
Over on Xitter the Attorney General is pointing to a study that only goes through last year to claim she's fixed the fentanyl crisis.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's quite an experiment to have a government run by the dumbest people on the planet.
24/7 news was a mistake, Ted Turner.
December 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
24/7 news was a mistake, Ted Turner.
@repstansbury.bsky.social is no apologist for Greene or MAGA. She has a great work ethic. (I volunteered for her first campaign for state legislature.) If she CAN work with you, she will. Doesn't mean she'll defend your positions, but she won't go ad hominem on you for holding a different opinion.
"Greene sat by herself in the House chamber. Melanie Stansbury, the ranking Democratic member of Greene’s DOGE subcommittee, took notice. ... 'I think it was very brave for her to stand up to the president and to stand with the victims. ...
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‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@repstansbury.bsky.social is no apologist for Greene or MAGA. She has a great work ethic. (I volunteered for her first campaign for state legislature.) If she CAN work with you, she will. Doesn't mean she'll defend your positions, but she won't go ad hominem on you for holding a different opinion.