John Q. Public
@publius24.bsky.social
Former paper pusher for the deep state. Misanthropic humanist. Lover of art, literature, cinema, and all other humanistic endeavors.
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John Q. Public
@publius24.bsky.social
· Aug 25
I took a photo of the president’s latest portrait unfurled outside a federal building.
This one is outside the U.S. Department of Labor.
This one is outside the U.S. Department of Labor.
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For context, his team is just making up memes for him to post insulting European leaders. The base image is from August.
The most powerful man on the planet is shitposting past midnight about how he wants to start a global war with two nuclear powers and other nations that used to be our friends.
The most powerful man on the planet is shitposting past midnight about how he wants to start a global war with two nuclear powers and other nations that used to be our friends.
January 20, 2026 at 7:23 AM
For context, his team is just making up memes for him to post insulting European leaders. The base image is from August.
The most powerful man on the planet is shitposting past midnight about how he wants to start a global war with two nuclear powers and other nations that used to be our friends.
The most powerful man on the planet is shitposting past midnight about how he wants to start a global war with two nuclear powers and other nations that used to be our friends.
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Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States
I appreciate Tom Nichols, I really do. But a word of advice to any of you thinking about doing the same: you do not need to waste your time engaging with every stupid take that you come across.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I appreciate Tom Nichols, I really do. But a word of advice to any of you thinking about doing the same: you do not need to waste your time engaging with every stupid take that you come across.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
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A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
www.kare11.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 AM
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
I wonder if we’re going to be using this Paul Rudd video as a meme format 100 years from now
U.S. troops stationed on Greenland sitting next to Danish troops stationed on Greenland sent to deter America from invading Greenland
January 20, 2026 at 1:55 AM
I wonder if we’re going to be using this Paul Rudd video as a meme format 100 years from now
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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The Norwegian government is staying fairly quiet for now, but as a sign of the shifting vibe here the former head of Norway’s armed forces has come out and called the US a “neo-fascist banana republic” and a “hostile great power without norms”. www.dn.no/politikk/tid...
Tidligere forsvarssjef om Trumps USA: – Neo-fascistisk bananrepublikk (+)
Tidligere forsvarssjef Sverre Diesen mener USA er blitt «en normløs og fiendtlig innstilt stormakt», og advarer samtidig mot å feste vår lit til Europa. Harald Sunde mener det haster med en plan B.
www.dn.no
January 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM
The Norwegian government is staying fairly quiet for now, but as a sign of the shifting vibe here the former head of Norway’s armed forces has come out and called the US a “neo-fascist banana republic” and a “hostile great power without norms”. www.dn.no/politikk/tid...
It’ll rally by EOD. Nothing ever happens.
Dow set to fall more than 300 points on Trump’s new tariff threat over Greenland: Live updates
Dow set to fall more than 300 points on Trump’s new tariff threat over Greenland: Live updates
Stock futures on Monday night pointed to a downbeat session on Wall Street as President Donald Trump intensifies his rhetoric on Greenland.
cnb.cx
January 19, 2026 at 11:35 PM
It’ll rally by EOD. Nothing ever happens.
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Fukuyama: Trump is a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him. Trying to placate him with concessions is a fool’s errand. He despises weakness.
As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
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As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
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January 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Fukuyama: Trump is a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him. Trying to placate him with concessions is a fool’s errand. He despises weakness.
As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
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As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
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The Federalist is blaming Minnesota’s elected representatives for pushing this country towards civil war.
They use the unrest following the murder of George Floyd to claim that this is all part of a broader pattern, and place the blame squarely on Democratic elected officials.
They use the unrest following the murder of George Floyd to claim that this is all part of a broader pattern, and place the blame squarely on Democratic elected officials.
Trump Has A Real Insurrection On His Hands In Minnesota
What's happening in Minnesota is a real insurrection, far different from the J6 riot, and Trump needs to treat it like one.
thefederalist.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM
The Federalist is blaming Minnesota’s elected representatives for pushing this country towards civil war.
They use the unrest following the murder of George Floyd to claim that this is all part of a broader pattern, and place the blame squarely on Democratic elected officials.
They use the unrest following the murder of George Floyd to claim that this is all part of a broader pattern, and place the blame squarely on Democratic elected officials.
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“Catholic personnel in the US military could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland, according to the bishop responsible for their pastoral care.” www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
Broglio: US personnel could disobey ‘immoral’ orders against Greenland - The Tablet
Catholic personnel in the US military could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland, according to the bishop responsible for their
www.thetablet.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 6:40 PM
“Catholic personnel in the US military could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland, according to the bishop responsible for their pastoral care.” www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
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As @wihorne.bsky.social has emphatically stated, for our defiance to gain the upper hand, we need more, better, and bigger spectacles. Why is it only fascists who seem to have learned from postmodernism when it comes to using power?
"But when I landed in Minneapolis and saw the size, scope and lawlessness of the federal onslaught unfolding here, I understood that Good’s killing was emblematic of its true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance of Trump’s dark vision of America."
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
As @wihorne.bsky.social has emphatically stated, for our defiance to gain the upper hand, we need more, better, and bigger spectacles. Why is it only fascists who seem to have learned from postmodernism when it comes to using power?
What they’re saying is if local law enforcement are solely focused on crime prevention, and not assisting with immigration enforcement, then they are an obstacle.
The Republican message to local law enforcement is this: you are either with us or against us.
The Republican message to local law enforcement is this: you are either with us or against us.
I think (but it’s not entirely clear) that Miller means to say local and state police have been ordered to “stand down and surrender” by Walz and/or Frey?
But…what? No, they haven’t!
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But…what? No, they haven’t!
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Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
What they’re saying is if local law enforcement are solely focused on crime prevention, and not assisting with immigration enforcement, then they are an obstacle.
The Republican message to local law enforcement is this: you are either with us or against us.
The Republican message to local law enforcement is this: you are either with us or against us.
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Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
“We need Greenland to fight Russia and we’ll go to war with NATO if we have to. No, I don’t want help Ukraine destroy Russia. Russia is none of our business.”
These are the dumbest fucking people and don’t ever let them forget it.
These are the dumbest fucking people and don’t ever let them forget it.
If this administration hadn't seemingly completely forgotten about the ongoing conventional war in Ukraine we could have spent the last year ruthlessly euthanizing whatever was left of Russian State capacity and made this entire point moot.
Whatever Arctic expeditionary capability the Russians had died in the mud in Ukraine. Aside from Russian boomers, the main threat in the Arctic comes from PRC and Russian subversive activities. Cable sabotage, espionage, land purchases and general shenanigans. NATO has largely woken up to this.
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
“We need Greenland to fight Russia and we’ll go to war with NATO if we have to. No, I don’t want help Ukraine destroy Russia. Russia is none of our business.”
These are the dumbest fucking people and don’t ever let them forget it.
These are the dumbest fucking people and don’t ever let them forget it.
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The way to end all this is for the EU to immediately get hyper-aggressive with sanctioning and tariffing every American they can find.
The man has worse approvals than at any point in his prior term plus it’s an election year. It’s all a bluff. Call it!
The man has worse approvals than at any point in his prior term plus it’s an election year. It’s all a bluff. Call it!
January 19, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The way to end all this is for the EU to immediately get hyper-aggressive with sanctioning and tariffing every American they can find.
The man has worse approvals than at any point in his prior term plus it’s an election year. It’s all a bluff. Call it!
The man has worse approvals than at any point in his prior term plus it’s an election year. It’s all a bluff. Call it!
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There is a point at which this deployment goes from a tripwire force designed to spark an existential crisis for NATO by compelling the US to take a few Danish and allied troops prisoner to a force designed to actually fight for Greenland.
Per Berlingske (Danish news): "A large number of Danish combat soldiers are expected to arrive in Kangerlussuaq in Greenland north of Nuuk on Monday evening."
200 Danish soldiers already on Greenland.
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200 Danish soldiers already on Greenland.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:12 PM
There is a point at which this deployment goes from a tripwire force designed to spark an existential crisis for NATO by compelling the US to take a few Danish and allied troops prisoner to a force designed to actually fight for Greenland.
He’s been asked this numerous times. Somebody really ought to reframe the question here:
“Are you willing to risk a global war with Europe to acquire Greenland?”
“Are you willing to risk a global war with Europe to acquire Greenland?”
Donald Trump has been asked on NBC whether he would use force to seize Greenland
“No comment”, the President replied
“No comment”, the President replied
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
He’s been asked this numerous times. Somebody really ought to reframe the question here:
“Are you willing to risk a global war with Europe to acquire Greenland?”
“Are you willing to risk a global war with Europe to acquire Greenland?”
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the Republican Party needs to be fucking destroyed and every single person who has enabled Trump’s crime spree needs to be prosecuted
January 19, 2026 at 6:23 AM
the Republican Party needs to be fucking destroyed and every single person who has enabled Trump’s crime spree needs to be prosecuted
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Not headline news. No real fuss by Democratic leaders. No calls to censure. No pushback. No questions asked of GOP leadership by the press.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
January 19, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Not headline news. No real fuss by Democratic leaders. No calls to censure. No pushback. No questions asked of GOP leadership by the press.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
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The most disturbing part of all of this is that Democrats seem genuinely in denial and unable to grasp what’s actually happening right now
January 19, 2026 at 5:44 AM
The most disturbing part of all of this is that Democrats seem genuinely in denial and unable to grasp what’s actually happening right now
I don’t want anyone to jingle keys in his face. I want him to overstep and I want a national moral reckoning.
I don’t want to tiptoe out of this and go back to politics as usual with another milquetoast Democrat until we end up with a President Nick Fuentes.
I don’t want to tiptoe out of this and go back to politics as usual with another milquetoast Democrat until we end up with a President Nick Fuentes.
Holds true for any other USG national security official in a position of responsibility:
Manage up and stop this Greenland nonsense.
Redirect him with ballroom, arch, Kennedy Center, etc.
Manage up and stop this Greenland nonsense.
Redirect him with ballroom, arch, Kennedy Center, etc.
January 19, 2026 at 5:30 AM
I don’t want anyone to jingle keys in his face. I want him to overstep and I want a national moral reckoning.
I don’t want to tiptoe out of this and go back to politics as usual with another milquetoast Democrat until we end up with a President Nick Fuentes.
I don’t want to tiptoe out of this and go back to politics as usual with another milquetoast Democrat until we end up with a President Nick Fuentes.
I’m really running out of words to describe the amount of anger and despair that I’m feeling.
It’s not entirely hopeless, but I really can’t see us surviving another three years of this. Something needs to be done.
It’s not entirely hopeless, but I really can’t see us surviving another three years of this. Something needs to be done.
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 AM
I’m really running out of words to describe the amount of anger and despair that I’m feeling.
It’s not entirely hopeless, but I really can’t see us surviving another three years of this. Something needs to be done.
It’s not entirely hopeless, but I really can’t see us surviving another three years of this. Something needs to be done.
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NBA game in London. Someone screams “Leave Greenland alone!” during US national anthem. The crowd reacts in support.
January 18, 2026 at 10:59 PM
NBA game in London. Someone screams “Leave Greenland alone!” during US national anthem. The crowd reacts in support.