John Potter
snakeman49.bsky.social
John Potter
@snakeman49.bsky.social
Septuagenarian man, widower, life-long Democrat, with kids, grandkids and sore feet. ACLU, FFRF, PP. Bluesky is my only social media platform.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Who else thinks Susan Collins is a corrupt shitbag though?
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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How one Dane kept the Saxons at bay for two and a half hours

TT: absolute #history
January 17, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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444-Million-Year-Old Microscopic Fossils Reveal Early Seafloor Recovery After Mass Extinction www.discovermagazine.com/444-million-...
444-Million-Year-Old Microscopic Fossils Reveal Early Seafloor Recovery After Mass Extinction
Learn how microscopic fossils reveal that tiny seafloor organisms were already feeding and recycling nutrients soon after one of Earth’s largest mass extinctions.
www.discovermagazine.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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If ICE agents can call not impeding “impeding” then they can detain you for any reason at all and that’s not anything like a free country
Federal agents arrest a woman for "impeding"

A man nearby starts blowing a whistle while other observers honk their horns

The agents pepper-spray the man with the whistle, he continues, and they tackle him then arrest him

1/16/2026 - Minneapolis
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Stick this directly in my veins
January 17, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 3:33 AM
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A friend just sent me this:
January 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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So glad a socialist is leading the mental health committee in one of our biggest states ❤️
Thank you @speakermenin.bsky.social!

As Chair, I will dedicate myself to one principle: if it saves lives, it’s worth doing.
January 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Today marks the 240th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom declaring that our faith will never “diminish, enlarge, or affect” our civil rights. As these principles face new challenges, I’ll keep defending the First Amendment.
January 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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I still haven't forgotten about how the abortion bans in numerous states have been killing innocent women, and how underreported that is.
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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I made this video so we can talk about what ICE is actually doing in our cities. I have the details and you need to hear them. Please share this.

ICE isn't targeting criminals or even people here illegally. They are just making up the law - every day. Here's what's going on.
January 15, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.

That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Human rights denier wants to be in Congress. Let her know she's not welcome there.
www.newsnationnow.com/politics/ice...
www.newsnationnow.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Maybe the law is different in Minnesota but that sounds like a pretty simple felony case to make
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.

Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Please watch this clip, and share as widely as you can.
Laura Jedeed on applying for a job with ICE: "I expected them to Google me, and they didn't ... they sent me a final job offer ... what's disturbing is we don't know who is wearing these masks with guns in our city. We don't know if they have domestic violence convictions."
January 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Yes
January 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM