CLJohnson
@cjenergy.bsky.social
Economist and expert witness. 40 years in energy regulation. AEA member. Long time consumer advocate, and interested in civil rights, environment, government. Also, an Astros baseball fan.
Important thread. Argentina shows us what Trump and the techbros have in store for U.S. democracy. Meta, Tik Tok, and X are all in on the psychological operation aimed at creating fear and panic in the population.
1/6 Argentina just showed Americans how an unpopular authoritarian can still win. Milei wrecked the economy, scared the country, and then used that fear to flip the election. It was not a comeback. It was a psychological operation. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Important thread. Argentina shows us what Trump and the techbros have in store for U.S. democracy. Meta, Tik Tok, and X are all in on the psychological operation aimed at creating fear and panic in the population.
This is ridiculous. A Turning Point chapter in every Texas high school? What would Patrick and Abbott say if someone said every high school should have a Young Democrat club, a LULAC or NAACP youth council or Black Muslim youth group? I think we know the answer to that question.
New: Gov. Greg Abbott and Turning Point USA are launching a partnership to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every Texas high school campus.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is ridiculous. A Turning Point chapter in every Texas high school? What would Patrick and Abbott say if someone said every high school should have a Young Democrat club, a LULAC or NAACP youth council or Black Muslim youth group? I think we know the answer to that question.
This is new breed of hyper-corrupt facism. The purpose of tariffs is to leverage power over foreign countries to drain their technology. AI technology is built on fed land and owned by the federal government...and branded as Trump industries. Trump likes it but needs to get his beek wetter.
Trump-branded industrial parks...
Built on federal lands...
And owned by the federal government?
Yikes. www.wsj.com/tech/trump-s...
Built on federal lands...
And owned by the federal government?
Yikes. www.wsj.com/tech/trump-s...
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is new breed of hyper-corrupt facism. The purpose of tariffs is to leverage power over foreign countries to drain their technology. AI technology is built on fed land and owned by the federal government...and branded as Trump industries. Trump likes it but needs to get his beek wetter.
Reposted by CLJohnson
Frank Sinatra loathed Donald Trump.
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Frank Sinatra loathed Donald Trump.
Trump is incapable of concealing his true motives for anything. And in this case, the pardon was motivated by a desire to grab another House seat for the GOP. Cuellar is running as a Dem....and that enraged DT's mafia mindeset.
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Trump is incapable of concealing his true motives for anything. And in this case, the pardon was motivated by a desire to grab another House seat for the GOP. Cuellar is running as a Dem....and that enraged DT's mafia mindeset.
Reposted by CLJohnson
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
These MAGA voters like Hegseth's second strike against the shipwrecked. "If you are caught up in something detrimental to society, I think you should die." They would be quite at home with stoning people.
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
These MAGA voters like Hegseth's second strike against the shipwrecked. "If you are caught up in something detrimental to society, I think you should die." They would be quite at home with stoning people.
Reposted by CLJohnson
This is all true but my friend who works with the National Parks says it’s important to remember that most National parks are free every day. It’s only some parks that charve to control capacity.
A true sign of autocracy. Let's hail Dear Leader over Martin Luther King Jr.
www.ms.now/news/trumps-...
www.ms.now/news/trumps-...
Trump’s birthday replaces MLK Day as a free National Parks day
U.S. residents will be able to enter the parks free of charge on what the Trump administration refers to as “patriotic” days, which will now include Trump’s birthday.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is all true but my friend who works with the National Parks says it’s important to remember that most National parks are free every day. It’s only some parks that charve to control capacity.
Reposted by CLJohnson
A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers.
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
Family says critically ill man was pressured into deportation order after 'Charlotte's Web' sweep
Relatives of a 27-year-old Honduran man say he was denied dialysis and pressured into signing a voluntary deportation order after being detained during "Operation Charlotte's Web." ICE denies the alle...
www.wfae.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers.
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
Facts matter. But the media is broken in many ways.
I'm going to sound like a broken record by the way I keep mentioning how 95% of Somalis in the Twin Cities metro area are US citizens, but very few mainstream outlets are pointing this out.
This should be very basic stuff for any news organization.
This should be very basic stuff for any news organization.
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Facts matter. But the media is broken in many ways.
Reposted by CLJohnson
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Oh.
This woman has been in the White House press corps for six months.
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Oh.
Reposted by CLJohnson
Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using her song ‘Juno’ for a pro-ICE video:
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using her song ‘Juno’ for a pro-ICE video:
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
Pentagon Press Corp....
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pentagon Press Corp....
Rhetorical question: What kind of country have we become? MAGA making pipe bomb threats against Indiana GOP legislators who won't roll over for Trump's redistricting plan. Seriously, how does democracy survive when threats of violence are just another political tool?
A new post by a Republican state Senator in Indiana, saying she will "not cave" on redistricting as she shares that she was just the target of a pipe bomb threat to due "DC political pundits."
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Rhetorical question: What kind of country have we become? MAGA making pipe bomb threats against Indiana GOP legislators who won't roll over for Trump's redistricting plan. Seriously, how does democracy survive when threats of violence are just another political tool?
Reposted by CLJohnson
Reposted by CLJohnson
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
ICE deports Austin college student flying home for Thanksgiving after judge issues stay, lawyer says www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
ICE deports Austin college student, en route to surprise her family for holiday
19-year-old Any Lucia Lopez Belloza dreamed of helping her father start a tailor shop when she graduated from college. This Thanksgiving, ICE deported her as she flew home to surprise her family.
www.statesman.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
ICE deports Austin college student flying home for Thanksgiving after judge issues stay, lawyer says www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
Trump's appointees seemingly commit impeachable offenses by the minute. Patel's FBI agents tell conservative congressman Massie to straighten up and play ball or he will be investigated. Has the FBI turned into a political hit team?
A member of the FBI threatened Thomas Massie's staff with criminal investigations, if he didn't "straighten up and play ball".
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump's appointees seemingly commit impeachable offenses by the minute. Patel's FBI agents tell conservative congressman Massie to straighten up and play ball or he will be investigated. Has the FBI turned into a political hit team?
He calls the WaPo article "fake news," but his statement never denies that he ordered the killing of survivors.
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
He calls the WaPo article "fake news," but his statement never denies that he ordered the killing of survivors.
Reposted by CLJohnson
Reposted by CLJohnson
The NLRB Is Suing to Keep States From Protecting Workers’ Rights talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-nlr...
The NLRB Is Suing to Keep States From Protecting Workers’ Rights
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The NLRB Is Suing to Keep States From Protecting Workers’ Rights talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-nlr...
Reposted by CLJohnson
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. The President is a racist.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. The President is a racist.
Heartbreaking. Tormenting families in order to satisfy the stain of racism.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Heartbreaking. Tormenting families in order to satisfy the stain of racism.
Reposted by CLJohnson
Called it: Trump is going to *give* China Taiwan (no, Taiwan is not his to give) in an attempt to reverse the damage of his stupid trade war.
“.. Japanese officials said the message was worrying: the president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Called it: Trump is going to *give* China Taiwan (no, Taiwan is not his to give) in an attempt to reverse the damage of his stupid trade war.