John Shanks
@jgshanks.bsky.social
Dad, husband, professor, musician, and curious about everything.
Firm believer that empathy is more rebellious than a middle finger.
Firm believer that empathy is more rebellious than a middle finger.
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Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Using words like “patriotic,warrior, true American” doesn’t make it right it makes u sound like a 5 yr old in a power ranger costume
November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Using words like “patriotic,warrior, true American” doesn’t make it right it makes u sound like a 5 yr old in a power ranger costume
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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In the last week, Donald Trump has called for the murder of Congressional Democrats and threatened to unilaterally declare an invasion of Venezuela.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In the last week, Donald Trump has called for the murder of Congressional Democrats and threatened to unilaterally declare an invasion of Venezuela.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
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Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
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In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Everything so stupid but I have faith it can get stupider
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Everything so stupid but I have faith it can get stupider
I cannot describe to you in flowery enough language the unclenching that is currently occurring, having moved to an altogether different area of the country.
August 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I cannot describe to you in flowery enough language the unclenching that is currently occurring, having moved to an altogether different area of the country.
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MAGA gets their panties in a twist about Epstein and Trump and the possibilities Trump was on "the plane".....and yet 27 women come forward and say Trump assaulted them,
and
they
ignore
it.
and
they
ignore
it.
July 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
MAGA gets their panties in a twist about Epstein and Trump and the possibilities Trump was on "the plane".....and yet 27 women come forward and say Trump assaulted them,
and
they
ignore
it.
and
they
ignore
it.
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a society that would like to keep functioning must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
Mike Johnson on Trump: "His approval ratings are skyrocketing. CNN had a story a day or two ago -- he was at a 90 percent approval rating! There's never been a president that high."
July 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
a society that would like to keep functioning must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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The GOP has cut Medicaid, but found money for ICE, which now has a bigger budget than the militaries of most foreign countries.
No schools, but more private prisons and concentration camps for US citizens and immigrants.
No schools, but more private prisons and concentration camps for US citizens and immigrants.
July 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The GOP has cut Medicaid, but found money for ICE, which now has a bigger budget than the militaries of most foreign countries.
No schools, but more private prisons and concentration camps for US citizens and immigrants.
No schools, but more private prisons and concentration camps for US citizens and immigrants.
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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Being scolded for using big words to make people feel inferior and the word I used was qualm? ITS NOT EVEN A BIG WORD READ SOMETHING OTHER THAN FACEBOOK OMG
June 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Being scolded for using big words to make people feel inferior and the word I used was qualm? ITS NOT EVEN A BIG WORD READ SOMETHING OTHER THAN FACEBOOK OMG
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Whoa! Alligator Alcatraz is going to be complete by Tuesday and open for operation on Wednesday.
Am I the only one wondering how Ron DeSantis got this together so fast?
Floridians, make sure you remember this the next time a hurricane hits and you can’t get disaster relief in your state.
Am I the only one wondering how Ron DeSantis got this together so fast?
Floridians, make sure you remember this the next time a hurricane hits and you can’t get disaster relief in your state.
June 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Whoa! Alligator Alcatraz is going to be complete by Tuesday and open for operation on Wednesday.
Am I the only one wondering how Ron DeSantis got this together so fast?
Floridians, make sure you remember this the next time a hurricane hits and you can’t get disaster relief in your state.
Am I the only one wondering how Ron DeSantis got this together so fast?
Floridians, make sure you remember this the next time a hurricane hits and you can’t get disaster relief in your state.
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White people in 2025: Omg they’re snatching people off the street and doing unthinkable things to them!! This is unheard of, unthinkable, unimaginable!! This isn’t who we are as a country!!!
Black people since 1619: Omg they’re snatching people off the street and doing unthinkable things to them!!
Black people since 1619: Omg they’re snatching people off the street and doing unthinkable things to them!!
June 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
White people in 2025: Omg they’re snatching people off the street and doing unthinkable things to them!! This is unheard of, unthinkable, unimaginable!! This isn’t who we are as a country!!!
Black people since 1619: Omg they’re snatching people off the street and doing unthinkable things to them!!
Black people since 1619: Omg they’re snatching people off the street and doing unthinkable things to them!!
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hear that sound? no? exactly. it's the deafening silence from congress as they do nothing in the face of open disregard for the checks and balances of our government.
June 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
hear that sound? no? exactly. it's the deafening silence from congress as they do nothing in the face of open disregard for the checks and balances of our government.
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
June 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
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Congress died the moment they allowed 147 insurrectionists to remain in office instead of expelling them and charging them with sedition. That’s just my opinion.
June 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Congress died the moment they allowed 147 insurrectionists to remain in office instead of expelling them and charging them with sedition. That’s just my opinion.
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A reminder that the country that executed John Brown and has anti-indigenous and anti-immigrant clauses built in to its founding document, has never been on the right side of social issues and there have always been citizens telling them to do better. It's only when we fight back that it gets better
June 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A reminder that the country that executed John Brown and has anti-indigenous and anti-immigrant clauses built in to its founding document, has never been on the right side of social issues and there have always been citizens telling them to do better. It's only when we fight back that it gets better