John Isbell
@jisbell321.bsky.social
Newly retired old liberal white guy living in AZ with my lovely wife and two cats who do not get along.
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When do we revert back to saying “the United States are” instead of “the United States is”?
December 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
When do we revert back to saying “the United States are” instead of “the United States is”?
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No other civilized country has the gun violence we do.
Why?
Do you really think they have fewer disturbed people?
Or do they just have a lot fewer guns.
Why do we stay in a union that allows this? Why do we finance it?
Why?
Do you really think they have fewer disturbed people?
Or do they just have a lot fewer guns.
Why do we stay in a union that allows this? Why do we finance it?
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
No other civilized country has the gun violence we do.
Why?
Do you really think they have fewer disturbed people?
Or do they just have a lot fewer guns.
Why do we stay in a union that allows this? Why do we finance it?
Why?
Do you really think they have fewer disturbed people?
Or do they just have a lot fewer guns.
Why do we stay in a union that allows this? Why do we finance it?
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Is it just me, but isn’t our President a whopping piece of shit?
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Is it just me, but isn’t our President a whopping piece of shit?
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how come stalinism disproves socialism but hitlerism doesn't disprove capitalism
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
how come stalinism disproves socialism but hitlerism doesn't disprove capitalism
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On this day in 2013. That was a great city in which to live, miss it a lot.
#sydneyaustralia #sydneyoperahouse
#sydneyharbour
#sydneyaustralia #sydneyoperahouse
#sydneyharbour
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
On this day in 2013. That was a great city in which to live, miss it a lot.
#sydneyaustralia #sydneyoperahouse
#sydneyharbour
#sydneyaustralia #sydneyoperahouse
#sydneyharbour
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This SCOTUS, with two stolen seats, has nothing to do with interpreting the law. It is entirely about advancing a political agenda. In 2029, immediate reform will be urgent. We have to elect enough progressive, aggressive Democrats to do it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This SCOTUS, with two stolen seats, has nothing to do with interpreting the law. It is entirely about advancing a political agenda. In 2029, immediate reform will be urgent. We have to elect enough progressive, aggressive Democrats to do it.
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The Dictator’s crazed racist rant against Somalis made it very clear who’s “garbage.”
All rational people approach others believing that in every large group there are likely to be people of greater character & those of lesser character.
It’s just not that hard to be human.
All rational people approach others believing that in every large group there are likely to be people of greater character & those of lesser character.
It’s just not that hard to be human.
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Dictator’s crazed racist rant against Somalis made it very clear who’s “garbage.”
All rational people approach others believing that in every large group there are likely to be people of greater character & those of lesser character.
It’s just not that hard to be human.
All rational people approach others believing that in every large group there are likely to be people of greater character & those of lesser character.
It’s just not that hard to be human.
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Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
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We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
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Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
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We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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The 20 biggest political donors on the Forbes billionaires list have collectively given nearly $5 billion between 2015 and 2024.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The 20 biggest political donors on the Forbes billionaires list have collectively given nearly $5 billion between 2015 and 2024.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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All I’m going to say is, they don’t care if he’s had sex with children, but if they find out he’s had sex with another man, they will implode…
They have a fcked up sense of morality.
They have a fcked up sense of morality.
November 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
All I’m going to say is, they don’t care if he’s had sex with children, but if they find out he’s had sex with another man, they will implode…
They have a fcked up sense of morality.
They have a fcked up sense of morality.
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The central question in American politics is simple.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The central question in American politics is simple.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
Do you stand with forgotten Americans or the Epstein class?
That's it.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Because the US Government is currently run by bigots.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Because the US Government is currently run by bigots.
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Slide Rock, Oak Creek Canyon, AZ
Sometimes I can't believe that I actually live in such a beautiful place as Northern Arizona
#nature
#redrockcountry
#Sedona
#oakcreek
#arizona
Sometimes I can't believe that I actually live in such a beautiful place as Northern Arizona
#nature
#redrockcountry
#Sedona
#oakcreek
#arizona
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Slide Rock, Oak Creek Canyon, AZ
Sometimes I can't believe that I actually live in such a beautiful place as Northern Arizona
#nature
#redrockcountry
#Sedona
#oakcreek
#arizona
Sometimes I can't believe that I actually live in such a beautiful place as Northern Arizona
#nature
#redrockcountry
#Sedona
#oakcreek
#arizona
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?