John Bailin
@johnbailin.bsky.social
Former English teacher at Columbia Grammar and Prep School in NYC. Newly minted psychotherapist at the Philadelphia Consultation Center. LSW, MSW, MA.
RESISTING THE TSUNAMI OF INTOLERANCE AND HATRED
RESISTING THE TSUNAMI OF INTOLERANCE AND HATRED
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“He once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.” He accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras.”
Now Trump set him free.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Now Trump set him free.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“He once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.” He accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras.”
Now Trump set him free.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Now Trump set him free.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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As holiday travel picks up, we have heard reports of travelers being detained by DHS.
If you are a NY-14 constituent worried about detention, consider filling out an ICE privacy release form. This form allows my office to contact ICE on your behalf ⬇️
bit.ly/dhsprivacyform
If you are a NY-14 constituent worried about detention, consider filling out an ICE privacy release form. This form allows my office to contact ICE on your behalf ⬇️
bit.ly/dhsprivacyform
DHS Privacy Release Form
If you or a loved one has an open order of removal or are worried about getting picked up by ICE, consider filling out this
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As holiday travel picks up, we have heard reports of travelers being detained by DHS.
If you are a NY-14 constituent worried about detention, consider filling out an ICE privacy release form. This form allows my office to contact ICE on your behalf ⬇️
bit.ly/dhsprivacyform
If you are a NY-14 constituent worried about detention, consider filling out an ICE privacy release form. This form allows my office to contact ICE on your behalf ⬇️
bit.ly/dhsprivacyform
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MTG needs to tell us what she knows about Trump and members of Congress leading up to January 6th. Have any reporters catering her media tour asked that question?
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
MTG needs to tell us what she knows about Trump and members of Congress leading up to January 6th. Have any reporters catering her media tour asked that question?
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Canal St raid happening now - Canal & Lafayette
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Canal St raid happening now - Canal & Lafayette
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So, as it turns out, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
So, as it turns out, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
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ICE activity has increased in Sunset Park, Bushwick, and Corona (non-exhaustive list) and it seems to be because people aren’t attending their court dates — either due to not receiving notice or intentionally skipping because they know people are getting disappeared at 26 Federal Plaza.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
ICE activity has increased in Sunset Park, Bushwick, and Corona (non-exhaustive list) and it seems to be because people aren’t attending their court dates — either due to not receiving notice or intentionally skipping because they know people are getting disappeared at 26 Federal Plaza.
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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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The Trump Administration is saying its $20 billion bailout for Argentina is classified.
Give me a break. Trump just wants to hide the receipts.
Americans deserve to know where their money went.
Give me a break. Trump just wants to hide the receipts.
Americans deserve to know where their money went.
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Trump Administration is saying its $20 billion bailout for Argentina is classified.
Give me a break. Trump just wants to hide the receipts.
Americans deserve to know where their money went.
Give me a break. Trump just wants to hide the receipts.
Americans deserve to know where their money went.
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Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to find the money by Friday to fully fund SNAP benefits for November.
www.1011now.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
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Thank you, VA, NYC, and NJ for giving us hope.
CA peeps, you can still vote!
CA peeps, you can still vote!
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Thank you, VA, NYC, and NJ for giving us hope.
CA peeps, you can still vote!
CA peeps, you can still vote!
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Any deal to reopen the government without addressing the health care crisis which Republicans have created is not a deal; it is capitulation.
This is who would be on the chopping block:
This is who would be on the chopping block:
Protecting the heartbeat of America means protecting healthcare for each family – deserving of investment, not indifference.
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Any deal to reopen the government without addressing the health care crisis which Republicans have created is not a deal; it is capitulation.
This is who would be on the chopping block:
This is who would be on the chopping block:
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In advance of Trump shutting down SNAP, this is a way you can help your neighbors.
October 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In advance of Trump shutting down SNAP, this is a way you can help your neighbors.
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⚠️ Blue states and counties with large Latino populations are being targeted.
Passaic County in NJ is 43% Hispanic. Los Angeles (49%), Kern (55%), Riverside (50%), Fresno (55%), and Orange (34%) Counties in CA are the other sites.
I would anticipate ICE might be part of the “monitoring” presence.
Passaic County in NJ is 43% Hispanic. Los Angeles (49%), Kern (55%), Riverside (50%), Fresno (55%), and Orange (34%) Counties in CA are the other sites.
I would anticipate ICE might be part of the “monitoring” presence.
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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We've been keeping track of all of the atrocities Trump has committed since he took office in January. To be clear, this is not humor or satire, but maybe sometime in the future, our relatives will see this, shake their heads, and think, "What a hilarious shitshow of a timeline."
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
buff.ly
October 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We've been keeping track of all of the atrocities Trump has committed since he took office in January. To be clear, this is not humor or satire, but maybe sometime in the future, our relatives will see this, shake their heads, and think, "What a hilarious shitshow of a timeline."
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Republicans’ games aside, not swearing in Adelita Grijalva is leaving a district of 813,000 people without representation.
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Republicans’ games aside, not swearing in Adelita Grijalva is leaving a district of 813,000 people without representation.
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The 7 million Americans who took the streets for 'No Kings' made history, and they did something even more important
They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
Then they fight you: How the No Kings protests are winning America | Will Bunch
A massive turnout of 7 million and a panicked White House showed Saturday why the No Kings protests matter, a lot.
www.inquirer.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The 7 million Americans who took the streets for 'No Kings' made history, and they did something even more important
They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
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🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
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The trump regime is setting up official agency accounts here on BlueSky, and they’re dragging their MAGA trolls with them. Block liberally.
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The trump regime is setting up official agency accounts here on BlueSky, and they’re dragging their MAGA trolls with them. Block liberally.
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Thinking of this tonight. Worth watching to the end.
The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Thinking of this tonight. Worth watching to the end.
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My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:
The resistance reaches into Trump country
As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on Oct. 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground.
wagingnonviolence.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:
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ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬
ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name
She even had her U.S. passport on her.
newrepublic.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬
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“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”
The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”
The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
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Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
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If Marge gets it, then other republicans should absolutely get it. 😕
October 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If Marge gets it, then other republicans should absolutely get it. 😕