H. John Tran
@johnhtran.bsky.social
Mapping collapse. Designing what replaces it.
A civic operating system for the next civilization — resilient, human, unbreakable.
A civic operating system for the next civilization — resilient, human, unbreakable.
101-year-old Andrés González Vega is one of the last living WWII veterans.
He survived war, racism, and exile - then built parades, festivals, and culture for Puerto Ricans in the U.S. and at home.
His memoir is coming.
And he’s not done telling the truth.
He survived war, racism, and exile - then built parades, festivals, and culture for Puerto Ricans in the U.S. and at home.
His memoir is coming.
And he’s not done telling the truth.
July 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
101-year-old Andrés González Vega is one of the last living WWII veterans.
He survived war, racism, and exile - then built parades, festivals, and culture for Puerto Ricans in the U.S. and at home.
His memoir is coming.
And he’s not done telling the truth.
He survived war, racism, and exile - then built parades, festivals, and culture for Puerto Ricans in the U.S. and at home.
His memoir is coming.
And he’s not done telling the truth.
Nine dead in a Massachusetts care home fire. People hung out windows, begging for help.
This is what happens when we treat elder care like a business line item instead of a human right. Profits over lives kills - every time.
This is what happens when we treat elder care like a business line item instead of a human right. Profits over lives kills - every time.
July 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Nine dead in a Massachusetts care home fire. People hung out windows, begging for help.
This is what happens when we treat elder care like a business line item instead of a human right. Profits over lives kills - every time.
This is what happens when we treat elder care like a business line item instead of a human right. Profits over lives kills - every time.
A Trump-pardoned Jan. 6 rioter was just ordered to pay $500,000 to the widow of the officer he assaulted, who died by suicide nine days later.
The cost of “patriotism” is being paid by grieving families.
And still, no remorse. Just pardons.
The cost of “patriotism” is being paid by grieving families.
And still, no remorse. Just pardons.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A Trump-pardoned Jan. 6 rioter was just ordered to pay $500,000 to the widow of the officer he assaulted, who died by suicide nine days later.
The cost of “patriotism” is being paid by grieving families.
And still, no remorse. Just pardons.
The cost of “patriotism” is being paid by grieving families.
And still, no remorse. Just pardons.
60 critically missing kids found in Florida.
Ages 9 to 17. Some at risk of trafficking, abuse, or worse.
Operation Dragon Eye was the largest U.S. Marshals recovery yet.
This is what real protection looks like. Quiet, coordinated, relentless.
Ages 9 to 17. Some at risk of trafficking, abuse, or worse.
Operation Dragon Eye was the largest U.S. Marshals recovery yet.
This is what real protection looks like. Quiet, coordinated, relentless.
June 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
60 critically missing kids found in Florida.
Ages 9 to 17. Some at risk of trafficking, abuse, or worse.
Operation Dragon Eye was the largest U.S. Marshals recovery yet.
This is what real protection looks like. Quiet, coordinated, relentless.
Ages 9 to 17. Some at risk of trafficking, abuse, or worse.
Operation Dragon Eye was the largest U.S. Marshals recovery yet.
This is what real protection looks like. Quiet, coordinated, relentless.
Trump just threatened “far greater” attacks if Iran doesn’t “make peace.”
That’s not a peace deal. That’s an ultimatum.
He bombed first, then offered mercy - on his terms.
This isn’t diplomacy. It’s domination wrapped in a speech.
And there are “many targets left.”
That’s not a peace deal. That’s an ultimatum.
He bombed first, then offered mercy - on his terms.
This isn’t diplomacy. It’s domination wrapped in a speech.
And there are “many targets left.”
June 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Trump just threatened “far greater” attacks if Iran doesn’t “make peace.”
That’s not a peace deal. That’s an ultimatum.
He bombed first, then offered mercy - on his terms.
This isn’t diplomacy. It’s domination wrapped in a speech.
And there are “many targets left.”
That’s not a peace deal. That’s an ultimatum.
He bombed first, then offered mercy - on his terms.
This isn’t diplomacy. It’s domination wrapped in a speech.
And there are “many targets left.”
Tulsi Gabbard now says Iran could build a nuke “within weeks” - months after saying the opposite.
Trump corrected her, and suddenly the intel changed.
This isn’t about evidence. It’s about alignment.
Say what the boss says, or get left behind when the bombs start falling.
Trump corrected her, and suddenly the intel changed.
This isn’t about evidence. It’s about alignment.
Say what the boss says, or get left behind when the bombs start falling.
June 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tulsi Gabbard now says Iran could build a nuke “within weeks” - months after saying the opposite.
Trump corrected her, and suddenly the intel changed.
This isn’t about evidence. It’s about alignment.
Say what the boss says, or get left behind when the bombs start falling.
Trump corrected her, and suddenly the intel changed.
This isn’t about evidence. It’s about alignment.
Say what the boss says, or get left behind when the bombs start falling.
Japan just pulled out of defense talks after Trump’s team demanded 3.5% of GDP in military spending.
This isn’t alliance, it’s extortion.
Rubio and Hegseth wanted a photo op.
Japan saw the bill.
And walked.
This isn’t alliance, it’s extortion.
Rubio and Hegseth wanted a photo op.
Japan saw the bill.
And walked.
June 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Japan just pulled out of defense talks after Trump’s team demanded 3.5% of GDP in military spending.
This isn’t alliance, it’s extortion.
Rubio and Hegseth wanted a photo op.
Japan saw the bill.
And walked.
This isn’t alliance, it’s extortion.
Rubio and Hegseth wanted a photo op.
Japan saw the bill.
And walked.
JD Vance called Sen. Alex Padilla “Jose Padilla.”
Not a slip. A tell.
Because in this administration, erasing identity is part of the script.
Mock the name, ignore the title, rewrite the story.
That’s not just disrespect, it’s how power signals who belongs and who doesn’t.
Not a slip. A tell.
Because in this administration, erasing identity is part of the script.
Mock the name, ignore the title, rewrite the story.
That’s not just disrespect, it’s how power signals who belongs and who doesn’t.
June 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
JD Vance called Sen. Alex Padilla “Jose Padilla.”
Not a slip. A tell.
Because in this administration, erasing identity is part of the script.
Mock the name, ignore the title, rewrite the story.
That’s not just disrespect, it’s how power signals who belongs and who doesn’t.
Not a slip. A tell.
Because in this administration, erasing identity is part of the script.
Mock the name, ignore the title, rewrite the story.
That’s not just disrespect, it’s how power signals who belongs and who doesn’t.
A court just blocked Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law.
It wasn’t about history, it was about forcing belief.
Another line crossed in the slow bleed of public institutions into private theology.
They’re not preserving values. They’re replacing them.
It wasn’t about history, it was about forcing belief.
Another line crossed in the slow bleed of public institutions into private theology.
They’re not preserving values. They’re replacing them.
June 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A court just blocked Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law.
It wasn’t about history, it was about forcing belief.
Another line crossed in the slow bleed of public institutions into private theology.
They’re not preserving values. They’re replacing them.
It wasn’t about history, it was about forcing belief.
Another line crossed in the slow bleed of public institutions into private theology.
They’re not preserving values. They’re replacing them.
Trump tried to block foreign students from Harvard. A judge said no.
This wasn’t about security, it was about control.
Billions slashed. Contracts pulled. Obey or get punished.
This is how empire disciplines its elites. No one’s untouchable.
This wasn’t about security, it was about control.
Billions slashed. Contracts pulled. Obey or get punished.
This is how empire disciplines its elites. No one’s untouchable.
June 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Trump tried to block foreign students from Harvard. A judge said no.
This wasn’t about security, it was about control.
Billions slashed. Contracts pulled. Obey or get punished.
This is how empire disciplines its elites. No one’s untouchable.
This wasn’t about security, it was about control.
Billions slashed. Contracts pulled. Obey or get punished.
This is how empire disciplines its elites. No one’s untouchable.
A judge just ordered Mahmoud Khalil released from ICE detention.
No charges. No violence. Just a student negotiator punished for protest.
Trump’s team called him a threat to foreign policy.
This wasn’t law, it was a message.
Speak out, and we’ll disappear you.
No charges. No violence. Just a student negotiator punished for protest.
Trump’s team called him a threat to foreign policy.
This wasn’t law, it was a message.
Speak out, and we’ll disappear you.
June 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A judge just ordered Mahmoud Khalil released from ICE detention.
No charges. No violence. Just a student negotiator punished for protest.
Trump’s team called him a threat to foreign policy.
This wasn’t law, it was a message.
Speak out, and we’ll disappear you.
No charges. No violence. Just a student negotiator punished for protest.
Trump’s team called him a threat to foreign policy.
This wasn’t law, it was a message.
Speak out, and we’ll disappear you.
California wants to make it a crime for local cops to hide their faces during raids.
Because when agents wear masks and drag people into unmarked vans, that’s not law enforcement.
That’s how terror moves - faceless, nameless, unaccountable.
And people are right to be afraid.
Because when agents wear masks and drag people into unmarked vans, that’s not law enforcement.
That’s how terror moves - faceless, nameless, unaccountable.
And people are right to be afraid.
June 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
California wants to make it a crime for local cops to hide their faces during raids.
Because when agents wear masks and drag people into unmarked vans, that’s not law enforcement.
That’s how terror moves - faceless, nameless, unaccountable.
And people are right to be afraid.
Because when agents wear masks and drag people into unmarked vans, that’s not law enforcement.
That’s how terror moves - faceless, nameless, unaccountable.
And people are right to be afraid.
Unmarked vans. Armed agents. No badges.
Dodger Stadium said ICE came. ICE said “wasn’t us.” DHS says CBP. LAPD says “no record.”
No one owns the story. No one takes blame.
That’s how federal force moves now - faceless, shifting, deniable.
And still very real.
Dodger Stadium said ICE came. ICE said “wasn’t us.” DHS says CBP. LAPD says “no record.”
No one owns the story. No one takes blame.
That’s how federal force moves now - faceless, shifting, deniable.
And still very real.
June 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Unmarked vans. Armed agents. No badges.
Dodger Stadium said ICE came. ICE said “wasn’t us.” DHS says CBP. LAPD says “no record.”
No one owns the story. No one takes blame.
That’s how federal force moves now - faceless, shifting, deniable.
And still very real.
Dodger Stadium said ICE came. ICE said “wasn’t us.” DHS says CBP. LAPD says “no record.”
No one owns the story. No one takes blame.
That’s how federal force moves now - faceless, shifting, deniable.
And still very real.
More lawsuits are coming.
Not just for LAPD - but for federal agents, too.
The crackdown on press during LA’s immigration protests won’t fade.
It’ll surface in courtrooms, footage, and foreign headlines.
Because when you attack the press, the evidence multiplies.
Not just for LAPD - but for federal agents, too.
The crackdown on press during LA’s immigration protests won’t fade.
It’ll surface in courtrooms, footage, and foreign headlines.
Because when you attack the press, the evidence multiplies.
June 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
More lawsuits are coming.
Not just for LAPD - but for federal agents, too.
The crackdown on press during LA’s immigration protests won’t fade.
It’ll surface in courtrooms, footage, and foreign headlines.
Because when you attack the press, the evidence multiplies.
Not just for LAPD - but for federal agents, too.
The crackdown on press during LA’s immigration protests won’t fade.
It’ll surface in courtrooms, footage, and foreign headlines.
Because when you attack the press, the evidence multiplies.
He didn’t just remove Hillary’s painting, he replaced it with a meme of himself. Not art. Not history. A signal.
That power now edits memory. That law is just theater.
This isn’t politics.
It’s the empire putting on its own mask.
That power now edits memory. That law is just theater.
This isn’t politics.
It’s the empire putting on its own mask.
June 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
He didn’t just remove Hillary’s painting, he replaced it with a meme of himself. Not art. Not history. A signal.
That power now edits memory. That law is just theater.
This isn’t politics.
It’s the empire putting on its own mask.
That power now edits memory. That law is just theater.
This isn’t politics.
It’s the empire putting on its own mask.
The G7 backed Ukraine.
Trump blocked the joint statement.
He flew home early, called Putin, and demanded Iran surrender.
This isn’t neutrality.
It’s a pivot - away from allies, toward power.
And the world sees it.
Trump blocked the joint statement.
He flew home early, called Putin, and demanded Iran surrender.
This isn’t neutrality.
It’s a pivot - away from allies, toward power.
And the world sees it.
June 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The G7 backed Ukraine.
Trump blocked the joint statement.
He flew home early, called Putin, and demanded Iran surrender.
This isn’t neutrality.
It’s a pivot - away from allies, toward power.
And the world sees it.
Trump blocked the joint statement.
He flew home early, called Putin, and demanded Iran surrender.
This isn’t neutrality.
It’s a pivot - away from allies, toward power.
And the world sees it.
Trump now sells a $499 gold smartphone called the “T1.”
While in office.
While overseeing the agencies that regulate telecom.
This isn’t just corruption.
It’s branding the empire, while it rules.
While in office.
While overseeing the agencies that regulate telecom.
This isn’t just corruption.
It’s branding the empire, while it rules.
June 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Trump now sells a $499 gold smartphone called the “T1.”
While in office.
While overseeing the agencies that regulate telecom.
This isn’t just corruption.
It’s branding the empire, while it rules.
While in office.
While overseeing the agencies that regulate telecom.
This isn’t just corruption.
It’s branding the empire, while it rules.
Trump fires a nuclear safety commissioner.
Elon posts “No Kings.”
Now Sean Duffy says cities with anti-ICE protests won’t get transportation funds.
This isn’t governance.
It’s retribution politics in real time.
Elon posts “No Kings.”
Now Sean Duffy says cities with anti-ICE protests won’t get transportation funds.
This isn’t governance.
It’s retribution politics in real time.
June 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Trump fires a nuclear safety commissioner.
Elon posts “No Kings.”
Now Sean Duffy says cities with anti-ICE protests won’t get transportation funds.
This isn’t governance.
It’s retribution politics in real time.
Elon posts “No Kings.”
Now Sean Duffy says cities with anti-ICE protests won’t get transportation funds.
This isn’t governance.
It’s retribution politics in real time.
Trump’s travel ban just ballooned, 36 more countries flagged for possible suspension.
The list is a quiet map of which lives are disposable. Which borders are closed not by safety, but by strategy. And which people will be disappeared next.
This isn’t protection. It’s design.
The list is a quiet map of which lives are disposable. Which borders are closed not by safety, but by strategy. And which people will be disappeared next.
This isn’t protection. It’s design.
June 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Trump’s travel ban just ballooned, 36 more countries flagged for possible suspension.
The list is a quiet map of which lives are disposable. Which borders are closed not by safety, but by strategy. And which people will be disappeared next.
This isn’t protection. It’s design.
The list is a quiet map of which lives are disposable. Which borders are closed not by safety, but by strategy. And which people will be disappeared next.
This isn’t protection. It’s design.
Tear gas, horses, flashbangs.
In L.A., the message was clear: protest peacefully, get punished anyway.
“No Kings” was never about one man. It’s about the line they don’t want you to cross.
In L.A., the message was clear: protest peacefully, get punished anyway.
“No Kings” was never about one man. It’s about the line they don’t want you to cross.
June 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Tear gas, horses, flashbangs.
In L.A., the message was clear: protest peacefully, get punished anyway.
“No Kings” was never about one man. It’s about the line they don’t want you to cross.
In L.A., the message was clear: protest peacefully, get punished anyway.
“No Kings” was never about one man. It’s about the line they don’t want you to cross.
Another loss for Trump.
Appeals court just shut down his bid to overturn the $5 million verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case.
He’s still liable for sexual assault and defamation,
And he’s still fighting an $83 million judgment on deck.
Appeals court just shut down his bid to overturn the $5 million verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case.
He’s still liable for sexual assault and defamation,
And he’s still fighting an $83 million judgment on deck.
June 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Another loss for Trump.
Appeals court just shut down his bid to overturn the $5 million verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case.
He’s still liable for sexual assault and defamation,
And he’s still fighting an $83 million judgment on deck.
Appeals court just shut down his bid to overturn the $5 million verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case.
He’s still liable for sexual assault and defamation,
And he’s still fighting an $83 million judgment on deck.
They overturned Roe. Now they’re targeting Obergefell.
The Southern Baptist Convention just voted to seek the repeal of same-sex marriage.
This isn’t just backlash, it’s a blueprint.
Collapse doesn’t always scream. Sometimes it signs paperwork.
The Southern Baptist Convention just voted to seek the repeal of same-sex marriage.
This isn’t just backlash, it’s a blueprint.
Collapse doesn’t always scream. Sometimes it signs paperwork.
June 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
They overturned Roe. Now they’re targeting Obergefell.
The Southern Baptist Convention just voted to seek the repeal of same-sex marriage.
This isn’t just backlash, it’s a blueprint.
Collapse doesn’t always scream. Sometimes it signs paperwork.
The Southern Baptist Convention just voted to seek the repeal of same-sex marriage.
This isn’t just backlash, it’s a blueprint.
Collapse doesn’t always scream. Sometimes it signs paperwork.
$134M for a military photo op.
Troops on floors, no food, no water. LA is calm. This isn’t security - it’s spectacle. A campaign stunt in camo, and we’re footing the bill.
Troops on floors, no food, no water. LA is calm. This isn’t security - it’s spectacle. A campaign stunt in camo, and we’re footing the bill.
June 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
$134M for a military photo op.
Troops on floors, no food, no water. LA is calm. This isn’t security - it’s spectacle. A campaign stunt in camo, and we’re footing the bill.
Troops on floors, no food, no water. LA is calm. This isn’t security - it’s spectacle. A campaign stunt in camo, and we’re footing the bill.
Trump’s birthday parade now comes with tanks, flyovers, and a warning: any protesters will be “met with heavy force.”
This isn’t ceremony, it’s performance. A show of power, not unity. Every soldier marching signals what happens when dissent is treated like war.
This isn’t ceremony, it’s performance. A show of power, not unity. Every soldier marching signals what happens when dissent is treated like war.
June 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trump’s birthday parade now comes with tanks, flyovers, and a warning: any protesters will be “met with heavy force.”
This isn’t ceremony, it’s performance. A show of power, not unity. Every soldier marching signals what happens when dissent is treated like war.
This isn’t ceremony, it’s performance. A show of power, not unity. Every soldier marching signals what happens when dissent is treated like war.
Trump’s deleting people from public records.
Not just policies - photos, maps, words.
Erasing women, Black Americans, LGBTQ+, Indigenous folks from data.
This isn’t governance.
It’s revisionism.
It’s the digital purge of a future he can’t control.
Not just policies - photos, maps, words.
Erasing women, Black Americans, LGBTQ+, Indigenous folks from data.
This isn’t governance.
It’s revisionism.
It’s the digital purge of a future he can’t control.
June 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump’s deleting people from public records.
Not just policies - photos, maps, words.
Erasing women, Black Americans, LGBTQ+, Indigenous folks from data.
This isn’t governance.
It’s revisionism.
It’s the digital purge of a future he can’t control.
Not just policies - photos, maps, words.
Erasing women, Black Americans, LGBTQ+, Indigenous folks from data.
This isn’t governance.
It’s revisionism.
It’s the digital purge of a future he can’t control.