John Andreini
@jpandre52.bsky.social
Proud progressive Dem resisting fascism, veteran, University of Iowa grad, happily married. Writer. Only follow those with bios. Check out my short horror stories at https://johnandreini.substack.com/
I don't understand. It's been nine months of daily lies. About everything.
President Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, faced a backlash after making a controversial claim about the POTUS that sparked widespread disagreement.
Karoline Leavitt mocked for making 'untrue' claim about Donald Trump
www.irishstar.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I don't understand. It's been nine months of daily lies. About everything.
The U.N. just announced Trump will be chair of the organization's newly created Board of Peace. I'll just leave this here.
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The U.N. just announced Trump will be chair of the organization's newly created Board of Peace. I'll just leave this here.
Why? Because they get away with it just like Trump. No consequences from the media. A free pass to blurt out any outrageous, baseless lie that you want.
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Why? Because they get away with it just like Trump. No consequences from the media. A free pass to blurt out any outrageous, baseless lie that you want.
There was no need for them. They accomplished nothing except the violence they initiated. This was an idiotic stunt that probably cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and kept cities in a siege mentality for no fucking reason.
The 400 out-of-state National Guard troops deployed to Chicago and Portland, Ore., will be sent home in the coming days, according to multiple reports.
National Guard troops to leave Chicago, Portland
www.stripes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There was no need for them. They accomplished nothing except the violence they initiated. This was an idiotic stunt that probably cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and kept cities in a siege mentality for no fucking reason.
Just like the Nazis, they believe the ill, disabled, weak, poor, LGBTQ and non-whites need to be culled from the herd. They'll never say "Aryan Race," but that's exactly what they mean.
Dr Oz isn’t mincing words, he’s stating the regime’s eugenicist goals loud & clear
“Want to drop the cost of healthcare in America? Get healthy”
Where does that leave disabled and chronically ill people?
We can’t “choose” to get healthy.
They have no plan for healthcare.
Their plan is eugenics
“Want to drop the cost of healthcare in America? Get healthy”
Where does that leave disabled and chronically ill people?
We can’t “choose” to get healthy.
They have no plan for healthcare.
Their plan is eugenics
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Just like the Nazis, they believe the ill, disabled, weak, poor, LGBTQ and non-whites need to be culled from the herd. They'll never say "Aryan Race," but that's exactly what they mean.
MAGAs are responsible for this catastrophe, but the rest of us who pay taxes will spend decades and billions of dollars to clean up their mess.
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
MAGAs are responsible for this catastrophe, but the rest of us who pay taxes will spend decades and billions of dollars to clean up their mess.
Yes. The MAGA cult is the product of thirty years of right-wing media propaganda, with some, like FOX News, pretending to be actual news. Thirty years of lies, distortions, hysterical attacks on immigrants and POC and corporate messaging.
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yes. The MAGA cult is the product of thirty years of right-wing media propaganda, with some, like FOX News, pretending to be actual news. Thirty years of lies, distortions, hysterical attacks on immigrants and POC and corporate messaging.
Conservatives will lie about anything and everything to get what they want and always will. They have no business running our government or anything else for that matter.
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Conservatives will lie about anything and everything to get what they want and always will. They have no business running our government or anything else for that matter.
Funny. Cruz is probably the most unpopular living Republican, despised by members of his own party. This is shit you just can't make up.
LMAO -- Ted Cruz is on Fox News talking about running for president in 2028
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Funny. Cruz is probably the most unpopular living Republican, despised by members of his own party. This is shit you just can't make up.
It's worse than that. Tax dollars that should be used to help Americans are being used to oppress us and trample on our constitutional rights. We are paying for ICE, murdering people in boats, enriching Trump and his family, the suppression of the Epstein files. We need a tax revolt.
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's worse than that. Tax dollars that should be used to help Americans are being used to oppress us and trample on our constitutional rights. We are paying for ICE, murdering people in boats, enriching Trump and his family, the suppression of the Epstein files. We need a tax revolt.
"Originalism" is another Republican scam to try and cover their desire to circumvent the Constitution. With Trump in power, they don't have to really pretend anymore. They just ignore the parts they don't like.
Originalism is a BORK thing. That abomination Robert Bork.
RB decided it was a great way to overturn Roe or anything else.
It's complete BS.
It's a strange kind of magical thinking. CONSERVATIVES HAVE RUINED AMERICA.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
RB decided it was a great way to overturn Roe or anything else.
It's complete BS.
It's a strange kind of magical thinking. CONSERVATIVES HAVE RUINED AMERICA.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Originalism" is another Republican scam to try and cover their desire to circumvent the Constitution. With Trump in power, they don't have to really pretend anymore. They just ignore the parts they don't like.
Yes. According to Republicans, the most awful thing Obama did as president was try to give Americans decent, affordable healthcare.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Yes. According to Republicans, the most awful thing Obama did as president was try to give Americans decent, affordable healthcare.
Reposted by John Andreini
Wild how we went from nonprofit health insurance to $25 billion in profits — all off our pain. Republicans flipped the law in ’73, and now we pay the price every time we go to the doctor.
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Wild how we went from nonprofit health insurance to $25 billion in profits — all off our pain. Republicans flipped the law in ’73, and now we pay the price every time we go to the doctor.
I find this appalling. For too many Americans, it's not that Trump is a convicted felon, a pedophile, a traitor who tried to steal a valid election, a pathological liar, a racist and a fascist, it's that coffee and steak are too expensive. It's just sad.
Adam Kinzinger on the Affordability Crisis: The Real Reason Republicans Should Panic
Affordability Crisis: The Real Reason Republicans Should Panic
Trump’s economic approval collapses as Americans face the worst affordability crisis in decades.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I find this appalling. For too many Americans, it's not that Trump is a convicted felon, a pedophile, a traitor who tried to steal a valid election, a pathological liar, a racist and a fascist, it's that coffee and steak are too expensive. It's just sad.
What we've learned is that the real Deep State is run by billionaires who have the power to cover up their criminality. They use blackmail and extortion to keep members quiet and are able to pay off others to turn a blind eye to their disgusting crimes. Trump is a member.
"The message is not that Trump is innocent, it's that *everyone is guilty.* Everyone assaults women, cheats on their taxes, uses public office for private gain. Propriety and following the rules? That stuff is for suckers. In a world of grift and graft, the most corrupt man should be king."
Why Trump can't make the Epstein scandal go away
His ordinary scandal management techniques are not working.
www.publicnotice.co
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What we've learned is that the real Deep State is run by billionaires who have the power to cover up their criminality. They use blackmail and extortion to keep members quiet and are able to pay off others to turn a blind eye to their disgusting crimes. Trump is a member.
One of the things that has kept the GOP in the political picture for so long is their ability to create enemies and frighten Americans. From communists to muslims to terrorists to socialists to immigrants to American citizens who simply oppose Trump. This is fascism 101.
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
One of the things that has kept the GOP in the political picture for so long is their ability to create enemies and frighten Americans. From communists to muslims to terrorists to socialists to immigrants to American citizens who simply oppose Trump. This is fascism 101.
Like all mob bosses, Trump loves to use violence to "send messages" to others. Blowing up boats and murdering people has nothing to do with stopping drugs, but he thinks it makes him look tough and that the multi-billion dollar drug business will quake in fear.
It's against international law & US law. It's also an poor way to fight drug smugglers. To be useful, they stop the boats, & search for illegal substances. If they find any, they seize it as evidence & arrest the crew for questioning, to learn who's running the drug cartel & arrest them.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Like all mob bosses, Trump loves to use violence to "send messages" to others. Blowing up boats and murdering people has nothing to do with stopping drugs, but he thinks it makes him look tough and that the multi-billion dollar drug business will quake in fear.
Getting the military to follow illegal and unconstitutional orders was the final step in finishing Trump's coup.
if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Getting the military to follow illegal and unconstitutional orders was the final step in finishing Trump's coup.
Reposted by John Andreini
I want to tell you what we know about Trump’s truly sh*tty economy. Then I’ll suggest 10 things that Democrats should pledge to do about it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-truly-shtty-economy
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I want to tell you what we know about Trump’s truly sh*tty economy. Then I’ll suggest 10 things that Democrats should pledge to do about it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-truly-shtty-economy
MAGAs and low IQ voters have done more damage than they can ever imagine by voting in Trump. Twice. The devastation and suffering that's already happened could last generations and we're not through this yet.
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
MAGAs and low IQ voters have done more damage than they can ever imagine by voting in Trump. Twice. The devastation and suffering that's already happened could last generations and we're not through this yet.
Never, ever, ever, ever take what Trump says at face value. It is never what it seems.
Now that Pamela Jo Bondi and Kash Patel have had enough time to scrub the files of Donald's name.
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Never, ever, ever, ever take what Trump says at face value. It is never what it seems.
Reposted by John Andreini
This is a documented case of public man-made death. Why? Because a government dismantled oversight, purged experts, and ruled by decree, all things our assessment highlights.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is a documented case of public man-made death. Why? Because a government dismantled oversight, purged experts, and ruled by decree, all things our assessment highlights.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Reposted by John Andreini
Reposted by John Andreini
None of this is based on science or facts, but on the political opportunism of morons who think this will win them votes, which in this day and age, it won't.
Icymi: The government shutdown ended with a federal ban on marijuana above 0.4 grams — effectively destroying the $28-billion hemp industry, and hard-hitting farmers at the worst possible time.
Many of us use marijuana to stay calm; unlike alcohol, it *reduces* violent crime — it doesn’t *cause* it
Many of us use marijuana to stay calm; unlike alcohol, it *reduces* violent crime — it doesn’t *cause* it
New law killing "THC loophole" could hurt state programs and businesses, advocates say
A last-minute provision re-criminalizes many hemp-derived products, reversing their 2018 legalization.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
None of this is based on science or facts, but on the political opportunism of morons who think this will win them votes, which in this day and age, it won't.