John Stokes
@jstokes.bsky.social
Organic gardener. Progressive. 12+ years Sobriety. Environmentalist. Houston sports fan. Union supporter. Beauty seeker. Reproductive rights. Human rights. Liberal Christian.
Replied to Donald Trump from my TrumpPresidentialPenitentiary “Truth” Social account
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Replied to Donald Trump from my TrumpPresidentialPenitentiary “Truth” Social account
LETS GOOOOOO!!!!!!
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
LETS GOOOOOO!!!!!!
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
As part of my civic trolling duties, I made a new account on Truth Social 🇺🇸
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
As part of my civic trolling duties, I made a new account on Truth Social 🇺🇸
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A veto-proof House requires 290 votes. If we get this, or more in the House (and the momentum is certainly building) – the Republican Senators will feel dramatic pressure to do the same (67 votes). Release the Epstein files!
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A veto-proof House requires 290 votes. If we get this, or more in the House (and the momentum is certainly building) – the Republican Senators will feel dramatic pressure to do the same (67 votes). Release the Epstein files!
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Defining picture of this president.
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Defining picture of this president.
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Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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“Bove stated that D.O.J. would need to consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’ and ignore any such order,” according to the account. “Mr. Reuveni perceived that others in the room looked stunned, and he observed awkward, nervous glances among people in the room. Silence overtook the room.”
June 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Bove stated that D.O.J. would need to consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’ and ignore any such order,” according to the account. “Mr. Reuveni perceived that others in the room looked stunned, and he observed awkward, nervous glances among people in the room. Silence overtook the room.”
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BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Cannot express enough how much what happened at that meeting three weeks ago has changed things on the ground.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Really good WSJ article on ICE escalations over recent weeks including Miller's visit to ICE national HQ where he demanded Home Depot raids. www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown
After deportations fell short of President Trump’s campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”
www.wsj.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Cannot express enough how much what happened at that meeting three weeks ago has changed things on the ground.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
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The White House is demanding that ICE get deportations up, and ordering any career law enforcement who objects to get the hell out of the way.
The head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal operations apparently resigned rather than obey an order to fire ICE officers who weren’t hitting arrest quotas!
The head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal operations apparently resigned rather than obey an order to fire ICE officers who weren’t hitting arrest quotas!
June 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The White House is demanding that ICE get deportations up, and ordering any career law enforcement who objects to get the hell out of the way.
The head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal operations apparently resigned rather than obey an order to fire ICE officers who weren’t hitting arrest quotas!
The head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal operations apparently resigned rather than obey an order to fire ICE officers who weren’t hitting arrest quotas!
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How extreme is the June 7 Memorandum on federalizing the National Guard?
One of several issues: It has NO geographic limit. None. No mention of California or any other state. It's open-ended.
Now this from President Trump: "Well, we're going to have troops everywhere."⬇️
One of several issues: It has NO geographic limit. None. No mention of California or any other state. It's open-ended.
Now this from President Trump: "Well, we're going to have troops everywhere."⬇️
Trump: Well, we're going to have troops everywhere.
Reporter: What’s the bar for sending in the Marines
Trump: The bar is what I think it is.
Reporter: What’s the bar for sending in the Marines
Trump: The bar is what I think it is.
June 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
How extreme is the June 7 Memorandum on federalizing the National Guard?
One of several issues: It has NO geographic limit. None. No mention of California or any other state. It's open-ended.
Now this from President Trump: "Well, we're going to have troops everywhere."⬇️
One of several issues: It has NO geographic limit. None. No mention of California or any other state. It's open-ended.
Now this from President Trump: "Well, we're going to have troops everywhere."⬇️
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Mass arrests are beginning. People are getting kettled.
June 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Mass arrests are beginning. People are getting kettled.
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Here’s what we know about Russell Vought:
He’s stepping in for Elon Musk to run DOGE, the faux-agency slashing the federal gov. A self-described Christian nationalist, Vought was one of the key architects behind Project 2025.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
He’s stepping in for Elon Musk to run DOGE, the faux-agency slashing the federal gov. A self-described Christian nationalist, Vought was one of the key architects behind Project 2025.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Meet Russell Vought, the New Face of the DOGE Agenda
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Here’s what we know about Russell Vought:
He’s stepping in for Elon Musk to run DOGE, the faux-agency slashing the federal gov. A self-described Christian nationalist, Vought was one of the key architects behind Project 2025.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
He’s stepping in for Elon Musk to run DOGE, the faux-agency slashing the federal gov. A self-described Christian nationalist, Vought was one of the key architects behind Project 2025.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The deployment of federalized National Guard troops to California, without consent from local or state officials, is deeply troubling. These are tactics seen in authoritarian regimes, not in America. We want to be clear, the military should not be used to police civilians.
June 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The deployment of federalized National Guard troops to California, without consent from local or state officials, is deeply troubling. These are tactics seen in authoritarian regimes, not in America. We want to be clear, the military should not be used to police civilians.
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And then I said…
”The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts!”
”The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts!”
two men are standing next to each other in a room .
ALT: two men are standing next to each other in a room .
media.tenor.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
And then I said…
”The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts!”
”The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts!”
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How long until Trump issues a retaliatory executive order targeting Musk and/or his companies?
June 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
How long until Trump issues a retaliatory executive order targeting Musk and/or his companies?
This harvest is for you, John Redcorn.
June 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This harvest is for you, John Redcorn.
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Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
May 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
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“McDonalds workers in Denmark make more than Honda workers in Alabama” is such a key point. It’s the institutions, stupid.
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“McDonalds workers in Denmark make more than Honda workers in Alabama” is such a key point. It’s the institutions, stupid.
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People keep saying Senator Booker's filibuster was meaningless and people who were moved by it are naive and gullible but I lived and organized in a south where this record stood and slavery and Jim Crow cast a long shadow and I tell you Booker taking that record means something.
In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.”
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate
Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
People keep saying Senator Booker's filibuster was meaningless and people who were moved by it are naive and gullible but I lived and organized in a south where this record stood and slavery and Jim Crow cast a long shadow and I tell you Booker taking that record means something.
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Way to go Wisconsin! ✊🇺🇸💚
April 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Way to go Wisconsin! ✊🇺🇸💚
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UPDATE:
The Trump DOJ has filed a “woefully insufficient” Declaration and the judge is not having it:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The Trump DOJ has filed a “woefully insufficient” Declaration and the judge is not having it:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
UPDATE:
The Trump DOJ has filed a “woefully insufficient” Declaration and the judge is not having it:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The Trump DOJ has filed a “woefully insufficient” Declaration and the judge is not having it:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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According to a leaked internal memo, Trump and Musk are now set to introduce a destructive, DOGE-driven plan for Social Security.
The Social Security Administration is preparing to add what Trump and Musk are framing as an “anti-fraud” step to claims for earned benefits.
Elon Musk calls Social…
The Social Security Administration is preparing to add what Trump and Musk are framing as an “anti-fraud” step to claims for earned benefits.
Elon Musk calls Social…
March 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
According to a leaked internal memo, Trump and Musk are now set to introduce a destructive, DOGE-driven plan for Social Security.
The Social Security Administration is preparing to add what Trump and Musk are framing as an “anti-fraud” step to claims for earned benefits.
Elon Musk calls Social…
The Social Security Administration is preparing to add what Trump and Musk are framing as an “anti-fraud” step to claims for earned benefits.
Elon Musk calls Social…