John McVicker
mcvicker.bsky.social
John McVicker
@mcvicker.bsky.social
I'm a retired English Language teacher & an active artist.
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Attending a No Kings march is the first step towards saving our democracy.

The next step? Fighting for policies that build a better future.

Here are some ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNxm4RgSNA
Top 10 Ways to Unrig the System | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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It's TIME to SHOW UP!
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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“ICE goes masked for a single reason—to terrorize Americans into quiescence."

A Reagan-appointed judge just wrote a blistering anti-Trump decision, calling the president’s crackdown on civil liberties un-American.
A Reagan-appointed judge just wrote a blistering anti-Trump decision
Federal judge William G. Young attacked the president's crackdown on civil liberties as un-American.
www.motherjones.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Says this lazy racist bitch who’s never worked a day in his loser life.

Pay attention, though. Only true white supremacist Republican creeps who wish they could own slaves think we have TOO MANY holidays in the USA.

They’re telling us who they are. Believe them.
June 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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April 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The many looks of oyster mushrooms post #2. Babies. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
March 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.

Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.

It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
February 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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More of this, America.
February 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Ann Sotheran, contemporary UK Stained Glass artist #WomensArt
January 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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January 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Kaleidoscope
November 22, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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Imagine, just imagine, if Jordan Neely had been white and Daniel Penny was black

Imagine what some of the folks defending Penny today would be saying.

Just imagine.
December 9, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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Geometriphylogenetics xkcd.com/3010
November 13, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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35 major U.S. corporations paid their top five executives MORE than they paid in federal income taxes between 2018 and 2022.

That's Tesla, Ford, Netflix, and more.

Read the full report from @ips-dc.bsky.social & @4taxfairness.bsky.social: americansfortaxfairness.org/less-us-corp...
More for Them, Less for US: Corporations That Pay Their Executives More Than Uncle Sam
Corporate tax dodging and executive pay packages have both gotten so far out of control that a significant number of major U.S. corporations are paying their top executives more than they’re paying Un...
americansfortaxfairness.org
September 30, 2024 at 4:24 PM