John (he/him)
@thebeard1808.bsky.social
Amateur breakfast sandwich enthusiast. Dog dad, also regular dad. I love Star Wars, but that'll mostly be on the backburner for my bsky posting.
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George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran, told ICE agents he was a U.S. citizen. They didn’t care. They tear-gassed him, beat him, and locked him in jail for three days without a phone call. He missed his daughter’s third birthday. No charges, no apology. Just cruelty, sanctioned by the state.
George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran, told ICE agents he was a U.S. citizen. They didn’t care. They tear-gassed him, beat him, and locked him in jail for three days without a phone call. He missed his daughter’s third birthday. No charges, no apology. Just cruelty, sanctioned by the state.
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran, told ICE agents he was a U.S. citizen. They didn’t care. They tear-gassed him, beat him, and locked him in jail for three days without a phone call. He missed his daughter’s third birthday. No charges, no apology. Just cruelty, sanctioned by the state.
George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran, told ICE agents he was a U.S. citizen. They didn’t care. They tear-gassed him, beat him, and locked him in jail for three days without a phone call. He missed his daughter’s third birthday. No charges, no apology. Just cruelty, sanctioned by the state.
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Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
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Maybe this is obvious to everyone but…why does the White House need a ballroom? It has enough space for state dinners, no? Is this for dances? Weddings? Storing classified documents?
Just confused so the reason would be helpful thx
Just confused so the reason would be helpful thx
October 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Maybe this is obvious to everyone but…why does the White House need a ballroom? It has enough space for state dinners, no? Is this for dances? Weddings? Storing classified documents?
Just confused so the reason would be helpful thx
Just confused so the reason would be helpful thx
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October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The Young Republican chat leak isn’t about “kids telling jokes.” It’s about a culture that’s been decades in the making—from the Southern Strategy to Trump’s open embrace of white nationalism. J.D. Vance’s defense of it shows how far the party has fallen.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The GOP’s Long Dance With Racism
The leaked Young Republican chat shows a party culture decades in the making
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Young Republican chat leak isn’t about “kids telling jokes.” It’s about a culture that’s been decades in the making—from the Southern Strategy to Trump’s open embrace of white nationalism. J.D. Vance’s defense of it shows how far the party has fallen.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
"Ineligible enrollees" = anyone receiving Medicaid
"Fixing healthcare" = making it so no one can afford it
"Fixing healthcare" = making it so no one can afford it
Mike Johnson lies shamelessly to no pushback on CNBC: "The Republican Party is the party ready to fix healthcare. We're demonstrating that every day. We brought down costs in Medicaid & we strengthened the program in the big beautiful bill b/c we got ineligible enrollees off & we brought down costs"
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Ineligible enrollees" = anyone receiving Medicaid
"Fixing healthcare" = making it so no one can afford it
"Fixing healthcare" = making it so no one can afford it
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SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
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ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
"I'll take conflict of interest and ethics violation for $230 million, Alex."
Unfortunately those are a dime-a-baker's-dozen for this admin.
Unfortunately those are a dime-a-baker's-dozen for this admin.
President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.
Whether he gets paid will ultimately be up to DOJ's second-in-command, who was recently his personal lawyer.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Whether he gets paid will ultimately be up to DOJ's second-in-command, who was recently his personal lawyer.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"I'll take conflict of interest and ethics violation for $230 million, Alex."
Unfortunately those are a dime-a-baker's-dozen for this admin.
Unfortunately those are a dime-a-baker's-dozen for this admin.
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After three years of reasoning, pleading and conceding, the EU has had enough.
On Monday, the bloc’s 27 member countries are expected to back a new bill that will permanently cut Russian gas supplies to Hungary and Slovakia — whether they like it or not.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
On Monday, the bloc’s 27 member countries are expected to back a new bill that will permanently cut Russian gas supplies to Hungary and Slovakia — whether they like it or not.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
EU countries move to pull plug on Russian gas to Hungary and Slovakia
The two Central European countries have long spurned a phaseout. Now, EU capitals are ready to overrule them.
www.politico.eu
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
After three years of reasoning, pleading and conceding, the EU has had enough.
On Monday, the bloc’s 27 member countries are expected to back a new bill that will permanently cut Russian gas supplies to Hungary and Slovakia — whether they like it or not.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
On Monday, the bloc’s 27 member countries are expected to back a new bill that will permanently cut Russian gas supplies to Hungary and Slovakia — whether they like it or not.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
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What have the news media been thinking as they’ve normalized and empowered MAGA fascism over the last decade? I took an intrepid journey inside the media’s brain to find out.
Read my free Stop the Presses newsletter.
Read my free Stop the Presses newsletter.
My exclusive Trump-era tour inside the media’s brain
What were America’s journalists thinking? I have strong suspicions.
www.stopthepresses.news
October 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What have the news media been thinking as they’ve normalized and empowered MAGA fascism over the last decade? I took an intrepid journey inside the media’s brain to find out.
Read my free Stop the Presses newsletter.
Read my free Stop the Presses newsletter.
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Over 7M people marched Saturday in 2700 locations and no one broke windows, wiped feces on walls, stole laptops, or beat police with the American flag; as opposed to the couple thousand MAGAs who stormed the Capitol.
Championing democracy, free speech, and equality brings out the best in people🩷
Championing democracy, free speech, and equality brings out the best in people🩷
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Over 7M people marched Saturday in 2700 locations and no one broke windows, wiped feces on walls, stole laptops, or beat police with the American flag; as opposed to the couple thousand MAGAs who stormed the Capitol.
Championing democracy, free speech, and equality brings out the best in people🩷
Championing democracy, free speech, and equality brings out the best in people🩷
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Momentum is building to use Russia’s frozen central bank reserves to fund Ukraine's war effort. The recent proposal, distributed to EU ambassadors in September and seen by the Kyiv Independent, outlines an innovative legal and financial plan to lend €140 billion of the frozen assets to Ukraine.
The EU's ambitious plan for frozen Russian assets, explained
Momentum is building to tap more of Russia’s central bank reserves — immobilized after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine — to help fund Kyiv's war effort.
As the U.S. moved to wash its hands of Ukra...
kyivindependent.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Momentum is building to use Russia’s frozen central bank reserves to fund Ukraine's war effort. The recent proposal, distributed to EU ambassadors in September and seen by the Kyiv Independent, outlines an innovative legal and financial plan to lend €140 billion of the frozen assets to Ukraine.
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There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍
October 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍
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Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.
Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.
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Something I hadn't thought about until just now but seems like common sense after Asha said it: we definitely need immediate new laws about how agencies create and share videos after this administration full of 10 year old boys is done trying to meme us into authoritarianism
One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means
Weird how that didn’t make the cut.
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Something I hadn't thought about until just now but seems like common sense after Asha said it: we definitely need immediate new laws about how agencies create and share videos after this administration full of 10 year old boys is done trying to meme us into authoritarianism
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
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Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
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Bibi was in town and there wasn’t a single ”Free Palestine“ protest that was big enough to talk about.
Are y’all paying attention?
Palestine is worse off than ever but now most of the people that had smoke for democrats are silent AF.
Are y’all paying attention?
Palestine is worse off than ever but now most of the people that had smoke for democrats are silent AF.
September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Bibi was in town and there wasn’t a single ”Free Palestine“ protest that was big enough to talk about.
Are y’all paying attention?
Palestine is worse off than ever but now most of the people that had smoke for democrats are silent AF.
Are y’all paying attention?
Palestine is worse off than ever but now most of the people that had smoke for democrats are silent AF.
It's absolutely absurd that media hounded Democrats about Biden's age way more than Republicans about J6
May 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's absolutely absurd that media hounded Democrats about Biden's age way more than Republicans about J6
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May 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.
May 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.