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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · 12d

This blight on the American soul has always been there: 3/4 Compromise, Southern Rebellion, Jim Crow, Dixiecrats, MAGA. But so too has a fierce, resolute, and morally superior resistance to it.

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · 16d

"There is scarcely an evil known in these countries which may not be traced to their king as it’s source, nor a good which is not derived from the small fibres of republicanism existing among them." Thomas Jefferson to George Washington

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · 16d

NO KINGS! You'd think as a judge your integrity should be above the norm. What about the Supreme Court Justices who aid and abet a convicted criminal who abuses his position for personal, family,

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · 16d

... and friends' financial gain while moving back the clock on the once disenfranchised or newly so, and freeing criminals duly convicted. Yet another example of the fraying and dismantling of a once great nation's institutions in less than a year....

John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · 27d

The push by Trump to get Republican controlled states to gerrymander districts is just the first step...

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · 27d

Trump is both trying to hide the economic news of the economic effects of his policies while engineering a state of emergency in majority Democtatic large cities so he can stop the midterm elections because the results are likely to be devastating for the Republicans.

John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Oct 3

Time to boycott Israel just like Apartheid era South Africa

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Oct 2

Artist, Parker Croft, Cold Hollow, Vermont #ice-out #nokings #resist

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Sep 22

Stop the genocide.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Aug 15

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Sep 20

Standup to racists, sexists, fascists, monopolistic, and anti-educationist. If the old guard doesn't, replace them.

John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Sep 18

Jimmy Kimmel is latest victim of Trump's chilling suppression of free speech as the Supreme Court aids him. #orangedictatorship #orangeauthoritarianism

John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Sep 17

Deport Melania to Uganda

John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Sep 15

Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Sep 13

This is what happens in authoritarian countries: MSNBC has fired Matthew Dowd, who remarked that Charlie Kirk had been pushing hate speech, adding that “hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.”

John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Sep 7

Finally, a national voice for sanity www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

www.nytimes.com

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Aug 30

Sinagoga de Santa María La Blanca and Museo Sefardi, Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #travelphotography #toledo #spain

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Aug 30

Calle Arco de Palacio and Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #travel #spain #toledo #travelphotography

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Aug 30

Puente de Alcántara and the Alcázar, Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #toledo #travelphotography #travel

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Aug 30

Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #toledo

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John O'D @jsheaod.bsky.social · Aug 21

Should anyone in the Fed resign simply because a CONVICTED FELON says so?! Trump should resign because he's destroying the international world order built and maintained for generations since WWII while corruptly enriching himself, his family, & cronies as he destroys the US economy.