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Dr. John Wagner

@drjohnwagner.bsky.social

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Proud dad. Applied mathematician. Life scientist. Consummate inventor. Software engineer. Data nerd. Life-long foodie. Aspiring chef. Progressive lefty taking refuge in a blue state with blue skies. #CT #Bsky

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Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 19h

10/10. No notes.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 20h

Arrest them. Force them to identify themselves. Then make the identity public.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 20h

Time has perfected the art of sucking up to narcissistic toddlers.

J Lynne Prikosovits @jlynnearizona.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 20h

People need to start carrying handcuff keys around with them. Add one to your keychain.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Man escapes ICE while handcuffed, bystanders use pliers to free him.
Salt Lake City, UT

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 20h

BINGO!

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"I do think he needs help, and I don't think anybody around him on a day-to-day basis wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

@jbpritzker.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 20h

It's unfortunate that Democrats would never even attempt this.

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 20h

If Walgreens won't keep ICE out of their stores, they are no providing a safe shopping environment for their customers.

I won't be shopping at Walgreens. And neither should you.

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 23h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 20h

The stable genius is easily confused by capitalism.

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 20h

And the h̶o̶r̶s̶e̶ ship he rode in on.

jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 20h

In related news, (fluoridated) water is wet.

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Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 21h

Lovin' this.

The McNinny @allthemcninnys.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, there's a word for her, trust me. Two if you precede it with "f*cking".

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Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 21h

I'm all in. Provided he calls the trials Nuremberg 2.0.

Somebody's got to kick it off!

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 21h

Who is this? She's really good!

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 1d

This is the "I like pie" of political posts.

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 1d

Um, you're going to need a hell of a lot more than that. Last time I looked there were 310 men serving in Congress. And every single one of them lost their's on January 3.

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Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 1d

Holy fuck. I still can't get over how sociopathically brutal this is.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 7d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s video of the incident

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 1d

Fox News just made a huge campaign contribution to Kat!

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 2d

Ditto. Such a great character. And I freakin' loved this dancing scene. Epic.

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Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 2d

Nuremberg 2.0 is coming.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no. They know *exactly* what they are doing. Exactly.

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 2d

I did a 1,000 or 2,000 piece jigsaw of the Parliament building long ago. It was beautiful. I glued and framed it, but it's in storage in Australia. :(

Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 2d

Let's be clear: this was not "brokering peace".

This was in all likelihood a deal between Trump and Netanyahu: Trump let Netanyahu commit unrestrained genocide and in return Netanyahu let Trump take the credit for “brokering peace” once Netanyahu was satisfied that the genocide was complete.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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