John Bachtell
@johnbachtell.bsky.social
Social change agent, environmental steward, joyful solidarity and community builder.
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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"Concepts of a plan"
Mike Johnson on the ACA: "I wish we could rip it out from the roots and start over but it's so deeply ingrained. It's sinister in that way. But it has broken the system and what we have to do is go in and reform in. We have lots of ideas."
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Concepts of a plan"
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The most dishonest White House in U.S. history (by far) wants us to trust them when they say every person in every boat they blew up was a drug runner. There is no logical reason to believe they're telling the truth. The whole operation isn't even about drugs. It's about stealing Venezuela's oil.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The most dishonest White House in U.S. history (by far) wants us to trust them when they say every person in every boat they blew up was a drug runner. There is no logical reason to believe they're telling the truth. The whole operation isn't even about drugs. It's about stealing Venezuela's oil.
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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we got about a jar of giardiniera worth of snow in Chicago
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
we got about a jar of giardiniera worth of snow in Chicago
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♥️ Volume up
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
SOUND UP 🎶🎶
DAY 29 NOVEMBER 2O25
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
So thankful for all of you in these horrendous times
Tonight Something Wonderful
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the creation of Rock n Roll
Enjoy with Love ⬇️❤️
SOUND UP 🎶🎶
DAY 29 NOVEMBER 2O25
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
So thankful for all of you in these horrendous times
Tonight Something Wonderful
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the creation of Rock n Roll
Enjoy with Love ⬇️❤️
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
♥️ Volume up
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Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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Even those of us in urban America need to pay attention to the monopolies squeezing the small farmers in rural America. As someone in this video explains, " don't pay attention to what they say, pay attention to what they DO." youtu.be/cl02K72QFS0
We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Even those of us in urban America need to pay attention to the monopolies squeezing the small farmers in rural America. As someone in this video explains, " don't pay attention to what they say, pay attention to what they DO." youtu.be/cl02K72QFS0
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Something to be grateful for in US government today:
"A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond."
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"A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond."
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Judge orders Trump administration to provide bond hearings to detained migrants
District judge in California says detainees who were already living in the US are legally entitled to a bond hearing
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Something to be grateful for in US government today:
"A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond."
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"A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond."
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Witkoff doesn't appear to want Russia to stop fighting.
From Anne Appelbaum:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From Anne Appelbaum:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Witkoff doesn't appear to want Russia to stop fighting.
From Anne Appelbaum:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From Anne Appelbaum:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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here's today's post: "things to be thankful for in these dark times" — let’s appreciate the good, and mock the stupid.
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things to be thankful for in these dark times
let’s appreciate the good, and mock the stupid
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
here's today's post: "things to be thankful for in these dark times" — let’s appreciate the good, and mock the stupid.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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WTF?
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
WTF?
@WaPo falls for the White House disinformation by stating the lies in the headline:
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
@WaPo falls for the White House disinformation by stating the lies in the headline:
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
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#ResistanceRoots
Pauli Murray was born on this day in 1910 in Baltimore, Md. She was a pioneering legal scholar and activist who helped shape the intellectual foundations of the civil rights and women’s rights movements and became the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. /1
Pauli Murray was born on this day in 1910 in Baltimore, Md. She was a pioneering legal scholar and activist who helped shape the intellectual foundations of the civil rights and women’s rights movements and became the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. /1
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
#ResistanceRoots
Pauli Murray was born on this day in 1910 in Baltimore, Md. She was a pioneering legal scholar and activist who helped shape the intellectual foundations of the civil rights and women’s rights movements and became the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. /1
Pauli Murray was born on this day in 1910 in Baltimore, Md. She was a pioneering legal scholar and activist who helped shape the intellectual foundations of the civil rights and women’s rights movements and became the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. /1
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Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
Good work, Charlotte!
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good work, Charlotte!
By Jesse Duquette.
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
By Jesse Duquette.
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The truth will have its day.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The truth will have its day.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
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Soon, we'll oversee a budget of more than $100 billion — and every dollar will reflect our commitment to working New Yorkers and delivering universal childcare. Good thing some little New Yorkers gave me a counting lesson today!
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Soon, we'll oversee a budget of more than $100 billion — and every dollar will reflect our commitment to working New Yorkers and delivering universal childcare. Good thing some little New Yorkers gave me a counting lesson today!
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
And Chicago will respond by stepping up solidarity and resistance 10 fold in defense of immigrants and democracy.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
And Chicago will respond by stepping up solidarity and resistance 10 fold in defense of immigrants and democracy.